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Chapter 7: Binding Maze

-Steps outside of a store-

"Tch… that guy knew nothing" said Berserk "…Where…" muttered as she eyed the surroundings looking for her missing sister "Where did she go, she´s making me waste time, valuable time…"

"Thanks mister!" said Brat as she waved goodbye to someone

"Hell…" Berserk muttered as she glared at the shopping bags Brat was carrying "What are those exactly…" said Berserk arching a brow

"These are shopping bags, isn´t it obvious? Duh" said Brat giving her a dull look

"I mean. Why on earth you bought stuff, don´t you know we are in a job right now?" asked Berserk

"Well, I didn´t exactly buy them"

"Huh? Did you steal? Brat, this Is not the time to be doing that, steal whatever after we are done with those guys" said Berserk still angry

"I didn´t steal either"

"The what?" asked Berserk mad at her sister´s stalling

"I flirted with a cute guy in a store to get some jewels and a few new outfits" said Brat apparently proud

"…What timing to act like a whore… Brat, we can´t be wasting valuable time, I ordered you to ask around, every second we stay here it´s a step away those pests take from us, I´ll hold you responsible if they escape you hear…" said Berserk

"Geez Berserk… you sure are so hot headed… I´m not stupid, of course I asked around I just took a little detour" said Brat

"Oh really… what did you find out then? It better be good or else" said Berserk

"Apparently a guy fitting the description was seen buying stuff at a pharmacy" said Brat

"What? Why didn´t toy say that first of everything else?"

"Berserk, you asked me why I-" said Brat interrupted

"Damn, now they are in better conditions to run from us, quit blabbering, we have to move already" said Berserk hovering into the sky

"Sure I guess" said Brat sighing while following her

"What do you think you are doing?" said Berserk

"Following you, duh" said Brat

"No. First get rid of your bags, they´ll be in the way" said Berserk

"Eh? You can´t possibly be serious…!"

"I am, now drop them" ordered Berserk

"No way! I had t flirt to get them!" said Brat angry

-Shoots laser beam incinerating the bags-

"Hey…! What was that for?" exclaimed Brat angry while pouting "You can´t do that!"

"But I did, that´s what you get for distracting yourself and delaying the chase. Next time try not be such a slut" said Berserk

"Ahhh! I can´t believe this! You burnt my clothes! You´re such a bitch!" yelled Brat angry

"Thanks, now go the other way, we´ll find them faster this like this plus you´re giving me a headache" said Berserk

"Okay but don´t expect me to forget what you just did!" said Brat pulling her eye lid down and sticking out her tongue then flying away

"Heh. I don´t expect you to" muttered Berserk to herself while flying away in the other direction

-Somewhere in VileTown-

-We continued our way trying to get out of the business zone, Rage was helping me walk by passing my arm around his shoulder as support, I was panting slowly for my tiredness and my eyes were constantly threatening to shut tight and pass out once more but I had to put up with it to lessen my burden to both of them-

"Really Raze, I can still carry you, there´s no reason for you to force yourself to walk" said Rage looking worried

"No Rage, I can walk, thanks…" I said as I knelt down coughing roughly

"Raze, let him carry you, you are injured and no offense but you are delaying us" said Rave

"Oh…" I muttered troubled

"Rave, there´s no need to say that" said Rage

"I have no time to convince him, better to say things like they are" said Rave

"Really…" said Rage sighing

"Guys…" I muttered worried "You two can go ahead, I´ll be fine, just escape from here"

"Raze, have you lost your mind? We are escaping together" said Rage "I´m not crazy enough to abandon you"

"Rage…" I muttered as I coughed more

"Yes, yes, bla bla, come on Raze we got to keep moving" said Rave starting to walk away

"Come on Raze, I´ll carry you" said Rage stretching a hand to help me stand, I looked at his hand which seemed to multiply by six or more while everything spun around and was darkening, I frowned to clear my sight and I stared at Rage who looked tired, he surely needed to rest… I wonder how much he´ll rest before giving out… I wanted to do something for both and so I pleaded myself to the unknown field of powers I had to be able to help somehow and so I suddenly felt better, in exchange I felt way too hot and it was turning hard to breathe but I was doing better than before.

"What are you doing? Come on Raze, I´ll carry you" said Rage

"Ehee… but you two need to rest plus I went most of the way carried, I´ll carry you guys instead" I said smiling

"What?" muttered Rage confused, I lifted him and forced him to cling to my back

"Raze… what are you doing… I´m not the one who needs to be carried" said Rage kind of troubled

"Don´t be shy, I know you are tired as well!" I said as I approached Rave

"…Huh? Raze… what…" Rave muttered

"Rage is tired so I forced him to rest hehee" I said

"Yeah… I can see that" Rave said

"Want me to carry you?" I asked to him happily

"No way… maybe if you can hold on, I´ll exchange places with Rage ´cause I´m not for a princess style ride

"Oh well hehe, just tell me if you want me to" I said happy

"How did you manage to walk with ease? You could barely keep up with us at turtle speed…" said Rave

"I asked my unknown powers for some kind of resistance!" I answered proud

"Eh? That makes no sense… ahh… anyway… we´ll keep at it, Rage you should sleep, maybe you'll recover that way" said Rave

"What? I-" said Rage interrupted by me

"Doesn´t sound bad! Rage, take a nap! You deserve it okay?"

"Raze. I´m not going t sleep while on your back, I need to be aware as to spot anyone suspicious" said Rage

"Ahh, fine but feel free to sleep whenever you feel like it!" I said as I felt him nodding, he said he wouldn´t but after like ten minutes he actually fell asleep while hugging my neck, Rage tends to sleep at inappropriate times though now it´s not so often, he sure was tired though, I could hear low snoring which I giggled in response to it

"So the dude did fall asleep, incredibly, his injuries seem to be somehow healing, I wonder if he´ll have energy once he wakes up" said Rave

"I´m not sure but let´s hope so! Say, don´t you want to take a nap as well? When he is up I mean" I said curios

"No, thanks. I can´t risk my other self being out if I sleep" said Rave sounding serious

"Huh?"

"You were unconscious when I explained but well… Makoto, my other me is frightened of this place because of his dad controlling the zone, I can´t change back to normal or I risk him coming back, that includes sleeping"

"Oh…" I muttered concerned "I see… well maybe just a piggyback to relieve your ankle would be nice" I said smiling

"You are impossible…" said Rave troubled as he stopped suddenly and pulled me into an alley then covering my mouth

"mmm…?" I muttered confused

"Shh… be quiet, they´re close" Rave whispered into my ear, as he said that, we looked up to find Brat hovering above us, we kept silence as she speaked

"What´s up with her… I don´t see what was the need to burn my shopping… ahhh! It pisses me off!" she yelled angry "But oh well… also, why do I need to go find them… I might break a nail… it doesn´t sound fun… besides, I do think the blond is cute and she thinks the long haired is sexy, so why bother? I don´t think it´ll hurt to let them go this once… hmph she did burn my stuff…" she said wondering as she then looked down "Hmmm… I thought I saw something…" she wondered looking at our direction

-We panicked inwardly as she stared directly at us but we decided not to move though it was obvious she already saw us

"How weird… ahh well… nothing here" she said hovering back "Thinking twice, it´ll be bad if I don´t notify her if I do find them… oh no… shit! She´ll get all of my desserts again!" she said leaving

"Oh wow…" I muttered breathing normally, well… as normal as I could afford with the heat

"Shit, I felt almost a heart attack, I swore she was looking straight at us!" said Rave

"Yeah…. I wonder why…" I said muttering

"Wait a second…" said Rave turning to see Rage "Where is Rage?"

"Uhmm… on my back…?" I asked confused

"No but… his aura is gone…" Rave said

"His aura? What do you mean it´s gone?" I asked puzzled

"His presence is gone too…"

"Eh? He didn´t die on my back did he?" I asked alarmed as I placed him against the wall and examined his face which looked asleep

"I don´t think is that but then how did he…" said Rave wondering what Rage had "Can it be…"

"What is it?"

"I think he astral projected" Rave said

"Eh? Did he… Uhmm Rave what´s that…?"

"Astral projection is when your astral body leaves your physical and wanders through the astral plane, it´s like him turning into a ghost and be able t watch us from above… he can go anywhere like that, even travel across time or dimensions, maybe experience different realities" Rave explained

"Wow! Sounds fun alright!"

"But"

"Eh?" I muttered curios

"But there´s a cord, a silver cord that ties you to your physical body so that you are able to return, if not then you won´t be able to come back" said Rave in a monotone way

"Eh? That´s horrible! Rage wake up!" I said shaking his inanimate body "Rage!Rage!"

"There´s also a chance for an evil spirit taking over his body and so the soul is not able to return"

"Ahhh! Rave stop scaring me already! Rage! Rage!" I called to him shaking his body again "What do we do… what can I do? Rage…"

"I just hope he doesn´t go to a forbidden dimension…" said Rave thoughtful

"Forbidden dimension?"

"One we have no link to, one we would never be able to go since it´s sealed… he can enter it but it´s slim the chances for him to come back…" said Rave

"Eh? No, Rage… don´t go wander off okay?" I said to his unresponsive body

-Somewhere else-

-Rage´s P.O.V-

"Where am I…? Where am I going?" I asked to myself as I kept going towards an unknown direction at changing speed, my travel along the orange void continued for a while until it changed to a surprising blue and I made impact with something, I knelt down and stared at what seemed to be green grass… was that even possible? I wondered as I looked around and noticed green everywhere even trees had that color, the sky was blue… there were a lot of couples having picnics, kids screaming and laughing… strong piercing light, I was very much stubbed and a little blind from all that light, as I remember… sunlight was never that bright nor the weather felt this hot… no dark fog anywhere… and the most amazing thing was the city… it was completely restored and clean looking from far away, where was I? This wasn´t my city… Viletown never seemed to be this peaceful… this city was everything but vile in aspect, I wished Raze and Rave could see this, it´s way too soothing and way too beautiful… I tried to talk t people but I wasn´t even noticed, my appearance must have t do something with it but anyway I ignored that and turned to read a sign which said ´Welcome to Townsville´ Townsville? What? I was way too confused and it didn´t help to see some colored lights crossing the sky, were those Rave and Raze maybe fighting? I followed them into a white building which apparently was the hospital in this place… the people I followed were not Rave or Raze, not even the PowerPunk girls… As soon as I could notice, I was in a room where there lied a blond boy looking at his surroundings and as he muttered something without being able to listen to what he was saying I was suddenly in a surgery room where there life a boy with short orange hair, it seemed he was pierced by something, the wound was too big to even dare look at, I tried to find an explanation to these sudden events when I felt how my sleeveless t-shirt was wet…. As I pulled it up to see what was wrong, there was the same hole dampening my sleeveless t-shirt with blood, I was trying to relate things as they kept happening but there were countless questions that rose every time I answered them, however I couldn´t decipher much as I appeared all of a sudden back where Rave and Raze where, I stared at Raze panting heavily as he lied down and Rave had his hands over his forehead.

"What just…" I muttered confused

"Finally! I thought you wouldn´t wake up, had fun in the forbidden dimension?"

"What? I-What?" I muttered as I felt something trailing down my nose

"I can figure you were since your noise is bleeding" said Rave

"Yeah it is…" I said while rubbing the blood off "But Raze… what just?"

"Overexerted himself, I knew it was suspicious his miraculous recovery" said Rave

"Yeah… Raze…" I muttered staring at him barely conscious, we need to get out of here… I don´t want Raze dying…

"Rage…" muttered Raze "I´m so sorry… I did what I could… I really think you guys should ditch me, you guys won´t be able to escape with me like this… I cased this whole incident after all…" said Raze looking away

"Raze, you didn´t, don´t make me repeat myself, we´re going out without ditching anyone" I said as he looked at me worried

"Rage… I´m so sorry… for troubling you two like this…" said Raze as he passed out

"Then, let´s hurry out, we can´t waste any more time" I said as I carried Raze and both left running

"It´s incredible how gigantic is this place, what a pain…" said Rave as we continued going for the exit, I remembered my little trip to Townsville and weirdly enough the streets were the same, so I felt how I had already gone all the way to the hospital, I was desperate to get away from this place, to get Raze to the hospital, for Rave to be looked at, even I wanted my back bandaged, this brought me back countless memories from the past, that time I had reached Raze thanks to a raven haired girl, it´s like it had happened yesterday but the memories of her are a total blur, I only remember her saying ´What´s the hurry?´ as I ran my way to Raze while dying from blood loss, without her I´d probably be dead and Raze would have been beheaded…. I just can´t seem to stand it, I couldn´t even thank her or so I believe…

"Shit, it´s not good…" said Rave

"What is it?"

"He´s regaining consciousness… heh, well I guess he can´t be unconscious forever" said Rave wincing

"We can only hope we get out soon unfortunately" I said as we kept running

"Yeah, it su-" said Rave suddenly stopping and widening his eyes shocked

"What´s the hurry?" Brute asked us as she stood in front smirking

"Fuck" said Rave as I stepped back and brought out my knives

"Whoa! Would you calm down? I could be less interested in fighting right now" said Brute

"Eh?" muttered Rave confused

"Yeah, I know it´s hell random but I´m simply not interested" said Brute

"May we know why?" I asked still suspicious

"Berserk got n my nerves, I don´t plan to try to hunt you guys down all the freaking day" said Brute sounding annoyed

"That´s so… odd…" said Rave still confused

"I see you guys are tired like hell" said Brute

"Yeah, so what?" said Rave

"Nothing… seems the green guy is sick or something like that" said Brute "Oh, and I´m doubting you´ll get out of this place"

"What? Why not?" asked Rave angry

"None of you will" said Brute as I looked at her with the corner of the eye caught on what she was saying

"My sisters are serious about killing you three, Berserk won´t desist until all of you are annihilated, that´s how she is" said Brute "Besides, you guys are newbies at this, I´m surprised you managed to survive until now

"Did you only come to gloat?" asked Rave glaring at her

"Not really, while it´s fun to do so, I admit… I came here for a different reason" said Brute

"And that is?" I asked

"I´ll help you to get out" said Brute

"What?" asked Rave surprised, I also stared at her in disbelief

"Heh, it´s a little payback for Berserk and I frankly want to beat the hell out of you three if you do get stronger, challenging foes make my blood boil with excitement" said Brute

"Let me see if I understood well… you want t help us so we hopefully become stronger and fight you?" asked Rave as Brute rolled her eyes bored

"No dumbass, to marry and have kids" said Brute

"…"

"But of course is to beat the crap out of you! It was sarcasm duh" said Brute

"I knew it was but still I have it hard to believe you really are thinking on helping us here" said Rave looking at her suspiciously

"Look. You got the rare luck I want t help because I never do, I don´t care if my sisters catch you, if you don´t want my help I can easily leave you guys to beg for mercy, thing you won´t get ´cause Berserk forgives NO ONE" said Brute

"We got it; we want your help" said Rage

"Hmm? How´s that? The leader guy trusts me" said Brute

"I don´t. But I have no other choice, Raze needs help as soon as possible" said Rage

"Yeah… I guess…" said Rave

"Ok, then over here" said Brute as she flew towards an alley, Rave stared at me like trying to confirm my decision for what I nodded and followed Brute along with Rave to the alley

-Was it a trap? Or was she really trying to help us? It wasn´t easy to figure out what she was really thinking, Rave was suspicious but I didn´t need more explanations, Raze needed a hospital and I would take him to it as soon as I could.