A close call; [Open]

[Neku]

Zack wandered the dark streets, of the town forever shrouded in darkness, and eternal night sky above the residents' heads. He didn't understand how any single soul could stand to live here, but, it wasn't his place to judge. When he had entered the world, his t-shirt and jeans transformed, as usual. He was now wearing a Venice bird mask¹, and a black coat over his shoulders. He looked like a witch doctor, which he did not enjoy. He summoned Eternal Light, which now had a cloak of darkness over it as it's disguise in this world. He quickly dispelled the dark covering, and kept walking until he stumbled upon a strange, familiar site. He only realized it was a heartless in the natural darkness of this town when it had jumped on him, and more were rising from the ground. 

Zack, in shock, released the Purge of Darkness. a blinding light only he could see through tore into the night, and literally burned the heartless, not killing them, but leaving them mortally wounded. He ran off, but turned back to finish off the monsters. He, one by one, slashed each heartless until they were no more than a dust in the air, drifting off and spreading in the breeze.


^{1. A mask worn by Plague Doctors in the medieval ages.}