@mattmanganon

Taivas

Taivas walked into the tent; He looked quite annoyed by her calling him Han again. “How many times do I have to tell you my name isn’t Han.” He enunciated every word, looking more annoyed by her every second.

Taivas’ eyes peer over towards Clayton, and his face grimaces. He feels the man is up to something but doesn’t know what yet. But he doesn’t like the look he is giving off to Dotty. “I’m not his brother…" Taivas says with a growl in his voice. He shook his hand briefly, but his handshake was very aggressive “Taivas.” He said, glancing at him. To Clayton it looked like Taivas was studying him. There was something about Clayton that annoyed Taivas greatly. “And no, she’s not my daughter; she's just a nuisance.” He said, glaring at Dotty.

“I could use a drink.” Taivas was glad to have something to relieve his headache, which Dotty had caused him. He took the glass and took a big swig, somewhat enjoying the burning liquor going down his throat. He made a face of disgust as he drank it. “You're studying these monkeys? Are you some sort of biologist? You don’t look like it.” Taivas said, looking at the gun Clayton had.

A look of horror came over as Dotty was starting to sing. “Ah shit…not again.” Taivas moved back, feeling like he was in some sort of hellscape. He tried to rush towards Dotty to clasp his hand over her mouth. But he was not quick enough as she started her song. Looking horrified as everyone was beginning to sing. Fighting the urge to stab himself with his keyblade.

As the song started to end, Kerchak ripped open the flaps of the tent. He looked pretty annoyed, mainly looking at Turk. Grabbing her by the arm to bring him to his side. He started beating his chest and letting out an ear-piercing roar. This seemed to be mostly directed at Tarzan.

As soon as Lucian saw Levi surrounded by Heartless, he didn’t hesitate. He knew what he had to do. His Keyblade manifested in his hands. “We have to help him!”

He turned to Goofy and Donald.“You said you came to protect me? Then come with me. Because I’m not running away while my friend is in danger.”

He then turned to the Fairy Godmother, and Merlin. “And thank you both. For everything.”

And with that, he rushed out the door.

Donald waited for Lucian to exit before voicing his opinion. “Kid finds out he’s a prince and immediately starts bossing us around.”

“We did come to protect him, Donald, and his friend seems to have a keyblade too.” Goofy said, heading towards the door.

Donald threw his hands in the air in exasperation and followed. “Just how many of these keys are there?”

Lucian exited Merlin’s home to find himself surrounded by water. He looked up to see that there was a way off this island of a home, but it required him hopping along moving rocks in the water.

Donald and Goofy caught up with him.“What are you waiting for?” Donald quacked as he jumped on a rock as it was moving into place. “Your friends are waiting, right?”

Lucian blinked when he saw that Merlin’s house was pretty much on its own island. He hesitated for a minute, until he heard Donald’s voice. He nodded,“Right.”

Without another word, he jumped onto the first rock. He wobbled for a minute before getting his balance. The next rock was already moving. With a grace that surprised even himself, he jumped forward.“Hang on, Levi, I’m coming.”

Goofy followed the two as they made their way across the pond towards the Third District.

---

Donald waddled into the Third District and immediately took in everything that was going on. The Heartless were running rampant and he didn’t like that they were so close to the old man’s house. Were they after the kid? How could they sense him all the way in there? Merlin had to do better with his protection spells.

“AERO!!!” Donald screamed as he pointed his magic staff at the charging Large Body Heartless. The robust figure of darkness was lifted up into the air, its legs and arms running and swinging trying to regain ground. Be careful what you wish for. “GRAVITY!” The Large Body went crashing into the ground faster than it was lifted up, dispersing and releasing its stolen hearts.

Goofy followed Donald’s lead and threw his shield at a shadow Heartless. It dissipated into nothing as the shield passed through before hitting a wall and bouncing off like a pinball and hitting another shadow before his shield bounced off another wall and returned to him.

Lucian ran into the Third District after them. His eyes went wide from all the chaos. He gripped his Keyblade tightly. “Okay,” he muttered to himself. “You’ve trained for this… sorta. You can do this.”

It wasn’t just the Heartless swarming the place that took him by surprise. It was Goofy wielding the shield, like he had done in the dream that had started this mess, only way better. Donald was casting really cool spells he had never seen.

He didn’t have much time to gush about how cool that was. He had to dodge an attack from a shadow Heartless, before whacking it with the Keyblade, causing it to vanish into nothing.

Amidst everything going on, Lucian saw Hoshi jump in too. With a Keyblade of her own no less. Lucian was just relieved everyone managed to survive the Islands. “Hoshi, Levi!” He called out to them.

@Bacon@IAmTheIsland

As Launchpad continued to think of his next daring quip (As all great heroes need a follow up one after their initial, it's in the "Darkwings Do's And Don'ts of Daring Do Vol 3" only $39.99 at all good retailers) suddenly, the waifish girl seemed to twirl around him and blow a bunch of them away, straight into the blaster fire of Leon and the shuriken of the other scantily clad girl. Launchpad listened as the girl told him what to do. Leon simply saluted as he switched to the Plasma Cannon, checking if it worked, before sighing, putting it away and simply drawing the Photon Bazooka and blasting a couple more to clear the path as ordered. "Of course, ma'am. We're on a secret mission from StUGHT-!" He was cut off as Leon jumped up and grabbed his beak, before cartoonishly tying it in a bow to keep him from saying anything else. As he landed, he looked up at Aerith

"Talking should be done by those with brains larger than a grape." He said to her."Whatever needs doing, we will do." He said, letting his Star Command training take over.

"Mubwgawbmuvuveebigwr?" Launchpad asked. Leon grabbed Launchpads shirt and pulled him down so he could untie his lips with a single pull. "But what about Hoshi and her Keyblade?" He asked.

"We can do as you ask, but only if you 2 Clavats can guarentee us her safety. If not, we're going after her." He demanded, staring up at Aerith, but then again, he was only 3ft tall, so he stared up at everyone except Moogles and other Lilties. To illustrate his point, he slung the bazooka over his shoulder and shot at a Knight that had just dived for him without looking, the shreded remains of the knight hit him, letting off an intimidating effect of the shadows pouring off of him for a second as the Knight faded from existance. An intimidation that was slightly muted by the giant Duck man with a big, friendly smile stood next to the short gunner.

"Almost got it!" Zac yelled back at Leon over the din of battle. His stone wall had crumbled in places due to repeated hits, gradually exposing more and more of himself and his ship with each stone that fell away. "Alright, Sigrid," he eventually said after reconnecting the final coupling, "it's time to wake up!" He closed the panel underneath the wing he was under, then leapt up into the cockpit just as the canopy finished swinging open. After doing a quick last minute check inside, he pressed a button and the console in front of him came to life.

"That's right! I'm a genius!" Zac laughed as he input a series of commands before he leapt back out of the ship. The canopy closed on its own as the ship rose into the air and hovered above the surrounding rooftops before it shot off into the sky. It was far too dangerous for him to let loose with the ship's weapons in such a tightly packed town, especially now that she was fully operational, so he had decided to program the autopilot to send the ship into orbit around the world, where it would be able to quickly return when it was time to leave. "Let's do this," he muttered as he summoned Stonecall to his hand and rushed toward an unbroken part of his wall.

With a swing of his Keyblade, Zac burst through the wall as easily as if it were paper, scattering stone into the horde of heartless, dissolving several. Before his feet hit the ground, he quickly assessed the situation and his eyes focused on the Large Body that was giving Leon trouble. An image of a ticking clock appeared behind him as he cast Haste on himself just before dashing forward. As he closed the distance, he ran his hand along the length of his Keyblade, leaving behind shimmering hexagons of light along the blade, then swung the moment he was within reach. Instead of rebounding, Zac's strength caused his weapon to sink into the Heartless' stomach, deforming it like a rubber ball, but even that wouldn't have been enough to do any lasting damage. Due to the Reflect that Zac had cast on his Keyblade, however, the force of the swing combined with the force of the Large Body's stomach trying to deflect the blow was more than enough. Reflect shattered, sending all that force back into the Large Body, but instead of destroying it, all that energy sent the Large Body flying over the rooftops relatively unharmed and now the problem of whomever might be in the direction of the First District's main plaza. It wasn't an immediate problem, though, and Zac was fine with that.

He thrust his Keyblade into the ground and a series of floating stone platforms rose from the ground, creating a path over the Heartless and onto a nearby rooftop. "Get going!" he yelled to Leon. "Try to save as many of the townspeople as you can! I'm gonna see if I can't find the people I came here with!"

@IAmTheIsland

Dotty seemed entirely caught up in Tarzan and Jane's awkward interactions. Luckily for everyone involved, just as she yelled "TARZAN AND JANE ARE GONNA HAVE PUPPIES!!!" was the exact moment that Kerchak ripped the tent a new door in his search of Turk, rendering his outburst rather inaudible.

Kerchak stared at the scene. Men, creatures not of this land, not one of them. Here, within his domain. 2 larger, more dominant looking ones. Possibly an alpha and a beta, a smaller one, possibly female, probably mother to the smaller one and here they were with Turk and Tarzan... Rearing up, he beat his chest and roared loudly to impose his dominance. Turk immediately threw down the fruit. "KERCHAK! IT'S SO..." Her brain went a mile a minute trying to think up a reasonable explanation about why she and Tarzan were here. But Kerchak gave her a look that would turn the bones of anyone to ice, the message was clear, he wanted the truth... Well, the truth actually wasn't the worst thing in the world this time. "Weird evil monkeys tried to eat me and Tarzan and that other weirdo saved me!" She said, pointing to Taivas.

Kerchak continued to look at them, all the while, Jane was currently stuck in a lack of clear direction. On the one hand, a dominant Alpha Gorilla was right here, in front of her, never studied by human eyes before, everyone back in London would be giving their false teeth for this opportunity... On the otherhand, this was a dominant Alpha Gorilla right in front of her and she was on his terf... With any luck Tarzan would be able to talk him down.

Tarzan also was like the veritable deer in the headlights. Technically he had done nothing wrong, but when had little details like "Having done nothing wrong" ever stopped his father from punishing him? Whatever he said, he knew Kerchak would berate him when they returned to the nest. He slowly started to crawl along the ground, head down, moving with Turk as Kerchak stood tall. Right now, the only way he could protect Jane would be to go with him and hope that a show of submissiveness was enough to stay Kerchak's anger.

Clayton, on the otherhand was thinking how best to take advantage of the situation. Of course, this was a 350kg Silverback. He'd be worth at least £200 if brought in alive... But he doubted any of the cages back on the ship would actually hold it. But stuffed... Yes, he knew a good Taxidermist, could get at least £70 which was more than the living ones. Still not bad for a few weeks work.

As the troop of 3 Gorilla's slowly moved towards the treeline, Tarzan giving a few cautious looks back at his new friends and Jane, suddenly he stopped, as did Kerchak. Their eyes scanned the treeline. Out of the tree's the great Leopard, Sabor leaped straight at Turk, clearly looking to pick off the smallest of the group. With another mighty roar, Kerchak backhanded the leopard straight out of the air and into the tree-line, beating his chest, he gave chase. That leopard had made its last mistake in this jungle. Tarzan immediately gave chase, all the while Turk simply screamed while jumping up and down, clearly calling for more aid.

Clayton grabbed his gun and ran through the treeline after them. This might prove a good time to get rid of the big brute that would give him the most trouble. 'I'm dreadfully sorry, old bean, i tried to save the big one and deal with that evil leopard, but after a tussle, the gun just went off.' He smiled to himself as he ran, seeing the shadows of the tree's slowly fill with those glowing yellow eyes. Oh yes and his new friends would be of invaluable help in this. Maybe distract the monkey man long enough for this to work. As Clayton was alone, a glowing green flame would appear before him.

"Do not think in such small terms, Mr Clayton... That ape is strong and his heart equally so... It would be very useful to us..." The green flame whispered in that distractingly seductive tone.

"But... How? I'm not one for all of this voodoo poppycock." He sighed.

"You will know... When the time is right..." It responded a little more sternly this time.

"But ho-" As he asked again, this time, a continuous bolt of green lightning blasted through the flames and straight into his eyes, the depraved and despicable knowledges of the heartless pouring into his very soul. He dropped the gun as he tried to process this. As the lightning stopped and the portal disappeared, he quickly felt himself over, making sure he wasn't damaged at all... Then smiled a cruel smile.

"Yes, that brute will be useful to us..." He snickered under his breath before picking up the shotgun, it crackled with green energies for a second, before he set off at a run through the underbrush. Finally finding where the showdown was occuring. A large crater created from when one of the largest tree's in the jungle had fallen over due to its excessive weight. In the veritable caldera of dirt, the Leopard and Gorilla King faced off against each other. Tarzan and Turk stood next to Dotty and Taivas who had followed him. Dammit, they'd gotten here first... He looked around for a way to distract them...

Dotty swung the mask around to her hands. "HEROIC SPIRIT OF POODLEWOL-" Tarzan stopped her though. "HEY!" She called at the wildman.

"Kerchak's fight..." Behind them, the spirit of Zen-Aku watched, seeing the 2 warriors facing down.

"That Leopard has killed someone close to him... Someone very special..." The wolf spirit growled. Dotty reslung the mask.

"Just like Canine the Barkbarian's showdown against Colisla Dachshund" She whispered adopting a stoic pose to watch the fight go down.

Sabor leapt through the air, the great fists of Kerchak swung, but the leopard was quicker, twisting in the air out of the way of the almighty mits, before landing its claws straight in Kerchaks chest, rending a great gash in it and spraying a little blood. Kerchak let out a roar of great pain, before bringing his fists into a bear-hug on the leopard, it continued to claw at him, but one great throw and the Leopard smashed into the walls. Kerchak moved to keep up the momentum, grabbing it's hind leg and smashing it into another great root, once, twice, thrice, before the leopard was able to wriggle free. Clayton watched the situation. This wasn't good, it looked like the brute was going to win... Unless he were the one to tip the balance. He looked at one of his Heartless Monkeys and silently ordered it to give Kerchak the assistance he needed. Diving into the ground, the shadow of the Heartless slipped down into the crater.

Meanwhile, Sabor was moving to get distance between itself and the gorilla, using her own speed and the Gorilla's lack thereof as the hopefully deciding factor in this fight. Sabor gave a great hiss at the Gorilla, who roared, before charging, Sabor dived out of the way, hoping to land and using this momentum to flank the gorilla, but instead, it landed paws first into a puddle of the Heartless goop. The goop ran up her legs and covered her, before she stared at Kerchak, her eyes glowing golden as her fur darkened. Kerchak didn't care what colour Sabor was, she killed his only son and today, she was going to pay.Letting out another roar, he ran forward on all fours, but in a flash of literal lightning, the Leopard had rushed behind and dug all of her claws into his back, rending more flesh.

Tarzan looked confused as he looked to Taivas for assistance. He had helped before... But this was still his fathers fight... No, it was his job to protect his family, even if that family didn't like him too much. "Help me!" He called to Taivas, grabbing the spear. At that point a gunshot rang out, Sabor was knocked off of Kerchaks back by the bullet. As they looked to see Clayton stood weapon aimed.

"DON'T YOU DARE HARM THAT MAGNIFICENT BEAST!!!" He called in his most heroic battle cry he could muster.

"Clayton!" Tarzan jumped for joy at his friends assistance. Sabor backed off a few paces, before rushing again, clocking another gunshot and going back a pace. Clayton jumped into the crater and advanced, gun still trained on it. He subtly gave a command to the heartless influencing Sabor and it managed to pull Sabor to run out of the crater and aim its attention at the gang. Dotty grabbed the mask and didn't hesitate this time.

HEROIC SPIRIT OF POODLEWOLF, FILL ME WITH ABSOLUTE POWER!!!" She called, the dark energies swirling around her and Zen-Aku taking form. He struck his wolf-warrior pose at the Leopard.

"Deal with that Feline miscreant!" Clayton called "I'll take care of the Gorilla!!!" Tarzan nodded to Clayton before turning his full attention to Sabor. Clayton turned to look at the wounded gorilla. "Oh yes, i'll take VERY good care indeed of this one..." He whispered as the green energy in his eyes began to glow.

@Eviledd1984