salut et quoi de neuf (hi and what's new)! this is chapter 2 of Associated By Disaster. the good news is that this chapter is longer than the first one (i am glad). also, Axel is in this story, but he wasn't on the train. read, review, and enjoy, s'il vous plaît!
disclaimer: i do not own kingdom hearts
Two
Naminé
He was the last peaceful thing I saw. We had been exchanging glances the entire time, and it amused me. I knew that he was probably nervous and wanted him to talk to me - I felt the same about him. If he were not going to talk to me, I would have probably started taking the train more often.
Time seemed to stand still as he made his way towards me, and I held my breath, too excited by the thought of talking to him. Before he could even say a simple hello, the calm stillness on the train was gone, and instead, cacophonous screeches filled my ears.
I saw him falling forward, and I held out my hand, hoping he would take it and try to pull himself out of the fall. Luckily, he took it, but after he was saved, I heard a crash of glass and I felt something cold and hard strike against my head. I slipped out of consciousness and fell against the seat, closed in my shadowy nothingness and internally screaming for help.
Roxas
When she reached out her hand to help me, I was amazed. We had no idea what had happened, and we had never met before - yet she still reached out to me. Maybe she was just doing what anyone else would do…or she genuinely wanted to save me.
As soon as I was fine, the glass shattered above her head, sending sparkling shards of it raining down on us. None of the glass seemed to have injured her, but an object more painful did - a metal bar that was over the seats. Everything was happening so quickly that I couldn't stop her from being hurt. She slumped unconscious in her seat and I held her head, looking for blood. Sure enough, there was some…
The other passengers were trying frantically to get off the train. During the crash, the doors had been smashed together, made almost impossible to open. I pulled out my cell phone and continued to hold her head carefully. As long as she was still out cold, and if the train wasn't on fire, I would stay put until rescue teams came.
I messed up on dialing the phone for help because I didn't know whom to call. The police? The hospital? Did I even have their numbers? I had never been in this kind of situation, so I thought that 911 was 191…and yes, I was surprised when I didn't call who I thought I did.
To calm down, I checked her injury and tried to get a better picture of what I was dealing with. The area where the bar hit her wasn't where the bleeding was coming from. It was actually closer to her ear, and I guessed that a piece of glass did scratch her. I found a jacket that someone left on the ground and used it as a pillow for her while I searched for something to use as a bandage. During my search, I saw red - I wasn't sure if it was a shirt, blood, or something else - and a sudden idea hit me.
"Axel!" I said with relief as I dialed his number on my cell phone. He was a member of my band who was also a medical student. I was sure that he would know what to do…okay, maybe seventy-five percent sure.
"Hello?"
"Axel, how do I help a girl in my lap whose head is bleeding." I waited for him to give me instructions and turned my phone onto speakerphone - I thought I would need to use both hands.
"Whoa - why do you have a girl in your lap?" He asked, and a woman who was walking past me froze, hearing exactly what Axel had just said.
"Um…I'll tell you the details later. Now, what do I do? She could be seriously hurt!" I yelled the last part at him and the women shrugged, making up her mind that I was being a good citizen.
"Where exactly is she bleeding?"
"Behind the ear - but she's been unconscious for a few minutes." I moved my ipod from the front pocket to the pack pocket and continued to expect directions.
"So? She'll wake up." I heard him blow a bubble and chew gum in the background.
"AXEL! Come on!"
"Alright, alright…do you have some kind of bandage?" he asked, his tone more serious.
"No. I tried to look for one earlier-"
"Then you have to use your shirt."
"What?!" I said in shock, hoping that Axel was joking.
"You heard me…" he said with amusement in his voice.
I had no choice - if I wanted to save her, I had to do something that would be both embarrassing to her and me.
random babble...i've been listening to a lot of japanese music while writing lately. sometimes i think it messes up the grammar, but once i recheck it, everything seems fine. when i listen to french music, i find that most of the sentences flow smoother and it sounds poetic (interesting...). a bientôt et au revoir (see you soon and good-bye)!
