Kingdom Hearts: Saga of memories

[Houndoom_Lover]

Chapter

2-7
Clash in the Cosmos

Space
Outside 42

Mira popped out the other side, her laser beam at the ready, stressing her ears for the littlest sound, because that’s all it took, one sound in silent space. Her heart was pounding. It felt good to be on the field, for what she signed up for in the first place. It felt good to blow off Buzz, too. Who but him would pick the most boring-ist duty to do? Seriously, she didn’t know how he did it. She went stir crazy just looking at those mission log forms. If she wanted to sit around and sign forms, she’d have stayed in the palace.

There was a hard sharp sccrit sound behind her, to the left. Mira turned her head, seeing nothing, she twisted around. Nothing was there. Her heart was pounding; she could hear it distinctly like a drum in her head.

“You’re psyching yourself out,” She breathed. Talking to herself always helped calm her nerves. Made her seem a little crazy, but like she cared about what others thought. Mira lowered her arm, her laser beam blinking out. Maybe she should have waited for the others after all. She hovered forward, her foot skimming the ship top, holding her other leg up at knee level like she was ready to run. The asteroid they landed on was huge and-

Sccrit

Mira didn’t have time to turn around. A scream escaped her lips. Whatever made the noise behind her let out such a sonic blast that it not only blew out her ion jet system, but sent her flying the length of the ship.

Her teammates hustled out of 42 just in time to see her go soaring. Buzz called out her name, Booster did too but that didn’t help her any. Mira flew about a dozen yards more before hitting the iron laced ground, hard. The she-ranger rolled for a moment before coming to a halt near the edge of a particularly large crater. Clearly unconscious.

“Buzz, Mira’s-“ Booster started running towards her. A shadow fell over the large alien ranger.

“Booster, look out!” Lightyear cried, tackling his large friend to the ground with a split second to spare. The shadow’s owner whisked down and snatched its claws. The creature was a blur of purple as it let out a cry of fury, whisking back up to space. The offender circled around, waiting for its chance to strike. Buzz lifted his arm up, laser trained on the creature. He lined it up, but it was no good. It was moving just to fast. He made a sound of disgust, looking equally disgusted when something squirmed underneath him. Buzz looked confused for a moment, before realizing what was squirming. Booster!

“Ah, sorry,” Buzz said sheepishly, getting up off of Booster. Booster got up with some difficulty and Buzz’s help, placing a large hand on his head shield he asked, “What is that thing?”

“It’s Darastrix!” Buzz replied, as the thing swished back down. He shot his laser at it, but it deflected like pennies being thrown against the wall. “Craters! No effect-” He watched the thing go back up to circling, “It shouldn’t be this far out.”

“What should we do?” Booster asked panicky, he wanted to see if Mira was alright. She wasn’t moving.

“Don’t worry,” Buzz said, calm to Booster’s panic, “Once it sees we’re a threat, it’ll go away.”

The Darastrix shot back down.

Inside 42

Mira’s scream made up their minds for them. Ignoring Buzz’s order, the three plus Lumas, and Jiminy, who had slipped casually and quietly back under Goofy’s hat like a good conscience should when they were discussing things. He was busy writing things down in his journal, still musing about the Blue Fairy’s visit. He has something to say, but now wasn’t the time to do it.

They managed to find their way out of their ship, as though their minds in this time of need gave them a map to follow. The space ship’s door was burst ajar in the shape of Booster’s body. Being large did come in handy, after all.

They came to the scene as a dog-sized lizardy beast pounced down on Buzz’s arm. It was a laser light show as a tug of war endured, with the monster winning.

“A dragon!?” Donald quaked, trying to keep up with them. With his staff in hand, he used the other one to keep his hat steady. Last time they fought a dragon, it had been aloooooot bigger.

“Get away from him!” Sora shouted, running towards them. The others followed behind. Buzz looked at them in surprise, giving the Darastix enough time to knock him over, and with a flick of the tail, smack the button that activated that egg shaped glass dome over his head.

A second. That’s all it took to suffocate in space, the favorite killing method of the Darastrix who could last in the vacuum of space for several centuries. But luckily, little Tyke was already there, bobbling about Buzz’s head, squeaking “Get away! Get away! Get away!” He had no idea he saved Buzz’s life.

Buzz, upon realizing he wasn’t exploding, re-activated his oxygen shield, giving the Luma a look that could have been annoyance or gratitude, it was hard to tell. But the Darastrix roared at them, seeing its plan go south.

It circled above once, before landing on the front of the ship. All laser were trained on it, through it be pointless to fire. Even at this size, its scales were impervious to most firearms. Donald had his staff ready, Goofy pulled out his back-up shield that when not in use was strapped to his back…What did Sora have? He felt very naked without his Keyblade. He had to get it back.

“Yth varith usk erkisk vargach,” The Darastrix hissed at them, folding its wings back up, it sounded more like speak then random sounds it was making. Buzz slowly stepped towards it, “Okay, little fella, don’t be afraid.”

It let out a scream and spread its wings. But gave no indication it was going to move or attack, in fact, it started (for lack of a better word) to chuckle.

“Yehehehehe!” Surrounded them from all sides, like an old folk record player. While Buzz and Booster didn’t recognize the sound, Sora and the others did.

“It’s them!” Numic cried, when they had ran out, he slipped out of Sora’s hand and back to his head. He was now holding on with all his might to two locks, shaking with terror. They all took a step back, forming a circle, shoulder to shoulder, waiting for the laughter to produce a target when some soft hit the center of their body circle.

“What was that?” Donald asked, not wanting to take his eyes off of space just in case. The soft thing that fell started to flash and beep.

“Oooo, I was just gunna ask that,” Booster bit down on his bottom lip. He was shaking like a two-ton leaf.

The beeping was getting more pronounced.

“Sounds kinda like a bomb,” Goofy said over his shield. He didn’t say it with any convictions but he couldn’t think of any other sound that sounded quiet like that.

Eyes widened. Almost in unison, the others shouted, “A bomb!?” They turned their circle around, all facing the centre. And sure as the sun, there was a Boo there. Black, with yellow eyes. That was flashing white at an alarming speed.

Ka-BOOM!

The explosion sent them flying. Red dust kicked up from the asteroid obscured the scene but they could feel the Darastrix flap through the dust to the other side.

“Mira!” Buzz cried out. Her sitting their, knocked out or…Something thick squirmed inside him. He shook his head. That wouldn’t happen. It just wouldn’t. He got up, quickly, to his knees, pointing his laser into the dust. The explosion had been disorienting. And there was that laughter again.

“Sora! Sora!” One of the Lumas cried out in the dust cloud, “Spin! Spin!”

Numic had been tugging on Sora’s hair like a little kid would on a pony reign. Spin? He blinked. “Oh yeah!”

He wasn’t sure how we was going to do it, in fact, he felt a little silly even thinking about doing it. But Numic kept on chatting, so he placed a foot behind the other and gave a little twist.

The result was astounding. That little twist turned into an explosion of force, forcing the dust up and out in to space. He could see the others now, Donald was casting a light spell that was working poorly against the dust and Goofy was swinging his shield.

“Spin guys!” Sora yelled at them, hoping that they’d hear him. They did. “Spin?” Donald repeated, sounding appalled that he even suggest it. But it was better than nothing, so they span. The dust was lifted up and spat into space.

“That was upsetting,” Galatica commented, looking ill as he poked out from under Donald’s hat. He didn’t expect them to actually use their spinning abilities. He so wasn’t ready for that.

“Good job guys!” Ignius encouraged, poking his head out from Goofy’s pocket.

Buzz was exasperated by this. This was twice now that these…Lumas came in handy. Maybe he misjudged them, either way, “This is no time to be patting your back, I’ve got a Ranger down!”

The remainder of the dust cleared out, revealing a horrible scene. That scaly purple monster with its wild yellow eyes was holding Mira up by its sinewy tail. It flapped heavily to keep aloft. It let out a cry, a cry of victory. Next to it, was one of those bulbous white creatures they met in Traverse Town. It let out a giggle. Shock was written on Sora’s face.

“Hey, that’s-“ Donald started, and Sora’s finished, “The Winner’s proof!”

Indeed, the Boo was holding the Winner’s Proof Keyblade in his nubby nub. He had a cock sure look on his fangy face, “Sha-bam, I was going to blow you up myself, but we’ve decided,” He nodded his body towards the Darastrix, “to split my King’s reward and have some explosive fun on the way- Yehehehehha!”

“Put her down!” Booster cried, charging forward. The winged creature, however; just flapped out of his way, taking Mira with it. The Boo stopped Booster in his tracks with just the tip of the Keyblade.

“This you can save her, big boy?” He teased, looking menacingly. Buzz slid across the asteroid, his laser ready. Two shots flew across space towards the Boo- and went right through them, “Gotta blow, losers!”

The Boo knocked Booster over with they Keyblade. Lasers were being shot up at him. Pointless. He was going to make a clean get away- this was just too perfect. Until he got a face full of Sora.

Sora had kicked up off the ground, a look of fearsome determination on his face. The dragon was too far up to get, but if he could stop his partner. If he could get his Keyblade- He looked down at the bottom of it. No keychain- but then how…?

“Where did you get that?” He demanded, when he didn’t reply, Sora twisted around. It knocked the round specter back. He asked again. This time, the Boo, holding on to the Keyblade tight and protective, replied, “My King has decided to grant me the honor of using this offspring of the weapon he now calls his own- So, nya!”

He stuck his tongue out at Sora before ramming his Boo-body into his and right through. It felt like someone punches him right in the heart. He started to fall.

Donald let out an intangible quack, holding his staff towards the ground. And with a spark of light, created a steam of ice that he surfed up on. He caught Sora easily in his feathered arms, but of course, moving his arm stopped the spell. Now, they both were falling.

But Goofy was ready. He flung his shield, and the Donald fell into the bottom and fell back down to the asteroid and slid like a sledge on a snowy hill back down to safety. Galatica let out a sigh of relief.

“Nice shot Goofy, you’d be great at field sports,” Ignius chipped. What field sports Lumas would play are beyond me, surly something that would involve a lot of squeaking.

Buzz and Booster, who had given up on shoot them down, decided to take the battle to them. With their jet packs (Booster’s was like a blaster cannon), they took off in hot pursuit.

“By the order of the Galactic alliance,” Buzz shouted, holding his arm laser ready, though as useless as it was, “I here by place you under arrest for endangering official personal, kidnapping of a space ranger and p-“

“Want to do the honors lizard-lip, and shut him up?” The Boo asked, fondling his Keyblade fondly. The dragon smirked as best a dragon can, opened its maw and let out a sonic blast that turned Buzz’s wings into partial dust just as it had done Mira’s and shorted out Booster’s larger one. They went plummeting down. The two fiends let out a crackle of laughter, and took off into space, Mira en tow. They went for a few yards, before disappearing completely, like they had slipped through a pipe to another world.

“Look out!” Donald quaked, forcing Goofy and Sora back. He casted a quick spell that made a space on the asteroid as soft as a pillow. But it was a small spot, and Booster took up most of the spot. Buzz fell some where on the outer rim. He rubbed his side gingerly.

“Sorry,” Donald said sheepishly, but Buzz didn’t look perturbed about the pain. He smashed his fist into the hard red ground, and cursed, “Craters! Craters!”

Booster had such a sad look on his face. He didn’t know what to say. Maybe if he wasn’t such a rookie, they wouldn’t have gotten away, “I-I…they won’t get far, we have to get Mira back, Buzz.”

Buzz pulled himself up. Determination etched rigid in his face, “That’s right, solider, because no matter what the Evil Emperor Zurg has planned, no matter what evil rears its ugly head, the space rangers will be here.” He flipped the back of his space suit sleeve up; it was full of buttons and a screen, “Buzz Lightyear to Star Command, we’ve been…” It was so hard to say. He had to, though, “Shot down in the Sigma-B Quadrant and…Ranger Mira Nova has been kidnapped. Send for back up.”

He closed his sleeve.

RX rolled out as they looked up in horror as Mira was getting taken away. The light on the head of the ship turned red and blinky, the ship let out wee-ooos. Weak and weary weee-oos.

“Hey-Hey, look who got the engines up!” RX said, feeling like the King of the World. They all looked down at him like he was a wedding guest at a funeral, “I turned on the distress beacon, so-” He looked up from his joy, “What’s with the long faces?”

Smoke was billowing out of the ship, still.