"Argh!" I shouted, awakening.
"What's up? Well, besides your annoying tendency to run off," Aegle grumbled.
I woke up in the same bed from before. I felt better, though, and my cursed seal had receded.
"Well, sorry. I didn't realize I reported to you," I said back. "Even so, at least now I know one step to finishing off Charon... and maybe a weapon that can defeat Ike."
"What's that?" she asked as I got up from the bed.
"Illumina. The Sword of Light... or so says Charon," I told her.
"The Sword of Light? How are we supposed to get that?" Aegle asked.
"Like I know. Ansem's computer might, though."
"So let's go check it out. The castle's still empty except for that ronin and his girlfriend. Even Squall left," Aegle informed me.
"Perfect! Let's just hope the data isn't corrupt," I muttered, walking out of the stone archway. We sneaked through the castle, despite our echoing steps informing us it was devoid of life. We made it to the basement quickly, then sat down in front of Ansem's computer. It was just showing a basic desktop.
"Let's see... 'Search Function.' Here we go," I said, clicking on the desktop icon. It brought up a search box.
"Illumina, wasn't it?" Aegle asked, hovering over my shoulder.
"Yeah. Illumina," I typed in. I punched the search key.
'The data you have requested is restricted.'
"What? How could the data be resticted? That must be one powerful sword," Aegle commented.
"Ha ha! Luckily, I got Roy to show me a few hacking skills before he disappeared," I said.
"Hacking? Isn't that illegal?" she asked.
"I prefer to call it taking the backdoor," I said, hacking the computer so it would display what I wanted. "There we go! Illumina... the Sword of Light. It was sealed away in... the Realm of Darkness?"
"Why was it sealed away in the first place, let alone the Realm of Darkness?" Aegle asked, somewhat irritated.
"I can't find out the rest. I'm not a very good hacker, and it's been a long time since I hacked anything. The rest of the data is under a 'Class-S Restriction,'" I said.
"That's unfortunate. Even so, we know it's in the Realm of Darkness... we don't know where, or why it was sealed," Aegle said.
"Don't even think about going to the Realm of Darkness," a woman said behind my back. I turned around to see a brown-haired, green-eyed woman looking at me. She was wearing a black dress. Her hair was really long... down to her thighs, I presumed.
"And why not? It's no different than any other world," I said.
"It'll corrupt you. And from what I sense in you, Jake, you need to be afraid of corruption," she said.
"Wait! How do you know my name?" I asked.
"I knew Roy," the woman said, turning around and walking off.
"Huh. Well, it's not like we have to listen to her," Aegle muttered. "Well, then, we'd better find Sora or Riku."
"Why?" I asked.
"They're the two who spent the most time in the Realm of Darkness, duh! If we find them, maybe they can show us a way into the Realm of Darkness."
"I doubt it. What if they disappeared along with most everybody else?" I asked, skeptical on this whole plan.
"Their hearts are too strong for that," she said. "We'll find them! We'll get Illumina and defeat Charon!"
"Right! Let's go!" I shouted, hitting my communicator at the same time Aegle hit hers.