Kingdom Hearts Jedi Keyblade Knight 358/2 Days

Chapter Twenty-One: Love

~ Day 171 ~

Love

(The World That Never Was)

Racydex entered the Grey Area and looked around. She saw Axel, Luxord, Xigbar, and Demyx in the room, but they did not see Xen. "Little buddy? I wonder." Xigbar asked. "Xen? He left, man. What, you missed him again?" Axel asked. "Hunting missions are seriously not my scene..." Demyx stated. "Guess I missed him." Racydex sighs. "I hope I run into him later, when I get back from my mission." Racydex suggested. The girl approached Saïx for her mission."Racydex, you are to leave for the Beast's Castle and vanquish the Heartless that has surfaced there. You have targets to eliminate. Get it done." Saïx says. Racydex nodded her heads in acknowledgement and she set off to carry out her mission of the day.

(Beast's Castle)

Racydex steps out of a dark corridor, arriving at the Beast's Castle, inside the ballroom. At the moment of his arrival, he hears a loud roar throughout the castle. "Graaaaaaaaaugh!" A voice roars. The roar gave Racydex a good startle. "Whoa! That's the Beast. Did something happen?" Racydex says. She looks ahead at the ballroom doors across from her. "Sounded like it came from outside." Racydex says. Wanting to investigate, Racydex heads out of the ballroom and into the entrance hall. She then proceeds outside to the courtyard where she heard the Beast roar again. This time it was much louder."Graaaaaaaaaugh!" The Beast roars. "That sounded close... By the bridge!?" Racydex says. The young teen looks ahead at the gates to the bridge and began walking across the courtyard. But before she could proceed any further, something came flying over the gate, causing Racydex to look up. "Huh?" Racydex says. The Beast comes falling over the gate and crashes into the courtyard. Apparently, he was fighting some Heartless on the bridge. But Racydex was shocked to see that the Beast was knocked unconscious.. "What could do this to him?" Racydex asks shocked. Racydex turns his attention toward the bridge and decides to step in and confront whatever was out there. "What...what's out there?" Racydex thought to herself. When she comes out onto the bridge and to the archway to the bridge, she was met with a large mechanical Heartless. This was the Infernal Engine. Riding on top of the Heartless were three smaller Heartless known simply as Archers. Racydex took a couple of steps back as the Infernal Engine slowly rolled towards her.

Eventually, it stopped mid-way on the bridge. Racydex summoned her Keyblade into her hand and she got into battle stance as she prepared to face the Infernal Engine and it's Archers. The Infernal Engine opens it's jagged mouth and a large hammer comes out right over Racydex. Reacting quickly, the young teen leaps over to the right, dodging the hammer. The hammer rises up and smashes down on Racydex' position. Again, she dodges the hammer, rolling over to the left. The hammer continues smashing the ground, aiming for Racydex wherever she stood while she continued to dodge it. Eventually, the hammer retracts back into the Heartless. Racydex charges at the Infernal Engine and goes on the offensive. First, she attacks the Heartless with a thrusting strike, an upward and downward slash, a left and right slash, and a spinning slash. Next, she follows up with a magic attack, launching three fireballs at the Heartless with a swing of her Keyblade. Then, she strikes the Infernal Engine with a somersault slash and an overhead strike.

The three Archers shoot their arrows at Racydex, but she manages to deflect them with his Keyblade. The Infernal Engine opens its maw again and a cannon emerges, taking aim at Racydex. The young teen braced himself as the cannon pointed itself at him. Within moments, the cannon shoots a fireball, sending it flying towards Racydex. Racydex quickly jumps and rolls over to the left, making the fireball miss. Three more fireballs were shot forth, but Racydex knocks each of them away with a swing of her Keyblade. A fifth and final fireball was launched and Racydex braced herself. As she watched the fiery projectile close in on her, she came up with an idea. Racydex brought her Keyblade up and over her right shoulder, holding it like a bat. As soon as the fireball came into reach, Racydex swings her Keyblade, sending the fireball back at the Heartless. The fireball hits the three Archers that were on top of the Infernal Engine, blasting them into oblivion. With the three lesser Heartless took care of, Racydex focuses her attention on the large Heartless in front of her.