Hope in the Darkness

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Title: Hope in the Darkness
Type: Drabble
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts II
Theme: 022. Disease [Word count: 240]
Character(s): Tifa Lockhart
Pairing(s): None
Warning(s): Creative license of events and making use of unknown information in the Kingdom Hearts timeline
Disclaimer: I own nothing but these words.
Note: Short drabble meant to be part of a series based on the events of Kingdom Hearts Compilation. Theme borrowed from ficlets100.
Dedicated to: sealedflight, the best Cloud Strife a girl could ever ask for~ Happy Valentine's day, babydoll~ ♥♥♥

It was like a disease, slowly infecting the whole of the world one tainted soul at a time. And for a good few days leading up to the attack, Tifa was fearful of what would become of them should it reach as far as their sleepy little town. She had heard all the stories of the aftermath. Had seen the refugees shuffling in and out of the village on their way to a better place. A safer place. Or so they all hoped. The Heartless were a relentless and unforgiving force, after all. And though many have tried to stop them, there were none yet who have been able to do so. Or survive the endeavor.

And Tifa could not help but cower at how they whispered of a nameless regime overtaking their world and all the worlds beyond. Described the progression of the Darkness. How they said that Nibelheim was next. The Heartless were coming. And like a poison, they would devour all who remained.

But even the harshest of viruses held cures. Or at the very least, the potential for a cure. And if nothing else, the responsibility of seeking out such a thing would rest on their shoulders and all others who managed to escape through the clutching fingers of those unrelenting monsters.

They had to survive. They had to keep going -- to keep moving. Otherwise, there would be no hope left for any of them.