CHAPTER THREE:
*Hello, everyone! Sorry for the drama last chapter! Oh, don't worry, the story's not over yet! After all, what's the use of magic if it isn't pushed to it's limits, eh?*
*Also: Later chapters will be better in writing than others, but it usually depends on the mood I'm in-or how well I'm feeling-as to how well the chapters will turn out! Anyway, enjoy this way-too-dramatic story!*
I woke up to see Blaze above me, crying.
"Why? Why did you do it?" She choked.
My mind overlooked the obvious as I began to think everyone I ever trusted had turned against me. I kept still, not wanting to move, not wanting to feel, not wanting to live.
She pulled me closer. "Why? Zenix, why...?" Her sobs got louder and my ears folded back trying to block out the noise. Soon her crying became too much and I had to force myself to reach up into her quills and start rubbing them in order to calm her down. She froze almost instantly. "Zenix?" She pulled me away from her and stared into my tired eyes. But no sooner had she released me then she was up and hugging me again. "Oh, Zenix! I was so worried! Don't you ever scare me like that again!"
"H-How did you find me?" I asked.
She looked nervous at my question. "What do you mean by that, Z? You know you and me have an unbreakable bond..."
"Blaze..."
"Okay, okay! I pinpointed your location with my cellphone! Get off my case!" She sighed in defeat.
I laid back down on the bed, hoping to rest, but ten seconds later I felt a tug on my hand. "Ugh..." I looked up at Blaze. "What now?"
"Come on,"she said nervously. "We need to get out of here. It isn't safe." She pulled me out of bed and I followed her to the door.
"What's going on?"
She stared at me intensely for a few seconds. "We're all in great danger."*
We were soon running. What from, I didn't know. It could've been from anyone really. About twenty feet from our destination, the exit, we were stopped by the Zonic clone.
"You're not leaving."
"Damn!"I seethed.
"Zenix..." Blaze warned.
"Don't tell me what to do! Especially now, of all the times!" I countered. She seemed to think on this for a second then finally agreed.
The Zonic clone pounced and we quickly jumped out of the way. I searched for a weapon of some sort then realized that I had mistakenly left the saber behind in the bedroom. Whoops.
Blaze saw my panic. Fortunately she was more focused than I was. "Here." She threw me something and when I took a look at it I recognized it as the saber I had supposedly left behind. "You might need that."
"Thanks!" I charged at the clone, pointing a blade in front of me. Anyone that couldn't see fast-moving objects very well would've missed seeing the attack. The blade cut through the clone like a knife through butter, the clone disappearing in a purple mist.
"Hmm...I wonder..." I began.
"Mephiles,"we both said with disgust.
"Can't he come up with anything new?"
We found Zonic soon after, leaning against a wall...he looked like he had been...crying? Something was definitely wrong. I walked over and leaned down next to him.
"Hey, honey? Are you okay?"
"Stay away from me!" He snapped but froze when he saw Blaze. He looked back and forth from me to Blaze**, Blaze to me. I tilted my head to the side and gave a reassuring smile. He seemed to calm down a bit. "Z? Blaze? It's really you guys?" We nodded and Zonic wrapped me in the biggest hug he could muster-I could tell Blaze would be smiling at the scene from behind us, but that really wasn't on my mind right now...
'Mephiles will pay for what he's done. I will no longer allow him to hurt others to get his way...'
I stood up and walked down the hall. Noting how my mom and husband weren't following me, I turned to face them. "Well? Come on! We need to get out of here."
We eventually found Mephiles in one of the experimentation labs, working on something. I didn't care what it was, but I knew we had to stop it.
"Game over, Mephiles. We know what you're up to. Why don't you just give up while you're ahead and give us a sporting chance?" I challenged.
"Ah, but do you? Would you even want to go through what I have? An even better question is: Why aren't you brave enough to ask?" Mephiles replied.
I was filled with rage. All he did was just ask more and more questions until we were too confused to fight. That bastard. He'll pay for all that he's done to us and everyone else in the No Zone.
But then again, he did have a point...
"What are you talking about? Demons of darkness can't have feelings, so how come you're so obsessed with all of the things that have happened in the past?" I asked.
"Why, don't you remember?"*** Mephiles asked, raising a hand surrounded by a purple aura.
"AHH!" I fell to my knees as a flood of memories came rushing in all at once, giving me a headache and making me dizzy.
'Me...and Mephiles...together? What? How...How is that even possible?! No! I-It has to be another trick!'
But then a voice, as plain as day, overpowered everything else:
"You'll never be alone again. Let me help you."
Then, as soon as the memories came everything stopped. My head was spinning, my vision blurry. I could hear someone yelling, but it was hard to tell whose voice it was.
When things became more clear, I could see Zonic on top of Mephiles threatening to knock his block off while Blaze went to check on me. I could see them but I couldn't hear them.
Things cleared up even more and my ears pinned back at the abrupt noise that came rushing into them. I squeezed my eyes shut tightly.
"Zenix? Are you okay?"
Just then, Mephiles started to laugh maniacally. A dark purple aura surrounded him as he continued to laugh. Dark lightning bolts shot out in all directions.
I screamed when one hit me and it felt as though the energy was being drained right from my body. I began to feel lightheaded when suddenly it stopped again and Zonic caught me in his arms.
"Ugh..." I felt numb.
Someone came running into the room and I saw Mephiles disappear. 'No...'
"Ah! He got away!" The other one shouted.
"Don't worry about it right now, we can deal with him later. Our main priority is to get these two to safety."
Then everything went black.
After a few days of Chaos rehabilitation-a program used to stabilize a bearers Chaos energy-it was time to head back home. I didn't want to go, but everyone-including Zonic-thought it was "safer" that way.
Yeah, because bringing me back into an already messed up world where everyone hates me (and I was publicly raped) is considered "safe". I swear, where to people get these ideas?! I'm gonna die!
Zonic came in earlier to check on me:
"How are you doing, sunshine?" He asked, while leaning on the door-frame.
"Um...everything hurts?" I chuckled, while sitting up. "It's not as bad as it was three day ago, though."
Zonic smiled, happy to see that I was feeling better.
"You know, the doctors say that you should be able to get up and walk around after another night's rest with the Chaos Stabilizer**** feeding you. I just hope nothing bad happens..." He hesitated before continuing. "Which is why I think you should head back home once you've been fully stabilized."
"What?!" I exclaimed. "Why?! Everyone there hates me! I was raped...in public! And nobody cared! It's too dangerous! I'm on the verge of of insanity, and-!"
I was interrupted when his lips met mine. But there was something about this kiss...it was too soft, too weak, and for a second I thought he would burst into tears. But he didn't...and that confused me. If he cared that much, then why wasn't he crying? Or maybe he was hiding it. I don't know.
"Goodbye...Zenix..."He walked out of the room without another word.
"Zonic? Zonic, wait! Zonic!"
There was no response.
My eyes bubbled until I could no longer contain my tears. I sobbed to myself in the cold, blank room with no one around to hear my screams...
Blaze came and picked me up in the morning, having already heard the doctors tell her the same story about a thousand times of my constant screaming in the middle of the night. Some of the doctors had come into the room when the screams had gotten a bit too loud and sedated me when their attempts to calm me had failed. Thank god for that. Saves me the embarrassment. And the pain, later on.
I still didn't want to leave and Blaze had to pull me along in order to get me to go anywhere. And then she had to carry me with one arm while she opened a Silver Warp Ring to my planet.
Then we walked into oblivion.
*I will probably start on a short story (multiple chapters) fanfiction with this topic in it.
**Another idea came to me with my other fan characters that are clones-for the short story.
***Yet another idea, based in the FNaF World.
****Created by author (credit me if you use it or I will report you!)
