Where am I?

I heard sounds. Weird sounds…that I've never heard before. I opened my eyes and looked around my room only to see nothing.

'Come on Sora! Snap out of it! Y-You're just hearing things again! That's all…'

I shut my eyes and tried to fall back asleep. Throughout the night I could hear those sounds still. Along with voices. In my head. Voices which I am not familiar with. They kept saying my name, telling me to close my eyes and welcome the darkness. I didn't. I was not going to let the darkness inside of me. It has told me story's of what it's done to other people. And how I should embrace it rather than try to run away. I got up from my bed and advanced toward the hallway and into the bathroom.

'A cold shower ought to snap some sense into me.'

After my shower, I wrapped a towel around my waist and headed downstairs to get a soda. If caffeine doesn't work…who knows what will? The sounds have been going on for months now. What's happening to me? I went to sleep and when I woke up in the morning, I decided to go see a doctor. Making sure that I'm not going crazy or anything….

"Well, Sora. Your brain waves are normal; blood temperature seems to be good. I don't see anything wrong with you." What was this Dudes name again? Oh yeah! Dr. Samuels! He and my mom were good friends. He was supposed to be a professional.

"Are you sure I'm alright?"

"I'm 100 percent positive. Tell me Sora. Have you been having, any weird dreams lately? Experiencing…anything out of the ordinary?"

"As for dreams? No, nothing out of the ordinary I guess. However, I have been hearing voices though. About the Darkness…"

"Darkness?"

"Yeah. The voices keep telling me to give in and stuff."

"Voices? What kind of voices?"

"Ya know. The ones in my head?"

"Uh-huh. I see…Sora, I'm going to have to put you someplace that you may not like…"

"What are you talking about Doc?"

"These aren't normal things to be going on in your life at your age."

"Yeah, I know. I'm 17. I think I know when something's not right. Isn't that why I came to you?"

"Yes. I guess. However, they are too much out of the ordinary for a sick person."He pointed to Sora's heart. "It's different when you're sick in here…then in here." He pointed to Sora's head. Sora started to get confused….what was he saying? I'm sick up in my head…? Is he saying I'm crazy!

"I don't understand what you're trying to say Doc…"

"I'm saying Sora that you have to go someplace to heal."

"Heal?"

"Yes." Doctor Samuels pressed a button and then all of a sudden two big dudes came through the door. What's going on? "I am afraid, that I have to send you to the Destiny Islands Asylum. I'm sorry Sora. But you're not right anymore…"

"Asylum! Doc, I know this sounds weird but I'm not crazy!" The two big men suddenly picked up Sora by the upper arms on both sides and started to drag him off. "I'm not crazy! I'm not! Put me down! I'm not crazy!" Sora started to scream louder and louder making himself look worse every second. He started thrashing trying to escape. Until one of the men punched Sora in the face, knocking him out cold.

….. . . . . ….. …

''Ow…my head…W-Where am I?"

"You're in a hospital you silly lazy bum!" Sora shot open awake. He was laying on a white sheet covered bed in a white room. He was also wearing a white t-shirt with white sweat pants. Wow, bright enough? He turned toward the voice that he heard. It was a girl with red/brown hair with blue eyes like the ocean. She looked about his age. She was sitting on the side of the bed starring at him. He took in his surroundings remembering everything that just happened.

"This isn't a hospital! Where am I?"

"You are in an Asylum."

"No, no! I-I'm not crazy! I don't belong here! I belong at home with my friends not with some retards!"

"Hey, calm down."

"Calm down?" Sora screamed at the top of his lungs. This girl was really getting on his nerves. "How am I supposed to calm down! I'm stuck in a room for no reason because the doctor I went to obviously is a nutcase for putting me in here! Got punched by a big dude and put in an Asylum in a room with you!" The girl can defiantly see he was not having a good time.

"Well, nice to meet you too…" Sora looked up to see the girl looking hurt. Stupid Sora! You just screamed at a girl! An innocent girl! Sora then mentally slapped himself in the face.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I just don't know what's going on…" Sora's expression softened and so did his voice. It became soothing and calm. The girl looked up. Is she surprised? Why?

"And for your information, I'm not a patient here. I'm a nurse. My name's Kairi. I'm assigned to you, Sora. If you ever need anything don't hesitate to ask."

"Okay then. Can I ask you a question?"

"It's what I'm here for." She seemed so perky and happy? What is wrong with her? "Can you get me out of here?" She looked down. Suddenly that perky and happy look she had was instantly gone. "I'm sorry…I can't do that."

"Well, doesn't hurt to try." Sora smiled his famous cocky smile. Kairi saw this and began to smile too. Before they could talk more, a Nurse came crashing through the door. She had Brown hair but a little shorter than Kairi's.

"Kairi! We got a 14-3!" Her voice sounded like something that you could get easily annoyed too. "I'll be right there Selphie." Kairi seemed down again. What's a 14-3? After Selphie left Kairi turned back to Sora. "I'm sorry Sora. We'll continue this later. I really need to go." She started to get up and leave.

"Kairi, wait!" Sora grabbed on to Kairi's wrist making her stop and look at him. Her skin was so warm and soft…Wait, what? Snap out of it Sora! "What's going on?"

"Sora, I can't tell you."

"Why not?"

"Because I can't." She looked so upset. He was going to figure out what was going on. One way or another. "I'm sorry but I have to go. I'll be back shortly." Kairi whipped away her hand and left the room shutting the door behind her. He heard her lock it and speed walk away. When she was almost near her destination, she couldn't help but miss the warmth of his hand on her skin. Where did that come from? Kairi was having a major conflict in her head. Back in Sora's room he too was having an internal conflict with himself.

"Nurse Kairi. She didn't seem that bad."

"Aw, c'mon Sora. Face the facts! This place is bad and same goes to the people who work here!"

"She didn't seem that bad Roxas. She actually seems pretty nice."

"Yeah, I guess. She might be the only thing that's good here."

"Yeah. Did you see how blue her eyes were? Ya know, she's kind of cute…"

"Sora, you're hitting on a Nurse who's treating you like she does to all of the other crazy people here! Don't get too far into this!"

"Maybe. And she's my age Roxas. Maybe a little bit younger. So, it's not that weird."

"What if you were the student and she was the teacher? It's illegal! I'm pretty sure this is too!"

"No, it's not. Plus I said she was cute. That's all. I don't like her like that. I mean, why would I ever like someone like that who thinks I'm insane. She's just probably being nice to keep me in her longer. It's her job."

"True. But, just try not to lose yourself Sora until you are sure she's on our side. Deal?"

"Deal." A couple of minutes later Sora heard the door unlock and it opened up revealing Kairi. She came back? "Hey Sora. Sorry to keep you waiting." She sat back down next to him.

"It's okay. So, are you going to tell me what's going on?" Kairi looked frightened to even say anything. She looked everywhere except his face. Why was she trying to not look at him. "Kairi? Hey, Kairi?"

"Sora, drop it. It doesn't concern you." He then reached out and grabbed the side of her face, making her look at him. "Kairi, if I'm going to be trapped her for what seems the rest of my life…I want to know what goes on around here. Please, tell me what happened. I swear…I won't tell anyone. Don't treat me like your other patients. I don't want to be a patient to anybody. Treat me like your friend. Now, what happened?" Kairi gazed into his sky blue eyes, awed by his words and the softness of his voice. She couldn't take it. She gave in.

"Sora, some of the patients here…they have needs. Needs that they can't fulfill in here. Bad needs. Some people in here are seriously insane. Each one is assigned with a Nurse. Some Nurse's even have more than one patient. Sora…" A tear fell down Kairi's eye. She's crying? "It's okay…" Sora didn't want to see her cry for some reason. He wouldn't allow it. "Sora…a Nurse was raped…" Kairi then burst into tears. Sora wrapped her in his arms and pulled her into a hug. She cried into his chest. She wasn't supposed to be doing this. Nurses aren't supposed to let patients touch them. It's against the rules. However, Sora felt different. He didn't feel like he was going to hurt her. She felt his arms around her waist, holding her tightly. But not in an aggressive hold…but a comforting hold. She didn't care at this point if another Nurse caught her breaking the rules. They would obviously see that he's not hurting her. They would let it slid right?

"It's okay Kairi. Please don't cry…" He pulled her into his lap to get a tighter embrace on her. Ensuring her that everything's fine. "Sora…t-that Nurse….She was my sister…" Sora's eyes widened and Kairis cries became louder and heavier. What Sora and Kairi didn't know is that a nurse was looking through the window in the door. Seeing everything happen. She didn't know what to do. Should she stay and watch or make a conclusion that she's getting hurt and go tell the other Nurses? She didn't know what was going to happen, so she ran to the other Nurses.

"It's okay Kairi. I've got you."

"Sora, I'm s-scared…"

"Why?"

"All the Nurses are getting raped. W-What if I-I get r-raped next?" Sora then grabbed her face in both hands and looked at her in the eyes. "I won't let anyone hurt you…" Kairi didn't know what else to do but hug Sora and cry.