Chapter 2
Yay, Riku's here! Hope you enjoy.
Roxas made his way down the basement hallway, passing by a group of pods, two of which harbored the two he knew as Donald and Goofy. He stopped to inspect them for a moment and then continued. As he closed the distance between himself and the door, a dark corridor appeared before him and a hooded figure emerged from it. The figure raised a hand to halt Roxas' advance.
"If you go any farther, you will cease to exist, and I cannot allow that", the person stated after a moment of silence.
"Why do you care?", Roxas inquired, glaring with full force at the newcomer, "You brought me here, right Riku?".
"Roxas, You've done enough to help Sora's recovery, Namine can repatch the rest of his memories on her own", Riku quickly rebutted.
"I don't care!!!!", Roxas screamed out in frustration, "I know that filth in the red bandages is in there, and I'm gonna make him pay for everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!".
"Then I'm going with you", Riku stated calmly after Roxas had finished.
Roxas didn't respond and simply pushed past him and into the next room. Riku sighed and followed in suit. Roxas, had he not been so ferociously furious at the moment, would have been somewhat awed by the large white room, which housed the pod that Sora was no doubt secured in. But at the moment, his paralyzing glare was concentrated on the abomination to all of humanity standing before him.
"Ah, hello, Riku", the man said pleasantly, "I thought I told you not to bring trash into the pod room".
"THAT'S IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!", Roxas screamed, running at Diz with his keyblade swinging madly.
"I suppose you only have half of Sora's brain as well", Diz drawled, after every shot phased through him, a look of disgust on his face, "You see, this is merely a data based projection, which means, you can't even touch me….".
Suddenly the pod began to open, a cloud of mist masking its occupant. Diz pushed Roxas into it and a huge light erupted from it, as Roxas entered its proximity. Diz smiled at the sight and turned around just as a wing shaped blade was thrust through his abdomen.
Riku had done it, after temporarily cutting off his link to the virtual world, he'd run Diz through with the Soul Eater in the real world, killing him on both planes of existence and leaving his heart trapped in his own cyber reality. He was still standing over the dead man when Axel returned to reality through the transporter. Axel seemed worried, not bothering to comment on Diz's well deserved fate. "Where's Roxas?", were the words that came instead.
Riku lowered his head, and Axel immediately realized something went wrong with their plan to save the blonde. Without another word, the pyro bolted off in the direction of the pod room, with Riku following close behind. On their way they passed the recently awakened Donald and Goofy, who, after Riku yelled at them in his normal voice, followed too. They entered the main pod chamber as the light exploded from the pod, just as it had done in the virtual world. Riku, realizing what dangerous effects could befall the others if they were caught in it, used a shield to protect them, leaving himself unprotected as the light enveloped him. As the light faded, Riku lowered the shield and lowered his hood, revealing his once again sixteen year old face. Axel was the only one who knew of the change, but rushed past Riku and towards the pod. He waited for the smoke to clear, praying for his keyblade wielding friend to be standing within. But, his hopes were crushed as a pair of yellow shoes was revealed, then red shorts, a white and blue jacket. Axel started to turn away until he heard a familiar voice, let out a soft yawn. He turned back to the pod and watched as the blonde occupant stumbled groggily toward him. Said occupant kept going until he bumped into Axel, and fell back onto his butt. The boy opened his eyes and peered up at the stunned red head standing over him. Axel was so stunned, so happy, and so confused, he said the first words that came to him.
"Roxas, what the hell are you wearing?"