I do not own any KH characters used in this fanfic.

"This isn't the way things were supposed to be

This is not what he promised

The Dark promised power,

Strength, domination.

Yet here I lye with nothing.

Watching

Waiting

And somehow hoping

That the sick creature before me

Will strike

And cut the last thread

Which holds me to life."

Riku lay in a pool pf blood. His blade was gone, swallowed by the swirling dark figure. The monster had turned his beautiful blade into a dark twisted weapon. And now it swept downwards towards Riku's head. He closed his eyes, ready to die. But the blow never came. Instead a tall black haired man stood above him. The mans hand was thrust deep inside the chest of the black figure. The monster gave an excruciating scream, shrivelled as if it had exploded in on itself, then slunk away into the shadows.

The warrior smirked and his blue eyes flashed at Riku.

???- "What are you doing here kid?"

R- "I…I don't know."

The strangers eyes were cold and harsh as he grabbed Riku and hauled him to his feet. Riku scrambled to grab the shiny black key-blade left by the monster.

R- "I must have gotten lost from Mickey."

Riku mumbled. The stranger caught his small whisper and inquisitively questioned him.

???- "Mickey? King Mickey?"

R- "Yeah after the door closed I couldn't find him."

Riku's voice cracked, he must have sounded like a snivelling kid.

???- "Relax Riku. How about we go find your little friend Mickey and get the hell out of here."

Riku went to follow the stranger.

R- "How did you know my name?"

???- "You're the kings number 1 warrior right? Who wouldn't know you?"

Riku wanted to ask the black haired man how he knew so much, for a person stuck behind the door to darkness, but he thought better of it. So he walked silently beside the stranger and didn't ask questions. Obviously this stranger knew more than Riku did about this dark place. He moved through the dark with conviction and purpose. It was not long before they found the door, and Riku allowed a glimpse of hope into his heart.

The door had been opened, standing ajar, to flood the black with white light. Riku's hope faded as he realised that it was not have only been Mickey who had passed through. His fear was confirmed by the presence of an inky substance dripping on the door. Not unlike the same the monster had left from his last encounter, which had transformed the key blade.

???- "Mickey must have opened the door and escaped. He was a fool not to close it again."

R- "Stranger, Mickey is not the only one to escape."

Riku stood staring at the black goo. He reached out and touched one splotch and it leapt onto his hand, clutching to his skin. Riku's heart filled with the fear and dread, which had consumed him when the monster had almost taken his life. But now like then the stranger came to the rescue. He flicked the strange substance off Riku's finger and examined the door.

???- "You don't' have to keep calling me 'stranger' you know kid. My name is Ukir. Now come on we have to close this door before your king lets anymore heartless out."

Ukir started to push the door back in. Riku soon helped.

R- "Wait Ukir what if Mickey didn't get out, what if he's still in there?"

Ukir stopped, unsure of what to say. Then he started pushing again on his own.

U- "Would you rather let more heartless like that one out?"

R- "No defiantly not."

Riku shuddered as he as he joined Ukir in shutting the door. Trying not to think that Mickey may still be inside. But the words of the stranger still played in his mind. Why had someone, especially King Mickey, left the door open? How could he allow even deadlier heartless to escape?

"A stranger calls in the darkness

I will lead you out

But remember where your faith lies

For in freedom there is slavery."

If you enjoyed please review as I am still determining whether to continue this story or not.