I woke up to breaking glass. I looked around my room to see a dark figure crouching underneath the window. I tried to scream but the figure leaped at me and covered my mouth.
"Scream and you die." The figure said.
I nodded. The figure removed his hand.
"What do you want?" I whispered.
"That's none of your concern."
The figure stood and began walking to the door.
"AXEL!" I screamed.
The figure stopped moving and turned back to me. He drew a knife and moved toward me. I jumped out of the bed and scrambled to the door. I threw the door open and ran towards Axel's room. The dark figure chased through the house.
I beat my fist against Axel's door.
"Open the door!" I demanded.
When I went to hit the door again, it flew open. I looked up at Axel then back at the figure. I scrambled past Axel and climbed into his bed. Axel turned to me.
"What the hell?" he muttered sleepily.
"Turn around." I answered, my voice shaking and full of tears.
Axel turned right as the figure fisted his hand and punched him. The hit didn't faze him too much but it hurt me. Axel and the figure fought in the dark for a little while.
"Turn. On. The. Light." Axel said each word in between punches.
I moved to turn on the light. I turned it on saw Axel fighting for his life. The figure was cloaked in black, blonde hair sticking out from beneath a hood. He was short, a lot shorter than Axel. Axel was taking hits as if he didn't want to hurt the other guy. The other man drew his knife and pointed it at Axel.
"I surrender." Axel muttered.
"This," The figure said, pointed his knife in my direction, "is what you left me for?"
"I was sent to protect her. And I didn't leave you. Roxas, you left me."
The figure took his hood off. Roxas, that was what Axel had called him, had bright blue eyes and unusually spiky blonde hair.
"I took my place back in the Organization. I thought you were coming with me."
"I was dismissed. I couldn't go back even if I wanted to. I loved you, Rox, but that wasn't enough to get me to try to get reinstated." Axel closed his eyes and a tear escaped them, "Now, why are you here?"
"I came for you."
"I'm not going with you."
"Why not? You're only hurting yourself. Come back with me, Axel, please."
"You know I can't do that."
"Why not?"
"You know why!"
"Is it because of this fucking girl?"
"Roxas! Get out of my house."
The look on Roxas' was one of shock. His eyes were wide but were full of hate and remorse. Roxas brought his knife to meet Axel's vision perfectly.
"If I can't have you, no one can."
Roxas thrust the knife forward. He drove it into Axel's shoulder and ripped it downward. Axel fell of the knife. Roxas turned to face me. He nodded curtly and left. I sat in the bed, completely dumbstruck. Seconds later, I was at Axel's side.
"Ax…Axel please…Wake up…AXEL WAKE UP!" I screamed.
I scrambled to the bedside table and grabbed Axel's phone. I fought to flip it open. I scrolled through the contacts and called the first person I could remember.
The phone rang four times before he finally answered.
"Axel," Cloud mumbled, "do you kn_"
"I need help right now. Axel's been hurt."
"Rienna? What happened?"
"Some guy, Roxas or something, broke the window to my room. Then he tried to kill me but I ran out of the room. He chased me through the house. Then he and Axel fought. He said 'If I can't have you, no one can'. Then he stabbed Axel."
I was almost into hysterics.
"Calm down. I'm on my way."
"Hurry!"
I hung up the phone and rested Axel's head in my lap.
"Axel, you can't leave me. Please, I need you."
I held him like that for over half an hour waiting for Cloud to show up, all the while repeating the words 'I need you'.
Cloud finally showed up with Tifa, Sora, and Kairi in tow. Cloud knelt down next to Axel.
"Kairi, go get me a towel and wet it."
The one called Kairi did as I was told. Sora helped cloud put Axel on the bed. Rienna never left his side. Kairi came back into the room and gave Cloud the wet towel. He used it clean off the cut. It had already stopped bleeding.
"Roxas never was good with a knife." Sora laughed, examining the mark.
"Huh?" I muttered.
"He didn't cut into Axel's heart. A little further to the left, he probably would have. Axel will be fine. He should wake up later today or tomorrow."
I let out a breath I hadn't realized I was holding.
"Thank you."
"Are you okay?" Tifa asked put my hand on Rienna's shoulder.
I nodded and looked at Axel, "I'm glad he'll be okay."
"We all are. I know he would never forgive himself if he left you behind."
I looked up at Tifa with a confused look.
"Ask him when he wakes up. He'll have to tell you everything."
They all nodded and left.