Hi everyone!
To Primeval Eidolon Scar: Heehee, thanks. The average time it takes for a fanfiction to be updated on this site is anywhere from three weeks to three months, So I myself am in shock that I was able to update twice in the same two-week span. (However, it'll most likely take much longer to update things after this chapter. As I mentioned before, I'm revamping my original idea by adding season two characters.)
To Mizuumi13: Ya know, that's what I'd been thinking, too. Plus, I had a really great idea about how Bastion could die slowly and painfully later on, but he'd be more worried about "red blood stains on a green sweater!?" (you know, the cleanliness-OCD thing?)
Disclaimer: I still don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or Silent Hill. That sucks…
Warnings: Slight OOC, Chazz with gun, Shell-Shocked Jaden, torture for Bastion
Chapter 8
Time seemed to stop for the horrified teens as they watched their friend begin plummeting to the ground. Bastion suddenly found the rumors about seeing your life flash before your eyes before death to be very true, indeed. Then, the mental slideshow stopped momentarily, as did his decent. It took him a full ten seconds to realize that his reflexes had taken over completely, and that his right hand was now clinging to one of the rusty steps. He sighed and shakily began to pull himself back up. They all breathed a sigh of relief when he managed to get his feet back on the steps. Until they noticed that Bastion was on the wrong end. The boy was now trapped on the upper half of the steps.
"Hey, Bastion!" Chazz called, "you alright?"
"Oh, sure!" Bastion called back, "I have near-death moments like this all the bloody time! It's getting to be a bloody HOBBY!" He then tilted his head down and closed his eyes, trying to control himself.
"So, Chazz," Alexis began, "just what was the point of that, anyway?"
"Yeah, Chazz!" Syrus chimed in. "I mean, all that did was nearly kill Bastion!"
The spiky-haired boy in question turned to the others with a completely deadpan look.
"I think I know…" came a familiar, hollow voice.
The others turned to see Jaden, who was now crouching on the ground under one of the boarded-up windows, plucking splinters out of his fingertips absentmindedly (Author's Note: He'd been dragging his fingers over the boards, remember?). The boy's bangs hid his eyes from view. A few moments of silence passed.
"Umm… Then how about filling us in?" Atticus asked.
The vacant Slifer paused in his splinter-tugging for a moment before resuming. In a voice just loud enough for Bastion to hear he said, "Chazz wanted to see if the stairs could hold us all. Bastion weighs the most."
"So if I could reach the top without the stairs breaking…" Bastion said.
Chazz nodded. "Then so could we," he finished. "But you couldn't. The stairs broke. Damn…"
"So, what now?" Alexis asked. "We can't just leave him up there, can we? What if more of those monsters show up?"
"…Windows and trees…" Jaden murmured as he plucked the last splinter out.
It took a few minutes for the others to understand, since Jaden didn't bother to say anything else. Chazz turned and tilted his head up. "You heard that, right, Bastion?"
"Heard what?" Bastion called back. He'd been trying to wipe all the rust particles off of his hands and blazer.
"I think what Jaden's saying is that you should find a broken window that's close to a bunch of trees, and then jump from there into the branches," Chazz told him. They could faintly see the British boy giving him an incredulous look. "We'll meet you there, I promise," he assured him.
"…All right…" Bastion said hesitantly, and disappeared into the darkness above. "But if I die, I'm holding YOU responsible!" his voice echoed back down.
"I kind of expected that…" Chazz murmured. Then, turning to the others, he said, "Alright, let's go. We should wait for him outside."
The others nodded and the group, now one member short, quickly exited the building.
Heeheehee! I like this chapter, I really do! I think I'll follow Bastion around for part of the next one. But I want to know: In the part where I do follow him around, should it be first-person perspactive (directly from his point of view), or third-person perspective (like when I follow the whole group)? Since I'm messing around with my chapters, I can be pretty flexible about the content right now. Plus, I don't want to do something my fans wouldn't like. So, as usual, tell me in your reviews what you'd like to see!
Later, everyone!
