Alrighty! Updated on time! I really wish that I could have more time to write this, but I've been really busy lately and having trouble with writers block, witch bites, by the way! Any way you're here to read the chapter, so enjoy!

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Chapter 7: Waiting at the top

Serge's heart was pounding. His mind was screaming warnings with every step he took, "It's all the same. Down to the very last detail…" He began to look around, taking in more detail than when he had in his dream. Each of the doors was emitting an eerie light. Red, blue, green, and yellow could be seen as each of the entrances lit the damp room. For the first time he looked at the ground and noticed that the rooms had a small path like light leading to the elevator, almost as if powering it. Glenn slid the elevators doors open and white light now flooded the room. "Are you coming Serge? You don't look so good…" Serge let his eyes rise from the floor to look at the elevator that seem to be taunting him. His eyes flared in rage, not knowing what or where this pain in his heart came from. Finally realizing that he should respond to Glenn he let out a sigh, "I should be fine…" Glenn nodded realizing that Serge didn't want to talk about it, and stepped inside the elevator. Serge was soon to follow, but with every step he took, he could feel the gravity of the world falling down on his shoulders. It was as if his entire being just didn't want to be there, as if it didn't want to see what waited for him on top of next floor. Serge felt light headed as the elevator doors closed and it began to lift them up. Closing his eyes as the lift reached its destination, waiting for something to happen. Pain was filling his heart as he saw her cerulean blue eyes look up at him, confused and filled with pain. The image would not shake off of him this time, and he didn't know what to do. Finally he opened his eyes, only to see Glenn looking at him concerned, "Are you sure you don't need to see a doctor? I don't want Sir Radius to get mad at me for not taking care of his companion." Suddenly Serge felt all the pressure that had been crushing his body lift. He looked around to see that it was only Glenn and him, no Kid to run off and die. "Yeah…" He replied softly, relieved and saddened that she wasn't there to greet him, "I'm good. I…I'm just claustrophobic…I guess…"Raising an eyebrow but not wanting to question him, Glenn nodded and began to lead him through the rest of the tower.

Serge felt his body teleport onto the next level of the fort, but this time it didn't faze him. Glenn looked over at him amazed, "Wow Serge, I haven't met anyone who hasn't been freaked out by that thing on the first go! It's almost as if you've been on it before…" Serge smiled and looked down at the ground just to see how high up they were, "Yeah, I know what you mean…" With this Glenn gave him another weird look, "You certainly don't talk much do you?" He just shook his head, not really knowing what to say anymore. Glenn nodded in understanding, and motioned for him to follow, the short distance left to the main room.

"GLENN, WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?" boomed a voice, from behind the mask of a very tall muscular warrior. Serge gaped up at the giant as he towered over the group, wondering who he was. "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?" Glenn was quick to the scene and aided Serge in his moment of stupidity, "I doubt he's ever meet anyone as tall as you Zoah. Sir Radius, himself declared that he had been raised under a rock." At the mention of Radius, the giant seemed to relax, but still seemed to dislike Serge. "Don't mind him, he just doesn't like people gawking at him. But it's his own fault for being so buff at the age of 16." A man with long purple-grey hair said as he stepped forward to introduce himself. "Isn't that right buddy." He said as he looked up at Zoah. With this the giant let out a "Feh.". "Name's Karsh. Any friend of Radius's is a friend of mine." Serge lifted his hand to shake Karsh's, "Uh, it's nice to meet all of you too." Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his leg. When he looked down to investigate, he saw a little girl with blonde hair and bright blue eyes angrily staring up at him, "Oh, so you think you can just ignore me do you?" Serge raised his hands in defense as she started to punch him, "I kill you! You and your mother! And you father! And anyone else who is related to you! I'll make you wish you had never been born!" Not knowing at all what he did, but not wanting to harm the little girl, he decided just to keep his hands up in defense, all the while wondering what he did to anger her. Suddenly, he decided to do what he did whenever his sister was mad at him, say sorry with out even knowing what he did wrong, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feeling. Can you ever forgive me?" Suddenly the punching stopped and he looked up to see if his plan had worked. Sadly though, it hadn't, and Karsh had to hold her back, as she began to scream more threats of what she would do to him. "Sorry about that… She has a temper problem you see…" Glenn tried to make up for his friends sudden outburst, but seemed to be failing at coming up with a proper excuse. Serge smiled and told him not to worry about it, "It's alright, I have a little sister, and she has temper tantrums sometimes. So, I'm kind of used to it." Finally realizing that he hadn't said hello to her, he walked over and extended his hand for a handshake, "I'm sorry, I didn't say hello. My name's Serge. Can I have yours?" Calming down enough for Karsh to let her go, she began to look down at the ground, still upset that she had been ignored, "Its Marcy." Serge smiled, "Well it's nice to meet you Marcy. Could you tell me where Radius went? I've been wondering about him for a while now." But before she could reply, an irritated Karsh spoke up, "Yeah. He's inside there." he then pointed over to the two large wooden doors that stood behind them. Serge looked up but suddenly regretted it, as he stared up at the two closed doors from his dream that had had shown him Kid's demise lurking behind them.

Well I hoped you liked it! Just to let you know, if things go my way, and I hope they do, Serge will be seeing a living breathing Kid! You heard me! Real this time! Hopefully in about 4 to 5 more chapters! Really hope that you're enjoying my story so far! Please review! It's my cure for writer block!