Hello everyone! Welcome to the next chapter to the story, Haunted. Once again, I apologize if this story takes forever to come out, I just get super busy and find myself unmotivated to do anything but relax for the rest of the day. So once again, I apologize if this takes forever. With that said, I hope you guys enjoy the chapter and thanks for reading!

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Chapter 34: Haunted

It was nighttime in Jump City as dark clouds began to cover the skies. Sora was lying on his bed with Stitch already passed out on it as well while he tried to fall asleep. But he just couldn't get there. Sora rubbed his eyes in annoyance as he got up without waking Stitch and made his way to the door. He was hoping that getting something to eat would help him get some sleep. He continued down the halls when he passed by a very tired Cyborg.

"Oh hey Cy," Sora said.

"*yawn* Can't sleep either?" Cyborg asked.

"Yeah, it's just I can't sleep. I was hoping a small bite to eat would help-wait, what do you mean?" Sora asked.

"Robin's still up. Says that he's got work to do. I don't know what but he's gonna run himself ragged," Cyborg said.

"Hhm, let me talk to him and see what's going on," Sora said as he walked to the living room.

"Good luck and good night," Cyborg said as he walked down the hallway.

"Night Cy," Sora said as he walked into the room to see Robin staring intensely at the computer screen, showing multiple camera screens. "Robin, what are you doing up?" Sora asked, catching the leader's attention.

"I've got some work to do. You should be asleep," Robin said.

"So should you," Sora simply responded. Robin sighed as he got up from the computer chair and made his way out of the room. Curious, Sora followed him as the two made their way to the basement of the Tower, where the light up above flickered on and off in a creepy way. Robin walked up to a bunch of white boxes stacked together as he pulled one down and set it on the floor.

"What is that?" Sora asked but Robin didn't answer him as he opened the box, which held the contents and gadgets of the masked mastermind, Slade. Everything from blasters, pieces of armor, his insignia, even his infamous mask that was cracked by the Titans when he swayed Robin and Sora to his side but has since been repaired. Robin went to pick up the mask and hold it up but Sora stopped him.

"Robin no!" Sora said as a cloud of dust rose from the box, making the two boys cough from the dust. "I told you what happened to him. There was no way for him to come back from that," Sora said. Robin looked at Sora before turning back to the mask.

"We can't be sure. He was never captured, never found," Robin said as he narrowed his eyes at the mask. Sora placed a hand on Robin's shoulder in response.

"Slade's gone, Robin. He's not coming back," Sora said when suddenly the alarm went off, alerting them to only one thing.

"Trouble!" Robin said as the ran out of the basement, leaving the box containing Slade's items unopened.

(Later, at the edge of the Forest)

The Titans arrived at a roadway which overlooked into the forest where they found Cinderblock running amok against the local security guards. The giant rock man lifted up one of the vehicles next to him, intending to smash it on the security patrol when Starfire caught its attention with a barrage of starbolts.

"Put it down, Cindy, or we put you down," Sora said with a smirk as he readied his keyblade. Cinderblock simply responded by throwing said vehicle at them but Raven easily caught it with her powers and split it into pieces as the others charged. However, Cinderblock proved to be just as durable as ever as he managed to knock most of the Titans away. Sora and Rose charged him together as Rose tied Cinderblock's feet as Sora hit him in the face with powerful blow from the keyblade claws, knocking the villain to the ground. Sora and Rose continued to tag team the villain when he suddenly grabbed Sora by the leg and used him to knock Rose away before tossing him off the road and into the forest below. Sora knocked into some tree branches before finally hitting the ground, with his keyblade landing next to him.

"Ow, definitely gonna feel that tomorrow," Sora said as he slowly got up as he heard some explosions back up on the street. He was about to glide back up and help them when he heard something behind him. He turned around to see a familiar black cloaked figure staring back at him as lightning flashed across the night sky.

"No," Sora said in fear to himself as the figure suddenly ran off into the treetops. Snapping back to attention, Sora ran after the figure as it used the tree tops to stay ahead of Sora. But he managed to keep up as he flew after the figure. "Freeze!" Sora yelled as he fired a Blizzaga spell at the figure, who stopped and turned to face Sora as the spell got closer. But in another flash of lightning, the figure vanished as the spell impacted the tree. Sora landed at the spot where the figure was as he looked around confused. "Where did-" He asked as rain began to fall and soak his clothes.

"Ah, Sora. You haven't changed," A voice said above him. He looked up to see the figure standing on another branch up above as Sora recognized the voice belonging to the younger version of Xehanort.

"Why did you come back?!" Sora demanded as he flew up to the branch and tried to strike at Young Xehanort but he easily dodged as another lightning strike flashed across the forest as Sora chased Xehanort with Flowmotion and tried to strike at him but failed at every try as the two jumped from branch to branch until they finally stopped at one as Sora gasped for breath as Young Xehanort didn't even appear to be fazed.

"Tired already? Still weak from your little exam?" Young Xehanort quipped as Sora gritted his teeth. "Save your strength. You'll need it for what we have planned for you. We released that fiend Cinderblock in order to lure you here. And here you are," Young Xehanort said. Sora held his keyblade in front of him in anger.

"Want do you want here?" Sora demanded.

"One of your friend's hearts have interested us. We have come to collect it and add it to our Organization," Young Xehanort said.

"Leave them out of this!" Sora yelled as he swung at the black-coated figure but he easily dodged the strikes as he leaped from the branch and back down to the ground. Sora jumped down after him as he fired energy spells at him but another flash of lightning and Young Xehanort was gone as the spells impacted the empty grass floor.

"Where did he-AH!" Sora yelled in fear as a sliver bo staff suddenly stabbed into the ground next to him, making him fall to the ground. A few seconds after, Robin followed along as he grabbed the staff.

"Sora?" Robin asked.

"Robin? What are you doing here?" Sora asked. Robin was about to answer when he was interrupted.

"Uh, sorry to interrupt your guys little nature hike but…WHERE WERE YOU?!" Beast Boy asked as he ripped some of his green hair out in frustration as he, Raven, Ravager, and Cyborg rejoined them, with Raven creating some cover from the rain with her soul self. "We had to finish off Cinderblock by ourselves, in the rain, and…*ACHOO*" Beast Boy suddenly sneezed as he turned into an elephant before turning back into human. "Great. Now I've got a cold," Beast Boy said in a congested voice as he took cover under Raven's soul self.

"As funny as that was, where were you guys?" Rose asked. Sora looked down in thought as he debated about telling them about Xehanort when Robin beat him to the punch.

"Slade. He's back," Robin said as he put his staff away.

"Wait, what?!" Sora and Rose asked at the same time in disbelief.

"You sure? I mean, you kinda had Slade on the brain lately. Maybe-" Cyborg said but Robin stopped him.

"It was him. He's going to create a massive earthquake, and we have three hours to stop it!" Robin said.

"But…that's impossible! I saw him fall into the lava myself! There was no way for him to come back from that," Sora said.

"And he didn't have anything to pull himself back up either. He couldn't have lived through that," Rose said.

"But somehow he did," Raven said as Beast Boy continued to sneeze.

"We'll worry about how Slade survived later. Right now, all that matters is how we stop him. Cyborg, check out the bridge. Raven, take the park. Sora and Rose, take the city. Beast Boy, the pier. Starfire and I will go after Slade. Everyone report in, if you find anything. Titans go!" Robin said as everyone split up as another strike of lightning flashed across the sky. Sora glided up into the air as he picked up Rose and flew towards the city The two eventually landed on the roof of one of the buildings as they looked for any type of generator. Rose used her communicator in order to track any signal but she wasn't finding anything.

"No signal. Nothing. Whatever my father is using must be well hidden," Rose said to Sora but she didn't get a reply. She looked at Sora to see that he had a scared, far-off look on his face. "Hello, Earth to Sora?" Rose said as Sora snapped back to attention.

"S-sorry, Rose. What did you say?" Sora said in a quiet voice.

"Are you alright? Your almost acting like Robin and it's kinda freaking me out," Rose said. Sora didn't answer as he seemed to be struggling with himself. "Did you see Slade too? Is that what's going on with you?" Rose asked. Sora quickly shook his head no in disagreement.

"No, no I didn't see him out there," Sora said but Rose saw that he was still holding back on her.

"But you did see something, didn't you? Sora, what did you see?" Rose asked. Sora looked out across the city rooftops as he debated with himself again.

"I saw…" Sora said but stopped when he saw something on a nearby rooftop that made his face break into a look of fear as he took off for the rooftop, leaving Rose behind.

"Sora?!" Rose asked in confusion as her communicator suddenly went off. Meanwhile, Sora jumped from rooftop to rooftop before finally landing on the one that he was aiming for. There in the center stood Young Xehanort with his clock based keyblade drawn and ready.

"Time's running out, Sora. Soon your friend will be one of us and there would be nothing that you can do to stop us," Young Xehanort said with a smirk, making Sora grit his teeth as he fired two Fire spells at the black cloaked figure, causing smoke to erupt around him. Sora then leapt in for a strike but Young Xehanort easily blocked it before striking Sora in the chest with an ice covered fist, making him fly back and land on the ground, clutching his chest. Young Xehanort suddenly teleport next to him, attempting to stab him but Sora moved out of the way as he tried to counter attack but the time traveler once again easily deflected the attacks and strike Sora across the chest, creating a huge cut across his jacket. Sora looked up to see Young Xehanort missing as he looked around when he found himself suddenly frozen in time as he felt multiple sword strikes cut across his body as he fell to the ground in pain. "You really have gotten weaker from the exam, haven't you?" Young Xehanort asked.

"Sora!" Rose asked as the two looked to see Rose standing at the edge of the roof, looking on in concern. Young Xehanort smiled as he vanished in a burst of darkness. Sora looked around in shock as he and Rose were left standing on the roof. "Sora, what happened?" Rose asked.

"Rose! I know I should've told you but I didn't want you to worry, especially with Slade coming back and-" Sora said but Rose stopped him.

"Worry about what, Sora? What are you talking about?" Rose asked confused, making Sora look at her in shock.

"What-did you not see him? Xehanort was here. I was fighting him just now," Sora said.

"What you mean the guy who turned you into Anti-Form? He was here?" Rose asked.

"Yes, and he's after one of you. I-I have to stop him before he can get to you guys," Sora said in a frightened tone.

"Alright, let's regroup with the others and see if we can come up with a plan," Rose said as she pulled out her communicator when she heard footsteps running. She looked up to see Sora running for the ledge. "Sora wait!" Rose yelled, running after him but it was too late as Sora leapt off and glided into the air.

"Sorry Rose but I have to stop them!" Sora yelled as he flew off into the city. Rose looked on in worry as her friend disappeared into the city streets.

"I-I have to tell the others!" Rose said as she jumped to the lower rooftops.

(Later)

"I've run a complete sweep of the city's seismic faults. They're all clean. I'm thinking this seismic-generator stuff is just another one of Slade's tricks," Cyborg said to the others as they regrouped in the middle of an empty city street. Raven was still protecting herself from the rain while Beast Boy was still sneezing up a storm. Suddenly, Starfire joined them as she landed next to them.

"I am not so certain that Slade is behind this," Starfire said in a worried and scared voice.

"What happened? Where's Robin?" Cyborg asked.

"Robin…has elected to search on his own," Starfire said.

"What…why?" Beast Boy asked.

"He wasn't the only one," a voice said above them. They looked up to see Rose land in front of them in a crouch as she walked up to them.

"Rose? Where's Sora?" Raven asked.

"He took off too. He said he saw the guy who turned him into Anti-Form. Xehanort was the name I think and he fought him too but I didn't see him at all," Rose asked.

"The same has happened with Robin. He said he saw Slade. I tried to see him, I truly did but I could not. I have never seen Robin so angry…so angry at me," Starfire said.

"Odd, Sora didn't seem angry, he seemed scared and worried. Normally, he would've easily asked us for help but he just took off without even telling me," Rose said worried. Cyborg then stepped up with a look of determination on his face.

"Let's go find Sora and Robin," Cyborg said.

(Meanwhile, in the middle of the city)

Sora was standing in an abandoned building with several stories up above him as old desk tables and crumbling pieces of stair well surrounded him. He didn't know why he came here, it just felt like the place he had to come to. It definitely gave him the creeps though, so he created a ball of light in his hand to lighten the space. He walked around when suddenly a bunch of bats came flying towards him, screeching at him as he fell to the ground, making the space go dark again. The bats flew out into the night sky through a hole in the ceiling as Sora got back up.

"Ugh, what am I doing? I shouldn't have left Rose like that. I-I should probably head back," Sora said as he made his way for the exit.

"Leaving so soon?" a voice echoed through the building, making Sora stop in his tracks. He slowly turned around to see a black cloaked figure drop down from the top stories of the building as he removed his hood, revealing his dark skin, amber-orange eyes and shoulder length sliver hair.

"Xemnas?!" Sora asked.

"I thought you would do anything for your friends," Xemnas said. Sora gritted his teeth as he charged at the former leader of the Organization and swung at him but Xemnas simply teleported away, making Sora miss and hit an old desk. Sora looked around to see Xemnas standing at the edge of a broken stair case. Sora jumped after him but as soon as he set foot on the edge, the stair case fell apart, making it and Sora fall to the ground. Luckily, Sora landed on his feet but was forced to quickly move out of the way from the debris as the shockwave made him fall to the ground. "Though it would seem you have no friends to help you now," Xemnas's voice echoed across the room.

"No, I just didn't want them to get hurt by you," Sora said as he created another sphere of light when suddenly a bolt of red energy struck his hand making it dissipate.

"And what's you're usual saying: your friends are your power?" Xemnas said behind him.

"Why couldn't Rose see Xehanort when I fought him?" Sora asked as he turned to face him.

"Has your Master not informed you of invisibility magic yet?" Xemnas asked.

"Magic or not, your not going to hurt my friends or drag them into the darkness," Sora said as he swung at Xemnas with a few strikes but once again he easily dodged out of the way before teleporting away. Sora chased after him as Xemnas stood in the center of the building.

"Your petty exam has made you weak, while we have grown stronger than ever," Xemnas said before leaping up the broken staircases to the very top. Sora follows him but like before, with every step the staircases collapse, with every step, a stair case falls. Sora finally manages to reach the floor where Xemnas was waiting.

"You can't save your friend from us, and they can't see us. They will never stop us, Sora, no matter how strong they are," Xemnas said as he walks closer to Sora but the keyblade wielder quickly backs away as he gets into his battle stance.

"Then I'll stop you guys myself. I've done it twice already!" Sora yelled.

"Sora, you never stopped us. You never stopped anything," Xemnas quipped making Sora recklessly strike at him as Xemnas easily dodged the attacks before bashing Sora away with his Ethereal Blades, making Sora roll across the ground. Sora quickly gets up and attacks again but the Superior once again kicks Sora away. Sora tries to get up but stops to catch his breath as he looks up to see Xemnas towering over him.

"Not a single hit landed," Xemnas said. Sora grits his teeth as he tries to attack again but Xemnas manages to kick Sora's feet out from under him, making him fall from the floor and back to the bottom floor. Sora began to glide but Xemnas suddenly teleported above him and kicked him in the back, making Sora fall all the way to the ground in a big crash. Sora slowly picks himself up from the ground as Xemnas walks up to him from behind.

"How can you protect your friends when you can't even protect yourself, Sora?" Xemnas asked, making Sora turn around only to have a boot connect with his face, knocking Sora to the ground again. He groans in pain as he looks up to see Xemnas hovering over him before coming down with a powerful kick, hitting Sora in the chest as he collides with the floor again. Sora tries to quickly get back up but the Superior beats him to it by grabbing Sora by the ankle and slamming him into a nearby desk, destroying it in the process. Sora struggles to get up when he feels someone grab him by the hood and lift him up and he looks to see Xemnas holding him before Xemnas fires a powerful blast of lightning directly in Sora's chest, making him stagger away in pain with Xemnas following it up with another bash to the chest with one of his blades, laying Sora out again. Sora slowly gets back on his feet in pain as Xemnas rushes towards him and unleashes a powerful combo of kicks and blade slashes while also not letting Sora put any defense up until he finally knocks him into a nearby wall. Sora groans in pain as he looks up to see Xemnas grab him by the hair and lift him up before bashing him across the face with his blades, kicking him in the stomach and ends it by surrounding Sora with red lasers before launching them all at once, making Sora scream in pain. As soon as the lasers stopped Sora fell to the ground as he tried to crawl away from Xemnas but the former leader stepped on his back, stopping him. Meanwhile, outside the room of the building, Rose and Raven were searching for Sora and was using his communicator to track him. Rose looked at her communicator to see that his signal was close.

"I'm picking up Sora's signal. He's close," Rose said when suddenly the sound of Sora screaming in pain broke through the quiet building.

"Very close," Raven said as she floated to the main door of the building and forced it open. The two ran in to see Sora being thrashed around the floor by an unseen force. Most of his clothes were either torn or dirty and his face and body were covered in bruises and scratches. Rose pulled out a flashlight to get a better look around to see absolutely nothing around Sora.

"Uh, Sora?" Rose asked. Sora suddenly looked toward them with a look of fear and pain clear on his face.

"XEMNAS!" Sora yelled. The two looked shock at the voice when Raven suddenly released a burst of magic all across the bottom floor. Sora looked around in shock as Rose and Raven walked closer to him. "What? Where did-" Sora asked as he looked around the floor.

"Sora calm down!" Rose said, grabbing him by the shoulders. But Sora quickly shrugged away from her as he backed away in fear.

"No! They'll come for you guys! I have to stop them! I can't lose you guys!" Sora said but Raven appeared behind him, stopping him from running out of the building.

"Sora, no one is here for us. The only person who was here was you, otherwise I would've sensed them," Raven said.

"You guys don't understand! I was fighting Xemnas just this second ago, how do you think I got all these injuries?" Sora asked.

"I don't know Sora but you have to stop or your gonna run yourself into the ground. Whoever your talking about whether it's Xehanort or this Xemnas person, their not here and their not coming for us!" Rose declared.

"No! They're real, Rose and they'll stop at nothing to cause harm to me and my friends. It doesn't matter what happens to me, just as long as I stop them!" Sora yelled when suddenly something blasted his head, knocking him out. Rose looked shocked as she looked up to see Raven standing behind him with magic coming from her hands. She kneeled down to check on him to see that he was now sleeping.

"He was gonna run off again. I had too," Raven said in a sad tone in her voice.

"I know Raven…I know. C'mon, we better get him back to the Tower. Let's hope the others found Robin," Rose said as she picked him up with Raven's help.

(Later, back at the Tower)

Sora slowly opened his eyes to find himself in a darkened room lying on a bed of some sort. He groaned in pain as he tried to move his arms and legs but found that he was unable to move. He looked down at his body to see that he was strapped down while sensors were hooked to his forehead as he looked up to see a computer screen showing his vitals. He looked over to see a green screen off to his side as he heard some grunting from the other side.

"R-Robin?" Sora asked as the grunting stopped.

"Sora?" Robin's response came.

"Yeah, what's going on?" Sora asked when the two heard a noise outside.

"But must we keep them restrained?" Starfire's voice said from the other room.

"Robin threatened us, Star. He's dangerous," Cyborg said.

"Dangerous? Try totally flipped-out coo-coo labonza!" Beast Boy popped in before popping right back out with a powerful sneeze, leading to a loud crash.

"You did what?" Sora asked Robin.

"What about Sora?" Raven asked.

"You saw him Rae, He was going to end up seriously hurt or worse if we didn't find him," Rose said in a worried tone.

"You did what?" Robin asked right back, making Sora look down in regret.

"We've gotta run some tests on them. Try to find out what's going on," Rose said. Sora wondered what kind of tests they were talking about when he suddenly heard a noise come from Robin.

"Robin, what's wrong?" Sora asked concerned.

"Don't concern yourself with him," a voice said to Sora and he looked over to his right to see a familiar figure walk up to his bed. He had orange eyes, tan skin, long white hair with three spikes on the top and side of his head, sliver white gloves on each hand, black pauldrons on his shoulders, black pants, knee-high boots, a black leather coat with red on the inside while it hid a white shirt underneath and on the middle of his chest was the Heartless symbol. "Besides, we have much to catch up on, Sora," the figure said.

"A-Ansem?!" Sora said in fear. Ansem walked closer to him as a pulsating ball of darkness formed in his hand.

"Don't worry. This won't take long," Ansem said with a smile. Meanwhile, outside the room, the team was overlooking Sora and Robin's vitals with Rose, Stitch and Cyborg checking the computers, Beast Boy resting on a chair with an ice bag on his head, and Raven and Starfire standing by with Raven pacing back and forth.

"Have you guys found anything yet?" Raven asked.

"No. So far, everything looks normal," Rose said as Stitch looked down in worry.

"But they are not normal! Robin would not do these things. He would not threaten his friends, he would not shout at me or…" Starfire said.

"Neither would Sora. He wouldn't go off on his own, he wouldn't hold things back from us and…there has to be something wrong with them!" Raven yelled. Beast Boy rolled in still resting.

"Guys, I'm sure there's a good explanation, okay? Maybe Slade really is invisible and Sora is just seeing things and we just can't-" Beast Boy stated but Cyborg stops him.

"No. He still woulda shown up on my radar. I'm telling you, there wasn't-" Cyborg said but he was silenced by the sudden sound of the two vital signs suddenly going critical, alerting everyone.

"Their heart rates are going off the charts!" Rose said as she typed on the computer.

"Blood pressure, neural kinetics…most people can't survive this kind of stress!" Cyborg said. The sound of the vitals alert continued until suddenly the two signs flatlined.

"Sora!" Raven yelled as ran into the room with everyone following her. The door opened and the team entered to see the entire room in disarray: both beds were tossed aside with the straps removed and one of the windows were busted open, letting the cold wind and rain in.

"Wow, and I thought I didn't like going to the doctor," Beast Boy joked. Rose, who had Stitch clinging to her shoulder in worry, walked over to one of the beds and picked up one of the sensors that was left on the bed.

"But where's Sora and Robin?" Rose asked but her question was eventually answered when the team heard thumps and booms coming from above and they looked up to see an air vent free from its hinges and wide open. Beast Boy acted quickly as he turned into a hummingbird and flew up to the opening with Stitch following him but the two were unable to make it as a metal wall suddenly blocked off the opening, causing the two to make impact with the wall. The two fell back down to the ground as metal walls cover the rest of the windows and doors, sealing the team inside the room. Raven went over to a nearby terminal and typed on it to see that everything was locked down.

"Robin's activated the quarantine protocol. Nothing can get in or out," Raven reported. In anger, Starfire fired a starbolt at one of the doors but it just ricochets off the door and around the room before finally dissipating. After calming down, Cyborg gets to work on cutting through the door when Raven gets into a meditating stance.

"Raven, what are you doing?" Rose asked.

"Finding them. Azarath Metrion Zinthos," Raven chanted as her soul self flew out of her and split into two before taking off. One went into the air vent while the other took off through the window. It flew around the entire Tower before eventually finding Sora standing in his battle stance with keyblade in hand. It flew towards him as he continued to look around the roof top.

"Sora, we're here to help you," Raven said to Sora.

"Raven! How did you…? No, you have to leave! They'll destroy you!" Sora warned. Raven saw the Ops room and the box that held Slade's mask lying on the basement as she heard the sound of heartbeats.

"Sora, your heart. You're in danger. You have to trust me. They're not here. They're not in the Tower," Raven said as she now saw memories from Sora's past: living on his home island, obtaining the keyblade, traveling to different…based on Disney movies and protecting his friends from black-cloaked figures.

"No Raven! Their here! I've fought them!" Sora stated. Raven continues to see Sora go through his travels until she reaches a point where she sees Sora sitting on a tall, white throne.

"Then let me see them…through your eyes," Raven said as she takes control of Sora's mind, allowing her to see through his eyes. She looks around to see that Sora is standing on the rooftop in the middle of the rain. She looked around to see nothing around Sora.

"See, Sora? There's no one here. There never was," Raven said but as soon as those words left her mouth, she turned to see a man with long sliver spikey hair in a black coat with red blades coming out of his hands, dash towards Sora and strike him across the face, severing her connection with Sora while her connection with Robin was cut by Slade. Raven got up from the floor as the others surrounded her.

"NO!" Raven yelled.

"What? What happened?" Rose asked as she helped her up.

"I saw Slade and the people Sora is fighting. They maybe real or not but their real to Sora and Robin and that's all that matters. The stress on their brains is destroying their bodies. They truly believe that their fighting their arch enemies. And the enemies are winning," Raven reported.

(Meanwhile, back on the roof)

Sora, who was still bruised and injured made a swing at Young Xehanort with his keyblade but he easily blocked it with his own before freezing Sora in time and struck him several times before restarting time, making Sora feel his pain as he staggered away. Xemnas grabbed him by the shirt before striking him several times with his blades before him blasting him in the gut with an electrical blast. Ansem then floated over to him and encased him in a sphere of darkness before blasting him several times with lasers before making the sphere explode, sending Sora sliding across the roof floor. Sora tired to pick himself up as he looked up to see Xemnas walk up to him as Sora tried to grab his keyblade but the Superior stopped him by kicking him in the gut.

"This was always how it was going to end Sora," Young Xehanort said as he readied his keyblade. Sora began to crawl his way to the edge in order to get away from the dark trio but Ansem beat him to the punch as he fired a powerful blast at Sora, knocking him off the edge and making him crash into the rocky floor. Sora yelled in pain as the three teleported to him again as a lightning strike flashed across the sky, making the three vanish for a second before reappear.

"Xehanort…please…stop," Sora begged as he crawled toward the entrance but Young Xehanort stopped him by striking in the chest with his keyblade.

"No, Sora. We'll never stop. We are the creatures that hide in the darkness. The monsters that frighten you within your heart. Or rather, are you that monster?" Ansem asked as the three fired a beam of darkness at Sora, making him scream in pain as his eyes suddenly turned yellow. The beams stopped as he saw darkness coming from his body.

"Now Sora, join us as our 13th vessel," Xemnas said as the three stood before him. Sora slowly got up as he walked towards them when once again another lightning strike flashed, making the three intangible again. Sora stopped as something finally clicked in his head.

"No. No, this isn't real. Your not real," Sora said, making Ansem laugh.

"We are real, boy. How else would you have gotten those injuries? You couldn't even land a single hit upon us," Ansem said. Sora continued to stand there as he remembered a certain word.

"Hide in the darkness…your all in my mind. Only in the darkness. My friends are right. None of you are here. And they are my power!" Sora declared as his eyes turned back to blue. The three glared at him as they charged towards him.

"We're real enough to destroy you!" Young Xehanort declared.

"LIGHT!" Sora said as he created a huge, powerful blast of light from his keyblade, making the dark trio evaporate from the brightness. As soon as their gone, Sora finishes the move as he falls to the ground, exhausted. The keyblade disappears in a flash of light as the rain continues to fall upon him.

"Sora!" He hears as he cracks his eyes open to see Raven hovering towards him. She lands next to him as she creates a cover from the rain.

"Hey, Raven. It's alright," Sora said in a tired tone. Raven looks worriedly at him as she attempts to heal his wounds.

(Later, back inside)

The Titans were back inside the recovery room as Robin and Sora sat on separate beds while Cyborg looked through the results as everyone waited with Stitch sitting next to Robin and Sora, taking care of their injuries.

"Looks like Slade pulled off one last trick. His mask contained a chemical reagent that infiltrated your central nervous system," Cyborg stated, making Sora look at Robin with a look of realization.

"That dust from Slade's mask," Sora said.

"It made me see, hear, and feel Slade, even though he wasn't there," Robin said as he took one of his sensors off.

"And the more you fought, the more harm it did to you," Starfire said.

"And anybody else who got in the way," Raven added.

"But wait, why didn't Sora see Slade? Why did he end up seeing that Xehanort guy?" Rose asked. Everyone looked at Sora for an answer as he took a breath.

"Because Xehanort is my Slade. Ever since I got the keyblade, I've battled a version of Xehanort. When I first got it I battled Xehanort's Heartless, Ansem. He was different from other Heartless that I fought before because Xehanort's darkness was so strong that he took on human form and was able to speak. Then when I went on my second journey, I fought Xehanort's Nobody, Xemnas," Sora said.

"Oh, Sora. That is rude to call someone a nobody," Starfire said.

"Hah, I get the confusion, Star but a nobody is a creature that is born if a person with a strong heart and will turn into a Heartless. Its basically an empty shell that is trying to find its heart. Though I eventually found out that Nobodies had their own hearts which was really confusing. Anyway, I fought Xemnas and his group of powerful nobodies called Organization XIII. After that, My best friend Riku, a fellow keyblade wielder, and I went on to take a Mark of Mastery Exam," Sora said.

"What's that?" Rose asked.

"Its where a keyblade wielder performs a certain task in order to gain the title of Keyblade Master, right?" Raven asked.

"That's right. Riku and I had to travel to a realm of sleep in order to attain a power called the Power of Waking, which allows the user to awaken and restore sleeping hearts. But that is when I encountered the younger version of Xehanort," Sora said.

"So wait, there's Ansem, Xemnas, and a young version of this guy. Seesh, how many Xehanort's are there?!" Cyborg asked.

"You don't want to know, Cy. So, Xehanort was planning on recreating the legendary Keyblade War and remaking the Organization again and wanted me to be his 13th member. Luckily, Riku and my friends saved me and Riku saved me from the darkness. After that, Riku became the new Master, I ended up failing the Exam and losing most of my powers in the process," Sora said, with a sad tone.

"Oh, Sora. I'm so sorry," Starfire said.

"Is that why you're here now? In order to get your strength back?" Raven asked.

"Yeah, and in the process, I ended up here, with you guys," Sora said with a smile. Everyone smiled in response as Cyborg checked the vitals again.

"Scan says you guys are all clear now," Cyborg said. Stitch was also finished with the injuries as he put the bandages away.

"Just in case," Robin said as he got up from the bed and turned the lights off. He and Sora looked around to see nothing but the Titans in the room. He sighed in relief as he turned the lights back on. "I've been fighting Slade for so long, I guess its hard to just let it go. But sometimes, I feel like I'm the only one still looking for him, the only one who can stop him," Robin admitted. Sora eased himself off the bed and onto his feet as he held onto it for support.

"Robin, your-we're not alone," Sora said.

"And if Slade and that Xehanort guy ever return, we'll be ready. We've got things covered here. Why don't you guys get some rest?" Cyborg suggested. Sora and Robin smiled at the thought of rest.

"Sounds like a good idea," Robin said as he headed out first. Sora began to follow him when his side began to hurt but Rose ran over to help him.

"Easy there. I got ya," Rose said, putting a smile on Sora's face.

"Thanks Rose and thank you guys," Sora said. Sora and Rose walked out of the room with Stitch following them out. Suddenly, Beast Boy propped up from another bed in the recovery room.

"Did I hear all that right? Nobodies being people and different versions of a guy?! Dude, the last thing I need right now is a full blown headache!" Beast Boy said as he went into another sneezing fit. Raven and Starfire couldn't help but laugh when they heard Cyborg looking at something on the screen.

"What is it?" Raven asked.

"The reagent in Slade's ask didn't trigger itself. There was a signal. Somebody triggered it…from outside the Tower," Cyborg said, making a chill go down everybody's spines. Outside, on a cliff overlooking the Tower stood a black-cloaked figure. He drops something on the ground before smashing it to pieces with his foot before disappearing into a dark portal.

(Later, that night)

Raven stood in front of Sora's room, wanting to speak and check on the boy to make sure that he was doing alright and…well just to see him. Raven went to knock on the door but she stopped herself.

"C'mon, you've talked to him before," Raven said to herself as she knocked on the door. She heard someone get up and the door open but instead of Sora, there stood…

"Rose?" Raven said, surprised to see the sliver haired girl standing there.

"Hey, Rae. Whassup?" Rose asked.

"I-I just wanted to check on Sora," Raven said.

"Oh, he's fine. Soon as he got to his room he healed himself and is now just resting. I'm staying with him for tonight to make sure he sleeps good for the night," Rose said.

"Oh, good. J-just wanted to make sure," Raven said.

"I could wake him up if you want to talk to him," Rose offered.

"No, no, no! He…he needs the rest. I just…He's been through a lot and I just wanted to see him," Raven said. The two looked back at the sleeping boy as breathed in and out.

"I know. I've never seen him so scared before. But I'm glad he's better," Rose said.

"Well, I'll let you get back to sleep then," Raven said.

"Alright. Night, Raven," Rose said as the door closed between the two. Raven let out a breath as she slowly made her way to her room.

And that's the end of this chapter! Whew boy! What a time that this took but I definitely enjoyed writing it and I hope you guys enjoyed reading it. With this being the creepiest episode in the series, I kinda wanted to go a little above and beyond with this one so it was quite a lot of thought put in. Now onto the reviews:

UmbranKeyblade: Thanks, it was an idea that I had when I made this story.

Guest1: I'm thinking of a good time to introduce Superboy. I want it to be at a good time and not just randomly thrown in.

Guest2: Yeah, Gizmo's situation is small in comparison to anything else. LOL

Guest3: Yes, only the main five Titans will get keyblades. Starfire was the first to get one and the others will get one soon.

Guest4: Yeah, I plan to have Double Form and other keyblade transformations will appear.

Guest5: Yeah, I kinda forgot that Rose had that power. I'll include it sometime.

Thank you guys so much for reading this, please favor, please follow, and please leave a review as it lets me guys know your comments and ideas. Sidenote: Guys, also please stay safe through this whole virus situation. It will pass and we'll look back and laugh at all the craziness that has taken place this year. Anyway, you guys have great year and I'll talk to you guys in the next chapter. Peace.