((Author Notes: Thanks Arcana, that does a lot for my motivation. I practically feed upon left over good impressions to give me writing ability. Now, back on track, here's number 25.))
((Chapter 25: Escaping Benbow))
Faust zoomed under the atmosphere and arrived to find the ship docked at a long wooden path way. This lead up to a building that seemed to be mostly made of wood, and also rather old. Faust landed, a bit chaotically down on the surface of the planet, just a mile away from the wooden establishment. Xekim hurried to open the hatch and jump out of the ship. He could see the pirate already trying to blow the door open, setting fire to the house and breaking the door down. Xekim prepared himself for a fight.
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Jim, Mrs Hawkins, and Delbert all stood frozen, until something exploded outside the door again. This time, what ever it was set the door on fire. The all of a sudden the door flew off the hinges. The three of them, began to run, quickly up the stairs, while the pirates entered.
"Find the map!" Cried a voice from outside. Three pirates started tearing the house apart looking for the three of them. Tables were over turned, lanterns were broken, and assorted silverware littered the floor. Jim, looked at them and then out the window. Delberts horse and carriage were tied there, just below the window. The three of them looked down at it in worry.
"Alright then, on the count of three, we'll jump. One...T.." The moment Delbert began to say two, pirate began coming up the stairs and they jumped out, hitting the carriage nicely and evenly, the horses speeding off, down the road.
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Silver, walked into the recked house, his metallic eye whirring a bit. He used it to gaze in and under the ruins, and realized that there was nothing of value.
"Blast it, They got away!" He said, his light Irish accent just adding to the stereotype of him being a pirate. "Aight, let's get back to the ship. Twenty of you, stay behind and take care of witnesses. The Cyborg walked out of the building, looking around, and then heading back towards the ship, with about 25 other men. 15 were waiting back at his ship. He strode calmly, down the wooden path. As he left, he other twenty, came out and began heading for the village, just south of the former Benbow Inn.
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"Follow them!" Xekim said, using his inhuman speed to follow behind them. The others weren't far behind. The Pirate entered the village, and soon began to fire their weapons in no particular direction. Just to cause mayhem. Xekim closed his eyes and summoned both keyblades. Holding one in each hand. He rose into the air slightly, just about a half an foot off the ground. then he dashed off. Tiera changed into her Antiform. Tiera gagged when she did this. the blackness, of the her heartless form blanketed her skin, her hair, her insides, and then, in her chest, a hole opened up, where her heart was supposed to be. She cried out silently. She felt the hole physically, and in her mind she could also feel it, an emptiness, an absence of her being.
"What, how...how!" She was feeling suffocated. she slunk off into an alleyway. She turned back to normal, and just lie there, holding her chest in her arms, curled up. she was afraid for anyone to see her. She really had, made that deal. It wasn't just a dream.
Xekim drew back his key and brought it down towards one of the pirates. The pirate brought up his cutlass, and parried the blow, but the cutlass took a great deal of force and after a second hit from Xekim, it shattered. Next, the keyblade, hit the alien pirate, sending him down, bleeding from his wound. The pirates, all turned to him and took out pistols and other assorted long ranged weapons. Zachery jump forward from behind Xekim and put his left arm forward. Xekim, Draco and Zachery were surrounded in a bubble of crystal blue energy. in which the bullets and beams just bounced off of.
Zachery dissipated the bubble, and then sent a stream of lightning at the pirates, They all jumped out of the way, avoiding the blue current of electricity. Draco, took out his two keyblades and began to spin violently, being surrounded by fire. He spun like a top, making himself into a wheel of flame. He cut into the pirates, burning and killing three of them. Xekim closed his eyes and was surrounded in a faint dark aura. His teeth became sharp, and his skin tanned. His eyes turned yellow, and his hair black, His clothing all darkened and inverted.
The light keyblade vanished laving only the lark one surrounded in a violet aura. He held it aloft, He then charged towards them in a bestial way. he dug the blade of the Death of the Heart Keyblade into the back of one of the pirates. The aliens heart left the body and flew into the keyblade. He sent tendrils of shadows at three of pirates. They were all wrapped up in them, slowly getting their heart drained out of them.
A voice, that wasn't Xekim's left his mouth. "Feed the deepness, feed me!!" He then took out their hearts and absorbed them into his keyblade.
"Xekim, Control yourself! NOW!" Zachery yelled. Xekim stopped in his tracks. The darkness around him became more tame, and the dark features toned down a bit. His sharp teeth became more flat again. He looked down at the bodies he's taken hearts from. They were empty shells, Their eyes lifeless.
"Go, wait next to Tiera, we'll take care of the rest of them. Okay?" Draco said. Xekim looked at him, and nodded, turning completely normal again and sending both keyblades off. He ran back down the street trying to find Tiera, until he saw her in the alley way, curled up, and shivering.
"Tiera!" He knelt down beside her. he helped her up into a sitting position, and held her. She held him back. "What happened?!"
"Nothing, important...just...just.."
"Save it, what happened?!" Xekim asked more urgently.
"I...just got scared, is all. Just scared. I wasn't sure whether my fighting abilities were...up to par." she looked up at him. He was skeptical. "I'm serious!" She said, half sobbing. Xekim pulled her closer, and she let out a long breath.
"When you're ready to tell me the truth, you can..." Xekim said with a resigned tone of voice. she sighed and smiled a bit.
"Thanks, for talking to me..." she leaned in a kissed him softly on the lips. He blushed furiously. He also heard a voice, deep down in his sub-concious, One that he;d heard very long ago, that said, very softly, but in a way that shook through his entire being:
"She will crush you..."
((Chapter 25: Escaping Benbow))
Faust zoomed under the atmosphere and arrived to find the ship docked at a long wooden path way. This lead up to a building that seemed to be mostly made of wood, and also rather old. Faust landed, a bit chaotically down on the surface of the planet, just a mile away from the wooden establishment. Xekim hurried to open the hatch and jump out of the ship. He could see the pirate already trying to blow the door open, setting fire to the house and breaking the door down. Xekim prepared himself for a fight.
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Jim, Mrs Hawkins, and Delbert all stood frozen, until something exploded outside the door again. This time, what ever it was set the door on fire. The all of a sudden the door flew off the hinges. The three of them, began to run, quickly up the stairs, while the pirates entered.
"Find the map!" Cried a voice from outside. Three pirates started tearing the house apart looking for the three of them. Tables were over turned, lanterns were broken, and assorted silverware littered the floor. Jim, looked at them and then out the window. Delberts horse and carriage were tied there, just below the window. The three of them looked down at it in worry.
"Alright then, on the count of three, we'll jump. One...T.." The moment Delbert began to say two, pirate began coming up the stairs and they jumped out, hitting the carriage nicely and evenly, the horses speeding off, down the road.
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Silver, walked into the recked house, his metallic eye whirring a bit. He used it to gaze in and under the ruins, and realized that there was nothing of value.
"Blast it, They got away!" He said, his light Irish accent just adding to the stereotype of him being a pirate. "Aight, let's get back to the ship. Twenty of you, stay behind and take care of witnesses. The Cyborg walked out of the building, looking around, and then heading back towards the ship, with about 25 other men. 15 were waiting back at his ship. He strode calmly, down the wooden path. As he left, he other twenty, came out and began heading for the village, just south of the former Benbow Inn.
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"Follow them!" Xekim said, using his inhuman speed to follow behind them. The others weren't far behind. The Pirate entered the village, and soon began to fire their weapons in no particular direction. Just to cause mayhem. Xekim closed his eyes and summoned both keyblades. Holding one in each hand. He rose into the air slightly, just about a half an foot off the ground. then he dashed off. Tiera changed into her Antiform. Tiera gagged when she did this. the blackness, of the her heartless form blanketed her skin, her hair, her insides, and then, in her chest, a hole opened up, where her heart was supposed to be. She cried out silently. She felt the hole physically, and in her mind she could also feel it, an emptiness, an absence of her being.
"What, how...how!" She was feeling suffocated. she slunk off into an alleyway. She turned back to normal, and just lie there, holding her chest in her arms, curled up. she was afraid for anyone to see her. She really had, made that deal. It wasn't just a dream.
Xekim drew back his key and brought it down towards one of the pirates. The pirate brought up his cutlass, and parried the blow, but the cutlass took a great deal of force and after a second hit from Xekim, it shattered. Next, the keyblade, hit the alien pirate, sending him down, bleeding from his wound. The pirates, all turned to him and took out pistols and other assorted long ranged weapons. Zachery jump forward from behind Xekim and put his left arm forward. Xekim, Draco and Zachery were surrounded in a bubble of crystal blue energy. in which the bullets and beams just bounced off of.
Zachery dissipated the bubble, and then sent a stream of lightning at the pirates, They all jumped out of the way, avoiding the blue current of electricity. Draco, took out his two keyblades and began to spin violently, being surrounded by fire. He spun like a top, making himself into a wheel of flame. He cut into the pirates, burning and killing three of them. Xekim closed his eyes and was surrounded in a faint dark aura. His teeth became sharp, and his skin tanned. His eyes turned yellow, and his hair black, His clothing all darkened and inverted.
The light keyblade vanished laving only the lark one surrounded in a violet aura. He held it aloft, He then charged towards them in a bestial way. he dug the blade of the Death of the Heart Keyblade into the back of one of the pirates. The aliens heart left the body and flew into the keyblade. He sent tendrils of shadows at three of pirates. They were all wrapped up in them, slowly getting their heart drained out of them.
A voice, that wasn't Xekim's left his mouth. "Feed the deepness, feed me!!" He then took out their hearts and absorbed them into his keyblade.
"Xekim, Control yourself! NOW!" Zachery yelled. Xekim stopped in his tracks. The darkness around him became more tame, and the dark features toned down a bit. His sharp teeth became more flat again. He looked down at the bodies he's taken hearts from. They were empty shells, Their eyes lifeless.
"Go, wait next to Tiera, we'll take care of the rest of them. Okay?" Draco said. Xekim looked at him, and nodded, turning completely normal again and sending both keyblades off. He ran back down the street trying to find Tiera, until he saw her in the alley way, curled up, and shivering.
"Tiera!" He knelt down beside her. he helped her up into a sitting position, and held her. She held him back. "What happened?!"
"Nothing, important...just...just.."
"Save it, what happened?!" Xekim asked more urgently.
"I...just got scared, is all. Just scared. I wasn't sure whether my fighting abilities were...up to par." she looked up at him. He was skeptical. "I'm serious!" She said, half sobbing. Xekim pulled her closer, and she let out a long breath.
"When you're ready to tell me the truth, you can..." Xekim said with a resigned tone of voice. she sighed and smiled a bit.
"Thanks, for talking to me..." she leaned in a kissed him softly on the lips. He blushed furiously. He also heard a voice, deep down in his sub-concious, One that he;d heard very long ago, that said, very softly, but in a way that shook through his entire being:
"She will crush you..."