Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. If I did, it would look more like a psychological horror. I'm not gonna say that again. Everyone reads the stories from the start, otherwise, what's the bloody point?

Chapter 1

The first things I noticed when I woke up were that my torso felt incredibly constricted and my ears felt quite sore for some reason. Upon opening my eyes I found myself in what appeared to be a hospital room, given the clinical look. But something felt off. The walls appeared to be bare metal with portions exposing pipes and cables and it was quite cold, hospitals aren't like this. Come to think of it, what kind of madness would result in me ending up in a completely unfamilar hospital and no recollection of it? I soon found the source of the discomfort in my ears, I had earplugs in them. I took them out, figuring that they'd been in a while to cause the soreness. That wasn't the end of the strangeness. Looking outside, I saw it was night but there were no stars at all and the sky was pitch black.

Before I could ponder on my predicament any longer, I heard footsteps approaching. But as the footsteps became louder, I thought I was hallucinating a bit as they continued for quite a while. When they finally stopped though, I heard the door handle click and the door, surprisingly slowly, open. A tall, blond man tentatively stepped inside and closed the door, apparently to avoid making any noise. But I somehow heard the noise clearly. This was weird... The man noticed I was awake and gave a rather creepy, forced smile,

"I see you have awoken," he said. It sounded like he was whispering but I could hear it clear as day. He tiptoe'd towards a bedside table (this man is very strange, I thought) and picked up the pair of earplugs I'd taken out. He "whispered" again,

"I'd suggest you keep these in, it seems you have a heightened ability for auditory perception. When we first took you in, we noticed that you visibly recoiled at even moderate noises. We aren't sure if this is the case, but we used these earplugs for your protection while you were exposed to any noises." I put them back in as he looked rather stern and I didn't feel like starting any arguments. "Did you notice anything unusual while you had the earplugs removed?" It looked, and sounded, like he was talking normally.

"Er, yeah. Before you came in the room, your footsteps sounded really loud, and when you were talking before I put them in, I could tell you were whispering but I could hear it as clearly as if you were talking normally."

"Very interesting. I'll have to contact the Superior and tell him you've awoken. He's the one who's in charge around here and he's very curious about you. He'll answer any of your questions too." I didn't like the sound of that at all, "I'm Vexen, the resident doctor and scientist."

"I'm James. Since when do doctors wear black, leather trenchcoats? Although, they do look pretty cool."

"This is no ordinary material, it is impervious to almost all harmful and corrosive substances."

"It still doesn't explain the odd appearance. Why can't they make it look more like a normal lab coat?"

"As I said, you can ask all you like when I am back." he replied, then walked away.

"Dodge the question, why dont you?" I murmured to myself.

When he left, boredom soon crept into my mind. I thought of hoisting myself up into a sitting position, but when I moved, I found something that I was surprised I didn't notice straight away. There was a large crater-like scar where my heart was. Vexen and his "Superior" have questions to answer, indeed.

A while after Vexen left, I heard a rustling noise outside. I knew today was weird enough but what happened next took the biscuit. Three grey, ghost like things floated through the door, seemingly swam through the air and hovered in front of me. On closer inspection they looked like distorted, humaniod puppets, with zips for mouths. Then they talked without moving their mouths!

"Ooh, he's awake!"

"I wonder if he has helpers." One of them talked directly to me,

"We know you're one of us, my liege." Now I'm confused.

"I haven't a clue where I am and how I got here, and now I'm suddenly your lord?"

"Not until you've been initiated," It quickly glanced at the door "Which we're sure will be very soon."

As if on cue, the door opened and the creatures vanished.

Vexen sighed.

"It looks like our cover is blown, Superior," he said, "I thought you blocked them from this area."

"I did," a more baritone voice replied, "But it seems we underestimated the determination in their mischief."

"I'd be careful, Superior, he's extremely inquisitive."

"I'll bear that in mind."

They walked in, and I saw that the Superior was a tall, dark man with long, rather spikey, grey hair and was wearing the same trenchcoat as Vexen. But he had rather striking amber-orange eyes. They can't be natural.

"Hello." I gave them a small wave.

"So you've finally awoken." the Superior said. His voice was weird; monotone and devoid of any emotion, "By what you've shown us, you hold great potential."

"Vexen told me I could ask you all my questions."

"That is correct"

"Then let's get straight to the point," I didn't care if he was in a high position, I needed all the answers, "Why am I here?"

"I told you," Vexen said "He's set in his ways. I need to leave to attend to other tasks. Farewell, Superior."

After Vexen had left, the Superior turned to me and stared into my eyes. A stare so deep it felt like he could see the darkest depths of my mind.

"You would like to know why you are here." His stare never ceased, "You must know that the world as you know it has ceased to be while you were in your slumber."

"Get to the point, already!" I retorted.

"Look outside and you'll see."

I leant over to get a better view out of the window and was deeply troubled and confused at what I saw. I could see I was in some sort of castle when I saw the surrounding towers and stretching for miles was an endless city. But most striking of all was the giant heart shaped moon in the sky.

"Where the hell am I?"

"This is all that remains of a world so isolated that when the Heartless finally set foot, they found no resistance to their invasion. You were one of the first to fall."

"Heartless?"

"A good example of the seperation. The Heartless are the greatest plight on the universe ever faced. For everyone killed by a Heartless becomes Heartless themselves."

"All very poetic, but what the hell is a Heartless?"

The Superior clapped his hands and another grey creature appeared, but this one looked a bit like a druid.

"You called, my lord?"

"Go capture a neoshadow and bring it here."

"As you wish, my lord."

"What are those things?" Confusion displayed clearly on my face.

"They are like us, they fell to the Heartless but survived, but didn't have the strength to keep their humanity. They still have their intelligence, so they are a useful asset."

Before we could talk anymore, the creature reappeared, followed by a glowing, red, wireframe cage holding a black, humanoid creature with giant antennae and glowing yellow eyes.

"That is one of the more common Heartless, a Neoshadow,"

I didn't say anything at the time, but that creature gave me a great feeling of déja vu.

"The Heartless are nothing more than monsters driven by instinct. This one has exceeded its use."

The cage imploded, crushing the Neoshadow and vanishing. The druid-creature then departed.

"Moving on to more important issues, you need to get mobile. Did Vexen tell you how long you've been here?"

"No."

"Six months. So if you don't want severe muscular atrophy, get moving."

"Six months? What the hell happened?"

"You were attacked by a Heartless," He placed a finger to my scar "You are one of us now. You have lost your heart, but with us you can regain it."

I placed my hand to my heart.

"My heart? But I can feel it beating."

"Unfortunate circumstances have resulted in two very different things bearing the same name. I am not talking about the organ that pumps blood around the body; but rather the almost ethereal organ that provides humans with complex feelings and emotions."

What?

"That goes against everything I know about the origin of emotions"

"How do you mean?"

"I'm no expert in biology but I always thought it's the limbic system in the brain that's responsible for emotions"

"You'll have to ask Vexen about it, he'll know more."

He raised his right arm and a series of translucent reversed letters appeared and floated in the air spelling out my name. A large 'x' appeared in the middle and the other letters span around it for a couple of seconds. When they stopped, a new combination appeared.

"Welcome to Organisation XIII, Jexsam."

"A new name, huh?"

"To signify your new life"

Author's Notes

As said in the prologue, I have no beta tester so contact me if you wanna volunteer.

This looks like a self-insert fic, and it is. I'm not gonna hide it. I've had this in my mind for to long to let it go now.