A/N: Ok sorry it took so long for me to update. I want to change something from the past few chapters. 1. Matt's name is not his real name. It is Cain and 2. He is not Ansem's son but apprentice in training, so no brother to Riku but Riku is still Ansem's son. Another thing I have to explain is that Ansem has followers (aka Unknowns) like in the preview for the next game if you have seen it. Those are the people that kidnapped Kairi. Ok so enough for me talking…Let's get on with the show. ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I don't own the song Tourniquet by Evanesence or Kingdom Hearts. I do however own my characters and the storyline.
Chapter 15- To Lost To Be Saved
Point of View: Riku
I was once again unable to do anything to save Alex or Kairi. All I could do for the time being was stay put and watch from afar which pissed me off so much. I was following Ansem down a long hall that was lit with torches. The fire danced along the walls as we made our approach.
I was holding Alex in my arms. She was still in her true form with the rose mark still burning on her forehead. She was icy cold and lifeless. It looked as if she was just sleeping soundly but to me she looked to be dead even though Ansem told me she wasn't.
He throw open the pair of tall wooden doors at the end of the hall. A large room I had never seen before was staring back at me. "Riku set her down on the couch over there." Ansem ordered. I did what I was told and the room seemed to light up right before my eyes.
A large room made out of stone appeared. It had several seats on the ground with a large fire place in the middle that was now burning brightly. Torches hung at various places in the room and large paintings hung on the walls. They were of a dark world where a sea was visible. It also showed two figures flying in the air. One was completely dressed in white with white angel wings and that other was in all black with black angel wings holding a large sword in her hand.
Ansem caught me looking at it and came over to me. "I see you have found the picture of the great battle. The painting is called 'Fallen' because at least one of them will fall from the others hand." Ansem said. "You will see the real thing soon so don't worry my boy." He walked back over to where he was and brought out a thin book and opened it. He read for a second and then walked over to the fire place and pulled the torch that was right next to it. I stared at the fireplace as a large portal appeared to where the fire used to be. It however was not up and the fire just stared back. "At last. Riku bring her to me."
I did what I was told and carried Alex to him. He took her and positioned her right in front of the arch. "Sanity Tua Wite Ne Phouvr Mani RELEASE!" He yelled. Alex floated in mid-air and her color in her skin came back and her eyes opened. I gasped.
"Alex…" I softly said.
She turned her head at me and showed no emotion. Something about her was not right it was as if she was completely different from her usual self. "Deris Hama Una!" Ansem cried. Alex groaned in pain as a pair of black angel wings came out from her back. Her outfit began to change. Her dress was cut shorter to about her knees and the front part was cut out. Her arms were covered in a black cloth that hung freely from her arms at some places and her necklace was gone and replaced by the same rose mark that was on her forehead.
She floated back down to the ground and Ansem was smiling. "At last." He said to himself. The room echoed with the sound of her footsteps approaching Ansem who was now holding a long black cloak. "My dear it is good to see you again." He said.
"Yes Master." She said. Alex was gone and someone else took her place. Her voice and face were the same but the person I fell in love with was gone. Nothing of her smile or personality lingered. It was as if the one I loved never existed at all. It tore me apart inside as I looked at her walking to Ansem.
She took the cloak and draped it over her dress and her wings folded into her body. She turned her head looking at me. Her eyes caught mine and I thought I saw a glimpse of something that still appeared to be Alex. She walked over to me. A smirk appeared on her face. "You…love me don't you Riku." She said as I pulled away from her gaze.
"The way you look at me…does it hurt you that I am this way." She whispered in my ear. "She will never come back…never…she is gone forever and all you have left is me." She said. "I will never stop loving you no matter what…you have me now so forget about her my love."
I couldn't pull away from her. Her face grew closer to mine. "I love you." She said while kissing me deeply. I deepened it without knowing what I was doing. It was as if she was putting me in a trans and I only could watch myself do these things that I didn't want to do.
She parted and kissed my cheek. "She's gone." She whispered in my ear and walked back to Ansem.
My heart stopped and a few tears rolled down my cheeks. I would never see the real Alex again. The glimpse I thought I had seen in her eyes was nothing but my imagination.
'You will never come back to yourself ever again. The look on Riku's face tells all. He believes that you are gone forever and he is right. So don't try to get out again because it is useless'. Alex's other self said to the old Alex
Ansem put his arm around her as he looked into my eyes. "You have lost her my son." He said with a smirk on his face. "Dear shall we begin." He said.
"Yes Master. Where is she?"
"Call her out yourself." Ansem said.
"Alright. Yuama Cia Haru REVEAL!" She yelled making a motion with her hands and arms. A dark figure materialized in front of her holding what looked to be a body in his arms. The figure stepped forward and revealed itself to us. It was a cloaked figure and I couldn't make out the face. I did however see that he was holding Kairi who was lifeless in his arms. He set her down on the floor and stepped back disappearing again. Alex with a flick of her hand chained Kairi up in the air. Kairi's head fell on her chest and did not move.
I just watched as all of this was happening. I could not move my body at all. I gathered my strength and forced it out. "ENOUGH! LET KAIRI GO RIGHT NOW." I cried as my two keyblades formed in my hands. I charged at Alex with all my force and strength that I had in me.
'No matter if I love her or not I have to save Kairi. Alex would not want to have been doing this at all anyways.' I thought to myself as I rushed towards Alex. She quickly turned around and had her sword drawn out and blocked my attack. I hit again and she blocked it. "FIRAGRA!"
A flame engulfed us and I charged to her. "Sagia HOWL!" She said and the fire cleared out and a dark glow surrounded her. "Attack." She said as a dark creature formed in front of her. It was in the shape of a wolf and was completely black.
The wolf charged at me and I dodged it. Again and again it charged but it kept missing. "Return." Alex said and the creature was gone. "Riku you are stronger than I thought you were. I guess that I am only the one to take you on since my creature couldn't." She said drawing out her sword again.
She ran towards me and jumped over me. I struck up but I missed and she appeared behind me. She kicked my back to send me to the floor. She flicked her hand and I was chained up into the air. She flew up to me as I lay about 20ft. from the ground. "I will not kill you because you are just like me Riku…except you don't know it. Like me you are dark and Sora is light that is why you are attracted to me and I to you. We are one in the same. Darkness lingers in you but you have no idea how to unleash it." She whispered in my ear. "You feel the urge…don't you. The darkness is calling for you to reveal your true form to me. I want you Riku…and you want me. The kiss was telling everything. No matter how much you deny it you are wanting me on the inside. I feel it and you feel that I want you too." She said kissing me on the lips. "Just do it, so we can be one." She said.
She was right something on the inside was wanting her no matter how hard I tried to resist her and there was no way to stop it. The darkness in my heart was calling to me to release it and was calling to Alex. "No…" I said. "I will not… you and me are not alike at all…unlike you I have a heart and soul. You are a heartless bitch." I said.
It hurt to say that to the one I loved but I had too. Something felt different at I overpowered the darkness. It weakened and I could feel myself gaining control again. "ENOUGH!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
Then it happened. A light appeared and I was free from the chains. It came from deep inside me. I jumped to the ground and sprinted for Kairi, so I could free her. I reached her and broke and chains that held her prisoner. She fell into my arms and remained unconscious.
Alex was still in the air and something happened. She was struggling. I saw her face grow pale and her hair turned to its normal form, which was auburn brown but it however remained its long length. Ansem looked at her, "Alexandria…!" He yelled. She grabbed her chest and her eyes closed. Her wings folded up and she fell to the floor.
I tried to reach her in time but she was falling too fast. A cloaked figure appeared out of thin air and caught her. The figure's hood fell revealing his face. There stood a young teenage boy just about our age or older. He had red hair that was short and spiky with penetrating red eyes. (A/N: Not long hair in the previews for the game.) "Axel…" Ansem said.
"Caught ya." He said staring down at Alex who was looking up at him.
"Thank you." She whispered at him as her eyes closed again.
Ansem rushed over to her to see if she was ok. "Axel set her down on the couch over there." Ansem demanded. Axel did as he was told and joined Ansem by his side. "Riku you remember Axel don't you?" He said smirking.
I stared at the two blankly and tried to remember but I didn't remember him at all. "Of course you don't because your real memories were erased don't your remember…He can't." He said laughing.
"What do you mean I had my memories erased?" I asked.
"You defied me when you were young…and forced Cain to erase your memories of the life you once lived here with Axel, Cain and Lestat because you couldn't handle the darkness and pain you went through. Then you escaped and ended up on that small island where you started your life over again. Then you were once again in my grasp when you were locked into Kingdom Hearts. I chained you up and you met Alex who defied me just like you. You however didn't know that you met her once before but that feeling of familiarity was there and you were attracted to her. She was separated from you when you used to live here because she was too dangerous."
"So the two of you met again and you fell in love with her not knowing about her past and what she had done to so many people and the chaos and havoc she brought into the people's lives. She escaped with you and the two of you declared your love for one another. I found you again and she escaped leaving you behind. Then you escaped and I went after the both of you me needing Kairi and her in order to open the real doors to Kingdom Hearts in the World Between. I have found it thanks to the help from Axel and Lestat." He said smirking at me.
I just stood there and listened to what he said as it repeated itself over and over again in my mind. That would explain why I couldn't remember anything before I reached the Destiny Islands. It made sense. Something in my arms stirred. It was Kairi. I looked down at her and she was awake. "Riku…" She said softly.
"Kairi…" I replied back.
She looked around and saw Alex laying on the couch, Ansem and Axel standing side by side and the large room. Her eyes grew wider. "Where….am…I…" She said panicking.
"You are safe just stay with me." I said letting her to the ground. She got to her feet and stood her ground in front of me. Her keyblade appeared in her hands.
"Ansem let Alex go she has no idea what she is doing. You are the one controlling her. I know everything about her and what you did to her when she was younger and to me as well. Belle told me everything." Kairi said angry.
"My dear child you are mistaken that princess has it all wrong. Those diaries that I bet she showed you were fake. You don't know anything about me or Alex. You are completely clued out on what really happened. All of that information that the princess told you was a lie and based on false information." He said smiling.
"…what…" Kairi said looking completely lost. "But…" She added still trying to collect her thoughts.
"Alex has been controlling herself the whole time. She played you, Riku and Sora the whole time. All of you just didn't know it." Axel said.
"That is not true she didn't have any say in what she wanted to do. You were the one controlling her I know it. She was blinded by the darkness. She had no choice…she will be good again I know it if you are gone." Kairi yelled frantically at Ansem while tears rolled down her face.
"She will never be good again. Athough her heart did not want to give into the darkness, she did anyways because that is what she is and she will never change. She was born into the darkness and will always remain that way, no matter what. Just like you were born into the light, the Angel of the Light." Ansem said.
"NO!" She yelled again crying even harder. I reached for her and she pulled away.
I TRIED TO KILL THE PAIN
BUT ONLY BROUGHT MORE
I LAY DYING
AND I'M POURING CRISOM REGRET AND BETRAYAL
I'M DYING PRAYING BLEEDING AND SCREAMING
AM I TOO LOST TO ME SAVED
AM I TOO LOST?
"SILENCE GIRL!" Ansem yelled. "TIME IS UP AND THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN. YOUR DESTINY WILL NEVER BE CHANGED BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN IN THE STARS." He yelled. "NOW ITS TIME TO END THIS ALL."
MY GOD MY TOURNIQUET
RETURN TO ME SALVATION
MY GOD MY TOURNIQUET
RETURN TO SALVATION
Ansem walked over to Alex and placed his hand on her head. Her eyes opened and she sat up and got to her feet. She looked at me and Kairi and something seemed to be different. The glimpse I had seen earlier was still there and it wasn't me just imaging it. The Alex I loved was still in there I sensed it. I ran to her.
I embraced her. "Don't give into it Alex…I know you are still in there just please fight it…I love you." I whispered into her ear. "Please…" I begged. She grabbed her chest and fell to the ground kneeling on her knee. I pulled her up to me and held her tighter. I felt something wet. I looked down at her and she was crying as she stared up at me. "I…..can't……..Riku……This is who…..I….am!" She said softly.
DO YOU REMEMBER ME
LOST FOR SO LONG
WILL YOU BE ON THE OTHER SIDE
OR WILL YOU FORGET ME
I'M DYING PRAYING BLEEDING AND SCREAMING
AM I TOO LOST TO BE SAVED
AM I TOO LOST?
She pulled away from me but I wouldn't let go. "GET AWAY FROM ME!" She cried managing to break free. Her sword appeared in her hands and she pointed it at me. "DON'T COME ANY CLOSER…" She said still sobbing. "This is who I will always be and no one can change that Riku…I am lost in the darkness and I will never escape it." She said.
MY GOD MY TOURNIQUET
RETURN TO ME SALVATION
MY GOD MY TOURNIQUET
RETURN TO ME SALVATION
"I was born this way and shall die this way…"
MY WOUNDS CRY FOR THE GRAVE
MY SOUL CRIES FOR DELIVERANCE
WILL I BE DENIED CHRIST
TOURNIQUET
MY SUICIDE
Her wings stretched out to their full length and she folded them around her body. "I don't regret…anything I have done except me falling in love with you." She said crying and burring her face into her wings. Ansem placed his arm around her and Axel stood on her side. "Ansem…let's begin…this so……all of this pain….will end…and the one…destined to rule….the world will be…crowned." She said.
Ansem nodded his head and mumbled something under his breathe. Two more cloaked figures appeared behind Alex. One I knew was Matt or shall I say Cain and other was Lestat. Their hoods were pulled down and Cain stood there with his blonde hair and green eyes and Lestat with is midnight blue hair that was like Axel's and black eyes.
"It is time…my dear…to end all of this and….plunge the world into darkness." Ansem said.
"Yes Master…It shall begin…" She said…
A/N: WOW! That was long. I kinda got carried away. Sorry, but I hoped you liked it. The next chapter should be up sometime soon. Promise. Please R&R and let me know what you think so far. Thanks
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