Kingdom Hearts: Struggle for Earth

Eden looked in the warm water, finding something engraved within the smooth stone pool. A... hole? Looks like it's for a key. She poked it, to which no reaction. Soon enough she realized she needed air, then came back up to take a quick breather before another dive. It got bigger... She looked at the keyhole, now the size of her arm, brushing a hand against it.
The Keyhole began to glow, bright and intense, sucking her within it.

The crow returned, squawking about in a hurry at Nexas while returning to the shadows in it's original state. "Dammit." he hissed, running. He just barely made it to see Riku guarding the pool of water that was brightly glowing. "NO!" he yelled, pushing aside Riku as he ran by.

 

"what the-agh!"Riku was suprised when Nexas appeared and pushed him out of the way. "Riku! E-chan!"Valerie was a safe distance behind, confused on what was going on.
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Meanwhile Sora had landed the gummi ship for a short break. "hmmm...."He thought over where the keyhole might be in this area. There were pyramids, ancient tombs.... It was going to be difficult making the right decision. "This might be harder than I thought...."he said, a hand on his bulging stomach.

 

Eden blinked, seemingly off balance or floating in a pool of light and darkness always shifting. "The hell is this?" she muttered.

Nexas looked into the pool. "She's gone..." he moaned, upset that he missed her again, but was so painfully close.

 

"Wait, what just happened?!"Riku was shocked. "RIKU!"suddenly Valerie pounced on the silverette. "ack!"Riku was barely able to keep standing at the sudden tackle. "Valerie!"
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"Lets see....Well, only one way to figure this out..."Sora sighed. "Eeenie, meeny, miny...."as he thought it over, he couldn't help but feel like the one he pointed out as 'miny' was the place. The great Sphinx.... "I hope I'm right..."he frowned. He could feel the baby faintly move around as if to reassure his decision.

 

Ellen's jaw dropped the light the pool emitted. She walked slowly toward Riku and Valerie in awe. " Please tell Eden was not in that fudgin' pool of light...." she was able to say in a high pitched voice of shock; pointing at the pool with a limp finger. Her blade tugged to the pool, as if wanting her to jump in,but the young brunette did not want to do that at all.

 

Eden looked around the light and darkness, noticing it seep into her. "Hey! You can't do that!" she growled, throwing blind punches at nothing.
"Not everything dark you see is evil. the light hummed. Eden didn't listen.
"Not everything light is good." The darkness chirped. A gray sort of substance leaked into her head, shooting her with pain.
"And then there is me in-between. I am neutral." the gray purred in her mind.
"Get out! Get out of my head!" the amnesiac screamed. Her heart throbbed as the darkness took away the blinding light within it. The light took away her feral darkness. The gray poured her memories back in, and a few new things as well.
Now the pain of this was quite severe, but Eden's throat was getting too raw to continue at this point. A new light and darkness poured in, both equals that created Twilight within her. Then, black. Her limp, pain racked body floated slowly to the top of the jade pool.

Nexas immediately went to Eden and scooped her up from the pool, laying her on the floor. "Eden...?" he whimpered, shaking her slightly.

 

"Uh-oh..."Riku frowned, examining the pool without going too close. "I wonder what happened..."Valerie frowned.
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"Alright, back to action..."Sora checked the map for coordinates before putting the gummi ship on Auto Pilot with the course set for the great Sphinx. He sat back, giving a small sigh. "I don't think Kairi took the news well.... I hope she doesn't think.... no, she's my friend...."Sora shook off the negative thoughts.

 

"Is she okay?" Jeffrey asked, staying away form the pool.
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Kairi walked in as Sora was talking to himself. "It's not that I didn't take it well, it's just... kind of shocking, you know?" She smiled. "Anyway, any clue on where this continent's Keyhole is?"

 

OOC:EPIC TIME IS GO! WE are going to have these keyholes done, baby! Woooo!>D
BIC:
"Theres something called the Great Sphinx in this continent. It was built back in ancient times and usually stuff like that has been where the keyholes have been so far. Who knows, maybe we'll get lucky."Sora smiled. "Alright. I think everyone officially knows by now about the baby..."he sighed, rubbing his stomach. "Including me...heh...."he said in a somewhat nervous tone.

 

The keyhole within the pool glistened, ready to be sealed.
A blurry image of Nexas came into Eden's view as she slowly woke up, only to flail about and gasp for air. "SEAN!?" She backed up, panicked. "What the hell, you trying to scare me?" She glared at the now confused Nexas. Her eyes turned a bit soft, realizing a crucial detail. "Wait... Sean's dead. Then who are you?"

 

"Eden! How are you feeling?!"Valerie grew concerned. Riku held out his keyblade, a beam of light piercing the water and going into the keyhole.

 

"Well, that seems like a good place to check," Kairi replied. "Earth seems a lot older than the Islands, doesn't it?"
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"We met up back on the outside," Jeffrey told Eden. "He says his name is Nexas."

 

"It does.... I guess thats what makes it so interesting also for Heartless asides from all the hearts it can take.."Sora sighed. The gummi ship made a slow descent at the Great Sphinx, vanishing due to stealth mode. "whoa, that was quick. Well, looks like its just you and me on this one Kairi."Sora tried to get straight up from his seat, only to fall back due to a lack of balance. "Oops...hehe, that didn't work..."Sora blushed a bit from embarassment when he got to his feet.
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"Eeyup! It got boring up there so we joined him down here to get back to you guys. I see you found the keyhole."Valerie grinned. Riku said nothing, just sighed.

 

"I'm fine Val, but why is Sean here?" Eden quizzically asked, taking off the hood of his bleach white straight hair. "Not curly..."
"I'm Nexas." he blinked, wondering what else to say.
"So... Nexas... Um... Riku... Val... What happened since Australia?" Apparently, the old Eden before Australia was back.

 

Kairi walked up beside him. "Are you okay?" She felt relieved when he got back to his feet. Raising her hand, Destiny's Embrace appeared in her hand in a flash of glowing, white petals. "I'll handle the fighting while you look for the Keyhole. Just be careful, okay?" She winked at him.

 

"YES! SHE'S BACK! YAAAAY!"Valerie tackled Eden, glad to have the old her back. "Oh great..."Riku muttered, but it was inaudible to ther others.
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"Oh don't worry! The heartless have...temporarily been called back, I think. The only thing we have to do is figure out how to get where the keyhoke is!"Sora grinned, summoning Oblivion. Sora gave a small shiver as the baby reacted to his excitement by moving around. "Lets go!"He opened the door stepping outside. "Whoooooa...."he didn't expect the Sphinx to be so....big.

 

"Where have I been?" Eden questioned, looking to Nexas as he stood up. "Besides, why would I go anywhere away from you guys after home being destroyed?... Where are we anyway also? Recap?"

 

"Well during Australia you've somehow got Amnesia. You couldn't remember me or Jeffy or anybody and it suuucked. you were sooo boring when you had Amnesia. Anyway we sealed off Europes Keyhole and are currently in China and just sealed this one. Sora, Andrew, and Kairi are in Egypt taking care of that keyhole. Once they get done they'll come here and get us."Valerie explained.

 

"Oh... I guess my darkness got out of control..." Eden put a hand to her heart, sighing. Nexas shadowed her, keeping a slight distance, until she turned to him. "So where is Sean?"

 

Valerie shrugged, while Riku just huffed. "Probably heartless chow."He said. "Riku, don't be mean!"Valerie huffed.