Broken Barriers: Secret Reports

by BioQuillFiction


Chapter 4: War on Daybreak

Tiara found Applebloom and Sweetie Belle with relative ease, they were on a world where an evil kind was trying to take over and they were helping a young hero named Link save it. Once the king was dealt with she told them what was going to happen and they agreed, smiles on their faces for the first time in months.

It was then that all their Keyblades began glowing, in patterns of three. Their blood ran cold. Daybreak was under attack.

Opening DTL’s, they ran in… and froze. Nobodies, the very things that brought Equestria to its knees were back, after what was rising from the ashes.

The fillies all remembered those days. Grips tightening on their Keyblades in rage. Diamond Tiara summoned her newly acquired second Keyblade and wasted no time going after them. Rage fueled her movements, her strength...her heart, and yet, she kept her darkness in check.


“Well well now, this is interesting.” Drezke said, standing over Yellow. After Ben tried to fight his light half...that Yellow, clone of Zeke, was filled with darkness, dark hearts, and even had a X-blade wanna be made of them.

“What are you going to do? Finish me off?”

“No, well, you’re half right.” Drezke said, using his Kingdom Key D to slice his arm that held the false X-blade off, then tore open his chest, reaching in and taking out the ticking time bomb of darkness that was the Hearts of every Xehanort Core ever recruited. “I’ll be needing this. Now then, go decay elsewhere.” Drezke said, opening a DTD and kicking Yellow into it, closing it once he was inside.


Spoiled Rich had few joys in life, her emotions were always far from her grasp. Taking out her own heart and becoming a Nobody was painful, but she felt no different than when she had her heart. But, after reading Core’s notes, and placing pure darkness where her heart used to be, she’d never felt more alive. The power was breathtaking, armies of mindless warriors at her fingertips, her heart forged into a scythe. A tool she was all too familiar with growing up on the Trottingham farmlands.

Her family specialized in milk, but she tended to wheat crops. Between the darkness, able to let her to flood this land in Heartless, and the Nobodies, that her heartless body allows her to controle, to invade this world she once called home, and, if all went well, something more powerful would be hers to controle. Spoiled Rich was many things, if asked she would say, a planner, a thinker, a goal getter. After all, she pursued Filthy Rich. Got out of her farm life and gained a position of power, wealth, trinkets that while amusing, didn’t bring her the joy watching the land she once called home set a fire with war that she caused. Yes, she didn’t care about money, fame, fortune. No. She cared about power, infamy, and above all, death.

She sighed, giving a smile as Daybreak was tossed into chaos, her Nobodies relentless in their numbers and attacks. “Nothing compares to knowing the power you hold can befall whole worlds. Core...I will obtain the Psychopaths power, and end what’s left of Zeke Ventral, his loved ones...and allies. Your work is the only beauty I have ever seen, and I swear, you will not fade.”


How low I fell. How dark I went. Everything I did when my body turned me into a Keyblade… Shameful. At least, it dying the way it did means I will never come to light...this darkness corrupts me, breaks me...puppeteers me.

How can I be like before? At what point did my goals become so twisted, so vague...so evil?

If I can...I would tell them what I wanted to really do, before all this, before darkness took me. If only...I could tell them, do something to right my wrongs…


Joy had little to do. His girlfriends were off on another girls day, and little interest came to him from books to read or games to play. “Maybe I should check up on Diamond…” Joy muttered, standing up and summoning Reunion, opening up a DTL to Daybreak. “Maybe something special will happen.” He mutters before walking through the door.

Once through, he found himself quickly blocking an Assassin Nobody, it’s attacks quicker than normal. He then counterattacked, ending it as it vanished in a puff of grey, black and white. He then looked around...Nobodies were attacking Daybreak.

Joy growled, a grey aura surrounding him. “Enough!!” Joy barked, his voice reverberating to all Nobodies. “Your Heir commands it!” He commands. They stopped for a moment...then continued their attacks. “Fuck this nonsense.” Joy growled, summoning Lindworm and cleaning through Nobodies with ease.

He impaled a Dusk, but this one didn’t die. Rather...it’s zipper mouth opened wide...where a Neoshadow head came out, it’s body shifting to pose and move more like a Neoshadow now.

“Riiiiiiight….” Joy muttered. “So...that's a thing…” He said while summoning Reunion and cleaving through the thing.

As he kept on the fighting, he found himself hitting someone else's back, when he looked, he saw Diamond Tiara there, wielding both No Name and Gazing Eye. “Joy? When did you get here?”

“Not three minutes ago.” Joy says. “So why the hell are Nobodies with Heartless in them attacking?” He asks curiously.

“No idea, they looked like normal Nobodies, but some when they should die partly open up and a Heartless takes over, which is strange, since Heartless can’t set foot on Daybreak.”

“Either they figured out something weird, or this is some bullshit that shouldn't work.” Joy frowned. “Okay, so what super special ultimate bullshit are they looking for?” Joy asks, already knowing they're looking for something important.

“This city has secrets of the Light from before the war, that Hells Armory crap of the Master of Masters experiments, and Core’s heart, take your pick.” Diamond Tiara said, slashing apart a Berserker, that opened its head up and a Invisible head popped out. Along with its claymore, it pulled out an Invisible’s sword in the other hand. “Oh come the fuck on…” she grumbled.

“Ventus Ire!” Joy shouts, a sphere of wind suddenly appearing around the Invisible and ripping it to shreds. “Where's Cores heart? That's probably what their after.” Joy growled, knowing only Luxu could access such a damned place.

“Laboratory, mama Twilight’s been getting close to getting it right.” Tiara said, spin kicking a Dusk. “It’s in the castle, if that is what they are after, let’s go!” She said, knocking Nobodies aside and heading for the castle.

Joy followed Diamond quickly. “Let's hope we can get to him before they do. His heart probably isn't corrupted so Core might see some reason if he came back.” Joy says, not knowing if that's possible but remembering Namine’s future telling he was a tad optimistic about him at least being good enough to stop this asinine war.

As they raced through the city, Twilight was in a panic. Her tests being so close to the perfect result. Core’s heart. Since it arrived Twilight had been studying it, trying to find ways to remove the excess darkness corrupting it. Already she went through ten specialized containers to extract the darkness, but still it pulsated with the foul aura. Too long, too hard she worked to let another Nobody invasion stand in her way from completing this. “Come on…” She mumbled, the computer calculating the probabilities and simulations.

The laboratory doors burst open, four dancers making their way in. “Oh no you don’t!” She yelled, pulling out her Keyblade and casting Thundraga, taking them all out. “No heartless hollow husks of people are messing this up for me. I lost too much when Zeke died, I am not losing this.”

“Here to help. What do you need?” Joy asked Twilight while rushing into the room with Tiara. “I figured out how to extract darkness from a heart with hollow crystals….but I see you already figured that out…” Joy frowned, seeing the containers filled with the shit.

“It keeps regenerating the darkness. I need to find a way to take it all out at once, even a small amount left behind will generate the whole thing back into its original state.” She explained, watching the computer calculate. “So close.”

“Mom, where are the others?” Diamond Tiara asked.

“Your other mothers and some of your siblings are guarding the nursery. It’s safe there.”

While Twilight and Tiara talked Joy used his Assistant and scanned the heart, typing in how to get rid of the constant regenerating darkness. “If anything can solve this it would be this…” Joy muttere, wondering what he has to do to solve this.

Regenerative Darkness in a Heart.

There are two cures for this type of Darkness. One, a Reject Darkness ability, or, transfer the Darkness to another heart.

“Fuck…” Joy muttered angrily.

“Yes!” Joy looked up, Seeing Twilight looking excited as the computer screen flashes green. “Perfect outcome!” She yelled, running over to a machine that was...rather large, tubes and canisters like the ones full of darkness sticking out of it. After typing something in on it’s screen, she pulled a lever and the machine roared to life. “In ten minutes, Core’s heart will have no darkness whatsoever in it.”

“Can you make that faster?” Joy asks worriedly. “I doubt we have enough time.” Joy says, his ears twitching at the sound of something coming close.

“Play dead mutt!” Spoiled yelled, rushing in and swiping her scythe towards Joy’s head.

Her attack was blocked, though. By Diamond Tiara. “Hello mother.” Tiara hissed. “Should have guessed you were behind this.”

“Heard she took up the business of ‘I'm a crazy bitch, must destroy everything cause fuck it’.” Joy says simply, moving back and keeping his lances as a shield for Twilight and the machine. “Need help kicking her ass?”

“Oh, I’ve improved since you last saw me.” She said...her eyes turning like Core’s were. “So much.” She said, vanishing then appearing between Tiara and Joy. “Sixty seconds.” She said, appearing at the doorway as a timer set at sixty and counting down above their heads.

Joy’s eyes widened. “I don't think so.” Joy says while he summoned Fair Game. “Revoke.” He says, the word reverberating in the air and the timers above their heads crackled and slowly went away. “You are not killing my Diamond.” He says bluntly, readying himself for a fight.

“Fine then, plan B.” She said, snapping her fingers as a...tiny person in an organization thirteen cloak appeared.

“Hi.” Joy says to the new person, already knowing this won't end well. “How are you doing?”

“13, kill them.” Rich said, the tiny person nodding before...an Oathkeeper and Oblivion keyblades appeared in their hands as they charged.

“Or that.” Joy frowned while grabbing two lances and dashing after 13.

When Joy met 13’s attack, he was surprised at the force behind it given 13’s size. “Tough guy huh?” Joy asks, hoping to get 13 to say something.

13 said nothing, only managing to break the stalemate and get a hit in on Joy, sending him flying across the lab. “Hey! That’s delicate equipment!” Twilight yelled.

While Joy dealt with 13, Tiara and her mother circled each other in a more open area of the lab, both waiting for the other to attack. “So, seems you acquired another one of those Keyblades.”

“Yeah, took me by surprise.” Tiara replied. “I see you ripped your heart out.”

“Yes, makes a better scythe than it ever was my heart.”

“Huh, looks like I was wrong, you did have a heart, it was just as cold as you were.” Tiara blocked, her mother’s scythes tip inchis from her face, held a bay by her block.

“Cold is an understatement.” Rich said, the two starting their battle.

“Can you actually talk?” Joy asks 13. “Or are you a blind servant to Spoiled over there because reasons?” Joy asks curiously, slashing at 13 swiftly.

Again, silence. 13 performing a… Roxas from Final Mix fight attack, pillars of light trying to fry Joy.

Joy dodged quickly, avoiding the pillars of light as he started doing his own special thing of sending bladed winds straight towards 13 as he got closer to strike him.

13 moved fast, dodging each of the bladed winds and was not met with Joy, the two meeting in a clash again, this time, energy floating out, the impact knocking 13’s hood off… Joy’s eyes widened...Sora...no, Roxas. He felt it...13 was a Nobody.

Joy’s fist started to shimmer with pure Nothingness, not believing they would use Roxas as a test subject. “Why must everyone…” Joy muttered, disbanding his lance and ramming his fist into 13’s chest. “Empty Force.” Joy mutters, a sudden surge of Nothingness ramming into 13.

13 stumbled back, and began to vomit...a slug with the Nobody marking on it came out as 13 passed out.

“Oh my god…” Joy muttered. “God damn it…” He growled, grabbing the slug and putting it in a bubble of air to keep it from escaping.

It was then Joy heard a scream...a scream that sent fear into his core. “AAAHHHH!!!” He turned around, seeing Tiara covering her eyes...blood leaving out from under her hands.

“Now DIE!” Rich yelled, stopping when...Darkness. Joy and she looked, darkness from the canisters began flowing out, and into Tiara. “What?!”

“GRAH!” Tiara screamed, the darkness flowing into her and creating an aura that was MELTING the surroundings, a Guardian...two guardians appearing behind her. One grabbing Spoiled, squeezing her till audible cracks were heard while the other grabbed her hanging legs and yanked, her legs being ripped off. “I’M NOT WEAK!” Tiara screamed, the guardians dropping the now legless Spoiled Rich as Tiara moved her hands away, her eyes like glowing yellow orbs that were a Shadow Heartless’s eyes. Her Keyblades appeared, and she attacked, stabbing them into Spoiled arms, and looked her dead in the eyes.

“You...brat.” Spoiled said weakly.

Tiara didn’t respond, but in a quick motion, grabbed Spoiled’s head, and twisted it til her eyes now faced the floor, and she went limp.

“Diamond!” Joy barked, dropping his lances and rushing over to the poor girl. “No...no no no…” He muttered in fear, hoping she's okay.

The guardians both grabbed Joy, squeezing, but not enough to break bones as Tiara looked at Joy, those eyes felt...wrong.

“Diamond...it's me, Joy.” He says, tears filling the corners of his eyes. “Diamond please...I know you're in there...please don't be gone…” He whimpers, not wanting to lose someone he loves.

”jOy?” She said, her voice...not natural, demonic. She then grabbed her head, screaming as the darkness inside her was reacting, the Guardians fading, Joy falling to the floor until…

Ding.

Joy looked, seeing the machine Twilight started finished...and the darkness it extracted broke out of it’s containers, forming a pile of ooze on the ground before them...and took the excess darkness from Tiara, and when none was left, she fell over. Joy ran over, finding her just unconscious. Then...Joy couldn’t move, everything gained a...negative photo look as the ooze began forming...into a young girl...then, one by one, nineteen more young children all appeared.

“Sister.” They all said, bowing to her.

“It’s good to be free.” The one that formed from the ooze said, stretching. “Core turning his heart into a Keyblade made it all near impossible for me to escape, damn, and here I thought it was going to be fun trying to possess his heart.”

“What now Eve?” Another asked.

“For now, rest. Finally, our family is back together, and soon, we’ll pick up where we left off.”

“Death to Kingdom Hearts!” They all chanted, one by one vanishing til only that girl remained.

“Yes. Death to Kingdom Hearts.” She muttered, vanishing also as everything returned to normal and Joy could move again.

“AAAAAAHH!!” Joy screamed and backed away from the empty spot. “No….nonono….it couldn't be that Eve? S-she w-was just a little girl!” Joy said in panic, not believing what he just saw.

“Calm yourself.” Joy turned around, seeing...Core’s heart, floating there, pure white. “And yes, the floating heart is talking.”

“How the fuck did you keep her in your heart!?!” Joy barked at Core. “An Embodiment….I never…” He shook in fear, not knowing why he was so scared but knowing it was genuine.

“It was not easy. My body, er, Nobody most likely doesn’t remember what happened, but I do...I just lost Unum, and was content to fight wielding her X-blade until I died. Then, Eve came along. The first Embodiment, the first to fall into darkness. My Nobody might have claimed that title, but it’s rightful owner is Eve, and her kin. She is the reason darkness is what it is today. She saw me wielding the X-blade and...mistook me for it’s wielder. She entered my heart, and I was split, me, the heart, floating around outside of my body. Not finding what she was after, she was about to leave my heart...but I held her down. For two thousand years I held her back til Core, my Nobody, turned me into a Keyblade. That immobilized the both of us, by the time Unum returned me to being a heart, Eve fell asleep, and slept...til that machine ripped her out of me. It’s both a blessing...and a Nightmare come true.”

“You better help us out asshole.” Joy says, shaking his head to get his head back on straight. “Only you know how to start solving this, and all your followers will at least believe your back.”

“I am the half the Core you and your allies have been fighting, the human half. Those freaks will never listen to me when they sense I have a heart...besides...I don’t have a body. That Huxley fellow killed it in such a way that, if I went to where Nobody bodies go after death, there would be no end to my searching, for there's nothing for me to find. To put it bluntly...I can’t help much...and with Eve free...You’re screwed.”

“Like hell.” Joy frowned while pulling out his assistant. “I'm pretty sure there's a way to give you a body...even if it's a golem at least.” Joy says, hoping this will work.

“I...wouldn’t.” Joy looked up, seeing Cript there.

“Eve...fucking Eve is out there and Core, or whatever his real name is, can help at least. Why can't I put his heart in a magical golem at least?” Joy asks with a frown, Cript seeing the poor kid trying to stay busy instead of freaking the fuck out about seeing somethings he wasn't entirely ready for.

“Two reasons, one, this.” Cript said, walking over to Spoil corpse, ripping off the right arm sleeve as a really long number was tattooed on it. “This Spoiled was a fake. And as you can see, mass production, and more solid than the Ventral clones and Yellow were. Second…” He said, walking over to Joy. “This is an issue that can’t be helped. There are worse things going on at the moment. That and Core’s heart has a destiny, one that will be clear in time.”

“Can't people just give simple answers for once?” Joy whimpers bitterly, buying an elixer for Diamond. “I mean...Ben learned something important about Core...But sometimes can't a simple ‘here's what's gonna happen during a horrific time’ be too bad?”

“All I can say is that Drezke is going off the deep end. He...killed the Psychopath...by destroying the light half of Zeke’s heart…”

Joy stared at Cript. “Oh...oh no…” Joy muttered. “But...then Zeke can't…” He trailed off, fearing his friend may never exist ever again.

“I can’t say much, but I will say this. Matter in all forms can’t be created or destroyed, that’s even out of my power to do that, but it can be changed into something else...and placed elsewhere.” Cript said, vanishing before Joy could speak again.

“God damn it…” Joy sighs out, moving over and gently feeding Diamond the elixir. “Your still helping us here Core, you know that right?” He asks the heart.

“I guess. I’ll help how I can...though, all of the Embodiments were here at once...can the Crystal Heart of this place handle that much darkness?”

“Um...the Master of Masters made it...I hope?” Joy says nervously, scared that shit might get worse now.

“Ugh...what happened?” Joy turned around, seeing Twilight getting up. “Last thing I remember my machine went ding…” She said, fainting again.

“Fuck…” Joy said while walking over and feeding the rest of the elixir to Twilight. “Christ...first Ben says he's gonna have the people who were completely corrupted by Psychopaths...now Embodiments are going to kill Kingdom Hearts cause fuck it.” He sighs out. “But hey...at least God will be happy to see you right Core?” Joy asks the heart.

“I...have no idea...we weren’t exactly talking even before I fell into darkness...wonder how Dad is doing?”

“Question...who is your dad?” Joy asks. “I'm not sure if me or Ben ever learned that.”

“Yen Sid.”

“God damn it Disney.” Joy huffs.


Combat. That’s all he did. He woke up in a world of black and white, where Silhouettes of Heartless and Nobodies came at him from everywhere in full force. In this strange place, he felt no hunger, thirst of need of sleep. He did, though, feel pain, exhaustion, and there was no magic...but then again, Zeke couldn’t do magic without DIscord wither, and all he had to use was a broken Starlight Keyblade. Broken Keyblades littered the grounds of this place, and they were all that worked against the Silhouettes.

Hacking away at the Silhouette of a Neo Shadow, Zeke fell to the ground. “Damn it...this sucks. If this is hell...It’s debatable on if I belong here or not.” Zeke chuckled. Joking was one of the few ways he kept his sanity. This place was black and white, save for him, and looked like large forests, empty towns, and never ending Silhouettes of enemies. He looked up, seeing the Silhouettes of three Large bodies charging towards him. “FUUUUUUCK! I liked it better when you guys were on my side!” Zeke sighed, forcing himself back up. As they came in, there was a flash...and they were gone.

“Hm, well this is a first. Never thought I’d see intelligent life here.” A voice called out. In place of the Silhouettes was a teenage male. His hair was a dark onyx, the same could be said for his eyes. He stood at about 5.6 ft tall, and wearing a white tank top and his bottom half was covered with the lower part of an orange jumpsuit. He also carried a broken Way to Dawn

“Hey…. Wait...I know you!” Zeke siad, gaining a second wind as he stood up and pointing accusingly. “You’re the jerk that messes with the Foretellers ad broke one of my son's ribs! Core’s apprentice… Damn it what was your name...I know it was the same as a bird…?”

“Well that’s surprising cause I definitely don't know you, and who or what ever you’re talking about. Wait… did you say Core? You know that bastard?” The young man glared at him.

“Know him, he’s the reason I’m here! ...I think...I learned this ability to take in darkness, and since my heart balances out light and darkness I took in the darkness he had in him...I guess it was too much cause next thing I knew I was telling the others to back away then I woke up here with a Silhouette Darkside trying to turn me into chewing gum on it’s foot.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there buddy. I didn’t understand any of that. But do you know how you got here? Last thing I remember was that Core did something to me and I woke up here.” Crow said rubbing his temples.

“Sorry know, last thing I remember was telling the others to back away after taking in Core’s darkness then...Darkside trying to turn me into shoe gum. Guess it was too much for my heart to balance out then...Crap, hope I didn’t turn evil, die, or get split like Ventus from Birth by Sleep.” Zeke sighed, scratching his head with his broken Starlight Keyblade.

Crow sighed. “Well I guess I gotta search for another way out of here. By the way you’re talking I’m guessing you know about KH stuff, and what’s going on with the world now. I’ve been here for a while so I would appreciate an update.” He held his hand out. “I’m Crow.”

“Zeke, and yeah, a LOT of crap has happened. Here’s a key fact to know right off the bat though, our earth, the world we were born in and stuff. Made up, a figment of God’s imagination til the 2012 crap and he cherry picked the good ones to explore his world, which every world is every tv show, book, movie, video game, etc being real and Kingdom Hearts is the main thing with all of them… Gonna take a moment or shall I continue?”

“From all that, it sounds like it’s gonna be a long story. Why don’t we just go to my shelter and talk there?”

“Cool, I’d say got any food but in the time I’ve been here I’ve not gotten hungry...or thirsty.”

Crow shrugged. “That’s life in Purgatory. Or at least that's what I call it.” he said as he walked off, with Zeke in tow.

“Huh, I like it.” Zeke said as he followed. After a while, Crow lead Zele to his shelter, some sort of train that likely didn’t run at all, the inside setup like a home. “Wow, I’ve been in hang outs like this before.”

“Same, back on Earth that is. I used to hang around train stations, under bridges, but my group always chose to hang out on top of a clock tower. Weird huh?” Crow jokes.

“Very Kingdom Hearts two.” Zeke laughed. “Those games got me through some messed up times.”

“My siblings and I loved them too.” Crow looked down solemnly. “I wonder how they are?” He muttered under his breath.

“They...wouldn’t happen to be named Alex, Kira, Jenny, Dan and Lan would they?” Zeke asked.

Crow’s eyes widened slightly. “How do you know their names?” he asked slowly.

“I met them, being able to wield the X-blade means I can open portals through the multiverse...though a magic mirror in my Equestria leading to a human version of Equestria helps too. Met them when some chick stole an element of harmony, there’s an evil you there causing all kinds of chaos with Unversed.”

“Equestria? I bet Kira had a hand in that.” Crow chuckled. “So… how are they doing?”

“Last I saw them was the battle that brought me here...so good...I hope they still are. I know Lan finally got Girlfriends, Alex has one, Dan too...and Kira...um...I don’t know how, but she lost an eye.”

Crow’s expression didn’t change, but one could tell that his eyes were filled with rage. He turned his back to Zeke.

*Slash!*

Then at a speed faster then the eyes can see, he was in a slashing position with his broken Way to Dawn in his hand. After a moment of silence, one section of the wall had fallen to pieces.

Zeke whistled. “Now why are you so mad? They said last time they saw you, you were damning them from a juvie cell?” Zeke asked, his tone mocking, attempting to get a reaction, and an honest answer out of Crow.

Crow sighed. “Well when you’ve been in juvie for two years and in Purgatory for abou one, you start to think about the life choices that lead you here.” He rubbed his forehead. “So they tell you about that huh?”

“Yeah...about you running with the Ventrals...My, umm...family…”

Crow turned his head towards Zeke. His eyes saying he was ready to murder, but immediately calming down.

“Well, you seem like a nice enough guy for now. You’re part of the damn family that got me thrown in juvie, but that was my fault too.” He sighed.

“I’m not exactly in a good boat with them either.” Zeke said, checking under his shirt, seeing his mark still there, and showing Crow. “I was born a red eyed Ventral, you know that means I was to lead them into the next great crime rush...I never stole, never killed, most I did was hack for blueprints of banks so my cousins could rob them and hotwire cars. In Ventral fashion, I was masked for death… My family, from what I learned though, worked with Core for a while, then, he cloned them after a few died, made them stronger, faster...and crueler. My family is evil, but only because the world saw us as so. Out in this new reality, they finally realized they can chase their real dreams, have normal lives. All except for my brother Dillen and grandfather left, scattering and making lives for themselves someplace. Before I fought Core and ended up here...I ran into my grandpa and brother...I killed my grandfather...and tossed my brother into the Void, the space between reflections. They were everything media portrayed our family as...there was no helping them.”

Crow nodded with his eyes closed, listening to every word. “Heavy stuff man. Well at least we have something in common. We’re both in a rough patch with our families. But you were at least a good black sheep there.” Crow sighed. “Look, I messed up in the past and forsook the only people in my life that cared about me. I did and said things I can’t take back and I don’t ever think I could go back to them. At least you had the strength to move forward while I spent so much time damning their existence. But now, all I want to do is go back to them and say sorry a hundred times over. I just wish I had that chance.”

Zeke sighed. “Well, how about this.” He said, getting up and putting a hand on Crow’s shoulder. “We find a way out of here...and you tell them it til you go horse. I don’t consider myself part of my old family, I made a new one...Sixteen wives, and a lot of kids, half adopted, the other half...infants...man, when I get back I’m on diaper duty for a year…”

“Well, I guess I can be a bit more optimistic.” Crow smirked. “Sixteen wives huh? That many kids too? Sounds like you got your hands full.”

“It started out with just, like, five, and even then I was tempted to jump out the window.” He chuckled. “I may be a Ventral...but I have zero lady skills...landing them was just dumb luck. So, shall we get going...cause I think your act of anger made enough noise to attract unwanted guests.” Zeke said, pointing back.

Crow looked, seeing Silhouettes of Large bodies, Neoshadows, Invisibles heartless and Dancer and Berserker nobodies heading towards them...by the hundreds.

“Ah, looks like its Tuesday.” Crow joked as he brought out Way to Dawn, with Zeke by his side with his broken Starlight. “Oh wait, so Lan… what was that about girlfriends? As in plural?”

“Yeah, long story.” Zeke said, ready for the horde incoming. “So...I’ll take the ugly ones, and you take the REALLY ugly ones.”

“Sounds like a deal, and when we’re done you can tell me all about them. I gotta get some teasing material when we get out of here.” Crow laughed.