So, I tried updating earlier this morning and the site wouldn't let me...so this update really should have been up about six hours ago. Never fear, it is now here.

My huuuuge list of thank you's today: animechick247, pandabearmusic, Kuro Neko to Kuro Bara, phantombullets240, AoZ, celtic-roses, Xynlake the 14th member, NinjaSheik, xxKHxxFan15, Giulia95, Zamaya, Clarilune, Monkeychicklet23, Kingdomheartsgirl132, and Chocoboco.

Life is so much easier when I don't have to threaten people for reviews. Let's not go through that again. :)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this. I'm on chapter 20 as we speak...and I'm about 99% sure that this story will exceed 30, because that thing happens when I'm writing where I can't stop and have to break it up into separate chapters...for example, chapter 19 was so long that I had to divide it in two. But that's another story.

Keep on reviewing! Maybe we can make it to 140. That's just 13 more reviews. Go go go! :)

At the crack of dawn, Vilixa was up and ready to go train at the Great Maw with Cloud. She jogged over to the cliff that was overlooking the Great Maw and gasped at what she saw. The entire area was infested with Heartless.

She heard footsteps and turned to her left to see Cloud walking towards her.

"What's going on?" she asked. "Why are there so many Heartless here?"

"I'm not sure," Cloud replied. "But I don't think it's safe to train here right now. We have to get back to Merlin's house and warn the others. The Heartless are starting to appear all over the place. It might be because they found Ansem's secret computer."

Vilixa looked up at Cloud. "Huh? Ansem's secret computer?"

"Yeah," he said. "Let's find Leon. He'll explain everything to you."

Back at Merlin's house, everyone was starting to congregate. Leon turned to Vilixa and said, "Sora's on his way. We've found the location of Ansem's computer in the Postern. Go, and we'll meet you there."

Vilixa nodded and headed back out the door. She walked through the Bailey, trying her best to avoid contact with any Heartless. While she figured out how to control her powers, she wasn't positive yet that she was absolutely sure of what she was doing.

At the restoration site, she heard a voice calling her name. She turned to see Sora, Donald and Goofy jogging towards her. She smiled and waved, walking over to greet them.

"Hey!" she said with a grin. "What world did you just come back from?"

"A few, actually," Sora replied with a huge, cheesy smile on his face. "I got to be a pirate!"

She cocked her head to the side and stared at Sora with big, confused eyes. "What's a pirate?"

Sora smacked his hand up to his face and answered with a chuckle, "Something cool. Don't worry about it."

"Hurry up!" Donald called from about ten feet ahead. "We have to go meet the others at the Postern!"

"Right," Sora and Vilixa nodded in unison. The four of them ran further along the path carved between the two huge stone walls that seemed to close in around them, past the stray pieces of metal and pipes until they saw the castle slowing coming into view.

There was a small door that was off to the side of the building with a path that was made of improperly placed metal slabs. The four of them cautiously crossed them before finally reaching the inside...which just happened to be a maze.

"Oh, great," Donald honked. "What could be worse than a maze?"

At that instant, huge swirls of darkness started appearing out of thin air and Heartless began pouring out. Vilixa shot Donald a small glare and he shrugged and let out a small, apologetic laugh.

"Come on, we can get 'em!" Sora declared, charging at the Heartless with his Keyblade. Vilixa summoned hers as well and threw herself into the fray. It didn't take long for the Heartless to be eliminated, and so the four of them dashed down the winding halls until they finally saw a door.

"More Heartless!" Vilixa cried, seeing them start to hover closer.

"There's no time to get them, come on, we've got to hurry!" Sora urged as they ran to the door, the Heartless hot on their trails. Sora grabbed the door handle and threw it open. Vilixa, Donald and Goofy barrelled inside and Sora followed suit, slamming the door and locking it behind them.

Vilixa was sitting on the ground, her back propped up against the wall, gasping for air. "Never..." she panted, "never...ever....do that again."

Sora chuckled and looked around the room. His eyes fell upon a huge painting of a man with silver hair in a white suit. "Ansem..."

"Gawrsh," Goofy stated, "this must be his room."

Donald looked confused. "Where's the key?"

"Hello?" Sora called out. But the room seemed so small, Vilixa thought it was a bit pointless.

"Hey, you!" a female voice called out. Vilixa turned her head to the left and saw a tall woman with long, black hair and big brown eyes by the door. She wore a black leather vest that was zipped to the top, long black shorts and matching black leather gloves. "I'm looking for someone. Have you seen a guy with spikey hair?"

Sora tugged on one of his many spikes.

She giggled slightly. "Spikier."

Sora, Donald and Goofy shrugged. Vilixa bit her lip and wondered, Could she be looking for Cloud?

"I'll just take a look around," she said casually.

She knocked on the walls, looked under Ansem's desk, checked the books on the shelves, and then went back to one strangely vacant wall and stood in front of it, motionless for a moment. And then she just started pounding on it with her hands and feet, causing the room to shake.

She smiled at them and said, "Sorry to bother you." And then she left.

"No bother, ma'am," Sora, Donald and Goofy announced all together.

"Weirdos," Vilixa muttered with a smile.

Then she exited, closing the door softly behind her.

"So you made it," a familiar voice called from the wall that the woman had been trying to destroy.

"Leon!" Sora gasped. He nodded.

"Come on. We've found the computer." Leon placed his hand gently on one part of the wall, and a rectangle of light appeared from underneath his palm. Then the wall seemed to disappear, exposing a secret passage into another room.

"Woah," Vilixa breathed. "Ansem's computer..."

Everyone walked along the narrow bridge to get into the computer room, and Vilixa immediately felt a familiarity when she encountered all the technology. She knew that DiZ was Ansem the Wise because Riku had told her. She couldn't help but remember the computer simulation that he had created in order to hold Roxas captive. She thought of her lost friend, and a wave of sadness overcame her.

"Are you okay?" Sora asked. She looked into his blue eyes and saw Roxas smiling back at her.

"I'm alright," she said truthfully. "Come on. Let's check out that computer."

He turned to it slowly. "This is it..." he said quietly. "Where's Kairi? Where's Riku?" he typed in his questions on the keyboard. And then suddenly, he started pounding his fists against it.

Knowing the depth of Ansem's technological abilities, Vilixa declared, "No, Sora! You'll break it!"

Sora scratched at the back of his head. "Oh, sorry...guess I got a little carried away."

Vilixa turned her eyes away from the computer for a moment to look out into the vast hall below. Rows upon rows of machines...she wondered if Ansem had used those machines to produce the Heartless. After all, they were his creation.

When she looked back at the computer, Donald had, for some reason, jumped onto the keyboard. Her eyes widened when she heard an alarm go off.

"Attention current user. Further misuse of this terminal with result in immediate defensive action."

"Who's there?" Sora asked.

"I am the Master Control Program. I oversee this system," the voice droned from the computer screen.

Donald looked around cautiously, and then tried to take a step off the keys. He, unfortunately, hit the wrong thing and the alarm blared again.

"Donald!" everyone yelled.

"I'm sorry!" he replied hastily.

"Decision gate reached," the computer announced. "You are all under arrest."

"Arrest?" Vilixa asked, backing away from the computer.

Leon looked over at the huge portal behind them and saw that it was starting to light up. "Run!" he told Sora, Donald and Goofy.

But it was too late.

A light from the portal shone on them and turned them into data before their very eyes. It only took about ten seconds, and then they were sucked into the computer program.

Vilixa gulped and said, "I think it's safe to say...that this is no good?"

Leon nodded soberly and agreed. "This is no good."

Suspense. Whaaaaat.

Anyway, please review! 13 more 'til 140 and potentially chapter 16 :P