Sora woke up in pain. Sephiroth was a cruel man. Yet there was one thing that he was happy about. Sephiroth hadn't succeeded. Just as he was about to have his little fun with Sora, the doors barged open to reveal an annoyed Ansem. Sephiroth was jerked off the frightened Sora and dragged out. Sora watched after them until they were out of sight. The next thing he heard was a door slamming shut and muffled yelling before a series of agony filled cries rifted his way. He winced as he heard these and realized that his door had been left wide and he rushed out of his room. He was as quiet as he could be as he ran through the halls toward the exit. Yet just as he set his foot out the door, electricity shocked him and a force pulled him away from the door. He didn't cry out in pain as he landed on the floor. He didn't want Ansem to hear him and abuse him again. He stood up with a panicked expression on his face and began to frantically search around for any other ways to get out. He found none and began to panic even more. He raced down the hallways in search of another exit and came across the doors in which had held him inside the first time he had come to the castle. Inside he heard explosions and bangs and shouting from his three friends and someone who sounded like Ansem. He pushed the doors open and came across a scene of chaos.
Riku turned his head and saw a very confused and frightened Sora standing in the doorway. Ansem looked over at him and saw what he was looking at. His brows furrowed before he turned and completely face Sora. Sora stared at him before turning and running down the halls again in a new wave of confusion and fright. Riku turned on his heel and followed after the younger boy, Cloud giving him a look of disapproval before attacking Ansem again while he was off guard. Riku rushed after his friend. He finally caught up with Sora and placed a hand on his shoulder causing the boy to jump in surprise and fright. Sora whirled around to face Riku. As soon as he saw who it was, he calmed down, dropping to his knees. Riku kneeled in front of his friend with his hands on the boy's shoulders. "Sora, are you ok?" he asked with a worried look on his face. Sora looked into Riku's face before attacking him with a hug, clinging to him for dear life. "Sora, what's the matter?" he asked in a worried tone as he wrapped his arms around Sora trying to reassure the boy that everything would be okay. "I can't leave the castle!" he said, tears heard in his voice. "Of course you can Sora." Riku said. "No, I mean I really can't leave the castle. I have no say. Something is keeping me in. When I tried to leave, something pulled me back in while electrocuting me!" he replied as his grip got even harder than before. Riku winced as the boy's nails dug into his skin in his back.
Cloud threw his sword down in anger. The Ansem they had fought had only been a replica. Leon walked over to him and placed a hand on his back. "Let's go find Sora and Riku." he said before heading towards the door. Cloud nodded and picked up his sword before following the calm brunette. They didn't have to search long before they heard Sora's voice as he told Riku about not being able to exit the castle. Cloud immediately rushed to Sora's side and knelt down beside the two younger boys. Sora looked at his older brother and attaching himself to him in a hug. Cloud wrapped his arms around his younger brother and held him close saying comforting things to calm his brother. Sora slowly began to calm down and finally he was able to let go of Cloud. "Now, calmly explain what you mean by not being able to escape from the castle. Tell us about what you saw and if you have any idea as to what might be holding you here." Cloud said as his eyes turned soft as he watched his distressed brother. Sora nodded and began to explain what Sephiroth was about to do to him before the real Ansem dragged him away and about the agony filled yells and about how he tried to escape but failed. The other three listened carefully as Sora told them all this. They hadn't even realized they were still in the hallway where Ansem or Sephiroth could easily stumble across them. Luckily, neither man showed up. Leon thought for a minute before he looked down at the black Sora. "It might be the spell holding you here. We need to get rid of the spell as soon as possible. Then we can leave." He said. Sora looked up at him with surprised eyes. "How'd you figure all this out?" he asked. "I put all the pieces together after you told us what had happened." He said before going into thought again to find a way to get rid of the spell. Not even Riku could think of a solution this time.
Ok...I know you wanted something to happen between Sephiroth and Sora Dani but no, nothing happened. Anyways...What'cha think?
