The Final Run

[General Beatrix]

[sorry, gotta post with this profile for now...]

[glow=Yellow,2,300]Oh, how arrogance enjoyed inflicting the highest form of karma whenever possible...

Kefka's ordered attack geared towards the enthralled Abigail Crescentlight would prove to be somewhat of a foolish mistake; he was no buffoon--not entirely true, as he was a clown, after all--and he knew that this MORE POWERFUL blast would possibly decimate important ground for later battle...he just didn't think about it too much.

"I've said it once," he mused quietly while hovering with the speed and intensity offered by his descent into darkness out of the holy spell's range. "and I'll say it again! Such incredible power!!!"

He laughed and laughed in a dark manner, looking around through squinting eyes and spotting the apparent demise of both the Phantom Blot and Cloud. Of course he didn't actually SEE Cloud struck. It would be the clown's lucky day, though.

Not too fazed by the Blot's destruction, Kefka giggled, and moved back down to where his slave was the moment he could, and darkness once again reigned supreme throughout the realm.

"Defend me, Alice!" he raged, jumping backwards in the air and haphazardly conjuring several Corridors of Darkness in one; when he passed through they separated, and moved about to form a circle around the white Mage and Soldier. From each door the Clown would cackle.

"Run, run..." he intoned, which seemed to emanate from each of the seven black holes. "Or you'll be..."

From each door a frosty blue light would begin to glow softly.

"WELL DONE!"

And then seven twinkling blasts of ice would launch from the Corridors of Darkness simultaneously, each harboring fireballs inside the diamond-shaped ice crystals. They would veer away from Abby, and make their piercing journey towards the porcupine.

"ALICE! USE THIS OPPORTUNITY! HE'S IN YOUR PROXIMITY, YOU FOOL! NOW! KILL THE WHELP!!!"[/glow]

[Cloud]

Apparently, even though he had escaped halfway across the city, that wasn't enough to break off the mad Clown's attack. Unable to call for assistance due to the damage to his communicator, Cloud had to make do with what he had.

Thankfully, what he had was SOLDIER reflexes and an incredibly powerful flying motorcycle which easily boosted his speed to match. Upon seeing the Clown go for a second offensive, he decided the only way to break off this madness was to trick the insane heartless into doing more damage for him.

Cloud knew the main force was on its way. How long it took for them to get there was anyone's guess. He COULD have escaped into hyperspace, but that wouldn't do much good. Instead, he wanted to clear a path for them. He'd start here, laying the groundwork for their assault. That meant getting in close, REAL close, to those floating multiple-element crystals of the clown's making.

Revving his engine, Cloud went into a full freefall through the air. He was diving for the city below, where he would perform what could be best described as a "Death Star trench run" through the buildings, dragging along the homing attacks behind him and doing everything possible to make himself as obvious as he could.

The desired effect? Cloud was taking down buildings, essentially. The city at the foot of Castle Naught was sprawling and confusing at times. A nice, level ground would be MUCH easier to traverse.

[Abigail Crescentlight]

As the possessed Abigail stepped forward from the aftermath of her attack, white-out eyes observed the motions of the man on the space-cycle. Her MP count was terribly low after such a massive attack, so she would be limited in what she could do, at least until she came across some mp orbs or something. Unfortunately, that would mean entering the confusing city and collecting what fell from the buildings being destroyed by Kefka's homing attacks trying in vain to catch up to the enthusiastic Cloud.

That did not, however, mean that Abigail was out of commision. Demonstrating a knowledge of staff use and acrobatics that was uncommon for a woman of her background, she took into a full run and used her weapon to gain altitude. If you could imagine something between pole vaulting and free running, you'd have a good image of what she was accomplishing. She bounded between buildings in tight alleys and launched herself upward ever higher with deft use of flag poles or her own keystaff which she would wedge into a crack here or there and literally use as a springboard.

Soon, she'd find herself atop one of the buildings at the edge of town. She was out of the danger zone and free to cast at her leisure. She had enough power to go for another handful of attacks, so she had to plan carefully. Without her more soft emotions, she found she could be rather... cold.

Holding her staff to one side in one hand, she summoned the power of ice into her light. With great will, she was able to swipe the staff into a long, horizontal arch across the ground, making a gigantic flying scythe blade of arctic energy. It careened into the buildings before her like a tsunami, instantly freezing another half of a city block into a glasslike ambiance of chilling blue.

Next, she held aloft her hand, and with the last of her current magical power, summoned a ball of light into it. "HOLY!" she cried out, blasting a ball of pure energy into the base of the central tower, which instantly collapsed, its debris spreading in two directions to take out the other buildings as well.

All of this was very showy, of course, but one has to ask the question: why had she not attacked Cloud as per her orders? The answer was simple when one took into account the massive amount of MP balls that now littered the battlefield. She was replenishing her abilty to cast that massively destructive attack!

Bounding down like an athlete who could easily acheive the gold in any event they desired, the dark Abigail made it to ground level and held up her staff. With a spin that resembled something like a helicopter blade, she created something of a harmless vortex which drew all the MP balls to her, bringing her from absolute zero power to an entirely charged reservoir of energy.

Abigail was armed and dangerous once more.

Running to where Cloud was guiding the ballistics with no regard for her own safety in the face of collapsing buildings, Abigail demonstrated her acrobatics once more. She leapt onto buildings as they fell, using them as platforms to ascend higher.

She soon found herself at Memory's Skyscraper, running up the side with all the skill of keyblade masters before her. Upon reaching the top, she stood at the tip of the spire, looking down upon the battlefield as both Kefka and Cloud dashed about in pursuit of one another.

With a sweep of her staff, she fired several volleys of holy into the ground, forming a circle around the tower much larger than before. The points connected themselves via lines of energy which tore through the turrain to draw out the summoning circle. Here, Abby held aloft her keystaff once more, gathering the energy she would need for an even more massive explosion.

The power she gathered as like a sun in the center of the city, growing more and more intense as every second passed...

All she needed was time, and to not be interrupted...

[Sai]

As the carnage below ravaged the landscape, the Rose slowly drifted into position above the World That Never Was. It seeped at a snail's pace into the atmosphere, parting black clouds as it did. Onboard, the Nobody stood at the bridge, overlooking the scarred battlefield that was formerly a town below them.

A hand lifted with casual grace to the man's hidden chin. His eye surveyed the damage and calculated the reprecussions. Battle plans floated through his mind's eye. Strategies crisscrossed this way and that across his consciousness. He began to quantify and qualify every angle of the scene before him, taking into consideration the various nuances of an ever-changing battle and the nature of the evil they faced itself.

There was something, however, that drew his attention quite strongly. As he watched through the open view of the bridge of the Red Rose, Sai could see quite clearly all the combatants in the fantastic aerial and ground battle below. He could see Kefka flying about launching attack after attack at his target (and nearly everything else for that matter). He could track the movements of Cloud onboard Fenrir as he darted between buildings and generall guided the homing balls of death into whatever he could to stop them from hitting him. He could also see a very unexpected spellcaster doing an impressive job of making herself a formidable opponent of the Light. Ironic.

Sai leaned forward and pressed a button on the control panel to pull up the intercom for the engine room where he knew Agrias and Beatrix to be (their positions having been reported well in advance).

"General Beatrix? Lady Agrias? I think you need to get to the bridge. We've located Abigail Crescentlight and you will need to see with your own eyes to comprehend what I am about to tell you."

He paused to make sure they were listening before he continued.

"She seems to be attacking Cloud."

[Agrias Oaks]

A feeling of zero-gravity swept the knight, as she saw the other mutter quickly, and incoherently for a moment or two. Agrias grew befuddled by Beatrix's sudden expertise in foreign tongue of ancients. A light occurred, and seconds later, it was all gone. The knight only wondered if something had happened to the General once more to test her faith, so to this, she softly and carefully responded, “...Lady Beatrix, are thee well?”


"General Beatrix? Lady Agrias? I think you need to get to the bridge. We've located Abigail Crescentlight and you will need to see with your own eyes to comprehend what I am about to tell you."


The Holy Knight glanced upward toward the intercom with high spirits, and a lift in her heart at the sight of good news on the horizon. She was about to grab at The General's hand to rush up toward the bridge, until her trail of thought was interrupted.

“She seems to be attacking Cloud.”

“...what?” is all she could muster, looking up at the intercom once more, “...what did he just say?” ~~

[glow=green,2,800]Shego had been listening to the commotions outside of the room, and decided to awaken the sleeping Ellin. '' Hey, wake up, sleepy head. I think they found your girl!” [/glow]

The Dark Knight grumbled a little, and jolted upward, “My girl?? Abby!?”

[glow=green,2,800]The thief snickered, “.... Yeah, your girl Abby...” [/glow]

“I – I mean, she is not my-- uuh” Ellin grew defensive but Shego only chuckled, “D-don't make fun of me..!”

[glow=green,2,800]“ Either wayyY~” Shego sang, “ Get out there! Go get 'er!” [/glow]

“Right!” Ellin squeaked, stretching and rushing out of the door, and in turn bumping into a few Alexandrian soldiers, “Wha! Sorry! Oh! Sorry! Abbyyyyy!!” she called for happily, on her way to the bridge, with the undercover villain close behind her.

Once there, the dark knight rushed over to Sai's location, and looked to him with a cheerful smile, “I heard you found Abby! Can I see her??”

[General Beatrix]

After what had happened in the great Reactor Chamber Beatrix' whole form was enveloped in a brilliant white light; as it bathed her, purifying what darkness she still had left, she could feel the misery and sadness fading, and an unquenchable fire for justice would burn.

And then, just as quickly, it was gone, and Beatrix stood once more in the chamber alongside Lady Agrias, same as ever but with a new feeling of true power. Did the Queen feel this way all the time? Perhaps...but now is not the time!

"I think I may have heard exactly what you did," she blurted to Agrias, and said nothing else before dashing out of the room and up to the Bridge. She grabbed Agrias and nearly dragged her.

When they reached Sai Beatrix saluted. Her right eye began burning for some reason, so her attention was split.

"Ow--wait, did you say that Abby is attacking Cloud?" She spun around on Sylvia. "I want eyes on the battlefield, now! And see, Agrias? I knew this would happen... Sai, I want every woman available down in the bay. You will be prepping them. I think Lady Agrias and I will be heading down to defuse the situation prematurely. Kefka is still my main objective...and I should like to know what Miss Abigail is playing at. Sylvia! Put me on the microphone, I am going to inform the Mad Clown that we have arrived! Alexandrians! Assemble!"

[Oeilvert]

Masheck Octavian bowed to Beatrix and Agrias when they arrived at the bridge, and he seemed to notice something significantly different about both women. He smiled. Their power had grown dramatically.


"Admiral. Coordinator. We have been expecting you." He motioned over to the bridge's balcony and surveyed the chaotic battle of light and dark that raged far below and pointed.
"I suggest you take some time to buffer your defenses, as the White Mage seems to be fighting for the enemy at this time. She won't be of much help to either of you."

Vivi approached now, and tugged on Beatrix' jacket. She wheeled on him with wide eyes, and he shuddered. "Beatrix, it's time. It's time to fight for the world. For Dagger, Zidane, all the others...and for ourselves. Are you ready? I thought I wouldn't be...but my resolve has come in so many different forms recently. Are you prepared for the final run? I think you need to look at this differently. I don't know if I believe Abby's turned bad, but proof points to it down there...just, don't judge too quickly. That's how things blew up at the castle..."

Beatrix simply frowned, and turned to Agrias, and nodded.

"General," said a soldier through the intercom. "A telepod has been prepared for the transportation of both you and Lady Agrias, whenever you are ready."

[Sai]

Sai had been carefully weighing his options when Ellin had showed up and immediately made the big inquiry.

“I heard you found Abby! Can I see her??”

The Nobody considered this for a moment, wondering how best to handle the situation, but upon seeing the General and Strategist on their way, his hand was somewhat forced. Unable to diffuse what could possibly be a serious issue, he played the simplest card he possibly could. "See for yourself..." he said calmly, gesturing out the window as he went to meet with Beatrix and Agrias.

"Ow--wait, did you say that Abby is attacking Cloud?" Beatrix began without Sai saying a word to prompt. "I want eyes on the battlefield, now! And see, Agrias? I knew this would happen... Sai, I want every woman available down in the bay. You will be prepping them. I think Lady Agrias and I will be heading down to defuse the situation prematurely. Kefka is still my main objective...and I should like to know what Miss Abigail is playing at. Sylvia! Put me on the microphone, I am going to inform the Mad Clown that we have arrived! Alexandrians! Assemble!"

She KNEW Abigail would go rouge? Interesting. At what point was there any indication that the white mage, possibly the holiest of them all, would go evil? He hadn't seen it, but perhaps it was simply woman's intuition. Whatever the case, he had an order, and he had to follow it. This WAS her ship, after all.

"Yes, General," he said simply, and made his way to the communications terminal to relay the order.

"Alexandrian Soldiers. Your General has ordered every able-bodied woman to the loading bay to prepare for assault. I will meet you there to relay final orders. Sai out," he said in his usual, deadpan voice before hanging up the comm without much more to say.

"The bridge is yours, General..." Sai uttered as he walked by her, on his way to carry out his orders. Down the halls, he didn't speak to a soul, not even showing the slightest interest when a few would ask to speak with him. Hopefully, they wouldn't take it personally. He was a Nobody, after all. Still, for all the hollow emptiness inside, he couldn't help but think on Daphne and what she was doing at the time.

Would she be in this ground assault? Was this really her place? Sure, she was a soldier first and a scientist second, but what if something happened? Wouldn't the intelligent thing to do be to keep her in the labs where her skills are best utilized? He didn't doubt the judgement of the General, of course. Her military experience spoke for itself, but still one did tend to use their resources where they were best in times like this.

In all the whirlwind of thought, Sai hadn't noticed that he had reached the bay already, and very nearly walked all the way to the hangar doors. Luckily, that was pretty much the direction everyone was facing, in nice, neat lines no less. It wasn't difficult to pull off the appearance of simply wishing to walk in straight lines and give the impression of control. Impressions were important in a time like this. While he couldn't feel, they could, and he needed them to feel confident.

Here, Sai stood before the soldiers, each armed with keyblade in hand and ready to storm the World That Never Was, reclaim Kingdom Hearts, and put an end to the madness that was spawned the day he split from his own heart.

"Alexandrian Soldiers..." he spoke, his tone no more urgent but louder, "we are about to march into enemy territory once more. We are better armed, and we have a better understanding of the nature of the villain, but do NOT underestimate them. The Fallen has proven himself a cunning and dangerous foe time and time again. You have weapons now tied to your hearts through tethers that would be difficult to sever, but they CAN be severed. The source of your strength is also your greatest weakness, so protect it and protect each other. The heartless will try everything they can to claim your hearts, but they can never take your pride as soldiers. Fight for each other, and fight for Kingdom Hearts..." he said, trying in his strange way to rally the troops.

Turning away from them to face the bay doors, he stared with an almost apathetic gaze. "We only await the attack order from the General. Prepare yourselves for darkness like you've never seen in all your days..."

[General Beatrix]

Beatrix saluted the Nobody before he left and turned to where Ellis manned the wheel. She cleared her throat before speaking, and waved an arm to signal the bridge-women.

"Ladies, the greatest battalion Alexandria has ever offered the world is Light's last hope, and I intend to keep our fierce reputation intact."

She walked down the steps to the observing station where her captain's chair sat and paced.

"The Castle of Naught is our final destination, presumably our permanent resting place. Perhaps it will be our time to go out with immaculate glory. All I know is that, as your general I expect nothing but your best. You are Alexandrians, after all, and I shall see none retreat. I give you all the same ultimatum I do before every battle. Come, join me and the Warriors of Light in the final showdown, or stand back and observe. Rest assured you will not be seen as cowardly or face any penalties. I only wish that those who enter battle are set and their minds are cleared for war. Kefka stands as our first keyhole to lock, and at his side we face an unexpected challenger. Lady Abigail has joined up with the Fallen for whatever reason. I'll not see her taken down by any of ours, so if you must...capture and contain her until later on. Kefka, however, is anyone's for the taking. Lady Agrias and I shall be heading into the fires before the rest of you, and will attempt to silence the mad circus below...this will make things somewhat easier, but beware: Maleficent and her posse still linger in the darkness. She is a terrible witch, you know...and can curdle even the purest of holy water. Your light is vulnerable in her darkness. And then there is the Fallen...he, too, is far gone in the darkness. He is our primary target. Do not face him alone. Shego, I imagine, is holed up at the foot of her master. She is mine. The rest is fodder, everybody's target. Make a prayer for those broken hearts, Alexandria, for there will be no mercy. All hail, Alexandria! All hail Light! May the grace of Alexander--and Cosmos--guide and protect us. Alexandrians! Prepare for war!!!"

After the rally of those on the bridge subsided, General Beatrix saluted once more and turned to Agrias.

"Well, High Seraph, shall we off? We shouldn't let the clown be absent an audience, hm?" She smiled, and gave the woman a thumbs up before whipping out Save the Queen.

"Light be with us."

[Atticus the Fallen]

He watched.

With those dark, horrible eyes, he watched. The lifeboat of the Light had sank into the atmosphere and was poised for battle. He knew that was its only goal, for... what was left? Only this before them laid between oblivion or absolution, so what choice did those who clung to the fading light truly have?

Oh, how he watched while one of their own fought beside the darkness, ready to destroy anything that got in her path. She was unable to fight against the slave crown's power, but only those with experience in the matter knew of that particular nastiness... and the only other who still lived was off somewhere with Jenova...

He watched, ready for the looks of despair on their faces when the darkness at long last tore the last bits of sparkling light from the hearts of the hopeful and shattered them in their faces. From under that steepled hat, the amber glow of those eyes seemed almost hungry for the final, humiliating defeat of the enemies of darkness.

Those eyes, those dark, horrible eyes, watched. Very soon, they'd see destiny fulfilled. Soon, they'd see Darkness take all.

A gentle stroke for the little heartless in his arms was all the indication of the Fallen's delight at what he saw.

"Come, heroes... It's time to come home..." he whispered, then allowed those eyes to fall from the skies after so many hours onto the mad clown and his little fireworks show. Through the ethers of darkness, he spoke directly to him.

"Kefka... I have new playthings for you just above. Surely you would enjoy slaughtering many over just one, hm?"

[General Beatrix]

[glow=Yellow,2,300]Through the twisted Aether of tainted space and time, Kefka raged on in his mad dance, tossing lightning and hurling fire. He cackled madly in his pursuit of Cloud, and his blood-curdling chortles echoed throughout the broken, miserable alleyways of Naught.

When Abigail was sent to continue her assault, Kefka took to higher ground atop a small skyscraper to survey the chaos and destruction below, as well as the carnage brought on by his protege. "Hit 'im with a good one, Ashley!" he would crow, here and there.

But then suddenly, a voice black as the Abyss spoke directly to him from the menacing Aether.

"Toys...above?" he repeated, and tilted his head skyward. Sure enough, hovering towards the battlefield was none other than the Red Rose--and it looked fabulous! Hadn't he destroyed two of its towers way back when? Damn it!

"Looks like Eyepatch has brought a few friends to play with lil' ol' me!" he cried, clapping maniacally. "How deliciously perverse! How decadent! ...Amanda! We've got bigger fish to fry, see!? An army of 'em, to be exact! Kwee hee hee!!!"

Kefka took a striking pose as he pointed a manicured nail into Hyperspace.

"Your dear Sisters have come to dance! Send a big welcome package their way...what say, a present full...of HOLES! Hahahahahahaha!"[/glow]

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When Beatrix and Agrias came and went from the bridge down to the Telepod bay, Masheck Octavian had turned his attention back onto the small group with which he'd been conversing. He turned to Wall-E first.

"Well, my tiny friend...it looks to be it. Are you with me?" He smiled, and removed the wand from his belt and pulled out the Grimorum. "We will show these villains just exactly what they are dealing with. Knights of the Light, Scientists, Mages...golems, gods...Be not afraid..." Still, he couldn't lie to himself. He was terrified. He turned again to the others. "The mistress of this ship and the Lady Seraph are heading off prematurely. We should head to our battle stations with the rest of the Alexandrians, no?"

[Abigail Crescentlight]

High atop the spire of memory's skyscraper, the possessed white mage finished concentrating her attack. Below, a massive summoning circle glowing white hot with power burned brightly with the divine markings of a follower of Cosmos. Abigail's attack was ready to unleash her fury upon Kefka's enemies.

She was about to target Cloud once more, as per orders, until the mad clown changed direction on her. Her eyes, so sharp an focused, moved from the SOLDIER and upward to the skies where floated the Red Rose. She recognized the ship, knew there were friends onboard whom she would NEVER willingly harm.

Never willingly.

With a quick shift of her weight, Abigail launched herself backward off of Memory's Skyscraper and out of the general area of her circle. As she fell backward with grace and direction, she swiped her staff backward to prepare the direction of the blast. With a massive upward slash, she cried out loudly and called forth the powers of the light to do her bidding.

The circle erupted with violent force upward around the tower, shattering it almost instantly. What once was a symbol of the World That Never Was broke into a thousand pieces and were launched skyward with force and direction toward the Red Rose. Pieces that varied in size from a pebble to a boulder rocketed at breakneak speeds in an attempt to rip the hull of the ship apart!

[The Brass Duke]

Try as she might, poor Abigail's will was simply too weak to the darkness-boosted Slave Crown, and the Red Rose would soon find that big things really did come in small, fragile packages.

Holy--empowered greatly due to Shantotto's teachings--was on a collision course with the stationary hovering war vessel, and only something nearly as massive would be able to absorb and/or deflect such destruction.

It appeared all may be lost; the general and seraph would return from their mission to find nothing but splinters, fire and charred bodies...unless...

From seemingly nowhere a void opened up not several clicks away from the Rose, and out came barreling a Heartless-coated Gummi Galleon, firing lasers and missiles out in haphazard directions.

It bee-lined its way past the Rose, heading down to collide with Naught, but when they saw their position in the trajectory of a magic missile, the captain ordered a retreat.

Soon pods would burst from every side of the Gummi Galleon, and launch themselves down to the crumbling city below, all save for one, coated in a brilliant shining brass. Of course, this must have been the Brass Duke and his canonical side-kick Cobalt. It hovered to the Rose and landed with a thud on one of the main decks.

When the two emerged, they looked around to survey the chaos...but were quickly escorted to where Sai was debriefing the Alexandrians and co.

"Well hello there, Nobody. I see you've not gone and made a complete mess of this whole thing yet. But you've still got time. Get your heart back yet?" He looked at the broken Kingdom Hearts and sighed. "Guess not. Well, what now? Golems and Moogles are on their way to the surface, and I'm ready to do what I must."

[Sai]

The silver nobody quirked an eyebrow lightly as he heard the chaos ensuing outside the loading bay. He was prepared to brace for impact when the unexpected happened.

Nothing.

He looked around, wondering why the collision had been avoided when his answer came to him in the form of a face he hadn't expected to see again. The Brass Duke walked right up and began spouting his usual brand of "superior to you" dialouge. Lucky for Sai that he couldn't get offended.

Without much to say, the Nobody gestured for the hatch to be opened while they stood there. Immediately upon its opening, the air-pressure in the cargo bay would begin to equalize, blasting air past all who stood there like a miniature tornado. It wasn't enough to sweep them out, but certainly enough to send any lingering dust or stray pieces of paper flying from the cargo bay.

"Our orders are to begin the ground assault..." Sai called calmly over the rushing winds. "Your golems and moogles will prove most useful, Duke, as I suspect that we've yet to see the true opposition we are to face."

Just as Sai predicted, the ground below them seemed to come alive. Thousands upon thousands of beady yellow eyes, belonging to hundreds of variety of heartless were beginning to come into view. It was like watching the world become a massive hive of evil. The ground undulated and pulsed with the ravenous call to darkness that the Heartless represented.

They were going to be diving directly into it. The Soldiers had their orders, to take the fight to the heartless, all of them wielding their keyblades and ready for battle. Sai pulled out his wand and prepared himself for an assault unlike any they had seen to date, and with a firm nod to Brass, ran for the open bay door!

Sai plunged hundreds of feet downward, certain that the Alexandrians were right behind him. If they weren't, they'd have to find an alternative method by which to land safely, as he could only do this once. The ground rushed upward toward him.

1000 feet... 800 feet... 400 feet... 100 feet...

With a massive swipe of his arm, Sai summoned the winds to his aide. The current rushed in a massive cyclone below to create a sort of wind buffer that would slow Sai's and every one of the Alexandrians behind him's descent until they could all land light as a feather on the ground in the center of an area cleared of heartless by the winds themselves.

"The White Mage belongs to the Sisters, everything else is free game. Attack!" Sai called to his forces as he threw out his arm to send torrents of lightning bolts down into the Heartless army before him.

The ground assault had begun.

[nexus]

"Dragon Wings taking large flaps", as Nexus stood watching the chaos unfolding on the ground below.

Moments before, Nexus was handing Ria parts of her armor as she geared up for the battle that was to ensue. Giving and getting hugs and looking into her eyes and seeing the worried look she carried, Nexus gave words of comfort before watching her join her ranks with the rest of the Alexandrians.

Now he stood with keyblade in hand "Airinose" he growled. "Looks like i can go wild this time huh?"He asked her, before she could even answer he lept from her back. Falling he saw the hundred of yellow eyes get closer, he smiled and his eyes slanted and turned a blue hue.

"From the northern tundra, to the depths of caverns yet untold, Where no heat can grasp, and no flame can light, I call on the power of a world where no warmth can be found. ICE COME FORTH AND BE MINE!!"

Nexus screams moments before he hits the ground, with the sound of shattering glass, and shards of frozen ice spread like pointed pillars from the spot he landed. When the mist spread away from him, Nexus stood his left arm covered in ice giving him a giant claw made of ice, his keyblade also took on the attribute blessed upon it. His armor looked like that of an ice dragon complete with tail, and helmet (no wings).

Nexus smiled with a big fang filled grin, turned and charged into the nearest group with a loud "ROAR"