Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Kel had long since left the kitchen and started walking around the Land of Departure. He didn't have anything to do and ended up at the main entrance, where there were some new worlds for them to visit. Out of the three worlds, only two really interested him. In the end he ended up going with Camelot and summoned his glider. Once it was fully materialized before him, he hopped on it and took off towards the new world.

 

"Damn..." Cat felt the darkness keep trying to latch onto her. No matter how many times she swung at it, it wouldn't stop. And Luna still hadn't gotten any help. As much as she'd have liked to help him, Etrius seemed to know how to manage the darkness. She could only hope for the best as she ran out of the room. As soon as she was in the clear, she slammed the door and used her Keyblade to lock it tight. She ran downstairs, and saw that three new worlds were open. They were labeled as Beast's Castle, Corona, and Camelot. They all seemed to have castles, but the only one that felt even remotely cheery was Corona. It seemed pretty sunny, maybe even more than Kingdom of the Sun, and right now Cat could do with a break from all the darkness and angst. She heard Glen yell from outside and walked out herself. Remembering what she'd learned, she threw her key into the air and willed it to become a glider. When it came down however, it looked like an oversized version of Llama Kuzco. Most anyone looking on would probably be laughing, but she sighed and climbed on top of it. "Things just aren't going my way, are they?" She flew to the next world, hoping that things would get better.

 

Base looked around. In looking for Krowley, he'd lost sight of his new found friend. He'd found Krowley, but could not ask him about a person who was not there with him; he regretted running so fast through the streets and forgetting to look behind him. New Worlds; new opportunities. But he'd made a promise, and one he intended to keep; rather than go through the portal bound for Beast's Castle immediately, he waited for the sheer chance that D'daear would show up. The kid seemed really fresh to the whole business regarding the Keyblade, and Base knew: he just had to help him out. Base sat, and Base waited.

 

For a very long time, the gentleman didn't move, but Etrius was hoping he would do the right thing. The man then re-handled his sword upward at Etrius. Etrius himself grimaced.
But Operator did not strike the boy, instead, he strained, then slashed at the air behind him. There was a hard breaking sound of metal as luminous chains appeared, shattered by the Operator's blade.
"NO!" Screeched Dark Etrius, and took a running start at the masked gentleman. But before he could reach him, Operator grabbed Etrius by his left arm, and placed his own dark blade in his hands. The blade glowed a strange blue light when it came in contact with Etrius's hand.
"I am in your debt." The Operator said. His voice sounded old, yet young, as if he never aged. He looked back at Etrius' darker form, who was ordering the other mind puppets to attack. Operator looked back at Etrius before continuing, "You will see me again, as well as the others. For now, trust in the goodness in your heart as well as your friends. Light appears within us all."
Dark Etrius soon was 5 feet away, but Operator made one final move that helped Etrius escape.
"Repulse!" Operator called. Etrius felt shoved by a hard force off the glass pillar, clutching his own Keyblade and Operator's sword. He felt faint at the power the man had, and he let his eyes close as a light enveloped him, and he flew upward, higher, higher, and higher.

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Etrius' body became fully consumed by darkness, as he began to fade in a pool. Down, his unconscious body went. Unknowingly, His glasses and Armor Activator fell into the pool as well.
Suddenly, all the negativity and evil just vanished into thin air. The room stood clean and new as it was before Etrius arrived.The only difference was that Etrius wasn't there anymore.

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Etrius' eyes flickered. The sun was shining hard in his face as he woke up. He remembered being in his subconscious…and then being here…where he didn't know. He felt something heavy clutched in his left hand. He looked and his eyes widened. There in his hand was the Oathkeeper Keyblade, and he felt a strong energy, if not a warm energy, from the sword itself. Etrius looked around. He was in an alley of a small town, and he was still dressed in his sleep clothes. Luckily, his glasses and his Activator was there. He sheathed his Keyblade, attached his Armor piece, and put on his glasses.
"Maybe my Keyblade sensed danger and brought me here. I wonder who else arrived." Etrius thought as he entered the main street.

 

Steel reformed quite suddenly as the mission was finally issued. He found himself sitting next to Base, using a nail file on his claws... which were a part of his gauntlets...? When he was done with that pointless distraction he incinerated it and scattered the ashes to the wind. "So, weren't we about to go somewhere?" He asked out of curiousity.

 

Base turned towards Steel. "I'm waiting for someone. I hope he gets here before we're all grouped up... I made a promise to help this guy out after all." He yawned. "Maybe now isn't the best time for me to go." Base joked halfheartedly. "I need a recharge." He didn't appear tired, but he was spent from depression; he had isolated himself from the others for far too long, and it was taking its toll on his psyche.

"Hey, Steel... I know you're a little on the dark side, but try not to let that define you. I know what it feels like to have darkness swallow you up; it doesn't play fair. It eats you up, whether you want it to or not, but it's the light the exists within your heart that keeps you...you..."

 

Luna ran toward her room and pulled out from her desk drawer a maroon box with gold lining. She placed on her desk and wrapped a belt around her waist. Luna took a syringe and a needle to extract blood from her right shoulder and placed it in a vial along with a goldish powder. She placed in it her belt and rushed off to Etrius' room and saw the lock placed on his door. "I guess Cat couldn't wait........Damn". She used her keyblade and unlocked. Luna kicked down the door and took out the syringe along with the needle and took some of Etrius' blood. She placed it into the vial along with her blood. She mixed it with the gold powder she placed before. She held the vial to his mouth and poured the liquid into his mouth. She looked at her right wrist as she saw a cresent appear on her wrist. She saw Etrius wake up slowly. She stood up putting the vial back into her belt. She left his room and disembarked for Beast's Castle. Not before leaving a letter from the King and Queen of Celestial City for Yen Sid telling him about Luna's condition. She hopped on her keyglider and departed for Beast's Castle.

 

Beuce looked at the three worlds in their holographic displays. "Camelot. Camelot. Camelot. It's just a hologram. Well screw that i'm going to the real thing. Think of the references i could make!" That was enough said. He leaped out the window and onto his glider. Looking to his side, he could see Kel going to the same world as him. "Sup. Looks like we're headed to the same world....By the way...Got any coconuts?"

 

Steel smiled as Base nodded off. "Yes, well..." He began to whisper. "You would be surprised to learn it really -isn't- as simple as all that..." He held his hand up to eye level, and silently observed the metallic plated claws. "Well then, I suppose I should be going soon. Hope your new friend shows up." He stood up and looked down to see if he needed to wake Base up.

 

It had seemed D'daear lost sight of his tour guide. Turning his head, he couldn't make heads or tails of where he was at the moment. "Great... Looks like I must've nodded off while following..." he muttered to himself in silence as he continued over a bridge. He sigh with disappointment visible in his eyes. "I seriously need to focus now that I'm no longer in my world... Who knows what's up ahead..." he said as he rubbed the back of his head, walking casually through the mountain side. He continued for a while, passing some shrubbery that lay about a long the road. A small orb of compressed light appeared before him. It hovered there patiently, as if waiting for him to take hold of it. It had taken him by surprise, so it took him a brief moment to adjust. "Wh-whaaa?" he uttered, baffled written all over his face. He looked around, wondering if it was one of the students Base had mentioned playing a trick on him. The absence of other life in the area confirmed that it was no trick. He gazed at it meticulously, inspecting it for his own personal safety. "Seems legit..." He grabbed it with his right hand, the ball fitting perfectly in his palm. "M....S?" he sounded out, raising a brow as he read the letters inscribed on them. It felt squishy, almost like it could pop if he applied enough force. It felt good, a somewhat stress reliever. He continued squeezing it, watching it overflow between his hands crevices. "The light inside...it looks like it wants to come out..."Applying extra force, the ball squeezed to the point of breaking. It popped like a balloon, spewing its content into the air. The light soon made itself absorbed into D'daear without his consent. He could feel new knowledge flow into him, somehow. His pupils dilated for a moment before a voice said, "You learned Mine Square!"

D'daear turned around, assuming it had come from behind. There was no one to be seen. His eyes widened as he looked down in wonderment, rubbing his temple. "I'm...hearing things now..." he said to himself. Soon after the little joke was over, he continued his journey down the mountain. He could see Base sitting along side another person. The most noticeable detail of the said person was his gauntlet; it somewhat resembled claws. "There's Base... "Needing to make more friends in this new world, he felt more willing to approach the two rather than avoid them. With a deep inhale and exhale of air, he moved onwards towards the two keybladers. Upon reaching a significant distance between them, he waved with a friendly smile. "Hey there... Seems I lost you somewhere down the road there, heh... Uumm..." D'daear turned to the other seated next to Base. Now he was forcing his smile;not on purpose, clearly showing his awkwardness towards the new soul. "...Hi. I'm D'daear... Uuuh..." he lost focus of his conversation as he began to see these bizarre looking vehicles fly over head with presence that could not be ignored. His jaw relaxed as one by one they zoomed past them in the sky, leaving this world behind. He saw them off as their silhouette became one with the stars that decorated the sea above.

"Ok...what was that...?" he asked out loud, looking back at the two with a curiosity for this new phenomenon.

 

Before Steel could do anything else, he felt a phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it out flipped it open and read his latest text: Learned "Mine Square." He paused. "Why didn't I get it earlier?" He questioned. Then he thought about the extra time it would have taken for the magic to come through as a text message. He quickly typed "Thx Sid" and hit send, acutely aware that the wizard would probably get it as some kind of telepathic message; which Steel himself could send and receive, but sometimes it just felt good to act like a normal person. He looked up to see a new arrival who had apparently been acquainted with Base. "Hello D'daear. I am Steel." He said as he flipped his phone shut and put it in his pocket, the seven cross charms on his belt jingled in response. "Those," He began in response to the boy's query. "...Are keyblade gliders. They are utilized via keyblade transformation, which isn't as difficult a process as it sounds." He paused for a moment, looking on as all of his allies began to ride away.

He turned back to D'daear. "I must apologize, as it is time for me to go too. I'm sure Base can teach you all you need to know. Good bye for now." He tried to smile encouragingly, but stopped since it wouldn't be seen underneath his long cape like scarf. He summoned his keyblade, tossed it into the air, and jumped on when it came back as a Keyblade glider. He flew off towards the skies with new thoughts forming in his mind.

 

"It really isn't?" Was Base's reply, but he was cut short of the conversation when D'daear arrived. "Ah, good. You found us." Steel and D'daear spoke briefly, but Base could tell D'daear was nervous to talk to someone like Steel; it was apparent in the way he presented himself.

"Yes, your Keyblade is capable of a great number of things; gliding is one of them." Base walked into the stone circle and threw out his Unbound Keyblade. It expanded and transformed into his flying, tireless motorcycle and roared to life; glittering dust blew from the exhaustion pipe in a grey mist. "Yours can do this too." This was his second time instructing how to perform the trick. It had taken him awhile, but Ananta picked it up like it was nothing. "Give it a try, and if you fail, which isn't necessarily bad, you can ride with me. It's imperative that we leave soon, you see. Things tend to escalate fast on worlds when we start to mess in their affairs; but we have to, to stop the Darkness from doing much worse damage." Base saddled his glider and activated his teal-plated armor that resembled the gear of a Motocross racer mixed with a Samurai. His face was hidden behind a gold-colored glossy face mask, but his voice was still clear as he spoke. "You'll also want to tap into your armoring abilities... the darkness in innerspace can be a bit... tempestuous. Once your ready, we can be on our way. Are you ready?"

A small floating box appeared in front of D'daear. It was grey with two sentences in white aligned one on top of the other, and a pointer the same color as the words floated by "Sure, let's go"; right above "Not yet, I need time to prepare".

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D'daear listened to the person known as Steel, followed by Base. It was kind of them for attempting to get him up to speed with everything. This was all new to him, so he didn't understand the majority of either explanation. "Difficult? I could barely summon my keyblade last time!" he thought, frowning in his mind. He nodded at both of their explanations. "Right, not a difficult process. Gotcha!" D'daear smiled, feigning understanding. They summoned their keyblades and conjured these bizarre shaped vehicles as an example. Base got atop his vehicle which; when D'daear thought about it, resembled a motorcycle in its own way. The scarfed individual waved them off, apologizing for having to leave so suddenly. "Oh, alright. It was nice to meet you! Maybe we'll-" but his good bye was cut short by the exiting Steel, leaving D'daear with a stale face. He turned back to Base, giving him his full attention now. D'daear once again nodded, this time in agreement. "So where are we going exactly? Are we going to the same place everyone is going?" he asked, pointing to the sky where he had witnessed all the gilders pass by. He was summoned here for a reason, or chosen by the keyblade for a reason. If he was going to be effective, he wanted to get up to speed with everyone.

"Well, at any rate... Let's do this!" he shouted in excitement/determination. He lifted his hand into the sky striking a heroic pose, and summoned the keyblade, only to have nothing appear. His grin hardened, his joy fading away fast at the embarrassment of trying to look cool. "Come on, come on... just focus...project your hearts desire, and manifest!!!" he thought to himself, once again shooting forth his hand into the air. Still nothing. A small bead of sweat slid down his temple. His jaw tensed, his frustration beginning to manifest. "Oh come on!" he shouted in disappointment. He flailed his arm around, hoping perhaps it was all in the flick of the wrist or something. Suddenly, the keyblade manifested itself. D'daear smiled, having finally summoned his weapon. His heart was racing, but he couldn't tell whether it was because of the keyblade, his flailing around, or just him being excited. Either way, taking a deep breath to gather himself, he tossed his weapon into the air with an underhand throw; his eyes filled with excitement and wonder at the kind of vehicle his keyblade would transform into. It didn't even reach the peak of the throw before just falling flat on the ground with nothing to show for it. The keyblade disappeared, leaving him with nothing. His excitement shattered as he gave a down casted sigh at the dilemma. The nineteen year old was oblivious to Base having mounted his ride until he looked up. Base had activated the contraption that spawned the armor over his body. Now he had seen it all; or had he?

"H-how did you? I look away for a second and all of sudden you have this armor on?" he blurted in bewilderment. He was curious now, walking a bit closer to him to inspect his armor; D'daear kept a fair distance away from Base in order to respect his space. "So this armor...it can fend off the darkness?" he asked, putting his hand on his chin in a thoughtful gesture. D'daear shook his head at Base. "No...I don't think I'm ready...at all... Not yet, I need time to prepare." he said as he now understood just how behind he was from the rest of them. All of this info was beginning to give him a headache, it was quite frustrating. In fact, with his attempt at summoning the keyblade, creating a glider, and now needing armor...it was all just too much for his inexperienced mind to take.

"Keyblades, glider, armor?! Darkness, worlds, and who knows what else?! THIS IS ALL JUST TOO MUCH for me!!" he exclaimed as he ruffled his hair with both hands in a show of frustration; kicking the floating box with options out of their cut scene. It was all indeed frustrating to the newbie. He took in a deep breath, allowing himself to collect his thoughts. The frustration subsided, acknowledging the fact that this was probably all part of the learning curve. "Alright. Base...by any chance do you have any spare armor lying around this place? I don't want to get touched by the darkness..." he said, not knowing that all he needed was a piece of gear which with a firm press would summon the armor.

 

The ride on her Llama glider seemed to pass in an instant. As soon as she arrived, Cat jumped off and allowed the ugly thing to disappear. The castle in front of her was stunning, yet simple -- at least in comparison to the palace she'd visited prior. A few feet off there was a guy staring at the place. He didn't look familiar, so she decided not to take her chances in mentioning Keyblades or anything. "It's nice isn't it?" She figured she might as well break the ice. As soon as she walked over to him, however, his looks caught her attention. He was actually pretty handsome. "Oh god, don't freak out. He might be another Kuzco. It doesn't matter if he's actally pretty attractive. Come on, Cat. You're better than this!" She smiled slightly, trying hard to keep the inner monologue from slipping through. She couldn't do this. She always did this. She had to keep her composure. After all, they were from different worlds. There was no hope. "Ugh, I don't even know his name and I'm already going nuts. Why??"

 

"So it seems." Kel replied, seeing that it was Beuce who'd spoken to him. Right now there were only two people heading to Camelot and Beuce and himself was a interesting pairing. "No, why would I have a coconut." Yep, this was definitely going to be interesting.

 

Kross had landed on the world, but it seemed he was a little off. The castle was very far off, it seemed he was no where close. He frowned,disappointed, had he missed his coordinates? That couldn't be right. He thought nothing of it and jumped down from his bike. It was cold, he rubbed his arms and spotted the tavern to his left. He went in, the merry music greeting him. THough he hadn't an inkling that Karina had landed in this world, he was focused on completing the mission. He went up to the bartender, his haori around his waist flapping behind him at his brisk pace. He shyly greeted and sat down in a stool infront of the bar. "May I have some water please?" He asked of the man.

 

As his feet touched the ground, Glen put away his keyblade and took a quick glance around. He was in front of a castle, and an adequately sized one at that. He'd seen castles before, but something about this one seemed different. Perhaps it was the place in which it was located. All around, the area was bright, and people seemed to be somewhat happy. It was like nothing else Glen had ever experienced; most of the worlds he had been to, including his own, were usually gloomy or otherwise average, yet this place seemed to defy that. He noticed Cat standing there, appearing to be talking to a man who was also staring at the castle. He strode over and simply stood there nearby them. "If I ever have a castle, I want one like this one" he stated.

 

Base shook his helmeted head. "A lot of it is the power of the wielder, but more of that is believing in yourself. I may be able to cast a protective shell over you; it's not the Protect spell, so it's not perfect, but it'll cloak you from the darkness that creeps in the ways between." Base tapped D'daear on the forehead with his gloved index finger, and from the contact: a fluid shell formed over D'daear and spread until it resembled the armor of a Keyblade wielder. "It's not going to be very strong, because our connection isn't that great... but I'm sensing something special in you, D'daear; you have the makings of a Keyblade wielder, but in order to take in any sort of lesson: your going to have to take a deep dive into your heart and just go. It'll be easier to face the darkness when it's standing in front of you; all you'll want to do is fight it and bring a balance. I was launched into this life pretty quickly. My world was ending, and the Keyblade chose me just as Darkness was finding me... then Yen Sid found me and brought me to the Enchanted Tower. It is a lot to take in. But know this, 'cuz it really helps: the closer to light you get; the greater your shadow becomes." Base hopped off his bike and extended his hand, open palm.

"You're doubting yourself, and you're free to do that; but you'll always be behind if you never learn to control it. Everything about this is a balance, between light and dark. Focus in on the light piercing through darkness, and you'll ride through the pitch black on a shining star." He finished off his sentence by patting his glider's steering bars. "Give it one more shot."

 

Etrius soon noticed Cat and another boy, and that proved his hunch. He ran over to them and greeted them both.
"Where exactly are we Cat?" Etrius asked, "And why am I in my sleep clothing?"
Etrius did have recollection of what happened to him in the Dive to The Heart, but he didn't know where his Keyblade brought him. But Operator had said to trust his friends, and he did just that. He could tell already that they were in a kingdom. This Kingdom however, held a LOT of light. Etrius had never felt such a quantity and felt a little uncomfortable.