Lux continued to gaze into the town, not really looking at anything in particular. "I'm sure of it. I've been here a while. There are quite a few new arrivals."
'Such abilities should not exist! What have I stumbled myself into?' Buster thought as the keyblade returned to it's respective owner. That was all he had time to think about, as more heartless appeared in front of him. These ones appeared to be larger, but for some reason they were not attacking him. Every single heartless that was now appearing was attacking the pony next to him. It was as if something was drawing them to the mysterious pony. He cut them down easily before they could get any closer to her. One went into the ground and passed him, but he shot it the moment it came back up for a strike. 'That's 4 shots, I only have 2 left...' he thought. Buster was always bad at conserving ammo, and there was no way he could reload in the middle of a heated fight like this. "My apologies," he shouted to his ally. "They won't stop spawning, I don't know what's gotten into these things! I suggest a tactical retreat before something bigger finds its way to us!" He looked back towards his side of defense to see that he now had to deal with three darkballs and a possessor. 'Me and my big mouth.' he thought as he steeled himself for the oncoming fight.
"We'll observe. Maybe he'll get himself killed and we won't have to intervene." With that, Lux sat on his haunches and turned his head toward a large building with the depiction of a book on its shingle. He had always felt a connection to such places, but he never knew why. ----- Ambiance was never one to run from a fight, but she could sympathise with her new ally. "Very well. Perhaps a retreat is in order." She turned just in time to see the darkballs and possessor. "Thrice-fetched creatures..." Then, to her ally, "To where are you retreating? I'll cover your escape and catch up to you once the way has been cleared." Keyblade in mouth, she leapt at the Heartless, going first for the possessor.
Buster nodded as she flung herself towards the heartless. He was sure she would be able to handle herself easily. "Right! Meet me at the port; hangar 12! If we can manage that, I can get us to a safe place!" He turned and ran out of the melee, yelling as he ran. "Short Fuse! Come with me, we have to get my gummi ship set up so I can get us out of here!"
The feeling was quickly pushed out of his head when he saw just how well the red filly was doing. 'I'll have to ask her how she dose that key throw thing.' He thought to himself as he lit another bomb on his keyblade. "FIRE IN THE HOLE." He rolled it into a large cluster of shadows which all vaporized in the explosion. Unfortunaltly they where all replaced in a matter of seconds. 'This is not good I don't think i can hold them off forever.' He then heard buster yell."Short Fuse! Come with me, we have to get my gummi ship set up so I can get us out of here!" Short thought to himself. 'Maybe the best option is a retreat this is getting out of hoof.' He then ran to catch up with buster. He then looked back at the filly fighting shadows. "Hey buster, what about her."
"We have a renezvous set up at the hangar. Now come on!" He sprinted towards the hangar, cutting down only a few heartless that got in his way. 'I hope she knows what she's doing...' Buster thought as he managed to get out of the horde. A bit of sprinting brought the two to the port. "All right, it should be-" Buster stopped dead in his tracks. All he could do was stare at the figure in the doorway, who was staring back. "Aha!" the figure said, clearly achieved. "I came here for the heartless invasion, but when I saw your imprint, I was all 'No way, he can't possibly be here!' Yet here you are, standing in front of me in the flesh! How wonderful!" Buster took a step backwards, his face drained of blood. "But...you...you were taken by the heartless! How are you- I don't-" The figure in the doorway chuckled. "How am I still alive, you say? This is not who you think it is. My name is Axcin, a pleasure to make your acquaintance." Axcin stepped down the steps and out of the doorway, facing off Buster. Buster nervously drew his sword off his back. "I see you've taken good care of Ensign for me!" Axcin said giddily. A synthesizer was conjured in front of him, and he held it using magic. "Ah, by the way, I happened to see a green and orange gummy ship being ravaged by heartless on the way out here, might that have been yours?" Buster slowly shook his head, and Axcin sighed. Without another word, Axcin struck a note on his synthesizer, causing rocks from the ground beneath them to break and crack, sending lines up and down the pathway. 'He's strong!' Buster thought with alarm. "Short Fuse, I may need some help here!" he shouted.
Short heard buste yell and ran to him stoping when he saw somepony else with him. "Who is that and is-" Short fuse could not beleive what he saw in the hanger. His gummy ship he sold everything he had to buy was now being ripped to shreds by heartless. "NO NO NO NO NO my ship." he started to get angry. "There gana pay." He said infuriated. He then lunged at his ship and started hacking all the heartless to peices. This was keeping the atention of not only buster but also the pony next to him. Short slashed through the last heartless on his ship and looked to them. "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT."
Lux, having disobeyed his own rule about “observing,” was currently in the town’s library, glancing over a book. Suddenly, he felt another presence nearby. A dark presence. No, more of a void… Not Axel… He’d never follow me into a library… He shut the book and levitated it back onto the shelf. “Maybe another time.” Taking one more glance back to the bookshelf, he left the library and headed toward the void. -- Ambiance had managed to dispatch the possessor rather easily. She had seen their kind on her world and knew the hard way that they took priority. Unfortunately, her distraction allowed the three dark balls to surround her. Trying to turn herself so as to keep her flank unexposed, she eyed her first target and struck it soundly, destroying it instantly. This action however left her open to attack from the other two, and they wasted no time, coming at her from both sides and rapidly expanding, crushing her in between them. When they contracted, she fell to the ground in a heap. She winced as she tried to get back to her hooves and when she opened her eyes again, a dark ball was directly in front of her. Before she could say “horseapples”, it expanded, knocking her across the street and causing her to drop her Keyblade. It quickly disappeared in a small shower of sparkles and tiny hearts. “No!” She extended her hoof to where the Keyblade once was as the dark balls hovered menacingly nearby. She tried to summon the courage required to summon the keyblade back to her, but her pain was threatening to overtake her. With her eyes screwed shut against the pain, she couldn’t see a certain, dark-clad unicorn casually fire off a volley of bolts. “Scatter.” A couple of the bolts grazed her back and side, and several more bounced harmlessly off her armor and visor with one wedging itself in the eyehole of said visor. When Ambiance looked up, she saw that the dark balls had been destroyed and a unicorn seemed to be strolling past at quite the leisurely pace. “Thank you, Sir…” The unicorn stopped midstep and turned toward Ambiance. He cast a glare at her that reminded her of how somepony might look at a particularly annoying beggar, or somepony of another similarly low station. She immediately knew that this pony was bad news. “Luxilq,” he replied coldly. “You would do well to remember it.” With that, he continued on his way toward the hangar. She returned his gaze and replied, ”I will…” She struggled to her hooves and breathed heavily for some time, until she heard the sounds of conflict coming from the area of the hangar. The rendezvous point! And this Luxilq is headed there! She shook off whatever bolts she could from between the plates in her armor and dashed off toward the hangar.
"Cain, what are you doing? Stop this madness!" Buster shouted at Axcin, but to no avail. The pony played a tune that sounded sweet, but instantly horrifying at the same time. A few chunks of the street near him floated into the air along the beat of the notes and began circling Buster. "I told you!" Axcin said angrily. "My name is Axcin, not Cain!" The three rocks flew dangerously close to Buster, but he jumped out just as the smashed together. Taking advantage of the situation, he bounced off one rock and flew directly at Axcin, where he attempted to land a few blows on the pony. A few more notes, and a pink shield appeared around him, repelling Buster. Landing back on his feet, Buster turned and fired a test shot at the new bubble. It bounced off the shield, but ended up hitting the keyboard instead, splitting one of the keys down the middle. Axcin shrieked with anger. "You broke it! I can't believe you!" He yelled. Two more notes were played, and three dusks appeared around Axcin. 'What!?' Buster thought, horrified. 'He can control nobodies too? What has become of my brother!?' The dusks flew towards Buster, and he did his best to keep them from landing any hits on him. Axcin was laughing a terrible laugh. "Soon, you will know what it's like, BEAT!" he shouted as the dusks wreaked havoc on Buster.
Short was still flled with rage when he looked from buster to the other pony. He seemed to be ocupided with buster which gave short a chance. "STOP PLAYING THAT STUPID MUSIC!" Short yelled as he smashed his keyblade into the piano making keys fly in all directions. Axcin was speachless. Right after this short passed out and fell limp to the ground.
Flute music flutters through the hanger. The Huilu was here to calm the rookies anger. "Shush, shush, shush. Take your time and wait, what we came here for has taken off along with the fleeing masses. We must retreat for now. There is no point delaying the natural resistance of this world. Come" The voice, adolecent and calm, comes from everywhere and no where in the largely quiet space. "Hush and retreat. We must regroup." Over Ambiance's head, the cold wind and dark shadow of something over head careers by like a manta ray. If you look up, there is the dragon armour heartless from before chasing Buster's ship. The weapoms are doimg very little.
"I don't believe this..." Axcin whispered as he recollected the pieces of his shattered synthesizer. Without another word, he opened a dark portal and disappeared from view. Buster sheathed his sword and ran forward to help Short Fuse, who appeared to have collapsed after that excerpt of energy. "C'mon! Now's not the time to be sleeping, we have to get ou-" Buster stopped as a voice rang out amongst the hangar. "There is no point delaying the natural resistance of this world. Come." The voice was strangely calming, but Buster shuddered at it's power. "Ambience!" He shouted. "Where are you? We have to get out of here PRONTO!"
[color=#80000]There...There's Luxilq...[/color] As she summons her Keyblade and attempts to strike, something catches her eye from above. She spies a heartless flying overhead. "This is getting...out of hoof." Her legs burn from running but she presses on, choosing to ignore Lux, for now. "Ambience! Where are you? We have to get out of here PRONTO!" Panting as she ran, she called, "I am here! Let us make haste!" ----- Lux arrived just in time to see Axcin leave through a dark portal. He sighed as Ambiance sprinted past him, but his eyes widened at the sight of her Keyblade. "Another time," he muttered as he too opened a dark portal and stepped through it.
"Up you go!" Buster said as he ushered Ambience onto his gummi ship. He pushed the unconscious Short Fuse into a seat and strapped him in. "Grab that seat there." he commanded Ambience. Getting into his own chair, he activated a few buttons and was soon taking off through the tunnel. When he exited and was airborne, he went high enough for the group to see what was occurring below. What they saw was utter chaos. Ponies were running around, being attacked mercilessly by heartless and nobodies alike. The nobodies didn't seem to care whether they were attacking a heartless or a living pony. "It'll be easier to stomach if you don't watch." He said grimly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Axcin reappeared in his starch white room. He released the pieces of his broken synthesizer and they fell in bits around him. "I can't believe this. Not only did he get away from me, but my poor synthesizer!" He examined the dashboard, which was twisted and broken. Focusing a moment, he made all the pieces of the synthesizer disappear, and then he summoned it back in pristine condition. Sighing, he dispelled it again to free up his hooves. "I wasn't expecting him to put up such a fight. I'll have to think about this later." He walked out of his room and thought of his plans for the future.
Short awoke with a splitting headache. He rubbed his head with his hoof and opened his eyes. He was on a ship probably busters. "Uh my head what happened the last thing I remember is running up the the hanger and then it all went black." He said looking around for somepony. "And why do I have such a headache."
A diminutive figure in the well-known black coat speaks up softly behind Axcin. The same voice as before rings out. "I'm sorry about your synth. We'll see them again. Get them back." The other gummi ship is grabbed by the Dragon Armour, crushed it in its jaws then tosses it to the ground.
Without turning, Axcin said "Now I'm beginning to regret giving him my prized sword!" He chuckled and turned towards the newcomer. "Did you happen to just get back from that world? I sensed another of us there, but I couldn't really tell who. If it wasn't you, I hope whoever was in fact there was not interfering with the plans we have for that world. Heartless EVERYWHERE! The looks on those ponies' faces? Priceless." He picked up a nearby cup with his magic and filled it before bringing it over to him. "Little Beat and his friends will soon know why you don't break my stuff..."
