Wordwryhta: Phew! That was an ordeal. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter posted, but, as you can tell since Derishious isn't the author, we had a bit of trouble giving this chapter an author. Much thanks for Persephone for saving the day. I can't believe the direction this story is going in. It's getting so exciting, no?

Before I give the mic to Persephone, I am happy to announce that the second chapter of The Waker and the Sleeper is well underway, and I have finally found my new direction for The Last Girl! Expect to see an update for both in the next week or so. (I's so ascited!) Plus, the next Sequellum is in the planning process, so expect a triumphant return from my psychotic hiatus

:D And now, without further ado!

Persephone Perez Pott: Here it is! chapter 9!


Noodle rushed to catch 2D as he fell unconscious. She checked to see if he was breathing, and to her relief he was but it was shallow. She then decided to check his pulse but couldn't find it so she put her ear to his chest. In any other situation the proximity of her body to his would make her heart rate soar, but all she could think of is whether or not he is alive. She heard his heart but it was beating very slowly. Noodle then noticed that Stuart had lost a lot of blood. She considered giving him her blood; she was a type O negative after all, the universal donor, but she was losing a lot of blood her self.

"I don't want to die, but I don't want him to die either because I love him!" she exclaimed to no one in particular. "Wait a second," she thought, "I love him? Yes, I love 2D-kun, with all my heart!"

She knew he needed blood immediately but had no idea how to get her blood in him or how to make him stop bleeding. She silently cursed her military training, wishing she had been taught to heal rather than kill. Suddenly, an idea popped up.

"Maybe Russel-sama will know what to do!" she said hopefully, "I must find him! But what if he refuses to let me make such a sacrifice?"

Noodle resolved to herself that she'll just have to persuade Russ to let her. She was about to set out to search for him but was hesitant to leave 2D alone. She decided he needed something soft under his head, so she looked around the lighthouse for anything suitable. She came across a box on the wall with a blanket inside. The box said that it's to put out fires with. She laughed at the thought and quickly proceeded to place the folded blanket under Stuart's head before leaving the lighthouse. As soon as she was outside she started running, expecting to be shot at, but she stopped as she noticed that it was quiet and there weren't any bullets flying through the air at her. Noodle was wary at first because she wasn't sure if it was the pirates or her band-mates. How ever, the urgency of her purpose drove her to cry out for Russel and Murdoc. She heard some sort of noise from the other end of the "island" and against her better judgment went towards it, in the hopes of finding her "family". As she got closer to the sound she could hear it more clearly. She distinctly heard voices that sounded similar to Russ and Murdoc saying "Baby-gurl?" and "Noods?" She frantically called back to them "Guys, I'm over here! Quick, come quick!"

"Noods, yer alive!" Murdoc said with relief as he approached her, "Oi, but where's faceache?"

"Baby-gurl!" Russel's large form shouted after rising out of the ocean, "What happened to you an' where's 'D?"

"爆発。 灯台。 意識不明。 血が必要です。" Noodle said rapidly.

"Whoa, slow your roll baby-gurl," Russel demanded, "I can't understand you at all."

"Sorry Russel-sama," Noodle apologized, "Murdoc's robot exploded and I woke up after the blast and found 2D-kun unconscious but I woke him up when I realized that the battle wasn't over and brought him to the lighthouse where he fell unconscious again and he's not breathing good and his heart is slow. He lost a lot of blood and I think he has a concussion."

"We gonna have ta get on tha emergency frequency and hope to God that there's some kind of Naval vessel with some medical supplies nearby."" Russel stated.

"2D-kun is not well and there isn't much time before he…" Noodle pleaded, "He needs blood and I want to give him mine!"

"Baby-gurl if you do that you'll die!" Russel shouted, worried, "You've lost a lot of blood your self!"

"Russel-sama, I'm fine, you worry too much." Noodle's voice wavered as she almost fell, caught by Murdoc and held steady.

"Look at you, you can barely stand," Russel scolded, "You ain't doin' nothin'!"

"But I'm the only one who can save him 'cause I'm type O negative, the universal donor!" she begged.

"Don't argue with me cause there's some one else in this band who can save him," Russel said, "The one person with his exact blood type, which gives us a better chance of saving 'D…"

Russel stopped abruptly when he saw some one trying to sneak away in the shadows.

"Murdoc!" Russel bellowed, "Just where in da hell do you think you're going?"

"Uhhh, I was just gonna get th' phone." Murdoc said nervously.

"Yea right, do I look like I was born yesterday?" Russel said with an attitude, "Wait, don't even answer that."

"Murdoc has the same type as 2D-kun?" Noodle asked with shock and a little horror.

"Yea, when he had hit 'D wit his car and 'D was in the hospital, 'D needed blood but they didn't have any more for his type that day." explained Russel, "The people at the hospital had a file on Murdoc and saw that he had the right type so they told him if he didn't donate 'D would die and Murdoc didn't want to go to jail for murder so he complied."

"How do you know all this Russel-sama?" Noodle asked while cringing inside.

"'D had told me bout it once," Russel said, "Now Murdoc, you gonna help save 'D by givin' him yo' blood?"

"Well, I..." Murdoc started but stopped to think about it.


A/N: ooooooo, total cliffy! Oh, and the stuff Noodle said is "Explosion. Lighthouse. Unconscious. Needs blood."

Alice Everafter, it's your turn at bat.