End Of Our Worlds? Not today Chapter 15

Story by DiceVolti on SoFurry

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#15 of EOOW? NT


Seeing the vampires being unsure on how to approach their opponent, Mickey takes advantages to charge up his body. Each second that passes, his body slowly turns to a tint of cyan blue, his wings retracting in his body. Surprisingly, he does not need wings to fly around just because of the sheer amount of static energy his body is releasing and it is starting to show in the air around him with bright, thin filaments. One of the vampire's shapes back into a cloud of bats and flies straight into the static field to reach the mouse but each bat is either cut in half or badly wounded by the static filaments.

The other vampires grit their fangs at the sheer brutal massacre in front of them but they are far from backing down. They just watch and a smile slowly appears on their faces, confusing Mickey in the process. The mouse hears a warning from Riku and turns around to notice a bloodied dragon flying straight to him. 'Crap' Mickey though as he flies upward, with the dragon and now a flock of vampires hot on his tail; Riku and Sora struggling to catch up, their energy clearly running out.

"I know who you are little mouse. If I kill you, no one will be able to close the gate, right?" Maleficent screams before breathing out a cascade of fire, nearly getting Mickey if it was not for his quick reflexes. "I'm going to eat you...or I'll wait the vampires get you." With that, Mickey watches on his left's blind spot to see the cloud of bats closing on him, the only thing he can do is to keep going up as high as he can. He takes a few seconds to spot Riku and Sora who were far in the back and he then has a crazy idea, that could work and hopefully, the duo would catch on it. He suddenly changes direction in a full hundred-eighty degrees and dives at high speed down back to the ground and Riku and Sora. He manages to pass the bats but not Maleficent, who was quick to react by using her claws in hopes to catch the mouse. The mouse doesn't know what hit him but he feels a sharp pain in the upper part of him torso all the way down to his lower ribs; the impact sending him out of control as he falls. He yells in agony and struggles to concentrate on what is going on around him and he feels his wings growing back on his back as his previous little transformation fades out.

The world around him fades out as the pain overtake his senses. 'the pain...unbearable...no...don't pass out...do not pass out...' he keeps on repeating in his head, fighting the urge to sleep and rest from the pain. He forces his eyes to open and he is glad to see that Sora and Riku passed him up to defend him, clashing again with Maleficent, sadly the vampires are still after him. Mickey casts a basic lightning strike spell and hits a few bats in the process, 'that has to slow them down if I strike them all.' He says as he casts the spell repeatedly right before disappearing in a flash of a lightning strike.

Mickey is now beside the gate again, resting a bit and tending to his wound. It is a nasty injury and really deep one, he is losing a lot of blood, especially for a mouse. He heals the most important part of his wound, preventing to die from blood loss, he has to keep his mana for the gate. He is surprised at the sheer amount of mana he possesses; however, his body feels like he is at his limit. 'not used to this I guess' he sighs as he struggles to link again with the gate once again. His concentration is cut short by surprise attack from behind by a werewolf but a bullet finds the creature's brain before a claw can hit the mouse. The mouse sigh in relief and continues the mana transfer looking around to find his brother with a smoking gun pointing his way.

"Keep on going bro, you got this...what a mess...and you are welcome." Oswald says as he fires his guns at every foes who dares to walk in his direction. His attention turns back to his group. He sees his beloved wife fighting along with Daisy and Sylvia. The trio are shooting each consecutively making sure that two people can shoot and cover the third one reloading. 'they are doing just fine' he smiles.

Goofy is back to back with Donald, coordinating everything by often switching positions, often doing melee combos and finishers in synchro. "Nice guys, you sure hang around a lot in the past, it shows. I don't want to be at the end of this bullet though." he teases, trying to lighten up the mood a bit.

"Heh I doubt anybody wants to be at the end of a bullet." Donald quacks, panting as he shoots down a vampire in the sky. "That makes it fifteen for me." He says happily.

"I'm at fourteen, right behind you fella." Goofy grins as he kills another vampire. "Never mind, fifteen. It's a tie now." Goofy laughs once he hears a grunt from Donald.

Oswald nearly facepalms with his guns. He has completely forgot about that small rivalry going on once those two are on a battlefield. Their favorite game? Who can kill the most enemies before the end of the battle. "Guys, keep an eye out on Mickey, he nearly got mauled by werewolf a few seconds ago. By the way, his enchantments are doing wonders." He comments.

"Yeah," Goofy agrees while ducking from a werewolf swipe before shooting it in the right eye socket, the bullet piercing the back of the head along with bits of brain. "The damages, the speed, it's scary. I'll thank him once the battle is over." Goofy looks around to find Mickey and spots him easily, the glow giving him away quickly. "Got him, I'll try to get close to him. Donald, you following?"

"Eeeyup" is the only answer Donald gives to his friend and the duo slowly makes their way to Mickey.

Oswald scans the battlefield for any potential danger or opportunity to help a fellow fighter, gunner or mage. The whole plain is a mess, spells of any kind are flying around the place, some hitting their marks, some missing completely. Swordsman are doing their best in duos or trios on one enemy and the sound of guns, the sweet sound of guns going off constantly. He notices the cloud of bats, moving around, ignoring everybody. 'must be looking for Mickey, that's not going to happen.' He puts his gun away and grabs the crossbow he made right before leaving his house. 'ooooff heavy, I'll have to do something about that.' He arms it with a silver bolt and steadies his aim; in his horror, the bats speeds up straight on Mickey. 'Well fuck, they found him.' He shoots the bolt, hitting a bat straight in the belly. 'aims like a charm though.' He smiles faintly as he grabs another bolt and arms his crossbow again and shoots. The bolt gets another bat down but almost hit Ortensia's leg; she looks at the bolt and scans the area to see her husband with the crossbow.

" Watch out , YOU NUMPTY , you almost got me!!!!" She shouts at him, her arms flailing around.

"I'm sorry, the bats are going for Mickey, stop them, do something before they reach him." He points at the cloud flying past her.

"On it." She aims and shoots gusts of four, taking down a few bats in the process. "Daisy! Sylvia!" The two girls catch on quickly and shoots the bats who are now trying to swerve away from the bullets. "They are going to reach him. Dammit, Mickey!!"

Minnie appears out of nowhere between Mickey and takes out the remaining bats with her sniper rifle. 'That was close, to close.' She thinks as she gives a thumb up to Oswald and the girls; who gives her a thumb up in return. She notices the gate's glow fading away and another deafening sound comes out of the gate but this time, the sound was much lower. The doors from the gate closes violently and cracks starts to appear on the gate. Mickey turns away from the gate and runs in the opposite direction yelling " RUN! RUN! THE GATE IS ABOUT TO BLOW UP!!!" Needless to say, that everybody already knows what is happening as they are all running away. The creatures who are originating from the gate, falls down without warning, like ragdolls. Minnie and Oswald slow down to give Mickey time to catch up.

"What is happening Mickey? Why is the door reacting like that?" Minnie asks, panting heavily.

"I have my idea on it. The rune on the door...I felt a huge part of my mana being sucked at once by it and I think that was way too much for the rune and it set the gate in auto destruction mode or something."

The gate keeps on humming loudly until a blast can be heard from miles away, debris of the gate flying high in every direction. The group finally stops their sprint and turns around to see the damages. The gate is no more, only debris and ruins can be seen and a massive patch of burned grass. The whole army releases clamors of victory.

"I cannot believe it! We did it!" Minnie exclaims happily, hugging her friends, Daisy and Silvya.

"I know right!?" Daisy answers back happily.

Ortensia and Oswald are having their little moment, celebrating with Donald and Goofy. Mickey however is not celebrating yet at least. His eyes are captivated by the clouds. He knows he saw Riku and Sora following Maleficent through the clouds, but they are no where to be seen now; 'maybe they need help.' He guesses as he extends his wings.

"Where are you going Mickey?" Minnie grabs his right arm, her face vibrant with happiness.

"Sora...Riku, I haven't seen them come back and Maleficent is still a threat. I have to see if they are doing well." Mickey looks at her, anxiously.

"Be careful Mickey." Yen Sid appears behind him. "Your body has a hard time keeping up with your mana. If your body screams at you to stop, stop right there. Remember, you are still recovering from your sleep."

"I'll be careful." Mickey flaps his wings and takes off to the place where he saw the duo and villain last. He takes a last glance backward to take a look at a scared expression on Minnie and Oswald's face. "I'm coming back, I promise."