Xrnay first noticed his legs and hands were tied. Then, he saw Lynxad working furiously on his computer, but Xemnas was behind him.
Xrnay struggled, but the ropes didn't loosen. The movement made the throbbing in the back of his head double and made him dizzy.
"Look who's awake," Xemnas said with a devilish grin. Xemnas walked over to Xrnay and bent down so he could look him in the face. Then he gave Xrnay a swift kick in the stomach.
Xrnay doubled over and coughed.
"Doesn't feel good does it," Xemnas gleefully said.
"Stop!" Lynxad stopped typing on the computer and stood defiantly, preparing for the worst.
Xemnas smiled. "You do know that we nobodies can't feel friendship or any other kind of feelings, don't you?"
"I know that, I know it well," Lynxad said hatefully. "But, I that's why I want to have friends, to prove to you that even though we don't have hearts, any one can be friends."
"Ha," Xemnas laughed, "if that is how you feel then it is false."
"It doesn't matter as long as I believe."
Xemnas was getting annoyed with Lynxad's speech. "Finish it or your 'friend' will die."
Xrnay swung his legs around and tripped Xemnas. Lynxad went into action and quickly cut the rope that bound Xrnay with a small dagger that he always kept at his belt.
"Thanks," Xrnay said. He grabbed his heart off the table and ran with Lynxad into the heartless generator room.
"COME BACK HERE!" Xemnas screamed.
Lynxad closed and locked the door, but the both new it wouldn't hold. Xrnay went over and grabbed his practice sword from the case.
"You can't escape," taunted Xemnas.
Lynxad went over and grabbed the old sword that trained Xrnay for the past year.
"Do you know how to use a sword?" Xrnay asked, Xemnas started to pound on the door making it creak and groan.
"No," Lynxad said with a sheepish grin, "but I have seen you do it a hundred times, how hard can it be?"
Xrnay chuckled. "Well we can only wait and see, right?"
"Right!"
The door burst open and Xemnas walked through. He had energy swords in his hands, they glowed red and Xrnay knew that they would easily cut his sword in half.
Xrnay ground his teeth; this was a battle that he knew he couldn't win. He looked over to Lynxad; did he know too?
"Now I am angry!" Xemnas lunged.
Xrnay lunged also hoping to catch Xemnas by surprise. Xemnas hesitated for only a moment then raised one of his blades. He brought the sword down just as Xrnay was upon him.
Xrnay saw the move and slid sideways avoiding it; the blade fell harmlessly to the ground. Xrnay stepped on the blade, ignoring the blade melting the rubber on the soles of his shoes.
Xemnas brought the other sword around. Xrnay held up his sword in front of him, but as he predicted the training katana was mercilessly cut in half. Xrnay jumped away before he could get hurt.
Lynxad ran passed Xrnay and aimed his sword at Xemnas. Xrnay could tell by the way he held his sword and how he ran with it, the fight was already lost.
"Don't!" Xrnay yelled, but Lynxad and Xemnas were already into battle.
Lynxad's sword held well because it was enchanted, but that didn't give him an advantage.
Xrnay could only watch as his friend fought back in a battle that was all ready lost. Xemnas knew this also, but he needed Lynxad to get that heart into his body.
Xemnas slashed at the battered, old sword; a deep crack appeared on the sword and it shattered sending glittering shards flying through the air.
Lynxad looked just as broken as the sword as he waited for Xemnas to finish him off. Xemnas smiled then gave a quick jab with his elbow and Lynxad fell over.
"Now, its your turn," Xemnas said. He walked towards Xrnay.
Xrnay held up the half of sword he had, and Xemnas laughed at his gesture. Xrnay glared at him. Xrnay would fight and he would protect Lynxad.
Then blackness caught Xrnay and pulled him down.
What, Xrnay thought as he fell. Wait, I need to fight.
Xrnay's heart fell loose from his pocket and fell beside him.
"No," Xrnay said reaching out to grab the heart, but it seemed to be always out of his reach. Soon, he was falling faster then the heart, and the heart disappeared above him.
Xrnay started to slow down and a round stain glass platform appeared beneath him. There were pictures of people and creatures. Xrnay recognized one of them.
"Roxas?" Xrnay gently set foot on the picture of a boy about his age holding a weird sword shaped like a giant key.
'Follow the staircase to find your destiny,' a voice that sounded in his head said. As the sentence was finished a multicolored stain glass staircase appeared out of thin air. It spiraled upward into the endless darkness.
Xrnay looked around; he really didn't have a chose now. He walked over and started to climb. As soon as he got both feet on the first step the stain glass platform disappeared, making Xrnay jump in surprise.
Xrnay climb for what seemed like forever, until another platform appeared above him. Xrnay quickened his pace; hoping it was the way out.
There was a door at the end of the platform. Xrnay ran to it, he reached his hand out to turn the knob, but it slipped through his fingers. Xrnay stood there shocked, he tried to push the door open but his hand passed right through it.
'You have to earn your right to leave,' the voice in his head said.
The door disappeared, and the floor started to shake. A giant black hand grabbed the edge of the platform and a huge heartless pulled itself over the side.
Xrnay stood wide eyed as it towered above him. The giant slammed down its arm; Xrnay rolled aside just missing it.
Xrnay scanned the platform for a weapon, but there was none. Xrnay had been trained a little in martial arts, but attacking a floating sword with your fists doesn't do either of them any good.
"How am I suppose to survive this?" Xrnay cried out as the other hand of the great beast swung his hand around. Xrnay dived to avoid being slapped.
'You already have a weapon,' the voice sounded again.
"What!" Xrnay jumped aside to evade being crushed buy its fist. "Does it look like I have a weapon!"
'Use your heart."
"If you didn't notice before, I am a nobody, which means no heart." Xrnay jumped away to dodge another swung, but slid across the stain glass. He couldn't stop himself and his legs swung violently over the edge of the platform.
Xrnay quickly pulled himself up, but got sideswiped by a passing hand. He fell back hard, almost going over the edge this time.
"Fine, have it your way," Xrnay growled. He got up and faced the monster head on.
He couldn't feel, no fear, no anger, nothing. Everything, every 'feeling' he had was an illusion of how he wanted to live.
The monster created a ball of darkness above its head. It got bigger and bigger by the second. And Xrnay knew if it realized that much power in his state, he would return to nothingness.
"No," Xrnay whispered, "I will not LOSE!"
A strong power surged inside of Xrnay. It made him tingle all over. Then, he felt it. A heart beat. His heart had returned.
The giant heartless threw the great ball of darkness. Xrnay didn't move; he didn't flinch as the darkness came crashing down on him.
Light swirled around him and broke through the darkness. Xrnay stood there glaring at the monster. He held in his right hand a key shaped sword.
"I have been living in darkness to long, and I won't let you ruin my chances to the light." Xrnay jumped, holding the sword with both hands. The blade radiated white light.
An explosion of light and energy burst from the sword as it easily ripped through the shadow flesh of the heartless. The heartless melted away into darkness and the heart of the victim floated up and disappeared, returning to Kingdom Hearts.
'Now,' the voice said inside his head, ' you have earned your right.'
The door appeared. Xrnay slowly walked towards it.
'But be warned, if you go through that door, everything will change.'
"Sometimes change is a good thing," Xrnay said simply, then turned the handle of the door and walked through.