Chapter 18. Doom-Doom-Doom. And... uh... the anonymous person who keeps signing as "?"... do you not want to reveal your identity? Or are you too lazy to log-in?

Gummi Ship

Sora, Amy, Goofy, Donald, and Theo had just left Agrabah, now headed towards Hollow Bastion. Amy was marveling the white necklace Storm gave as recognition of beating him, and she was angry that Sora wouldn't give her the green armlet. Sora leaned back in the captains seat and said "OK, Donald, so we're set for Hollow Bastion, right?"

"Right"

"You're sure?"

"Yup."

"Positively sure."

"Yup."

"Ok then!" Sora laughed. In his mind he knew that they were set to Hollow Bastion, but he knew Donald didn't want to go. The five would have to prepare for anything at all, even being suddenly unprepared. Sora was nervous though. What's wrong with Riku? I haven't seen him for a year, yet he acts like this? This can't be Riku... it's someone else. I can feel it. And why did he want us to know where Kairi was? Is he luring us into a trap, like fish go after worms?

Above Atlantica - Gummi Ship

It had been a day since they had landed on ground. The Warp Gummi was gummed up with sand, and could not function right, so they would have to go in manual. Theo saw that the Trinity Map was pointing ahead to the Red Trinity Guardian... pointing towards Halloween Town. The Blue Trinity mark on the map was also glowing, pointing towards Atlantica. Then, the Yellow Trinity Mark was pointing towards Hollow Bastion. "What should we do? Three Guardians, tyet we're going towards Hollow Bastion... I suggest we go to Halloween Town. We haven't had any food for a day, and we're out of water..." Donald remarked, scratching his neck.

Sora whipped around with a fire in his eyes. "No! Kairi's in Hollow Bastion! And if you guys aren't coming with me, then I'll go myself!" Goofy looked hard at Donald, and Donald looked hard at Goofy. "OK, we'll go to Kairi. But, the monsters are incredibly strong there. You better be ready." Donald said.

Hollow Bastion

The Gummi Ship slowly lowered itself down to a platform at the bottom of Hollow Bastion. A familiar voice echoed "So glad you could make it, Sora. And I see you brought your lackeys with you?" It was Riku, Keyblade already drawn and a few large Heartless behind him. But these Large Bodies weren't empty handed. One of them was holding Merlin, and the other Aladdin. The last one was holding Kairi.

"Kairi!" Sora cried. "Sora!" Kairi yelled back. "Riku isn't himself! He's being used again! You have to-" But Riku interrupted and smacked Kairi. "Shut your mouth!" Kairi was knocked out cold.

Sora snapped.

His calm outer shell was smashed. "Yaaaaaaaagh!" He screamed, lunging at Riku. His eyes were red, and his relaxed stature had turned into a angry, determined man. Determined to defeat Riku, and get Kairi and his other friends back.

Chapter 18 folks.