Chapter Nine
The Memory of Riku
"Hey guys, wait up!" shouted Sora as he ran over to Donald, Goofy, and the King. The three of them looked surprised.
"So, you're out of bed, finally," the king said, "And how are things?"
Sora laughed, "Good, but not good enough without Kairi," he said, "I've decided to come with you guys."
"Gawrsh," said Goofy, "It's about time."
"Come here, you big palooka," said Donald and he jumped into Sora's arms, happy to see he finally came through.
"Ok, ok," King Mickey said, "We've had our reunion. Now it's time to go," he started walking again, "There's no more Heartless on Earth so that means Maleficent must have moved on."
Sora nodded, "Then's let's get to the Gummi Ship and go!"
Maleficent gripped her staff a little tighter and moved in a little closer towards Victoria and Kairi, "So, which one of you will go first?"
Victoria looked down. There were tears comming from her eyes. After learning what Riku had did for her, she only thought of one thing. She had to repay him. And there was only one way to do it.
"I'll go first," she said, stepping forward.
"Ah, going to join your lover, aren't you?" she laughed, "This will be good. Very well, follow me," she turned towards the door and began to walk, with Victoria slowly following behind her.
Goofy typed away at the keyboard to the Gummi Ship, trying to pinpoint any locations on Heartless. So far, he wasn't getting any luck.
"So what happened so far in the game?" Sora asked King Mickey.
"Well," he said, "We saw Heartless walking into the back of a club called Lambergini. We went inside and found out that Maleficent was having a meeting in the club. Victoria's boyfriend Brandon got us the information. But, unfortunately, Maleficent got away."
"Why didn't Victoria come with us now?"
"We can't fiind her, and we can't waste time."
"Oh..." Sora looked out the window and watched the world Earth shrink smaller and smaller until he couldn't see it anymore.
"We found out where the Heartless are," Goofy said, looking at the radar on the control panel, "Looks like it's...oh no!"
"What?" Sora said, eager to know.
"It's in the Hall of Cornerstone. That's where we live!"
"Let's go, we need to end this now."
Maleficent led Victoria to another room. The first thing she noticed was Riku's body laying on the floor, still breathing, but was lifeless and empty. A tear rolled down her face as she looked at the body of her friend.
"So, my dear," Maleficent said, "I must thank you for cooperating with me. I thought you were gonna be much harder than this."
She walked over to Victoria, placing her hand on her head and tilting it back. All of the sudden Victoria started to feel dizzy and lost. She started to forget things. The first thing she forgot about was where she lived. Then slowly all of her family melted away from her. She was losing her heart, and losing the memories along with it.
Then she started to feel darkness consume her. It was all pitch black. There was nothing to see. She started to lose her memory of Riku and Sora, all of her friends. She couldn't remember her name. Then...nothing else mattered. Her heart was gone.
Maleficent laughed evilly as she let go of Victoria and her lifeless body fell to the ground. She took up her staff and started off to go get Kairi. She knew that once she was out of the way it would all be smoothe sailing afterwards.
There was a sound comming from behind and Maleficent turned around, gasping, startled to see that Victoria was standing once again.
"What?!" Maleficent said in disbelief, as she gazed at what was in Victoria's hand. And you can guess what it was...
She was just walking around in nothingness. It frightened her, knowing that she was alone. She couldn't remember a thing, not even her name.
Then there was a light. Dim at first, but as she continued to walk, it got brighter. The light was a person, a boy, with long silver hair and striking green eyes. She had never seen him before but for some reason he looked familiar to her, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Victoria!" said the boy, "You shouldn't be here!"
"What?" said the girl, "Who is Victoria?"
"That is your name."
"My name is Victoria?"
The boy nodded, "Yes..."
"Then who are you?"
The boy smiled, "I'm Dax, Riku's Nobody."
"Riku?" Victoria looked confused, "Who is Riku?"
"Riku..." the boy said, "Is your light. Do you remember him."
She tried as hard as she could but couldn't remember a Riku. The name didn't even ring a bell. Her mind was blank from it. She shook her head.
Dax sighed and outstretched his arms, "Come here," he said.
She took a step back, "What?"
"Come here and you'll remember him," he said, his arms still out.
She hesitantly walked over, glaring at him good. Then she leaned in and embraced him, at the same time, feeling a wave of electricity go through her. She screamed and tried to get out of the embrace, but couldn't.
Thanks a lot, Vic. I can't believe you can't remember me.
Victoria looked around, trying to see where the voice was comming from. It was comming from Dax. Her eyes widened as the memory of Riku started to come back like a stream of memories.
"I do remember you, Riku!" she yelled, "I remember you!"
There was a strong light and Dax disappeared. Something heavy fell into her hand and before she knew it, she was standing back in front of Maleficent, her heart back in its place. And the the heavy thing that was in her hand was a keyblade.