Re: Obliviónis Tredecim (DDD Spoilers, Post KH3) Ch.9 part 3
Terra was the first of the warriors to awaken. When he woke up he noticed that his wounds had healed completely. He thought that it was odd that his body was healed, especially since he hadn’t used a cure spell. Then he smelled a familiar scent seeping out of his skin. He recognized the scent as darkness. He assumed that his body was able to absorb Tonitrus’ dark based attacks. However Kain and Ceodore didn’t have that luxury. They were still passed out, and their wounds were still open; and showed no signs of healing.
Terra walked over to them and cast cure, but the something was different about the spell. Instead of the normal green flowers that would appear, they were dark purple instead. Terra took a moment and realized why the spell was different. He realized that since he could control his darkness all of spells changed to dark based spells. And because Tonitrus’ attacks were dark based the spell couldn’t heal them.
Since Terra didn’t know anyone in the world that could heal his new friends, he decided to take them to Radiant Garden. There he would have Aqua heal them; he owed them that much. He threw both of them over his shoulders and summoned a corridor of light. He walked into the corridor, but when he did so he noticed something. He saw a man with long white hair watching him vanish in the light.
Terra appeared inside of Radiant Garden’s library. There Riku was sitting on the ground next to one of the book shelves. He was flipping through one of the world’s oldest books, looking for a way to increase his power. However he quickly closed the book upon seeing Terra holding the two injured warriors.
“What happen?” Riku asked. Terra told his successor about how he defeated his darkness, up to when he Kain, and Ceodore were defeated by Tonitrus. “Lay them down, I’ll heal them.” Terra did as Riku asked. The young Keyblade Master summoned his blade, and held it above Kain and Ceodore. “Curaja.” As Riku spoke a large translucent flower appeared above the two warriors. Two vines fell down from the flower and into Kain and Ceodore. When the vines made contact the warrior were covered ina green mist. Then just as it appeared the mist and the flower vanished.
“Will they be okay?” Terra asked. He wondered if Riku’s spell was strong enough to heal Kain and Ceodore’s wounds.
“Look.” Riku said while pointing at the two; their wounds were slowly healing.
“Good.” This helped ease Terra’s mind. He didn’t like that Kain and Ceodore had been hurt because of him. Riku then smiled at Terra. “What?” Terra hadn’t he slightest idea why Riku was smiling at him.
“It feels good doesn’t it? Knowing that you don’t have to be afraid of it anymore.” Of course Riku was talking about Terra’s darkness.
Terra knew what Riku was talking about. “Yeah, I use to think that the darkness wasn’t supposed to exist in my heart. But now I realize that the darkness belongs in my heart, just as the light does.”
Riku was glad that Terra had accepted the darkness. “I’m glad to hear you say that. I know it isn’t an easy thing to accept.” Riku knew that the road to acceptance wasn’t an easy one.
“Yes, it wasn’t easy, but now I’m ready.”
“For what?” When Riku spoke, Terra smiled. He knew what Terra’s answer was going to be.
Riku smiled back and the two spoke in unison. “To protect what matters.”
In the town around Radiant Garden, Kairi and Naminé were taking Xion clothes shopping. They both figured it would good way for them to bond with Xion and make her feel welcome. Kairi had changed into her normal clothes. She wore a black and pink sleeveless halter top with two pink intersecting belts over her chest, black shorts, and a pair of pink shoes. Running across her hips and down her left leg was a long pink cloth. And of course she wore her necklace with a white bead. She based her new attire off of Aqua's old clothes. She did this to honor the person who gave her the Keyblade and more importantly, guided her to Sora.
“So what kind of clothes do you like?” Kairi asked. Even she had to admit that it was a girly question.
“I don’t know?” Xion said quietly. “I’ve always worn my black coat.” The Organization never had a very diverse wardrobe to choose from.
“Maybe we should just look around until you find something you like.” Naminé suggested.
While Xion appreciated Kairi and Naminé spending time with her, she had only one thing on her mind. “Where are Roxas and Axel?” She asked.
“Roxas is with Ven. And I don’t know where Lea is.” Kairi replied. She did think it was odd that no one had seen or heard from Lea since The Forgotten arrived.
“Lea?” Xion inquired. She wasn’t aware that Lea had been made whole again.
“Axel’s original name. After he died he was reborn as his original persona.” Naminé said.
“Oh.” Xion was saddened that she had missed so much.
Kairi saw thisa nd decided to cheer her up. “I’m sure Roxas and Lea will come here eventually. Then you three can catch up.”
“I’m sure they both can’t wait to see you again.” Naminé chimed in.
Their words helped lift Xion’s spirits. “Thank you.”
A few hours later, outside of Radiant Garden’s wall, Atra appeared out of a dark corridor. Since the city had been restored a barrier had been set up that nullified all dark powers. This was done to keep Heartless out, but it also made it so corridors of darkness couldn’t be used to enter the city. Through Sora’s memories Atra was made aware of this, which was why appeared outside of the city.
He knew that what he sought was inside the castle. However he knew that with the barrier affecting his abilities he wouldn’t be able to take on all of the warriors inside. So he came up with a plan that would allow him to slip inside unnoticed. He snapped his fingers and one-hundred Darkside Heartless appeared behind him. He then focused his power and fired a sphere of darkness at the city’s wall. When the sphere made contact it created a gigantic explosion; destroying an eighth of the entire wall. Atra knew that this would get thewarriors attention. With that he walked into the city and leaped onto the rooftops. He then hopped from house to house heading straight for the castle.
Inside the castle, Riku and Terra had moved Kain and Ceodore to one of the castle’s rooms. As they were talking, they felt the shock that came from Atra’s attack. “What!?” Riku cried. “Have The Forgotten come?” He didn’t expect The Forgotten to come so soon, but he knew he didn’t have time to think. “Terra, you go see what’s going on. I’ll protect the princesses.” Riku knew that the princesses’ safety took priority over anything else.
“What about them?” Terra could see that Kain and Ceodore hadn’t fully recovered.
“They’ll be fine, their probably in the safest place.” Riku figured that if The Forgotten had arrived they wouldn’t go out of their way to attack Kain and Ceodore.
“You’re right.” Riku’s words put Terra’s mind at ease. He then summoned a corridor of light and disappeared.
Riku then summoned his own corridor. “Riku!” Before Riku could enter his corridor he turned to see Mickey running up to him. “The castle’s under attack!” Like Riku, Mickey was surprised that The Forgotten would attack so soon.
“I know I’m going to find the princesses.” Riku knew that he didn’t have time to converse with his friend. He was about to enter his corridor but Mickey stopped him.
“I’ve hidden them in The Chamber of Repose, but I couldn’t find Kairi.”
“I’ll find her and protect the others. You go and help the others in the town.” Mickey nodded at Riku, and the young man departed.
Riku arrived at the edge of town. There, Kairi, Naminé, and Xion were staring at the damageAtra had caused. As they looked on, they all thought that something was off. The Heartless weren’t attacking at all; they were just standing there.
“Kairi!” Riku cried. “You have to get out of here!”
“No! I’m going to stay and fight!” Kairi yelled while summoning her Destiny’s Embrace Keyblade.
“The others can take care of this. I need to get you to safety.” Riku was trying to think of way to convince Kairi to come with him.
“NO! I’m not going to sit back while others fight for me!” Kairi cried. She meant what she said. She didn’t want anyone to get hurt while trying to protect her. Instead she was choosing to fight for herself.
Riku respected her resolve, but he knew that if The Forgotten had arrived he wouldn’t be able to protect her and fight at the same time. “Kairi…I’m sorry.” Riku knew he had to get her to safety, even if he had to do it by force. He disappeared in a flash, and appeared behind Kairi. He then struck Kairi in the back of her neck, knocking her unconscious. As she began to fall, Riku quickly caught her.
Xion and Naminé stared in disbelief. They didn’t expect him to harm Kairi in anyway.
“I had to. Words wouldn’t convince her to come with me.” Riku then let out a slight chuckle. “Ig uess she got that from Sora.” He then summoned a corridor of light. “If you want to, you can come with.” The two girls nodded and entered the corridor with Riku.
Elsewhere, Atra arrived in Radiant Garden’s computer room. He figured that if there was any information about the heart, it would be there. He stepped in front of the computer and typed in the word heart. Although he was in no way tech savvy, through Sora’smemories he was able to know the basics. As he typed a large red X appeared on the screen, and a voice spoke.
“Un authorizeduser detected. Proceeding with voice and facial scan.” When the voice finished a beam came out the screen and went down Atra’s face.
The light was bright enough to blind Atra was moment. “What was that?” Atra said with a hint of discomfort.
“Voice and facial scan complete. Welcome Sora, how may I assist you today?” The voice asked.
Atra figured that voice commands were added to make using the computer easier; probably for Sora. “Computer, tell me how a heart is created.”
“Certainly. The heart is born from an acumulation of experiences and emotions. It is possible for anything to grow a heart; whether it is a person or object. Did that answer your question?”
“Yes.” Atra realized that he didn’t need for his comrades to search for strong hearts. They would instead grow their own. He even noticed that some of the members were showing signs of having a heart. Since his question had been answered Atra was about to leave, but then he noticed something. He saw that there was somethingstill open on the computer. He clicked on it and another red X appeared on the screen.
“I am sorry Sora, you need a password to access this file.”
Atra was about to leave again, but then he saw the name of the file: THE FORGOTTEN. That word alone was enough to incite Atra’s curiosity. He wanted to know just what his enemies knew about him and his comrades.
“Computer, is there a way to access this file without a password?”
“I suppose you could try and access the data directly. But I cannot guarantee anything.”
“How would I do that?”
“By going to the Grid of course.”
Atra knew about the Grid through Sora’s memories. Even he had to admit that a world existing inside a computer was an interesting concept. “Send me inside.”
“Certainly.”Atra then began to hear the computer start to hum. He turned around and was immediately hit by a beam of light.
Next thing he knew, Atra was in the Grid. The first thing he noticed was that the world was fairly dark, except for the lights coming from the large city. Since the defeat of the original Organization the world had received a major overhaul. Atra then noticed that his clothes had changed. The chains on his coat, and the coats insides were glowing light blue.
Atra then heard the computers voice again. “Sora, this will guide you to the data.” When thev oice finished, a light blue polyhedral shaped program flew up to Atra’s side.
“What is this?”Atra asked.
“This is Bit, he is an old program. He will guide you to the I/O Tower.”
“Where do I need to go?” Atra asked. But the program didn’t respond. “Do you know the way?”
“Yes!” As Bit spoke it turned into orange octahedron, and then quickly turned back to itsoriginal form.
Atra thendecided to test a theory. “Is your name Tron?” He decided to use the name of the only other program he knew of.
“No!”
Atra realized that Bit could only answer yes or no questions. “Can you take me to the I/O Tower?”
“Yes!” Bit then began to fly off toward the city. Atra followed suit, and began to follow the simplistic program.
When he arrivedi n the city he stared at the sleek and bright architecture. He then looked at the all the programs roaming the street. They, walked, talked, and acted just like normal people. In fact, if Atra didn’t know any better he wouldn’t believe that they were made of data. Atra didn’t let his thoughts distract him, and continued to follow Bit. He continued to walk until he came before a large tower in the center of the city.
“Is this it?” Atra asked.
“Yes!” Bit replied.
Atra walked up to the tower, and large door lifted upward. He and Bit walked inside the large empty room. In the distance Atra could see a terminal at the end of the room. He walked over to the terminal and typed in THE FORGOTTEN. When he did so a large screen appeared above the terminal, and lights on the floor and walls turned on. Then the file came up on the screen. As with before a red X appeared on the screen. Atra thought for a moment, and then thought of a way to access the data. He placed his hand on the terminal and sent a pulse of darkness through it. When he did this the lights on the floors turned dark purple, and the file opened.
Atra then recalled the Heartless he had released. “You’ve bought me enough time.” Atra said while snapping his fingers. He then turned his attention back to the screen, and he was a little disappointed at what he found. “This is it?”
"Sora?" Atra turned around to see a familiar security program.
Back in Radiant Garden, Leon, Yuffie, Terra, and Mickey were battling the many Darkside Heartless. Although numbers weren’t on their side, the warriors were able to slay about half of the creatures. In fact, the warriors found the creatures to be rather weak. Regardless they kept fighting until only ten of the Heartless remained. Terra focused the darkness into his blade and was about to finish the battle, but before he could strike the Heartless disappeared.
“What?” Terra was left confused. He couldn’t fathom why the Heartless would disappear so suddenly.
“This is troubling.” Mickey said aloud. He found it odd that the Heartless were so weak. And more importantly, they hadn’t encountered a single member of The Forgotten.
Outside of the castle, Riku was looking for any sign of The Forgotten. But he couldn’t hear the sound of battle, or any other form of noise. This troubled him greatly. He suspected that the attack was just to test their defenses. But he also thought there could be another reason for the attack.
“Riku! Riku!” Riku then saw Yuna flying toward him.
“Anything to report?” Riku asked. He expected her to be the bearer of bad news.
“Rikku, Paine, and I have patrolled the entire castle and we haven’t seen a single sign of trouble.” She was about to leave but she remembered something important she forgot to mention. “Oh! I have good news, Sora’s here.” She thought he would be glad to hear that his friend was in the world.
“What!? Sora’s here?” Riku didn’t know why Sora would come back.
“Yep, he’s inside the Grid right now.”
“Why would Sora be inside the Grid?” Riku was puzzled by Yuna’s words. He could some what understand why Sora would come back, but didn’t know why his friend would go to the Grid.
“I don’t know, but it’s defiantly him. He even passed the voice and facial scan.” Yuna then saw a look of shock appear on Riku’s face. “What’s wrong?”
“Yuna, I need you to bring everyone to castle as fast as you can.” Before Yuna could reply, Riku had already disappeared into a corridor of light. Yuna’s words made him realize that the attack was all a distraction, and everyone fell for it. He also realized that his next fight be a true test of his abilities; because he knew he would have to face the leader of The Forgotten.
Chapter X
Where The Heart Is
Part-I
Where The Heart Is
Part-I
Terra was the first of the warriors to awaken. When he woke up he noticed that his wounds had healed completely. He thought that it was odd that his body was healed, especially since he hadn’t used a cure spell. Then he smelled a familiar scent seeping out of his skin. He recognized the scent as darkness. He assumed that his body was able to absorb Tonitrus’ dark based attacks. However Kain and Ceodore didn’t have that luxury. They were still passed out, and their wounds were still open; and showed no signs of healing.
Terra walked over to them and cast cure, but the something was different about the spell. Instead of the normal green flowers that would appear, they were dark purple instead. Terra took a moment and realized why the spell was different. He realized that since he could control his darkness all of spells changed to dark based spells. And because Tonitrus’ attacks were dark based the spell couldn’t heal them.
Since Terra didn’t know anyone in the world that could heal his new friends, he decided to take them to Radiant Garden. There he would have Aqua heal them; he owed them that much. He threw both of them over his shoulders and summoned a corridor of light. He walked into the corridor, but when he did so he noticed something. He saw a man with long white hair watching him vanish in the light.
Terra appeared inside of Radiant Garden’s library. There Riku was sitting on the ground next to one of the book shelves. He was flipping through one of the world’s oldest books, looking for a way to increase his power. However he quickly closed the book upon seeing Terra holding the two injured warriors.
“What happen?” Riku asked. Terra told his successor about how he defeated his darkness, up to when he Kain, and Ceodore were defeated by Tonitrus. “Lay them down, I’ll heal them.” Terra did as Riku asked. The young Keyblade Master summoned his blade, and held it above Kain and Ceodore. “Curaja.” As Riku spoke a large translucent flower appeared above the two warriors. Two vines fell down from the flower and into Kain and Ceodore. When the vines made contact the warrior were covered ina green mist. Then just as it appeared the mist and the flower vanished.
“Will they be okay?” Terra asked. He wondered if Riku’s spell was strong enough to heal Kain and Ceodore’s wounds.
“Look.” Riku said while pointing at the two; their wounds were slowly healing.
“Good.” This helped ease Terra’s mind. He didn’t like that Kain and Ceodore had been hurt because of him. Riku then smiled at Terra. “What?” Terra hadn’t he slightest idea why Riku was smiling at him.
“It feels good doesn’t it? Knowing that you don’t have to be afraid of it anymore.” Of course Riku was talking about Terra’s darkness.
Terra knew what Riku was talking about. “Yeah, I use to think that the darkness wasn’t supposed to exist in my heart. But now I realize that the darkness belongs in my heart, just as the light does.”
Riku was glad that Terra had accepted the darkness. “I’m glad to hear you say that. I know it isn’t an easy thing to accept.” Riku knew that the road to acceptance wasn’t an easy one.
“Yes, it wasn’t easy, but now I’m ready.”
“For what?” When Riku spoke, Terra smiled. He knew what Terra’s answer was going to be.
Riku smiled back and the two spoke in unison. “To protect what matters.”
In the town around Radiant Garden, Kairi and Naminé were taking Xion clothes shopping. They both figured it would good way for them to bond with Xion and make her feel welcome. Kairi had changed into her normal clothes. She wore a black and pink sleeveless halter top with two pink intersecting belts over her chest, black shorts, and a pair of pink shoes. Running across her hips and down her left leg was a long pink cloth. And of course she wore her necklace with a white bead. She based her new attire off of Aqua's old clothes. She did this to honor the person who gave her the Keyblade and more importantly, guided her to Sora.
“So what kind of clothes do you like?” Kairi asked. Even she had to admit that it was a girly question.
“I don’t know?” Xion said quietly. “I’ve always worn my black coat.” The Organization never had a very diverse wardrobe to choose from.
“Maybe we should just look around until you find something you like.” Naminé suggested.
While Xion appreciated Kairi and Naminé spending time with her, she had only one thing on her mind. “Where are Roxas and Axel?” She asked.
“Roxas is with Ven. And I don’t know where Lea is.” Kairi replied. She did think it was odd that no one had seen or heard from Lea since The Forgotten arrived.
“Lea?” Xion inquired. She wasn’t aware that Lea had been made whole again.
“Axel’s original name. After he died he was reborn as his original persona.” Naminé said.
“Oh.” Xion was saddened that she had missed so much.
Kairi saw thisa nd decided to cheer her up. “I’m sure Roxas and Lea will come here eventually. Then you three can catch up.”
“I’m sure they both can’t wait to see you again.” Naminé chimed in.
Their words helped lift Xion’s spirits. “Thank you.”
A few hours later, outside of Radiant Garden’s wall, Atra appeared out of a dark corridor. Since the city had been restored a barrier had been set up that nullified all dark powers. This was done to keep Heartless out, but it also made it so corridors of darkness couldn’t be used to enter the city. Through Sora’s memories Atra was made aware of this, which was why appeared outside of the city.
He knew that what he sought was inside the castle. However he knew that with the barrier affecting his abilities he wouldn’t be able to take on all of the warriors inside. So he came up with a plan that would allow him to slip inside unnoticed. He snapped his fingers and one-hundred Darkside Heartless appeared behind him. He then focused his power and fired a sphere of darkness at the city’s wall. When the sphere made contact it created a gigantic explosion; destroying an eighth of the entire wall. Atra knew that this would get thewarriors attention. With that he walked into the city and leaped onto the rooftops. He then hopped from house to house heading straight for the castle.
Inside the castle, Riku and Terra had moved Kain and Ceodore to one of the castle’s rooms. As they were talking, they felt the shock that came from Atra’s attack. “What!?” Riku cried. “Have The Forgotten come?” He didn’t expect The Forgotten to come so soon, but he knew he didn’t have time to think. “Terra, you go see what’s going on. I’ll protect the princesses.” Riku knew that the princesses’ safety took priority over anything else.
“What about them?” Terra could see that Kain and Ceodore hadn’t fully recovered.
“They’ll be fine, their probably in the safest place.” Riku figured that if The Forgotten had arrived they wouldn’t go out of their way to attack Kain and Ceodore.
“You’re right.” Riku’s words put Terra’s mind at ease. He then summoned a corridor of light and disappeared.
Riku then summoned his own corridor. “Riku!” Before Riku could enter his corridor he turned to see Mickey running up to him. “The castle’s under attack!” Like Riku, Mickey was surprised that The Forgotten would attack so soon.
“I know I’m going to find the princesses.” Riku knew that he didn’t have time to converse with his friend. He was about to enter his corridor but Mickey stopped him.
“I’ve hidden them in The Chamber of Repose, but I couldn’t find Kairi.”
“I’ll find her and protect the others. You go and help the others in the town.” Mickey nodded at Riku, and the young man departed.
Riku arrived at the edge of town. There, Kairi, Naminé, and Xion were staring at the damageAtra had caused. As they looked on, they all thought that something was off. The Heartless weren’t attacking at all; they were just standing there.
“Kairi!” Riku cried. “You have to get out of here!”
“No! I’m going to stay and fight!” Kairi yelled while summoning her Destiny’s Embrace Keyblade.
“The others can take care of this. I need to get you to safety.” Riku was trying to think of way to convince Kairi to come with him.
“NO! I’m not going to sit back while others fight for me!” Kairi cried. She meant what she said. She didn’t want anyone to get hurt while trying to protect her. Instead she was choosing to fight for herself.
Riku respected her resolve, but he knew that if The Forgotten had arrived he wouldn’t be able to protect her and fight at the same time. “Kairi…I’m sorry.” Riku knew he had to get her to safety, even if he had to do it by force. He disappeared in a flash, and appeared behind Kairi. He then struck Kairi in the back of her neck, knocking her unconscious. As she began to fall, Riku quickly caught her.
Xion and Naminé stared in disbelief. They didn’t expect him to harm Kairi in anyway.
“I had to. Words wouldn’t convince her to come with me.” Riku then let out a slight chuckle. “Ig uess she got that from Sora.” He then summoned a corridor of light. “If you want to, you can come with.” The two girls nodded and entered the corridor with Riku.
Elsewhere, Atra arrived in Radiant Garden’s computer room. He figured that if there was any information about the heart, it would be there. He stepped in front of the computer and typed in the word heart. Although he was in no way tech savvy, through Sora’smemories he was able to know the basics. As he typed a large red X appeared on the screen, and a voice spoke.
“Un authorizeduser detected. Proceeding with voice and facial scan.” When the voice finished a beam came out the screen and went down Atra’s face.
The light was bright enough to blind Atra was moment. “What was that?” Atra said with a hint of discomfort.
“Voice and facial scan complete. Welcome Sora, how may I assist you today?” The voice asked.
Atra figured that voice commands were added to make using the computer easier; probably for Sora. “Computer, tell me how a heart is created.”
“Certainly. The heart is born from an acumulation of experiences and emotions. It is possible for anything to grow a heart; whether it is a person or object. Did that answer your question?”
“Yes.” Atra realized that he didn’t need for his comrades to search for strong hearts. They would instead grow their own. He even noticed that some of the members were showing signs of having a heart. Since his question had been answered Atra was about to leave, but then he noticed something. He saw that there was somethingstill open on the computer. He clicked on it and another red X appeared on the screen.
“I am sorry Sora, you need a password to access this file.”
Atra was about to leave again, but then he saw the name of the file: THE FORGOTTEN. That word alone was enough to incite Atra’s curiosity. He wanted to know just what his enemies knew about him and his comrades.
“Computer, is there a way to access this file without a password?”
“I suppose you could try and access the data directly. But I cannot guarantee anything.”
“How would I do that?”
“By going to the Grid of course.”
Atra knew about the Grid through Sora’s memories. Even he had to admit that a world existing inside a computer was an interesting concept. “Send me inside.”
“Certainly.”Atra then began to hear the computer start to hum. He turned around and was immediately hit by a beam of light.
Next thing he knew, Atra was in the Grid. The first thing he noticed was that the world was fairly dark, except for the lights coming from the large city. Since the defeat of the original Organization the world had received a major overhaul. Atra then noticed that his clothes had changed. The chains on his coat, and the coats insides were glowing light blue.
Atra then heard the computers voice again. “Sora, this will guide you to the data.” When thev oice finished, a light blue polyhedral shaped program flew up to Atra’s side.
“What is this?”Atra asked.
“This is Bit, he is an old program. He will guide you to the I/O Tower.”
“Where do I need to go?” Atra asked. But the program didn’t respond. “Do you know the way?”
“Yes!” As Bit spoke it turned into orange octahedron, and then quickly turned back to itsoriginal form.
Atra thendecided to test a theory. “Is your name Tron?” He decided to use the name of the only other program he knew of.
“No!”
Atra realized that Bit could only answer yes or no questions. “Can you take me to the I/O Tower?”
“Yes!” Bit then began to fly off toward the city. Atra followed suit, and began to follow the simplistic program.
When he arrivedi n the city he stared at the sleek and bright architecture. He then looked at the all the programs roaming the street. They, walked, talked, and acted just like normal people. In fact, if Atra didn’t know any better he wouldn’t believe that they were made of data. Atra didn’t let his thoughts distract him, and continued to follow Bit. He continued to walk until he came before a large tower in the center of the city.
“Is this it?” Atra asked.
“Yes!” Bit replied.
Atra walked up to the tower, and large door lifted upward. He and Bit walked inside the large empty room. In the distance Atra could see a terminal at the end of the room. He walked over to the terminal and typed in THE FORGOTTEN. When he did so a large screen appeared above the terminal, and lights on the floor and walls turned on. Then the file came up on the screen. As with before a red X appeared on the screen. Atra thought for a moment, and then thought of a way to access the data. He placed his hand on the terminal and sent a pulse of darkness through it. When he did this the lights on the floors turned dark purple, and the file opened.
Atra then recalled the Heartless he had released. “You’ve bought me enough time.” Atra said while snapping his fingers. He then turned his attention back to the screen, and he was a little disappointed at what he found. “This is it?”
"Sora?" Atra turned around to see a familiar security program.
Back in Radiant Garden, Leon, Yuffie, Terra, and Mickey were battling the many Darkside Heartless. Although numbers weren’t on their side, the warriors were able to slay about half of the creatures. In fact, the warriors found the creatures to be rather weak. Regardless they kept fighting until only ten of the Heartless remained. Terra focused the darkness into his blade and was about to finish the battle, but before he could strike the Heartless disappeared.
“What?” Terra was left confused. He couldn’t fathom why the Heartless would disappear so suddenly.
“This is troubling.” Mickey said aloud. He found it odd that the Heartless were so weak. And more importantly, they hadn’t encountered a single member of The Forgotten.
Outside of the castle, Riku was looking for any sign of The Forgotten. But he couldn’t hear the sound of battle, or any other form of noise. This troubled him greatly. He suspected that the attack was just to test their defenses. But he also thought there could be another reason for the attack.
“Riku! Riku!” Riku then saw Yuna flying toward him.
“Anything to report?” Riku asked. He expected her to be the bearer of bad news.
“Rikku, Paine, and I have patrolled the entire castle and we haven’t seen a single sign of trouble.” She was about to leave but she remembered something important she forgot to mention. “Oh! I have good news, Sora’s here.” She thought he would be glad to hear that his friend was in the world.
“What!? Sora’s here?” Riku didn’t know why Sora would come back.
“Yep, he’s inside the Grid right now.”
“Why would Sora be inside the Grid?” Riku was puzzled by Yuna’s words. He could some what understand why Sora would come back, but didn’t know why his friend would go to the Grid.
“I don’t know, but it’s defiantly him. He even passed the voice and facial scan.” Yuna then saw a look of shock appear on Riku’s face. “What’s wrong?”
“Yuna, I need you to bring everyone to castle as fast as you can.” Before Yuna could reply, Riku had already disappeared into a corridor of light. Yuna’s words made him realize that the attack was all a distraction, and everyone fell for it. He also realized that his next fight be a true test of his abilities; because he knew he would have to face the leader of The Forgotten.
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