Chapter Eleven: Revelations
At one of the underground Seeker war camps, Nick was sleeping in his cabin, getting some rest while he could. It wouldn't be long before he had to go fight another battle again. It wasn't easy knowing that any day could be your last. But this night, Nick couldn't get any sleep. He couldn't help but ask himself all the questions about the weird things that had started to happen ever since his life stopped being normal. Who exactly were the Enigmatic Men? What was their purpose? Where was Ansem? What were the N.E.O. hiding from? And many more questions that would take years to list.
"Can't sleep Bolsey?"
Nick turned around to see Ryker was talking to him from the doorway to his cabin.
"It's just…I have so many questions…"
"Hmf… Try me."
Nick looked at Ryker in the eye.
"Are you serious?"
"Of course rookie, I've known Mitos for some time after all..."
"Well, ok. What are the N.E.O. hiding from?"
"The Nobodies. They are soulless N.E.O. All N.E.O. are soulless, but these are the equivalent of Heartless in the Twilight."
"The Twilight? What's that as well?"
"The Twilight is the world in-between. There is the door to the world of darkness, the door to the world of light, and…some entrance…to the world in-between. The soul goes to the world in between and becomes a soulless, and the body becomes a shell, a neutral version of yourself in the Twilight."
"So in each world there's a version of everyone?"
"Yes. In the world of darkness there's a dark version of you, and a part of that becomes the darkness in your heart. When a Heartless takes your heart, that darkness becomes a Heartless. The light in your heart becomes a light version of you in the world of light, and then the soul and body go to the world in-between."
"So what exactly are the members of the Organization?"
"They're shells that came to this world."
"How?"
"The same way one goes in, one goes out. That is something I don't think anybody knows."
"Ansem knows. I found a letter from Namine written to Ansem. It seems Ansem was looking for something in the Twilight and promised to tell the Organization how to go back to the Twilight. But he betrayed them."
"Figures…"
"And now he found the Paradise he was looking for. That's apparently why the Organization is still here after so long. They're stranded in this world forever."
"Well that explains how the Nobodies can reach this world. Ansem must've left the entrance to this world open for a reason. Possibly so that the Nobodies would find the Organization and destroy it."
"And what exactly did the Organization want in the first place?"
"They wanted Sora to be one of them. For unknown reasons. But they achieved it."
"Wow. Excellent revelations. Thanks Ryker."
"No problem rookie. Try to get some sleep. I hear an army of Heartless is getting near so we're leaving in two hours."
After that, Ryker left back to his own cabin. Nick lay on his bed excited that he was finally close to solving this crazy puzzle.
"Excellent revelations indeed…" He told himself.