Lab Angel: I promised Shu-chan that I would write about what happens to Gaby, so here it is.
Chapter One: Nowadays
T-T Gaby T-T
After receiving news that Angel was actually gone, I had no where to go, she was my other half without her I feel lost. I packed up and left the others, so now I'm in Traverse town working at the Accesory Shop. Hoping against all odds that none of them would find me, my hopes wouldn't last too long I know that for a fact, Squall lived somewhere in Third District. I heard the bell above the door ring and looked up with a smile to greet the customer.
"Hello. Welcome to First District's Acessory shop, are you looking to buy or just browsing?" I asked keeping my fake smile on.
"Just browsing." The man said with a smile. I watched him for a moment, thinking that Angel would just love this guy.
"Let me know if I can help you find something." I recited my lines as though I was a robot programmed to say it.
"I will thank you." He stopped and looked at me. "What's your name? Isn't it store policy to introduce yourself?" He asked.
"Oh! Yes it is, I'm so sorry my name is Ga-"
"Ga?"
"I'm sorry, Gabriel." I smiled remorsefully.
"Pleasure Gabriel, I'm Axel." He nodded and walked around the store. "Do you have any chokers?" He asked as he came back around the front of the store.
"Yes we do, there right here in the display case." I motioned to the display case that I had been leaning on only moments before.
"Is this all of them?" He asked his eyebrows raising.
"Yes, have a look." I motioned back to the case.
"Which would you recommend?" He asked after making a show of examining them.
"Are you looking for a gift for a girlfriend?" I asked and he nodded, I looked down into the case for a moment, then opened it pulling out a choker I thought was pretty cool. "Than I would have to say something like this, well it would make me happy to get something like this." I smiled and handed it to him as he examined it.
"This is okay." He said as he continued to examine it.
"Okay? You're holding a choker made out of pure Blazing Stone." I said snobbishly, causing him to look at me questioningly. "Sorry, I have a problem controlling myself." I bowed my head in apology.
"It's okay, but if you have a problem controling yourself, why did Cid hire you?" He asked.
"Damned good question if I do say so myself Axel." Cid smiled at me as he came down the ladder from the Moogle's synthesizing shop. "Gabriel? Why did I tell you I hired you?" He asked as he got to the ground and smiled at me.
"You told me it was because I knew how to be brutally honest." I smiled back at him.
"Yes, brutally honest." He smiled at Axel and turned back to me. "You can go take your lunch now Gabriel. I'll take over from here." He smiled hopping behind the counter. "So Axel what brings you to these parts?" He asks leaning on the counter.
"Nothing really, just looking for a present." He smiled at me as I said my good-byes.
"A present? For who? I don't remember any of the girls' birthdays being soon." Cid checked his calender.
"Not one of the girls you know." He smiled as he held up the choker. "She said she wanted a choker, so I thought if I came here there might be a family/friend's discount." He joked.
"Yeah, yeah." Cid laughed.
"Excuse me, Cid. The new shipment is in." I said over a couple of boxes I was carrying.
"Oh! Already?"
"Yes. I told you yesterday that there was going to be a new shipment of supplies coming in today." I gasped out, trying to keep the boxes in my arms.
"Don't worry, Cid's always been forgetful." A voice said from the doorway, I looked around the corner of the boxes and saw that it was Squall. "Do you need help?" He asked reaching for the boxes, I pulled them away.
"Thanks, but I've got it." I said, the sudden jerk away from Squall causing the boxes to be knocked off balance. They all toppled over taking me, Axel and Squall down with them.
"Are you three okay?" I looked up to see Cloud coming in the store. "Gaby?" I sigh and nod, not really knowing what to say. "How long have you been here?" He asked helping me up.
"She's been here for about three months now." Cid saved me from answering.
"Really?" Squall shook his head as he stood up.
"So this is where she disappeared too?" Sora asked as he entered the shop.
"So you all know each other?" Axel said pushing one of the boxes off of him.
"What are you doing here Axel?" Sora asked looking at the Nobody.
"What? You think just because I faded that I was gone for good? Nope. Got an all new body thanks my new girl." Axel smiled. "So I'm outta here. I'm at Hallow Bastion's old Heartless tower. Got it memorized?"-1- He smiled throwing some money at Cid for the choker.
"Later Axel." Cid shouted as he put the money into the register.
T-TKyra T-T
I wish I knew what was going to happen to me, I was reborn thanks to a pheonix spirit that had bonded with mine, I didn't have to worry about dying although it came with an unfortunate side-effect; I am now paralyzed from the waist down and forced to use a wheel-chair. Now, I'm in Hallow Bastion's former Heartless Tower, bored outta my mind. Axel had returned and given me a choker for my birthday, it was really pretty, I loved it. He told me that the girl at the Accesory shop was really helpful picking it out. I sit at the vanity mirror that had been left when Maleficent was killed, staring at the choker, it looked like something Gaby would love. I smile thinking about my childhood friend, she's probably having so much fun with Cloud that she's forgotten about me by now.
"Hey babe!" Axel came in and wrapped his arms around me. "Guess who I saw at Cid's."
"Who?" I ask leaning back against him.
"Squall, Sora and Cloud." He smiled at me in the vanity.
"Squall?" My smile was gone in a flash. "I thought I told you not to mention him..."
"I'm sorry babe, I thought you wanted to know." He kissed the top of my head.
"It's okay, but did you say Cloud? Was there a girl with him, a little taller than me, reddish-purple hair." I was trying to recall what Gaby looked like, by now though she had probably dyed her hair again.
"No... Not that I saw, but I left a little after they got there, so maybe there was a girl with him. Why do you ask?" Picking me up he took me to the bed and lay me down on it. "Do you need anything else babe?" He asked sitting next to me and pulling the pillows down a little so I was half laying, half sitting. (A/N: Get your minds outta the gutter you hentais!)
"I was just thinking about taking a quick nap before lunch," He leaned over and kissed my forehead then stood up.
"We might be having company for lunch today." He informed me before he shut the door. I woke up some time later to someone shaking me slightly, I opened my eyes and saw that it was Squall, he smiled at me.
"Axel sent me up here for you, I hope you don't mind." He continued to smile at me, I was thankful that my appearance changed quite abit, instead of brown hair it was blue-ish-purple, my eyes were emerald green where once they were hazel. I shook my head slightly to make sure I wasn't dreaming, then returned his smile.
"It's quite alright, I don't mind in the least, if you could just get my wheelchair over there by the mirror." I pointed over to where the mirror was, he went over and wheeled the chair next to the bed and put the brakes on. Being stubborn I waved him away and tried to get into the chair by myself, only to have the brakes fail on me. The chair began to slide away from the bed, I hadn't noticed until it slipped about a foot away and Squall's arm was wrapped around my waist to keep me from falling. He picked me up and placed me on the chair, I had looked down to avoid looking at Squall's beautiful stormy grey eyes. -2-"Thanks..." I muttered putting my hands on the wheels and moving towards the door, he was there holding the door open for me, I avoided looking at him. We maded it to the dining hall, I moved my chair next to Axel and kissed him when he leaned towards me.
T-T Gaby T-T
We arrived at the old Heartless tower as Axel's lunch guests, I have to say it's quite nice, Cloud told me it wasn't always this nice. It was once very lonely and depressing, I looked around at the paintings and furniture, starting to think again about Angel. Before any of us could say anything Axel, followed closely by a maid, walked toward us with a smile on his face.
"Hey I wondered if all of you were going to come. Laura will be so kind as to take their jackets? Well that is if they give them to you." Axel smiled at the maid as she shook her head and did as he requested, I handed my cloak over as did everyone else. "Leon could you go wake Kyra, my girlfriend. Laura will show you to her room." Again he smiled at the maid who sighed, I had to guess she had a slight crush on the red-head. I watched as Leon followed the small brunette up the stairs and out of sight. A few moments later Squall followed a girl in a wheelchair into the dining hall, she sat right next to Axel and kissed him, then turned to face the rest of us.
"Hello, my name is Kyra." She bowed her head to each of us, pausing momentarily before bowing her head to Sephiroth.
"I'm Gabriel," I said bowing my own head.
"Cloud." The blonde next to her said nodding slightly.
"Sephiroth, Riku and Sora." I heard her say pointing to each of them in turn, we all sat completely bewildered. "Axel's told me so much about you, I knew you who all of you were when I lay eyes on you." She smiled a sweet lying smile, I heard Axel grunt lightly and turned to face him.
"Yeah, I can't help it, nothing stops my mouth from running." He grinned at the humorless truth about himself. I shrugged not really caring about it any more as the food arrived, I found myself watching Kyra, I don't know why but she reminded me of someone. The way she sat, the way she leaned forward when she was talking across the table to Sephiroth and Sora, everything she did reminded me of someone, who though, I can't remember.
"Gaby is it?" I heard Kyra refer to me as Gaby and it clicked in my head.
"Angel?" I whispered knowing everyone was looking at me now.
"I'm sorry?" Was the only response she gave me.
"Gaby?" Leon's voice held a hint of pain and I closed my eyes.
"What?" I asked still not looking at the brunette, I didn't want to see the pain I knew was etched on his face.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know who you are talking about." I opened my eyes and stared at Kyra.
"You can't tell me you don't know who we're talking about! I know you're the girl I grew up with!" Standing up I walked over so that I knelt next to the chair staring up into her green eyes trying to descern the truth from them. For a moment I saw them flicker hazel, that was a quick little thing though, before I could say anything Squall cleared his throat to get our attention. His voice muffled by his hands, I looked over at him wondering what he had to say.
"Gaby, I walked with her all the way down from the fourth floor, she never mentioned knowing who Angel was. I've mentioned her, I would know Angel anywhere Gaby and this isn't her." Leon spoke as though he wanted the subject to change and knowing him, he did.
"You think you know little Angel?" -3-Sephiroth spoke. His blue-green eyes searched Squall's stormy grey, I could only wonder what both men were thinking, Sephiroth broke eye contact first. Looking over at Kyra, who stared straight back at him, they stared at each other for what felt like ages. "You are my Angel." He whispered, though all of us heard him.
"I honestly don't know who you are talking about." Kyra stated as she pushed my hand off the wheel and began to push herself away. "Axel, I told you it was a bad idea to have visitors." She said then left.
"Axel?" Sora drew our attention to him away from the door that Kyra had disappeared through. "Don't lie otherwise you'll never get to see Roxas again; is that really Angel?" We all looked at Axel to see what he would say, he didn't say anything, just a simple nod.
"Yeah, I found her, dragging herself around in the darkness. I helped her out, then she helped me, by giving me a new body." Axel sighed. "Here I was thinking we could all get along, that you guys would never find out it was Angel. I guess our happy little reunion is over, I'll see you all later, don't call Kyra by her old name. She gets frustrated when I call her Angel, so just don't call her Angel. Got it memorized?" He smiled and turned to Laura. "Would you show our guests out?"
"I'm not leaving." Squall and Sephiroth both stated. Causing all of us to look at them.
"Neither am I." I looked at Axel. "I know Angel will come out of her own, as long as she has an anchor."
1: Sorry if I use Axel's saying outta place, I'm kinda tired and everything.
2: I don't know if Squall's eyes are Stormy Grey like my friends tell me or if they're just a dusty blue.
3: My grandpa used to call me Little Angel...
Lab Angel: Okay I was thinking this was going to be a one shot but apparently my muse is telling me otherwise.