Goofy hung his head in worry at Max's story. Things were worse than he thought. Maybe a fight with Maleficent was inevitable. He'd have to find a way to free whatever soldiers were still alive.
Meanwhile Donald sighed and put his hand on top of Louie and Huey's heads. "
It's alright boys, but it's not safe here anymore. We made quite a racket a second ago, so it's only a matter of time before the Heartless get here. You and Uncle Scrooge gotta get somewhere safe. We're gonna fix all of this."
Goofy heard Donald and nodded in agreement. He placed his hands on his son's shoulders. "
You gotta keep all our friends here safe. Me and Donald got work to do. Just try to avoid Heartless, no matter what." He hugged his son. "
I love you Maxie." With that Donald and Goofy looked towards Kairi and Oswald and nodded. "
Hope you guys are ready." Donald said. opening the door to the damp tunnel below. Donald drank an Ether and cast a fire spell at the end of his wand like a torch to lead the group through.
The tunnel was long, but luckily it was just a straight shot to the Hall of the Cornerstone. It seemed Maleficent hadn't discovered this path. As they walked Goofy contemplated what he could do to counter-attack on the witch and save his soldiers. If she'd done what she had done to Max and the others, the soldiers were likely not still in the dungeon. The castle would undoubtedly be crawling with Heartless, so recon would be nearly impossible. He'd confer with Kairi on what they should do after they'd successfully gotten Donald and Oswald into the past.
They finally reached the end of the tunnel. "
Here goes nothin'" Donald said. He climbed up a small ladder that led to a secret stone door in the floor of The Hall of the Cornerstone. As he popped his head up, he saw that the room was filled to the brim with at least 40 Soldier Heartless. All of them turned their heads toward him as Donald stared back awkwardly. He then simply chuckled, "
Hey, how's it goin'?" He said trying in vain not to incur the Soldiers wrath. They all suddenly leaped at him when he unleashed a Magnega to hold all of the Heartless up. He then unleashed a massive Donald Flare, destroying all of the Heartless suspended in the air in one fell swoop. Once they were all gone, an exhausted Donald called down to the group, "
It's all good." signaling them to come up.