The next few days passed as a blur. Food was delivered to Tanes' room three times a day, and though she was allowed out of the room, she didn't risk exploring incase she got lost. Riku hadn't shown up since they had all been in the corridor, but she had no intention of trying to find him. Standing up off the bed, she pulled on her clean red tank top and black shorts. A laundry bin had been put in the bathroom after the first night, and her clothes ended up being washed on a daily bases. She had to admit she was thankful of that, as she hadn't packed many spare things.
She was starting to get bored of lying in that dark room, and it wasn't helping her mood. Walking over to the mirror, she picked up the dull green hairbrush beside it and brushed the knots out of her hair. Nothing in the room was even remotely bright. The only thing that wasn't green or black had been the candle, and that had sadly burnt out within a few hours. After she was happy with her hair, Tane placed the brush down and walked towards the door. She had no idea where she was going, there were over 10 other doors in the corridors, leading off in all different directions. One could lead her into a portal somewhere and she'd be lost forever.. Or one could lead to Maleficent and Riku.. She didn't know which was worse. Closing her bedroom door behind her, Tane surveyed the corridor, feeling like a naughty child that was sneaking about when she wasn't meant to. She'd never been told to actually stay in the room, then again no one had spoken to her since they'd gotten here. But if she wasn't meant to explore a bit, someone would've told her, surely?
The only problem was she had no idea where to go from the corridor. A portal had brought them here, so it was unlikely she'd end up where her and Riku had started. Pushing the idea's of possible death if choosing the wrong door to the back of her mind, Tane walked down to the end of the corridor and pushed open a pitch black door. There didn't appear to be anything behind it that looked particularly interesting, just another corridor. She took that as a good sign. Checking behind her to make sure no one was watching, she shut the door and entered to the new corridor. It looked exactly the same as the last one, with doors in every direction. Great, because this wasn't an easy place to get lost in. strolling down the new corridor, still not sure what she was doing, Tane opened one of the doors on the left and froze. Instead of another corridor that she'd expected, it led to what looked like a huge dining room. It was as dark as the rest of the place, but atleast it wasn't another hall with lots of doors. Taking that as another good sign , everything seemed to be a good sign right now, she entered the new room, walking against the walls and looking for another door. Doors were good. You could always go back through doors unlike those stupid portals. What exactly was this place? She wondered, It was like some sort of castle, all that was missing was a torture room. And knowing her luck, she'd be sure to end up there. What would be in this torture room anyway, maybe one of those stretchy tables.. Well atleast that could make her taller-
A door opening interrupted her mind babble and she froze again. For some reason she got the feeling she shouldn't get caught in this dinning room or she might actually end up in a torture room dungeon thingy. Running and diving under the table, Tane took up a suitable hiding place as she peered out at who had entered. It was almost typical that it was Riku, but he wasn't alone. Maleficent and another person in a dark robe she didn't recognise was with him. Riku looked annoyed, and whoever Maleficent was talking about was making him worse,
"She's useless to us, if we dispose of her now, no harm will come of it" Tane didn't have a clue who the 'she' was, but whoever it was, was making Riku extremely angry.
"Nothing happens to her. She's staying with me, is that clear?" She'd never heard him sound so angry. It was a strange contrast to the usually emotionless pit of despair she was used to and she wasn't sure which she preferred. It wouldn't be nice to be on the receiving end of this Riku, and she once again wondered who they were on about. Someone he seemed to care about- well she was stumped. She didn't think he cared about anyone besides himself. The older woman didn't seem to like this side of Riku either though, as she gave him a haughty look and a nod,
"I have other things to attend to, and I believe you wanted to look for that friend of yours that's moved on?" She raised an eyebrow as Tane craned her neck around a chair to get a better view, assuming they were on about Sora and Kairi. Good, she might finally be able to get out of here and back to her sister. But what did she mean by 'moved on'. Sora and Riku had been friends since as far back as she could remember, there's no way he'd have moved on from that. Maybe it meant something else?
"I know him. And what you're saying isn't true. If you bothered to give me the details of where he was, I'd prove that to you" Ah he was back to his calm and emotionless look Tane noted, but there was still something strange about the tone of his voice. She replayed the words of what he'd just said in her head, before nearly jumping up and joining in with the conversation, and It took all of her self control not to go over and shake Maleficent. She knew where Sora was! Which meant she knew where Kairi was and she hadn't told Riku. She could have been reunited with her sister days ago if it wasn't for that stupid old bat. Scowling she realised her internal rant had meant she'd missed part of the conversation, and listened again,
"You should find him there, Somewhere. But don't come back disappointed when you realise he has replaced you" Tane had no idea how Riku managed to keep so emotionless all the time, that woman would have driven her crazy. But as she put the pieces of what she'd missed together, she realised she'd soon see Kairi. There was no way she'd let Riku go without her and leave her here, which he surely would. Even if it meant appearing from her hiding spot and getting in trouble for listening in. It appeared luck was on her side however, as the horrid green woman left the room with her companion after that, and there was just Riku who would shout at her. Atleast he couldn't imply she was a baby in any way from her hiding under a table, right? Pushing a chair out of the way, Tane scooted out from the table and stood up, smoothing her clothes off before looking at Riku. For once he had a slightly bemused look on his face that she'd never seen before,
"Still playing hide and seek? Aren't you trying to be a bit older than 5?" Apparently he could. But even that couldn't bring her mood down and displace the smile on her features. She was going to see her sister again.
"You know where Sora is" She said, ignoring him comment knowing full well he didn't want an actual answer for it. The bemused look disappeared off of his features though, and she didn't know whether to take that as a good or bad sign. Did it mean he was angry at her for listening in? Well that was his own fault, he should have included her in the conversation from the start.
"Are you going to take no for an answer?" Tane frowned for a minute as she pondered what he'd meant. No for him knowing where Sora was? That was stupid, as he'd gathered she'd heard the conversation where he'd been told where his spiky haired friend was. Or did he mean about her going with him? That had to be it. Well, atleast he'd finally said something they'd agree on. She wasn't going to take no for an answer and she shook her head, for some reason words escaping her.
As she watched Riku create a portal from thin air and wondered how he'd done that, part of her also wondered if he really did look exasperated or if she was just imagining it. He didn't have emotions, atleast not around her. He was kind of like a robot.. But there was something about how he looked at that second, as he looked from the portal to her and held his hand out- no doubt not wanting to risk getting separated, a look that made her question going. She shook the thought of quickly and put it down to her being worried about seeing her sister again. Why else would she have doubts of going and leaving this place and Riku? That was just stupid.
Walking forwards to stand beside the white haired boy, Tane took his hand and looked at the portal. That was it, her way out. It would take her to Sora and Kairi and away from this dark, dismal, depressing place, Maleficent.. And Riku? No, he'd join them. What business would he have staying with the green woman rather than his friends? He didn't Tane decided and stepped into the portal, Riku behind her. Hopefully that would be the last time she'd ever see that stupid place.
A/N: New chapter ;) I wasn't sure how to end this one, as the next one could end up being REALLY short as I've written the one after that one and need the meeting to be done in-between. I'll try making it detailed and what not so it won't be dreadfully short. I could have put the next one with this one, but then this wouldn't have been uploaded until like 2 more days as I wont be writing tomorrow or probably Sunday. But the next (possibly short) chapter will be written and up soon I promise. Please Review, Thankyou to the people who do and who are keeping up with this story, it's because of you I'm writing and uploading it, so I hope you enjoy the turn of events about to come ;) Z-Nugget xx