Sora couldn't tell if it was a dream or if he was really wake with his eyes closed when he heard the talking around him, but either way the words seemed like a nightmare.
"Will he be alright?" Riku's voice said.
"He'll be fine, whatever happened seemed to make his muscles shut down, but they should continue functioning again soon." Another voice said, which was unfamiliar to Sora. The keyblader could tell that this was a male speaker, but the voice somehow puzzled Sora, and he couldn't explain why.
"I would like to thank you again doctor, when Mickey called you I didn't expect you to come at all, let alone arrive here so fast."
"Mickey is a good friend of mine, he rarely asks for favors, so when he does ask for one, I am already on it."
Sora heard Riku sigh with frustration, but there was also a sense of sadness in his voice. "Hey, you're kind of … like a scientist right?"
The man chuckled. "I would hope that people would refer to me as one."
Riku sighed again. "Well… you wouldn't happen to have… something that can help our other situation, would you?"
"I am sorry, Riku, but if you are looking for something that could possibly track Kairi, I do not have that kind of technology to do so."
Riku's voice let out another sigh of frustration, but it was very weak. "Sorry, I just need to find her, she is one of my friends, and I am sure you know that this one will practically drop everything and go looking for her as soon as he wakes up."
The other man laughed at Riku's comment, which Sora could understand since he knew Riku was talking about him. "When he wakes up he will most likely still be in no condition to do so, but yes, I know what you mean."
"But really, thanks for coming and reassuring us that he will be alright, I appreciate it."
"It's not a problem, any time you need me, just give me a call."
"Actually, I think we might be needing… the other guy if the situation gets out of hand."
The other man swallowed hard, by the sound of things sounding troubled by whoever this other guy was. "If it comes down to that, I might have to let it slide, but only if it is certainly necessary."
"I'll give you a call if it comes to that."
Sora didn't even bother to pay attention anymore because either his dream faded or he fell back asleep.
…
"Gawrsh do you think he is going to wake up soon?"
"How would I know?"
It did not take an idiot for Sora to figure out who it was taking over him. The keyblade master did not open his eyes at first, and only clutched on to the sheets over his body, making sure that he had regained most of his movement. Once he was sure he had, Sora opened his eyes which stared up at the white ceiling above him.
Shocked to not see Donald or Goofy looking down over him, the spiky haired keyblader sat up, which was slightly difficult for him, but he managed fine. He then looked over, not too far away from his bed, was the duck and dog themselves.
"Do yah think we should go get His Majesty to call Mr. Doctor again?" Goofy asked.
"Call the doctor? He was just here an hour ago; he is probably already back on his home world." Donald said, both of them not even noticing that Sora was awake.
"But can't he just get that pirate guy to bring him here again? Yah know that guy with that huge ship? Huh… what was his name again…?"
"He is not coming back anytime soon!" Donald yelled, clearly fed up with Goofy, "Besides, he said he would be fine."
"But don't you think we gotta-"
"Um, guys?" Sora cut Goofy off mostly because he was fed up with Goofy worrying just as much as Donald was, and he just woke up.
As soon as the two animals heard his voice, Donald and Goofy ran for Sora, exclaiming his name like he had been gone for a year- oh wait, he has been.
"Sora! It's about time you woke up!" Donald said happily.
"We sure were worried about ya!" Goofy added.
"And by 'we' I mean Goofy."
By now the two animals were hugging Sora, which made him let out a sight yelp of pain. It was clearly obvious to Sora that he was not completely healed from his last ordeal.
"It's good to see you guys," Sora said happily as he hugged his friends back.
"It's good to see you too!" Goofy said. Donald didn't look so sure at first, and when they stopped hugging the keyblade master, Donald brought out his staff, and slammed it against Sora's ankle.
"Ow! Gezz what was that for?" Sora asked rubbing his foot.
"What was that for? What was that for?!" The duck raged, "We come back from a double date only to find out that you were knocked out and were sleeping like Snow White?!"
As soon as Donald said the fellow Princess of Heart's name, his eyes widened. At that moment, Sora wanted to curse himself for even forgetting that his beloved was taken kidnapped by those lingering wills. The keyblader admitted that he should of remembered, especially after overhearing what Riku was saying to whoever this doctor was…
"Wait a minute, Kairi!" Sora immediately stood up, but his legs gave out and he tumbled forward, only to be caught by Donald and Goofy.
"Sora, you are in no condition to get up and start walking yet!" Donald scolded.
"But we need to find her! Those lingering wills-"
"Lingering wills?" Donald and Goofy said in unison. Sora looked at them puzzled for a moment; did they not know this new Organization's identities?
"That's right, they stunned me with something and took Kairi," Sora paused, "You guys didn't know?"
"Well gawrsh Sora, we didn't even see the lingering wills, we only found you unconscious after they left, nothing else." Goofy explained.
Sora looked at them stunned before Donald asked, "Whose lingering wills were they?"
Sora paused, trying to remember the wills clearly so he could silently figure out who was who. "Well there was Vanitas and the Riku Replica for one, Ansem, Xemnas and Braig, and I think Isa and Lumaria, it was hard to tell about those two but I think that's who they were."
"But you didn't see any sighs of… him, did you?" Donald asked.
"No, if Xehanort was brought back, he wasn't there."
There was silence between the three for a few moments before Goofy spoke up, "That's good I guess, but the situation is still bad."
"We should tell the king about this." Donald spoke.
"Can I come with you guys?" Sora asked, not wanting to sit in this bed any longer.
Donald and Goofy exchanged looks. "I don't think that is such a good idea Sora, you can't even walk by yourself." Goofy said.
"But we need to find Kairi and I can't do that sitting here." Sora replied.
Donald waked up to Sora and placed his wing on the keyblader's shoulder. "I know you want to help, but you are in no condition to," he began, "Don't worry, he have people everywhere looking, we will find her."
Sora looked down at the ground for a moment before nodding, even though he really did not want to agree to this.
"Good," Donald and Goofy headed for the door of his room, "We'll be back to check on you soon, if not, we will send someone to check on you."
And with that, Donald and Goofy left, leaving Sora alone in the room.
…
Kairi woke up in a place that was all too familiar to her.
Brushing the red hair out of her face, the princess sat up, observing the area to confirm that she was in the prison cell of the Castle That Never Was. The place appeared to be in the same condition it was last time she was kept here: empty and dark.
As soon as Kairi stood up, a voice outside her cell called, "About time you woke up."
Kairi turned her head and walked over to the bars of cell to see a figure leaning against the walls outside of her cell. This figure, unlike the others, was clearly female and was wearing an Organization XIII coat, but it appeared to have cuts in it by her chest, by her right arm, and towards the bottom of the coat, almost like an animal with sharp claws cut through her. But what was unusual about her appearance was the holes from the cuts had this strange light coming out of it, which almost looking electrifyingly blue.
As soon as Kairi noticed this, she knew who this person was and slowly said her name, "Arlene."
"The one and only," the lingering will said as she walked over to Kairi's cell. "It's good to see you again princess, especially after you surrendered so easily."
Kairi was furious with her words, "I did it to protect Sora."
"Yeah, see, that's your problem here, you are acting like you are married to the guy when in reality you have only been with him for a little over a year." Arlene replied.
Kairi began thinking after this comment, since the lingering will did make a point. She never put any thought into marriage, since she was so young, but could she see herself marrying Sora?
Arlene laughed when she noticed Kairi thinking about what she had said. "Well since you are busy doing that…" Arlene left the room for a moment with Kairi not even noticing since she was still thinking about the situation. When she came back, Kairi noticed that she had another lingering will with her: Lumaria.
Kairi froze when she saw Lumaria, not because it was him, but because he was holding something that did not look good for her in his hand. In his hand was some kind of bracelet, but it was metal and it had sharp needles all around the place that was supposed to be touching her skin. The bracelet made a constant beep every few seconds and it had a small lock on it with a keyhole.
The princess backed up at the sight of the bracelet, knowing that it was meant for her. "Aw look Lumaria, she's scared." Arlene mocked.
"Pathetic, isn't it?" Lumaria added, making fun of the red head as if she wasn't in the room. "Sorry princess, but you are not going to get away that easily."
And right in the blink of an eye, Lumaria disappeared, out of Kairi's field of vision. Lumaria had already stuck the pointed part of the bracelet in her skin before Kairi could do anything about it. The pain was unforgiving as the bracelet went deeper into Kairi's skin, the princess letting out a cry that could be heard by any of the worlds.
As quickly as the will appeared, Lumaria disappeared again, this time appearing back outside of the cell right next to Arlene where he was before. Kairi then looked down at her wrist, seeing the scarlet blood coming out from underneath the bracelet as it continued to beep. "What the hell is this thing?!" She yelled, grasping on to her wrist to try and stop the pain, but it only caused it to dig in to her skin deeper.
"It's a special bracelet just for you," Arlene explained, "It is a magnificent creation that prevents you from summoning your keyblade and leaving this castle's doors."
How is that even possible? Was Kairi's only thought. She looked down at her wrist again, seeing her arm growing pale from the blood loss already.
"Don't worry, you will heal around it eventually, and it will be like it is a part of your body soon." Lumaria said.
"What is this something Vexen left behind too?" Kairi didn't like talking about Vexen (well now even) behind his back, especially since he really has proved he is fighting for the right side now, but she spoke without thinking for the moment.
Arlene and Lumaria only laughed. "Please, Vexen was kind of smart, but not smart to develop something like that," she mocked, "We actually went through a lot of trouble to get that from apprentice master, a much smarter guy then Vexen is."
"What was his name again?" Lumaria asked.
"Ah, it doesn't matter," Arlene said, "Come on Lumaria, ever since she stopped screaming I've gotten bored."
Before Arlene and Lumaria could leave, Kairi stopped them asking, "What are you planning to do with me?"
Arlene turned to face Kairi one last time before leaving, "About that, your boss actually wanted to see you, he is really looking forward it seeing you again."
As soon as the two lingering wills left, Kairi only sighed, knowing that if this boss was who she thought it was, she was in for a lot of trouble.
Alright, before I day anything else... To anyone who actually figured out who that Doctor was in the beginning of this chapter... ug, tell me what you think about his appearance. I know I said I wouldn't put them in here... but I think I changed my mind :p And if you don't like it, sorry :)
And I apologize for not getting this chapter out earlier, but I have exams coming up and a little thing I like to call IM3FC, aka Iron Man 3 Fangirl Coma, didn't help much. It was just so... AMAZING!
And not only that, but they showed a preview for Thor: The Dark World and when they showed Loki at the end, I was just like OMG FISIDSHIRHGLSKNFLKSJRIG LOOOOOOOOOKIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
So it looks like Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix is being released outside of Japan on September 10th and 13th, depending on where you live. Is it just me, or it that to long of a wait? Eh, I guess I can wait... NOT.
Oh and there is a new poll up on my profile if you guys don't mind voting! (REMEMBER TO PICK 5!)
So please R&R and look out for the next chapter!
