Riku was lost. He had searched endlessly for his friends, but he was trapped in an infinite chamber of darkness. This was cruel. He had stopped Ansem, he'd saved his friends, and this is what he got? He roared in frustration. He couldn't cope with the situation. He was losing his mind. And just as he was at the verge of breaking, something happened. A shaft of light slithered through the darkness, almost blinding Riku. He was free. Maybe now he was being rewarded. The light grew, until there was only a small area of darkness. There was always darkness.