Maintain Consciousness

Our concentration it contains a deadly flaw

Diving, just falling that's what it was; it felt as if he would fall forever. Or maybe he was just falling quickly into the plot line, who knows.

"Riku?" His arm was shaking, which didn't seem normal until he realized it was only Sora shaking his arm and speaking.

"Sora?" Riku opened his eyes with a groan looking up at his worried friend. There was something else, standing looking down at him, Sora was on one side kneeling the thing was on the other just standing looking at him, like a large shadow, but he couldn't tell it might have just been from the fall. Perhaps he was just not awake yet? That must be it.

Our conversations change from words to Blah Blah Blah.

He blinked a few times still the shape remained, "Sora who's that with you?"

"With me? No one's with me Riku, when I turned the corner you were lying on the ground not moving. I don't know why, I can't find anything. What caused you to faint like that?" Sora asked looking at Riku, the shape remained still blurred standing and staring down at the young teenager.

"I thought, I saw a field of blood," Riku muttered trying to explain and sort out his own thoughts, "then I saw a flash of light, I don't know I just lost it and collapsed."

Sora giggled, "The great Riku is finally losing his mind."

"Cut it out!" Riku said half to Sora half to the shape, which seemed to laugh at him. The shape walked away, turning the corner as Riku sat up he watched it until Sora snapped him back to reality.

"Okay, calm down it was just a joke," Sora said, "What are you looking at?"

"I just thought I saw something," Riku replied shaking his head trying to clear his mind.

"I'll get you home, maybe you just need some rest," Sora said standing up.

"Maybe that's it," Riku muttered half to himself.

We took prescription drugs well look how much good that did. Well I think I had a point but I just got distracted.

Sora took the driver side, as they reached Riku's car, which had been unlocked for this entire time, which caused Riku a wave of relief when it was still there.

Riku sat down unsure what to think, when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He turned and looked into the back seat yet he saw nothing.

"What's with you?" Sora asked watching his friend stare into the back seat.

"I thought I saw something move," Riku replied. He found nothing in the back seat accept a horrible smell that cause him to cringe.

"You want to go to a hospital?" Sora asked watching his friend clearly concerned.

"Nah," Riku replied turning around looking at the other boy, "I'm just shaken."

Sadly to Riku's horror, for the entire drive he continued to see something move out of the corner of his eye and the smell remained.

Cause lately it just seems to me like we got the letters A D D

The two boys walked up to Riku's room, Sora made sure to try to support his friend as Riku continued to feel paranoia set in. He felt like something, was following him he just didn't know what. The smell remained yet Sora didn't seem to notice as Riku laid down in his bed, Sora only asked , "Do you need anything?"

"Your pants off would be nice," Riku replied looking at his brown haired friend.

"Haha, very funny," Sora replied, "look I'll go get some stuff from my house and come back, call me if you need something other then my pants."

"Alright, but next time I see you those pants better be on the floor," Riku replied as Sora left. The room was cool, as Riku's sense dulled in the darkness of the room, it was bright outside yet the window blocked most of the light still there was enough to see everything. He continued to lay back, perhaps it was just the faint that had cursed him with these problems. Riku began to daze out.

But it isn't what is happening we simply can't focus on anything.

The smell returned once more, it reminded Riku of pigs blood, wet dog and a lot of sweat.

"What on Earth?" Riku questioned, there was a large movement in the corner of the room, "It's just in my head."

"Who you talkin' to?" The voice was low and rough. The speech itself was broken yet sudden enough to make Riku jump.

"Who's there!?" Riku yelled shooting up, only come face to face with a creature, it stood at the foot of his bed and towered over him. It had two massive fangs coming from its lower jaw causing an over bite. It was at least a foot taller then Riku, and it smelled like a dog that had lived at the dumpster. Its skin was a dark green and its muscles bulged out, they reminded Riku of watermelons. It reminded Riku almost of a shorter version of the Hulk to be honest. It had black hair that ran down the middle of its head, that went up and outwards, it was messy and clearly needed a wash. It was dressed in a battle harness and ripped up metal pants. Perhaps the scariest part of it other then it looked like it could toss Riku's car with one hand and without thought, was the giant axe strapped to its back. Bags hung at its side and on its back near the axes, Riku didn't even want to know what was in those bags.

"Me Thrugzug! Who you?" The creature beat its chest with a fist then pointed at Riku with what seemed like a claw.

'Cause its seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, routine and here at twenty-three it's the same old me and the one thing of the moment that we all happen to like will only very temporarily kind of break the cycle of the double edge sword of being lazy and being bored.

"I'm Riku," He tried to keep his voice steady and was failing badly.

"Thrugzug hav' question!"

"W-what?" Riku stuttered thinking that perhaps the question was 'Which way do you like to be eaten?' or 'Any last words?'

"You an 'ummiez?" Thrugzug asked, "Thrugzug told ta smash dem!"

"Um… I don't think so," Riku was unable to figure out what an 'ummiez was. He certainly didn't want to be smashed by this thing though.

"Okay!" Thrugzug smiled happy showing his crooked teeth, "Thrugzug like smashing!"

"What are you?" Riku finally had the guts to say that carefully removing some of his loose hair away from his face.

"Thrugzug a Thrugzug!" Thrugzug relied, he seemed confused.

"I know but, you're not human, are you an alien?" Riku asked, he couldn't think of anything else.

"No, Thrugzug no t'ink so. Are you?" Thrugzug tilted his head in question.

"I'm human," Riku replied looking at Thrugzug, it seemed almost like a lost puppy now that Riku watched the creature. The way it looked at him, it was just odd.

"Thrugzug confuse… ed" Thrugzug yelled, "You said you weren't an 'ummiez!"

"Oh well, um," Finally it clicked 'ummiez was Thrugzug's way of saying Humans, "I was confused, I am human but not one you want to smash."

We just want more and more and more until it's all we can afford.

"Thrugzug no smash?" Thrugzug had grabbed his axe, and held it firmly in his right hand.

"No Thrugzug, no smashing Riku," He couldn't believe he had to say this to anyone, "Riku is Thrugzug's friend!"

"Friend?" Thrugzug asked.

"Yes friend! You no smash friends!" Riku said hoping this would have himself.

"You help Thrugzug den?" Thrugzug asked as he put his axe away.

"SURE!" Riku said, though he had no clue what he was getting into, but the axe looked like it would hurt if Thrugzug was to smash with it.

"Thrugzug!" He jumped happily causing the room to shake when hit the ground, quickly grabbing Riku and hugging him.

"OH GOD!" Riku heard his spine crack under the strength of Thrugzug causing Riku to take a deep breath allowing the smell piled into his lungs. On top of that, Thrugzug was sweaty…

To keep our eyes open for just one more day, to keep on hoping that we'll stumble on our way. To keep our minds open for just one more day because it's completely up to us to maintain consciousness.

"Oh joy Thrugzug you made a friend."

Oh… Hell…

Shuffle the songs.


A/n: Characters: Sora and Riku (c) Square-Enix and Disney

Thrugzug: (c) Me

Song: Maintain Consciousness by Relient K