Figure in Black

A Kingdom Hearts fanfic

By

Chison

Iris panicked, "the only way Sora made it off the island was attacking the Darkside…" she thought to herself, shielding her eyes from the lightning, meanwhile everyone onboard started to panic, screaming and flailing in their seats. "Attention passengers, we have encountered…Something I need all of you to be strapped into your seats for your safety…" the captain's voice came over the loud speaker. Iris planted her back onto her seat and gripped her armrests until her knuckles turned white, "What do I do? What do I do?" she repeated to herself.

Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck the wing of the air craft, making it drop in altitude, the panic of the cabin only became louder. Iris shut off the game system and shoved it into her bag, then closed her eyes tight, trying to block the light from the lightning. However, the plane veered to the left, and then back to the right, apparently dodging the bolts of lightning making everyone worry including Iris. Slowly opening her eyes, she saw the chaos of the cabin but one person caught her eye: it was a person dressed in a black coat with sliver decals for the hood.

The figure lifted his head, however behind the hood was black, and it shrugged its shoulders, "I'm amazed you can even see me…" with that, the figure moved effortlessly through the turbulent plane, walking right up to Iris. "If you want to live through this, I suggest you unbuckle your seat belt." The figure said, turning its back to her and started walking a few isles away from her and raised his left hand and snapped his fingers. At the exact moment, lightning struck the roof of the plane, tearing a hole, causing all the oxygen masks to fall from the ceiling. "This is your only chance: escape, or be devoured by Darkness…" with those words the figure vanished into a oval of darkness, leaving Iris.

"What should I do? Should I stay here on the plane or leave? Without a parachute…I'm as good as dead…" Iris thought to herself, and then she took a moment to look around at the expressions of the people around her: many were filled with fear and sadness, and she slowly made up her mind and unlatched her seat belt. Moving slowly through the isle people watched in awe and wonder, however they started to claw at her, "NO!" "You will die!" everyone seemed to shout, trying to stop Iris, but slowly she made her way to the hole in the aircraft. "MISS! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! WITHOUT A PARACHUTE YOU'LL DIE!" one of the stewardesses shouted over the chaos, however Iris turned to her shaking her head, "no…I don't think I will…" With that, Iris carefully climbed up onto the two chairs under the hole and jumped, relying on the rushing air pressure to launch her outside.

Falling through the dark sky, Iris reached out to the failing air plane, only to watch it be struck by lightning again, tearing the aircraft apart. "Well…what now? Am I falling to my death?" she thought to herself, hearing the wind rush past her, but slowly she stopped dropping and started to float to the right, towards the purple sphere. Watching the sphere get bigger and bigger, Iris started to doubt her decision, "Why did I listen to that guy in black? Was it because he was from Kingdom Hearts?" she asked herself, however before she could blink, she passed through an ellipse of darkness.

A freezing sensation ran up and down Iris' spine, and she became short of breath, "Its so cold…" she said, and her eyes started to grow heavy, and suddenly she landed on a very solid surface, shivering as she was laying on the ground, "Good work Ansem… She is the girl…" a low, gruff voice said, "good. I was almost afraid I had gotten the wrong one…" another male voice chimed, however it was too much for Iris and she passed out.

Slowly opening her eyes, Iris looked around the room, the walls were made of steel plates drilled to the original wall, with a massive computer to her right, monitors filled with information. Sitting up on the chair, she saw a beam of light, however it was filled with numbers and when it faded, it revealed the man in the black coat from the airplane, "Good. Your awake, DiZ will talk to you…"