Where Darkness and Light Collide

[Ellin Destroix]

Ellin had finished saying farewell in her own way to her father, by letting him know where she stood. Once the window of darkness closed, and Atticus was out of her sights was when the ship tilted most uncomfortably to the right, and caused the knight to stumble backwards within her armor and found herself rolling slightly until her back hit the wall. "Ouch!" she complained, rubbing the back of her head which met the woodwork first.

What was she to do here anyways, but allow Abby the time to eventually accept the truth? There should be no world with absence of light, just as there should not be a world without darkness; if that is true, why should she part the white mage's side at such a critical moment in the war?

"Abby...!" she called out, once the ship was done balancing itself, and got up to look for her, only to watch a barely familiar figure appear from an eerie portal of white and black colors with purples of sorts, "Who --....Lilith!?"

A hand was extended to the dark knight, seeming delicate and fragile in dim light until there became something amiss in this most deceiving turnabout.

**[[ JENOVA from The Final Run in The World that Never Was ]]**



"Let us help each other out." the pretend-vampire would speak softly. A familiar figure from the past stood in front of Ellin, glowing red orbs glaring down to the girl of purest black. She would extend a hand downward to assist the girl up at first, but without warning, ran a short, stainless steel dagger through her arm on her way to stand, penetrating through the metal!

The two made eye-contact for just brief moments. This injury was not meant to bring death upon the girl, but allow the girl to become her distraction for the next installment.

Once she had cast a cut on the girl, she pushed the warrior to the side, and dashed off to the next needed location... to find Abigail.

Now, if she had seen this right, she would be around the corner facing three Heartless. A quick step is all it took; she could easily perform the once-around vampire's movements, and she used her agility to tackle, and stab at the Heartless with a peculiar dagger. Of course, Lilith was the type to use guns once, but who was it to say that she did not ran out of bullets during the battle?

"Abigail..." she would shout out, holding her hand to the girl, in hopes that the white mage would come willingly, "I need your assistance..."



A...cut....! gasped the dark one, already feeling an overflow of energy overcoming her. Her curse.

The girl swung violently from side to side, holding at her arm as it dripped a black substance to the floor, resembling almost a black, oil-like appearance. It was as if acid to her very skin which pumped the poor warrior into an adrenaline craze, berserk even. She roared, and grabbed at anything close to her she could find, and crushed it within her hold.

Too much energy...too much!!

The darkness that spewed from Ellin's wound collected at her feet, and from the pool, yellow eyes could be seen. It was, as if she herself was made of darkness to a point that Heartless could almost use her blood as a corridor. The black knight of most purest obscurity whined in pain, not only from the thought of being used as a portal, but that her energy was sky-rocketing. The surrounding darkness was not helping her cause either, and so it prompted her to grow wild in her actions.

This was surely to be a distraction to many of the soldiers on their way to the bridge, and so they would try to calm her-- only to fall victim to the brutal beatings of the Dark Knight. She would not kill the Alexandrian soldiers who crossed her path, but she would beat them severely... it was painful, but she could not control herself.

"ARCANE CIRCLE!!" she shouted, gaining a bit of control when she saw more soldiers head her way, and they were engulfed by a strange, purple aura. It was not hurting them, but for some reason or another, Ellin had placed a spell to protect them against pots and dolls, "ARCANCE CIRCLE!! ARCANE CIRCLE!!!" she'd continue to shout, in hopes of relieving some of the energy pressures in a pathetic, peaceful, energy draining way. The more soldiers that appeared, the more she would cast it... leaving about charmed, and very confused Alexandrians.

[The Heartless Army]

A promise denied. A guarantee which fails. These are the things which define defeat.

The Heartless had victory in their claws. They had superior numbers, superior firepower, and superior position. They also had overconfidence, and in their arrogance had underestimated the dwindling light represented by the Rose and her outlying miniature armada of ships in her command. In the end, it is the one with superior tactics and strategy which wins the day.

The fall began at the end for Acteur. His demise meant a crippling blow to the Harbinger's forces, which were scattered and confused as a result of his end. Soon after, the addition of the BinShip taking out the tactics stations left the entire fleet without strategy, without communication, and without focus. They became disorganized and chaotic, and thus easy prey. Stingers fell easily, and the Carriers were practically defenseless as ships swooped in on them, and removed the fleet's ability to respawn.

Between Cloud's Fenrir, and the collected forces under Zolapaz's direct command, the Carriers were literally torn apart. Soon after, the Monoliths would fall, being the next-easiest targets. Tactics stations took heavy fire and exploded as the BinShip ripped through them, leaving only a straggling few Stingers, and of course the ever-impressive, but badly damaged Harbinger.

But even Goliath fell before David. The flagship of the Heartless Fleet was already badly injured from a blast from within, drifting on its side like a wounded dog. Its remaining teeth were viciously ripped out by a simple, standard, unaltered, base-model gummi with only three members on board. The Harbingers guns were useless, the shields were damaged beyond repair and only barely functional. It had only ONE last attack left to it, the cannon.

It would continue to charge a second blast, ready to take down anything foolish enough to try and finish it off. When it was ready, it unleashed its world-shattering devastation once more, but even this was a poor strategy at best. The AlexanderBeam was charging headlong right at it, and in the middle of its flight not only collided with, but ABSORBED the attack! It took on even more energy and came to a head with the face of the enemy.

Those massive, pillar arms came crashing down like a celestial typhoon. Powerful, and unstoppable. The shields held only for a moment, cricking and cracking before finally shattering into a billion points of harsh crimson against a black backdrop. Into the heart of the ship, those all-crushing arms piledrove their way, crippling the ship forevermore.

Engines cut out, explosions went off in nearly every quarter of the ship, and the propulsions began to shut down. The Harbinger, jewel of the Heartless Battle Fleet, crowning acheivment in Heartless engineering, and former headquarters of the Fallen himself donned the title of its old master... and fell. Too large to simply explode as one, the whole mass shifted away from the battle, uncontrolled and losing large portions of itself on the way. It would crash on a massive chunk of what was once Sherwood Forest... and there it would stay until time itself ran its course.

The battle fleet was, by all definitions, defeated. There remained only one threat: the Heartless which remained onboard the Rose. They circled around the White Mage, and closed in on any foolish Alexandrian soldier wanting to make a name for herself. But even this was handled unexpectedly by an old face. The apparent "Lilith" came in from nowhere and rescued the one of Cosmos, and offered to take her away...

At least there was Ellin... who now was acting as their escort onto the ship, where they could turn disgrace into victory...

[General Beatrix]

"From where I sta--grrrhk!" The Gummi Galleon teetered to the side when the Alexander Beam merged with the Harbinger, knocking the Brass Duke and his crew all over the bridge like when on a bumpy road.

"Er," he began, crawling back to the receiver near his chair, his arm crushed beneath a fallen pillar. "From where I stand, ghk...it appears the Fleet is dwindling com--completely...I've lost contact with sev-v-veral of my golem forces on the radar...I believe victory is close..."

When that blast struck home Brass had been lost over the radio, and when he returned his condition seemed to have changed drastically. The general moved closer to the intercom where other soldiers gathered round to listen.

"Your Grace, is everything alright? That goes for the rest of you, as well! Sai, how are things going on your end? The Harbinger is fallin apart as we speak! I need you to pull back as soon as possible and join ranks! Master Zolapaz, you too. Ser Cloud, please rendezvous back here as soon as possible! I need to reconvene with you all! We've one final strike, and that is with the Heartless here! The Red Rose is losing power fast, and we need to get out of here before the enemy flagship detonates."

The general paused for responses, and then moved on to her next task. "Captain Ria! This is General Beatrix from the bridge! If you're quite finished, I need you to find Lady Agrias and send her here, immediately!"

"Monoliths...going down, as are Carrie--" transmission was soon cut off from the Gummi Galleon, and the ship began coasting off behind large slabs of Former Sherwood.

[[glow=gray,2,300]color=Black]"Leon has yet to reawaken, but from my current location, I report a mission accomplished. Rendezvousing now."[/color][/glow]

"Is it all over?" asked the prince while his eyes frantically searched the burning battlefield in search of Wall-E, who had disappeared somewhere during the blast. At least he was gone according to where Masheck sat aboard Sai's ship. The automaton could have been very close, but it isn't as if the prince would see.

"Captain, enemy has been completely wiped out in this quarter."

"General!" cried a soldier nearby. "The Red Rose is experiencing large amounts of both shadow and radioactivity in the lower levels! There was a massive reading earlier down in one of the holds where the Ladies Abigail and Ellin returned from--I believe a Dark One returned with them but soon disappeared...and within the reactor room...I don't know how best to say this, but...we're melting down! Something shifted the core!"

[Agrias Oaks]

Within the hold of the core would be a very tired, very hurt novice trying to compose herself. She could hear the cheers of the soldiers outside her death walls, and knew in the bottom of her heart that the idea had worked. Victory was upon them; She flowed with immense joy, and a weak smile appeared on her features at the thought.

"MISS AGRIAS!!" Ria would bang against the heated glass, trying to keep the other awake from the other side, "MISS AGRIAS-- PLEASE STAY AWAKE!!" it would seem that the overflow of pure energy emitted from Alexander had sealed the little plastic that allowed the doors to open, and with the controls fried from the power surge, the soldier found herself at a loss at what to do! Thankfully the Com channels were left opened, so others could hear her cries, and help if they were close.

The tactician's mind was elsewhere at this time, thinking on the past, and trying to forget the burning sensation to her skin dawned upon by radiation. Her eyes had become bloodshot from the exposure, her lips dry and cracked from thirst, and her lungs were drawing in the little air that lingered in that toxic space. Her mind went to an earlier memory, when she was on the bridge, reading about a fabled play she wanted to see called, "I want to be your Canary." and remembered the melodies etched upon paper...

A few soldiers managed to enter, seeing the desperate Ria bashing away at the hot glass. Some wondered what was happening, and who was in there-- it was too foggy to see who it was exactly, but now as a group, they began to pry the doors open as much as they could, allowing clean air to make itself to the reactor. They slowly became exposed to the poison, but it was not enough to bring them true sickness and continued to work.

"AGRIAS!!" Ria shouted, trying her hardest to break the doors, but they were made to resist a possible explosion. A few of the soldiers began to carve at the melted plastic now. One of the soldiers went to the Com system to give out the situation, "Captain!! Agrias is inside the Core Chamber!" and left it at that, on her way to work on the doors again.

Agrias' eyes rolled upward, noticing the shift in air once that little crack was done, and a bit of fresh air crept in. "..." she began to see things, such as Reis and Ramza within the mist... then flashes of Alicia and Lavian. Could she be mistaken the soldiers for her fallen comrades? Her eyes darted weakly from one to the other, reaching over to rest a gloved hand against the wall. Her clothes dim in color as the dye was eaten away by the heat.

"Stay strong, Agrias!! We almost have it!" Ria would assure, coughing and resting a hand upon the other side to somehow comfort Agrias, "Beatrix will be here soon, you'll see...! Just stay awake, we almost got you!"

The youngest of them looked to the others, "HURRY UP!! PLEASE! She's been in there beyond average limit!" she tried to rush, and so they did, the doors cracking even further. A few of the soldiers began to cough, the poison finally getting to them, even in small amounts.

"...Bea....?" Agrias was able to make out that much, her eyes slowly closing in dream now almost. "...Doth thou .....mean....Mel...?" and it was here were the woman began to grow silent.

** Detour to Dive into the Heart: A forgotten promise.**

[General Beatrix]

"MISS AGRIAS-- PLEASE STAY AWAKE!!"

Agrias? thought Beatrix, whose gaze shifted lightning-fast the moment she'd heard Ria's blood-curdling cries from the intercom. Beatrix' heartbeat jumped at a single thought an instant later.

Yes, of course! That fool!


"Captain!! Agrias is inside the Core Chamber!"

She needed not hear the rest of the transmission, as she'd bolted past several soldiers coming onto the bridge to congratulate her in pursuit of the Reactor chamber far below the main decks.

Of course! That would be the most strategic location to summon the Great One...but...but...inside?

She continued to run, knocking over passersby, slamming through objects in her way and ignoring several flights of steps as she pleaded with all her heart for Agrias to be alright. When at last she breached the area where soldiers were packing in frantically she brandished Save the Queen and roared, diving forward as the masses side-stepped and she was able to puncture the glue of plastic that sealed the doors.

Briefed as she began carving, Beatrix' heartbeat sped up, and she grew very anxious as her eyes examined the room behind this seal. She could see very little, only hear gasps and the "fssssst" of pipes leaking, as well as the hissing of turbines that allowed the reactor to cool down.

"Agrias, stay with us!" she ordered, and began using her blade to pry the door open. Tears began trickling down her cheeks as dark thoughts crept into her mind, and it took all of her strength to keep these at bay.

At one point the door seemed to slip open, only enough so that the general's arm could pass through...this she was not ready for and she slammed into the gap, dropping Save the Queen into the irradiated room, causing the doors to crush back inward on her upper arm.

"Aaaghhk!" she yelped, and soon jammed her steel boot into the hole. "Get me in there!" she cried to her soldiers, who were still busy attempting to pry away. Soon they would meet with success, but only Beatrix would pass through into the smog.

"Close this back up by blocking it with some--aghk--" the smoke from the irradiation had caught her uvula while she spoke, forcing her to gag a little.

"block it with something until we return! I'm off to find Agrias!"

With that said, Beatrix passed through the fog and searched frantically for the beloved novice, even dropping to all fours at one point--not willingly, mind you. She began to stagger though, what with the crushed right arm and inhalation of the poisonous gas.

"Agria--"

"Mel--?"

She'd finally found Agrias at one point, though it appeared she was barely conscious; this would not be good...

Beatrix crawled to the blond woman and nuzzled her head under one of Agrias' arms, so that she could hoist her up easier with her one good arm. Agrias was in such poor shape right now Beatrix' heart grew weak with sadness.

"You fool," she breathed between heaving coughs while trying to lift the both of them, with little success.

"Please...stay...stay wit--"

And she collapsed, the novice adding extra weight onto her while she fell, and simply put a gloved hand over the other's face to keep at least some of the radiation out before she, too, fell unconscious.

"I need you to st--"
***Off to the Final Dive***

[Abigail Crescentlight]

Tired. More than anything else, she was growing tired. The white mage of Gaia struggled with her newfound respect for the heartless kind, coupled with the weight of the responsibility held in the hands of one who wielded a keyblade (even if hers was a staff). Even after having made herself into a living fortress, Abigail was torn between defending herself or letting these creatures survive.

After her time with Ellin, she saw the face of a mother or a family member waiting for their brave soldier to come home in each of them. No matter how much she knew it was her duty to defend the ship and survive to the final battle, during which they would put everything right again, she couldn't bring herself to strike down these heartless which even now were surrounding her.

Overwhelming fatigue was taking her. All this activity, struggling to stay safe while not injuring the growing forces was cauing her to wear herself out. She slumped against the wall behind her, breathing hard and recalling how easy this was back at Beast's Castle, or even in the Pridelands, back when she knew her weapon wouldn't permenantly destroy them. Back when she didn't feel she was violating the very principles on which she based her fath: that everything without exception was capable of redemption.

That was when the decision was made for her. Out of nowhere, a familiar face came and rescued her. Abigail smiled brightly, seeing the girl again. "Lilith!" she cried out, overly relieved. "You came back!" she said happily.

Then the vampire turned and offered her hand to the White Mage. She didn't sense any danger, didn't even know the dirty truth of the situation. WIthout so much as even the slightest doubt... she reached up, and took the vampire's hand, ready to follow her anywhere.

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As for Wall-E, the battle had finally reached a head. With a few golems keeping an eye on him, he could finally catch a moment to repair himself and get back in on things. With the Heartless losing their organization, they were becoming much easier targets. He was able to laser them down easily, and when the battlefield was cleared (or the ships retreated), he was able to break off from the Golems with a cheerful whistling salute in order to fly toward Sai's simple gummi.

Landing on the outer hull, Wall-E made use of some magnetic tracks he had improvised from "borrowed" parts. This allowed him to stick to the metal structure and drive himself to the back hatch, which was easy enough to open without causing too much trouble for those inside. Once safely on board, he drove himself back up to the cockpit, where he wheeled in with a happy whistle and lifted his arms. "Ta-dahhh!" was his greeting after so much danger...

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Once battle had finally calmed, Kim sighed and put out a quick hailing frequency. "Hey, Hercules... Gabby... Nice shooting out there. I had a feeling you guys wouldn't abandon us..." she said, relieved to see the friends she had made at the Castle of Naught once more. That silly flying block of theirs may be slow and cumbersome, but it was certainly a sight for sore eyes. She'd then switch frequencies and call the Rose. "On our way, cheif..." she said, then turned off all communications to save power.

Kim turned in her spot at this point, taking a breath after so much mayhem and wildness. Seeing the small box-bot, she couldn't help but smile. "Well, look who's back!" she said, glancing over to Oeilvert as she did. "Looks like your friend's okay! That's great news!"

She then looked to Sai, who had yet to demonstrate any kind of reaction whatsoever to the whole affair. "We came out on top this time... what's next?" she asked, not used to playing the subordinate, but knowing all too well that if anyone could keep them alive long enough to see everything put back to normal, it would be Sai and the group of heroes he had surrounded himself with.

[Sai]

Sai had been too busy evaluating the condition of the ship to notice that the robot had made its return, and that the two other members were obviously in good spirits after the success of the mission. He made mental notes to himself to have the left wing repaired and the right engine diagnosed for minor performance issues. He'd only look to them a moment or two after both had spoken.

"Mission complete, then..." he said calmly, with as much inflection as when they had literally just started. Looking at their faces, Sai still had no idea why they looked on him as a leader. He had no real qualities that a leader possessed, and frankly the fact that both still lived was nothing short of a statistical miracle. Still, the laws of random numbers dictated that given only two outcomes, one good and one bad, that the good must be drawn sometimes. Apparently, this was that time.

So what came next, as Miss Possible so definely put it? Sai had overheard the intercom and Miss Possible's prompt response. What came next should be obvious. However, without a condescending tone, or any tone at all for that matter, the Nobody sat back and gripped the controls once more.

"Now we return to the Rose for debriefing. With the enemy no longer an issue, we are no longer in need of weaponry or most shielding. Maintain minimal power on both so we can conserve where we are able. Afterwards, General Beatrix will offer us our next objective."

Sai turned his standard gummi and flew toward the Rose. Transferance was easy, handled by a crew member on board the flagship. Once onboard, Sai would hold a hand out to condense the standard gummi down to its "travelling size" which fit within the pocket and started on his way.

He paused only a moment to observe the Gummi Galleon piloted by the Duke and his forces drifting lazily out of view, clearly damaged though still on full power. He informed the next crew member he passed that the Brass Duke will not be attending the debriefing for reasons unknown. Aside from that, he spoke to no one and made directly for the meeting room, unaware of the struggles down below...

[Gabranth]

Now that the communication ship was shot down, a loud excited yell came from Gabranth’s right.

"I got it! I got it!!"

Hercules cheered, looking to Gabranth with that goofy wide grin of his. Gabranth was taking with a slight shock, jolting back into his chair with sudden outburst.

For Gabranth the battle was a natural thing, so it was somewhat understandable with Hercules and his child like excitement. Though, Gabranth continued to watch Hercules with a slight confused look on his face.

Then a static transmission came in as they were leaving the main field.

"Hey, Hercules... Gabby... Nice shooting out there. I had a feeling you guys wouldn't abandon us..."

Shaking off the confused look, he spoke to Hercules. “That I believe is for you. As for what’s next, your guess is as good as mine…”

[nexus]

Nexus continued running through the hallways, looking for Ria, or anyone else at this point that could tell him what was going on. He had seen the ship itself almost shimmer with a white light, then dissipate after, which left him wondering what happened to the ship.

Nexus came to an abrupt stop almost toppling over a solder running past him at a four way intersection, she looked worried and a little scared. "Whats wrong, what happened?" he asked her but she didn't even have to reply , she just looked down the hallway she came from.

Nexus fallowed her gaze then quickly got in front of the solder defensively, He saw what he recognized as the knight clad in dark armor from the debriefing before, but something was wrong, she looked like she had lost it, she reminded him of a Berserker Dragon from back home that had gone into a rage, dangerous and deadly, but she wasn't a dragon, she was human, so maybe she can be tamed. "What was her name tho? ...... Elise .... Elizabeth ..... no.......Ellin....yeah that was it." he thought to himself

Nexus flicked away his keyblade, not wanting to harm the girl, she was an ally......he hoped. He started walking toward her motioning to the other solders to back away and let him through. "Ellin...... that's your name, am i right Dark Knight?" he called out getting closer. "Can you calm yourself?" he said as he pushed past the last of the solders and ushered them back.

[Twilight Path]

"Splendid," the vampire called out softly to the woman as she tightened the hold of her fingertips around the Mage's hand. Soon enough, the world around them would grow slow, and immediately stop. Heartless stood in place under swinging swords of Alexandrian soldiers that seemed petrified as well. Bullets hovered over the halls on the way and some Soldiers seemed to float over where they jumped, walked, or ran; Time had literally stopped for them all, except the two.

"I am sorry..." The creature spoke, her expression showing true lament, "... but this is needed for various reasons... for you, and I."

A dull flash of purple, and black, and the Vampire and Mage vanished in a blink of an eye.

**Jenova has taken Abigail to The Final Run ... in The World that Never Was**

[Oeilvert]

"WALL-E!!!" cried Oeilvert, leaping from his seat the moment the tiny automaton reentered the safe zone. He grinned at Kim's comment but quickly returned his thoughts back to the mission at hand.

And then they touched back onto the Red Rose and were free to move about in more open environments. The sorcerer kept hold of Wall-E until it grew bored, afraid that if he didn't keep an eye out, they'd lose one another again.

And then there was Locke, too! They reunited with a display that could only be labeled as...odd. Locke the raven assaulted the prince with his claws--glowing claws, mind you--and berated him before the soldiers for being so reckless as to let his heart stay so far away.

"I'm sorr=ow! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Okay? Please, forgive me! ...now, where is Miss Abigail? I should like to thank her for taking care of you while I was gone."

[glow=green,2,300]"I'm afraid I've not seen her since she ventured off to the Harbinger and did her job; I spent my time with the creature Boco for a while, though."[/glow]

[Ellin Destroix]

The dark knight was seeing red, everywhere she turned, she could see soldiers marching over to her with swords pointed, unknowing of what to do. She would smack the ones near her, but before bludgeoning them to death, or hurting them further, she could spam "Arcane circle" as a substitute action. "AaarrrrRGHhhh!!! ARCANE CIRCLE!! ARCANE CIRCL--"

"Ellin...... that's your name, am i right Dark Knight?" nexus called out getting closer. "Can you calm yourself?"

"Tch!!" she would face the man, her hands clenched into fists, and armor shrieking in her movements, ".... ..b-boy.... boy!" she could recall his name as Nexus if she was calmer, but she was trying to control her rage, "A-arcane circle!" she would shout once more, and cast a protection spell on the Dragon Master.

"Too much..... too much energy flow.... I'm overflowing...!" she'd warn, reaching over to punch at a nearby wall, "....I need-- ... s-sleep spell or...s-something...time to...heal... ARCANE CIRCLE!" she needed to cast ten other times for ten arriving soldiers.

[MeadowSong]

"Just a little bit longer!" cried a soldier, holding the barricade leading to the reactor open; several geared-up soldiers wearing what could only be described as Radiation Suits rushed in immediately and began their search for the general and Lady Agrias.

"We could use a little light!"

"It's difficult to see--ah! There!"

"I see them! Let's go--!!!"

[glow=Purple,2,300]Closest to the reactor itself a very familiar crimson-black rose bleeding purple fire would sprout from the inky blackness that was the Dark Rift and seed into a blossoming Corridor of Darkness.

Green fire raged from within which gave off some light to the soldiers, so much that they would be able to see at least the outline of the queen before she knocked them back.

When MeadowSong stepped out of the rift she examined the foggy chamber, the soldiers, the unconscious paladins and, finally, the tower reactor. She chuckled, musing to herself about the weakness of humans, and waved Faeries' Wrath before the smog.

It seemed to absorb all tainted substance in the air straight into the glowing orb that rested at the sceptre's top. MeadowSong chuckled merrily and turned back to the reactor.

"My, my...it would seem like we've got a problem. How ever will you manage to make it to my castle in this condition?"

She wasted no time in stepping straight through the metal and into the machine, where loud cracks, clicks, thuds and a range of other odd sounds would boom like thunder. Several moments later and the hyper hissing of steam pumps would slow, the gas would cease to plume, and the engine settled back into a slow, rhythmic hum.

When MeadowSong reappeared, she said nothing to the soldiers while flying directly back into the Corridor and returning home.[/glow]

[nexus]

"A sleep spell?" Nexus asked out loud and scratched his head. He looked around at the solders still in the hallway, mentioning to them about it. In turn the solders shook there head.

"It looks like that kind of spell is out of the question......... not really what i ..." Nexus stopped mid sentence and looked sown for a moment as an idea came to him. He remembered how after the fight with the beast he had when he raged, he fell asleep from exhaustion.

"Fire would burn her........ Ice would cause to much damage, and there is no earth here to use.....ahhh that would work" he thought to himself. Nexus raised his head again with a wide grin as he started walking toward Ellin "But if it's excess energy you wanna get rid of" he said as he stopped a short distance from her. "RIP, ROAR, HOWL..... Air come forth and become all..." Nexus called out as a quick burst of wind come rushing in from all directions, surrounding Nexus from head to toe almost like a visible shroud, when the wind found it's form and spun furiously around nexus he took up a fighting stance. Staring at the dark Knight with now green slanted eyes.

"Let go Ellin, i can take it......One way or another you'll be unconscious when we're through" he said through swirling winds and preparing for whats to come.

[Sai]

The Nobody among the somebodies was vaguely aware of the heartless sprawling about the ship. The scent was everywhere, but for as much pungency as it had, he was already well aware that it was vastly outnumbered by soldiers. There was a stronger scent, but sweeter, obviously belonging to both the dark knight currently going nuts down among the hallways, and the fox heartless that had joined their crusade in Sherwood.

But then another came along. Darker than most, and more foul. Even Sai, who had a high tolerance for such things from numerous trips to and from places like Castle Oblivion or the Castle of Naught which both drifted dangerously close to where even angels fear to tread, had to lift a hand to cover his nose somewhat. There was something powerful among them.

He could get a vague idea of its motions, feeling it down in the engine rooms and swiftly making a trip to its corridor. There, he would head it off. Based on the fact that pressure was normalizing and controls were coming back online, the being had apparently aided them. He wanted to know why.

Moving silently and without alerting others, Sai slowly stepped backward into his own corridor, entering that sort of sub-world where the shadows dwelled.

[temporarily moving to Shades of Gray]