Kingdom Hearts: The World's Reluctant Heroes

After dealing with the Heartless that were bothering Port Royal, as Sombra was sure that the reaper type had been behind the return of the undead pirates, Sora and the others returned to their ship with another new passenger, as Luxord was telling the truth, he wanted nothing to do with Xigbar's madness. Such a thing caused Sombra to wonder about the rest of the Organization, as there had been seven at the start of this adventure, as she was counting Axel in that number since he had been her spy for quite some time, and it caused an interesting picture to unfold before her. The number was quickly reduced when Axel and Demyx jumped ship, and then further cut down when Xemnas, the leader, just left them to join his brother in assaulting the Heartless army back on Hollow Bastion, leaving only four. Of those four she was sure that Xaldin was no longer aligned with Xigbar's wishes, and Luxord had jumped ship the first opportunity he had been given, meaning only two remained, the self appointed leader and Saix, and yet Sombra wasn't even worried about that.

The reason she wasn't worried about Saix was because Axel had told her that he would deal with his former friend when the time came, meaning all Sombra and the others had to worry about now was Xigbar and tracking down The World that Never Was, since it wasn't wise leaving their false Kingdom Hearts left alone.

Luxord, on the other hand, got a good view of the inner workings of their Gummi Ship, as he had been wondering what sort of life Sombra and her friends lived while they traveled from world to world, and he could see just how wonderful things were as he noticed the room and the functions each one had. In fact he was surprised by how well the ship expanded, as if there was an excess of material for Sombra to use as she changed the insides of their vessel, which was definitely larger on the inside than what the outside seemed to suggest, because the figure was able to add a whole new room in seconds, one fully ready for Luxord to use. Luxord found that he could outfit himself with the robe that he had seen Sombra's friends use, when they first encountered them in Hollow Bastion, causing him to slip out of his old Organization attire before putting on the new attire, even though he also found it could be summoned and dismissed. Such a thing allowed him to discover that he could wear his actual clothing without having to worry about the robe, where Sombra found that he went with a black pair of pants, a teal vest, and a white shirt under the vest, like he was a worker at a casino, but it seemed to fit his persona as a gambler, which he was fine with.

As they made their way through the space between worlds Sora made a short pair of stops that Sombra really wasn't even a little interested in, he stopped by Atlantica and his portion of the group, being himself with Donald and Goofy, went down to join a song, while Sombra noticed no movements from Ursula. The second one happened to be Agrabah, where he quickly made sure that nothing major was happening, while at the same time Sombra retrieved Jafar's lamp from the storage area she had locked it in and studied it for a couple of moments. Sure enough she found that he was unsuccessful in breaking any of her seals, though just to be absolutely sure she reinforced the existing seals and added a few more after some thought, each binding a different magical aspect to fully bind the evil genie, making it so his power would be unable to leak out of the ebony black lamp. With that done she quickly returned the lamp to where she had been keeping it all this time, among all of the items she had stored in the past, and then closed the gate to the storage area, allowing her to focus on Sora finding that all was fine and that there were no new dangers for them to worry about.

What surprised her was that the path they seemed to be following brought them back to Halloween Town, causing them to warp back down to the world's surface as Luxord stayed behind, mostly to explore the ship, where they found a bunch of presents scattered around the area and Jack, in his Santa outfit, picking them up.

"Oh, perfect timing friends! Help me pick these up, will you?" Jack stated, seeing them as he entered the area they were in, which happened to be the area that the Holiday Doors were in, though in that moment he paused as he stared at the group, noticing Riku was among them, along with someone new, "Oh, who might you be?"

"I'm Kairi. Nice to meet you." Kairi replied, where they found that she was dressed in a dark purple witch's attire, complete with a witch's hat that had multiples zippers on it, with black and white stripped socks under her black witch boots and a pair of black gloves over her hands.

Sora had to ask the question that was on his mind, that Jack had found the presents here and hadn't made them as some sort of excuse so he could visit Christmas Town again, where the Pumpkin King told him that he was actually done with his whole 'Christmas Phase', but kept the suit as both a reminder and something he could use for Halloween. Sombra knew that a skeletal Santa would freak kids out, which seemed to be the whole reason for keeping the outfit, even though Jack said it was also due to Sally's hard work, before he asked them to help him with the rest of the presents. As they collected the rest of the presents Riku had to ask if Jack was kidding or not, where Sora chuckled and told him that he'd find out soon enough, because once they had the rest of the presents they followed Jack through the Christmas Door and appeared on the hill that overlooked Christmas Town. They found that Kairi was a lot like Sora, as in her attire was a black elf with the hat covering one of her eyes, while Riku found that he was mostly human in this world, save for the wolf tail, and his attire was also dark for some reason, but both of his eyes were fine since his hat was firmly on top of his head.

That was followed by the scene that Sora was eager to see, Riku's jaw dropping in surprise as he discovered that Santa Claus was a real figure, despite him telling his friends that he was made up, while Santa seemed partly grateful for the presents being returned since he was still blaming Jack for everything, while Sombra headed outside for a moment.

"Sombra... aren't you going to help find the present thief?" Radiant asked, because she knew when Sombra was bothered by something and right now it seemed like she was definitely bothered, in fact it looked like she had been expecting them to reach the Pride Lands so they could deal with Scar's Heartless, which should have materialized by now.

"No. And you don't need me for anything... there are no Heartless and no Nobodies on this world. It's totally peaceful, even though it was chaos the last time we were here." Sombra replied, which just made it odd when she thought about it, there was no reason for the World to have them visit this world in the first place, even Jack could do this on his own, he didn't need them to follow him around and help him with whatever plan he had in mind, which caused her to raise a hand to her head for a moment, "Look, I'm going to go for a walk in Halloween Town... need to think about this for a time. I'll come find you guys when I feel the time is right."

Radiant stared at her for a few seconds before nodding her head, because she knew it was best to leave Sombra alone when she was like this, plus she wasn't worried that her friend would turn evil on them, so there was no reason for her to chase Sombra into Halloween Town. With that done Sombra headed up the hill and returned to the first Holiday World that they had discovered, before turning and heading out into the wilderness, as the forest seemed to be a good place for her to just walk and think for a time, especially since this visit made no sense. She wasn't kidding when she told Radiant that there were no Heartless and no Nobodies in this world, it was like Xigbar had determined that this world was just a waste and likely sent Saix to one of the other worlds, or maybe they were guarding the main castle, which was in danger of falling since there were only two members of the Organization now. She knew that the World was watching them, there was even evidence of it thanks to the power she gained in Mickey's castle and the summoning of her Light Keyblade, but this happened to be the only time she found herself questioning the World's decision to bring them here, enough to warrant such a visit.

Part of her felt like screaming at the World, to demand an explanation, but before she made up her mind on that regard she felt a Dark Corridor open nearby as a grey hooded figure emerged from it, one of her allies, though it was easy to figure out who it was since everyone else had set their cloaks aside.

"Okay, you look both frightening and intimidating in that form... possessed armor that looks like a werewolf, yeah, I'd run if I saw that coming at me." Prexus commented, as Sombra knew which persona the figure was using by how he acted and how his hood was positioned, because he preferred to keep his identity a secret from everyone, which was why Sombra went out of her way to play along as she pieced the puzzle pieces together.

"Prexus, I know you wouldn't come to me without a reason. What can I do for you?" Sombra asked, because now she had a reason to understand why the World might have caused them to stop on this world, that the Master of Masters might need a word with her, and her alone, so it arranged for an opportunity for them to speak without anyone else realizing what was going on right now.

"It's better that I just show you." Prexus replied, where he held his hand out and a mass of darkness appeared in front of him not a second later, something that caused Sombra to look at it as she raised her eyebrow, because it wasn't just any sort of dark energy, it was pure darkness, in fact it reminded her of the dark energy of the Umbrum realm, before she felt the dark presence inside the energy, causing the Master of Masters to nod, "That's right, this is one of the thirteen Darknesses that threatens the World as a whole... the Thirteenth, to be exact, one I've kept hidden in a place only I know the location of. I also hold the Twelfth, using my body to keep it contained until a permanent solution can be found, to either destroy them or keep them imprisoned forever."

Sombra took a step forward as Prexus noticed something interesting, her right eye had the Light energy around it while her left eye had Darkness around it, like she was using both elements at the same time, though the way she moved around the mass that was the captured Thirteenth Darkness made him realize she was studying it. As Sombra did that she raised her right hand for a moment as a chest formed before Prexus' eyes, one made of enchanted gold and silver, he could feel the magic woven into the material as it was created, reminding him that Sombra wasn't someone he could mess with. Inside the chest rested something that surprised him, thirteen slots that seemed sized to fit thirteen identical gems, causing him to figure out that Sombra remembered the tale of the Thirteen Darknesses he told him in the Realm of Darkness. In the next moment an eerie dark crystal grew out of the ground nearby and Sombra shattered it, forming thirteen identical pieces in the span of a few seconds, eleven of which were inserted into the chest as Prexus realized what Sombra was doing.

In the next moment he gripped his chest as he felt the Twelfth Darkness disappear from where he was holding it, where he raised his head and found two dark entities literally screaming as they were drawn into the eerie dark crystals, and once the pair were inside their designated crystals, which had their numbers emblazoned upon them, two lines of runes appeared on the crystalline surfaces.

"And done. Two of the Thirteen Darknesses, sealed in magic nullifying crystals, with runes of Darkness and Light to prevent their escape, specifically designed for one of each side to come to an agreement and know the magic to unbind them." Sombra stated, as if this was common for her to do, while at the same time inserting the two crystals into their slots inside the chest, before closing it and storing it away in her storage area, another layer of protection in her eyes, before she looked at Prexus with a smile, "Basically, you would need someone attuned to the Light and someone attuned to the darkness to agree to break the seals, and they must know the specific spell structure to fully break my locks... and, since I'm the only one who knows that specific sequence, no one can break them out. Not even they can free themselves."

Prexus couldn't believe it, that Sombra had figured out how to permanently seal away even one of the Darknesses, much less two of them at the exact same time, while creating all sorts of safety features to make sure they couldn't escape from their new prison, though while he did wish Sombra had arrived far soon than she had, as she could have saved them from so much despair, he wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth.

"Sombra, thank you for this great gift. I will do everything in my power to make sure you are able to seal away the remaining Darknesses and bring peace to the World." Prexus stated, and he meant it, there was no way he could turn on Sombra after realizing that she was the key to imprisoning the Darknesses in a place that they would be unable to escape from, and now he had to work out how to get the other eleven to Sombra so she could do her thing.

Sombra opened her mouth to say something, but found that Sora and the others were back in this world, so she wished Prexus well before heading out to meet up with her friends, to see what else the world had to offer them before worrying about the Pride Lands and whatever else Xigbar wanted to throw at them.