Disclaimer of DOOM: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. Square-Enix does. If I did, you would have seen the name "Kevin Bragg" somewhere in the credits.
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Chapter 3: The End of One Life, The Beginning of Another
Axel charged straight for Dash and came in close to slash at Dashel with his disc, but Dashel was ready. He flipped over Axel and landed a great distance from him. At the same time, he generated a gravity ball in each hand and threw them at Axel. The ground was torn as the two balls flew straight for Axel. Axel, however stood, relaxed, and let the gravity balls come to him.
"Kid, your not the only one with tricks up your sleeve." Axel said this as the balls closed in on him. Just when they came close, Axel used his weapons to reflect the gravity balls. One flew straight into the air while the other went across the water, leaving a half-circle shaped trail in it. Axel stood and smirked.
"Now it's my turn!" Axel suddenly disappeared and was out of sight. Before Dashel realized it, Axel reappeared behind him and threw one of his discs. Dashel turned around and saw the disc coming. He jumped to the side, but the disc managed to leave a cut on his face. Dashel wiped the blood off his face with his hand while Axel howled in laughter. Seeing this as an opportunity, Dashel thrust his hand forward, causing a force that shook the ground and sent Axel flying.
"That'll teach you to laugh at me!" Dashel said as Axel finally landed on the sands of the beach. He got up with an annoyed look on his face.
"I guess I'll have to take things up a notch." Axel stretched out his hands, causing a wall of fire to appear in front of him. The firewall rushed toward Dashel, who remain calm and easy. He jumps over the firewall with ease and was still floating in the air. What came next as he was landing was something he was not expecting.
"You fell for my trap!" Axel said as he threw his two discs forward, which were now covered in fire. They started to encircle Dashel until they formed a giant tornado of fire around him.
"Damn, gotta get rid of this thing before I become fried chicken! STOP!" Dashel yelled out the spell, but the tornado kept going.
"Umm, GRAVITY!" Still nothing happened. The fiery started to close in on him.
"What the hell! Why is my magic not working?" Though barely visible, Dashel could see Axel staring at him through the tornado.
"It's pretty obvious. You're out of magic power. It will restore itself in time, but in your case, by the time it comes back, you'll be as burnt as a marsh mellow. So how will you get out of this?" Dashel had a look of defeat on his face.
"Damn, it's over for me!" Just as doom seemed inevitable for Dashel, an object could be seen falling from the sky. Axel saw this, almost as if he was expecting it, as the object went in the middle of the tornado and stabbed itself into the ground in front of Dashel. Seeing nothing else to do, Dashel grabbed it and pulled it out of the ground. He had never seen anything like it. It looked like a sword in the shape and form of a key. The blade of the weapon was black with a design at the top. The handle was gray and the guard that covered around the top and the bottom of the handle was a lavender color. At the end of the handle was a chain with the heartless symbol hanging at the end. Dashel could not keep his eyes off the weapon that now laid in his hands.
"Maybe you should stop drooling over that thing and start using it to get yourself out of there." Dashel looked at Axel and wondered why he was helping him out. He perished the thought and immediately swung the weapon at one of the discs that came by. Dashel was surprised to see that the blade part separated into several links, turning it into a whip-like weapon. The whip blade hit its intended target, thus causing the tornado to stop. The two discs flew back to their owner's hands then disappeared. Dashel swung his newfound weapon around, doing flashy moves in the process, and then made it go back into its straight form. Dashel looked from his weapon to Axel, obviously wanting answers.
"What you have in your hand right now is a key blade. A special key blade at that. It seems to take the from of a whip when used. I guess for now we can call it the key whip." Dashel still had a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
"The key blade," Axel continued, obviously noting Dashel's expression, "chooses its master. So it chose you. I should also note that the key blade is that of the dark. It now belongs to you." Dashel began to look at the key whip once again.
"A key blade of darkness……amazing. Axel, you knew this would happen, didn't you? So what do you want with me?" Axel looked away from Dashel and at the ocean.
"You said you wanted to leave this dreaded world, didn't you? Well I'm your ticket out of here. I am offering you a chance to join us, The Organization. We are beings that exist, yet do not exist. We lie between the light and dark. We are the Unknowns, like yourself. We are nobodies, but we are…….and you don't have a clue what I'm talking about, do you?" Axel said, seeing the look of confusion on Dashel's face.
"Not a clue, but I think I want to understand more. So be it, I will join you. Besides anywhere else is better than here." Dashel said, obviously happy about leaving. Axel saw this and held his hand out. Suddenly a black portal appeared in front of them.
"Last chance to change your mind, kid. Once you step through this portal, you will probably never see your home again. Parents, friends, they will be gone for good. Are you sure?" Dashel only nodded his head, ready to go.
"Very well. Step through this portal and it will take you to our base. I will be right behind you." Dashel stepped forward a little bit, but stopped. He turned around and had one last look at his home.
I have no regrets…
Dashel stepped into the portal and disappeared. Axel stepped into the portal after Dashel, with a devious smile on his face. 'All is going according to plan….the kid…and the keyblade.' Axel thought to himself before he disappeared as well. Ten minutes after the two left, the town became a sight of utter chaos. The Heartless had already taken the hearts of countless people. Cries and screams could be heard throughout the town. The darkness had already covered most of the town. After everything was all said and done, all that was left was destroyed homes and buildings and countless heartless. The world had met its demise. No person was left. Just darkness.
Meanwhile, in a place unknown, we see two familiar figures in a white room with a table and chair. The two figures happened to be Sakouri and Rika. They were standing at one end of the long table. On the other end, the chair was turned away from them. Apparently, there was someone sitting in the chair, remaining hidden.
"Master, we have returned and are ready to report." Sakouri said to the person behind the chair. The chair shifted a little.
"Go on." Said the person, who sounded like a woman. Rika spoke up.
"We arrived at our destination safely, but we were too late. The Organization agent beat us to the boy. His powers were already awakened." Rika said with a slight tone of disappointment.
"It cannot be helped, Rika." The woman said, hearing the tone in Rika's voice. "And what of the boy's world?"
"Purged in darkness, sadly. There was nothing we could do to stop it." Sakouri said in a disappointed tone also. The woman sensed it also.
"You two did what you could do, so don't punish yourselves. However, we have a new problem on our hands. The boy's power is a threat to all beings. Sadly, we must eliminate him, at all costs." The woman said in a serious tone.
"What should we do, then?" Rika asked, not liking where this was going.
"First, we must locate him, then send someone in to finish the job." The woman said, with a slight tone of displeasure after saying 'finish the job.'
"Whom should we send in?" Sakouri asked. The woman spent a few minutes thinking, and then spoke.
"Send in…Kain." Sakouri and Rika's eyes went wide.
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Oh the suspense, it kills me. Not really. As always, R&R!