A/N: Sorry about the late update, I just recently got the ending for this one. I hope you like it, though, it's my best chapter yet!
I promise to reveal more the next chapter, kay loves?
- Always & forever
SweetBubbaC
Chapter Four: Over the Hills
"Mudz, we can't just leave 'er out. She's lost and confused, man, she has no-"
"I don't give a shit! I'm not keepin' some clueless bird around, she doesn't even benefit-"
"Don' I 'ave a say n' iht?"
"No!"
She really needed to find her way out of here. Noodle couldn't have been more uncomfortable or distraught, she wasn't going to do what they- or anyone else wanted her to for that matter but she still needed to get out of here. Her eyes slyly shifted over to the three arguing men, watching as they went back and forth with their banter.
'If I can find a way to...'
She started to think, but as her eyes panned further something caught her attention, quickly she lost her train of thought and focused on what she saw. An open door not far behind them all leading to a dim lit room, decorated in pasty colored walls and instruments, one after another. She gulped, her throat feeling like it was on fire. It wasn't just the room, it wasn't just the lighting, or the decorations- it was what lie to the side of a table in the corner, a familiar looking guitar, an autographed 'Les Paul'.
Noodle sighed shakily and placed her hands on the cushions at her sides, pushing herself to her feet and standing with legs that had little feeling.
Her feet could barely be heard as they made their way across the room, the floorboards creaking but not loud enough for the three strange men to hear. She'd blocked out their yelling, their harsh words, their bantering over her, she didn't want to listen to it. She didn't have to listen to it. Her main priority was right in front of her now. Noodle dropped to her knees as she reached the far end of the second room, her tiny hands reaching for the beautiful, sleek beige guitar.
Flashback
"Listen Noods, you really have to pay attention if you want to learn." Zia giggled along side of her, fumbling with the strings on the guitar. She couldn't stop laughing, smiling her wide, beautiful smile.
End Flashback
She felt her hands wrapping tightly around the neck of the beautiful instrument, tears trickling down her cheeks at the sweet memory. Not once since her sister's supposed 'death' did she think about music and the joy it brought, the thought always led to her. After her people had pried the only person she had left, her twin sister Zia, they also took the only thing she had to remember her by and threw it into the inferno. She heaved a sigh.
In a swift movement she loosened her grip on the neck once more, then shifted the guitar strap around her shoulder and positioned her hands correctly, beginning to strum a few stray chords. A vivid picture of her sister's hands appeared in her head and she felt the inspiration, the encouragement the image gave her. She imagined the way her fingers moved so elegantly, playing the wonderful melody that turned into the guitar solo of Led Zeppelin's 'Over the Hills and Far Away'.
A smile formed on her lips and she closed her tired eyes, picturing her sister laughing and adding a silly twist to the solo. She hadn't felt this way in a long time, she took note, and she wondered if it were because she never relished in the good times she once had in fear that it would have a negative affect. The music swam through each wall, through each closed door on the first floor of Kong, leading down every corridor and echoing into large rooms. If she could've heard anything else, from a distance she would've heard the quarreling men stop and the sound of footsteps making their way over to where she was crouched on the floor; if she had heard there wasn't any doubt that she would've halted playing, but she hadn't.
In the open doorway of the room stood 2D, Russel, and Murdoc- the three quarrelers in their prime. Their mouths were slightly agape their eyes were wide, stunned at what they saw.
However, what they saw they all saw differently.
Russel, he saw a young girl with an amazing talent and a heavy heart.
2D, he saw a beautiful woman with a sweet smile at her weakest point.
Murdoc... Murdoc saw potential, he saw a gift, a girl that could take them places.
Murdoc saw the band, he saw the future.
And she was in it.
A/N: Review, my darlings! I need opinions. :)
