Zac continued to fend off the Heartless, wave after wave while he waited for his passengers. One of them, Taivas, had already arrived, apparently having not been too far to begin with. While he could fight Shadows all day long, he knew it was only a matter of time before their sheer numbers would overwhelm him. The longer he fought, the more he started to wonder if staying in one spot was a good idea. If he got in the ship and brought it around to the other side of the island, then he would not only be able to provide air support, but it would be a lot faster than waiting for his other passenger. "Hey, Taivas, that's your name, right?" he called out. "Get in the ship! I'm gonna bring it around to the other side of the island!"
He continued to fight off the Heartless until Taivas was safely inside the ship, then followed him in, clearing the space with a single leap. He took his seat in the pilot's chair and closed the canopy just as Shadows began to swarm the ship. Ignoring the thumping from the Heartless trying to get in, Zac flipped several switches, pressed a couple of buttons, and the ship shuddered to life before lurching up into the air. "Hold on tight!" he warned his passenger before putting the ship into a spin, flinging off the shadows still clinging to the outside. He flew the ship over the cliff before hovering it just over the water on the other side, turning as he did to face the island. Seeing the beach turned black by the swarm of Heartless, closing in on a couple of people, while the parts of the beach that he could actually see appeared to be the aftermath of a magical bomb going off, he let out a low whistle. He pressed another button and panels on the wings popped up, revealing a pair of automatic cannons. "Let's soften them up a bit, shall we?" he suggested as he pulled down his goggles.
The guns came to life as he pressed down on a pair of buttons on the yoke, firing rounds into the Heartless, careful not to hit the two near the waterfall. Once the swarm was cleared enough, he brought the ship closer to the ground and set it to hover. "Stay put. I'll grab our other passenger and we'll get out of here," he said, an sour taste in his mouth at the thought of having to leave the rest behind. He knew he had no choice, that his ship only had the capacity it did, but he still felt rotten about it. I'm gonna have to get a bigger ship at some point, he thought as he opened up the canopy and jumped out, landing in the sand between the two, Alias and a guy he recognized but hadn't had the chance to speak with, and the horde. He regarded the keyblade in the hands of the blonde guy and said, "Huh. Guess I'm not the only one, anymore."
As he turned to face the swarm, he summoned his own keyblade and swung it through the air. Stone spikes shot up from the ground, following the arc of his weapon as he called back, "I'm guessing your friends are in there? I'll hold these things back, so run in and grab them. We'll sort out who gets the last seat afterwards!"