Drake sighs as he watches the world pass into darkness.
"What's wrong, Drake? You seem depressed," asks this girl dressed in all black, a hood covering her face.
Drake looks up and notices who it is. He stays silent as he gets up out of the corner and walks away without a word.
"Don't ignore me! Answer my question!" yells the girl in an enraged voice.
Drake stops, turns his head a bit and replies. " I don't...feel like answering right now. I must find the answers I need right now somewhere else," Drake says in a calm, but almost sad, voice. He turns around, lays a hand on his sword, and walks off.
"Do you even care what happens to me anymore?" asks the girl.
"Right now," he replies, turning around,"you have to answer that. I can't do anything, Haley. You have to do what you have to do."
"But I want to stay with you. I am carrying your child," replies Haley in a sad voice, head lowered.
Drake doesn't reply. He turns towards the road and walks on. He notices something move in the corner of his right eye. He stops, standing as though ready to battle. In a moment's time, a demon appears out of the bushes and tries to ambush Drake. Drake sidesteps the demon and hits it with the pommel of his sword. The demon, now fully enraged, runs blindly at Drake. Drake dodges in time, but Haley doesn't escape. The demon runs right at Haley, not knowing who's in front of him.
"Get away from me!" screams Haley at the demon. It doesn't move. Haley moves, but is caught by one of the claws and it slices and rips at Haley's leg and stomach.
"Haley!" yells Drake. Drake runs after the demon and slays it 500 yards from Haley. Drake sheathes his sword and runs for Haley. He kneels beside her and notices the wounds. They are deep on the leg, but not on the stomach. He calculates her time to live. He knows she only has hours now.
"Oh my god, Haley. Are you all right?" asks Drake.
" I am, but I don't know about the baby. I think the demon might've gotten a swing at it. I can feel the baby, but I don't think it's alive," speaks Haley, holding her stomach in pain.
Drake kneels in silence. His long silver hair covers his face from sunlight and his eyes are hidden in his hair. He places a hand on her stomach, and looks at it. It's shaking...he has never seen his hand shake before. He lays one on top of Haley's hand and the other on her back. Something wet hits Haley's uncovered hand. She looks up. She notices the clear streams of tears running down Drake's face.
"He's crying. He's never cried before, even under a lot of pain," thinks Haley," this must've really shaken him up. I hope he will be fine."
Drake dowsn't say a word, puts an arm under Haley's legs and another under her back and picks her up with ease. He then throws his hair out of his face and begins to run towards the nearest hospital.
Upon arriving, Drake calls for a doctor with his loud, booming voice. A female doctor by the name of Dr. Bailey appears and asks what's wrong.
"We were attacked not far from here by a demon. I escaped without a scratch, but Haley didn't. We need her to get medical attention as quickly as possible for her and my unborn child," explains Drake. The doctor shows Drake to an empty room. He places Haley on the bed and lets the doctor take care of her. Drake looks up at her pulse. It's low...and she's starting to fade. Drake walks to Haley and sits next to her.
The doctors come to Drake an hour later in the waiting room to bring good news and bad.
"The good news is that Haley and the baby are fine. The bad news is that since they are in bad condition, they will be here for a couple months," explains Dr. Bailey.
Drake looks down and realizes something. Haley's six months pregnant, and in a couple months, she will almost be due." I do hope they will be ready by then", he thinks to himself. Drake walks to Haley's room and sees she is awake. Drake walks up and hugs her gently, giving her a kiss on the cheek. He begins to cry again, but for joy.
"I'm glad you two are ok," Drake says, wiping the tears away.
"Yeah, but the baby got no damage, just a little jambled around. Almost came early. Luckily the scratches aren't too severe, but I won't be moving for a long time," explains Haley, wiping her tears away as well.
Drake releases and reaches for his phone, which is ringing what he set for his sister when she calls. He answers it and heads outside the hospital. After a moments time, he returns and sits down next to Haley and places his hand on top of hers. Drake rubs her hand and sits looking into her hazel blue eyes.
Lily arrives moments later and steps out of her car. She looks up and sighs at the look at Drake. He's sitting on a bench outside smoking a cigarette. She grabs her purse and walks over to Drake, who's looking down. Drake looks up, stands up from the bench, and wraps his arms around her body. She puts her hands on his back, pulling them off and notices the crimson red liquid.
"Drake, are you ok?" asks Lily.
"Yeah, but Haley's asleep right now. She got a little...battered up," replies Drake, choking on tears that he's trying to hold in.
"Did you hear from anyone yet?" questions Lily.
"Yeah. I have to head over to Traverse Town soon. AfterI work there for a week, I will have to be stationed over in North Corel, and to get even worse, go to Halloween Town and stay there for a month," explains Drake.
"But you're gonna miss Christmas! What about Haley? Will she be with you while you are on this little trip?" asks Lily in suprise.
"No. She'll be with mom and dad. She's too far along to go anywhere. Besides, she won't get out of the hospital until around December 27, the time I get back," replies Drake.
Drake finishes his cigarette, puts it out in the ashtray, and takes Lily to see Haley. Drake leaves the two ladies alone, and he walks outside to answer his phone. He was on it for a couple minutes, then he heads back in, says goodbye to the two, kisses Haley goodbye, and walks outside. He heads over to his car and gets in. He puts his sword in the back seat, puts the key in the ignition, and starts the car. He heads out to the Heartless Defense League Headquarters, or the Heartless Defense for short. He gets out and walks inside.
"Welcome back, Drake. Getting on the clock?"asks the secretary.
"I'm afraid not. I need to talk to the manager about something," replies Drake.
"You mean the demon attack? Oh, well, take the elevator and head up to the 23rd floor and head down the hall. His door is the last one on the right. Should be easy enough," explains the secretary.
"Thank you," answers Drake, turning to the elevator. He pushes the button to go up and the door opens. He gets in and stands in the back after pressing the number 23.
As the elevator goes to the 14th floor, the elevator suddenly screeched to a halt. The lights suddenly went out. The other two people in the elevator was a 13 year old boy and his 7 year old sister. The boy held his sister close as the hid in the corner. Drake noticed something about the darkness. The light still worked, but it was covered up. Drake reached for a dagger and nailed a Heartless in the head. He then took another dagger out and started to swing at the light. He cleared enough room for a little light to show, scaring off al the other Heartless. He turned to the boy and girl, put his daggers away, and kneeled down to them.
"Are you two ok?" asks Drake, putting a hand on the wall to stabilize himself from falling. The two kids just looked at him, nodded their head, and held each other close. They were speaking in a language Drak did not understand.
After a short time, the elevator started up again, and Drake got off on the 23rd floor.The two kids followed Drake off and to the manager's door. They sat outside while Drake was inside.
"Mr. Lionheart. I believe you just got into a little conflict in the elvator, am i right?" asked the manager.
"Enough crap, Brandon. Tell me why you are sending me, not Alex, to do this little trip. Why not Alex?" asks Drake in an angered tone.
"Now now, Drake, calm down. We need you to go through this instead of Alex is because you're our top of the line expert in Heartless. Alex also said something about finding a couple people along the walk, one the he really need you to find," explains Brandon, calming Drake down.
"Who? The last people you sent out were Sumi, Destiny, Sachiel, and Nekomi. They haven't retu-," Drake goes silent. He realizes where they were stationed in the past month, and then he grabs Brandon by the suit and lifts him off his chair,"You want me to make sure they didn't die! You think that because of my angelic healing ability I can do any mission! Is that it? You want me to see if they're alive?"
"Yes. Since you can heal, you are the one I need to send," replies Brandon through deep gasps of air. Drake lets him go and drops Brandon hard on the office floor, making a large thud. Brandon gets up and dusts off his suit. Drake just turns around, walks off, only slapping a note on the desk. Brandon grabs it and reads it when he left.
The note read:
"I'll do the mission, but if I find anyone dead, it is because of you. I will need you to send me a grand total of 45328 munny when I arrive to each station and check on them."-Drakengard Lionheart
Drake took the two children to their parents and walked out of the building, lighting up a smoke and blowing a huge smoke ring in the air.