Ah… For a while I've been watching my little sister play my Silent Hill 2 game. Ha.. Every time one of those nurses would come up at her to attack her, she'd scream insanely and get killed. Whee, violence:D
Hm. Anyway, thanks for the reviews! Wow, I've almost got.. Eighty of them? Maybe even more? Ah well. This is the longest chapter, ever! Reviews? -puppy eyes-
Disclaimer: Don't own KH.. Or do I? MWAHHAAA!
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Sora finally mustered up the courage to stand up and figure a way out, but it wasn't easy in this room. He felt so paranoid, as if all eyes were on him..
As he moved through the room, he discovered there were two doors, each opposite of each other. Did he dare enter them? He looked back at the bodies, shivering. Yeah, he would. Just which room?
He blinked, looking and forth between the two. Well, he was closer to the right door, so he'd just go through that one. He slipped through the door easily, then blinked at the brightness of this room.
He walked slowly along the sides of the room, admiring a few odd picture's of the town's past. It started with families with farms, moved on to a small town, then the big, bright city which stood now.
Sora furrowed his brows when he looked at the next one, which was nothing but graves under a dark, red sky. "What is this place?" He asked no one, looking around.
He then discovered an odd looking machine at the front of the room. It was almost like a computer, only too big. Way too big.
As he moved closer, he noticed it had a disk drive. He shrugged, hitting the button above it, and putting the disk inside. Maybe this machine would play it? It was worth a shot.
The screen was on now, and it was fizzy. Sora glared at it. Maybe it was the wrong kind of disk for the machine. Sighing, he brushed his hair back, and went to try and get the disk out. Oddly enough when he tried, his hand went through the machine.
But hadn't it just been solid? Staring intently at the hard drive, he didn't notice the images that began to appear on the screen.
A static-like sound began filling the room, and he looked up on the screen to see…
Himself?
"What the..?" He said, staring blankly.
Well.. It was almost him. The person could be his twin.. A few words went across the screen reading 'S12'.
The view then went from the person who looked just like him, to a silver haired man. Sora squinted, trying to get a better view of him, but to no avail.
The screen shifted to papers, almost all of them looking like a recording of people, or new life forms. Sora stared confused at the screen, which now showed some sickly looking people, either being beaten, or starving.
They all looked as if they wanted to die. It sent shivers down Sora's spine. What was going on in this place.
"He's not right quite yet.. I'll have to try again." A low voice rang from the computer. He stared.
"Lacking the necessary skills of survival, speech, and obedience. I feel the next experiment will be right. Then I'll have finally found the key of--"
Right then the screen fizzed, the rest of what the man was saying dieing along with the picture.
Sora stepped back, looking at his hands. Suddenly he felt dread approach and smother him once again.
Was he even human..?
He heard the door behind him being opened, and turned to face…
"NAMINE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" He yelled in half relief half surprise.
"You guys left me behind! Riku promised we'd help dad together!" She said, crossing her arms.
"But… it's dangerous.. Wait! How'd you get through the building, anyway? There's odd.. Things. Everywhere.." His voice trailed off.
Namine shrugged, then ran up to Sora. "Where's Riku? I thought he'd be with you!"
Sora shrugged. "He ran off.. I haven't seen him since.."
"Well, then let's find him! Come on!" Namine said, running out the door. Sora quickly ran after her.
The halls twisted and turned, each time they entered another one, Sora prayed that they'd see nothing. He didn't want anything to happen to Namine.
Finally, Namine stopped in a hallway, shivering.
Sora caught up to her slowly, wondering why she'd stopped. Then, he looked up at two double-doors.
Written in a liquid red substance was a giant circle with an odd design inside it.
"What is this place?" Sora asked, staring up at the door. He was half-expecting some random, terrible monster to come running through, but everything was still, and deathly quiet.
Namine walked closer to the door, pushing it open. An odd smell escaped from the opening of the door, and Namine covered her nose. "What's in there?" She asked, looking at Sora.
Sora shook his head. "I don't know.. But maybe we shouldn't go in. Riku's probably somewhere else.." Sora turned to leave, but Namine ran inside, closing the door.
"NAMINE!" Sora yelled, and ran at the door, only to bounce off of it.
"Wha--?" Sora said, beating on the door, trying to enter.
He heard a shrill screaming, and now was panicking. He had to get in there, now! But how was he going to do it?
Right then, he heard the same slow, steady footsteps and heavy breathing. Was that monster back? He was too scared to move, much less do anything.
"Sora?"
"Just go away.." Sora said, gritting his teeth.
"You want me to leave?" A familiar voice behind him asked.
Sora turned to face not the monster, but.. Riku.
"Riku! Thank god your okay!" Sora said, running at him to hug him, only to go right through him and fall on the floor.
"Ow.. Weird stomach feelings," Sora said, rolling to his feet.
Riku nodded, a sickly look on his face.
"Listen!" Sora said, remembing Namine. "We've got to get inside that room!" He said, pointing to the door. "Oh, and could you hold it open for me, too?" Sora asked sheepishly.
Riku rolled his eyes, then moved to the door and tried to open it.
"It's locked."
"That's impossible! Namine just went in there, and it was open! I saw it!" Sora blurted out accidentally.
"Namine is here?" Riku said, fear practically oozing off his words. "How'd she get here? She wasn't supposed to.. None of this was supposed to turn out like th.."
Right then, a small click could be heard from the door. Riku and Sora both turned to stare at it.
"So I guess we should.." Riku started.
"Go in." Sora finished for him.
Riku nodded, and they both walked into the musky room, not noticed the shadows that followed them in.
Lights were dim inside this room, but figures could be made out. One was doubled over on the floor.
A pool of some kind of liquid oozed along the floor, toward the middle.
"Namine?" Riku said, his voice distraught. He moved closer to the figure on the floor, and dropped next to them.
"Namine…" He said, in a voice barely above a whisper. She had a huge hook lodged inside her stomach, her eyes were wide open in shock.
He picked her up, cradling her in his arms. "Namine, please.. Don't die. Not now.."
Sora stared blankly, then realized they weren't alone. "Riku! We shouldn't be in here…" He then looked around, noticing the figures beginning to come closer to them.
Riku let out muffled sobs then, and Sora ran to him.
"Riku…. Namine…" Sora said, looking confused. He had no idea how to help them. Right then, something ran across the ceiling beams. Sora looked up quickly, afraid for Riku.
"Life ends so quickly for some, doesn't it?" A voice echoed from the room as a figure stepped out, with long silver hair.
"Riku, come on!" Sora pleaded, trying his best to get him up. "She's gone! There's nothing you can do about it! I want to save you, if you'd let me!" Sora pleaded faster, looking back at the approaching figure.
Riku looked as if he couldn't hear Sora anymore, and looked up at the figure approaching him.
"My boy," The man said, leaning down over Sora. "It's a pity, isn't it? So young.. But, I can help you." The man reached for Namine's lifeless body, and pulled her away from Riku, who let out choked sobs.
"But she didn't die in vain. Just like you won't…" The man said, grinning manically.
"Stay away from me!" Riku yelled, knocking the man over. He ran to the doors, yelling desperately for Sora.
"Riku! Can't you see me?" Sora said, running in front of him.
A strange creature-- much like Riku's father-- knocked Riku over, hissing miserably.
"Take him to the next room. I'll figure out something.. Perhaps, my new body?" The man said greedily.
Sora screamed in rage. No way was he going to stand here and not try, even if he was a ghost.
He ran at the man, going straight through him, and into darkness.
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"What… Happened?" Sora said, waking up to darkness. He was in.. The basement? The place next to the school.. Now he remembered.
Panic shot through him as he realized a beam off the ceiling had fallen along with him, and right on his leg.
"Help!" He yelled, his own voice echoing back at him. Could anyone hear him?
His eyes burned, and he felt tears falling over his face. This was too much.. Namine was dead… but Riku..?
"Riku!" He screamed, once again his own voice echoing him.
Silence.
Riku had really left for good, he guessed. No one would help him. He leaned his head against the side of the wall, tears continuing to fall from his eyes.
"You called?" Said the familiar, cocky voice that followed him everywhere. "Riku!" Sora said, blinking back his tears. Riku sat right beside him, looking the situation over.
"You sure are happy to see me…" Riku said confused. Maybe his period of absence had made Sora feel bad for the way he'd acted?
Sora threw his arms over Riku, nuzzling his face into his chest. "For once.. You don't feel so cold.." Sora said silently.
Riku blushed, but then stared in shock. "How is it possible that your… able to touch me?" Riku asked, confused. It seemed like people could only go through him.
"I don't know.." Sora said, sighing. "But right now, I'm thankful for it."
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