The Prisoner's Cell

The sounds of blades striking each other could be heard coming from within the castle. A teenage boy and a man were sword fighting each other. The boy seemed to be fighting a losing battle with the man. The boy appeared about 17 years old, w/brown eyes, and short black crew cut hair. His outfit was composed of a black t-shirt with a grayish vest (there was a hood attached to the vest), black jean shorts, w/gray socks and black sneakers.

His skin was a light brown color, making it known that he was from African American and Hispanic decent. The man, however, had pale white skin. He had longish brown hair and was wearing an all white suit. He slashed at the boy with his sword but the boy blocked it. "Oh come now. You don't really believe you're going to win this fight do you, son?" the man said with an evil chuckle at the end.

"I'm not your son! My name's Raheem. And I'll never be anything like you, Drex!" Raheem said as he charged at the man. "Oh…why must we fight? You're a keyblade bearer. Once upon a time…I was too. And look how I've turned out." Drex said laughing as Raheem slashed at him with the keyblade. Raheem began to have labored breathing, he was slowly but surely getting tired. "Tired yet? Just give in and everything will be all right." As Raheem caught his breath he sneered.

"You want me to give in. But I won't. I refuse to. I won't stop until you're gone!" Raheem said triumphantly though his strength was depleting. He charged again at Drex, swinging his keyblade wildly to no avail. Raheem stopped short in his attack. The keyblade was starting to get heavy now. "That's it. Just give in to it." Drex coaxed him. Raheem tried to pick up the keyblade but couldn't. Smiling evilly, Drex swung his sword around and struck the ground and a blast of wind came.

The blast of wind caught Raheem and threw him across the room into the wall. His keyblade dis-summoned itself. "Silly boy. When will they learn? When will they ever learn?" was the last thing that Raheem heard before he passed out. He awoke hours later in cell with metal bars on the small window above. He began to take notice of his surroundings and grabbed his head. "Uggghh. Where am I? How did I get here?" He heard the metal clang sound of a door being opened and Drex came in.

"Awake, I see." Raheem lunged at him but Drex snapped his fingers and chains flew out the wall and binded him to it. He struggled with all his might to break free but just couldn't. "Let…me…go!" Drex laughed in his face. "Now why would I do such a thing? Having you tied up here should bring your little keyblade clique to try and save you. Once all of you are here…I'll be able to get rid of all of you." He said calmly. Raheem struggled again to break free of the chains. "Dammit!"

Drex smiled with amazement knowing that Raheem's struggling was useless. He turned and headed straight for the door. "Oh…and I should tell you: struggling will only eat away at your energy. So struggle all you want. It won't do you any good." He laughed as the door slammed shut. Raheem gave a frustrated sigh. "Oh man! Sora and the others are gonna come look for me soon. I gotta get outta here to warn them!" he thought. "If struggling will cost energy then I better try calling for it."

Raheem concentrated as hard as he could but nothing seemed to work. "Why isn't it working?" he thought and tried again with no success. "Dammit! If only I could get my hand free!" he muttered. His wrists were getting red from the chains wrapped around them. He wriggled his hands and managed to slightly loosen on of the chains. "That's it! Now let's try again." He concentrated and his keyblade appeared in his right hand. He smiled and used the keyblade to break off all the chains.

"Now to do some damage control." He slashed at the turn lock off the door and ran down the hallway. Meanwhile, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy were making their way to the castle. "Is this where he went Kairi?" Sora asked and Kairi nodded. "I saw him head down this way. He was saying something about facing his fears for once." Riku shook his head. "That doesn't make sense. Raheem knows that we all need to travel together if we're ever gonna get outta here." Everyone shrugged.

As they got on the front steps of the castle each got a strange feeling. "Anyone besides me feel a bit creeped out by this?" Sora said and everyone nodded. "Something about this place doesn't feel right." Riku said. As Sora reached to open the door, it suddenly opened slowly. Everyone backed up. "A hyuck! Well…I guess that just proves a point." Goofy said as they walked through, unsure of what's to come. Once inside the door slammed shut, making a really loud boom sound.

Raheem tried to hurry himself through the hallways of the castle. But every turn he made seemed to bring him to a dead end. "What the hell is this place?" He whispered running into another dead end. The floor above him started to creak and he heard familiar voices. "They're here. I've gotta get them outta here!" he said as he frantically ran. "Raheem! Raheem, are you here?" Sora called out. No response. "Are you sure he came in this direction Kairi?" Donald asked tapping his foot. She nodded feverently. Drex suddenly appeared at the top of the staircase.

"And how may I be of service to you?" he called down to them. Everyone readied their weapons. "Drex! I should have known the new organization would be behind this!" Riku said holding tightly to his Soul Eater. "Come now. Come now. I'm sure Raheem wouldn't want you to think that way about me." He smiled evilly. "What have you done with our friend!" Sora yelled. "It seems he has a knack for not staying put. He's gotten himself lost in the hallways of this castle." Drex said plainly making his way down the staircase and everyone tensed up.

As he stood on the last step everyone swinging their weapons. Everyone slashed and swung as hard as they could but no luck. "How did he block every attack!" Everyone was thinking. Drex smiled his usual evil smile and summoned his sword. "My turn." He said and charged at the group. Meanwhile, Raheem still couldn't find a correct path to get upstairs. He could hear his friends cry out in agony if they were hurt. He knew they needed help. "I've got to get to them. They need me!" Suddenly his keyblade glew brightly and he disappeared from the floor.

Sora and Riku were trying their best to keep up with Drex but it wasn't working. They had to protect themselves and the other weaker ones. As Riku and Sora stood infront of their fallen friends they braced themselves for attack. They blocked as many attacks as they could but couldn't block them all. Drex got a few good hits in and knocked them both in opposite directions. He advanced on the slowly recovering Kairi who reached for her keyblade. He kicked it out of the way. He kicked her too and she slid back. He raised his sword and brung it down fast!

The sound of two swords hitting each other rang through the air. Raheem appeared infront of Kairi and held his keyblade to block Drex's attack on Kairi. "Raheem!" all the friends yelled. Raheem shoved Drex back. Drex scowled but noticed that Raheem seemed different to him now. Somehow Raheem's spirit, which was low before, now seemed to glow brightly. And the look of determination on his face seemed to tell it all. Raheem parried the sword and shoved Drex back. Raheem smiled an evil smile now. "Is it my turn?"