Jarvis began to make siren sound and made his projections began to blink red suddenly, which made everyone in the King's study wake up. Tony was the first to walk over to his butler, wearing a worried look on his face.
"What just happened?" Sora asked.
"Jarvis…" Tony began to trail off, his face filled with worry.
Miss Kairi is in a very critical state, sir, the butler said, I am afraid I have lost all contact with her condition.
Mickey squinted his eyes at the scene as Riku stood up from the wall he was leaning on. "Tony what is Jarvis trying to say?"
The genius paused. "Do you remember how I told you Jarvis will tell us if Kairi is in a critical state?"
Silence was the only thing that could be heard in the room at that moment until Sora spoke up. "Wait, Jarvis, are you trying to say that…?"
Unfortunately, it appears that Miss Kairi could be dying right now.
…
Kairi was shocked when she opened her eyes, mostly because she didn't think she would be opening them ever again. At first, the princess thought that what she had just gone through was just a nightmare, but then she looked down at her wrist, that dreaded bracelet was still on. Great.
She was lying down on her cell floor, and she tried to sit up, but she felt a horrible pain erupt in her chest as she rose. Fighting the pain, Kairi still managed to sit up and look down at herself. She was wearing an Organization coat that appeared to be for males so it didn't fit her well. The princess was not sure why she was wearing one, but then she unzipped it, and the memories of what had just happened explained too well why she was wearing one.
Her whole chest, covering her shoulders and breasts all the way down to her hips, were bandages that were wrapped almost too tightly around her. She then looked at her wrist that Arlene broke, seeing it was in a cast, and then at her feet, which were both still exposed and burned. She still had her pair of jeans that Arlene cut into shorts on, legs still covered in bruises, and her hair was still, unfortunately, short. The princess figured at that moment that they only healed her enough so she would stay alive, but they still intended on torturing her more…
And that very thought made a chill travel down her spine.
As soon as Kairi zippered up her black coat, she heard the door open again. She just couldn't have any time to heal did she?
This time, Isa had returned to get Kairi. This time, the princess had learned the memo and felt him tie the blindfold around her eyes, and then tie her hands behind her back. Isa then grabbed the princess by the hair again, forcing her to stand, and surprisingly, she was able to walk fine without any pain. But she figured it was not going to last long.
"Let me guess, you are going to let Arlene torture me again?" She asked.
"No," Isa replied coldly, "Xehanort does not want anyone else torturing you for a while, at least not unbearably painful torture."
Kairi knew it was not smart to ask questions, but she asked anyway, "Why?"
"If you must know he wants to torture you himself," he replied, "He can't do that yet though, he wants to wait until he has a body to do so."
Wait, a body? What was he talking about?
Kairi didn't have time to ask any more questions however because Isa began to force her to walk. After walking for several more moments, Kairi felt herself be seated and strapped down to a chair by her wrists, forced to sit. It was weird though, she could feel the chair did not have a back to it, and she knew that could not be good news.
When the blindfold was removed from her eyes, Kairi was semi-reviled to see it was not Arlene in front of her right now. Only problem was it was someone who could be twice as worse: Xehanort. "Good morning princess," he said calmly, "I am glad you have finally woken up."
Kairi didn't say anything and only looked around the room, trying to find any sign of what they could be using to torture her now. She felt a pain in her chest when she realized Vanitas wasn't here, since he did help her last time she was tortured. The back of the chair she was strapped down to was gone, but other than that she couldn't see anything. However, after a few seconds, she could smell the stench of smoke, and that is when her heart began to beat twice as fast.
"Do you remember how I told you that you belong to me now?" He asked, "Well, I am about to make it clear that it is true." He paused again before saying a single name, "Arlene?"
That is when the woman that had been torturing her came into view and Xehanort left it. The female will then grabbed onto Kairi's hair, gripping firmly more towards the back of it. The princess could feel no hair touching the back of her neck, and that scared her to death.
"I don't know if you know this Kairi, but many farmers brand their animals so that other people know that they belong to them." Xehanort explained. Suddenly, Arlene forced Kairi to turn her head as far as she could, and the princess saw behind her that Xehanort was taking a long metal rod and putting it into a pit of fire. "So to make it clear, I am going to exactly what they do to their animals."
Arlene then forced Kairi to turn her head back, facing her. She knew what was coming, Xehanort was going to place that hot rod on the back of her neck and brand her, brand her. But did it have to be on the back of the neck? That was one of the most sensitive spots in the inter body, and the scar would surly stay there forever.
Without even having time to prepare for it, the brand pressed down hard on the back of Kairi's neck, making her scream at the top of her lungs. Kairi had never screamed this loud, never, this process was so painful, so unbearable, she wouldn't wish it upon anyone. Kairi had felt true pain before, but this, what was happening right now, this was true pain.
The metal rod was kept on the back of Kairi's neck until it began to cool down, which took about an hour or so. And every minute of that hour, every second, Kairi continued to scream, so loud she nearly shattered her own eardrums, and that she nearly lost her voice. Once the brand came off, Arlene let go of Kairi, who fell off her seat from the pain since Xehanort appeared to unbind her from the chair.
The princess lied on the ground shivering for a few moments, which proved how bad the torture was. Without warning, Arlene grabbed Kairi by the hair again and held a mirror in front of her face. Kairi saw in that reflection that Xehanort was also holding a mirror behind her so she could see the brand on the back of her neck, and it was horrible. The lingering will symbol was now scarred on the back of her neck.
"You see? Now and forever you will constantly be reminded that you belong to me now." Xehanort continued as he threw the mirror to the floor, shattering it. Arlene did the same when Kairi felt some of the shards go into her body. "Now Arlene, should we continue with the next round of torture?"
"Of course master," Arlene said as she came in close to Kairi's face. The princess noticed at this moment that Arlene was bringing a knife uncomfortably close to her face. "You know, it is bugging me that you have not smiled once since you arrived here, so I think it is time to change that…"
Kairi silently cursed to herself again, she knew what she was going to do, she learned about it in school. She was going to cut lines along the side of her lips of make her look like she was smiling, one of the most gruesome methods of torture. Kairi tried to back away but Xehanort grabbed onto the back of her neck, right where her new brand was, which made her whelp. The knife was only seconds away from cutting her face…
When a corridor of darkness opened, Ansem, Xemnas, Braig, Lumaria, and the Riku Replica being the ones to come out. "Master, they believe the princess is dead." Xemnas said.
Xehanort laughed at this comment before he let go of Kairi and Arlene backed off, letting the princess fall to the ground. It was weird though, Even though she had been through all this torture, she felt like she could take these people on, only problem was she didn't have her keyblade…
"Very good," the leader replied, "Lumaria, Arlene, will you please take Kairi to her cell? I have some unfinished business to attend to."
And with that Lumaria and Arlene force Kairi to stand as Xehanort and the others began to head for the corridor of darkness. But Kairi could not let that happen, she still had something she needed to ask this monster.
"Wait!" Kairi halted everyone in the room. She was not sure if she was going to get an answer of what she was about to ask, but she had to try. "Isa said something about you needing a body, what was he talking about?"
That was when Arlene grabbed onto Kairi's wrist firmly, cutting off the circulation and acting like she was going to break her wrist… again. "How dare you ask him such question? You do not need to be informed—"
"Arlene," Xehanort stopped her. The lingering will that had tortured Kairi then let go of her wrist, much to her dismay. "She is going to find out eventually, and since she is not going anywhere, we might as well tell her."
Arlene didn't look happy at Xehanort's words, but slowly nodded. "Tell me Kairi, did any of your masters tell you about the first Keyblade War?" Xehanort's will asked.
Kairi froze at this question. "It a battle between two forces that wanted to have the X-Blade for themselves, wasn't it?"
Xehanort snickered. "But did they tell you who lead those two forces?"
Kairi shook her head. "You see princess, two very powerful begins lead those armies, two who are still fighting to this very day," Xehanort continued, "You would call them gods."
Kairi's eyes widened. "Gods?"
"Cosmos, the goddess of harmony and Chaos, the god of discord to be exact," Xehanort said, "You see, both gods were equally responsible for the war, but Cosmos thought Chaos started it all, and as punishment, locked the god of discord in the Realm of Darkness for all eternity."
Xehanort laughed again before saying, "Well, let us just say eternity isn't going to last very much longer."
"What are you planning to do?" Kairi asked.
Xehanort stood up and faced his back towards Kairi. "Cosmos left out one fatal flaw when she banished Chaos; he can be freed if the Door to Darkness is opened long enough for him to escape. And, as you can already tell, the several times it was opened was not long enough for him to do so. And that is where the body and you come in."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"I need a body to summon the Door to Darkness so I can open the door. But as you can see, I don't have one, which is why I need to force the will out of my target to take his body and use that."
Kairi finally understood. "No, it all makes sense now." She said.
If he could, Xehanort would most likely be grinning right now. "Taking the will out of his body when his will is at his weakest point is the easiest way to remove the will," he added, "Sora believes you are dead, and you should know more than anyone that his will is most likely at his weakest point because of this."
Kairi looked up at Xehanort shocked. He was going to take the will out of Sora and us her boyfriend's body for his own sick purpose, she could not let that happen. "You can't do—"
"As a matter of fact I can do this Kairi," he said, "Now you will receive no more answers, I have a body to take."
That is when Xehanort, Xemnas, Ansem, Braig, and the Riku Replica walked through the corridor, going to take Sora's body. No, she thought, Kairi could not let this happen, Sora thought she was dead. She knew then that she had to show Sora she was still live so he could be safe,
She knew she had to fight back.
FINALS ARE OVER! THANK LOKI!
Oh by the way guys, sorry I forgot to put Xehanort's words in bold until now :D But I fixed it all!
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