Part I: Chapter 5 Terminus Omega
Sora's eyes opened. While he came to, he began to feel an incredible amount of pain all over his body. Sora noticed he had passed out in a pool of his own blood. He could not gather the strength to stand, so he just spent a while there staring at the dark Hollow Bastion sky. He couldn't think because his mind was completely jumbled up and achey. After a moment, he had completely regained conciousness. He still could not stand up, but he was able to drag himself over to the wall to lean against it. He wiped the blood off his face.
Sora put his hand on his chest. He knew he was just told the truth the hard way. Light could not always win against dark. After all the years he had been faithful to the light, he now knew it wasn't going to do him any good. By now, Sora was easily the most powerful beholder of light. But this new menace nearly killed him without even breaking a sweat. And that doppelganger probably even isn't the strongest thing he's seen of this new army of darkness.
"You can become more powerful," said a strange voice, echoing all across the empty halls of the castle. "You WILL become more powerful. You will not agree with the process, but you have no say."
"Who are you? What are you saying?" Sora said calmly, being too tired for anymore surprises.
"I am called Hexon. I was once like you. Weak because of the light, I could not fight the darkness. I lost everything many years ago. But I have found the true path."
"Hexon huh? So you were that person from before... tell me, how... why are you so strong?" said Sora, hanging his head in wonder.
"You have been walking the wrong path. Light has no real power. It only allows one to hope, and hope causes false thoughts of power. You cannot win with just hope this time. You must go beyond hope. Beyond darkness. Join me Sora... beyond everything."
Sora sat in thought for a while. He was confused as to what Hexon meant, but there was no time to think about it. "Besides, if I don't accept, I'll probably die right here...so..." Sora slowly raised his hand towards the sky.
Hexon appeared in front of Sora. He had not changed from the last time Sora saw him. He was wearing the same cloak and blindfold as before. He was holding Sora's Platinum Chocobo in his right hand. He grabbed Sora's hand with his own hand which was completely wrapped in a black bandage torn in various places. Then, with a smirk on his face, he softly said "...you are going to die anyways..."
"What!" As Sora spoke, Hexon ran Sora straight through with the Platinum Chocobo.
Sora screamed in pain as the keyblade went through his body. "The power beyond darkness... it is only known as death itself" said Hexon, letting go of the blade's handle and taking a few steps back.
What happened next was beyond Sora's comprehension. He felt himself slipping away from the living world. When everything went black, he felt his body beginning to float off the ground. As he floated a few feet off the ground, his body began to absorb the Platinum Chocobo. The blade decomposed itself into such an impure source of energy that it made Sora cry out in agony as it absorbed itself into his heart. His eyes snapped open moments later. He was standing in the center of the room, looking straight at Hexon. His body was now producing the same electrical sound that Hexon's did, but at a much lower level. Sora looked himself over for a minute. His mouth was open but words could not come out of it.
"Congratulations. You have aquired the power that makes light and dark tremble -- death! Use it wisely." said Hexon slowly, completely in control. "Now you can fight those monsters on a much greater level than they ever could."
Sora did not fully understand the enigmatic Hexon. Sora's life was completely turned around now. He was now working with something that even the purest of light would not attempt to fight against. So many questions left unanswered. But it didn't matter anymore. The only thing that mattered to Sora now was that he was going to destroy this dark force and save his friends and the other worlds, whether he has to use a forbidden power or not.
(Next Time Part II-Chapter 1: Contaminated)