//------------------------------// // Chapter 14: Peace and Adventure, Part 2 // Story: Kingdom Heart next generation: Friendship is Omniversal // by Starry Eyed //------------------------------// Kai had just teleported the four Alicorns, the two guards, Sol and himself into the center of Ponyville. Not because it was the middle of town, but because that’s where Twilight was at the time. Kai could sense her (and anyone else he wanted) all the way from Canterlot, and had saved time by teleporting everyone straight to a Rendezvous point. Twilight had already given up being surprised no matter what these humans did, and was pleased to see them. “Princess Celestia, what a surprise that you would show up. Oh no, I should have arranged a celebration for your arrival. I’m so sorry.” Celestia looked around Ponyville, “From what I can see, it looks like there already is a celebration. I haven’t seen everypony this happy in a long time. And as much as I hate to say it, Kai is technically Keeper of Equestria right now. And even though that is temporary, it still makes him the highest ranking official in this universe right now. The party should be for him, and his crew of course.” Kai frowned, “I really don’t like being in the spotlight. I’ll be glad when I’m back to normal again.” Celestia galloped off, “Well you’re going to have to deal with it. You’re in charge, which means I get a vacation. I haven’t been able to just play in a thousand years. Come on Luna, let’s have some fun!” Celestia’s voice was practically beaming with joy. Kai was glad she wasn’t worried anymore. It hadn’t been that long ago that she had been heartbroken over the idea that Kai would be Keeper, but now she seemed carefree. Kai knew that it meant she had accepted him as her friend. Twilight walked up to Kai and Sol, “Um, I was just wondering, when will Celestia and Luna’s manes go back to normal? Seeing Celestia with her pink mane and smaller body is so strange to me.” Sol reassured her, “Don’t worry about it. They lost their majority of the Keeper’s powers is all. Just being an Alicorn doesn’t make you a Keeper; just look at Cadence. When Kai gives it back, everything will go back to normal. By the way, where is Soran? I can’t sense him.” Twilight smiled, “Soran took some ponies flying. We’ll have the concert as soon as he gets back.” Kai spoke happily, “Perfect! We have until then to add the finishing touches.” Twilight tilted her head curiously, “to what?” Kai turned his head to look at Chrysalis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scootaloo was flying at the speeds that would make the Wonderbolts proud, and wasn’t even breaking a sweat, “This is awesome! I’ll get my cutie mark in flying for sure!” Applebloom flew up beside her, “Uh, Scoots, I don’t think you can get your ‘flying cutie mark’ if you’re not able to fly yet.” Sweetie Belle flew a circle around the both of them, “Who cares? I know I’ll never have a flying cutie mark, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t the most fun ever!” Soran had taken ponies that couldn’t fly (or at least not fly yet) and was letting them experience what it was like to touch the sky. Soran had started off by letting ponies in his flight sphere fly about at their leisure while he remained on the ground. Once they became comfortable, he had allowed those that wanted to really fly come with him. Poor Soran had his flight sphere opened to 20% (about a 0.37 mile radius) to safely accommodate all the ponies, but he endured it because he knew how many people (or in this case ponies) dreamed of flying and would never get the chase, and he was going to give them the chance if it killed him. But they had been flying long enough, and Soran knew it was about time to head back, “Well everypony, I’m afraid that we’re going to have to call it a day. I’m beat; let’s all go to the party.” There was a resounding wave of disappointed “awes”, but they liked the idea of a party. So at half the speed of sound, Soran flew them all back to Ponyville and dropped them off. Soran was about to fly back to the Gummi ship to rest (he could hear Musica sing and eat Matsu’s food anytime), but three little ponies were still following him. Scootaloo spoke for all of them, “Wait! It can’t be over, it just can’t!” Soran was nothing if not understanding, “I’ll make a deal with you. I know how much you like Rainbow Dash. Would you call it a day if I let you fly as fast as a Sonic Rainboom?” All three crusaders got wide eyed. They were going to fly as fast as any pegasus ever had and ever could! They all shook their heads for ‘yes’ so fast they nearly got a headache. Soran and the three touched up off the ground and flew into the horizon. They picked up speed until the air flowing around Soran’s ‘windshield’ (Soran’s magic produced one naturally) was pointed like an arrow. “Ready?” The crusaders held hooves and nodded. Soran accelerated to the speed of sound. Kai may have been far away, but he could sense everything and was Keeper, so he let a miracle happen. Without any explanation other than Kai’s magic, a rainbow gushed out of the three fillies manes just like Rainbow’s mane when she performed a sonic Rainboom. The three fillies were shocked at first, but then squealed in uncontainable happiness. All the ponies that were gathered for Musica’s concert suddenly watched in awe as a rainbow arc formed on the horizon behind the stage where Musica had set up. This awe turned to cheering when Soran descended the three fillies out of the sky and onto the stage. Soran himself didn’t want to steal their moment, so he didn’t let himself be seen. Musica spoke to him in the distance though, “Good job Soran.” Musica hummed the fillies some victorious background music, and once they were off the stage, Musica readied to sing. Everypony was very excited, none more so than Lightning Dust, who had been waiting to hear Musica sing like any rockstar’s devoted fangirl. Musica began to play. It was a mix of Third song: Mind-blowing concert, and Fourth song: Angelic Chorus of Valhalla. It felt as reviving and inspiring as the Fourth song, but was only a feeling created by the Third song, thus allowing Musica to sing without getting tired. In short, BEST. MUSIC. EVER. As if that wasn’t good enough, Soran was now floating whole tables already set with all of Matsu’s food and placing them all throughout the field outside Ponyville (where the concert was taking place). It cannot be properly described just how unbelievably good that food smelled, and it was sure to taste better. Matsu walked over to the table where the mane six were sitting, “Hope you like.” Matsu poured their glasses full of some fluid that looked like the starry night sky, “Enjoy.” All the ponies were on the verge of crying tears of joy both because of the music and the food they were eating. Rainbow chugged her whole first bowl of soup, “AWWWWWWWWWWWW YEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!” “It’s a whole lot better than changeling jelly” came a heartfelt compliment. The friends turned to see a white Alicorn with butterfly wings. Rainbow did a double take, and stared for a moment before realizing, “Chrysalis, is that you? What happened?” Chrysalis set down her food, “Kai properly introduced me to his crew. It’s incredible how much love they have. It was enough that when combined with what little support I got from Ponyville it was able to cure me completely. Though, I may revert to my old self someday.” Twilight had grown to trust Chrysalis now, “Well it just shows you that anyone can change from bad to good.” Kai realized something, “Ah yes that reminds me. Celestia, you should let Discord free tomorrow.” Ah poor Twilight. The soup was so good that she couldn’t have spit it out if she tried, but that last statement made her reflexively want to. The result was a mini-seizer that lasted about five seconds until she swallowed. Thankfully by now Rainbow had asked what Twilight wanted to know, “Why for the love of Equestria would we do that?” Kai remained calm and sure, “With the Keeper’s Mantle under control, I can set up a defensive spell that will prevent him from distorting nature. Well, at least beyond his immediate grasp, which I should mention is quite extensive. But the point is it will limit him. You know my policy: If I was if someone’s position, I would want them to help me. I certainly wouldn’t want to be stone forever, and Discord isn’t evil. Chaotic, dangerous, twisted, uncontrollable, but not evil. Therefore; I want to help him. You should try to reform him, I’ll even cast a spell that will make it so he can’t steal the elements from you anymore.” Rarity spoke, “Even if we agreed to this crazy plan of yours, how would we reform Discord?” Kai pointed at Fluttershy, “Her. Anyone who can calm Matsu down, can sooth any beast. No exceptions.” Kai now looked at Celestia, “Again, you don’t have to do anything, but I recommend it.” Celestia thought, “Well, maybe tomorrow. After everything… after everything is back to normal.” Kai nodded, “Well until then, Let’s party!” Pinkie finished her bowl and jumped onto the table, “Yeah everypony! Let’s party!” There was a resounding cheer from the ponies and humans alike. Everyone celebrated for hours on end. Musica played his music and took requests when asked, and Matsu was kept busy when requests for ‘seconds’ even though that sometimes meant ‘thirds or fourths’. Neither of them minded, these were their friends. Matsu was even gracious enough to pack enough for Cadence and Shining to take home to the crystal ponies, as well as enough for Celestia and Luna to take back to Canterlot, all of which Kai teleported with the Keeper’s power so that transport wouldn’t be an issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chrysalis was busy enjoying herself. She knew she might not be this happy again for a while. Santo had finally joined the party and decided to talk to her, “Are you sure you’re going to be okay Chrysalis? After we leave, what are you going to do?” She breathed a heavy sigh, “I’m not sure. I can’t honestly say there isn’t a seriously good chance that I’ll revert. But I’ll do my best to hang on for as long as I can.” Santo stretched out his hand to put it on Chrysalis’s shoulder to comfort her. Chrysalis didn’t pay any attention to what he said next though, because she was staring at his watch (which came into view when he outstretched his hand). It looked EXACTLY like Cloud’s watch. It was even pulsing gently like Cloud’s watch. It might just have been a coincidence, but Chrysalis never even considered the possibility that they weren’t the same. “Where did you get that watch?” Santo had been right in the middle of a motivational speech that she had missed completely. Santo politely answered anyway, “I didn’t ‘get’ this watch anywhere, I made it. It is a part of me, and the fulcrum of my ability to manipulate Time-Space. It is the only one of its kind in the omniverse.” Chrysalis couldn’t mention Cloud, so she had to find a way to ask why Cloud had it without asking ‘why does Cloud have it’ directly. “But… if it manipulates Time-Space, couldn’t there be two at once if someone... O say, just hypothetically of course… if someone were to used it to travel through time?” Santo smiled. It was obvious that he knew more than he let on, but exactly what he knew was a mystery. “Yes Chrysalis, someone else COULD have my watch if they got it from me after I died and moved through time. But, the watch itself does not have the power to go back in time. So if they went back, they did it via a different method.” Chrysalis now DEFINITELY knew that Santo knew more than he let on. Santo still had his hand on Chrysalis’s shoulder, “Now come on, let’s go back to the party.” Chrysalis smiled. She had more questions, but this was going to be one of the happiest days of her life, so she didn’t want to waste any of it. They returned to the party. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Musica was busy talking to his new fans. It saddened him that he couldn’t write any autographs. If he did there would be evidence of their visit, and their code demanded that they not leave any such reminders. But there was one mint green unicorn with a lyre that wanted one so badly he couldn’t just send her away. Musica reached out his hand, gesturing that he wanted her to hand him her lyre, “May I?” Lyra floated it into his hand with unicorn magic. Musica held the lyre aloft with both hands, the most serious look on his face. The clouds overhead began to stir, and a magnificent bolt of lightning burst forth from the heavens. The struck the Lyre, causing it to shine like a star. Its strings were vibrating supersonically, giving off an orchestra of sounds. Musica held it out for Lyra to take, and leaned in to speak softly, “I have blessed your Lyre with the powers of the spirit of RockN’Roll. It shall sing in ecstasy with the vocals of thunder.” Lyra was so giddy she felt like she was going to burst. She took the Lyre back and ran to go show Bon Bon and her other friends. She had a strange fondness of humans after that. “That was awfully sweet of you, but can you actually do that?” Musica turned to see Spitfire leading all the other Wonderbolts up to speak with Musica. Musica had been expecting them; he could hear their heartbeats, breathing, and chatter from far away and had been waiting patiently for them to arrive. “It was partially true. I really did tune it with my Lightning Tuning, and it really should play better. But music comes from the soul; music that doesn’t is just noise. I can’t possess the lyre with magic that will make it sound great, I can just tune it and give the one who plays it the motivation to do their best. Now let’s get down to business. Your heartbeats are anxious but not nervous. That means that you have something important to tell me.” Spitfire had underestimated Musica’s hearing, but she quickly recovered from the shock and spoke, “We the Wonderbolts just wanted to commend you and your crew for what you’ve done. Your bravery, selflessness, and leadership have brought us through a tough time. None of us would be here if it weren’t for you humans. We know that Kai is the boss, but you were the one who saved us at the academy. You were the one who organized us to make clouds so that we could actually contribute something to fight those guys. You were the one who saved Lightning Dust’s life. You were the one who stayed behind and protected the village. So on behalf of the Wonderbolts, and all of Equestria…” The Wonderbolts saluted in unison, “Thank you, Musica. You and your crew will always be close friends of ours, and we will never forget you. Since you’re not a pegasus, and can’t fly, you can’t technically be a Wonderbolt. Even if you could, we know you have your own job to do. But we are truly grateful, and would like to make you all official, honorary Wonderbolts.” Musica had mixed feelings. On the one hand, he appreciated it, but on the other he knew that they wouldn’t be able to keep their promise to ‘never forget’ him. So, he said the only thing he could. “I’m honored. And I promise, that no matter what happens, I will never forget you. My friends.” Musica turned to the crowd, many of whom had joined in and were now saluting as well. “Hey, none of that now. You guys know that I’m not the serious type. Friends shouldn’t part on serious terms. I’ll treat you to another song. How ‘bout it?” There was a cheer, and Musica began to play again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Matsu made his way through Ponyville. True to his word he had made more than could be eaten, even by all the ponies in Ponyville, Canterlot, and the Crystal Empire combined. But he was only pretending to be checking whether anypony needed a refill or not. What he was really doing was trying to find Fluttershy one last time. When he did, she was busy talking with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. “Hey there Fluttershy. Do you have a moment?” Fluttershy hadn’t noticed him (Matsu has an instinctual habit of moving about as quietly as a hunter on the prowl, and even though he wasn’t hunting at the moment, it was a habit), but was glad to see him. “Oh hi Matsu. That food you made was delicious. You have to give me some recipes so that I can cook it for my animals.” Pinkie liked the sound of that, “Oh good idea! Teach me too so I can make some for my parties!” Rainbow chimed in, “Yeah give them the recipes so I can eat it!” Matsu couldn’t help but laugh at that last part, “Well, unfortunately I can’t give you my recipes, crew policy. You couldn’t duplicate them without magic anyway. But listen we need to talk. The Enforcers don’t beat themselves you know. We have…” Rainbow Dash interrupted before Matsu could continue, “Yeah no kidding. Did I mention you guys were awesome by the way? Cause you guys were awsome! The way you took down the whole fleet by yourself like that, OH YEAH!” When he is not berserk, Matsu generally has a similar temperament to Fluttershy. Matsu tried to resume speaking, “Yes well, as I was saying…” Pinkie bounced around him, “Oh, are you going to tell us how to make that super-yummy food after all? That’s great!” Fluttershy spoke in a voice that only Musica could have heard, “I think he’s trying to say something.” Matsu spoke in the same voice, “I’m just trying…” Applejack approached, “Well hey there ya’ll. What are ya talkin about?” Pinkie proceeded to recount everything that had been said in a way only Pinkie Pie could. Matsu realized that he wasn’t going to get a word in, so he did the only thing he could. Matsu dropped onto his knees and embraced them in a warm, gentle hug. This made all the ponies go silent instantly, and Matsu finally got a chance to speak, “Thank you. Thank you all. You may not realize it, but you’ve given me more than I’ve given you. I’d like to believe that we’ll return someday. I promise that I won’t forget you. You are, my friends.” Matsu was hugging all four of the ponies, so his hug didn’t wrap all the way around any of their necks like a proper hug. But Fluttershy was in the middle of the hug, so Matsu’s neck was perpendicular to hers. Fluttershy got over the initial shock and nuzzled into the hug. She then stepped a little closer and wrapped her wings around Matsu. “Shhh, it’s okay. We are friends Matsu. We’ll be waiting for you when you get back. Have a safe trip.” Matsu laughed. It was a tearful laugh but a warm one. Nopony would be waiting for them to come back, and there would be NOTHING safe about their trip. But they were friends, that much was true, and that was enough. Sadly, Matsu was also a very powerful warrior, and could sense that Soran was nearby. Matsu gently pushed the hug apart, “It’s time for us to go.” Soran stepped out from his hiding place, “Let’s go, we’ll talk more on the way to the ship.” Soran and Matsu began walking along side each other. They did not speak out loud, but there was an understanding between them. Soran was the pilot. It was time to go when Soran said it was time to go, not a moment before or after. But Soran was understanding above all else, and wasn’t about to deny Matsu a rare chance to see their friends. They passed by a table where Sol, Lilly, and Derpy were sitting together. All three were laughing and having a great time. Soran smiled warmly, “Having a good time?” Sol turned to see the others, “Yeah! Lilly felt bad about watching me like a criminal earlier, and even though I said it was completely fine, she insisted on introducing me to her old flying buddy Derpy. These ponies are great!” Lilly looked over to her friend, “Well after all, it’s not a party until Derpy arrives.” Derpy smiled, “I’m just so glad that I got to be in the story! I just don’t know what went so right!” Everyone seemed confused, “What story?” They all asked in unison. Pinkie Pie answered, “The one I’m sending to my friend Starry of course.” Everyone was even more confused, “What?” Soran didn’t understand that at all, “Well uh, we should be heading for the ship.” So with that, they all resumed there walk back. Pinkie bounced alongside them, “You would like Starry. I meet him this one time when I was breaking the fourth wall…” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The last of the humans had arrived back at the Gummi ship. Many of the friends that they had made were already there, and the ones that weren’t were starting to arrive. There was Braeburn and Little Strongheart, who had come all the way from Appaloosa, All of Fluttershy’s little critter friends, the Wonderbolts, Cadence and Shining Armor, the guards for both Celestia and Luna, and of course, the mane six. Much of Ponyville had also come to see the humans off. The humans themselves were not accustomed to having so many come out to see them. In most of the worlds they visited, they had usually just made friends with a small band of people or even just one person, but now they were literally surrounded by friends on all sides. It was strange that it was both wonderful and sad. Kai himself stepped into the middle of his crew. Kai turned to his friends, all of them, “We have to go now, but we will not forget you. Celestia, Luna, you two need to come with us to the halfway point so that I can give you back the Keeper’s Mantle.” The princesses nodded. Soran levitated the crew and the princesses onto the ship. Twilight was one of many who felt a little strange. Soran had removed the effects of his ‘Flight Sphere’ from them. But that shouldn’t have been surprising, it’s not like they could have gone with the crew. All partings are bittersweet by nature, but for the humans, this one was outright sad. Kai didn’t need to be Keeper to sense this, he felt it to. So he said some last words before leaving, “Even if we grow apart, even if we forget each other, we will always be friends. And when we meet again we will have a new adventure, and become friends again. Be well until then.” This speech was given to the ponies, but was really to sooth the crew. The humans and princesses were now on the Gummi ship. Soran was so in tune with the Gummi ship that it would move on his will alone, and thus, it wordlessly began to rise into the heavens. There was a chorus of cheers coming from the ground. Kai summoned his Keyblade and aimed it at an empty space in the sky. The keyblade fired a beam which seemed to drill through the very fabric of reality, opening a keyhole shaped portal to the astral sea which flows between dimensions. The ship only flew into the ‘doorway’ of the portal, but did not cross over. Celestia walked over to Kai, “Now then, give us the Mantle; we’ll take care of the rest.” Kai walked to edge of the ship, looking down on the planet far below, and outstretched his arms like a conductor about to make the world sing, “We both know that would be cruel. I can’t ask you to brainwash your own people… er ponies. I’ll give it back after I do the hard part. Once their memories are gone, ponies like Princess Cadence and her husband will be afraid if they wake up in Ponyville and don’t remember how they got there. I’ll cast the ‘Return to the beginning’ spell again like I did with with Equestria earlier, and later the moon. But this time I’ll have it affect the living things as well.” Kai folded his hands like he was praying, and once again his aura expanded until it covered the world. Everypony was put back where they were before the whole mess started, they didn’t think anything of it, or rather they couldn’t. Kai didn’t put them to sleep, but he made it so that when they woke up they would register the past few days as uneventful, and remember them no better than anyone remembers there earliest years of life. The food was still there, but everypony would just think the princesses made it, and it would all be eaten and forgotten (also thanks to the spell, that food is otherwise unforgettable) soon anyway. Only then did he turn to the Princesses and put his hands on their heads. Their horns went between his thumbs and index fingers. The ‘fire’ on his body flowed off of him and into them. Their manes returned to their normal ethereal forms, and they could feel the powers over nature returning to them in higher quantities than before. Kai himself was just a doctor with a Keyblade and a great crew again. Kai strangely seemed to like it, “Ah I have general soreness again. O how I missed that feeling. It isn’t good, but it feels natural, you know? I am the weakest member of the crew after all, it feels weird to me wielding cosmic powers that aren’t mine. Celestia laughed to herself a little. Dea was standing nearby, “What’s so funny princess?” Celestia regained her normal composure, “I have seen humans with my powers before. You are a twisted race. Strange then that the first ones I actually meet, would be some of the bravest, noblest, and most loving souls I have ever had the pleasure to meet in my long life.” Kai smiled and looked up, “You’ve ruled the sky for so long. Let me encourage you to look at that.” The princess looked beyond the portal that the crew was about to fly into. It was a deep sea of swirling stars and nebulas. It seemed to have a lifeforce so thick that it was a liquid and for some reason, they felt like it was all close enough to touch. Kai continued, “That is the omniverse. For every star you see out there, a world exists. Each world has a heart, and life, and more friends to make.” Both princesses stared in awe for a moment, but Luna’s smile faded, “And Senza already has over 90% of those stars.” Kai nodded, “Yeah, he does. But when we beat him they’ll all come back. There is no end to our adventure, because there is no end to the number of friends we can make, and the number of lives we can help. That is why we sail. We are selfish like that. We won’t stop until we’ve partied on every world in the omniverse, or died trying.” Celestia now joined Luna, “And you don’t have any doubts at all?” The crew exchanged a confident look and an adventurous smile, and all spoke in gleeful unison, “None.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Celestia and Luna stood on their balcony at their palace. Luna raised the moon to where the portal had been, but it had closed quite a while ago. Celestia began walking. Luna turned back to her, “Where are you going sister?” “To arrange for Discord to be taken to Ponyville first thing in the morning. I won’t waste any time.” Luna ran to catch up with her, “Sounds good, I’ll go with you.” Celestia looked guilty, “You… really think it’s a good idea?” Luna looked puzzled, “You suggested it.” Celestia looked forward, “Because Kai did. What if it doesn’t work?” “No matter how bad he is, I’d rather cuddle with Discord than step within a hundred miles of Senza” Luna said, shivering both in fear of Senza and disgust at the idea of cuddling Discord. Celestia laughed a little, “Well alright. I’ll write a letter to Twilight before she can go to bed telling her to prepare for tomorrow. It’s a shame that since she won’t remember this she won’t be able to write a letter.” Luna stopped walking, “You shouldn’t ask others to do what you are unwilling to do.” Celestia stopped, “Pardon?” Luna looked at her sister, “What did YOU learn about friendship Celestia?” Celestia hadn’t been expecting to hear that question, ever. “I learned that you should give everyone a chance. Sometimes we meet others and judge them before they can show us who they really are. Everyone can be bad, but everyone can be good too. We should give others the benefit of the doubt, try to help them, and see the best in them, and if possible be unconditionally good to them, just because it’s the right thing to do. That’s what I learned.” Luna clapped. Celestia looked guilty again, “I wish I could tell Kai and his crew.” Luna looked up into the stars, “I believe they already know.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soran was in the pilot’s seat. Everyone else was resting. Suddenly the next world showed up on the monitor. They had been in flight for about ten hours. Soran had been sleeping in the Pilot’s seat, steering with autopilot. Soran had a room, but he usually slept in his seat. With a push of the intercom button, he announced to the crew, “Alright everyone, we are approaching our next world. Estimated time to arrival: five minutes. The crew began to stir from sleep. Everyone began to get into position for departure. Santo and Sol walked side by side. Santo stretched, “Ah it’s nice to arrive peacefully for once, right Sol?” Sol had a mischievous smile, “It would be nice, but I calculate a 98% chance that it won’t be so easy.” BANG! The ship rocked. Anyone else would have been sent flying to their deaths by the sheer shock, but if the crew could be hurt that easily they would all have died years ago. “Told you so.” The whole crew assembled and made their way to the deck. 1,000 ships dotted the horizon. Each one with 1,000 Soldiers, and hundred Pawns and Scouts, and one Gladiator. The Soldiers alone would add up to 1,000,000 strong. Musica readied his guitar, “Good chance for a tune-up before we arrive.” Sol calculated, “Certainty of death, small chance of success. What are we waiting for?” Matsu went berserk, “I lost so much manliness in that last world I’ll have to kill the whole fleet just to make up for it.” Santo rolled his eyes, “Are we going to have to do this every time we want to visit a new world?” Dea ran towards the ships edge like a giddy schoolgirl, “Oh come on Pops, it wouldn’t be any fun if we didn’t.” Soran headed back to the bridge, “Well at least out here I can fire warheads to my heart’s content. I’ll stay behind and watch the ship like I always do.” Kai ran after the others, “Don’t go too fast, I’ll heal you.” Musica yelled back, “Don’t hurt yourself by overdoing it like last time you dumb doctor.” Matsu dived in first, “Looks about the same as last time to me. Soran, 20 Warheads, now.” Dea unsheathed her shape-shifting weapon and made it the biggest spear she could. It stretch a hundred meters long, with the spearhead alone being ten meters long. It had one axe-like side and one scythe-like side which converged into to spear-like tip, and would have weighed over a hundred tons. “Can’t use this one on land, too many people could get hurt.” Kai smiled, “Alright, do what you want. But remember we have friends to get back to, so don’t die okay.” Everyone chimed in, “No way we’re gonna die.” A virtual plague of Enforcers flew at them. All screamed, “Let’s go!”