Both Marluxia and Jason have a choice to make…and they will take the Third Option.

Fifth basement floor: "Uncle…have tu made your decision yet?" The Graceful Assassin did not stop his musings. After a while, he opened his eyes and asked Selene, "Remind me again what are my options." Selene ran her fingers through the red streaks flowing through her blonde hair. "Either tu fall at the hands of my father…or tu dispose of him and I at once. Your call." Marluxia opened his eyes, certainty flooding into the clear blue pools. "I have made my choice. Unsurprisingly, only someone as grand...

Jason has traveled back in time, to a time before Larxene. But not all is at it seems…will he pierce the mystery before him?

Second basement exit hall: "Ow…" Itzal woke to an aching head. He had not seen Xion's betrayal coming, and now had a nasty welt on his head, as well as being bound up in chains in an unknown room. Standing off in the distance was Roxas, who turned around upon hearing the boy awaken. "I don't know who tu are," he stated bluntly, "And I don't want to know." Itzal studied the golden-blond's face briefly. "Whatever you're doing obviously seems important," Itzal stated...

Two más floors to go…Zexion and his group are about to discover the ugly truth.

Thirteenth floor: There was a crashing noise, and Larxene and Naminé turned around to find that Jason replica had broken out of its pod and was now staring at them. "What are tu doing?" Larxene asked, sneering at the shell. "I know I am nothing but a fake," the replica said, "And I know it's my fate to die. Can tu at least extend me the courtesy of letting me die my own way?" Larxene gave the the thought serious consideration, then said, "You have been so much más easier to deal with than the last replica....

Xemnas stands alone at the summit of power. Jason has to defeat the most powerful Nobody alive—while at the same time dealing with the insanity Fate has dumped on him.

Author's Note: What follows may be the longest and most epic chapter I have ever written. tu have been warned.

First floor: James, Nicole, and Eileen gaped at the latest development in the life of their young son/brother. Vexen scribbled in a small notebook. "The human seems to be attracting chaos into his life like metal fillings to a magnet," he noted. "I don't know why this is, but I can state that the initial anomaly was...

For your birthday, I thought I would write a little something about the future. Enjoy, my friend!

The two opponents faced off from across the board. A single hand touched the parte superior, arriba of an ivory-black rook and moved it across three spaces. His opponent responded por grasping a white queen and moving it diagonally four spaces into the hole in the Black's defenses. The boy in control of the black pieces looked at the situation impassively, then pronounced, "Checkmate." His opponent smirked the smallest amount. "Well done, my son."

Itzal ground his teeth in frustration. Never once had he one a chess...

For the siguiente match up, Jason needs all the help he can get. But can he trust help from an unexpected source?

Sixth basement entrance hall: "60hrs27mins" was what the clock read once Jason made it to the siguiente floor. «60 hours to climb six más floors. Ha, this is going to be cake. Nevertheless, I shouldn't let down my guard. I can't predict what happens next.» This quickly proved to be true when a hole opened in the air and an eleven year-old boy leapt out of it. The boy regarded Jason with cool dispassion, as if in analysis. His azul acero, acero azul hair was a mess, as if the boy simply did not have...

So, as tu might be able to guess, Jason has to defeat Organization XIII itself before getting his family back. The real pregunta is…how does he get Larxene back?

First floor: Axel vanished from his monitor, only to reappear siguiente to Larxene a few segundos later. "Xenmas, I have a few favors to ask of you, and I thought to do it face to face, as it were." Larxene arched an eyebrow. Was she still interested in Axel? No. But if anyone could provide amusement, it was him. Larxene's face grew sour. Of course, Axel's unpredictablity was also a bad thing, when his betrayal lead to her death at the...