Rogue Crew(Old Version)

Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Neighborhood

Hueco Mundo, Night

Sand, sand, sand. That was all Sora could see so far in this world. Sometimes he could spot a rock or bare tree, but other than that this place is lifeless. Not a single soul to be found or heard besides, Sora and his little group. Speaking of which, they were sticking close to him. Crona more so than Haelth. Haelth was looking around the place wanting to explore but was smart enough not to go on her own and kept in Sora's sight. Crona, on the other hand, was way too close to Sora, which made him uncomfortable. He wasn't touching him or anything but was close enough that he could feel his breath on the back of his neck.

"Hey, Crona," Crona looked up and stopped when Sora spoke.

"Y-yes?"

Sora sighed, "Can you back away from me a bit? Your kind of crowding me here." Crona flinched and took a couple of steps back from the keyblader.

"S-sorry." He apologized, looking down.

Sora felt bad when Crona had that sad look on his face. However, before Sora could say anything to Crona, Haelth's voice called out to them.

"Hey, guys! I found a cave!" Both of them turned to where Haelth was pointing at. Sure enough, there was a cave there that was big enough to house all of them.

"Good work Haelth!" Sora said enthusiastically as he and the others walked to it. "We can rest here until morning, and then maybe we can find someone to help us," Sora explained his plan to the others. At least that what Sora hoped that would happen.

As they walked into the cave there was a little light. So Sora stopped at the mouth of the cave and cast fire. Flames dance around the tip of the keyblade and lit up the dark cave. Haelth and Crona got behind Sora as they headed deeper into the cave.

Everything was going well for the group until they heard a growl come from deeper underground.

"Grrruuaaarrr..."

"Um...did anyone else hear that?" Haelth said quietly as her eyes darted.

The hairs on Sora's neck stood up. What was something in the cave with them?

"What do we have here?" Yellow peeked through the darkness. While they can't see the whole body of whatever that thing is, they felt it shake the cave when it moved. "It would seem that a couple of little snacks walked into my house. I guess lady luck is smiling at me today."

Suddenly the thing darted forward, with its mouth opened wide to swallow them whole!

The only reason why Sora, Haelth, and Crona lived to tell the tale was that Sora throws the fireball in the monster's mouth. The monster stops its attack and coughed uncontrollably.

That's when the gang took that moment to get the hell out of there.

"Run!" Sora shouted, pushing the others in front of him.

"Oh God! Oh God!" Crona cried as he runs from the monster.

"Sora was that a Heartless?!" Haelth asked him while she was running away from the monster.

"I don't think so! I never met a Heartless that can talk before!" Sora explained as they ran out of the cave.

Just then the cave exploded, throwing the gang off their feet.

Sora quickly got back on his feet and summoned his keyblade. The monster, freed from the cave tried to stab him with its claw but Sora jumped out of the way. He twisted his body while in mid-air and slammed his keyblade down at the monster's arm, hard. It yelped and Haelth, who had summoned her spear, shot an electric ball at the monster's right eye, knocking the monster down.