Raid #14 [Plot]

This world was certainly a strange one. Though at first glance things would look normal enough, but only when you started to take a closer look at some of the more finer detail, would you then realized just what a bizzare place this really was. It was too odd to explain... But that wasn't the important thing right now. This world for starters, belonged to the Light and it was going to be a matter of time before it no longer did. Darkness would rule these lands, all the lands and conquer the whole of Kingdom Hearts itself. Darkness was an awesome power and a very reliable ally to those who truely knew how to appreciate and respect it. Were there anyone out there who could do such a thing though? Mostly, people who seak power and strength continue to seek nothing else but that, which in turn would definitely spell out their own doom once they turned to the Darkness to get their strength.

Darkness required a strong heart. Those with weak hearts would be consumed and lost within it. So they say at least. But to one figure, the Darkness was more of a guide, then as an ally. It was used to help keep this one focused on what he had to do. He was strong enough thanks to the Mako and JENOVA Cells within his body, plus having gained valuable experience from battles against the Keybarers, Cloud and various other enemies out there. As a result of this, Destiny Island, one of the strongest bastions of Light was taken over by this human. Not single handled mind, since a clone of one of the strongest members of SOLDIER was there to lend a hand. The result was the same either way. The home land of Sora, Riku and Kairi was sent plunging into Darkness because of this specific being.

A durable leather boot pressed down into the grass underfoot as cold, calculating turquoise eyes scanned the area before him. With arms folded across his chest, the figure didn't seem to have any current hostile intentions, but he was here to plunge this world into endless Darkness much like he had done to Destiny Island. It was just a matter of figuring out where the Light was coming from and to 'snip the problem at the bud'. To take out the source of Light and replace it was Darkness, would quickly and effective take this world over from the Light. Another world in the Darkness's grasp would boost their morale and hopefully keep them going strong to take more worlds and destroy the Light once and for all.

That was all that mattered now. Kill the Light.

Stepping out further into the area, Kadaj, leader of the Remnant's found himself in a rather wide and open area. Hedge bushes lined the areas and looked like a maze of some sort to those not within this main area. Grass covered the floors and the weather was nice. A light breeze, the sun shining down through the few clouds that dotted the sky. All that was needed, were the squawks of seagulls and the sound of the ocean lapping against a golden brown beach. Then it would be Destiny Island all over again. This caused a smirk to reach the Remnant's lips, but at the same time, he ran one of his gloved hands over his left shoulder, and then across the left side of his torso. The wounds he had recieved from the battle on Destiny Island seemed to have been healing nicely and Kadaj had felt most of his strength return. Not all off it, but a good portion.

This was the reason that he wasn't mindless attacking things and trying to take the world before the Light even had a chance to show themselves. For starters, Kadaj loved to fight. There was no better way to get stronger without relying on the Darkness. Secondly, the Remnant had his Mako Regeneration ability in process, that was slowly but gradually recovering his strength and stamina. Granted, it worked considerably better then sitting down and staying still, but the Remnant had already rested well back on Destiny Island while enduring the storm that came with the Darkness. Now was time to show himself to the worlds once more and continue on the task set before him. Destroying the Light!

Casting his glowing eyes off before him, Kadaj spotted something that resembled a Castle of some sorts off in the distance. Or was it more the scene of a court room trial? Well whatever it was, it was probably the best place to check out before moving else where. With that decided, the silver-haired Remnant started to make his way off across the grass towards the strange looking building across the way. This area would be a perfect place to fight the Light as well. Hardly any places to hide and a large open area perfect for carnage and chaos.

Something sparked an interest in the Remnant's mind as he thought he felt like a wave of Darkness was already approaching this world. Wondering if there was already someone else here attacking the source of the Light, Kadaj extended his awareness and tried to sense if any other being was here in the world. Only being able to pick up the Heartless dotted about the place and some strange... well... Kadaj didn't exactly know what to kiss these presences. They felt... well... card-like? Was that even possible? Growing increasingly more curious, the Remnant took just another step forwards towards the castle, then a large, dark portal opened up a short distance ahead of him. Instantly the Remnant knew that this was the cause of presence he could barely feel from the start.

Halting his progress, Kadaj's arms raised and caused the leather covering them to creak, as he folded them across his chest and stared at the figure of a man who strode out from the moaning, dark portal. Kadaj didn't recognize this person, but his obvious attachment to the Darkness was a welcome sight... or feeling. The worst thing that could happen right now, was for these two users of Darkness to fight one another, to see who would get the chance to take over this world. It mattered not to the silver-haired Remnant. So long as the Light was destroyed, then it really didn't matter who it was landing the final strike. It was only when the strange, metal winged creature spoke, that the Remnant's mind was reminded of this person.

"Ah yes, I remember you now."
Kadaj said, keeping his ground and not moving his arms from his chest. Kadaj felt an awful lot of malice coming from this guy and that actually worried him slightly. As a result, the Remnant kept his guard up and locked his eyes onto Nero. Kadaj didn't trust anyone expect Loz, Yazoo and now Emil. One wrong move and the Remnant would defend himself, no matter who he was talking to.
"And why do you show yourself now? Is that you're here to take this world from the Light too?"
Kadaj's facial expression was cold, as usual as he watched the man before him. He felt familiar, but the Remnant knew that this was the closest he'd ever been to this odd, metal-winged creature. And what was with that mask?

Alice [Leader]
Lightning
Aqua

The silver-haired man watched the odd appearance of his temporary ally in mild confusing for a couple of seconds. His eyes glowed ominously with the power of Mako and for a second, the Remnant wondered whether or not this strange looking creature shared some of the same blood as him. Granted that the only time these two had every crossed paths was back at the meeting of darkness a while ago, so why was it that Kadaj felt like he knew this guy? Did this metal-winged monster know of Sephiroth and Jenova? It wasn't the time to find out though as the Light were bound to show up eventually and the fight for the fate of this world would begin. It bothered Kadaj though that something didn't feel right. This world... it felt so much different to some of the more normal looking ones, but whatever was wrong or different about this world, the silver-haired man just couldn't put his finger on it.

Thus he ignored it for one and returned his attention to Nero, looking him up and down before taking a couple of steps off to the side to have a more closer look at those metal wings. Were these his weapon of choice? Seemed a bit odd, but if he knew how to use them, then so be it. Kadaj cocked his head at the fellow Darkness user as he heard him speak once more.
"Destroying the Light I agree with, but only 'perhaps' kill the users of Light?"
He repeated, folding his leather clad arms across his chest before eying the metal winged creature with a suspicious glare. Kadaj paused and just watched him for another second before shaking his head, causing his own silver hair to sway from side to side in the breeze.
"You're wrong. We WILL kill any users of the Light, thus reducing their numbers and allowing us to conquer more world with ease."
Kadaj finally continued, turning away and walking off a few paces as he finished.

For some reason, Vincent Valentine popped into his head and this caused the Remnant to glance over his shoulder back at the metal-winged man. Why on earth did he come to mind all of a sudden? Was it a premonition that perhaps the ex-Turk was to show up and help defend this world? That caused Kadaj to think as he looked away from Nero. If Vincent DID show up, chances were that he'd have to go into his Chaos form in order to stand up against both Kadaj and Nero... which then would require the Remnant to summon his trusted companion, Bahamut SIN. At that thought, Kadaj's head zipped up and glanced around himself, looking first left and right before turning skywards and examining what was above him. There was certainly enough room to call the King of Dragons, but thanks to that mysterious and slightly bad feeling the silver-haired man was getting from this world, calling the Dragon felt like a rather large mistake.

It was then that Kadaj picked up a new presence in this world and it was certainly not one of Darkness. Instead, it felt vaguely familiar, though not yet being able to put a face to the presence, Kadaj was sure that he had crossed paths with this person before. It was then that Cloud Strife came to mind, along with Twilight Town, but there was no more time to wonder about such things. The Light had finally shown itself which meant that the battle for the World was about to begin. The Remnant though, kept his ground and his weapon sheathed. The area he and Nero were in right now, was a perfect fighting space. Nice wide area with little to no places to hide... except the hedge-like maze down at one end of the area and the few trees dotted about too.

Even so, there were bound to be others coming, like what had happened on Destiny Island. First Kairi, then followed by King Mickey and Cecil. The Remnant turned and glanced once more over his shoulder at his fellow dark hearted ally.
"You feel that too? They're coming."
Kadaj said, turning himself around to face the winged-man completely, keeping his arms folded across his chest throughout.

Again...it was happening again. She was being summoned into one of these battles. The battles against the darkness.

This wasn't Lightning's first fight that she was being summoned into. Her first one had been in the world of Hollow Bastion. She wasn't sure how she had gotten into that mess but she knew one thing. She had to fight. Lightning had not been fighting alone in that battle though. She ran into one of her comrades, Snow. She had also met a warrior by the name of Cecil. Both Cecil and Snow had been brought to this world in the same sense that Lightning had. All of them had been warriors oof light against the darkness. But those who were fighting for the darkness had been present. Four of them. Lightning had been unsure if they would have been able to defeat them.

But...the three of them had managed to come true. They brought Hollow Bastion back to its stage of light. And she had been able to assist in this. It brought over a snese of pride for Lightning. Something she had to give herself some more reassurance. That she was strong. That she could face the darness. One of her hardest struggles in life was the darkness. Should she fall to the darkness or not. Could she have her light and inner confidence be strong? Especially when the darkness just felt so strong...and so overpowering. It was no wonder that so many would fall prey to the darkness. They seemed to be gaining more and more ground as each day passed by. And the light seemed to be diminishing more and more...

And to add to this, the world that Lightning had helped defend had fallen to the darkness right after. It was almost like the victory had never been achieved. And that was a depressing thought. No way to build up any sort of confidence. But Lightning knew of what light could do. She knew how strong the light was. And if you kept it with you...anything could be achieved. At least that is what she was slowly beginning ot believe. Each day, she was starting to learn a little bit more of how the light was. And how strong that it was. For whatever reason that she had been brought to this world, she would keep her light with her. No matter how strong the darkness was. She had to try and keep this thought with her.

As Lightning walked around the world, she was confused. She must have been in some sort of...forest. What was odd about this forest is that it wasn't a typical forest. The flowers and the mushrooms seemed to be about as high as a small tree. Either the flowers an mushrooms grew very tall here, or she had grown very small. She looked herself over. She didn't feel any smaller. Or changed for thast matter. Maybe it had to do with how she had gotten here in the first place. Either way, she didn't give it too much thought. She just kept on walking, looking around for any sort of person. She assumed it would be like the last time. With other warriors of light present. And if the warriors of light were present, then those who were defending the darkness must be around. She senses the two presences of darkness as she walked. She gasped lightly. Those were the threats. She had to hurry. Lightning reacted quickly and she started to run.

Lightning could feel the distance becoming shorter as she ran. She was getting closer to wherever this presence of darkness was. But as she was running, she saw a figure off in the distance. But...this wasn't a presence of darkness. This was...light. And a light that was so strong...it was almost blinding. As she saw this figure, she stopped running. She walked slowly and stopped when she was a few steps in front of the young girl. She was very young. Only a year or two younger then Hope. Lightning wondered why she was here. Maybe she was a native of this world. She really didn't seem like she was going to be fighting for the light. She didn't look like a typical warrior. But Lightning figured she better not judge. She didn't want to ask or anything. She just wanted answers to the questions that she had. After a moment of looking her over, she focused her crystal blue eyes on those of the young girl.

"Have you seen...any presences of darkness? Or been threatened by any?"Lightning asked the young girl. She didn't mean to come off as cold. It was just harder for her to be welcoming and friendly. She had such a serious personality.