Hello once again! This is Lea's POV on what happened. Enjoy! (and if you skipped Isa's, I strongly encourage you to go back and read it, you lazy asses XD Jk)

Disclaimer: ...Just read the one from chapter 1...

Twin Mirrors

Part 2: Flame's Scenario

"Lea, wake up." Is the first thing I wake up to every morning, followed by a repetitive slap on my cheek, my head, and then my face (the last one is done with a pillow). But this morning is much more irritating than all the others. I was having such an awesome dream…I finally wasn't a virgin. Sigh.

"Are you up yet?" Isa asks. "'Cuz if not, you know what that means…" he says, continuing to slap me with MY pillow now. I can never get any damn sleep when he's around.

"I'm up, I'm up!" I groan, sitting up in bed. I can barely even see him. My eyes refuse to open completely, so my vision's a bit blurred at the moment. Perfect excuse to use today. Sorry Isa, can't do shit today. I've gone blind, so come over here tomorrow instead. Snore…

"Two minutes, meet me at the door." He goes on, walking toward my door.

I glance at my alarm clock, and in thick, red numbers I read 7:45 A.M. "Why does an unholy hour exist?" I cry out, forcing my way off of my ever so warm, cozy, welcoming bed.

He doesn't even give me enough time to grab something to eat. Every 30 seconds I hear him scream at me to hurry up and finish getting dressed, and when I make my way to the kitchen, he claims we don't have enough time for that. He woke me up early, forced me to get out of bed and get dressed, the least he can do is let me grab some food. I groan loudly a few times, just to show how dissatisfied I really am, and to piss him off. My stomach's echoing throughout this entire city…

"Seriously, Isa, can I at least get a drink or something? I didn't even get to comb out my hair or anything." I beg. But no, he keeps walking on, completely immune to whatever demand I ask for him to do. I'm exhausted, my hair's shitty, and my stomach is currently eating the organ nearest to it (that'd be my intestines, right?)

"Wasn't it your idea in the first place? You really need to make up your mind." He shoots back at me, still keeping his pace.

"Well, I just got another great idea. I say I go back inside, crawl up in bed, and fall asleep for another few hours, until I see my clock reading 1:00 P.M." I suggest. Just to prove to him I'd much rather drop this mission in the first place, I stand there, clearly making my point: I'm not moving anytime soon. Not at all. Not me, no. Just gonna stay here, wait for him to turn around, go back home, crawl in bed, he's not turning around, why isn't he turning around, turn around you little fucker, damn it he's not stopping…

"WAIT, HOLD UP!" I call after him, running to catch up. Damn him and his convincing ways…

We make our way through the town, saying hi to everyone we pass by (why are all these people up at this godforsaken time?), old neighbors we've known since we learned how to speak, and any of the newcomers. We've had a lot of them ever since Radiant…Hollow Bastion was established. Old friends we've grown up with are either dead, managed to get out on their own (those sons of a bitches), or were taken by the darkness. They could be those damned creatures that lurk around this town nowadays, too. No real way of knowing anymore, though. Life's depressing nowadays.

With the town behind, we get more cautious. Most of the town has been destroyed, and some parts are being rebuilt, so there's rubble and who knows what lying around everywhere past town. Walking around some things, hopping over objects, occasionally even climbing a few cement blocks or bricks piled high. After going down one or two sets of staircases, we're officially out of the city, now entering the red zone.

Nothing around us even resembles what this world looked like, back in the glory days. Yeah, there's a pattern carved into the stones here and there, but that's the best we've got. It's all gone. Nothing but dull blue rock that goes on and on, leading on to empty trails that show even more disastrous results of the accident. But that's not what we're here for.

I walk on a step or two ahead of Isa, my head hanging low, trying to avoid eye contact with our surroundings. If I look at anything that makes me recall my old memories of this place, I won't be able to handle it and I'll end up demanding Isa to go back. But we've made it this far, farther than we have in the past. I can't let him down, or myself. He'll probably just keep his promise and wring my neck for "being a pussy". And I can't do that.

I can't believe this even happened. Why us? If you were here, you'd clearly be able to see all the horrible trash and rubble sprawled around this place, you could read the sad story it has to tell, and it'd just sicken you to the core. Well, that's how I feel. Probably wouldn't even believe me if I showed you a picture of what this world used to be, how beautiful it had been not that long ago.

Rounding a short corner, we look around and know that we made it. Standing before us is the old laboratory. I don't really know why everyone calls it that, it finished construction just last year. It's in the same condition that it was in just a few months ago, the only difference is that no one inhabits it anymore.

But I might as well fill you in: our mission is to search the laboratory for any evidence that might still be lying around. What evidence, you say? Clues to what the hell happened to our home and our lives. All we've been informed of were that the King was gone as well as the apprentices, the creation of those alien things roaming around town at night, and that our world would never be restored to its past glory.

We walk around the wall, finding a short path that leads us to the entrance. It's hidden from the sunlight, making it that much more freaky and unwelcoming. I stop right before I touch the shadows, a bit shaken. I know it's not the right time for me to be scared, but it's nothing I can help.

"Come on, Lea. We got this far. No point in turning back." I hear him say near a random gaping hole known as the door. "Don't be a pussy."

My hands curl into tight fists, a determined look switching with my previous frightened face. "I'm not being a pussy." I insist, shoving him to the side, striding ahead to the door.

A tight corridor goes on for a bit before us, turning at a corner. With almost no lighting, the dull brown colors and the questioning shadows, it looks like it's inviting us in. Almost like it was taunting us, saying, "Come in, you pussies. I dare you to go further."

This time, Isa takes the lead, both of us a foot away from each other. One of my hands searches for the wall, finds it, and grabs a hold of whatever's there, like a pipeline or something like of that. For what seems like hours, we walk, rounding different corners along the way. We finally realize that we've made no progress whatsoever. The entire entryway is a maze. We're lost.

"Damn it! I knew I recognized that one bend a minute ago. Could've sworn I saw it for the fifth time!" I exclaim.

"Maybe you could've told me that a while ago! Now we're lost!" Isa scolds.

I swallow a lump in my throat that's been there since we entered this hell of a maze, worried. "Then we should go back." I strongly suggest. Isa slaps me across my head. I grumble in return, rubbing the spot that he hit.

"First of all, we've gone this far. I am not gonna turn back just because you're confused about where we're going and because you're shitting your pants over there. Second of all, even if we do turn back, where's the fucking entrance?"

I shut up at a loss for words. I can't really think of a smart ass come back to use, so I just start mumbling a bunch of shit back, which he probably ignores anyway. With that, we keep walking, our feet echoing with each step, the sound vibrating off the metal walls.

After another eternity, there's finally some light ahead of us. It's just around the corner, and there's lots of it. As if someone conveniently turned the lights on just for us. We run towards it at the same time.

We enter a large square room, completely empty. The only thing here is rubble (no shit). Two other passages are on the opposite walls, one directly across, the other on the wall next to us.

We know we've found something, especially since the passage next to us is also lighted. Something groundbreaking is only a few feet away, I can feel it. We're gonna find something outrageous in here.

We walk to the center of the room, examining everything around us. Something feels odd...

I kick a piece of rock from a pile, staring at it long and hard. "It's only been a few months. And to think that whatever or whoever is here is what caused this mess…" I say aloud.

Isa sighs. "That's life. Got to take whatever it throws at you and move on. All of us have to deal with it."

"I know, but still. It just pisses me off to know that all of this shit has happened. None of us deserved it. Since when did we do anything wrong?" I reply, kicking another rock, which turned out to be a brick. I jump around in circles, holding my poor foot in pain. I can see Isa smirking, amused. That bastard…

"Look on the bright side. Rumors have it that the apprentices caused all this, right? Now that they're gone, they can really do anything else to us, am I right?"

I barely even paid attention to a thing he said. I stop jumping around, putting my foot on the ground, searching the room for whatever caused that weird noise I just heard.

"Lea? You listening to me?"

I hear it again, this time near Isa. I face him, hoping to see him doing something completely normal, like tapping his foot. Whatever the hell it is, it's the exact opposite of normal.

"Dude, what's wrong?" he jokes, laughing nervously. "Do I have something on my face?"

"Be-be-behi-behind…" I can't form the words, can't warn him. Something's behind him and it's fucking BIG. And there's more than one, a shitload of them.

One minute, I'm staring at it, trying to warn my best friend. The next minute, I find myself breathing heavily, sprinting down the passageway we had come in through, and trying to get the hell out.

…What the hell am I doing? Why am I running away from him? I have to go back and help Isa! Or should I get help? Fuck, I don't know anymore! I don't even know who I am now, abandoning him! I can't even force myself to turn around, and why? 'Cuz I'm a coward. A fucking pussy, that's what I am. I can't help my friend, and instead I choose to help myself. The fuck am I to him now? Nothing, that's what I am. A useless pile of shit. God, why am I doing this?

Once I do stop myself, I realize that I've already escaped the lab. I'm outside, alone.

Alone…I wouldn't be if I'd gone back. No, maybe I still have time. I KNOW I do, I've gotta get Isa out of there. He's a fighter, he'll make it for a few more minutes, then I'll be there in time to back him up. Everything will be fine, Lea, just turn around and get him. So what if you get a lecture later, it's better than losing my best friend.

I turn around, only to find that those things followed me out here. The Heartless.

I try to run away, thinking I could jump a ledge, go back through the entrance and find Isa, and then jump ship and go back home.

My face hits the ground. Funny, I can't feel a thing. I turn my head, and I see a Heartless crawling away from me. It holds up a bright, pink crystal-like object, as if it won something valuable.

I can't breathe. I'm gasping, but no air gets in my lungs. I'm out in broad daylight, and I can't breathe. I know I'm dying.

I flip over onto my back, gripping my chest. Nothing's there, literally. I can barely make out a huge hole in my chest, where my heart should be.

I can't feel a thing, I can't hear anything except my pointless final breaths of life. My sight is disappearing, too, steadily. I stare up at the sky, gazing at the sun directly above me. I've never been able to see it perfectly until this moment. It doesn't hurt my eyes at all, and I can make out every little detail that I bet no one's been able to see without taking a picture or burning their eyes out of their sockets.

I don't feel a thing. I don't see anything, I can't hear, and I'm immobile. Nothing, that's all there is to it. I'm about to lose consciousness. That's my fate, just withering away and dying here.

Whatever I've done to deserve this, God, forgive me, for any shit I've done in the past. Ugh, why bother, the Big Guy hates me, that's why this is happening. Forget it, I know I'm going to hell.

Isa, you know I've said this billions of times and each word meant nothing, but I hope you believe me when I say I'm sorry. I could've helped you, and I didn't, all because I was scared. I do deserve death. This should be my punishment. I'm sorry, Isa, please don't hold this against me, wherever you may be.

The last thing that I truly feel aside from remorse is the warm sunlight beaming down on me, burning me…

Now…I feel…wait, feel? Do I really feel something? No…there's nothing…this is how it should be…after all…I did nothing…I never did anything…I might as well accept this…the fact that…I'm nothing…nothing…at all...just…empty…emptiness…is my price to pay…

…..nothing…but emptiness…..

Nothing…..

I wake up to find that it's dark. I stand up, holding my head in one hand, groaning. I've got a killer headache.

I look all around me, and I'm still alone, the way I was earlier. But, how much earlier was that? Has it been hours, or days? Am I even dead, because I could've sworn I was dying a while back? Y'know, shallow breathing, loss of all of my five senses, having a huge menacing hole in my chest. Hm, I don't think I have any reason to believe I'm dead at all…

I take quick glances around me, and of course, I'm right. Still here in Hollow Bastion, it's just late at night. I'm at the same place, too, right outside the lab.

Looking out at the town, there aren't all that many lights or anything shining, so most of the people must be asleep. Barely anyone awake for me to get help.

Aw, hell, who am I fucking kidding? Isa's gone, long gone, all because of me. I was such a coward, I ran away from my own best friend, my freaking bro, 'cuz I didn't want to die. I bet he didn't want to either…

But, this is kinda weird. I want to feel bad, but I don't. All the blame's directed at me for someone getting killed, and no matter how hard I search for the remorse, I can't find it. I just remember the last things I thought before I passed out. Or died, I'm still confused about the whole ordeal, but my brain's not processing a damn thing at the moment. I really am a shit head.

Suddenly, I can hear something, footsteps from behind. My muscles tense, and I'm alert. I spin around, anxiously looking for whoever or whatever made that noise. I wait, nothing happens.

"C'mon, you son of a bitch, come out come out wherever you are!" I call out to them. I start walking around the place, inspecting each shadow, searching them out.

Still nothing. Hmph, oh well. It was probably one of those damned raccoons or something, what do I care?

"You seek answers…" I hear from behind me. I turn really fast, finding some dude in a thick ass cloak, easily taller than me. He wouldn't be as creepy if I could see his face, but he's wearing a hood that totally covers it in darkness.

"Dude, where the hell did you come from?" I demand. "Y'know, it's not nice to sneak up on people, especially this late at night. I could report you to the police or something, Man, call you a pedophile of some sort. They'll be looking for your ass all over."

I don't think he's really listening, though. If he heard any of the threats I shot at him, he's a damn good actor, 'cuz he ain't showing any sign that he heard me.

He lifts an arm up, his hand extended out to me. A bunch of weird symbols appear out of thin air. Actually, they're letters, spelling out my name backwards. At least in my point of view they're backwards.

A quick flick of the wrist and my name starts spinning in circles around my head, getting faster and faster with each turn it makes. I'll admit, it's some entertaining shit.

"I can give you purpose…" he says in a boring monotone. My name stops turning, the letters spelling something completely different.

"…Lexa? Sorry, Man, I'm a dude."

Oh wait, it's backwards. Right…

"A…x…e-ah, I see what you did there! But you spelled it wrong, dude. The L's before the E." What a moron, even I pay attention in school…moderately…occasionally…at least I know how to spell somewhat.

The guy doesn't say anything else. He just grabs my arm roughly and drags me toward this dark portal thingy a few feet away.

"Was that there a few minutes ago?"

No answer, he just drags me into it. Yay, I get attacked by a Heartless AND kidnapped in the same day. Whee…

Hours pass, and I'm finally allowed to walk around this huge castle that I'm now being forced to live in. Hell, if it's this nice, being kidnapped is kinda fun…

I'm trying to review everything my new boss just told me. But this whole "Organization" idea's a bit odd. And the other members aren't all that welcoming.

I see an elevator and I pounce on the only chance I get to not climb up thousands of steps.

Once I step out, I spot a sight that actually makes me smile. After absorbing all this Nobody crap, I'm not too sure whether I physically forced myself to smile or if it came naturally.

"Yo, man! Didn't take long to find you."

I walk toward Isa, being a bit more relieved about the fact that he made it out all right, and that I won't be by myself here. I keep smiling, trying to convince him that I'm relieved to see him. Relief's not an emotion, right?

"Damn, what are the odds that the both of us are found by the same dude and brought to this place?" I say.

Isa turns to me and stares blankly, as if he didn't hear me. I'd figure as much, probably pissed…

I try to change the subject, and direct the attention towards the sweet weapons I just got.

"Did ya get any cool gear? 'Cuz I sure hit the jackpot." I proudly state, summoning my two new prized possessions out of my own sheer will. I spin them around casually, making it so that it seems normal.

"I think they're pretty cool. Fun to play with, that's a fucking fact." I throw one toward Isa, testing him.

He dodges it, the spiked wheel whizzing past only a couple of inches away from his face. It bounces off the wall behind him and comes back to me, like a loyal boomerang.

I smirk out of amusement. "See what I mean, Isa? Fun toys, huh?" I laugh, probably just another forced action. I keep spinning the wheels.

"First of all, I would appreciate it if you didn't toss your little toys at me. Secondly, it's Saix." It kinda sucks to hear that, but I expected it.

"My bad, man. How am I supposed to know?" I shrug it off, acting like the mix up was nothing to me, which it wasn't. "But I got the same treatment, dude. Boss man decided to give me a new name, too. It's Axel, now. Got it memorized?"

Isa just glares, as if I just told him a "Yo Momma" joke.

"What's wrong? Do these make you uneasy?" I start to tease, lifting up one of my weapons. "C'mon, Sai, don't be a pussy." I laugh just like old times and throw another one at him.

I toss both at him when he dodged the second one, this time with all of my strength, and I lit them on fire, just to stir things up a bit.

BAM!

Isa gets knocked off his feet, landing at the bottom of the staircase. He's holding his face in his hands, writhing around in pain. God, what did I do?

"Shit! You all right, man?" I rush to his aid, feeling a bit uneasy. At least I think I feel panicked.

"BACK OFF!" he shouts. This time, I wasn't anticipating a reaction like this. I know I failed to help last time, but I only mean well now. Can't I just get a second chance?

He stand up, blood flowing down his face. He glares at me, and the only thing I can do is watch all of it happen. Once again, I'm being a pussy, and there's nothing I can do to help him out.

"If you think you can come up to me and act like nothing happened, and that we ended up here completely by chance, AND you have the fucking nerve to think you can assist me when, once again, you hurt me after I even warned you, you're being TERRIBLY misguided. Nothing you say or do will make me forgive you. EVERYTHING is your fault. So wipe that shitty smirk from your face, stop acting like we're still even acquaintances, and face reality. I don't need you, Axel. I am DONE babysitting. So FUCK YOU."

He walks away, trying to find some help other than me. I try, I really do try to feel bad. I know that the right thing to do would be to help him, to apologize, get down on my knees and beg for forgiveness. But there's only one issue: I can't. Because I don't really feel bad. To be honest, I don't feel anything. And at the moment, I don't really care about what's the right or wrong thing to do. I've really become a Nobody.

So the only thing left to do is accept my fate as a Nobody, and let him go. Instead of loneliness, I feel what I'm supposed to feel.

Emptiness. But, aren't loneliness and emptiness the same thing? I'm not the one to judge the difference anymore. Because I really don't know. I know and feel nothing, and it's time to start getting that memorized…

(Sniffle) This story brings tears to my eyes T.T

Well, there you have it. Both Isa and Lea's POV's about their friendship. Hope you enjoyed! Now...REVIEW IT! :P