Only an inch
This was it. All those weeks, him Riku and Kairi. This was the final moment. His chance off the island. Darkness was setting in. Sora was losing this battle. Riku's hand was right there, only a few inches away from his own, but he couldn't reach.
"Come on Sora…"
All his strength is being poured into his outstretched arm, all his will, all his energy, all his mind. He realizes he still hasn't found Kairi, or his parents, or any of his friends. Are they going to make it? Riku's hand is just 5 inches away. Riku, his friend since forever, now being swallowed by a dark orb, is now the only thing stopping him from going to look for them. The darkness. It isn't just swallowing him. It is swallowing Sora too.
O god. Sora begins to realize how screwed he is. The dark moves like some parasitic liquid over their legs and calves. It moves in a way that once it touches you, you can't move. It almost seems sticky, if it were something you could touch. It is eating them alive. 4 inches.
Okay don't panic. You cannot panic. Sora tries to think his legs to move, but at the moment they tell him otherwise. Okay, so that won't work. Keep the arm outstretched, don't stop pushing forward. Push from what? The ground doesn't stay put. It is like from the dark there is only more and more dark. It is almost like the dark moves the earth. And it is only moving away from Sora. 3 inches.
Inch by inch by inch by inch. The toil on Sora's body is excruciating. And if Sora were to take a break for only a millisecond, it would all be lost. It seems like a god 4 hours have drove on, to Sora, when in reality it hasn't even been a single second. Sora's hand seems to be getting closer to Riku's, but is it? Sora can't tell. 2 inches.
Even if Sora were to grab Riku's hand, would anything happen? Where would they go? What would happen to them? Would anything change? Would it be worth all of this pressure on his wellbeing? Is any of this even happening? Does Sora want to risk it? 1 inch.
Maybe this is a mistake. Maybe I should stop. Maybe I should pull my hand back. Maybe I should look for them. But is that fair to Riku? Will he be alright? I'm so close, but for all of this, nothing might happen. I may end up somewhere completely different. I may die. So will Riku. Or will he? He seems to know what he is doing. But then Riku is always like that isn't he? Where is Kairi? Will she be okay? Will the island? Does any of this have anything to do with my other dream? I'm so close…
In one final motion Sora launches his arm towards Riku.
A/N sorry it was so short, i just had to get it out there so i could start somewhere. read and review!