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Chapter 8

Incredible Memory

"So what're a couple of kids like you doing in a place like this?" Mr. Incredible questioned the boys.

Riku was the first to respond. "First of all we're not kids. Secondly, we're…we're not exactly sure how we got here. In fact, we don't even know where this is."

Mr. Incredible sighed. "The place is called Nomanisan Island, but that's about all I've been told."

"Been told?" Sora asked. "By who?"

"By…by someone, okay? 'Someone' gave me directions to come here and 'Someone' should be here any moment now to take you kids home and get me back to my family."

The single word hit Sora like a brick. In his ears he heard Riku and the man in the red clothes arguing, but his mind heard something different. Family…do I have a family? Where…where is my mother? And…father? Again the stinging sensation coursed through his veins, sending a chill down his spine that brought more memories into vision. Just before he collapsed onto the soft earth beneath him, he thought he heard a dull roar in the distance, making its way towards him.

Sora was only five years old when they disappeared. He remembered his father's face; stern, but with an air of cheerfulness always about him. He remembered his mother's face; passionate, loving, always gentle, and infinite kindness.

"Mommy, what is it?" The screaming.

"Get in your secret place now, Sora! Let daddy and I handle this! Find Riku and Kairi too, tell them to go with you!"

"But mommy, why?"

"Sora, just go, please hurry!" Cold air…a rush of it strong enough to tear the trees from the very fabrication of their roots. "Hurry!" More screams.

Sora ran as fast as he could, thinking of nothing other than helping his friends escape whatever was coming.

"Sora! We need to get in the secret place under the waterfall!" Riku was running straight for the small cave, Kairi following close behind.

"But…my mom!" Sora was crying now, and began to run back to his mother. "Mommy, promise me you'll be back soon!"

Sora's mother, with all the love she had showed for her child over the first five years of his life, turned and hugged him. "I promise. I promise we'll be back, Sora."

With that, the child ran crying from his mother to the cave beneath the waterfall. There, he and his friends stayed awake the rest of the dreadful night, listening only to the destruction of their island outside.

Before Sora awoke again, now over ten years later, on an island that he had never known, he had only one thought. She never kept her promise.

"Is he gonna wake up soon?" The other man's voices sent a vibration through Sora's ears. His head was throbbing, as if he had been hit by a rock recently.

"Sora! Wake up!" Riku's voice sent warmth through his body. A familiar voice. "Sora, can you hear me?"

The spiky-haired boy slowly came to his senses and rose to where he was in a comfortable sitting position, though his head still ached.

"What happened?" Riku handed him a small bottle of water, which he quickly drank.

"I…I had a dream…at least I think it was a dream." Sora looked like he had just woken from a nightmare.

"Well you're safe now, and we'll be getting you home soon," the other man said.

"I told you we don't have a home here!" Riku looked back at the man and then turned to Sora. "His name's Mr. Incredible. He said he'd help us get back 'home' if we didn't tell anyone about this place."

Sora was silent for a moment, trying to remember what all had happened before he fell unconscious. Family… "What kind of world is this?"

Riku whispered softly, trying to keep Mr. Incredible from hearing anything he didn't need to hear. "I don't know, but we need to figure out how to get out of here. According to him," Riku motioned to Mr. Incredible, "this place is full of all kinds of equipment and such. Sounds kinda like Hollow Bastion to me."

Sora let out a small laugh, and then turned away.

"What's wrong?" Riku asked quietly.

"Riku…I don't know how it happened…but…" Sora sighed and looked back at his lifelong friend. "I dreamed about us…ten years ago…when our parents disappeared."