Sora awoke hours later; he was in a dark dank dungeon. Smelly water dripped from leaks in the ceiling and rats scurried around at his feet, 'Huh? Where am I?' he mumbled and rubbed his head. He tried to summon his Keyblade but it refused to appear for him at all. Standing up Sora found that he seemed to be chained to the wall and could barely move a few metres from where he had been placed while unconscious, 'What happened?' he asked, 'They got you' came a very familiar voice from in a dark corner, 'Riku?' Sora peered into the gloom, just making out another figure lying against the wall arms folded, 'Hello Sora' 'Riku it is you!' Sora rushed towards him but tripped and crashed to the floor, 'Still as clumsy as ever I see' 'But Riku! I thought you where trapped in Kingdom Hearts?' 'I was' Riku replied, 'But how...' 'I didn't escape Sora I was retrieved. Retrieved by the Nephilim Lord. He needs me Sora, and he needs you' 'Why?' 'Now that's something I'm not so sure about yet. The darkness revealed many wondrous and terrifying things, but it seems that for some reason it refuses to show me that' 'W...what do you mean?' Sora asked confused, 'Would you like me to tell you?' Riku stepped into what little light there was in the prison and Sora gasped in surprise. He had not seen his friend in three whole years and over that time Riku had changed drastically. He was a lot taller and extremely pale. He was heavily built, more than that of Sora, as he had needed to survive the Heartless for a long time. Somehow Riku seemed darker, maturer even, he wore a blindfold over his eyes for some unknown reason and Sora could see two glowing eyes vaguely illuminating the white strip of material that clung over them. 'Riku, what happened?' Sora asked...