Roxas and Namine

What were they talking about? The worlds are dying? Our worlds? "I'm not understanding... What exactly are you trying to say?"

"Here's a clue..." the Sage waved a hand towards Roxas and brought him towards the secret room. Namine followed without hesitation, but didn't leave Roxas behind. She turned her head back at him with a grin. She held out her hand, hoping that Roxas would take it and follow. "Please..." Namine whispered. Roxas was only standing there for a moment, trying to take everything in, but he put himself together and nodded. He walked towards Namine, taking her hand in his and stepped in towards the room technology. This place... Why does it look so familiar? The entire room was covered in machinery. There were wires and pipes going from left to right, computer screens practically in every corner of the room.

The Sage was only standing in front of the main computer system. Typing a few things down to gain access to some files he may have been looking for. But whatever he typed, sure made a lot of screens popping up on the monitor. Roxas started reading it all, Most of them said "DANGER" or "CODE RED" and a whole bunch of words under them. Huge, red bold letters with perhaps 42 paragraphs under it. "This is the data, Roxas."

"The data?" Roxas questioned. He didn't stop for a moment as he read everything. He marched in closer, narrowing his eyes down at all the pop-ups. Namine only stared at Roxas' curiosity. Almost worried about his curiousness. Oh Roxas, I wish this should have never happened to you... Namine had an upset face, but she couldn't help it but feel like she was the one that is putting his life at stake.

"Roxas. Atlantis, Traverse Town, Neverland, Wonderland, the Collessium, and so much more are falling." The sage looked down at Roxas, his hands behind him as he observed and explained what everything was going on. Roxas didn't stop for a minute to look back at the Sage, but he sure was listening. "More and more heartless continue to grow each day, and as they grow in numbers, they grow stronger, too. New species of heartless are continuing to emerge, faster, stronger, and more dangerous ones, too. Normally, our King would put a stop to the heartless, and try to save our Worlds that we have tried to hard to protect... But, he's disappeared. As usual."

"The king?" Roxas took a step back and shifted his eyes over at the Sage.

"King Mickey. He's the ruler of our Worlds. But without him, we can't take the heartless down on our own" Namine stepped out of her shadow and walked closer towards Roxas.

"Namine..." Roxas sighed.

"Now that he's gone, there is no way we are able to stop the heartless on our own.. Even though I can change the future, I cannot change fate or destiny."

"...And the more we wait here, the more heartless are taking young people's hearts. We don't know who's in charge of them yet, of course. But we still need to be settled down here before anything else gets far too dangerous," the Sage went on about the worlds and their history. As more updates on the worlds continued to show, the more Roxas was beginning to feel tense. Why do I have to know all of this? Do I have something to do with this? What about NAMINE? Am I going to lose her if this continues?

"But Sage, why are you telling me this? Am I part of the issue?" Roxas started to feel his heart beating, racing and pounding deep in his chest. The thought of losing the people he care about... But the only people he knows is Namine. But losing her would be grave. He looked at his hands, wondering if he-"Roxas, you and Namine are the only one's who can find the King and prevent the darkness from spreading."

"W-what? Me? How come I'm included, Sage?" Namine was startled, her eyes were wide open. "Namine. I'm sorry to put you in the middle of this, but I doubt anyone would be around to try and go after you. And if there is, Roxas is here to protect you."

"B-but I can't do that! Are you crazy? Putting our lives in danger! If I lose Namine, I'll-" Sage patted Roxas' head and nodded. He had faith in Roxas, knowing that he wields a power that he may not even realize. "You hold a great deal of responsibility in your hands. And thus, protecting Namine as you go on in your journey proves your bravery and courage. I believe in you, Roxas. Just as much as Namine has faith in you." Namine only stared back and forth at Roxas and the Sage, she was confused and tried to repeat the process of this episode. She closed her eyes and shook her head, tightening her grip on her sketchbook to her chest. "But, I'll just slow him down! I can't..." Namine was about to cry, she couldn't help the fact that way she was behaving.

"Namine, there isn't anything you should be afraid of. I believe in you." There was a long stretch of silence, till it threatened to become awkward before Roxas finally spoke, "when do we go?"

"Sooner the better," the Sage announced. "But as of tonight, we shall rest in peace. We head out at dawn, I'll guide you through the beginning of your journey, but the rest is all up to you, Roxas."

"I think I have an idea." Roxas didn't think twice when he left the laboratory. He felt heartache, unusual twists in his stomach, because of his emotions trying to gain back control. Namine felt the same way as she followed. She had her eye on Roxas the whole time. She felt as though she was going to be a burden, and there wasn't much she could do in keeping Roxas safe. Traveling along with him isn't exactly the greatest plan. But there must have been a reason she had to go. The Sage wouldn't let her go just like that. No. There was something he isn't telling us. Namine and Roxas are going to put their lives on the line, but not knowing exactly how to keep themselves above water to survive. Sure, they both had to go out to different worlds and find the king, but what if they don't? How long do they have to travel in order to find him?

Donald and Goofy... and Sora... They took months in trying to finding him. Perhaps years. What luck would two nobodies do? I can't... I can't put Roxas in danger. Or both of us in danger, this isn't right...

The secret door closed behind them with the Sage inside, he didn't look away for a moment. He watched the young children disappear from his vision as the door finally closed. As if it were never there in the first place. Namine turned her head and lowered her eyes, the last thing she saw were his shoes. Thinking about the discussion, it only brought her frustration. Ignoring the fact that she had to do such a dangerous task, she marched her way to her table and slammed her sketchbook on it. Staring, she stood completely still. Didn't bother saying a word. She didn't cry, nor did she pout of felt pity on herself. She needed a way to try and work things out, hoping that the worlds shouldn't be hanging over her shoulders. Both Roxas' and Namine's shoulders.

"Namine." Namine jolted her head up from the table and her eyes widened. "Yes?"

"If we are going to do this dangerous mission, we are going to have to do this right." He seemed positive. It was as though everything negative he had in his mind simply went away. He actually had a smile. "If it's up to us to find the King, then we'll do it. I'm sure it wouldn't be so bad, right?"

"But, Roxas.." Namine shook her head.

"No, Namine. We can do this. Believe in me, I'm sure we can get through this! Just like the old man said. He has faith in us, and if he believes in us, then we can do this" Roxas was sitting at the edge of Namine's bed. He let out a reaching hand towards her, as if asking Namine to join him. She looked surprised, but she went alongside him, anyway. She took her time walking, watching him closely as she gotten closer within each step she took. Sitting down and looked up in curiosity of what Roxas would say next, he finally said, "we can do this."

"I know." Now she felt safe, just being near him, she felt as though everything was changing. The aroma of intensity was gone, and her twisty feeling that was roaming inside her stomach was completely gone. She reached for Roxas' hands with her own, holding them tightly as she could while leaning her head on his shoulders. He couldn't have felt any happier.

Roxas had to make things normal again, but then of course, what is normal? Then it came back to him. All the questions he had before, still left unanswered. Why was he here with Namine in the first place? How long has he been here, exactly? Life in the outside world? What was out there? Behind the walls of Namine's bedroom? He already saw the secret laboratory. What if there was something else? Then he thought, could this just be a game? All these thoughts left him uneasy. But for a moment he felt as though he didn't have a choice to begin with. It was destiny that brought him to where he was now.

Find the King.

Restore the lost worlds from the darkness.

The worlds are falling.

It's up to him and Namine to make things right, again.

But how exactly?