~Irkutsk, Russia - Rebel Hideout~ Once all the orphans were asleep in a room, Leia quietly stepped out of the room where they were sleeping, slowly closing the door behind her. “They asleep?” Finn asked Leia as he approached her… “Yes,” Leia responded, “Finn… I just wanted to say… thank you… for everything you and the Rebels did.” “Hey, don’t mention it,” Finn told Leia, “Just another day for us Rebels.” As Leia smiled at Finn, she told him, “Finn… I want to join the Rebels.” “What?” a surprised Finn questioned. “From what I’ve seen today, I now know that the Rebels truly are fighting for good,” Leia replied, “If I can fight to make sure that children like the orphans I care for don’t have to live in fear, then that is a cause I am willing to join.” “No… no,” Finn said, shaking his head, “I won’t let you.” “And since when was it your decision?” Leia questioned Finn. “It’s just… Leia, it’s too dangerous. You saw that today,” Finn replied. “Don’t worry about me. I can handle myself,” Leia said. “It’s just… I don’t want anything bad to happen to you like Ka-,” Finn replied, stopping as he remembered his deceased friend, Kanan, and how he wasn’t able to save him. Upon realizing what was bothering Finn, Leia sighed as she told him, “Finn… you can’t keep blaming yourself for what happened to Kanan. I miss him too. But I don’t think he’d want you blaming yourself over his death. I promise, I’ll be fine. Just please, let me join the Rebels.” Sighing, Finn replied, “Well, then I guess there’s no talking you out of it.” Smiling, Leia headed towards the exit as she told Finn, “Thank you, Finn.” Without even responding, Finn simply watched as Leia left, smiling a bit as he pondered what Leia told him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown~ "Hehe, yeah, that certainly sounds like Serena," Grandpa responded. "Piplup!" Chad concurred as he chuckled. "But… it just feels weird that you girls aren't with Serena," Grandpa told Rei, "I never told you this, Rei, but when it was announced that a group of Rebels from this base would join Connor on his worldwide trip, I kinda enjoyed the thought of going out and seeing the world. But when I heard you and your friends wouldn't be going with Serena, I was admittedly very surprised you decided not to go. Still, I decided to respect your decision and stay in this base with you. Anyway, sorry to make you listen to an old man rambling, hehe." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress~ “Wh-what?!” Xaldin cried as he was surprised to notice the barrier around him disappear due to Sailor Moon’s attack. Turning around to face the one who got rid of his barrier, Xaldin instead found himself face-to-face with Sailor Mini Moon, who was pointing her Pink Moon Stick at Xaldin, crying, “Pink Sugar Heart Attack!” Heart shaped energy pulses from the Pink Moon Stick then began repeatedly hitting Xaldin in the face. Realizing this was the perfect window of opportunity to finish him off, Tuxedo Mask grabbed one of Xaldin’s lances while also calling out to Connor, “Connor! Now!” Nodding, Connor grabbed another one of Xaldin’s lances, ready for an attack. Noticing Tuxedo Mask and Connor about to attack, Sailor Mini Moon got out of the way, while Xaldin rubbed his face after getting hit by Sailor Mini Moon’s attack. However, once Xaldin opened his eyes, he saw Tuxedo Mask and Connor surprise him with an attack using two of his own lances, getting impaled in the chest by his own weapons. Spoiler: BGM Gasping as he looked down and saw the lances that Connor and Tuxedo Mask used to impale him, Xaldin struggled to stand, commenting, “Is this… the end?” As all of Xaldin’s lances (including the ones he was stabbed with) disintegrated, the Inquisitor collapsed to the ground, while Connor walked over to him. “The reign of terror you and Madame Gao brought onto this part of China comes to an end,” Connor told Xaldin. “Hehehe… you really think you’ve achieved a victory by defeating me?” Xaldin scoffed in response, “The New World Order will always remain the stronger side in this war with you Rebel scum.” “What happened here today is proof that the New World Order can… and will… be defeated,” Connor retorted. “Hmph… regardless… a little word of advice, boy…” Xaldin told Connor, “Beware of my superior, the Grand Inquisitor. He has plans that go beyond the New World Order, beyond this world. If you underestimate him, you, and all you care about, will cease to exist.” “Grand Inquisitor?” Connor questioned, “Who is this Grand Inquisitor?” “Sorry… but that’s something… you’re going to have to find out… yourself…” Xaldin replied, grinning as he finally died. Sighing, Connor knelt next to Xaldin’s corpse, closing the deceased Inquisitor’s eyelids as he said, “May you find the peace you never had.” “You okay?” Tuxedo Mask asked Connor. Connor nodded in reply as he got up, looking at Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mini Moon, and Mewtwo, telling them, "You all did great. Thank you." Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mini Moon simply smiled in response while Mewtwo rejoined the group after resting from what happened earlier. "Feeling better, Mewtwo?" Sailor Mini Moon asked. "Yes," Mewtwo replied. "I was wrong about you, Mewtwo," Tuxedo Mask told the Pokemon, "Ever since seeing you as part of the Rebels, I've always been suspicious of you due to your past with the Crystal Order. But, after seeing how you saved us from Xaldin's powerful attack, I now see that you truly have changed. I'm sorry for doubting you." Seeing Tuxedo Mask extend his hand to him to shake, Mewtwo smiled as he used his paw to shake Tuxedo Mask's hand, replying, "Apology accepted. Thank you." Seeing Tuxedo Mask finally accept Mewtwo as a fellow Rebel, Connor and Sailor Mini Moon both happily sighed. "So, Connor… who do you think this Grand Inquisitor guy that Xaldin warned about could be?" Tuxedo Mask asked. "I am not sure," Connor replied, "But he seems like someone we will have to be cautious with when encountering him." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Targoviste, Romania~ As Ron was battling against Stormtroopers, Attila asked Bellatrix, "Uhh… should Hun and me get our Pokemon to help out." "No. Not yet," Bellatrix responded as she grinned, "I'd like to see where this goes." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Minato District~ As Penny was flying away in her gargoyle form while Gumball continued running after her, Penny shape-shifted into a jackalope, landing on the ground and continued trying to get away from Gumball. “Penny! Let me finish… please stop running!” Gumball pleaded as he was sweating and becoming exhausted from all the running, “My sweat marks are reaching my pants!” As Penny stopped and turned around, she noticed Gumball slowly approaching her, panting as he said, “Please, please…” “Oh, Gumball, stop trying! You've said enough. How can anyone-” Penny replied before shape-shifting into a minotaur, “LOVE THIS?!” As she was about to smash the pavement on the street with her large fist, Penny instead accidentally smashed a car that was passing by, startling the passengers… “Ay caramba!” Pepe cried from the back of the car, while Gonzo and Rizzo (who were in front of the car) were wondering what smashed their car. As they looked outside, the three passengers saw Penny in her minotaur form, causing Pepe to scream with a very high pitch and faint. “Don't worry, guys, I'll deal with this,” Gonzo stated as he got out of the car. But instead of doing something as he promised, Gonzo simply ran away, screaming. Sighing as he shook his head, Rizzo said to himself, “And to think I actually have lunch with these guys.” Grabbing his cellphone and dialing a number, Rizzo decided to call pest control on Penny, telling the person he just called, “Hello, is this pest control? Yeah, I need help! What does it look like? Kinda like an ugly cow on steroids but… uglier.” Overhearing how Rizzo described her, Penny groaned dismally and ran away while Gumball followed her, crying, “Penny, come back!” “I'm disgusting! I'm a disgusting pig!” Penny replied as she shape-shifted into a green pig. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’ (Upper Deck)~ Once the Rebels escaped to the Quinjet, Rubeus and the others watched as the plane switched its cloaking on and then flew away. "Grrr… I want TIE fighters searching all over the San Diego airspace for that plane!" Rubeus ordered one of the Stormtroopers. "Yes, sir," the Stormtrooper responded to the Inquisitor as he and a couple other Stormtroopers fled the scene. Walking over to the side of the ship where Donnie was shot, Ruby commented, "It's a shame. He would've been a great Inquisitor." "Yeah… guess Master Xehanort's gonna be really disappointed," Rubeus replied as he turned and looked at Jemma, "Simmons, follow us." "Yes, sir," Jemma replied, following Ruby and Rubeus as they headed towards the ship's exit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Quinjet~ “Switching to cloaking mode,” Mace said as he was piloting the Quinjet, with the plane’s cloaking mechanism switched on to prevent it from being detected by the New World Order. “Oi, thanks for the save, mate,” Lance thanked Mack. “Don’t mention it,” Mack responded. “We never expected you to arrive in San Diego so quick,” May told Mace. “Well, when Shining Armor contacted me about Simmons, I had a feeling you guys were in trouble,” Jeffrey responded, “So I requested the help of a Rebel from Kentucky with the ability to teleport to get Mack and myself over to San Diego. We arrived outside the hideout used by the Oliver brothers, where I found the Quinjet and used it to get to you guys. From what I’ve seen, it’s a good thing I came. So, what happened with Donnie Gill?” “He’s dead,” Skye answered after hearing Jeffery’s question, “It looked like the New World Order got to him first. I had no choice. He was about to freeze Tommy to death, so I took the shot.” Sighing, Mace commented, “It’s unfortunate. But the important thing is we didn’t suffer any casualties.” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress (Again)~ As Riku and the rest of Group 3 exited the watchtower (along with Madame Gao, who was still detained by Rey), they were met by the rest of the Rebels who were attacking the fortress (with the exception of those who were dealing with Xaldin at the moment)... Spoiler: Rebels “Well, well, well… Madame Gao,” Ember said as she approached Gao, “After hearing all the things you’ve done, seeing you defeated feels very satisfying.” “You think that by capturing me, you’ve succeeded?” Gao questioned, “The New World Order will not stop until they are finished with Rebels like you.” “Then I guess we’ll just have to be ready to keep fighting then,” Ember replied as she looked at Rey, “Tie her up. We’ll be taking her back to base. Now then… where could Ratonhnhaké:ton be?” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Lor Starcutter: Main Room~ “Good,” Bellec replied to Star Dream after the red line on the floor appeared, “While you’re at it, please take us to a small Scottish town led by a man named Fergus. That is my destination.” As Bellec followed the red line, Jack told Pipsqueak, “Stay here, lad. I’ll be going along with Bellec.” “Yes, sir,” Pipsqueak replied, giving a salute as Jack followed Bellec. “Now you stay here, Sven,” Kristoff told Sven as he intended to join Jack and Bellec, “It won’t be long.” Noticing the disappointed look on Sven’s face, Kristoff voiced Sven's thoughts in a gruff, goofy, exaggerated tone, saying, “But I don’t wanna stay here. I barely know everyone.” “Heh, don’t worry, bud, you’ll be fine. And hey, maybe you can make some new friends,” Kristoff told his reindeer, who sighed but smiled after hearing Kristoff’s advice, watching as he walked away and joined Jack and Bellec. Meanwhile, as Serena and her Fennekin were walking around, enjoying the sight, Serena’s Fennekin was startled when she noticed Hermione’s Vulpix approach her. “Huh? Oh wow, a Vulpix!” Serena exclaimed as she noticed Vulpix approaching her Fennekin, “Go on, Fenny, say hi.” Slowly approaching the Vulpix, Fennekin sniffed Vulpix a bit before realizing that Vulpix was a friendly Pokemon. “Fokka!” Fennekin happily greeted Vulpix. Smiling as she saw the two interacting with each other, Serena knelt down and told the Vulpix, “Hello, Vulpix. I’m Serena, Fennekin’s partner. Is your partner around?” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Lor Starcutter: Room Near Communications~ After following the red line, Bellec, Jack, and Kristoff arrived in a room and came face-to-face with Saphir and Olaf, who were seated on the floor… “Well, this certainly a surprise,” Bellec commented, “Saphir, brother of Demande, the New World Order Regional Governor of Europe. And… a snowman, apparently.” “I know this snowman,” Kristoff told Jack and Bellec. “You do?” Jack questioned Kristoff. “Yeah,” Kristoff replied, “Not personally, but I always see him hanging around in Arendelle. He is close friends with Anna and Elsa.” Gasping after hearing Kristoff mention he was from Arendelle, Olaf said, “You’re from Arendelle too?! Heh, what a small world! My name’s Olaf! What’s your name?” “Kristoff,” Kristoff answered. “So, Kristoff… do you think this snowman should be interrogated as well?” Bellec asked Kristoff. “Nah,” Kristoff replied, “I doubt we could get anything out of him. And he’s harmless. Saphir is the only one we need to talk to right now.” “Very well,” Jack replied as he looked at Olaf, “Run along now, snowman. This is a private discussion.” “Uhh, sure thing,” Olaf replied as he looked at Saphir, giving him a two thumbs up gesture, “Good luck.” Once Olaf left the room, Bellec, Jack, and Kristoff shifted their focus back to Saphir, with Bellec saying, “Now then, Saphir… w-” “Look, if you’re gonna make me divulge New World Order secrets, forget it,” Saphir interrupted Bellec. “Oh no, I was never going to ask you that,” Bellec replied, “How about we start things slow. How did you end up in Rebel company?” Sighing, Saphir said, “Simple. When that Rider, Harold Flamel, took Anna and Elsa away, a tracking device was placed on them by a rather friendly Stormtrooper. I then traced the tracking device to the Hidden Palace Zone while accompanied by Olaf, where, long story short, I came across the Rebels you see outside. And that’s how Olaf and I ended up here.” “But… why not just have Stormtroopers and Cybermen track the two sisters and retrieve them?” Kristoff asked. “I didn’t want the New World Order involved,” Saphir answered, “I just wanted to know that Anna and Elsa were safe.” Focusing on the tone of Saphir’s voice when he answered, Jack told him, “Sounds to me like you might be attracted to one of them.” Blushing after hearing what Jack said, Saphir asked, “That obvious?” “Look, I really don’t care how you feel about either of them,” Kristoff told Saphir, “The fact is, your association with the New World Order makes me distrust you. Same with Anna and Elsa. I mean, for all we know, they could New World Order spies. Bellec, I think it would be a good idea to interrogate the two sisters as well.” “You… you were the last Rebel in Arendelle… weren’t you?” Saphir asked Kristoff. “Yeah. And I had to bury every single one of my comrades who were killed by the regime you are a part of, which was just as hard as burying every single troll that I considered family after they were all killed by the New World Order simply for rejecting to be ruled under their dictatorship,” Kristoff replied, “So you can imagine how uneasy it feels for me to be talking to the enemy this close.” “Look, I was not responsible for whatever the New World Order was doing in Arendelle,” Saphir said, “I am sorry about your comrades and your family. I truly am. I don’t want war. I want all the killing to stop.” “And yet, people like you, Anna, and Elsa still associate yourselves with the New World Order,” Kristoff scoffed, “You say you’re for peace, yet you are for a worldwide dictatorship diminishing individuals’ freedoms.” “Look, I don’t agree with everything the New World Order does. There. I said it,” Saphir said, “But the core values of the New World Order… making sure that all beings, regardless of who they are, what they are, how they look, or what they believe in can all live equally… that is something I still believe in, no matter what. Surely you can’t deny that a world where everyone is equal would be desirable, right?” Bellec, Jack, and Kristoff looked at each other as they pondered Saphir’s words. “Oh, and one more thing about Elsa and Anna. They’re not with the New World Order,” Saphir continued, “When Harold Flamel arrived in Arendelle to take them, they willingly decided to leave. They were never loyal to the regime. They were forced into their positions only because I was trying hard to make sure they didn’t suffer the same fate as all those leaders who were killed during the Great Purge. So please, don’t do anything to them! I’m begging you…” After hearing what Saphir had to say, Jack whispered to Bellec, “What do you think?” “Well, I do feel he is at least right when he says that Anna and Elsa aren’t loyal to the New World Order. Still, I’d like to get the two sisters here,” Bellec replied, “Go and get them.” “Yes, sir,” Jack replied as he left the room to speak with Harold Flamel so he could get Anna and Elsa to speak with Bellec.
View attachment 50357 It is with great sadness we have to report that Rutger Hauer, who played the role of Master Xehanort in 'Kingdom Hearts III', has sadly passed away this past Friday in his home in the Netherlands after contracting a brief illness, with his funeral taking place today. Rutger Hauer was an acclaimed Dutch actor known for his roles in Blade Runner, Sin City, Batman Begins, and many other films. By taking up the mantle of being the English voice of Master Xehanort, Rutger Hauer had the near impossible task of trying to live up to the late Leonard Nimoy's legacy of voicing the main villain of the Dark Seeker Saga. Thankfully, he ended up giving a tremendous performance that did justice to the character of Master Xehanort in the villain's swan song. RIP Rutger Hauer
~Castelia City, New York - Stark Tower~ As Tony was busy working on a flight stabilizer for his Iron Man armor with a wrench, he was watching a video that was released online less than a minute ago, showing the atrocities of the New World Order in Siwa, Egypt earlier today. Upset at what he was seeing, Tony then noticed the video focused on Diana Cavendish as she was about to rage at the New World Order… “The New World Order… just bombed a hospital filled with unarmed men, women and children!” Diana cried in the video as tears rolled down her face, “And there will be no survivors! If anyone thinks for one second that the New World Order will ever treat us fairly, they are lying to themselves! I should know… I was an avid supporter of the regime! But now I finally see the New World Order for who they are and what they do! This is what they do! And we must fight back.” Looking up at the sky, Diana screamed, “New World Order! You can torture us and bomb us and burn our homes to the ground! But fire is catching. And if we burn, you burn with us!” At that point, the video concluded. But as Tony tried to replay it the video on his laptop, he got an error message indicating that the video was removed by New World Order online censors. Taking a deep breath, Stark tossed the wrench he was using on the flight stabilizer aside, and instead pointed the flight stabilizer at a nearby wall, sending a blast that damaged it. Tony then continued to blast other objects in his penthouse for practice as a way to vent over his anger how he was helping the New World Order the whole time and not knowing they did stuff like what he saw in the video. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress - Watchtower~ Madame Gao didn't even flinch as she watched Rey detain her, remaining emotionless. "Now let's get out of here," Emma said. "Right," both Riku and Ritchie concurred, nodding as they followed Emma towards the exit downstairs. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress~ Spoiler: BGM “Sailor Moon, pull yourself together!” Sailor Mini Moon told Sailor Moon, trying to get her to stop crying and focus on a way to defeat Xaldin. “He’s coming back!” Tuxedo Mask warned the others. Grinning, Xaldin teleported near the group, thrusting his lances towards them as Connor and the others jumped out of the way, and the Inquisitor would repeat this several more times. As he was panting from repeatedly trying to avoid getting hit by Xaldin’s attacks, Tuxedo Mask took out one of his sharp roses, throwing it at Xaldin, hoping to finish him off. Taking notice of Tuxedo Mask’s attack, Xaldin cried, “Wind, guard me!” A protective wind barrier then surrounded Xaldin once more, and Tuxedo Mask’s rose wasn’t even able to penetrate it. “Not again!” Sailor Mini Moon complained. Xaldin then appeared to have teleported once more, but there was no sign of him. “Where is he?” Connor wondered out loud as he and the others were looking around, trying to find the Inquisitor. Soon enough, Mewtwo noticed something above Connor. “Watch out!” Mewtwo cried, using his psychic powers to move Connor out of harm’s way, with Xaldin’s six lances landing right where Connor was previously standing, before disappearing. Realizing what Xaldin was now doing, Connor warned the others, “Be careful, everyone!” Pretty soon, Tuxedo Mask noticed the lances above him, jumping out of harm’s way as they landed and then disappeared. The same happened with Sailor Mini Moon as she too jumped out of harm’s way from the lances. As the Rebels were expecting the same thing to keep happening, they were surprised when Xaldin’s lances appeared around Mewtwo, spinning really fast. “What?” Mewtwo wondered out loud. “Mewtwo, be careful!” Sailor Mini Moon warned Mewtwo. Once he noticed the lances around him disappear, Mewtwo anticipated an attack, so he quickly teleported several feet away, noticing that Xaldin was indeed was going to attack, as the Inquisitor reappeared, sending all his lances to the spot where Mewtwo was. Angered to have missed his target, Xaldin summoned a green aura around him as he began swinging his lances around in a rapid combo, making it extremely difficult for Connor and the others to avoid getting hit. Once he was done, Xaldin then teleported above the Rebels, connected his lances and leaped atop them as he yelled, “You will wear the face of despair!” The hearts of Connor and the others sank as they instantly recognized the attack that Xaldin was preparing to attempt once more, watching as his lances then took on the form of a dragon, just like earlier in the battle, and was getting ready to launch a powerful blast of wind towards Sailor Moon. Gasping Sailor Mini Moon and Tuxedo Mask rushed towards Sailor Moon as they cried, “Sailor Moon!” Xaldin’s lances then began to launch a powerful blast of wind just as Sailor Mini Moon and Tuxedo Mask reached Sailor Moon, prompting a worried Connor to cry, “Nooo!” Seeing what was happening, Mewtwo instantly teleported in front of Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Mini Moon, and Sailor Moon, summoning a barrier around them with his psychic powers for protection against the incoming wind blast. As strong as the wind blast was, Mewtwo continued holding his ground, using whatever energy he had in him to keep the barrier surrounding him and the others intact. “Mewtwo… hang on!” Sailor Mini Moon told Mewtwo as he was struggling more and more to keep the barrier intact. Once Xaldin’s powerful wind blast attack finally came to an end, the barrier Mewtwo had summoned shattered, with Mewtwo collapsing to the ground from exhaustion. “Mewtwo!” Sailor Mini Moon cried as she knelt down next to the Pokemon to make sure he was alright, “Are you okay?” “He… saved us…” Tuxedo Mask said, finally beginning to see that Mewtwo does indeed have goodness inside him. “Imbecile… time to finish that traitor off,” Xaldin commented as his lances returned to normal and were once again levitating around him while he descended back to the ground, and slowly hovered towards Mewtwo and the others. “Hey, Xaldin!” Connor called out the Inquisitor, causing him to turn around and face him, “Leave them alone! I am the one you want!” “Fine by me!” Xaldin responded as he swung his lances towards Connor, who jumped out of the way and was using his tomahawk to deflect incoming attacks. As for the others, Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mini Moon were still with Mewtwo as they watched Connor trying to take on Xaldin alone. “We’ve gotta help him!” Sailor Mini Moon said. “But that wind barrier is still around Xaldin,” Tuxedo Mask replied, “Without getting rid of it, attacking him will be useless.” Hearing what Tuxedo Mask said, Mewtwo looked at Sailor Moon and her Crescent Moon Wand, telling her, “Sailor Moon… use your wand… I sense that it is powerful enough to get rid of Xaldin’s barrier. Once the barrier is gone, then you will all have a chance to finish him off.” “You really think so, Mewtwo?” Sailor Mini Moon asked the Pokemon, who simply nodded in reply. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Irkutsk, Russia - New World Order Facility~ While Cassidy and Butch were trying to use hair dryers to melt the ice that Mega Blaziken and Mega Charizard Y were trapped in faster, Kylo Ren was berating the two over allowing the Rebels to escape. "How could you be so incompetent!" The Inquisitor scolded Cassidy and Butch, "You had a large number of Stormtroopers and Cybermen at your disposal, and you weren't even able to stop a small group of Rebels!" "B-but sir…" Cassidy responded, not sure what to say. "I don't want to hear excuses," Kylo Ren interrupted Cassidy, "I want results. Do you understand?" "I understand, Mr. Solo, sir… but… if it wasn't for that guy with an oversized car key, we would've captured them all," Butch replied. "Wait… what did you say?" Kylo asked Butch. "Umm… we would've been able to capture the Rebels if it wasn't for that guy with them carrying an oversized car key," Butch repeated, not sure what caught Kylo's attention. "Do you have footage of this Rebel with a key?" Kylo Ren questioned. "Uhh, sure," Cassidy told the Inquisitor, taking a break from trying to melt the ice that was trapping Mega Charizard Y. Grabbing a nearby tablet, Cassidy pulled up recent security footage on the device in order to show Kylo Ren. Once the footage focused on the Rebel that Kylo was interested in, Cassidy handed Kylo Ren the tablet. Looking over the footage, Kylo Ren raised his eyebrows, surprised to see Finn alive and assisting the Rebels. 'Finn? Well, well, well… it seems you've survived,' Kylo thought to himself, surprised to see that Finn survived the events of Nibelheim. Grinning, Kylo Ren turned around and walked away without saying a word. "So, uhh… are we still in trouble?" Butch questioned. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’ (Upper Deck)~ Noticing Yang charging towards her, Ruby quickly got out of the way, rolling to the side while Rubeus landed near her after the beating he took from Thomas. “Hey, don’t forget about us!” James told Tommy, Dante, and Thomas as he, Jessie, and Meowth appeared (along with their Pokemon)... “As if we’d let you guys take on the New World Order alone,” Jessie added. “Yeah! Let’s thrash those bad guys!” Meowth concurred. “Grrr… Stormtroopers, Cybermen… come on out!” Rubeus angrily called out the Stormtroopers and Cybermen, who all appeared almost immediately, surrounding the Rebels as they were pointing their weapons at them… “Damn…” Skye said to herself as she noticed all the Stormtroopers and Cybermen appear. “Heh, any last words, Rebels?” Rubeus questioned the Rebels as he grinned. However, before anyone could reply, everyone noticed the Rebels' Quinjet flying towards the area. “The Quinjet?” James wondered out loud. “But… who’s piloting it?” Jessie questioned. Once the Quinjet was close enough and hovering to the side of the ship, the Rebels instantly recognized the man piloting the plane as Jeffery Mace… While the Rebels were happy to see the appearance of Mace and the Quinjet, an angry Rubeus ordered the Stormtroopers and Cybermen, “Fire at that plane!” But as the Stormtroopers and Cybermen were firing at the plane, Jeffery activated the plane’s shield to lessen damage to the plane, while also activating the plane’s gun turret, firing at the enemy combatants. Elsewhere on the Maribel del Mar, Shining Armor, May, and Lance were finally able to get out after finding another exit that wasn’t frozen… Once the three reached the upper deck, Lance asked, “Now what do we do?” Just then, the Rebels noticed the Quinjet’s ramp lower near the side of the ship, with Mack standing in the ramp with his trusty shotgun axe, using it to shoot at some of the enemies… “Everyone, get in the Quinjet!” Mack yelled out to the Rebels as he continued shooting Stormtroopers while also throwing some sonic stabilizers at Cybermen to weaken their metal and make them prone to damage. “Copy that!” Shining Armor yelled back as he, Lance, and May jumped over the side of the ship towards the ramp. Meanwhile, as they returned their Pokemon back to their Pokeballs, Jessie and James ran and jumped towards the ramp as well, followed by Meowth and Skye. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Outside Apartment Building~ After Matt’s earlier battle with members of a local biker gang, he and Foggy were waiting outside for the police to arrive. Pretty soon, the demon and his Pokemon noticed police cars arriving to the scene… “Matt, Foggy… thank goodness!” Jenny happily said as she got out of one of the police cars. “Oshawott!” Foggy happily waved to Jenny. “What happened?” Looker questioned. “The Punisher dragged Foggy and I to the roof of that building. Unfortunately, he also had the eyewitness with him, and he killed him,” Matt answered. “Darn it!” Vanitas complained. “It’s not all bad news,” Matt replied, “The Punisher is inside an elevator in the building unconscious. And I was able to take care of a bunch of gang members that the Punisher attracted with an explosion outside their place.” “Good. Then let’s go get him,” Looker said. Nodding, Matt said, “Oh, and one more thing. His name’s Frank,” Matt replied. “Noted,” Officer Jenny said as she and the others entered the apartment building. "Wait… something's not right," Matt said, as he wasn't sensing Frank Castle's presence in the elevator. Once the demon and the others reached the elevator, Matt's fears were confirmed, as Frank was not in the elevator. "Dammit!" Matt complained, "He got away…" "I'll have Gastly sweep the building to make sure he still isn't here," Jenny told Matt as she took out her Pokeball, throwing it in the air, "Gastly, come on out!" "Gaaastly," Jenny's Gastly cried as it came out of its Pokeball… "Gastly, search the entire building and see if you can find the Punisher," Jenny ordered her Pokemon. "Gaastly," Gastly replied, nodding as it began searching the building to find any trace of Frank Castle. "I also want the entire area searched," Vanitas told his Stormtroopers, "He couldn't have gotten far." "Yes, sir," one of the Stormtroopers responded to the Inquisitor as he and the other stormtroopers left to begin their search. "I'm such a fool…" Matt said, disappointed to have let Castle get away. "Hey, don't blame yourself," Jenny told the demon, "You did the best you could." "Osha," Foggy concurred with Jenny, nodding. Sighing, Matt said, "Anyway, it's been a long day. I think I'll go home. Let's go, Fog." "Oshawott," Foggy replied as he was following Matt outside. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Watterson Household~ As the depressed Gumball walked towards his bedroom, his mother approached him, feeling worried for her son… “You okay, honey?” Nicole asked her son, “You had nothing to eat.” “Pfft, don't worry mom! I'm a big boy, I'll be fine,” Gumball answered, pretending to be happy and cheerful to his mother. However, once Gumball entered his room and closed the door, he rushed to his bed, crying over his pillow. Then, upon hearing a knock on his window, Gumball stopped and looked at the window, noticing Penny was there, having climbed up using a ladder… “Penny?” Gumball wondered out loud as he opened the window and allowed Penny to come inside. “Thanks. Gumball, I came to… wait, have you been crying?” Penny asked, surprised when she saw Gumball’s eyes red from his crying. “No! I just have really sweaty eyes,” Gumball responded, trying to act cheerful, “Wait, that's disgusting. Yeah, I was crying.” “I came to say… I'm moving to another school. Dad thinks it's for the best,” Penny told Gumball. “WHAT THE WHAT?!!” an upset Gumball cried, “Excuse my French, Penny, BUT THIS IS TOTAL BAGUETTE! It is not for the best that you're forbidden to be who you really are!” “But, there's no other way,” Penny replied. Meanwhile, outside his room, Gumball’s family (Richard, Nicole, Darwin, and Anais) were eavesdropping over Gumball’s and Penny’s conversation… As Gumball’s family members were eavesdropping, they heard Richard’s stomach growling. “Shh!” Nicole, Anais, Darwin and even Richard quietly said while placing their finger on their lips, with Richard’s stomach stopping its growling in response. Back inside Gumball’s room, Penny asked, “What do you want me to do?” “Be yourself. Come out of your shell,” Gumball answered. “But maybe you wouldn't like the real me,” Penny said. Then, the following happened: Spoiler: Actual HSD Footage Still shocked to see Penny in her true S-type form, Gumball struggled with words, saying, “You look… you look…” “What? Do I look bad?” a worried Penny questioned as she shape-shifted into a gremlin. “No!” Gumball retorted, “You look uh…” “I look disgusting, don't I?!” Penny questioned while still in her gremlin form. “No!” Gumball retorted once more, “Penny, I think you look-” “Don't look at me! I'm UGLY!” Penny interrupted Gumball as she shape-shifted into a huge fist, breaking through the wall of his room, and flying away after shape-shifting into a gargoyle. “No, Penny, wait!” Gumball cried as he watched Penny fly away, “You look… extraordinary.” “Nooo!” Richard cried outside of Gumball’s room after listening to everything that happened, “It's a tragic misunderstanding that could have been easily avoided if he just finished his sentence in time!” Deciding to go after Penny, Gumball went down the ladder that Penny used earlier as he cried, “Penny, please wait!” “Gumball!” Nicole cried as she and the others entered Gumball’s room and found him going down the ladder and running after Penny. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Rebel Hideout~ Heading to his room and closing the door, Sunburst went to his desk, grabbed a particular book from a nearby shelf. ‘Besides the pony we fought, there was also something familiar about those creatures that the pony at the facility summoned… I know I’ve seen that emblem on them before…’ Sunburst thought to himself as he placed the book on his desk, turning the pages until he reached a page containing a certain emblem. 'Nobodies…' Sunburst thought to himself as he was reading the contents of the book. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown~ Spoiler: BGM "MI6?!" Phil exclaimed as he was having tea with John, Rose, and Sarah, learning shocking things about Rose (such as how she was secretly an agent of MI6 during her time at Nintendo High School wanting to find out more about the Crystal Order, and how her TA, Ahmet, ended up being a Crystal Order member as well), "No way…" "It's all true," Rose replied, smiling as she took a sip of her tea, "Went by the title of Agent Bad Wolf." "If I hadn't seen Ahmet trying to kill her during the Great Purge, I wouldn't have believed it myself," John told Phil. "Wow, that is a lot to take in," Coulson commented as he drank his tea. "You'll get used to it," Sarah told Phil, "So, Phil… how is everyone over at Nintendo High. At least, those who have remained." "It varies," Phil replied, "Pretty much all of them have gotten used to the new environment, even if some secretly may not like it." "And what of Eraqus, Moody, and Axel?" John asked. "Oh, they're fine," Coulson answered, "They do miss you though." "I see…" John commented as he looked down on his cup of tea, sighing as he was thinking of his three friends, "Oh, how I miss the simpler times." Trying to comfort him, Rose patted John on the back, smiling at him as she said, "Don't worry. We'll all get through this." Sarah and Coulson both nodded in agreement, causing John to smile in response. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown (Again)~ "Really? Huh, never knew that," Grandpa commented as he scratched his head, "Well, if that's your dream Rei, then I'll support you all the way!" "Piplup, piplup," Chad concurred as he nodded, wanting to support Rei as well. "Still, it's a shame Serena isn't around to hear you up close. I'm sure she would've enjoyed listening to you sing," Grandpa told his granddaughter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Scotland - Coast~ Bellec and the others were completely lost by the discussion Mario and C.C. had, with Serena asking, “Uhh… did anyone get that?” “I was able to follow along until the point he mentioned the two Arendelle royal sisters,” Kristoff replied, “Then the rest was just blah-blah blah-blah blah.” “Oh good, then it wasn’t just me,” Bellec commented, “Never thought going to get a ship would result in a convoluted explanation.” “The point is, they got the ship,” Elise said as everyone was getting on board the ship, “Along with that, they apparently also have Princess Anna and Queen Elsa on board, along with someone from the New World Order, and a snowman… apparently.” “Now THAT is an explanation that makes sense,” Kristoff told Elise, “Though, I didn’t expect Anna and Elsa to be here as well. I know I heard a mention of how they seemingly escaped from the New World Order, but as a Rebel from Arendelle, I don’t trust those two sisters.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Lor Starcutter~ “Oh wow, it’s amazing, Fenny,” Serena told her Fennekin as she was awed by the interior. “Fokka!” Serena’s Fennekin concurred. Pretty soon, the group overheard a discussion about clockwork stars and other out of this world mumbo jumbo. “Ugh, my head hurts from all this talk about clockwork nova AI stuff, or whatever it is they’re talking about,” Silver complained. “I’ll admit, I really do not care about the specifics regarding the backstory of this ship,” Bellec concurred, “As long as it can help the Rebel cause, that’s all that matters to me.” Overhearing everyone’s complaints on information overload, Jack sighed as he walked over to Mario, kneeling next to him as he placed his hand on his shoulder, telling him, “Listen, lad. Just a bit of friendly advice. Try to focus less on details and getting straight to the point. Sometimes too much explaining at once is a bit too much. Savvy? Now then, where is this New World Order member I keep hearing about. Monsieur Bellec would certainly like to interrogate him as soon as possible.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Targoviste, Romania~ Upon noticing Ron appear in front of them, Bellatrix said, “Well, well, well… Ronald Wesley, a Rider who survived the Great Purge. Perhaps being sent to Romania wasn’t such a waste at all.” “Stormtroopers, kill him now!” Attila ordered the Stormtroopers, who all pointed their blasters at Ron, ready to shoot him.
I initially felt the lineup was smaller than I anticipated (where were Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and the Guardians of the Galaxy?), but seeing as how this is just focused on content over two years, it actually feels on par with release schedules in previous years. It's nice to see them focusing a bit of old and new now that Endgame is behind us, while also assuring us we will be getting more Black Panther, Captain Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy soon as well. Also, really happy to see a confirmation of the Fantastic 4 finally arriving to the MCU!
Updated OP with new reserves. And time for a few reserves of my own... Name: Lina Inverse Description: A teenage girl who loves traveling the world and stealing treasure and rare artifacts with the help of a very unique weapon of hers. Despite being a thief, Lina nevertheless has a good moral compass, knowing right from wrong when she sees it. Faction (Rebel/New Word Order/None): None Series Character is from: Slayers Image: Spoiler: Image Name: Solgaleo Description: A creature from the dimension of Mewni, used by invading forces to storm Mewni's ruling kingdom centuries ago. Solgaleo has long since been killed in battle, with its remains currently beneath Butterfly Castle in Mewni. Faction (Rebel/New Word Order/None): None Series Character is from: Pokemon Image: Spoiler: Image Also, @Princess Kairi , just an FYI, you don't need to keep your reserves and character sheets in separate posts. You can simply post character sheets, and those will count as your reserves.
~Siwa, Egypt~ As Amanda was watching Constanze doing something on her laptop, the two were approached by Lotte and Sucy… "What's Constanze doing?" Lotte asked. "Well she recorded a lot of footage from the earlier battle, including Diana's outburst against the New World Order," Amanda answered, "So we thought that uploading that footage online could be beneficial to our cause." "But wouldn't the New World Order take it down?" Sucy asked. "Oh yeah. I can guarantee they'll take it down within seconds. Minutes if we're lucky," Amanda replied, "But even if just one person gets to see it and has a change of heart when it comes to the New World Order, then it's definitely worth uploading it." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress - Watchtower~ Once Group 3 reached the top of the watchtower, they noticed a locked metallic door was standing in their way. “Oh great, it’s locked,” Ritchie complained as he tried opening the door, “And I doubt we’d be able to break through it.” “Now what?” Emma wondered out loud. Just then, Riku noticed the tip of his Keyblade begin to glow. “What?” Riku thought out loud, as he felt his Keyblade point towards the door on its own. Then, a ray of light shot from the Keyblade towards the door, and the group heard the sound of a lock unlocking. “Did… the door just unlock?” Ritchie asked as he tried to open the door, surprised to see that it had open. “Wow, it actually worked!” Emma exclaimed as the group entered the room inside, where they found Madame Gao looking at them, appearing to be unsurprised by their appearance… “I must say… I’m impressed,” Madame Gao commented, as she stood while holding on to her cane. “Are you Madame Gao?” Ritchie questioned. “That is correct,” Gao replied as she grinned. “So you… you’re the one who’s been torturing Rebels to death?” Emma questioned, as she and the others were surprised to see that the ruthless Madame Gao they heard about was an old lady. “I was simply practicing justice,” Gao replied, “Those Rebels received the exact treatment that they deserved. Are you really going to punish me for upholding the law.” Angered by Gao’s words, Riku said, “A law that terrorizes citizens shouldn’t even be a law in the first place.” Ignoring Riku’s words, Gao took notice of his Keyblade, telling him, “Ah, so you have a Keyblade as well. No wonder you were able to get through that door.” “‘Keyblade’... so it really is called that after all?” Riku wondered out loud before realizing something that Gao had just mentioned to him, “Wait… you mean I’m not the only one with a Keyblade? Who else has one?” Grinning, Gao replied, “It’s a secret.” “Alright, that’s it,” Ritchie said as he looked at Rey, “Rey, could you detain her?” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress~ Boss Battle: Xaldin ~The Whirlwind Lancer~ Spoiler: BGM View attachment 50355 As the battle with Xaldin began, the Inquisitor let out a mighty battle cry as he thrust his lances his lances towards Connor, Tuxedo Mask, and Sailor Mini Moon, who all dodged out of harm’s way. Tuxedo Mask then began throwing his sharp roses at Xaldin while Sailor Mini Moon pointed her Pink Moon Stick at Xaldin, crying, “Pink Sugar Heart Attack!” However, Tuxedo Mask’s roses and the heart-shaped energy pulses from Sailor Mini Moon’s Pink Moon Stick couldn’t even penetrate Xaldin’s protective wind barrier that was surrounding him. “We cannot harm him until that barrier is dealt with!” Connor cried as he and Mewtwo tried avoiding Xaldin’s lances as he was swinging them around while levitating across the area. Hearing what Connor said, Mewtwo said, “Allow me.” Mewtwo then teleported high above Xaldin, and summoned a Shadow Ball as he dove right towards Xaldin, slamming the Shadow Ball towards Xaldin’s barrier, causing an impact that sent Mewtwo and Xaldin flying opposite directions. Both Xaldin and Mewtwo regained their balance quickly, though the protective barrier around Xaldin was now gone. “ENOUGH!” Xaldin cried as he fired a wind projectile towards Sailor Moon, “Take this!” Gasping upon noticing the wind projectile being fired towards Sailor Moon, Sailor Mini Moon quickly rushed to her aid, pointing her Pink Moon Stick at the projectile as she cried, “Pink Sugar Heart Attack!” The heart-shaped energy pulses from the Pink Moon Stick then hit the wind projectile, completely dissipating it. As for Connor and Tuxedo Mask, they rushed towards Xaldin, trying to land a hit as Tuxedo Mask used his cane while Connor used his tomahawk against Xaldin, who was using his lances to both defend himself and attack. “Come on!” Xaldin cried as he used all his lances to push back Tuxedo Mask and Connor. The Inquisitor then teleported above the Rebels, connected his lances and leaped atop them as he yelled, “You will wear the face of despair!” Xaldin’s lances then took on the form of a dragon (like this), and was getting ready to launch a powerful blast of wind towards the Rebels. Gasping as he noticed what Xaldin was about to do, Tuxedo Mask cried, “Run for it!” Xaldin’s lances then began to launch a powerful blast of wind as Tuxedo Mask grabbed Sailor Moon’s hand, trying to get out of harm’s way along with Mewtwo, Sailor Mini Moon, and Connor. Once Xaldin was done with that attack, his lances returned to normal as they went back to levitating around him while descending back to the ground, ready to continue battling the Rebels as he slowly approached them. As for the Rebels, they were panting after running for their lives, with Connor commenting, “This is going to be a very hard battle.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Irkutsk, Russia - Rebel Hideout~ As Finn and the other Rebels returned to the local Rebel hideout after their mission in the New World Order facility, Scootaloo and the other orphans who have been waiting in the hideout since they were rescued ran towards Leia, happy to see that she was fine. “Leia, you’re okay!” Scootaloo happily said as Leia knelt down and hugged the orphans that she was looking after. “So, what now?” Natasha wondered out loud, “We can’t keep the children here. It’d be too dangerous for them.” “We can find another place for them to stay in. Perhaps another orphanage in the city,” Nikolai suggested. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’ (Upper Deck)~ As Ruby battled Yang, Donnie sustained a kick to the stomach and a punch to the chin from Tommy, causing him to kneel. Glaring at Tommy, Donnie questioned, “You really think you can stop me like that?” Placing his hands on the floor in front of him, Donnie summoned ice that froze Tommy’s feet to the floor in order to prevent him from moving from his spot. “Now you’re going to regret trying to challenge me,” Donnie continued, ready to freeze Tommy to death once he got to touch him. However, as Donnie was walking towards Tommy, he was shot in the chest by Skye with her sniper… As Donnie noticed Skye with her sniper high above them in the captain’s quarters, he began to tremble, walking backwards as he tripped and fell off the ship to his death. “No!” Rubeus cried as he and Jemma arrived to the area, looking over the ship where Donnie fell… Looking around, Jemma saw Skye in the captain’s quarters, with the two instantly recognizing each other. Like May and Shining Armor, Skye knew that Simmons was infiltrating the New World Order, but didn’t ever think she’d see her during a mission. Pointing her sniper at Rubeus, Skye was about to pull the trigger, but Jemma quickly pushed Rubeus out of harm’s way as Skye’s shot missed. “Good work, Jemma,” Rubeus told Simmons, “Now stand back as I deal with this Rebel scum.” Turning to face Tommy, Rubeus decided to take advantage of Tommy’s feet being frozen to the ground, about to shoot a dark energy beam from his hand towards Tommy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Apartment Building~ Going down some stairs from the rooftop while carrying the unconscious Frank Castle, Murdock sensed a nearby elevator, quickly pressing the button on the wall to call the elevator. Once the elevator arrived, Murdock placed Castle on the corner inside, while also sensing the gang members from earlier making their way up the building. “Foggy, stay with him. I’ll meet you downstairs,” the demon told his Oshawott. “Oshawott!” Foggy replied, giving a salute as he got into the elevator with Frank, with the elevator doors closing while Matt remained outside. Once Matt sensed the gang members arrive to the floor where he was, the following happened: Spoiler: Actual HSD Footage ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Watterson Household~ Over at the Watterson household, the Wattersons were having dinner in a very strange and unique way. Instead of using their spoons to eat what was in their plates, each member of the family used their spoon to pick up what was on their plate, and then feed whoever was to their right. So Richard was feeding Anais, Anais was feeding Nicole, Nicole was feeding Darwin, and Darwin tried feeding Gumball. Gumball, however, didn’t feel like eating, feeling upset about what happened with Penny and her father, not eating what Darwin was trying to feed him. And since Gumball was thinking too much about what had happened, he wasn’t doing his part in feeding his father, leaving Richard staring at his son, desperately waiting for him to feed him. Nevertheless, it was certainly a very strange way to have a family dinner, something that Anais was wondering about. “Why are we doing this again?” Anais wondered out loud. “Because your father is always jealous of what's on his neighbor's plate,” Nicole replied. “But why do we all have to do it?” Anais asked. “Because he always cries when he's the first one to finish,” Nicole answered. “Nicole! Operation Greener Grasses failed! The chain is compromised! We are losing calories! Repeat... we are losing calories!” Richard cried as Gumball still wasn’t feeding him. “What's wrong, Gumball, honey?” Nicole asked her son, wondering what was wrong with him, “Don't you like Darwin's dinner?” “I don't wanna talk about it,” Gumball replied, still feeling upset. “Gumball headbutted Penny and now he's never allowed to see her again,” Darwin told the others, much to Gumball’s annoyance. “I meant I don't want anybody to talk about it,” Gumball told Darwin. “Ohh, come here,” Richard told Gumball, hugging him as it appeared he was trying to comfort his son while also licking food off of Gumball’s plate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts: Outside New World Order Facility~ As Starlight Glimmer was observing the damage to the facility caused by the earlier battle, she noticed Director Krennic approach her while accompanied by two Cybermen… “So… they escaped,” Krennic commented. “I had them where I wanted,” Starlight Glimmer responded, “But if those X-Wings hadn’t interfered…” “Not to worry. We can always get them next time,” Krennic said, “The Rebels didn’t succeed in getting what they wanted when they came here. So for them, this whole thing was a waste of time for them. I consider that to be a victory on our part. What will you do now?” Taking a deep breath and sighing, thinking about Sunburst, and how he looked familiar to her, Starlight replied, “I’m going to report back to the Grand Inquisitor.” “Very well then,” Krennic said, “Be sure to send him my regards.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outside Rebel Hideout~ As the U-Wing returned to the Rebel hideout in Sioux Falls, everyone stepped out, with Sunburst telling Jyn and the rest of her group, “Sorry the mission didn’t go as planned. But, do you guys really have to go?” “Yes. I have to report back to Bogo in Alaska,” Cassian replied. “I appreciated what you all did, truly,” Jyn added, while Noctis, Ignis, Prompto, and Bodhi all nodded in agreement. “Heh, don’t mention it,” Sunburst replied, “If you ever come by this part of the world again, you know where to find us.” “Of course. Thank you all again for what you’ve done,” Bodhi told Sunburst and the rest of the Sioux Falls Rebels. “Take care,” Prompto added as he waved goodbye while he and the rest of Jyn’s team headed back to the U-Wing. Nodding, Sunburst told them, “Farewell. And may your hearts be your guiding key.” As soon as Jyn’s team was inside the U-Wing, the ship began to ascend and flew off. “Well, that’s that,” Sunburst told Kira and the others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown~ Spoiler: BGM As Coulson was wandering around the base, he heard a familiar voice call out to him, saying, “Phil?” Turning around, Coulson found his old Nintendo High School co-worker, John Smith, approach him, both happy to see each other… “John?!” Coulson replied as the two happily shared a hug, “I can’t believe it. I haven’t seen or heard from you since the Great Purge… I thought something might’ve happened.” “Oh no, it’ll take more than some purge to get rid of me,” John said, “It’s good to see you, Phil. How have you been?” “Oh you know, just living under a worldwide dictatorship. Figured it was time to do something about it. So I joined the Rebels,” Coulson answered. “Good choice. Rose, my mother, and myself pretty much had the same mindset,” John said. “Rose and your mother are here?” a surprised Phil questioned. “Oh yes,” John replied, “Want to say hello to them?” “I’d love to,” Phil said as John led him to meet with Rose and his mother. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown (Again)~ "Rei, is it true? Are you really writing another song?" Rei's grandfather asked her as he and Chad approached her, "I really liked your last song. I'm sure this new one will be great as well." "Piplup, piplup," Chad concurred. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Lor Starcutter~ Saphir and Olaf were sitting away from everyone else during the whole trip, given how the others were now suspicious of Saphir based on what Astral revealed about him earlier. "What's gonna happen now?" Olaf asked Saphir. "Don't know. I guess we'll just have to wait and see," Saphir responded. Just then, Olaf noticed Hermione's Vulpix approach him. "Hehe, hello, little guy," Olaf greeted Vulpix as he patted the Pokemon on its head. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Scotland - Coast~ Once Bellec and the rest of his Rebels arrive to the shore, they were approached by Jack Sparrow and the rest of his group… “Pierre Bellec,” Jack greeted Bellec as he extended his hand towards him, “Jack Sparrow, at your service.” “A pleasure, Mr. Sparrow,” Bellec replied as he shook Jack’s hand. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t you supposed to be in Shalour City?” Jack questioned. “We were,” Bellec answered. “But the New World Order launched a surprise attack,” Elise added. “We were outgunned,” Serena added, “We had no choice but to evacuate.” “I can relate,” Kristoff commented, “I had to evacuate Arendelle since the Rebellion is pretty much dead over there.” “So, I take it you’re all going to hide under Fergus’s watch in Scotland?” Silver questioned. “More or less,” Bellec answered. Just then, the Lor Starcutter appeared near the Rebels after landing and decloaking. “What the?!” Kristoff wondered out loud, surprised by the appearance of Lor Starcutter. “Don’t be startled,” Bellec told Jack and the others in his group, “Last week, a few of the Rebels under my watch left Shalour City to take care of something. And before we arrived ashore, I learned that they were able to acquire this ship, using it to follow us here. And it seems they have a man associated with the New World Order onboard.” “You don’t say…” Jack replied, “So, who is this New World Order person they’ve got? And what do you intend to do with him?” “Not sure. Though I’d like to interrogate him and find out everything he knows,” Bellec answered. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Targoviste, Romania~ As she was walking around Targoviste with Attila and Hun, Bellatrix was complaining, “This is unfair… I was so close to dealing with that Lily Potter, but if it wasn’t for that owl woman, I wouldn’t be relegated to patrolling this stupid city!” “Easy,” Hun told Bellatrix, trying to calm her down. Pretty soon, the three saw Ginny following Mew in the distance. “What’s that girl doing with that Mew?” Attila wondered out loud. “Not sure, but it does seem suspicious. Let’s find out,” Bellatrix replied as Attila and Hun nodded while following her.
~Siwa, Egypt~ Spoiler: BGM “Allahu Akbar,” many of the local residents preached as they were performing a Muslim funeral prayer for the many who were deceased during the earlier battle with the New World Order. Silently watching from afar, Diana was seated on the edge of a small building’s rooftop, still feeling distraught from witnessing the destruction of Siwa’s hospital... “Hey, Diana… mind if I join?” Akko asked Diana as she approached her… “Akko,” Diana greeted Akko, “Of course.” Sitting next to Diana, Akko watched the funeral prayer taking place with her. “Are you okay?” Akko asked Diana, “When the hospital was destroyed, it looked as though you’ve snapped, like it was something personal for you.” “Akko… have I ever told you the story of my family?” Diana questioned Akko. “Umm, no actually,” Akko responded. “Well, for generations, the Cavendish family resided in England. We were quite a prestigious wizarding family. But… my family kept doing something that angered the Ministry of Magic over there,” Diana told Akko. “What did they do?” Akko asked. “The Cavendishes were running a hospital, treating both wizards and non-wizards with magic. All my family wanted to do was to help whoever they can, regardless of who it was that needed medical help,” Diana answered, “But despite my family’s good intentions, the Ministry of Magic would never approve it. After generations of arguing with the British Ministry of Magic, my grandparents decided to finally move to a country where my family could be free to use their magic to help those in need, and that is how the Cavendishes ended up in Japan, a place with no Ministry of Magic telling us who we could and couldn't help. When the New World Order came to be, I was a huge supporter of them, because of how they completely dismantled the Ministry of Magic in the U.K., or Galar as it's now known. I supported the vision of making sure that all citizens of the world, regardless of who we are, or what our powers are, could be equal. However, once I saw the hospital being bombed, my opinion on the New World Order completely changed. My family strived to care for the sick and injured. And seeing that hospital get destroyed… broke my heart. It almost felt like someone trying to tarnish my family’s legacy. I still support a world where everyone is equal. But… if such a world is ruled by a regime that attacks the innocent and the weak, then I will fight to make sure that regime is defeated.” “Diana… I… I had no idea,” Akko said. Smiling, Diana replied, “It’s funny… I’ve been dreading getting dragged on this journey with you and the others. But now, I see that perhaps it was necessary for me. So thank you, Akko.” Smiling back at her, Akko said, “Heh, don’t mention it.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress - Watchtower~ As Group 3 headed up the watchtower, they encountered a couple of Stormtroopers in their way… “Hold it right there!” one of the Stormtroopers yelled as another Stormtrooper took out a grenade, sending it towards the group. “Get down!” Ritchie cried as he and the others jumped for cover, avoiding the grenade’s explosion as it rocked the floor that they were in. But as Ritchie and the others were slowly trying to get up, the Stormtroopers quickly rushed towards the group, pointing their blasters at them. “No!” Riku cried upon noticing what the Stormtroopers were about to do, quickly getting up and standing in front of the group in order to shield them. However, just as the Stormtroopers began to fire their blasters, a very bright light appeared right where Riku was standing. “What the… what’s going on?” one of the Stormtroopers questioned. Then, as the bright light subsided, Riku opened his eyes, wondering what happened. Looking at his hand, Riku gasped upon noticing that he was carrying a weapon that looked like a giant car key… Spoiler: BGM “What?” Riku wondered out loud as he looked at the weapon that just appeared in his hand. “Fire!” one of the Stormtroopers ordered as he and the other Stormtroopers pointed their blasters at Riku. Taking notice, Riku dodged out of harm’s way, and charged towards the Stormtroopers, slashing them with his Keyblade. Once all the Stormtroopers were dealt with, the rest of Group 3 approached Riku, with Emma commenting, “Riku, that was amazing!” “Nyapah!” Mimi happily concurred. “But… what is it?” Ritchie questioned, “And how did it appear?” “I don’t know,” Riku replied as he looked at his new weapon, “It appears to be a blade that looks like a car key… a key...blade… yeah. As to how it appeared, I don’t know. When I saw those Stormtroopers about to attack you guys, the only thing on my mind at that moment was to protect what mattered. It almost feels like it appeared in order to help out… but I can’t say for sure.” “Well, either way, it looks like you finally have a weapon to call your own,” Emma commented. Smiling as he looked at his Keyblade, Riku replied, “Yeah… I suppose I do.” “Anyway, we should keep going up and deal with the rest of the enemies,” Ritchie said. “Right,” Emma concurred. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress~ As Connor and the others continued exploring the fortress, they encountered a large group of Stormtroopers, led by a Stormtrooper who was carrying a riot baton... “You keep on going,” Ember told Connor, “Mulan and I can deal with them!” “I’ll help out too!” Katniss added. Nodding in response, Connor left with the others as Ember, Mulan (with Mushu), and Katniss (with Haymitch) charged towards the Stormtroopers. Ember used her Bloodstone Scepter to clash with the Stormtrooper carrying the riot baton, while Mulan and Katniss battled the other Stromtroopers with the assistance of Mushu and Haymitch. As for Connor and the others, upon reaching an open area, they found the Inquisitor known as Xaldin, standing alone as he looked at the group consisting of Connor, Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mini Moon, and Mewtwo… “Ah, Ratonhnhaké:ton, we finally meet,” Xaldin told Connor as he shifted his attention to Mewtwo, “And Mewtwo… it’s been a while. Why am I not surprised to see you a traitor like you join the Rebels.” “Huh? Mewtwo, do you know this guy?” Sailor Mini Moon asked. “I do,” Mewtwo responded, “He was in the Crystal Order, just like Discord and I were.” “Yes. And along with Discord, the two of you betrayed the Crystal Order together!” Xaldin exclaimed, “I, Xaldin, will put an end to you, traitor! And I will also put an end to you, Ratonhnhaké:ton! In the name of the New World Order, the Rebellion dies today!” “Not if I have anything to say about it!” Connor retorted as he took out his tomahawk. “Us too!” Tuxedo Mask added as he took out his cane. “Yeah!” Sailor Mini Moon concurred as she took out her Pink Moon Stick. “Hmph, fools,” Xaldin scoffed. Spoiler: BGM Crossing his arms above him, six tornadoes formed around Xaldin, startling Connor and the others. Xaldin then lowered his arms, and the tornadoes disappeared, with six lances appearing right where the tornadoes were. Xaldin then grabbed three of the lances with his hands, while the other three were floating around him as he was levitating himself while surrounded by a wind barrier protecting him, ready to battle the Rebels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hidden Palace Zone: Inner Sanctum~ Upon entering the Inner Sanctum, Saphir and Olaf gasped at the appearance of Astral. Saphir silently listened to Astral talking to him, realizing that whether he stayed with the Rebels or went back to the New World Order, things were going to get a lot more complicated for him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - McDuck Manor: Webby’s Room~ "So, Webby, you really know every single thing about Scrooge McDuck?" Lena asked. "Well, I don't know if I'd say 'every single thing'," Webby responded, "But just enough to be categorized as completely obsessed." "Huh… so, then I guess you know about his Number One Dime?" Lena asked. "Absolutely!" Webby answered, "It was the first currency he earned on his own when he was just a kid. That moment alone set him off on a lifelong journey of entrepreneurship and treasure hunting that made him the duck he is today." "Wow, that's amazing," Lena commented, "Does he still have it?" "Oh yeah, he would never part with it," Webby replied, "But as to its location… I'm not really sure to be honest. It could be hidden in his well guarded money bin. Or even somewhere in this manor. We may never find out." "Huh… good to know," Lena said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Cassian’s U-Wing~ Overhearing Orion, Troy, and Jake discussing whether the others succeeding with what they wanted to do in the New World Order facility, Sunburst told them, "I guess we still didn't tell you guys yet since so much was happening. But no, we didn't find Jyn's father. Turns out he was killed long before we arrived." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Minato District - Penny Fitzgerald’s Home~ Upon entering Penny’s room to check on her, Patrick noticed that his daughter was visibly upset with him, crossing her arms and turning away from him as she said, “I don’t wanna talk to you.” “Look, I know you’re upset,” Patrick replied, “But I just want you to know that I’m just doing this for your own good. Rather, for our own good. We just can’t break free of our shells Penny. It was a sacrifice my parents took when they came to Earth so that they can live peacefully without any worry.” “We’re S-types, Dad,” Penny told her father, “I can understand why Grandma and Grandpa did what they had to do. But things have changed! Ever since the New World Order took over, they specifically said that S-types will no longer be seen as enemies.” “It’s not that we’re S-types, Penny,” Patrick replied, “It’s that our family’s abilities can be devastating if they can’t be controlled.” “So you’d rather we keep wearing oversized peanut shells instead of actually trying to learn to control our abilities?” Penny questioned her father. “It’s a risk I’m not willing to make,” Patrick replied, “And because of that, I don’t want you seeing that boy again. Starting tomorrow, I’m going to be looking for another school for you to transfer to.” “What?! That’s not fair!” Penny cried. “I’m sorry, Penny. But it’s for your own good,” Patrick replied as he left Penny’s room. Angry, Penny grabbed her pillow, shoving her face into it as she screamed. Once she was done, Penny sighed and looked out her window, thinking to herself, ‘I have to tell Gumball…’ Just then, Penny had an idea. Switching off the lights in her room, to make it look like she was sleeping, Penny opened her window and snuck out, wanting to meet up with Gumball at his house. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~The Capital - Rooftop~ As Frank struggled to break free of the chain that Matt had wrapped around his neck, he noticed members of the biker gang he startled earlier gather outside, heading to the building where he and Matt where after realizing that Castle was the one responsible for what just happened. “You're done, now, Red,” Frank warned the demon, “They're coming for you. Only way you get out of this, is if you grow wings.” Matt didn’t say a word in response, simply grabbing Castle and smashing him to a nearby wall, knocking him out. However, as Matt was panting out of exhaustion, Foggy climbed up to the side of the roof, noticing members of the biker gang carrying weapons as they rushed to the building to deal with Castle. “Osha!” Foggy cried, catching Matt’s attention. Using his senses, Matt was able to detect the gang members, realizing he had to act quickly to prevent the gang members from getting their hands on Castle. “Let’s go, Foggy,” Matt told his Pokemon as he picked up the unconscious Frank Castle. “Osha,” Foggy replied, nodding as he followed Matt, who was carrying Frank while heading towards the exit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown~ Spoiler: BGM “You look familiar… have we ever met?” Fury asked Coulson. As he looked at Fury, Coulson suddenly remembered where he last saw him, replying, “Oh yeah, I remember! It was months ago… you came to Nintendo High School, announcing that the two students, Mario and Luigi, would be under JIA protection due to the S-type threat against them. You even got into an argument with some fellow co-workers of mine… Sully and Sasori.” “That’s right, I do remember that!” Fury said, “Whatever happened to those two teachers?” “Well, Sully’s still a teacher there. As for Sasori, he went on strike along with teachers in the school. They were all eventually replaced. Haven’t heard from him or any other teacher that went on strike since,” Coulson answered. “Hmm, I see,” Fury commented, “So, you were a teacher there?” “Yes. Had to leave because I wasn’t agreeing with the things they were forcing me to teach,” Coulson replied as he extended his hand to Nick, “The name’s Phil Coulson.” “Nicholas J. Fury,” Fury introduced himself as he shook hands with Phil, “But you can just call me Nick. Funny you should mention Nintendo High. There are quite a few Rebels here with connections to that school. Faculty and students. You might be reunited with someone you know here.” “That’s good to know,” Coulson replied, “Is Ratonhnhaké:ton himself here by any chance?” “Unfortunately, no,” Fury answered, “He and a large group of Rebels left earlier today on a journey to assist other Rebels around the world. At this time, they’re in China.” “Huh, it’s a shame… I really wanted to see him,” Coulson commented. “I’m sure you will, Coulson. I’m sure you will,” Fury replied. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’ (Upper Deck)~ Upon getting attacked by Tommy, Ruby angrily delivered a double kick in the chest to him, and quickly grabbed her Ring Blade to reattach it to her back. But as she prepared to charge towards Yang, Ruby noticed ice shards appear around both Tommy and Yang. Turning around, Ruby noticed Donnie Gill arriving to the scene… Grinning, Ruby was glad to see that Donnie was now going to assist her with his ice powers. 'Dammit! They got to him first!' Skye thought to herself as she grabbed her sniper and headed for higher ground to get a better aim to shoot her targets while making sure to avoid getting seen by Ruby and Donnie. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’~ “Exit's this way,” May announced as she, Lance, and Shining Armor were trying to find an exit and find Donnie Gill. However, once they reached the exit, May tried opening the door, but it had been frozen solid by Gill earlier. “It's frozen,” May said. “Let me,” Hunter suggested, pointing his pistol at the door’s handle and shooting it. However, Lance’s attempt didn’t seem to make a difference. “We’re trapped,” Shining Armor said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Scotland - Coast~ “Scotland… we’ve made it,” Jack commented as Silver’s boat was getting closer and closer to land. Noticing that they were going to dock in a place with a nearby forest and no people around, Kristoff said, “Place looks deserted. Good. That’ll make our trip to Fergus’s town a lot less hectic.” However, as Pipsqueak was looking around with his telescope, he noticed two motorboats in the distance. “Uhh… we’ve got company,” Pipsqueak said as he handed Jack his telescope so that he could have a look at the motorboats. “What is it Jack? The New World Order again?” Silver asked Jack, hoping that he wouldn’t have to deal with the New World Order a second time today. “No, not the New World Order, thankfully,” Jack responded as he continued observing the two motorboats, “Rather, it’s… Pierre Bellec?” “Bellec? Wasn’t he supposed to be in Shalour City in France?” Kristoff wondered out loud. “That’s right,” Jack replied as he handed Pipsqueak’s telescope back to the pony, “But that is definitely him. And he seems to be accompanied by other Rebels. Or at least I think they’re Rebels.” “Let’s get his attention. Maybe we can meetup on land,” Silver suggested. “Good idea,” Kristoff concurred while Jack nodded in agreement. “Oi! OVER HERE!” Jack cried, waving towards the two motorboats. Using his fingers to whistle loudly, Kristoff tried helping Jack to get the attention of the other Rebels. And as Pipsqueak continued looking through his telescope, he said, “They noticed us! They’re waving back!” “Good. Then let’s get to the shore and say hi to them,” Silver said, with Kristoff and Jack nodding in reply.
~Outside Siwa, Egypt~ Leaning against a palm tree after having witnessed the battle between New World Order forces and the Rebels in Siwa, Croix noticed a Corridor of Darkness appear near her, with Ansem stepping out of it… “You called off the attack?” Ansem questioned Croix. Nodding, Croix responded, “There was no need to keep it going. The attack produced the desired result. The second word has been revived.” “Hmm… then that leaves five more to go,” Ansem commented. “And once that happens, the Shiny Rod will finally reveal its true form,” Croix replied. “Yes...” Ansem said, “Continue doing what you’re doing. I’ll be sure to report your progress to the Grand Inquisitor.” “Thank you,” Croix responded as Ansem went back into the Corridor of Darkness, which disappeared right after. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’ (Upper Deck)~ As Skye helped Tommy and Yang by shooting at Stormtroopers, Skye noticed the Inquisitor from the harbor, Ruby, arrive to the scene… "Dammit," Skye complained, "Guys, looks like we have something else to worry about besides Stormtroopers!" Noticing Skye, Ruby threw her Ring Blade towards her, but Skye was able to dodge out of harm's way. As the Ring Blade flew back to her, Ruby reattached her weapon to her back, looking at Tommy and Yang, giving them a 'Bring it on' hand gesture, indicating she wanted to battle them in hand-to-hand combat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’~ As he was looking for Jemma, Donnie Gill eventually came across her along with Rubeus and his Stormtroopers and Cybermen... “Good afternoon, Mr. Gill,” Rubeus greeted Donnie. “What do you want?” Donnie questioned. “Take a deep breath,” Rubeus told Donnie, repeating the same thing that he told Simmons to tell him earlier. “No,” Donnie said, looking troubled as he was shaking his head, knowing what Rubeus was trying to do. “Calm your mind,” Rubeus continued. “No... please! Please!” Donnie pleaded. “You know what is best. What is best is you comply,” Rubeus continued. “I... don't…” Donnie said with a weak voice as he was slowly transitioning into a trance. “Compliance will be rewarded,” Rubeus said, noticing that Donnie seemed to completely be in a trance, just as he intended, “Mr. Gill... are you ready to comply?” Looking at Rubeus, Donnie grinned as he replied, “I'm happy to comply.” “Prove it, then. Keep us from being followed,” Rubeus ordered Donnie as he turned around, “Let’s move!” “What just happened?” Jemma asked Rubeus as she and others were following him. “You laid the groundwork and gave us a second chance,” Rubeus answered, “He's with us now. The Grand Inquisitor will be pleased to have a new Inquisitor join our ranks.” As the group passed through a door, Donnie closed and locked it, and then used his powers to freeze it to prevent the Rebels that he and Jemma saw inside to follow them. “Let's head out,” Rubeus declared once Donnie was finished, leading Donnie and Jemma as well as the Stormtroopers and Cybermen accompanying them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Cassian’s U-Wing~ After escaping the New World Order facility, Jyn and the others were resting inside Cassian’s U-Wing as it was flying away from the facility. “Take us back to the Rebel hideout in Sioux Falls,” Cassian ordered Bodhi and Ignis as they were flying the U-Wing together. “Copy that,” Bodhi responded. “So, uhh… who was that pony with a scythe?” Prompto questioned Sunburst and the other Sioux Falls Rebels. “Don’t know,” Sunburst responded, “Probably an Inquisitor. Now that I think about it, she does look a bit familiar. But those creatures she summoned, I’ve never seen anything like them.” “You lied to me,” Jyn told Cassian, feeling upset with him. “You’re in shock,” Cassian replied. “You went alone so you can try to kill my father,” Jyn said. “You don’t know what you’re talking about,” Cassian retorted. “Deny it,” Jyn ordered Cassian, wanting to get a confession out of him regarding what he really intended to do with her father. “You’re in shock, and looking for someplace to put it,” Cassian responded. “I’ve seen it before… how individuals act when they’re lying,” Jyn said. “I bet you have,” Cassian responded. “You lied about why we came here and you lied about why you went alone!” Jyn scolded Cassian. “I had every chance to try and search the facility for your father so I could kill him! But did I?! Did I?!” Cassian responded, trying to prove his innocence to Jyn. “You might as well have. My father’s dead either way,” Jyn said, “He was living proof and you were willing to put him at risk.” “I had orders! Orders that I disobeyed!” Cassian retorted as he raised his voice a bit, “But you wouldn’t understand that.” “Orders? When you know they’re wrong?” Jyn questioned Cassian, “You might as well be a Stormtrooper.” “What do you know? We don’t all have the luxury of deciding when and where we want to care about something,” Cassian replied, “Suddenly the Rebellion is real for you? Some of us live it. I’ve been fighting for a cause since I was 6 years old! First it was drug cartels in Mexico. Now, it’s the New World Order. You’re not the only one who lost everything. Some of us just decided to do something about it.” “You can’t talk your way around this,” Jyn scolded Cassian. “I don’t have to,” Cassian retorted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown~ Spoiler: BGM “So… tell me a bit ‘bout yourself,” Lt. Surge told Coulson as he and the others led him inside the Rebel base. “Well, as I said, I was a teacher at Nintendo High School,” Coulson replied, “But when the New World Order took over, and forced me to teach things I didn’t agree with, I knew I had to get out. So, I escaped with a group of Rebels, found my way in Kyoto, where I spent most of the past week, and decided to come here, to the main Rebel base in Japan.” “I see,” Lt. Surge commented, “Well, ya don’ hafta worry ‘bout da New World Order tellin’ ya what ta do in here. We’re all Rebels, lookin’ out for one anotha.” “Sounds like my kind of environment,” Coulson replied. Nodding, Lt. Surge looked around and found Nick Fury walking around… “Hey, Fury. We gots us a new Rebel,” Surge told Fury, “Care ta show ‘im around?” “Can do,” Fury replied as he looked at Phil, “Follow me.” “Yes, sir,” Coulson replied as he followed Nick. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Rooftop~ “I'm losing patience, Red,” Frank threatened while still pointing his gun at the eyewitness, waiting for Matt to make a move. “Don't you dare shoot him!” Matt responded. “That's a bad idea!” Frank told Murdock, “You see, he'll kill again. Can't live with that, Red. Can you?” “Listen, I'll leave the city,” the eyewitness fearfully cried, “I won't come back.” “Shut up. Shut up,” Frank ordered the eyewitness, letting go of him and approaching Murdock, “Take the shot.” “Go to hell,” Matt scoffed. “Too late,” Frank responded to the demon. “Why are you doing this?!” Matt questioned. “'Cause you need to understand that pieces of sh*t like him ruin the lives of others,” Frank answered. “Killing him's not gonna bring anybody back,” Matt said. “No, but it will keep him from hurting anybody else,” Frank responded. “No, I won't do it again, I swear,” the eyewitness cried. “I'm gonna count down!” Frank threatened as he pointed his gun at the eyewitness, “Five!” “Look, shoot him!” the eyewitness pleaded to Matt, “Shoot him!” “Four!” Castle continued. “Look, shoot!” the eyewitness pleaded to Matt once more. “Hey, I'm gonna hand him over to the police myself,” Matt said, “I'm gonna make sure he pays for what he's done, Frank!” “Three!” Frank continued with his countdown while completely ignoring what Matt suggested. “Shoot him! Do it!” the eyewitness pleaded to Matt. “Take the shot, Red, take the shot!” Frank dared Matt. “No!” Matt rejected. “You don't do it, his death's on you,” Frank told the demon, “Either way, you're a killer. Two!” “What kind of choice is that?!” Matt angrily questioned. “The kind I make every time I pull the trigger,” Frank responded, “The kind I'm gonna make right now.” As the eyewitness screamed out of fear for his life now that Frank’s countdown was almost up, Matt yelled as pointed the gun taped to his hand towards the chain that was trapping him and Foggy, pulling the trigger and freeing himself and Foggy from the chains. While Foggy was relieved to be free, Matt quickly ran towards Frank and the eyewitness, but it was too late, as Frank quickly pulled the trigger on the eyewitness, shooting him in the chest. But that didn’t stop Matt from charging straight towards Castle, pushing him to the ground, and repeatedly punching him until he was knocked out. As Murdock was panting, he heard Foggy call out to him, “Osha…” Foggy was looking over the eyewitness, who was on the ground, bleeding heavily from Frank shooting him. “Help me…” the eyewitness requested of Murdock with a weak tone to his voice, “Oh, God. I'm dying. God, I'm dying.” “Stay still. Stay still,” Matt told the eyewitness as he rushed towards him, trying to pick him up so that he could take him to the nearest hospital, “I'm gonna get you out of here. I'm gonna get you out of here.” Once Matt was able to carry the eyewitness, he began walking while being followed by Foggy, trying to find an exit as he assured the eyewitness, “I'm gonna get you out of here.” “No, put me down,” the eyewitness replied while rasping. Sighing, Matt did as he requested, placing the eyewitness on the ground. “Why didn't you stop him?” the eyewitness questioned. “I'm sorry,” Murdock replied as he watched the eyewitness die in his arms. “Osha…” Foggy sadly said as he watched what happened. Just then, the two noticed Frank getting up after the beating he got from Matt, pointing his sniper somewhere over the edge of the roof. “No you don’t!” Matt yelled as he grabbed the chains that were trapping him and Foggy, throwing them over Frank to prevent him from what he was about to do. But Frank once again was too fast for Matt, pulling the trigger at a gas tank right near the location of a local biker gang, causing a small but powerful explosion, putting the gang members there on alert. Nevertheless, Matt wrapped the chain over Frank, trying to prevent him from doing anymore harm while Frank tried breaking free. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hidden Palace Zone~ As the boss battles dragged on, Saphir and Olaf simply observed silently, impressed by the spectacle despite having absolutely no idea what was going on. However, upon seeing Harold transform to his Rider form, the two gasped, instantly recognizing him as the Rider from Arendelle who took Anna and Elsa. “All this time…” Saphir said. “So Harold Flamel was the Rider all along…” Olaf commented, “Guess he was doing the same exact thing as last time, only instead of just Elsa, he’s also hiding Anna.” “Sounds to me like a sequel running out of ideas,” Saphir replied. “So, what do you wanna do?” Olaf asked. “Hmm… let me think about it,” Saphir replied. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress~ Madame Gao silently watched the Rebels attacking the fortress from the watchtower above the battle's location, not expecting them to appear so sudden. "They may have caught us by surprise, but I think this situation will end up favoring us in the end," Xaldin commented as he joined Gao… "Ratonhnhaké:ton is among them," the Inquisitor continued, "If we finish him off here and now, the Rebellion around the world will surely be dealt a heavy blow. I made sure to send the Terminator down there to deal with him." Grinning, Madame Gao simple replied, "Good." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress (Again)~ Spoiler: BGM As Groups 1, 2, and 3 continued on their way inside the fortress to try and locate Madame Gao, they encountered more Stormtroopers heading their way… “Heh, they just keep coming,” Tuxedo Mask remarked as he, Sailor Mini Moon, Mulan, Mushu, Ember, and Mewtwo charged towards the Stormtroopers. But as the others were about to charge as well, Katniss noticed a figure in the shadows, pointing a gun towards Connor. “Connor, watch out!” Katniss cried, pushing him out of the way as the figure pulled the trigger on his gun, missing his target. Connor and the others then noticed the figure reveal himself… “I can deal with him,” Connor said as he got up, grabbing his tomahawk as he charged towards the Terminator. Once Connor got close to the Terminator, Connor swung his weapon at him. The Terminator, however, simply held out his forearm, with Connor’s tomahawk striking it. Connor’s weapon, however, didn’t go all the way through, barely cutting through the skin. But looking at the Terminator’s forearm, Connor noticed sparks and a few wires protruding from the part of the forearm he cut, indicating to Connor that the Terminator was not human. “A… robot?” Connor wondered out loud before the Terminator punched him, knocking him to the ground as he slowly walked towards him, ready to finish him off. “Connor, run!” Ritchie cried as he, Riku, and Emma all ganged up on the Terminator. The Terminator, however, was too strong, pushing them all out of the way. “Take this!” Katniss cried, trying to shoot arrows at the Terminator. Dodging her arrows, the Terminator charged towards Katniss as she continued to unsuccessfully shoot arrows at the Terminator. Getting up, Connor watched as the Terminator was charging towards Katniss, crying, "Katniss, NO!" But once Katniss felt the Terminator was close enough to her, she yelled, "NOW!" Appearing next to Katniss, Mimi used her psychic powers to hold the Terminator in place, crying, "NYA...PAH!" As the Terminator struggled to move, Sparky and Haymitch ran towards him, both attacking the Terminator with a powerful combined Thunderbolt attack, crying, "Pika… CHU!!" After sustaining heavy electric damage, the Terminator shorted out, collapsing on the ground while remaining still. Running towards Katniss, Connor shared a hug with her, saying, "Thank goodness you are alright." Once Tuxedo Mask and the others who were battling Stormtroopers returned after taking care of the Stormtroopers, Tuxedo Mask asked, "What happened?" "This guy, or should I say... thing, tried to kill Connor," Riku replied as he got up. As the Rebels cautiously approached the Terminator to observe him, Ritchie said, "It's a robot… think Clemont would enjoy taking it apart to find out more about it?" "That is not a bad idea Ritchie," Connor replied, "We should take this robot back to base, but only once we are done with our mission here." "Understood," Ember remarked. "For now, let us split up," Connor said, “Group 3, head up the watchtower.” “Right,” Emma, Riku, and Ritchie all replied simultaneously. “As for Groups 1 and 2, let us continue exploring the fortress and dealing with any enemies we encounter,” Connor continued. Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Mini Moon, and the rest of Groups 1 and 2 nodded in response as Group 3 split up to head towards the watchtower. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Shalour City, France~ Spoiler: BGM As they waited, Moana and Maui noticed Lydia and Lucario return… "That was quick," Moana remarked, "Did you find Korrina?" Shaking her head as tears were rolling down her face, Lydia held showed Moana and Maui the Keyblade she and Lucario found earlier, replying, "She's gone." Moana and Maui gasped upon hearing what Lydia said, with Maui telling Lydia, "I… I'm so sorry to hear that." "I should've stayed here with her. If I had helped her, she'd still be alive," Lydia replied. "No… don't blame yourself," Maui told Lydia, "I'm sure that Korrina wouldn't have done what she did if she didn't know you'd still be around after she was gone." Lydia didn't respond, simply staring down at the ground as she continued to cry, while Lucario hugged her as he was crying as well, and Moana placed her hand on Lydia's shoulder, trying to comfort her. Sighing, Maui said, "Let's get out of here." Summoning his Keyblade, Maui pointed it towards a spot near the group, shooting a ray of light that made a portal appear. The group then proceeded to enter the portal before it vanished. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Minato District - Penny Fitzgerald’s Home~ Upon reaching Penny’s front door, Gumball and Penny were both practicing how to break the news on Penny’s cracked eye to her father by angrily flapping their tongues repeatedly at each other (like this). “Okay, I think you've done enough argument warm up,” Darwin said, “Are you ready to tell her dad now?” “Yeah, I guess it's time,” Gumball replied as he breathed deeply, “No, I’m still terrified.” Gumball and Penny then went back to their ‘argument warm up’, flapping flapping their tongues again. Just then, Penny’s father, Patrick, opened the front door, and saw what Gumball and Penny were doing, though from his angle, it looked to him like they were doing something else… “Hey! What's going on here?” Patrick angrily questioned. Hearing her father, Penny quickly stopped and covered her cracked eye before turning to look at her father. “Penny! Where were you?” Patrick questioned his daughter, “I was worried sick!” “Mr. Fitzgerald!” Gumball greeted with a friendly tone to his voice, “Can I call you Rob?” “No,” Patrick replied, looking visibly annoyed. “Can I call you Bobby?” Gumball asked, only receiving a grunt in response, “Bobert? The Bebop? Burcher? Bobzilla? No, wait! Trebor!” As he chuckled, Gumball remarked, “That's Robert backwards.” “My name is Patrick,” Patrick told Gumball. Sighing, Penny said, “Okay, Dad. Before you say anything, don't get mad.” Removing her hand from her eye, Penny revealed the crack on her eye to her father, who cried, “What the?! What happened?” Looking at Gumball, Patrick angrily questioned, “Were you involved in this?” “I wouldn't say involved, more like directly responsi-” Darwin answered Patrick’s questioned before Gumball interrupted him by grabbing his tongue so he wouldn’t continue making him look bad. “I don't see the problem,” Gumball said, “I mean what's inside that shell that's sooooo scary?” “Something unstable and dangerous,” Patrick answered, “And we need to fix this right now!” As Patrick grabbed his daughter’s hand and dragged her inside the house, Gumball angrily cried, “HEY!” “What if I don't want to be fixed?” Penny questioned her father as Gumball and Darwin came inside. “You don't know what you want Penny,” Patrick replied before turning to face Gumball, “AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MESSING WITH!” “How would YOU know?!” Gumball angrily questioned. “He's right, Dad,” Penny told her father, “We’ve spent our whole lives hiding from ourselves!” “Penny, you're grounded!” Patrick angrily replied. “Ugh!” Penny complained as she walked to her room. “Now listen you,” Patrick told Gumball, “Penny is my daughter AND I DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR HER!” “What? So best is not being herself?” Gumball questioned as he suddenly was standing up higher than Patrick. Patrick then realized Gumball was simply just standing on Darwin's shoulders. Unimpressed, Patrick dragged Gumball and Darwin out and slammed the door. “Hey Patrick come on!” Gumball pleaded, still wanting to talk to Patrick, “Pat! Pat-man! Patty-cakes?” Sighing, Gumball told Darwin, “Let's just go.” Gumball and Darwin then began walking back to their house. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - McDuck Manor: Huey’s, Louie’s, and Dewey’s Room~ “So, can we get this over with?” Huey questioned after Dewey called for a meeting between the three brothers, “I’ve got some homework to finish up.” “And I’ve got some non-homework stuff to finish up,” Louie added. “Look, sorry for the short notice,” Dewey apologized to his brothers, “But this is really important! Now, you know how this manor has some major secrets hidden within?” “Yeeah…” Huey and Louie replied, not sure where this conversation was going. “Well, Webby and I found a riddle relating to the McDuck clan, and tried solving it by going down secret passageways, getting lost in a labyrinth, and-” Dewey said before being interrupted by Louie. “Woah, woah, wait… you got lost in a labyrinth?” Louie interrupted Dewey, surprised to hear what Dewey just said. “Yeah, there’s a labyrinth under the manor. There could be another one too,” Dewey replied, “Anyway, as I was sayi-” “On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the difficulty of trying to get out of that labyrinth?” Huey interrupted Dewey. “Could we please forget about the labyrinth for one second?!” Dewey complained, “That isn’t even the most important thing I wanted to talk to you about!” “Then what is?” Louie asked. “This!” Dewey answered as he took out his phone and opened up a photo he took, “The riddle hunt led me to a place containing old McDuck artifacts. But among all that stuff, was this… a note left to Uncle Scrooge… by Mom!” “What?!” Louie and Huey cried, surprised by what Dewey said as he showed them a picture on his phone of a note that was framed and hanging on the wall. The note said: Scrooge, Dr. Lawson and I have taken the Spear of Selene. I’m sorry for the short notice, but it’s extremely urgent. -Della “Spear of… Selene?” Louie wondered out loud. “Who’s this… Dr. Lawson?” Huey wondered out loud as well. “Guys, I really don’t know,” Dewey replied, “But… you both know as well as I do that all of our lives, whenever we asked something about Mom to either Uncle Donald or Uncle Scrooge, they’d always try to avoid giving us a straight answer. I think we’re old enough to finally find out what really happened to our mother, Della Duck, and why she hasn’t been with us since we were born. And if neither Scrooge nor Donald will tell us, then it’s up to us! Whaddya say?” Looking at each other, Louie and Huey smiled as they shifted their focus back to Dewey. “You’re right,” Louie told Dewey, “Let’s do this for Mom!” “Count me in as well,” Huey added, “I mean, if we were able to survive Atlantis, then this’ll be nothing!” “Then it’s settled,” Dewey replied as he, Louie, and Huey joined their right hands together, all ready to take on this challenge together. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Somewhere in Sub-Sahara Africa - Rebel Base~ Now that T’Challa’s coronation ceremony was over, it was time to shift focus back to the conflict against the New World Order. Okoye was going over a plan to attack a New World Order facility in northern Nigeria used to house captured Rebels in order to convert them to Cybermen. “Security will obviously be tight,” Okoye told the others, “But I have received word from the Rebels in the area that they have figured out a way to get in. The important thing to remember is that our main goal is to free those who have been captured. But we don’t need to hit the New World Order too hard to achieve this. Once we are done with the mission, we get out as soon as we can. Everyone understand?” “Yes,” the others replied. “Good,” Okoye said, “The mission is scheduled for Friday. I would strongly advise we all prepare ourselves accordingly until then.”
So it was brought to my attention that, after Famitsu uploaded the entire interview on their website, there appeared to be some missing parts to the interview that included some additional info. I edited the translated interview to include the missing portions (courtesy of KHInsider).
~Siwa, Egypt~ Once Akko’s Shiny Rod reverted back to its original form, Amanda and Jasminka landed in the area while Khemu (with Senu flying by his side) and Constanze ran towards the group… “That was amazing!” Khemu exclaimed, impressed by Akko taking down the AT-ST single-handedly. “Yeah,” Amanda concurred, “Wonder what other things the Shiny Rod can do.” “All in good time,” Ursula said as the group noticed Bayek and Aya arrive and approach the group… “Mama! Baba!” Khemu cried as he rushed to his parents, who knelt and hugged him instantly, relieved that he was alright. “Oh, Khemu, thank goodness you’re alright,” Bayek told his son. Looking at Akko and the others, Aya and Bayek got up and walked towards them, with Aya commenting, “We heard about the hospital. We didn’t want to believe it, but… it seems the New World Order’s cruelty knows no bounds. So many innocent lives lost…” “I’m so sorry,” Amanda replied with a sorrow tone to her voice. “E-Excuse me for a second,” Diana said with a sad look on her face as she walked away. ‘Diana…’ Akko thought to herself, wondering if there was something more that was bothering her besides what happened to the hospital. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’~ As she kept running away from Donnie Gill, Jemma eventually reached Rubeus, along with his Stormtroopers and Cybermen… “Is he far behind?” the Inquisitor questioned. “Not far,” Simmons answered, “I'm sorry. I tried.” “It's all right,” Rubeus said, “Conditions are better here, anyway.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor~ After catching her Ring Blade as it flew back to her, Ruby heard Rubeus contacting her via her earpiece, requesting backup on the ship. After hearing Rubeus’s request, Ruby jumped over Thomas and Dante as she rushed towards the ship. The remaining Stormtroopers and Cybermen in the area, however, weren’t going anywhere. “Looks like we still got these guys to deal with,” Jessie told the others. “Let’s get ‘em!” Meowth exclaimed as they battled the Stormtroopers and Cybermen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Abandoned Military Base in Japan - Exact Location Unknown: Outside~ Arriving to the base in Japan where Connor and the others left earlier in the day, Coulson said to himself, “According to the coordinates I was given… this must be it.” “Who goes there?” Lt. Surge questioned as he, Adewale, Raichu, and Finnick stepped out of the base while Surge was pointing his gun at Coulson… Smiling as he raised his hands, Coulson replied, “The name’s Philip J. Coulson, former teacher at Nintendo High School. I believe I notified you guys that I would be arriving here today.” As Surge looked at Adewale and Finnick, the two of them nodded their heads, indicating they were aware of Coulson arriving, and they seemed to believe what he said. Looking at Coulson, Lt. Surge said, “Come on in, Phil.” Nodding, Coulson followed Lt. Surge and the others as they escorted him inside the base. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - McDuck Manor~ “Welcome to McDuck Manor!” Webby excitingly told her new friend, Lena, as they arrived to the entrance hall of McDuck Manor. “Wow, so cool…” Lena commented as she looked around, “So, you really live here, huh?” “Yup, just me, Granny, Launchpad, Huey, Louie, Dewey, Donald Duck, and of course, the one, the only… Scrooge McDuck!” Webby answered, “It’s a pretty cool place to call home, mainly because, believe it or not, there are some secrets within these walls that have yet to be discovered… can you believe it?!” “Really? Huh…” Lena curiously commented. The two then noticed Scrooge McDuck, whistling as he was passing by them… “Hello there, Webby, Somebody-I-Don’t-Know,” Scrooge greeted Webby and Lena before stopping all of a sudden, turning around to face Lena with a suspicious look on his face, “Now who in the blazes are you?” “D-Don’t worry about her, Scrooge,” Webby said, trying to ease McDuck’s concerns regarding strangers in his home, “She’s just my friend. I’ve known her for a while now. I assure you, she has no criminal record, and is not on your long list of enemies. I just thought I’d invite her over to have fun.” “Hey,” Lena said, waving hello to Scrooge. “Hmm, well… alright then. Just don’t venture into any forbidden areas in the manor,” Scrooge told Lena and Webby. “Yes! Thanks for understanding, Scrooge,” Webby thanked McDuck as she grabbed Lena’s hand, “Come on! I’ll show you my room!” Webby then took Lena over to her room, while Scrooge stared at Lena, thinking something about her just didn’t feel right. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Rooftop~ As he regained consciousness after getting knocked out by Frank Castle, Murdock heard Foggy crying, “Osha! Osha!” Matt could tell that Foggy was trying to tell him something important. And as he regained his senses, he felt something on his right hand, which he assumed was what Foggy was trying to let him know about. Using his senses, Matt was able to feel that a gun was duct taped to his right hand. “.357, one round in the chamber,” Frank told Murdock… “Some things, they just... they feel right in your hand, huh?” Frank continued, “I know what you're thinking, Red. You could put a round in my arm, in my leg, but it's not gonna work, 'cause I'm all geared up. Only way you stop me is with a head shot.” “I'm not gonna shoot you,” Matt responded. “Nope. Not yet, you're not,” Castle said as he walked towards a door and entered it. A few moments later, Castle stepped back outside, dragging a tied up man with him as he told Murdock, “Time to put a face to all your fancy talk about redemption.” “Who’s that?” Murdock questioned. “This… is the guy you and the police were trying to protect,” Castle answered, “The guy I tried to kill in the hospital, and who was in that gang meeting earlier.” ‘The eyewitness…’ Matt thought to himself, shocked to learn that Castle caught him. “I don't wanna die,” the eyewitness cried as Frank kicked him. “What did you do to him?!” Matt questioned. “I caught this piece of sh*t stealing a car, trying to skip town,” Frank answered. “I was scared. I'm sorry, I was running for my life,” the eyewitness said. Kicking the eyewitness once more, Frank said, “Shut up.” “Stop it, Frank!” Matt pleaded, “He doesn't deserve to die, just 'cause you caught him stealing cars!” “Is that what you think?” Castle questioned. “It's up to the law, not me and not you!” Murdock replied. “Why don't you tell him a little bit about yourself?” Frank told the eyewitness. “You have no right to do this!” Matt cried. “I'm nothing,” the eyewitness responded to Frank’s request, “I'm just nobody.” “Oh, yeah? That all?” Frank questioned. “I pour their drinks. I drive their cars,” the eyewitness responded, referring to his duties with his gang. “You were doing a little more than that a few months ago,” Frank said as he punched the eyewitness. As the eyewitness groaned from the pain he was enduring, Matt questioned, “What are you trying to prove, Frank?” "You're trying to step up,” Frank told the eyewitness. “No,” the eyewitness stammered. “No?” Frank mockingly questioned. “Who are you?” the eyewitness questioned Frank. “Shibuya,” Frank told the eyewitness, ignoring his question, “Why don't you tell Red and his Pokemon pal what happened?” “Please, I'm sorry,” the eyewitness apologized, with Frank punching him once again, “Please, please, I'm sorry.” “You tell him now,” Frank ordered the eyewitness. “Frank, I'm not gonna shoot you, Frank,” Murdock told Castle. “Nothing happened, I'm sorry,” the eyewitness told Frank. Taking out a gun, Frank pointed it at the eyewitness’s head as he threatened, “I'm only gonna ask you one more time.” “Ahh! I didn't know! It was an address!” the eyewitness stammered out of fear for his life, revealing something he did for his gang months ago, “This guy, I didn't even know his name. He he got wobbly with the wrong people, owed something to somebody, 'cause the order came from on high.” “Yeah?” Frank asked as he punched the eyewitness, “What orders?” “The sort you can't say no to,” the eyewitness answered. “Say the words!” Frank angrily ordered the eyewitness as he punched him again, “You say it. Do you hear me?” “You don't understand these animals,” the eyewitness stammered, “You can't back out. You can't-” “Just shut up! Stop talking,” Matt interrupted the eyewitness. “You say it,” Frank ordered the eyewitness as he punched him yet again, “I won't ask again. Say the words, a**hole!” “I did it, I killed him! I killed him,” the eyewitness confessed, “I put two in his head!” “No...” Matt said, shaking his head in disappointment that the man he and the police were trying to protect turned out to be a murderer, “Oh dammit…” “But, I swear to God,” the eyewitness cried as Frank pinned him to the floor, stomping on his ribs, crushing them, causing the eyewitness to scream in pain before he finally was about to reveal the worst part of his confession, “I didn't know... I didn't know... the old lady was in the apartment!” As the eyewitness whimpered, Matt’s and Foggy’s hearts sank upon hearing the eyewitness mention something about an old lady. “What old lady?” Matt questioned, “What did you do?” “I didn't know she was in the apartment!” the eyewitness cried, “She wasn't supposed to be there! She started screaming. I begged her to stop.” “What did you do?!” Matt questioned, not liking where this was going. “She saw my face,” the eyewitness answered as he was panting, “I had no choice.” Matt and Foggy were now stunned that not only was the eyewitness that was under police protection a murderer, but also someone who had murdered a defenseless old lady. “Old lady left a husband,” Frank told Matt with a calm voice as he slowly walked towards him, with his face having an ‘I told you so’ look to it, “Dead man, wife and kids.” As Matt pointed the gun that was taped to his hand at Frank, not wanting him to get any closer while he was still processing thoughts in his head, the eyewitness continued, “You gotta understand me. I had to do it.” “You still think this piece of sh*t is worth saving?” Frank asked Matt. “I'm not gonna shoot him,” Matt replied, shaking his head. “Yeah, okay,” Frank said as he walked back to the eyewitness, picking him up while pointing his gun at him, “I will… if you don't kill me first.” Matt and Foggy then tried hard to get out of the chains that they were trapped in, desperately trying to get free and stop Castle before he tried killing the eyewitness. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts: Outside New World Order Facility~ As the battle against Starlight Glimmer’s creatures continued, Sunburst and the others heard something far flying towards the area. Turning around, Sunburst noticed a fleet of Rebel X-Wings flying towards the facility, firing their laser cannons at the facility and some surrounding areas, while gun turrets at the New World Order facility began firing back. Gasping, Starlight Glimmer quickly got out of the area, avoiding getting hit by some of the X-Wings’ attacks, while her creatures simply vanished. As for Sunburst, he got close to Kira and the others, while also noticing Jyn and her group running towards them… “Jyn?! Over here!” Sunburst called out to Jyn, waving his hoof at them. Rushing towards Sunburst’s group, Jyn, cried, “We have to get out of here before we’re blasted!” Just then, both groups noticed Bodhi and Ignis flying Cassian’s U-Wing towards them, descending next to them as it opened up… “Come on! Get in!” Ignis ordered everyone so that they may all get to safety. “Heh, perfect timing!” Prompto exclaimed as he, Cassian, Jyn, Noctis, and Sunburst got on the U-Wing. “Come on guys, let’s get out of here!” Sunburst told Kira and the others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Irkutsk, Russia - New World Order Facility~ Once Finn and the others dealt with the Stormtroopers and Cybermen blocking their way, Leia rejoined them as Nikolai said, “Let’s get out of here.” “Not so fast!” both Cassidy and Butch exclaimed as they appeared in front of the group… “Prepare for trouble!” Cassidy declared. “And make it double!” Butch added. “Look, we really don’t have time for whatever you’re gonna say, so let’s just get this over with,” Natasha said, interrupting Cassidy’s and Butch’s motto. “Hey, no one interrupts the motto!” Cassidy angrily yelled, “Time to punish you all!” As Finn and the rest of his group sweatdropped in response to Cassidy’s outburst, Butch threw a Pokeball as he said, “Come out, Blaziken!” “You too, Charizard!” Cassidy added as she threw a Pokeball as well. Both Blaziken and Charizard then emerged from their respective Pokeballs and landed in front of Finn and the others... Cassidy and Butch then proceeded to Mega Evolve their Pokemon by tapping on the Key Stone on their Mega Ring. Charizard and Blaziken then began to Mega Evolve, with Charizard becoming Mega Charizard Y, and Blaziken becoming Mega Blaziken... Spoiler: Mega Charizard Y and Mega Blaziken “Heh, you’ve got nowhere to run, Rebels,” Butch said as he and Cassidy laughed maniacally. Looking unimpressed, Finn swung his Keyblade, casting a Blizzaga attack that froze Mega Charizard Y and Mega Blaziken, trapping most of their bodies in a giant piece of ice. Gasping, both Cassidy and Butch moved out of the way, trembling in fear as they hoped the Rebels wouldn’t do anything to them. Sighing, Finn told the others, “Let’s go.” As the rest of his group nodded in response, Finn and the others headed outside, racing back towards the local Rebel base. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Hunan Province, China: New World Order Fortress~ Spoiler: BGM “Charge!” Ember cried as she led Connor and the rest of Groups 1, 2, and 3 into the New World Order fortress. Tuxedo Mask proceeded to throw his sharp roses at several Stormtroopers, killing them in the process, while Sailor Mini Moon threw her spinning tiara at other Stormtroopers. “Pika… CHU!!!” both Sparky and Haymitch cried as they electrocuted Stormtroopers with their Thunderbolt attack. Katniss kept shooting arrows at Stormtroopers that, upon hitting their target, traps them in a peach-shaped sphere before they are assaulted by multiple arrows being fired in a row. As for the Cybermen, Riku, Emma, Mimi, and Ritchie all helped by throwing sonic stabilizers at them while trying to avoid getting hit. The stabilizers then weakened the Cybermen’s metal, allowing Mewtwo to destroy some with his Shadow Balls while Ember used her Bloodstone Scepter to blast some Cybermen with energy from the scepter. Suddenly, a horde of Stormtroopers arrived, ready to finish off the Rebels. “Ratonhnhaké:ton, let’s take them on, together!” Mulan suggested to the Rebel leader as Mushu climbed up Mulan’s shoulder, ready to contribute in any way he can. Nodding, Connor and Mulan ran towards the horde of Stormtroopers as Connor cried, “Mulan!” “For the Rebellion!” Mulan cried as she and Connor were about to unleash the Dragonblaze Limit attack (like this). “I’ll handle this!” Mushu yelled as he fired a barrage of fireballs at several Stormtroopers, while also surrounding Connor in flames as the Rebel leader leaped towards Stormtroopers, scorching them in addition to swinging his tomahawk at them simultaneously. As for Mulan, she remained by Connor’s side while Mushu remained on her hand as he fired a series of fireballs at Stormtroopers. “Mushu!” Mulan cried as it was time for the Limit’s finishing move. Mushu then jumped off of Mulan as he spit a volley of fireballs up in the air, with Connor declaring, “This is it!” “I’m on fire!” Mushu added as the fireballs he spit landed and killed several Stormtroopers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Shalour City, France~ As Lydia and Lucario were running between buildings, trying to get close to the Tower of Mastery, while trying to avoid detection from local Stormtroopers and Cybermen, they hid behind a building upon noticing someone passing by the nearby street. Taking a peek, Lydia and Lucario watched as Admiral Trench and Captain Phasma were discussing something while walking by… “We’ve sweeped the entire area. Not a single Rebel in sight. It seems that those who weren’t killed earlier today have indeed escaped,” Phasma told Admiral Trench. “A victory, nonetheless,” Admiral Trench replied, “Those Rebels that escaped will be dealt with at a later date.” “Very well,” Captain Phasma said, “Though, I have to say, I am glad Master Xehanort was able to deal with that blonde haired skater girl and put an end to her life.” “Indeed,” Trench concurred as they walked away. Upon hearing what Phasma said regarding Xehanort killing a blonde haired skater girl, both Lydia’s and Lucario’s hearts sank, instantly recognizing who it was that was killed. Spoiler: BGM “Korrina… no…” Lydia said as she knelt on the ground, weeping for her deceased master. Lucario, too, began shedding tears for Korrina, the girl who raised him since he was a Riolu, kneeling down next to Lydia as the two shared a hug. Suddenly, the two noticed a bright light near them. Looking at the source of the light, Lydia and Lucario noticed the light emanating from what appeared to be the Keyblade that Korrina used most of her time, levitating above the ground as it slowly landed near them. Walking towards it, Lydia picked the Keyblade up, feeling immense sadness that she will never see Korrina wield this Keyblade anymore. “I’m so sorry, Master… I failed you…” Lydia said as tears continued rolling down her face, while Lucario placed his paw on Lydia’s shoulder to try and comfort her. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Minato District~ As Gumball and Darwin were walking Penny home while carrying umbrellas due to the rain, Gumball asked Penny, “Hey, so, um, you know when you were looking at your eye and there was that... mm... what was that?” “Don't know what you mean,” Penny replied. “You know, there was that thing…” Gumball said, babbling as he tried imitating the noise of the yellow thing he and Darwin saw on Penny’s eye earlier. “I have no idea what you're talking about,” Penny replied. “You know. The…” Gumball said, babbling once again to imitate the noise. Giggling, Penny replied, “I really don't know-” “WHAT'S IN THE SHELL, WOMAN?!” Darwin interrupted Penny, tired of the back and forth between Gumball and Penny. Sighing after realizing there was no hiding the fact that Darwin and Gumball saw something yellow in her eye, Penny said, “Okay. It's the... it's the real me.” “Get outta here!” Gumball responded, “Can I see?” “No. No one can see. My dad would go nuts,” Penny said as she covered her cracked eye. “Don't worry, young lady. I am the nutcracker!” Gumball jokingly replied as he was laughing while Darwin and Penny were visibly unimpressed, “Oh, that's funny. 'Cause I cracked your shell, and... uh…” Gumball’s laughs then became nervous laughs as he realized no one was laughing with him. Sighing as Penny continued on her way home, Gumball noticed Darwin imitate a rim shot. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Streets~ After listening to what Gwen, Max, and Ruby advised her and pondering their words, Peni sighed as she got up from the bench and said, “I suppose you’re all right. I probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than meeting Spider-Woman again. It’s just… I really wanted to meet her and properly tell her ‘Thank you’ for saving me, while also asking if she has a fan club, because if not, I am ready to start one immediately. Anyway, thanks for the words of advice, girls.” Peni then packed her things and began walking back home. And while she walked, she began to think of what Ruby and Gwen suggested regarding finding a way to defend herself. ‘That’s… not a bad idea actually,’ Peni thought to herself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - New World Order Dungeon~ “For the last time, I DEMAND you get us out of this place!” River yelled while he and Moon were chained together in a cell. “River, don’t even bother. Yelling won’t convince them to let us go,” Moon advised her husband, "In fact, doing so might anger them enough to keep us here even longer." “Oh, I know dear. I just thought I’d give it a try. Seeing as how it wouldn’t hurt,” River responded, “By the way, can’t you transform into your butterfly form and get us out of here?” “I wish,” Moon answered, “But, there’s something about these chains that I sense are inhibiting my powers. I can’t use any of my magic.” “Well, that’s unfortunate,” River commented, “We’re going to have to find a different way to get out of here then.” “You can keep trying, but you’ll never succeed in getting out,” a voice told Moon and River. “Who’s there?” River questioned. The source of the voice, Toffee, approached the cell while accompanied by two Stormtroopers… Spoiler: BGM “Hello Moon,” Toffee greeted Moon as one of the Stormtroopers opened the door to the cell, allowing him to enter. As for Moon and River, they gasped at the sight of Toffee, recognizing him from past events in Mewni. “It can’t be…” River commented. Not wanting him to talk, Toffee wrapped his prehensile tail around River’s head to cover his mouth, preventing him from being able to speak. “Toffee?!” Moon cried. “That’s Grand Moff Toffee to you, Moon,” Toffee corrected Moon, demanding he be referred by his full title. “What are you doing here?” Moon angrily questioned. “Well, quite a lot has happened since we last met. Some time ago I found myself here on Earth. Decided to join the New World Order, where I worked my way up till I became a Grand Moff,” Toffee answered. “New World… Order?” a confused Moon asked. “The new regime in charge of Earth,” Toffee replied, “Surely you must’ve noticed something different about Earth, am I right?” ‘Huh, so that was what Star was referring to when she mentioned a new regime,’ Moon thought to herself. “Look, I don’t know much about Earth’s politics, but seeing as how you joined this New World Order, I know you’re up to something,” Moon told Toffee. Grinning, Toffee responded, “Perceptive. Now, as much as I would love to stay and chat, I do have other matters to attend to. By the way, if I ever come across your daughter, Star… I’ll be sure to send her your regards.” Gasping upon hearing Toffee mention her daughter, Moon yelled, “You stay away from her! Do you hear me, Toffee! You stay away from her!” “Goodbye, Moon,” Toffee replied as he left the cell, and let go of River, who was gasping for air after Toffee’s wasn’t covering his mouth anymore. Once Toffee was gone, River questioned Moon, “Moon… what’s he doing here?! I thought you finished him off years ago!” “I guess I underestimated him,” Moon replied, though it seemed like she was hiding a certain fact from her husband, “But what worries me now is Star. She could be anywhere out there in danger right now.” "Don’t worry, honey,” River told his wife, “I know Star. And she is very tough and capable of defending herself. I couldn't be more proud to be her father. I don’t care who these New World Order guys are, but they are no match for Star. Not one bit!” Smiling a bit, Moon responded, “I hope you’re right, River. I hope you’re right.”
View attachment 50334 In a recent interview with Famitsu, KH series director, Tetsuya Nomura, revealed a few details regarding the upcoming 'Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind' DLC scheduled to be released this winter. A fully translated interview can be read below (courtesy of KHInsider):
Updated OP with @StardustXtreme 's new reserve, while also removing Ventus from his list. However, while Stardust no longer has Ventus, I will leave final approval to him on whether someone would like to reserve Ventus. Also, just an FYI, @Princess Kairi has informed me that, starting June 25th, she will be on vacation for two weeks, so do not expect any posts from her during that time period.
~Siwa, Egypt~ “Hey, you!” Diana angrily called out the AT-ST as it walking around Siwa, “I dare you to attack me!” Turning around, the AT-ST began to fire its blaster cannon as Diana quickly got out of the way, pointing her wand at the AT-ST as she yelled, “Vermillious!” A jet of red sparks were then precipitated from Diana’s wand, causing the AT-ST to back off just slightly. “Glacius!” Diana cried as she pointed her wand at the AT-ST, sending an icy-cold air towards it that froze it in ice. However, as the AT-ST began breaking out of the ice it was frozen in, Diana pointed her wand at a car that was badly damaged from the bombing earlier, crying, “Wingardium Leviosa!” Diana then levitated the car, and sent it flying straight towards the AT-ST. While the AT-ST was damaged a bit from getting hit by the car, it nevertheless remained standing and began approaching Diana. “Uh-oh…” Diana said to herself, worried that she may have made a mistake in trying to battle the AT-ST by herself. As the AT-ST prepared to fire its blaster cannon at Diana, Akko raced to the scene, jumping towards Diana to get her out of the way of the AT-ST’s cannon… “Diana! Watch out!” Akko cried, getting Diana out of harm’s way as the AT-ST fired its blaster cannon, but missed. “Are you okay?” Akko asked Diana. “Y-Yeah,” Diana replied, “Thank you, Akko.” Ursula arrived to the scene as well, rushing towards Akko and Diana… “Oh, thank goodness you’re alright,” Ursula commented as she sighed in relief. Noticing the AT-ST slowly moving towards them, ready to attack once more, Akko got up while she had an angry look on her face, and slowly walked towards it. “Hey! You there!” Akko yelled at the AT-ST, “That was a big mistake trying to kill Diana like that! And it was a really big mistake what you New World Order bullies have done to the poor people in that hospital. We clearly know who you are, and we will beat you in the end!” The AT-ST then prepared to fire its blaster cannon at Akko, with Ursula gasping as Diana cried, “Akko, no!” Spoiler: BGM However, something began to happen to the Shiny Rod, which Akko had been carrying on her back. The seven crystal orbs on the Shiny Rod began to glow brightly, six of them green and one yellow. “Huh?” Akko wondered out loud upon noticing the Shiny Rod beginning to glow, grabbing it from behind her as she remembered how it did something similar last week in Kyoto, “Again?” “C-Could it be?” Ursula wondered aloud, “Akko, recite the following spell… Phaidoali Afaergo!” Nodding, Akko held the Shiny Rod tightly as she repeated, “Phaidoali Afaergo!” Once Akko recited the spell, a second crystal orb on the Shiny Rod began to glow yellow, and the Shiny Rod transformed into a large ax. “It worked!” Ursula happily cried while Diana had a big smile on her face. Astonished by the Shiny Rod’s new form, Akko shifted her attention back to the AT-ST, quickly getting out of the way as it fired its blaster cannon. “TAKE THIS!” Akko cried as she jumped towards the AT-ST, swinging the Shiny Rod in its ax form at it, completely slicing the AT-ST in half and destroying it. Once Akko landed back on the ground, what was left of the AT-ST was obliterated in an explosion, catching the attention of Amanda and Jasminka as they flew to the area with their broomsticks… “Woah…” Amanda said in awe after seeing what happened. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Rooftop~ As Foggy and Matt remained chained to a wall while their captor, Frank Castle, was sitting near them, Matt asked Frank, “So… you got a name?” “Frank,” Frank answered. “Frank…” Murdock repeated, “That's your real name?” “You know, I'm not a bad guy, Red,” Frank told Matt, ignoring his question. “You wanna explain that to the orphans and the widows of the men you killed?” Matt questioned. “For Christ's sake, that's what you think? I'm just some crazy a**hole going around unloading on whoever I want to?” an annoyed Frank asked. “Yeah, that's exactly what I think,” Matt replied. “That it?” Frank questioned. “You think you're anything else?” Matt asked. “I think that those who I kill need killing, that's what I think,” Frank replied. “You shot up a hospital!” Matt cried. “Yeah, and nobody got hurt who didn't deserve it,” Castle replied. “Oh, yeah?” Matt scoffed, “What about you, Frank? What happens the day someone decides you deserve it?” “I'll tell you what, they better not miss,” Frank responded. “Come on,” Matt scoffed, “You run around this city like it's your damn shooting gallery. You think you do-” “Yeah, what do you do?!” Frank angrily interrupted Matt, “What do the police do?! You all act like it's a playground! You grab the bullies and throw 'em in jail, everybody calls you guys heroes, right? And then a month, a week, a day later, they're back on the streets doing the same damn thing!” “Yeah, so you just put 'em in the morgue,” Matt scoffed. “You're damn right, I do,” Castle replied. “You ever doubt yourself, Frank?” Matt asked. “Not even for a second,” Castle answered. “Really? Really?” an upset Matt questioned, “You never think for one second, ‘Sh*t, I just killed an individual!’?” “That's being pretty generous,” Frank responded. “An individual who did a lot of stupid sh*t, maybe even evil, but had one small piece of goodness in him!” Matt cried, “Maybe just a scrap, Frank, but something! And then you come along, and that one tiny flicker of light gets snuffed out forever.” “I think you're wrong,” Frank responded. “Which part?” Murdock questioned. “All of it,” Frank answered, “I think there's no good in the filth that I put down, that's what I think.” “And how do you know?” Matt asked. “I just know,” Castle replied, “Look around, Red. This world, it stinks. It's a sewer. It stinks and it smells like sh*t and I can't get the stink out of my nose. You know, the New World Order came along and said how they were gonna make things better and get tougher on a**holes. But honestly, when it comes to the streets, and the crap that keeps happening, I don’t think the New World Order’s doing much of a difference to be honest. I think that this world, it needs men that are willing to make the hard call!” “That's bullsh*t, Frank, and you know it!” Matt cried. “I think you and me are the same!” Frank replied, “Only I do the one thing that you can't. You hit 'em, and they get back up. I hit 'em, and they stay down! It's permanent. I make sure that they don't make it out on the street again. I take pride in that!” “Let me ask you this,” Matt said. “What's that?” Frank asked. “What about hope?” Murdock questioned. “Oh, f*ck,” Frank complained. “Come on, Frank,” Matt replied. “You wanna talk about Santa Claus?” Frank mockingly questioned Matt, “You wanna talk about Santa Claus?” “I live in the real world too, and I've seen it,” Matt replied. “Yeah? What have you seen?” Frank asked. “Redemption, Frank,” Matt answered. “Ah, Jesus Christ,” Frank complained. “It's real. And it's possible,” Matt replied, “Those who you murder deserve another chance.” “What, to kill again? Rape again? Is that what you want?” Frank questioned. “No, Frank!” Matt retorted as he was panting, “To try again, Frank. To try. And if you don't get that, there's something broken in you you can't fix, and you really are a nutjob.” “What did you say?” Frank questioned, seemingly offended by what Matt said. “You're... you're unhinged Frank. You are,” Matt replied, “You think God made you a one-man firing squad. But you're wrong. There is goodness in people, even in you. And you're gonna have to kill me, 'cause I'm never gonna stop coming for you, until I take you down. You wanna know why?” “Why's that?” Frank asked. “Because you're insane,” Matt answered. “Hmm,” Frank simply said, chuckling before punching Matt, knocking him out. “Osha!” Foggy cried after seeing Matt knocked out, looking at Frank with an angry look on his face, “OSHAWOTT! OSHAWOTT!” “Shut up,” Frank responded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts: Outside New World Order Facility~ Getting shot out of a door and crashing near Kira and the others, Sunburst slowly got up as he noticed the group dealt with the Stormtroopers, telling them, “Get ready… this is gonna be a tough one…” Stepping out of the facility, Starlight Glimmer smirked as she approached Sunburst and the others, while continuing to levitate her scythe around with her unicorn magic… ‘More Rebels, huh? Let’s see if the creatures Master Xehanort entrusted me with will help out,’ the Inquisitor thought to herself as she stomped the ground once with her hoof. Once she did that, about a dozen white/pink creatures carrying a scythe similar to Starlight Glimmer appeared behind her… Spoiler: BGM “What the?! What are those?!” Sunburst cried, not knowing what the Reapers were. “Attack!” Starlight Glimmer ordered the Reapers as they went for the attack, swinging their scythes towards Kira and the others. Gasping, Sunburst rolled out of the way as a Reaper tried swinging its scythe at him. Quickly summoning his Keyblade, Sunburst used it to block another attempt by the Reaper to swing its scythe at him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts: New World Order Facility~ As Prompto, Noctis, and Jyn were trying to find an exit to get out of the facility, they heard a familiar voice call out to Jyn… “JYN!” Cassian cried as he rushed to the group. “Cassian?” Prompto wondered out loud, surprised to see Cassian. “This way,” Cassian told the group, “I know a way out.” “Alright. Lead the way,” Noctis replied as he, Prompto, and Jyn followed Cassian. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Irkutsk, Russia - New World Order Facility~ As Finn and the others were running towards the exit, they suddenly found their path blocked by Stormtroopers and Cybermen… "Leia, get somewhere safe. We'll deal with them," Finn told Leia as he summoned his Keyblade. "Okay…" Leia responded as she hid behind a wall in a hallway, waiting for the others to deal with the enemy. "Natasha, get those sonic stabilizers ready," Nikolai ordered Natasha. "Yes, sir," Natasha replied, getting her satanic stabilizers ready to use against the Cybermen. "Let's finish this," Finn remarked as he and the others charged towards the Stormtroopers and Cybermen to battle them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’ (Upper Deck)~ Upon arriving to the ship's upper deck with Yang and Tommy, Skye found several Stormtroopers around the area… "Hey! What are you doing here?!" one of the Stormtroopers questioned Skye's group. "Crap…" Skye said as she rushed to a nearby crate to duck as the Stormtroopers began to fire their blasters at her, Yang, and Tommy. "Take cover!" Skye ordered Tommy and Yang as she took out her pistol, quickly getting up and attempting to shoot at the Stormtroopers before ducking once more to reload her gun. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’~ As they were going down to the lower levels of the ship, May, Hunter, and Shining Armor were wondering where Donnie Gill might be. However, once they reached a railing overlooking the engine room below, the three noticed a conversation was taking place between Donnie Gill and Jemma Simmons… “You know what is best. What is best is you comply,” Jemma told Gill, who seemed to be in a trance as he kept listening. “Well, time to end this conversation,” Lance commented as he pointed his sniper at Jemma, ready to kill her. However, while Lance didn’t know who Jemma was, thinking she was just some random New World Order operative, Shining Armor and May both recognized her, and were both shocked to see her below. “Simmons…” May quietly said to herself, not expecting her friend’s infiltration of the New World Order to lead her here. Realizing Hunter was about to pull the trigger, Shining Armor quickly punched him with his hoof, knocking him out in order to save Jemma’s life. Hearing the commotion from above, Jemma and Donnie (having snapped out of his trance) looked up before Donnie angrily told Jemma, “You think I don't know what you're trying to do? You're just like the rest of them. You liar!” Donnie then tried grabbing Jemma in order to freeze her to death. But while Gill grabbed her sweater, Jemma quickly let go of it, with Donnie just freezing the sweater itself as Jemma ran for her life. Noticing Donnie chasing Simmons, May shot a pipe near Donnie in order to buy Jemma more time, causing hot steam to shoot from the pipe towards Donnie. Crying in pain as he quickly got out of the way, Donnie grabbed the pipe, freezing it to stop the steam before getting back to chasing Simmons once again. Meanwhile, Shining Armor tried contacting Jeffery Mace all the way in Castelia City with his earpiece, crying, “Sir! We’ve got an emergency!” “Shining Armor… what’s going on?” Mace questioned. “Simmons is here,” Shining Armor replied, “Repeat... Simmons is on site with the New World Order. Do we maintain her cover?” “Yes. Maintain her cover,” Jeffery ordered. As for Lance, he started getting up after getting knocked out, questioning Shining Armor, “Blimey… what’d you do that for?!” “Sorry… I’ll explain later,” Shining armor replied, “But right now, we gotta go after Gill.” Nodding, May added, “If we can't take him in, we take him out. Understood?” “Understood,” Lance answered. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~San Diego, California - Harbor~ As Ruby continued battling the group of Rebels along with her Stormtroopers and Cybermen, she threw her sharp Ring Blade towards Thomas and Dante. As Jessie and James both gasped, Jessie cried, “Watch out!” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: Outside New World Order Fortress~ Spoiler: BGM “Attack!” Shang cried as he, Dick, and Shao Jun charged towards Stormtroopers, dodging blaster fire as Shang swung his sword at several Stormtroopers, while Shao Jun threw knives at Stormtroopers, and Dick used his Escrima Sticks to attack and electrocute Stormtroopers. “Look out from above!” Hiccup cried from above while riding on Toothless… Flying above a group of several Stormtroopers, Toothless fired plasma blasts at them, killing many of them in the process. “Good work, bud,” Hiccup complimented his dragon. Meanwhile… Cybermen were marching out of the fortress, ready to assist the Stomtroopers outside. However, flying above the Cybermen were the two pony sisters, Celestia and Luna, who had Marco and Lee on their backs… “Let ‘em have it, boys!” Luna told Lee (who was on Luna’s back) and Marco (who was on Celestia’s back). Nodding, both Lee and Marco took out sonic stabilizers from their pockets, dropping them on the Cybermen below. Once the sonic stabilizers landed, they weakened the Cybermen’s Vibranium metal, making them vulnerable to attack, which Chien Po, Ling, and Yao took advantage of… “Take this you metal freaks!” Yao cried as he, Ling, and Chien Po swung their swords at the vulnerable Cybermen while avoiding their attacks, successfully destroying many of them in the process. As for Discord, Star Butterfly, and Thor, the three were having a bit too much fun battling Stormtroopers… Discord was going around, summoning a portal right under a group of Stormtroopers, with the portal reappearing several feet above the ground so that Stormtroopers would fall out of it. But before they land on the ground, Thor would fly towards them and swing his hammer at them, sending them flying straight to the walls of the fortress. And upon crashing into the fortress’s walls, Star Butterfly would point her wand at the Stormtroopers, crying, “Syrup Tsunami Shockwave!” Star’s wand would then send a tidal wave of waffles, pancakes, and maple syrup at the Stormtroopers, making them stick to the wall. “Woohoo!” Star cheered. “We sure make a great team!” Thor said as he joined with Star. “Yup, we sure do,” Discord added as he reappeared next to them, with the three giving each other a high five, surprised to have worked well together with each other. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: Hill Overlooking New World Order Fortress~ Noticing a battle around the fortress beginning, Connor and the others got up, with Mulan commenting, “There’s our opening.” “Then it’s time to get ready,” Katniss replied as she transformed to her Rider form while Darien also transformed to Tuxedo Mask… Taking out her compact, Rini realized that if she transformed now, she would reveal herself as a Sailor Scout to those who were around. “Hey, Rini,” Tuxedo Mask said as he knelt down next to her, “You sure you wanna do this?” After thinking about it a bit, Rini nodded as she replied, “Don’t worry. I trust them all.” Smiling, Darien stood up, and watched as Rini raised her compact high, saying, “Moon… Crystal… POWER!” ‘Huh, so she was Sailor Mini Moon…’ Ritchie thought to himself after noticing Rini transform into Sailor Mini Moon, ‘Guess that explains why we brought someone her age along to the battle.’ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Shalour City, France~ In an empty alleyway in Shalour City, a portal suddenly appeared, with Lydia, Lucario, Maui, and Moana stepping out of it before the portal disappeared. "This is it?" Moana asked as she took a peek behind a nearby building, noticing Stormtroopers and Cybermen walking all around Shalour City. "This is it," Lydia replied, "I'll meet you two back here once I'm done." "Alright," Maui said, "May your heart be your guiding key." Nodding, Lydia told Lucario, "Let's go." Nodding, Lucario followed Lydia as the two went into the city, trying to avoid detection as they tried to find out what happened to Korrina. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Nintendo Elementary School - Dressing Room~ After the play concluded, Gumball, Darwin, and Penny were at the dressing room, where Darwin was trying to comfort Gumball, who was sobbing because of what happened when he and Penny tried kissing during the play. “Come on. I'm sure it wasn't that bad,” Darwin told Gumball as he tried comforting him. “Not that bad?!” Gumball retorted as he continued sobbing, “If I did that in a cage fight, I'd be disqualified! This can't be happening!” “Hey, guys. Don't panic. We don't know how bad it is yet,” Penny said as she was sitting on a swivel chair while covering her left eye with her hand, which was where Gumball accidentally headbutted her during the play. “Come on. Tell me how it looks,” Penny continued as she removed her hand, wanting Gumball and Darwin to tell her how her eye looked. Upon seeing her eye, both Gumball and Darwin inhaled sharply, with Gumball commenting, “Uhh… it's a nice scar. Gives you character, like a... beautiful warlord or an adorable Frankenstein, or something.” “Wait, I've got a scar?!” Penny cried. “No, don't worry. It's not a scar, it's more of a crack,” Darwin replied. “What?!” Penny cried as she covered her eye again, “How bad is it?!” “Oh, no, it's cute!” Gumball replied with a sweet tone to his voice, “It's like there was a teeny-weeny really pretty earthquake in your face.” Spinning her chair as she turned and faced the mirror in the room, Penny removed her hand, and saw a crack in her eye. Just then, Penny noticed something yellow spark up in her eye, causing her to gasp and cover her eye once again. “What was that?” Gumball asked. “Nothing!” Penny lied. “Ohh, what have I done?!” Gumball cried, full of guilt as he grabbed Penny’s hand and began slapping his face with it repeatedly. Sighing, Penny asked, “What are you doing?” “Hurting your head made his heart hurt, so he's hurting his head with your hand to heal his heart,” Darwin answered Penny. Gumball then spun Penny’s chair, making her foot kick him. Gumball then grabbed Penny's foot, making her kick him repeatedly. Sighing, Penny commented, “Look, if you really want to do something, just help me fix this.” “Hmm. Well, maybe if we put the accent on your good eye and integrate the area of discontent into the piece as a whole, no one will notice,” Darwin replied as he got closer to Penny, trying to figure out how to take care of Penny’s problem, before shifting his attention back to Gumball, “Okay, pass me the rouge. Okay, pass me the mascara. Forget it, pass me the paint roller.” After a few minutes of Darwin working on Penny’s face, a crudely drawn eye and mouth was on the right side of Penny’s face. “Guys. This isn't going to work,” Penny told Gumball and Darwin as she observed on the mirror what was drawn on the right side of her face, “I'm going to have to tell my dad.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Streets~ “Hey Peni,” Sora greeted Peni as he and Roxas passed by her while walking home, carrying their umbrellas to prevent getting wet from the rain. “What are you up to?” Roxas asked. “Hey guys. Just seeing if I can spot Spider-Woman,” Peni replied as she continued looking through her binoculars for any sign of the one who saved her. “Oh, right,” Sora commented, as he and Roxas knew what happened with Peni the previous week since she has been telling everyone she knew at school the same story over and over again. “Well, uh, good luck with that,” Roxas added as he and Sora left. “Thanks,” Peni thanked Roxas, still looking through her binoculars.
Not gonna lie... I was prepared to buy a Switch just for this game. I was very hyped for it. But I never thought my hype for it could be killed in an instant. And then this happened...
Game should be available worldwide March 3rd next year. Also, new trailer:
During the Los Angeles performance of KINGDOM HEARTS Orchestra -World of Tres-, series director Tetsuya Nomura made a surprise appearance, revealing a trailer (which, for the time being, is exclusive to the event) for the upcoming DLC of 'Kingdom Hearts III, while also revealing the DLC should be released this winter! Check out details of Nomura's reveals from Twitter user churroz:
~Siwa, Egypt~ Walking towards what was left of Siwa’s hospital, Diana landed with both knees on the ground, without the strength to say a single word, simply staring in distraught at the sight in front of her. Khemu placed his hand on Diana’s shoulder trying to comfort her. “Diana! You’re okay!” Akko cried as she and Ursula ran towards Diana and Khemu, while Contanze, having snuck out of the shelter, followed them as well, recording footage of the area on her camera… “We heard the bombers blast this area. We were worried something might’ve happened to you,” Akko said as she and Ursula approached Diana, “Diana? Is everything okay?” “No… nothing’s okay,” Diana responded. “What happened here?” Ursula asked. “There used to be a hospital here. Now it’s gone, as well as everyone inside,” Diana replied. As Ursula gasped upon hearing that, Akko said, “Wait… I thought everyone went to the shelter.” “Not everyone, I’m afraid…” Ursula answered Akko with a somber tone to her voice, “Those who were too weak to leave where they were staying, including those in the hospital, had to stay behind.” Gasping, Akko then realized the seriousness of the situation, shocked to be a witness to a massacre. As Constanze was recording the debris around her, she focused her camera on Diana and the others, believing that Diana was about to say something important. “The New World Order… just bombed a hospital filled with unarmed men, women and children!” Diana cried as tears rolled down her face, getting up to face Akko and Ursula, “And there will be no survivors! If anyone thinks for one second that the New World Order will ever treat us fairly, they are lying to themselves! I should know… I was an avid supporter of the regime! But now I finally see the New World Order for who they are and what they do! This is what they do! And we must fight back.” Looking up at the sky, Diana screamed, “New World Order! You can torture us and bomb us and burn our homes to the ground! But fire is catching. And if we burn, you burn with us!” Constanze was very happy to have recorded the footage of what Diana said. But just then, Diana and the others noticed an AT-ST walking in the distance. As she was filled with immense anger, Diana took out her wand, and rushed towards the AT-ST, wanting to take it on herself. “Diana!” both Akko and Khemu cried upon noticing what Diana was doing. “Don’t! It’s too dangerous!” Ursula warned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~The Capital - Rooftop~ In a different building rooftop far from the one where Officer Jenny and the others were, both Matt and Foggy, having been knocked out earlier, began to wake up, noticing that they were chained to a wall. “No, no!” Matt cried as he and Foggy were grunting and panting, trying hard but unsuccessfully to break free. And sitting right in front of them was Frank Castle, enjoying some coffee from a thermos as he said, “Morning.” As Matt and Foggy continued to try and break free, Castle told them, “You can bash against your chains for the rest of the day. Only way you get out of here, only way you walk free, is if I want you to. Know that.” Once Matt and Foggy stopped after getting exhausted, Matt told Frank, “This isn’t like you. Usually when you do something, you kill everyone. Why are Foggy and I still alive? Huh? We got in your way twice now and you don't strike me as someone who just lets that happen.” Ignoring Matt, Frank walked over to nearby crates. “Osha?” Foggy wondered out loud, noticing Frank opening one of the crates. Using his senses to try and figure out what Frank was opening, Matt realized it was a military crate, commenting, “Military grade hardware. You seem to know your way around it. And you sure carry yourself like a soldier. What are you gonna do with all the weapons you’ve got?” “I'll do what's required,” Frank answered. “This another one of your missions?” Matt questioned Castle, who was busy assembling a rifle, “That's why we're here, isn't it? How many will this make? I'm guessing you've done this countless times before? How long's it been? Something tells me you don't take breaks. You know, no one else has to die. You could stop now. Walk away.” “Walk away?” Castle repeated, “Could you do that? Could you walk away from what you do?” As Matt didn’t even respond, thinking about what Castle just asked him, Castle said, “Yeah, I figured.” Once Frank was done assembling his rifle, he, Matt, and Foggy heard the bells of the city’s cathedral tolling. “You a Catholic?” Matt asked Frank. “Once,” Frank answered. “From Toky- er, I mean… The Capital?” Matt asked. “Once,” Frank answered. As he chuckled softly, Matt asked, “You still go to Mass?” “Stop now, Red,” Frank responded to the demon. “Stop?” Matt wondered out loud. “Stop digging,” Frank replied. “Ah,” Matt said, “You know, a funny thing about the Capital, both right now and when it used to be called Tokyo... few people are actually from here. The ones who are, they don't leave. They can't, they, uh... they feel like the city's a part of them. You know? Until one day, something changes. Maybe they get older. And then they have to leave, they have to get out. See the world, maybe. Maybe they enlist? When you were a soldier, where'd they send you?” “You a shrink, Red?” Frank questioned Matt, getting annoyed by him asking many personal questions, “Now, come on, you must be something when you're not kicking ass with your Pokemon buddy here, right?” “I'm just a guy,” Matt replied. “Yeah? You ever been to war?” Frank questioned. “No,” Matt answered. “Yeah... then don't talk about it,” Frank advised. “I've seen some fights,” Matt commented. “Sure you have,” Frank responded. “Well, Foggy and I almost had you beat,” Matt said. “Oshawott!” Foggy concurred with Matt. “You talk about trading hands on a rooftop, Red,” Frank responded, “I'm talking about sh*t, okay? Sh*t that you ain't been in.” “I know one thing,” Matt said. “What's that?” Frank asked. “War changes people,” Matt answered, “Sometimes they see things they can't unsee. Come home to find home's not there anymore. It changed. Or maybe they did.” “Yeah, fair enough,” Frank said. “I'm just saying, I know it can be hard,” Murdock replied. “Do you?” Frank questioned, “You know it can be hard? You run around this city with a pair of little boy's batons and a Pokemon buddy. You go home at night, right? Go to bed, relax like you don’t have a care in the world. Well, see, soldiers... we don't ever relax, yeah? We don't get that privilege.” “You know what I think?” Murdock asked. “What's that?” Frank wondered asked. “You're still at war,” Murdock replied. “Oh, for crying out loud,” an annoyed Frank complained, “So, you charge by the hour, doc, or what?” “Why are Foggy and I here?” Murdock questioned. “Everything you and the police do out there in the streets, Red, it doesn't work,” Castle answered, “Did you know that?” “Oh, and what you're doing is better?” Matt questioned. “What I do, I just do. It's out of necessity,” Frank answered. “Come on,” Murdock scoffed as he was starting to believe that the reason Frank does what he does is because he lost someone dear to him, “You know you're not the only one, right? Who did you lose? Huh? Was it someone you loved? Well, boo-hoo. Let me tell you something, buddy. Everybody's lost someone. Doesn't mean you have to do this.” “Well, loss doesn't work the same for everybody, Red,” Frank replied. “Yeah, that's right,” Matt said as he chuckled, “It's clearly not working for you.” “Well maybe not,” Frank replied, “We don't get to pick the things that fix us, Red. Make us whole. Make us feel purpose. My moment of clarity? It came from the strangest of places.” “Well unlike you, I don't kill anyone,” Matt told Frank. “Is that why you think you're better than me?” Frank questioned Matt. “No,” Matt replied. “Is that why you think you're a big hero?” Frank continued questioning Matt. “It doesn't matter what I think or what I am. People don't have to die,” Matt replied. “Come on, Red. You believe that?” Castle scoffed. “I believe it's not my call, and it ain't yours either,” Matt replied. “You know what I think of you, hero?” Frank questioned, “You know what I think of the police? I think you're all half-measures. I think you're guys who can't finish the job. I think that you're all cowards. You know the one thing that you just can't see? You know you're one bad day away from being me.” “Sure…” Matt scoffed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Somewhere in Sub-Sahara Africa - Rebel Base~ Suddenly emerging from the red sand he was buried in, T’Challa gasped for air as Zuri helped him up, saying, “Breathe. T’Challa, breathe. Breathe.” Once he started breathing normally once more, T’Challa smiled as he said, “He was there. He was there… my father.” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hidden Palace Zone~ Once Aoi motioned for everyone to follow him, Olaf looked at Saphir and asked, "Should we go?" Shrugging, Saphir replied, "I guess. Not much use staying in this room by ourselves." The two then followed the group to another room, where a boss battle was taking place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts: New World Order Facility~ Arriving to Room 217, where Jyn’s father was supposed to be, Prompto opened the door as Jyn and the others rushed inside. “Father!” Jyn happily cried as she looked around. However, the room was completely empty, much to the surprise of everyone. “He’s not here…” Sunburst commented. “That can’t be… this was his room, was it not?” Noctis wondered out loud. Feeling confused, Jyn and the others walked back outside to the hallway, wondering if they made a mistake. “I was sure it said Room 217,” Prompto insisted, “This is the right place.” The group then heard footsteps approaching them. Turning around, the group saw Director Orson Krennic walking towards them while accompanied by two Cybermen… “Well, well, well, what do we have here?” Krennic questioned. “Wait, you!” Jyn cried upon recognizing Krennic. “You know him?” Prompto asked. “He was there when the New World Order took away my father,” Jyn replied. “Oh, you’re Galen’s daughter?” Krennic asked, “You were supposed to be in a labor camp all the way in India. No matter. I suppose we can just finish you off today.” “Where is my father?!” Jyn angrily questioned. Grinning, Krennic replied, “His work on Smaug, the Kraken, and Lavos, the ‘Death Star’, exceeded all our expectations. However, he seemed to be plotting against the New World Order at the same time. So, we had no further use for him, and had him executed for his treachery earlier today.” “NOOO!” Jyn cried after hearing her father was dead, weeping as she knelt on the floor while Noctis and Prompto tried to help her up. “Oh, poor thing,” Krennic commented, “If it makes you feel any better, you’ll be joining your father pretty soon.” “Not if we have anything to say about it!” Sunburst retorted as he summoned his Keyblade, which was levitating around him thanks to his unicorn magic. As he smirked, Krennic snapped his fingers, and the Inquisitor known as Starlight Glimmer jumped from behind Krennic and his Cybermen while wielding her scythe... Using her unicorn magic to move her scythe around, Starlight Glimmer swung her scythe towards Sunburst as she landed. Sunburst, however, was able to block the incoming attack with his Keyblade. As the two weapons were locked against each other, Sunburst yelled to his group, “Go, now!” Nodding, Prompto and Noctis helped Jyn up and got her away from the area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Irkutsk, Russia - New World Order Facility~ Expecting a squad of Stormtroopers to arrive to the room they were in, Galina and Natasha had their blasters aimed at the door, ready in case they had to fight. But after hearing some commotion outside, Natasha and Galina heard the door open, and saw Finn and the others arrive to the room… “Don’t shoot, don’t shoot,” Finn cried as Natasha and Galina lowered their weapons. Sighing, Natasha said, “What a relief.” Walking towards Galina and Natasha, Sabine shared a hug with both of them, while Galina commented, “Glad to see you’re safe.” “Alright, now let’s get out of here,” Nikolai told the group. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor~ Spoiler: BGM The battle at the harbor commenced, with Meowth assisting Thomas and Dante by jumping on the back of Stormtroopers to distract them and allow Thomas and Dante to easily attack them. Meanwhile, Jessie and James were running around, trying to avoid getting blasted by the Cybermen. Grabbing a spare sonic stabilizer from his pocket, James threw it towards the Cybermen, with the stabilizer weakening the metal of most of Ruby’s Cybermen, making them prone to damage. “Arbok, now’s your chance to attack those Cybermen!” Jessie ordered her Arbok. “You too, Weezing, Victreebel!” James added. “Weezingweez!” Weezing cried as it smashed through a weakened Cyberman with a Tackle attack, breaking it apart. “Charbok!” Arbok cried as it ripped off the head of a weakened Cyberman with a Bite attack. As for Victreebel, it emitted a high-pitched shriek as it used it Razor Leaf attack, launching sharp-edged leaves towards two weakened Cybermen, slicing them into several pieces. And as a Cyberman was about to blast Victreebel, the Pokemon took notice and grabbed a nearby Stormtrooper with its whiplike vines to use him as a shield, with the Stormtrooper getting blasted instead. Meanwhile, Ruby detached her very sharp Ring Blade that was attached to her back, throwing it towards Jessie and James. The duo, however, jumped out of the way, but watched as the ring blade easily sliced through a nearby lamp post before flying back to Ruby as she caught it midair. Grinning as she noticed Jessie and James were now worried, Ruby said, “Told you guys it was a big mistake to challenge me.” Throwing her Ring Blade at the two yet again, Jessie’s Wobbuffet jumped in the way while using its Mirror Coat attack, surrounding itself in a white reflective color. “Wobbuffet!” Jessie’s Wobbuffet cried as the Ring Blade hit it, only to be deflected back thanks to its Mirror Coat attack. Gasping, Ruby jumped out of the way as the Ring Blade was thrust into the same spot where she was just standing a second ago, narrowly avoiding getting hit by her own weapon. “Nice job, Wobbuffet! You saved us!” Jessie complimented her Wobbuffet, patting it on the head. “Wobbu,” Wobbuffet replied. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’ (Engine Room)~ “Fitz would talk about you. He described the blueprints he saw in your room. He was quite impressed. And Fitz is very hard to impress,” Jemma told Donnie as Rubeus’s voice on Jemma’s earpiece continued to guide Jemma on what to do… “Get him to trust you,” Rubeus’s voice advised. “You're a lot like him,” Jemma told Donnie, “Like both of us, really. We're scientists... wired to solve problems.” “Maybe before,” Donnie replied, “It's different now.” “Oh, I don't believe you,” Jemma said with a smile, “You must miss it. Minds like ours... they need to be used.” “I'm tired of being used!” Donnie replied as his voice slightly rose in anger. “Don't let him get angry,” Rubeus’s voice warned Simmons, “Repeat what I say. Take a deep breath…” “Take a deep breath,” Jemma said, repeating what Rubeus was telling her over her earpiece, “And clear your mind. Surrender and you will find meaning. Surrender and you will find release.” “Agent Simmons…” Donnie replied with a weak voice, noticing that the words Jemma was saying seemed to be doing something to him. “Take a deep breath…” Jemma said, continuing to repeat what Rubeus told her to say. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’~ Once they were inside the ship, Shining Armor responded to Tommy’s question, “I do think we should split up. We could probably be done faster that way.” “In that case, Skye, go with Tommy and Yang, check the upper deck. Hunter will join me and Shining Armor,” May said. “Copy that,” Skye responded as she got her sniper ready and turned to face Yang and Tommy, “Let’s go.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: Hill Overlooking New World Order Fortress~ As Groups 1, 2, and 3 were gathered in a hill overlooking the New World Order fortress they intended to attack, Ember told Connor, “Shang will lead the first attack against the fortress, which should then lead to the New World Order forces being drawn out. That should then give us the opening we need to storm right into the fortress itself.” “Then all that is left to do now is wait,” Connor replied. “Correct,” Mulan concurred. Everyone then sat down to relax, waiting until it was time to run down the hill and storm the fortress. But as they waited, Rini was still thinking about what Mewtwo revealed regarding Darien’s feelings towards Serena. Usually, she didn’t care about such things, but since Rini knew for a fact that Serena would end up being her mother in the future, she wondered if whoever Serena falls in love with would end up being her father. “Darien… do you… like Serena?” Rini asked. Gasping and blushing upon hearing the question being asked, Darien replied, “Of course I like Serena… but I like a lot of people. I like Sammy. I like Connor. And I even like you!” “Yeah, but… I guess what I meant to ask was… do you love Serena?” Rini asked. As Darien’s face turned red, he replied, “Hehe… Rini, you know how there are some questions that kids your age are too young to ask? Well, that was one of them.” While Rini pouted after Darien refused to answer her question, Connor had overheard their discussion, chuckling a bit. Scooching towards Darien, Connor whispered to him, “I know I should not interfere in such affairs, but… every time I see you and Serena together, I could not help but shake the feeling like the two of you belong together.” “Ugh, not you too,” Darien complained as he covered his face with his hands, while Connor chuckled and patted Darien on the back before going back to his spot. “What was that about?” Katniss asked Connor, wondering what he and Darien were talking about. “Simply providing some romantic advice,” Connor answered as he held Katniss’s hand, “Given that I have a bit of experience myself.” Smiling, Katniss leaned on Connor’s shoulder as the two watched the fortress, waiting for the opening they need to storm it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Pacific Ocean - Ship~ Escaping from Destiny Islands with Maui, Lydia, Moana, and Lucario were now on a ship, one of several in a fleet carrying residents of Destiny Islands who have escaped after it was taken over by the New World Order. As Moana was talking with her mother while carrying Pua and Heihei, Lydia and Lucario were sitting together alone, thinking about Korrina and wondering what could’ve happened. “So, you were training under Master Korrina?” Maui questioned as he and Tui approached Lydia. “Y-Yes,” Lydia replied, “You knew her?” “Well, me mostly know her grandfather, Master Luke Skywalker,” Tui answered, “But we were aware that she was in charge of the Tower of Mastery in Shalour City. What happened?” “Shalour City was being attacked by the New World Order,” Lydia replied, “And during the battle, a silver-haired boy wielding a Keyblade appeared, calling himself Xehanort, and saying that he was the descendant of Sauron. That was when Korrina sent me and Lucario to Destiny Islands.” Gasping upon hearing what Lydia said, Tui and Maui looked at each other with a worried look on their faces. “Someone you know?” Lydia asked. “You could say that…” Maui replied. “I have to get back to Shalour City,” Lydia said, “I must know if Korrina’s alright.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital: Nintendo Elementary School - Auditorium~ Over at the Nintendo Elementary School auditorium, the students were conducting a school play based on the popular children’s fairy, ‘The Moon Kingdom.’ Gathered in the audience were the families of the students taking part in the play, including the Wattersons. And on stage were Penny Fitzgerald (playing the part of the Moon Princess) and Gumball Watterson (playing the part of the Earth Prince), currently reenacting the scene when both the Earth Prince and the Moon Princess are killed by the evil witch invading the Moon Kingdom. While Penny was done with her death scene, lying motionless on the floor, Gumball was giving a rather hammy portrayal of the Earth Prince’s death, annoying some members of the audience. “Oh, I’m dead… I’m totally dead!” Gumball cried as he was gagging, “Argh! I'm going! I'm going! Argh! Ooh! This is the end of me! Argh!” After groaning, gurgling, and babbling, Gumball abruptly stopped as he collapsed on the floor, making it seem like he was done with his death scene. As the audience sighed in relief, Gumball suddenly got back up and started gurgling again, much to the audience’s annoyance. While Gumball continued gagging, his mother, Nicole, watched pleasantly, happy to see her son perform. Meanwhile, Richard, Gumball’s father, was emotionally touched by the play, whimpering and crying as he said, “This is so sad! Why did that witch have to be so mean?! Those two were in love! They deserve to be together!” As Anais patted her father, trying to comfort him, Gumball continued to gurgle until he finally stopped and collapsed to the floor next to Penny, seemingly finishing his death scene once and for all. The stage light then switched to Darwin, acting as the narrator of the play… Unfortunately for Darwin, he had stage fright, trembling as he stared at the audience. “Uhhhh…” Darwin said until the school counselor, Jessebelle, extended her hand from behind the curtain, trying to move Darwin’s mouth to help him speak… “As the two lovers held each other's hand, the witch struck them both, ending their lives. The queen was stricken with grief as she watched her daughter and her lover die at the hands of the evil witch,” Darwin said with Jessebelle’s assistance as the stage light switched back to Penny and Gumball, who were about to perform a scene depicting what the final thoughts of the Moon Princess and the Earth Prince were. “Oh my love… it looks like this is the end…” Penny said as she and Gumball got up and held hands. “At least… we get to die together…” Gumball replied. “This is so beautiful!” Richard cried loudly, annoying the audience. “Yeah…” Penny commented after hearing Richard before shifting her attention back to her performance with Gumball, “We may not get the chance to be married, but let us seal our love, with one last kiss!” Gumball’s face lit up after hearing Penny mentioning a kiss, imagining himself and Penny floating in space. “Is this really happening?!” Gumball nervously questioned, “'Cause there was no kiss in rehearsals!” “I kinda improvised,” Penny replied. Taking a deep breath, Gumball nervously asked, "Then how come we're not exploding?! We're in space!” “Come on. Hurry up. Everyone's looking,” Penny replied, pointing at the audience. Snapping out of his imagination, Gumball noticed the audience waiting for something to happen. “Alright, here we go… three, two, one…” Penny said as she prepared for the kiss. Inhaling deeply, Gumball went in for a kiss as well, but instead of kissing Penny, he accidentally headbutted her, with the curtain subsequently closing immediately after that… “Is that it?” an old man with glasses in the audience questioned, wondering if that was the end of the play. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Streets~ Sitting on a bench while wearing her raincoat to avoid getting drenched by the rain, Peni was using her small binoculars to look at the buildings around, hoping to find Spider-Gwen. ‘Hmm… I wonder if I’ll find her today,’ Peni thought to herself.
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~Siwa, Egypt~ Running back towards the shelter, Khemu and Diana passed by the local hospital before noticing TIE Bombers flying towards the area they were in. Gasping, Diana grabbed Khemu’s arm, dragging him behind a building for protection while Senu landed next to them, telling him, “Khemu, get down!” “What are they doing?” Khemu asked, wondering what the bombers were targeting. But upon noticing the bombers descending towards the hospital, Diana’s and Khemu’s hearts sank as they quickly ducked and covered their ears, knowing what was going to happen. And just as they predicted, the TIE Bombers bombed the hospital and other civilian buildings in the area for about a minute. By the time it was all over, Diana and Khemu turned to see what was left of the hospital, stunned to see that all that was left debris. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Final World~ View attachment 50329 Spoiler: BGM Arriving to the Final World, a place that can best be described as a featureless pane with an expansive sea and sky that seems to reach out into infinity, T’Challa walked around until he came across what appeared to be a small cat wearing a cape and a small pink purse around its neck… “Welcome to the Final World. My name’s Chirithy,” Chirithy introduced itself. “T’Challa,” T’Challa replied, introducing himself. “Hmm, guess you’re now officially the new Black Panther,” Chirithy said, “I actually got to meet a lot of your predecessors over many generations, including your dad.” “My father… is he here?” T’Challa asked. “Yep, he’s been waiting for you,” Chirithy replied, “I’m just gonna leave you two alone for now. Don’t wanna butt in on a father-son conversation.” Chirithy then turned into a spark of light, flying away as T’Challa noticed what looked like a star floating towards him. The star then transformed in a flash of light into the physical form of T’Challa’s father, T’Chaka… As they walked towards each other, T’Challa and T’Chaka hugged each other tightly, as T’Challa greeted his father, “Baba.” “My son,” T’Chaka replied. T’Challa then knelt in front of his father while holding on to his hand, overcome with grief as he said, “I am sorry.” “Stand up,” T’Chaka ordered his son, “I am no longer your king.” Doing as he was told, T’Challa got up, and started walking around with his father. “What is wrong, my son?” T’Chaka asked. “I am not ready, Baba,” T’Challa responded. “Have you not prepared to be the Black Panther your whole life?” T’Chaka questioned, “Have you not trained and studied, been by my side?” “That is not what I am talking about,” T’Challa replied, “I am not ready to be without you.” “A man who has not prepared his children for his own death… has failed as a father,” T’Chaka commented, “Have I ever failed you?” “Never,” T’Challa answered, “Tell me how to best save Wakanda and the rest of the world. I want to be great, Baba. Just like you.” “You’re going to struggle,” T’Chaka informed his son, “So you’ll need to surround yourself with people you trust. You’re a good man with a good heart. And it’s hard for a good man to lead.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Irkutsk, Russia - New World Order Facility~ “Over here! Cells A1 and A2,” Nikolai told Finn as they arrived to the location where Natasha said Sabine and Leia were imprisoned, “How are we going to open them?” “Leave it to me,” Finn replied as he summoned his Keyblade, pointing it towards Cell A1. A ray of light was then emitted from the Keyblade, striking the door to Cell A1. Noticing what appeared to be a glowing keyhole appear on the door, Nikolai and Finn heard the sound of a lock unlocking before the glowing keyhole vanished, and the door opened by itself. “Hmm, that’s very useful,” Nikolai commented, “Open the other one.” Nodding, Finn turned towards Cell A2 to do the same thing he just did with A1. Entering Cell A1 while removing his stormtrooper helmet, Nikolai found Sabine, seated as she looked at him… “Huh, was beginning to wonder if you guys were gonna show up,” Sabine commented. “Here, we have to hurry,” Nikolai replied, handing Sabine a spare blaster. Meanwhile, after opening the door to Cell A2 with his Keyblade, Finn entered Leia’s cell, noticing that she was lying down, asleep… As she slowly opened her eyes, Leia noticed Finn, still wearing his Stormtrooper armor as a disguise. “Aren’t you a little short for a Stormtrooper?” Leia questioned. “Huh? Oh, sorry,” Finn apologized as he removed his Stormtrooper helmet, “Leia, it’s me Finn. I’m gonna get you outta here.” “Finn?” a surprised Leia wondered out loud as she quickly got up, with the two sharing a hug. “You’re safe now,” Finn whispered to Leia as they hugged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Alaska - Rebel Hideout~ “Any response?” Bogo questioned one of the Rebels in his base as they were trying to contact Cassian Andor in South Dakota to see if he was successful in his mission or not. “No sir, signal’s gone dead,” the Rebel responded. Sighing, Bogo said, “Squadron up, target the New World Order facility off of Sioux Falls.” “Yes, sir,” the Rebel responded as he dispatched several X-Wing pilots to get ready to fly to South Dakota and target the New World Order facility where Cassian and the others currently were. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts: New World Order Facility~ As Stormtroopers were rushing outside to deal with Kira and the others, Prompto was able to get into one of the computers inside, trying to locate where Jyn’s father would be located. “He should be… down this hall and to the left. Room 217,” Prompto told Jyn and the others. “Good,” Jyn replied, “Let’s go.” Nodding in response, Prompto, Noctis, and Sunburst began following Jyn as she headed towards the room where her father was supposed to be. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Destiny Islands - Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean~ Spoiler: BGM Lucario rushed around the battlefield, dodging blaster fire from Stormtroopers as he used a long green glowing bone to attack Stormtroopers with a Bone Rush attack, while Moana used her Keyblade to deflect incoming blaster fire as well as slash some Stormtroopers with it. As for Lydia, she was focusing on the Cybermen, avoiding their blaster fire while throwing a spare sonic stabilizer she had at them, with the effects of the stabilizer weakening their metal temporarily and allowing Lydia to slice a couple of them with her Keyblade. “Activating pins!” one of the Stormtroopers cried as his arm began to glow, summoning sharp icicles to rise near Moana, Lydia, and Lucario. Jumping out of harm’s way, Moana, Lucario, and Lydia continued trying to avoid getting hit as more icicles were summoned. Meanwhile, another Stormtrooper used the pins in their armor to summon fireballs, trying to throw them at the three. “Ugh, we’re sitting ducks here!” Moana complained as she used her Keyblade to summon a protective Barrier around herself, Lydia, and Lucario, preventing incoming attacks from the Stormtroopers using their pin powers, “We have to get outta here!” “Huh, what’s that?” Lydia questioned, pointing up. Looking at what Lydia was pointing at, Moana noticed a familiar eagle flying above them… “Maui!” Moana happily cried. As he descended towards the battlefield, Maui transformed back to his human form, summoning his Keyblade as he landed right between Stormtroopers and Cybermen… “Stopza!” Maui cried as he raised his Keyblade high, using his Keyblade to temporarily freeze time for the Stormtroopers and Cybermen. Noticing the Cybermen and Stormtroopers all standing still, Lydia, Moana, and Lucario approached Maui, who told them, “Glad I’m not too late.” “Maui, am I glad to see you,” Moana happily said as she shared a hug with her master. “Me too, kid,” Maui replied, “Now let’s get outta here before these guys unfreeze. Your new friends can come along too.” “Thank you,” Lydia thanked Maui, giving him a small bow as she, Maui, Moana, and Lucario quickly left the area. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Rooftop~ “Nothing that hasn’t already been mentioned during morning briefings,” Looker replied to Kiriko as he and the others were finally about to arrive to the rooftop. But upon arriving, there was no sign of Matt, Foggy, nor the Punisher himself anywhere. “What the…?” a surprised Jenny wondered out loud, “B-But they were right here, I swear!” Looking around, Vanitas ordered one of his Stormtroopers, “I want the entire area swept! They couldn’t have gone too far.” “Yes, sir,” the Stormtrooper responded as he left. Meanwhile, another Stormtrooper told Vanitas, “Sir, our eyewitness… seems to have ran off amidst all the confusion.” “Oh, just wonderful…” Vanitas sarcastically remarked as he facepalmed. As for Jenny, she walked around the rooftop, feeling worried about Matt and Foggy as she said to herself, “Matt, Foggy… where are you guys?” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hidden Palace Zone: Mural Room~ As Saphir and Olaf walked around, they noticed Harold Flamel as he was interacting with Hermione, instantly recognizing him from the incident in Japan months ago with Elsa. “Hey, isn’t that…?” Olaf wondered out loud. “Harold Flamel,” Saphir replied as he knelt next to Olaf, finishing his sentence, “He joined the Rebels?” “Seems like it,” Olaf said, “Kinda strange that Elsa disappeared for a second time, and right here is Harold Flamel again. Some coincidence, huh?” “Hmm, perhaps a bit too convenient to be a coincidence,” Saphir replied, “I think we better keep an eye on him. It's very possible he may have a clue to Elsa's and Anna's whereabouts.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor~ “I appreciate the concern, Yang, but I am quite capable of battling,” James replied to Yang after she suggested that James not battle. “Hell if I know,” Lance responded to Yang when she asked about the Inquisitor they saw. Once Tommy and Thomas gave their response, James commented, “Perfect! Dante, Thomas, the two of you can deal with the Stormtroopers. Jessie, Meowth, and myself can deal with the Inquisitor and the Cybermen.” “I know you two would prefer not to battle Cybermen, but…” May told Dante and Thomas as she gave each of them a sonic stabilizer, “Just in case Jessie, James, and Meowth need some help dealing with them.” “Alright, once I have the attention of the Inquisitor and her forces, that’ll be your chance to get on the ship,” James told those who would be getting on the ‘Maribel del Mar’ ship. “Right,” May, Shining Armor, Skye, and Lance replied, all of them nodding. “So, how do you want to go about this, James?” Jessie asked. “Simple,” James replied, whispering something to both Jessie and Meowth, which, given by the look on their faces, they seem to like. “Let’s do it!” Meowth said. Meanwhile, just outside the Maribel del Mar ship where Ruby and her Stormtroopers and Cybermen were… “Ugh, what’s taking them so long?” Ruby complained as she waited. Just then, she noticed a Weezing floating above her and her forces… “What the…?” Ruby wondered out loud. “Weezingweez,” Weezing cried as it used a Smokescreen attack, releasing an obscuring cloud of smoke on the area, causing Ruby to cough from the smoke, while the Stormtroopers' vision was clouded. “What is going on?!” Ruby cried. Looking around, the Cybermen (who weren’t affected by the smoke) detected two individuals standing in front of the group. “You there… identify yourselves,” one of the Cybermen ordered the two individuals as the smoke began to clear up, with Ruby and the Stormtroopers shifting their focus to whomever had the attention of the Cybermen... Spoiler: BGM Prepare for trouble! Make it double! To rescue the world from devastation! To stand up for the weak throughout the nation! To put an end to the New World Order! To extend our reach through every border! Jessie! James! We’re Rebels, faster than the speed of light! Surrender now, or prepare to fight! “Meowth! That's right!” Meowth added as he jumped in and join Jessie and James. “Rebels, huh? This should be interesting,” Ruby commented as she signaled her Stormtroopers and Cybermen to get ready for battle. Little did Ruby and her forces know, however, that while they were focused on Jessie, James, and Meowth, May and the others were able to sneak past the entire group, getting into the ‘Maribel del Mar’ ship undetected. “You three really think you can beat me and my Stormtroopers and Cybermen?” Ruby questioned the trio. “My my, is that a challenge I hear?” Jessie mockingly questioned. “Why yes, I think it is,” James replied. “Then how ‘bout we give her what she wants,” Meowth suggested. “Fine by me,” Jessie replied as she took out two Pokeballs. “Hmph, big mistake,” Ruby said, grinning as the battle was about to begin. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: Rebel Base~ Spoiler: BGM “Oh, hey there, Rey,” Ritchie greeted Rey as she indicated who they’d be partnered up with, “Yup, looks like it.” “There you are,” Riku said as he, Emma, and Mimi joined Rey, Ritchie, and Sparky… “Hey guys,” Ritchie greeted the others, “How do you feel about this mission?” “I just hope Shang’s training will pay off,” Emma commented. “The important thing is to be careful,” Riku added, “Training is one thing, but actually going on a mission is another.” Ritchie, Emma, Sparky, and Mimi all nodded in agreement to what Riku just said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: Rebel Base (Again)~ “Aww, Marco… I was really hoping we’d be going together on this mission,” Star told Marco as the two were going to their respective group. “Yeah, me too, but don’t worry about it too much,” Marco replied, “I’ll be fine, and I know for a fact you’ll be fine too. And besides, perhaps it might be a good thing for you to get to know Thor and Discord better.” "I couldn't agree more, Marco," Discord said as he teleported right in front of Marco and Star, startling Marco… "Woah, Discord, you scared me!" Marco said. "Why thank you. I'm quite flattered," Discord replied. "Hey, Discord!" Star greeted Discord, waving her hand at him. "So, looks like we're all gathered," Thor commented as he approached the group… "I'm sure we'd be quite an interesting group," Thor continued. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: Rebel Base (Again x2)~ “Oh, I’m sure we’ll be able to get along, Serena. Or should I say… Sailor Moon,” Mewtwo responded to Serena. Stunned to hear Mewtwo know that Serena was Sailor Moon, Darien said, “What the… how did you know?” “Do not forget… I am a psychic Pokemon. I can easily detect what others are thinking,” Mewtwo replied semi-truthfully, leaving out the detail where Rini revealed Sailor Moon’s identity to him when she first suspected that Serena was her mother, “For example, reading your mind, I can sense that as of late, you have been having romantic feelings for Serena.” “What?!” Rini cried, shocked to hear that detail about Darien. As for Darien, his face turned red after hearing what Mewtwo revealed about him, scolding him, “Do… you even understand the concept of privacy?!” Grinning, Mewtwo replied, “Well… I suppose I do now.” Before anyone could say another word, Connor appeared in front of all the groups, ready to speak… “Everyone… I suppose by now you have all had the chance to get with your groups, and that we are all ready to invade the local New World Order fortress,” Connor said, “The plan is simple. Groups 4 through 7 will attack the fortress from different sides. Once New World Order forces have been drawn out, Groups 1, 2, and 3 will lead a charge towards the interior of the fortress itself, and hopefully, secure it for the Rebel Alliance. So without further ado, let us begin with the mission. Discord, summon the portals!” “Aye, aye,” Discord replied as he teleported above the groups… Snapping his fingers, Discord summoned small circular portals for each group to pass through in order to transport them to the fortress’s area. And as Discord teleported back to his group, Connor said, “Alright, everyone. Please proceed.” “After you,” Mewtwo told Darien, Serena, and Rini, letting them pass through the portal before him.
~Siwa, Egypt~ “Khemu!” Diana cried as she tried looking for him, wondering where he ran off to. “Diana, over here!” Khemu called out to Diana while he had Senu resting over his arm… “Oh, Khemu, you had me worried,” Diana said as she approached Khemu, relieved to see he was okay. “Sorry I worried you,” Khemu replied, “I had to make sure Senu was alright.” “Looks like she is,” Diana commented, “Anyway, let’s get back to the shelter.” Nodding in agreement, Khemu followed Diana while Senu left Khemu’s arm and was flying along with them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~African Savannah - Xehanort’s Fortress~ Seated in his throne, Master Xehanort was quietly thinking about what he saw in Shalour City, and the vision he had upon grabbing his ancestor’s Keyblade. “Master Xehanort,” Shay greeted Xehanort as he approached him while carrying a large rounded device… “He wishes to speak with you,” Cormac continued. “Very well,” Xehanort replied, “Leave it here.” Nodding, Shay placed the device in the floor on front of Xehanort and pressed a button to activate it. Once he was done, Shay gave a bow to Xehanort before leaving. Xehanort then watched as the device began broadcasting a live hologram of Supreme Leader Al Mualim himself… Spoiler: BGM “Master Xehanort,” Al Mualim greeted Xehanort. “Supreme Leader,” Xehanort replied as he got out of his throne and knelt down to show his respect. “I’ve been told that Shalour City has been retaken,” Al Mualim said, “Well done, my friend.” “Thank you, my liege,” Xehanort replied. “And, I believe there was more to Shalour City than just retaking it… am I correct?” Al Mualim asked. “Yes,” Xehanort replied, “I found the tomb of my ancestor, Sauron.” “Interesting…” Al Mualim commented. “And inside, I located what I believe is my ancestor’s Keyblade, the first Keyblade in existence,” Xehanort replied. “I see…” Al Mualim said, “Yet, I sense that you still feel like you have more to do with this particular quest.” “I won’t lie, there are still more things I must find out,” Xehanort replied, “When I touched my ancestor’s Keyblade, I had a vision of him handing the Keyblade to someone else. He also mentioned something called the Book of Prophecies, and had particular interest in a peculiar black box. What were the purpose of those items, and what significance did they have to the Keyblade and the Keyblade War? I must find out.” “Very well,” Al Mualim said, “Continue on your quest to find answers, Xehanort. And I will make sure to let you know if I find out anything on the items that you mentioned.” “I truly appreciate it, Supreme Leader,” Xehanort replied. As Al Mualim silently nodded, the live hologram of him disconnected. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Somewhere in Sub-Sahara Africa - Rebel Base~ Following the match with Simba, now was the time for the final phase for T’Challa’s coronation ceremony. Inside a room in the Rebel base, T’Challa was lying in a dirt plot, while Zuri prepared a concoction for T’Challa to drink. “So, what happens now?” Thorax asked. “The one who won the match and earned the right to be the new Black Panther will now have the power of the Black Panther given to them from the Heart Shaped Herb,” Nakia answered, “And then they will speak with someone dear to them who has passed. In T’Challa’s case, he will be speaking with the previous Black Panther, his father… T’Chaka.” “Wait… but, T’Challa’s father was killed during the Great Purge… how exactly can that work?” Thorax asked. “There is one way,” Nakia responded, “T’Challa’s heart must meet with the heart of his father, in a place where there is nothing beyond it. A place where the edges of sleep and death touch, and where only hearts can go. That place… is called The Final World.” "Hmm... not sure I fully understand, but okay," Thorax remarked as he scratched his head, confused over what Nakia just told him. Walking over to T’Challa, Zuri poured the concoction he prepared into T’Challa’s mouth as he said, “Allow the Heart Shaped Herb… to restore the powers of the Black Panther… and take you to the Final World.” After T’Challa drank the concoction in its entirety and closed his eyes, Zuri continued, “T’Chaka… we call on you. Come here to your son.” Those in attendance then began to use shovels to bury T’Challa with red sand. “Damaku,” Zuri said (which translates to ‘Praise the ancestors’) as T’Challa was completely buried, with everyone waiting until he got a chance to speak with his father. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ~Irkutsk, Russia - New World Order Facility~ As Finn and Nikolai were walking through a hallway while disguised as Stormtroopers, trying to find where Sabine and Leia were being held, the two heard Natasha as she was contacting them via radio… "Guys, we found Sabine and the other woman's location," Natasha said as Finn and Nikolai listened to her voice, "They're located in the 3rd floor. Cells A1 and A2." "That's above us," Finn commented, "Thanks, Natasha. And be careful. Let's go, Nikolai." Nodding in response, Nikolai followed Finn as the two rushed upstairs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hunan Province, China: Rebel Base~ Spoiler: BGM Spoiler: Long List of Characters “Attention, may I have your attention, please,” Connor announced as he and Ember faced the Rebels, “We will soon be leaving for the fortress for the mission I have told you all about earlier. But before we leave, considering there are many of us, we will be splitting up into smaller groups so that conducting the mission will be much easier and more manageable.” Approaching the Rebels while carrying a stack of papers, Li Shang took one and passed it to another Rebel, saying, “Please take one and pass it to the other.” As the Rebels took a paper from the stack and passed it along, Connor continued, “On the sheet of paper you are receiving is a list of the groups, showing you who you will be teamed up with. Get together with your groups, and prepare for departure.” As Darien and Rini got a sheet containing the list of groups, Darien was shocked to see who he would be teamed up with… Spoiler: List of Groups Group 1 Connor Ember Katniss (and Haymitch) Mulan (and Mushu) Group 2 Darien Rini Serena Mewtwo Group 3 Ritchie (and Sparky) Riku Emma (and Mimi) Rey Group 4 Celestia Luna Marco Lee Group 5 Hiccup (and Toothless) Dick Li Shang Shao Jun Group 6 Discord Thor Star Butterfly Group 7 Chien Po Ling Yao ‘I’m going to get teamed up with… Mewtwo?!’ Darien thought to himself. “So, it seems we will be working together,” Mewtwo told Darien, Serena, and Rini as he approached them. “Hey, Mewtwo!” Rini happily greeted Mewtwo, “Glad we’ll be working together on this mission!” Noticing Darien’s troubled face, Mewtwo said, “I sense you still don’t trust me?” Sighing, Darien replied, “I’m not gonna lie… it’s still hard for me to trust someone who was at one point part of the Crystal Order. But… I suppose… if Connor put you and I together in the same group, then I trust his judgment.” “I cannot change my dark past. All I can do is try to redeem myself with my present actions,” Mewtwo said, “I only hope you can let go of the past as I have.” ‘I really hope Darien starts to trust Mewtwo…’ Rini thought to herself. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts~ Hearing Kira's scream and watching as she and the others beginning to battle Stormtroopers, Sunburst commented, "That's the signal! Let's go!" As the rest in nodded in response, Sunburst and the others ran towards the New World Order facility in order to infiltrate it and rescue Jyn's father. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Outskirts (Again)~ Alone in the fields outside the New World Order facility, Cassian had his weapon on sniper mode, ready to shoot Jyn’s father, Galen Erso, the moment had a clear shot of him in the facility. But as Cassian continued waiting for any sign of Galen in the facility, he began to have second thoughts. Many things crossed his mind at that moment, including having to explain to Jyn that he had killed her father. The more he thought about it, the more he began to feel guilty about what he was planning to do. Eventually, Cassian sighed, realizing this was not the way to go about it, putting his weapon away. Once he heard Kira’s scream, he realized that the others were trying to infiltrate the facility, so he quickly got up and tried to find a way into the facility himself. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~The Capital - Rooftop~ Frank Castle was using his sniper to ward off incoming attacks from Officer Jenny (who was using her megaphone’s Baton mode as a weapon), Matt Murdock (who had a pair of batons himself), and Foggy (who was using his scalchop). “Osha! Osha!” Foggy cried as he jumped and tried to land an attack with his scalchop. Dodging out of the way, Castle kicked Foggy to the side, while using his sniper to block an incoming attack from both Jenny and Murdock (along with their batons). Pushing hard against them, Castle knocked both Jenny and Matt to the ground. Noticing that the two had dropped their batons, Castle quickly kicked the batons and sent them far from Jenny and Murdock. Nevertheless, even without their batons, Matt and Jenny got up, and began trading blows with Frank, each side trying to land a punch or a kick to the other. And as the fight continued, Foggy rushed back to the scene, biting Frank’s leg, causing him to scream in pain. “Let’s finish him!” Matt cried as he and Jenny charged towards Castle. However, Castle quickly kicked Matt using the same leg that Foggy was biting on, causing the Pokemon to let go and fall to the ground next to Matt. As for Jenny, Frank grabbed her by the neck, ready to throw her off the roof of the building. “I really didn’t wanna do this,” Frank told Jenny as she was struggling to break free. But Castle eventually threw Officer Jenny off the roof, and she fell to the alley below. Luckily for Jenny, she was thrown from a small building, and the fall wasn’t that high, so she managed to land semi-safely, even if the impact did hurt her a bit. “Jenny!” Looker cried as he rushed towards her while accompanied by Vanitas and two Stormtroopers… “Are you alright?” Looker asked Jenny as he knelt down near her. “Y-Yeah, I’m fine,” Jenny replied, slowly trying to get up after her fall, “But the Punisher… he’s still up in that roof with Matt and Foggy. We gotta help them!” “Then it’s time we go up and see if this Punisher guy is really worth all the hype,” Vanitas said as he signalled his Stormtroopers to go up to the roof of the building. “We’ll go too,” Looker told Vanitas after helping Jenny up. “Be my guest,” Vanitas replied. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Destiny Islands - Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean~ Spoiler: BGM Arriving to the shore of the island they were in with Lydia and Lucario, Moana commented, "Was hoping they'd be here sooner." "Who?" Lydia questioned, wondering who or what Moana was referring to. "Our ride out of here," Moana replied as she turned around and saw Stormtroopers and Cybermen running towards the three… "Guess we have no choice but to fight," Moana said as she summoned her Keyblade. "I'll fight as well," Lydia replied as she summoned her Keyblade as well, "Name's Lydia, by the way." "Moana," Moana said, returning the favor by introducing herself. The two then nodded to each other as Lucario joined them, ready to battle the incoming Stormtroopers and Cybermen. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Hidden Palace Zone: Mural Room~ Both Olaf and Saphir were confused by the group's appearance, not knowing who they were or what they were after. But there were a few things Saphir was able to pick up. For one, he realized that the boy in red overalls was Mario, and the one with green overalls was Luigi, both of whom he remembers hearing Astral mention a lot before. 'So… these are the famous Mario and Luigi brothers that Astral talks about all the time,' Saphir thought to himself, 'Funny… they don't look as scary as Astral describes them. Either way, I know Elsa and Anna must be here somewhere, and since the group includes Mario and Luigi, they must be Rebels. Guess that's why they consider Astral an enemy.' "Olaf, can you come over here for a second?" Saphir asked his snowman friend. "Sure," Olaf replied as he followed Saphir towards a corner in the room, "So, any idea what's going on?" "No clue," Saphir responded as he knelt next to Olaf. "Oh good, thought it was just me," Olaf commented. "Still, I think they're Rebels," Saphir quietly whispered to Olaf, "If that's the case, then maybe the Rider and Power Ranger who took Elsa and Anna might be among them." "Huh, you think so?" Olaf asked. "It's possible," Saphir replied, "If we find them, then we might be one step closer to reuniting with Elsa and Anna." "So, what do you suggest?" Olaf asked. "Just… act naturally for now," Saphir answered. "No problemo," Olaf said as he nodded. Once the two left the corner of the room, they casually walked around as Saphir said, "Don't mind me and my friend, Olaf. Just checking out this room like the rest of you." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor: The ‘Maribel del Mar’~ Having arrived to the ‘Maribel del Mar’ ship, Jemma began searching for Donnie Gill, horrified by the sight of crew members all around having been frozen to death. “Hello? Donnie?” Jemma called out for Donnie as she was walking around the engine room, wondering if he was still inside the ship, “I-I'm looking for... I'm looking for Donnie Gill. Hello? You may not remember me.” As Simmons continued exploring the area, she found Donnie Gill emerging from the shadows, walking towards her… “Agent Simmons?” a surprised Donnie greeted Jemma, remembering her from when she saved his life. “Donnie. It's nice to see you again,” Jemma replied. “Who... who sent you?” Donnie questioned, “The Rebels? The New World Order? What... what side did you end up on?” “I'd like to think I'm on your side,” Jemma replied. “Get close to him,” Rubeus’s voice told Jemma on her earpiece… “Convince him you want to help,” Rubeus’s voice continued. “I saved your life once. I heard you were in trouble,” Jemma told Donnie, who seemed to be curious as to what she was about to say, “Please, I... I need you to hear me out.” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~San Diego, California - Harbor~ Over at the San Diego harbor, New World Order forces have arrived, standing guard outside the Maribel del Mar ship, under the command of the Inquisitor known as Ruby. Watching from a distance while hiding were May and her fellow Rebels, who were disappointed to see the New World Order arrive before them... “Dammit, we're not alone,” May complained. “Not what I hoped, but not unexpected,” Shining Armor replied, “We’re gonna have to figure out a way in.” “Hey, I have an idea,” James suggested, “I can have my Weezing use Smokescreen to distract them while the rest of you get on the ship.” “But James… the Cybermen ain’t gonna get affected by the Smokescreen. They can see through it,” Meowth told James. “Well, luckily, I do have some spare sonic stabilizers to make them prone to damage,” James replied, “But, admittedly, I do think I would need some help battling all those guys. If I’m being honest, I can’t take them all on my own.” “How about we split up then?” Lance suggested, “Half of us deal with these guys here, while the other half infiltrates the ship.” “Not a bad idea,” Shining Armor said. “So guys, how do you wanna go about this?” Skye asked Tommy and Thomas, wanting to hear their opinion.
