The Boy in the Locked Room

by ichigokazuki

"Sora," I whispered. "He's not in at the moment," 'Sora' said as he raised the knife slowly to my cheek and with a flick of his wrist cut a small line starting from my temple curving to my mouth. "I assure you dear Roxas, that you are crazy, just like Sora, just like me." AU. Started regular updates.

21. Chapter Twenty

The Boy in the Locked Room

Disclaimer: I do not own or take any credit for the creation, original storyline or characters from the Kingdom Hearts games or series.

AN: Hello my lovely readers, I bring you yet another chapter, and it's the twentieth! YAY! I meant to update last Monday but wasn't feeling it was good enough yet so I added like 1000 more words, it's been awhile since a chapter has reached over 2500 words, so YAY! So guess what? I have one more week of placement and then I AM OFFICALLY DONE COLLEGE, and before I'm 20! Woohoo still 19, still a teenager! And I can stop taking the city bus; seriously I swear it's the one place that gathers all angry rude people! I can't wait to head home where the population is under 3500 people. Not to say Ottawa doesn't have it perks but still I prefer the great white north of CANADA! Another note, I do use spell/grammar and I am in Professional Writing as a career. And I will not stop using sentence fragments. This is fiction (and real people don't speak in full sentences and they use slang!) and so I bend the rules! But enough of my rants READ the chapter! I LOVE ALL OF YOU!

WARNING: Slight gore. Death. Crazy Sora.

~Chapter Twenty!~

(MILESTONE PEOPLE!)

He has his own body? Could this whole situation get any weirder? Seriously? Voices to people from other worlds, to this… Nothing will ever freak me out again, I swear.

'Focus Roxas.'

'How can you be so freaking calm Ven? Your brother has his own body in this world! I mean how did it come here? Show some emotion, Ven! Be happy or jealous, something!'

'I am trying to stay calm or else you could receive a wave of my emotion. Yes I've noticed your flinches when I feel a heavy sense of emotion. You need to stay calm and get to Sora, after we've gotten Sora, after when get out of this place, then we can have time for emotions and thinking. Besides you don't want to talk with me, remember?'

Ouch. Ven has me there. I didn't miss the edge in his voice, perhaps he's gotten tired of apologizing to me. I wasn't truly angry at him anymore, mostly nervous of the chance of him taking control again. I know he promised he wouldn't do it again but the fear of it happening again wouldn't leave.

I took a calming breath before noticing the light flash green on Sora's isolation room. "Look the green light flashed, let's go!" I said motioning for Vanitas to follow me.

Maybe Ven could drag his body over from the other side like Vanitas did and then I wouldn't need to worry about the chances of him taking control of my body again.

'Doubt it.'

'Why?'

'Never mind, focus.'

Vanitas and I stood in front of the door concealing Sora. The little green light was still flashing so Vanitas pressed 'open' on the keypad. The door groaned as it shifted and slid open.

I walked into the room, noticing the bed and lack of my brother. "Sora?" Something looped around my neck pulling me backwards before tugging tight, cutting off my air. I struggled, my fingers clawing at the thing wrapped around my neck. I choked, tears blurring my version.

"Sora? Sora stop it!" I heard Vanitas yell.

Sora was trying to kill me?

I continued to struggle loosing the thing around my neck slightly.

"Who are you!?" Sora (I'm guessing) shrieked. "Let go of me! Let go! Let go!" The weight of him disappeared from my back.

I sucked in gulps of air, coughing as the rope (I'm not sure what it was) came completely loose. I wiped the stray tears from my eyes to see Vanitas trying to restrain Sora.

"Stop fighting! We're here to help you!"

"No more pills!" shouted Sora. "Don't need help! I want to go!"

"Sora," I said softly, slowly moving closer to him. "We want to leave too. We, Vanitas and I came to get you out as well. We won't give you any medicine."

Sora stopped struggling to eye me warily. "No more pills?"

I nodded repeating, "No pills."

His eyes narrowed. "No needles?"

"None of those either. We're just going to leave this pace before Ansem returns."

A cruel smile formed on Sora's lips. It wasn't right. It didn't belong on Sora. Sora was kind and innocence believing in all that junk of light and forgiven (besides our parents.) "Kill…" Sora whispered. "Want to kill him… Ansem dead. Dead. Dead. Dead!"

"So that's why he had the make shift rope. He was waiting for Ansem…" mumbled Vanitas before standing up and clutching Sora's hands in his own. "No killing Sora."

"Why?" Sora's eyes were wide. "Why? Kill Ansem. I want to."

"No 'anti' wants him dead. You just want to be free."

Sora seemed to think Vanitas words over. "'Anti' wants Ansem dead. Ansem wants 'anti.' Have to kill Ansem first. You know 'anti'?"

Vanitas nodded. "I know him and I know you. We're leaving now. No killing. Come on Roxas, snap out of it."

"Roxas?" Sora asked turning towards me seeming to finally register who I was. "Twin?"

I internally shook my head to clear my thoughts (which didn't help) and I took another calming breath (I've been doing that a lot lately.) "Yes I'm Roxas, your twin."

"Why'd you leave?" Sora asked me.

"Because I was stupid and wasn't thinking, but I'm here now," I said.

Sora nodded.

"We'll figure this…" Vanitas nodded towards Sora. "out later, ok? Sora we're leaving. You need to be quiet, ok?"

"Quiet… 'anti' doesn't want to…" Sora started to say before trailing off seeming to converse with 'anti' in his head. It hurt to see him so broken looking.

'All of Sora's barriers against the 'anti' are most likely broken or completely gone. The 'anti' dark energy is consuming and merging with Sora's personality.'

"Like Zexion's friend Demyx…" I whispered as my heart clenched painfully. Could I stop Sora from really hurting or possibility killing someone?

'I hope we can fix this…'

~x~x~x~

We stuck to the plan. Vanitas, Sora and I (including Ven) carefully moved through the halls. We hadn't come across Namine or Zexion and I hoped they hadn't run into any trouble. Luckily we only had to avoid Vargas or Ansem and maybe Rinoa as everyone else who had worked in the institution was gone.

Sora kept staring at Vanitas or I and he let Vanitas drag him throughout the halls as he hadn't released Sora's arm. Sora must have some sort of memory loss.

"Why can't I kill Ansem?"

"Because killing is wrong," I tried to explain. "Now be quiet, we don't want to get caught."

"But he hurt me."

"If you hurt Ansem, what if Vargas wanted to hurt or kill you for it? Would that be ok?"

"She hurt me too."

I didn't know how to respond or convince Sora that killing is wrong. "Just know that you can't kill anyone, ok?"

"But I want to."

"No 'anti' wants too."

"I want to too."

"Sora, you hurt Roxas, you tried to kill him. Should he be allowed to kill you?" asked Vanitas.

Sora didn't answer and we lapsed into silence.

~x~x~x~

"Children report back to the rec room. It is well past your bed time. All of you should be in bed."

"Shit! I knew it was too easy…" grumbled Vanitas.

"Ansem…" mumbled Sora. "Dead…"

"Do you think he has Namine and Zexion?" I asked looking around the hall; I noticed a security camera staring at us.

"Either way we should keep moving… The plan was to get out whether or not all of us do," said Vanitas.

"We can't just leave them!"

"And we can't just let Ansem get us! Roxas, he's been experimenting on Sora. It messed with his head. How good would it be if all of us ended up like him!"

"Still, there are friends!"

"It's not like I want to leave them!" Sora started to tug on Vanitas's shirt. "What is it?"

Sora pointed in front of us. Vanitas and I turned to see Vargas smiling at us.

"And why aren't you three listening to Dr. Ansem?" she asked, hands on her hips.

"Cause he's a right bastard for hurting Sora and messing with our connection!" answered Vanitas pushing Sora behind himself.

"It was an unhealthy attachment; it was for his own benefit to make him better. We only want what's best for all of you. Look Vanitas because of this you have your body back. This is good."

"How the hell… You know everything!" growled Vanitas. "All those times you looked down upon him and scolded him for bringing up the 'voices'!"

"It was necessary. We hadn't gotten rid of all the uninformed workers. But they are all gone. It's only going to get better."

"Do you really believe that?" asked Vanitas. "We aren't stupid."

Vargas sighed. "Don't make this more difficult. Vanitas you aren't part of this world and need to be sent back home."

"And leave these guys to you. I don't think so."

"What are we going to do?" I asked.

'Walk backwards slowly before taking the right, run! If she gets close she could use a sedative or something.'

'Right.'

I started to walk backwards, Vanitas following my move pulling Sora with him. Sora struggled slightly probably wanting to kill Vargas.

"Now children trying to run away again?" Vargas asked a slight mock in her tone. She rushed forwards; I saw a glint of metal as she raised her hand.

'Sedative!'

Sora reacted first, pulling his hand from Vanitas's grip, he moved forward, eyes trained on Vargas, he reached down to his ankle and pulled out a scalpel and thrust the sharp tool into her neck. (A.N: Let's assume that during the experiments or meetings with Ansem, Sora's crazed self was able to get a hold of the sharp tool. Let's also assume that the desire to choke Ansem came from 'anti' as 'anti' changed its will on how to off Ansem giving Sora the suggestion of choking. Just thought I'd clear that up now to avoid loopholes and questions!)

I take it back, I was shocked again. I couldn't move and it seemed neither could Vanitas. I watched in horror as Sora giggled to himself and kneeled beside Vargas's dying figure. He held the bloody scalpel still and continued to make small cuts on her face. Vargas was still clearly somewhat alive with her constant gargled gasps for air and twitching limbs.

'Roxas!'

I snapped out of my shock with Ven's shout. "Sora! Stop it!"

Sora turned to me, an innocent smile across his face. "But it's fun! Look at her; she's choking on her own blood!" Crazed giggles burst from his lips. "I want to stab her all over!"

"Fuck that!" Vanitas said grabbing Sora's wrist. "I won't let go until you drop it."

"Let me go! It hurts!" cried Sora struggling in Vanitas's hold.

"Let go of the scalpel."

Sora finally released the scalpel and Vanitas's released some of the pressure on his hold on Sora.

"You have to let go now!"

"And let you dive for that weapon? No I think not. We're leaving."

"But Ansem…"

"Shut up, Sora!" I couldn't help but snap. "You just killed someone. Don't you understand? Killed Sora."

"I know!" That stupid innocent smile was again on his face.

"Don't waste your breath, Roxas. He doesn't understand," Vanitas said. "He's not himself."

'I don't know if I can handle this… I mean KILLED, what do I even do? I-I don't know what to do!'

'Deep breaths, Roxas, don't dwell on it and just focus on getting out of here. Push it away, the feelings for it. I'm sorry.'

'I-I'll try… What are you sorry for?'

Ven laughed a bit. 'Everything I suppose.'

"Stop chit-chatting Roxas. Let's get out of here. I can't stand this place even more than before…" said Vanitas. "Isn't it strange? He stopped talking… Ansem."

"Well…" I muttered glancing towards the security cameras. "He just witnessed that. Crazy or not, it's shocking. Or maybe he realized without all his workers he doesn't stand a chance right now. Like would he really call the police?"

"Makes some sense I guess… Bastard probably fled the minute it happened."

~x~x~x~

We reached our escape point. Our bags were still in their hiding spots, Namine's and Zexion's were already gone. I breathed a sigh of relief; at least something's gone right. I had already packed a bag for Sora before we got him out of isolation.

Vanitas grabbed his own bag before looking at me. "Would you rather carry his bag or hold his hand and make sure he doesn't cause more trouble?"

I looked to the ground. "I'll take his bag… I… I just can't deal…"

"I understand. Don't worry about it."

"Where are we going? Why do we have to go?" asked Sora surprisingly sitting still as Vanitas and I strapped on the backpacks and such.

"To a safe place. Nami and Zex should be waiting by the back gate, the one near the patch of trees," said Vanitas. "I believe Zex said something about a key since the poles are too close together for anyone to squeeze through."

I nodded. "Let's just get out of here."

~x~x~x~

The moon was out. It was fairly dark and it took a few moments for my eyes to adjust to the lack of light.

The gate slowly came into view. The fencing surrounded the whole place but there were only two gates, the one in the one and one in the back. The back gate led off onto a dirt path leading towards a small gathering of trees definitely not large enough to be called a forest.

When I looked back at the institution, the lights were still on, but no sound seemed to come from the building at all. No vehicles were in the parking lot. He really did leave.

"Who are Namine and Zexion?" asked Sora.

'Definitely memory loss. He doesn't seem to have any memories of Vanitas and only knows you.'

'This whole thing couldn't get any worse.'

'You have a point there. I do wonder though…'

'About what?'

'If Sora's memory loss is connected to well whatever Ansem did to him or because of the loss of Vanitas.'

'I couldn't say, since both incidents happened and started around the same time. I'm hoping it's the meds or Ansem and it will eventually wear off. I couldn't ask Vanitas to give up his body and go back to living in Sora's mind even if it helped.'

'It would be cruel to ask.'

'Not that I like him or anything, more for your sake.'

'Still appreciated.'

'Do you think you could get a body in this world?'

'I don't believe so and if I could it shouldn't be for a while. Vanitas has been here far longer than I have. You and I are just starting to have the same connection and abilities that I assume they have had for years.'

'Still it would be more beneficial to everyone if you could somehow get one or drag yours here.'

'I agree but we'll just have to wait for now.'

We arrived at the gate. As Vanitas had said earlier, there was no way any of us could squeeze between the poles. But the gate was open. Namine and Zexion must have gone through already. Quickly, we walked through the gate. Freedom at last.

"Roxas?"

"Namine?"

Namine and Zexion seemed to emerge from nowhere as the tree's canopy's let in few streams of moonlight.

"I'm so glad you guys made it!" said Namine, hugging everyone except Sora who evaded her attempts.

"You guys were taking a long time," started Zexion. "We weren't sure if you were caught or not."

"We were," I admitted. "But we were able to get away."

"What happened to you?" Zexion asked me pointing to my neck.

My eyes widened. "Nothing too seriously. I'm fine, really."

'This isn't good.'

"I tried to kill him. I thought he was Ansem," said Sora. He had that smile on his face. "I really wanted to kill Ansem but Vanitas says it's 'anti' but I was able to kill Vargas!"

"What?" questioned Zexion.

To be continued… I MEAN IT!

AN: So thoughts? Questions? Tell me! So it was mostly Roxas trying to hold himself together and he's started to rekindle his relationship with Ven. Vanitas is being understanding and Sora's gone 'round the bend. I wasn't sure if I should/could include a death (does rating T allow that?) and I really debated having Sora actually kill a person, but I wanted to show how far the 'anti' has consumed him. So as by popular demand and my own, expect some more crazy in the next chapter, mostly from Zexion whose probably going to suffer some flashbacks as Sora is/has become what his friend Demyx became. I would really like to hear your ideas as they are inspiring. As of right now in the pairings debate for the story, I've decided to hold out and just see where the story takes us. Next time, Zexy's house!

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