Darkness Succumb

Relief swept over Lucia's form as she watched the shot hit another heartless that had been advancing.

"Riku!" She said as she stood and winced at the pain in her leg

Ansem glared at Dante. He had wanted to hit his heart not to miss because of some annoying emotion called love. He swung the gun to aim at Lucia but in reality Riku had enough of hurting others.

Riku finally took back control of his body and forced his arm to aim at his own heart! Lucia and Dante eyes both widened and Dante quickly ran over and knocked the gun out of his son's hands.

"NO!" Riku yelled out, his voice for once remaining his. He glared up at his father with harsh, green eyes. "I don't want to hurt you! Let me stop him!"

"If stopping it means this then I'd rather have you shoot me!" Dante retorted back, his voice pained with the thought of loosing his son.

"I'm not letting you kill yourself." He said gravely.

Riku lowered his eyes to the ground, and to his parent's astonishment, lost consciousness. Lucia darted forward and grasped his shoulders. His white hair was riffled by the wind but the rest of him was much too motionless for her liking.

As she held him, Dante looked over to the Heartless. He held his sword, ready to strike out, but it was not needed.

Riku lost his grip on them and the Heartless faded into nothingness. The sky seemed to lighten and Dante reached down to pick up his gun.

The first attack was finished.

The sight that greeted a groggy Riku was nothing to be excited about. Bleak lights followed by white sheets on a hard bed.

For Riku it felt pretty nice.

"Better than rocks and such crap." He murmured. His green eyes scanned the rest of the room with an air of contempt. One standard, wooden table was by his bedside and two hard backed chairs were together in the room.

With a second look, he noticed flowers and a box on the table. Little light came in the room from the windows since the blinds were securely closed.

Riku pushed himself up into a more comfortable position then gasped when pain shot through his head.

"At least that's done with." He whispered minutes later after the pain had subsided.

A knock on the door shook Riku from a light slumber. The door opened and his mother walked in. Lucia wore a light, red dress that reached mid knee, while Dante wore an all black ensemble. Both smiled when they saw their son awake and moving.

"Slept so long I was almost worried." Dante said as he sat in a chair and put his feet up on the end of the bed.

Lucia remained standing but frowned when she saw Riku's eyes unfocus.

"I think he's still on morphine, dear." She said quietly. She walked over and snapped her fingers in front of Riku. He didn't respond and her worry increased.

His hand shot up and gripped hers in a iron tight grasp. She hissed in pain at the force he was exerting.

"R-riku.. Wh-" She started, but stopped when bright, orange eyes glared out from her son's face.

Dante sat up from his chair, knocking it over onto the white floor. Heavy footsteps quickly went to his son's bedside, while blue eyes stared in shock.
He narrowed his eyes and decided he was going to get real answers.

"Who are you? What have you done to my son?" He yelled.

Ansem smiled using Riku's pale features.

A darker, more mature voice came from Dante's son's lips. Lucia cringed and succeeded in pulling her hand away.
"My name is Ansem, the seeker of Darkness. Your son is in my control. I won't give up my only power over him. I let him leave his prison, a place surrounded by water, and this is his price." Ansem said, his expression quite smug.

"I'm going to make sure that you do not ever come near my son again. Your going to go away and leave Riku alone." Lucia promised, her eyes hard.

Riku's head shook in the no, and her eyes grew even angrier.

"Riku seeks to be nothing. I'm realizing his wish, nothing more. He belongs to the Heartless now. Free him from me and he will become one." Ansem threatened, his form twisting Riku's face into a frown. "Or would you rather not have a son anymore." He said, easily knowing what Riku would do once he had some control.

"Lock me up for even a while and a repeat of what happened earlier will commence. Riku seems to want his own path to oblivion. I'm just guiding his energies in the …right direction, per say." He said amused at the horror filled looks on both adult's face.

"Since his own path would destroy him."

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