((Everyone's done a truly amazing job here.  And the Mistodon pic is fixed now.))<br/><br/>Legion didn't have the speed or the endurance to withstand such a powerful blast, but despite the summon's efforts, the ball of corpses still hovered over the castle, several dozen feet away and missing two parts of its corpse covering that acted as both an endless supply of zombies as well as a shield to defend its core.  It would have to push itself back above the castle to start dropping its horde upon the heroes again, but Legion wasn't the only one in trouble.  Ultimecia herself had exhausted herself, bringing that foul being from across the planes of existence to this one, but she grinned to herself as she thought she saw something shoot across to the mountains she had made her temporary base during her summoning spell.  If someone had indeed made that impossible jump, she'd have to either stand her ground or flee, and she was in no condition to truly hold her own against anyone at the moment.  Time magic not withstanding, she needed to leave, now.  At least she would have if not for her desire to see this through to the end, and so she stayed, calling several groups of creatures to defend her position while she regained her strength.  Mistodons, Bandersnatches, and more stood guard around the powerful sorceress, blocking off all entrances to her cliff which overlooked the lake, at least from a ground assault anyway.<br/><br/>Making his way to the garden area, Riku just caught the tail end of Aphie's back end as she ran ahead, leaving him to deal with more enemies in the form of another wave of zombies.  These were the currently last batch of them before Legion had been pushed back hard by the King of Summons, a blast that few in the castle could have missed given the loud roar if nothing else it had let loose.  Riku however pays it little mind as he holds his keyblade above his head, and soon, a dark blue light surrounds him as he powers up for one hell of a darkness based barrage.  "Let's go!"  He shouts out right before shooting forward, slicing through two of the zombies but he disappeared into a portal before coming out in another direction, taking out one this time on his pass through the garden area.  Several more quick teleports and straight shot forward sees every enemy slain, but that wasn't the end as several electrical like blasts shoot out of the ground upon his return to the middle of the area, shredding them further.  Now he was clear to move onto the roof and deal with that thing face to face unless someone got there first.  Zidane gave Aphie a wink and a nod as he followed close behind the SOLDIER, ready to lend a hand the moment she asked or when an opportunity presented itself.  "Just say the word.  I got your back."