Souls Of Time : A Kingdom Hearts Story

Chapter 34: Ivory Fortress

We need to find the rest of the members of the Organization, the remaining Seekers of Darkness. They would lead us to the place where the battle shall be held. Where light and darkness would clash. Reveling Kingdom Hearts...

Hikari walked through a warp gate along with everyone else. I stepped out of the portal, my foot landed on stone. I looked out to the horizon to see a vast ocean, we were on the side of a cliff. I could see a giant industrial site near the edge, overlooking the water. Further down the side of the cliff there was a set of train tracks leading faraway. There were huge cargo containers on the rails moving along the tracks.

Sora walked up by me. I looked at him. "I know someone inside that place that can help us. They can show us where the Organization is." He told me.

"How are we going to get over there. The shoreline is hundreds of feet below us?" I asked him.

Riku came up beside us. "We could walk on the tracks." He mentioned.

I nodded. "Yeah that could work."

We all walked along the rocky bluff, slowly getting closer to the tall rails. We found a spot that was close enough to jump over. I was just about to jump over when the ground started to shake. I looked to my left, but I didn't see anything past the curve. I could hear metal scraping against the tracks. Then all of a sudden something flew around the corner coming straight towards us. It was too late, I was far too close to it. The giant metal container was going to crush me.

"Hikari! Look out!" Someone yelled.

At the last second someone grabbed me from behind, they held me close to the rock wall. The cargo flew by so fast it caused the wind to blow around like a tornado. It even blocked out the sun. I shut my eyes. All I could hear was a train horn blaring. My hair whipped around my face. Eventually the rest of the containers went by, the rumbling stopped and everything was quite again.

I can't believe it, the speed that those things were traveling at, the force itself could kill you. I slowly opened my eyes, to see who was standing in front of me. It was Axel.

He leaned back and held my arms. "Hiakri, you need to be more careful. You could have died if you would have jumped."

He looked incredibly sad. I could tell for awhile now, that something terrible was bothering him. I wanted to ask, but we were all so busy. Since he came back from his mission, he came back missing someone.

"I'm sorry. Things have been so dangerous for all of us, and sometimes I'm too reckless. Focusing so much on other things, like getting our friends back." I said looking back at everyone else.

I gave them a warm smile, but they were all just staring at me, with wide eyes. Axel walked away, Terra stepped up to the edge of the rock.

"I have an idea on how we can all get across, but it's dangerous." Terra said looking back at us.

"What is it?" Ven asked him.

Terra crossed his arms. "The only way for us to get over to the building, is if we jump on top of the containers."

"Are you sure that's the only way?" Aqua asked.

"Yes it is, and we're all going to have to jump." Roxas added.

We all looked over at him, this was the first time I've heard him speak in a long time.

Sora nodded. "If anyone is too scared to jump, I'm sure some of the guys can carry you."

Kairi looked nervous. "I don't think I could jump by myself."

"Are you only talking about the girls Sora?" Hato asked.