Chapter 9
We walk out of the bike shop, Axel carrying a bright red, 18 speed bike. Its collaspsable so he can carry it on his back if he needs to. He carries it effortlessly on his shoulder like its nothing at all to him.
Axel straps it to his back, "Thanks Demy."
I nod, happy that Axel's happy. I take off the head band and place it in my backpack, not wanting it to fall off and get lost. Zexion has thankfully got over Axel or should I say, the Riku clone killing him and now the two are the best of friends again.
"Axel! Where the hell is my book!" Zexion yells angerily, startling me.
Well, kinda friends. As in they put up with each other and Zexion doesn't call Axel, HIM or HE anymore.
Axel looks at the book, "I'm looking at it." He flips throught the pages, skimming through.
Zexion walks up to Axel and snatches his book back.
"Hey, I was reading that!" Axel says, looking quite shocked that Zexion did that.
Zexion stomps on his foot and walks away.
Axel hops up and down, holding his foot. "Ow, that hurt!" he yells.
Zexion chuckles to himself, very much enjoying Axel's pain.I sigh, maybe it was a bad idea to bring Zexion, but hopefully things will straightened themselves out.
"Come on, try and get along. As far as we know we're the only 3 former Organization members left."
Zexion looks at Axel, "I'm sorry, I usually don't act like this. Its just Ienzo, my somebody, was a punk. A bully of sorts and sometimes his personality shows."
Me and Axel look at him in surprise. Zexion, a bully? In the Organization everybody ran over him, and he always stayed to himself. Could this really be the real Zexion?
Axel smiles, "Its ok, so.....YOU were a bully?"
Zexion chuckles nerviously, rubbing the back of his head. Suddenly we here sounds of pursuit behind us. We turn and see Bob leading 3 cops towards us. Bob looks like he's walked straight out of the crazy house, his eyes wide and crazy looking.
"There they are, they were the ones that robbed my store!" Bob points at us.
Hell, he has gone crazy! Maybe Zexion shouldn't have locked him up in the office.
I look at the guys, "RUN!" I yell and start running.
Zexion hops on his skateboard, speeding ahead of us. I throw my skateboard in front of me and hop on, kicking at the ground, desperate to not get caught by the cops. Axel struggles to get the bike off his back while running at the same time. He finally gets it right and hops on, pedaling as fast as he can, catching up to me and Zexion.
"We did do anything! Why is he getting us arrested!" Axel yells, talking to me.
Zexion groans as he looks back at Bob and the cops, "Thought that door would hold Bob till we left! See, Bob, if he doesn't get his way he gets someone arrested. He's Psychotic!"
Great now we got a crazy person after us. I look back at the cops, somehow they are keeping up with us, even though we are on skateboards and a bike. Where do they train these guys, at the racing track?! If we continue in this direction, we'll be caught. I follow after Zexion, still not sure of this town and its many alleys. Zexion looks randomly at the passing alleyways, probally thinking the samething that I am. He grins and puts on a burst of speed.
Zexion turns a corner, "Follow me!"
We follow him down a small alleyway. He skids to a stop in front of a drainge system. He grabs up his skateboard and jumps into the small pool of water, its deeper than it looks..
"Come on!" He yells and dives under the grate.
Me and Axel groan. Why does it have to be the drainage system?
"There they are!" A cop yells as he spots me and Axel.
Me and Axel jump and look in fright as they charge at us.
I yelp in fright, "After you!", motioning towards the pool.
Axel folds his bike onto his back and hops in, swimming after Zexion. I gulp and hop in after him, clutching my skateboard to my chest. The shock of the cold water almost makes me empty my lungs. I resist it and swim under the grate, escaping from the cops. I gasp as I come above the surface of the water. I see myself in a small cave with a moon mural painted on the walls.
"Woah! This is cool!" I say and haul myself out of the water.
Axel sits on the bank, his once spikey hair is now a frizzy mess. My own hair is flat on my head from the water. I lie down on the bank, panting and out of breath. Zexion stands up, shaking the water from his head. I focus on the water on me and let it float off, my hair dry and spiked up once again.
Zexion is already starting to walk down the tunnel, "No time to stay and rest. The cops will find another way in soon, so lets get moving."
I nod and get ready to follow but stop, "Wait. My bookbag. I left it at the bike shop, its got all my supplies like Hi-potions and food!"
Stupid, stupid, stupid! My eyes go wide in fright, Yuffie's headband, I left it in the Bookbag along with everything else! I reach into my pocket and sigh in relief as I feel the cold plate of the headband. How that get in my pocket? I could've sworn that I put it my bookbag.
Axel grins, combing his hair back into its normal shape, "Guess we can always get some more at the next town, AND hey, we can get there even faster thanks to my......BRAND NEW BIKE." He smiles, holding his bike up proudly.
I grin back, tying my handband back on my arm, making sure its tight. I stretch and grab up my skateboard, following after Zexion.
"Come on, lets go before we lose Zexion." I hop on my skateboard and speed off after Zexion. Axel smirks and gets on his bike, pedaling after us.
***
"Dyem run!" Mando yells as he bounds around the corner, fear in his eyes.
I look at him in confusion, "What?"
He grabs my shoulders, and starts pulling me, "Run, Dyem! Its the Voltors, they have a score to settle with us."
I look at him fear in my eyes,"What did you do Mando?!"
"There they are!" A guy points at us, bat in hand.
I cringe in fear and run, Mando right behind me. 7 guys take off after us, Vincient in the lead. I notice in Mando's hand my missing necklace. My mom had given it to me before she left, its black crescent moon sparkling in the afternoon light. I feel guilty, I had blamed its disappearance on Mando. It must've been the Voltors that swipped it and not my brother. I duck into an narrow alleyway, Mando follows.
I curse quietly as I notice its a dead end, "Shit." I turn around, "Go back, NOW!"
My heart drops as Vincient and his gang block the exit. Mando glares at them and turns back towards me.
"Too late! Come on Dyem." He grabs my hand and pulls me towards the dead end.
I see the fire escape above us and grin. He's thinking the same thing I am. Use the fire escape to ecape from them, but its hooked up, how will we reach that?
"Dyem, get on my back and try to grab that ladder!"
Well, that's one way I think as I climb on and stand on his shoulders, reaching as far as I can.
Vincient sees what we're trying to do, "Don't let them get away!" They start to run towards us, bats in hand.
I can't reach the ladder! I spot the approaching Voltors and groan, fear freezing me so I can't move.
Mando notice me freezing up, "Come on Dyem, don't give up now! You've almost got it, I believe in you."
I look in shock at what my brother just said. Mando believing in me? This gives me back some courage, enough to think through my situation. If I want to reach something that's out of reach I need to get higher.
"Mando, jump or either throw me! I can almost reach it." I yell out, more confident.
I feel his hands grasp my shoes, and he throws me up. Only one shot! I reach out my hand and grab the bottom rung.
"YES!" I climb up the ladder and lower it down.
Mando grabs on and waves at the Voltors, "See ya later, alligators."
I yank the ladder up with Mando on it, surprisingly able to lift it up. Mando climbs above the railing and I lay the ladder down on the floor, out of the reach of the Voltors.
Vincient glares up at us."You'll pay for this, oh. You'll rue the day you messed with the Voltors!" He shakes his fist up at us.
I smirk and look down on them, "Oh shut up, Vinney." I look at Mando, "Thanks for getting mom's necklace back for me."
Mando grins, "Hey, I had to clear my name somehow." He starts up the stairs, "Besides, that's what big brothers are for."
I grin and climb up after him. We arrive at the roof and sit down, looking at the sunset together. Mando sighs and leans against the wall.
I look at him, guilt in my heart for acusing him, "Thanks Mando, I'm sorry I blamed you."
Mando laughs and grins at me, "I'm surprised you didn't blame Greg."
Why didn't I blame dad?
I shrug, and look at the sunset, "I guess its because you were in my room when I walked in. What were you doing in there if you didn't steal my necklace?"
I look at him curiously studying him as he looks withdrawn at the question, like he doesn't want to tell me. What wouldn't he want to tell me?
Mando sighs and looks at the sunset, "Do you know what tommorrow is?"
I shake my head, I don't even know what month it is.
"Well, FYI, its August the 5." He looks at me, grinning wide.
My eyes go wide, "My birthday's tommorrow?"
He nods, "Yep, you'll be 17. I saw how ragged your Sitar was so....... I bought you a new one. Its blue and has silver arrows in the shape of a cross. I was in your room because I was going to switch this one up with your old one."
He pulls out a Sitar, my Arpeggio, from behind the ledge. I stare at its beauty, never realising how I would use it in the future. So he did mean what he said, he does believe in me.
I look at him, tears in my eyes, "I thought you didn't care about me."
I feel so ashamed, I always hated him because of how Greg treated me. How could I hate him because of what Greg did, its not Mando's fault. Mando looks at me, worriedly. He raises an eyebrow at my words, confused at why I would think that he didn't care.
"Hey don't cry. I do care, you're my little brother." He ruffles my mullet.
"Hey!" I say, "Don't mess up me hair!" I say in between tears and laughter.
"Don't cry. I had to cheer you up somehow, after all..." He grins, "Thats what brothers do." He hands me my new Sitar, "Why don't you try it out? Want to make sure I don't have to exchange it for a new one. I would've tried it out myself but you know how 'great' a Sitar player I am."
I grab it up and laugh, smiling a huge grin. I admire the Sitar, afraid to mess it up.
"See, that's the Dyem I know and love, now, try it out." I nod and get it into playing position, the instrumet feeling right in my hands, like it was made for me.
I look at him, "Well, this is embarassing, I don't know what to play."
Mando grins, "How about..."
"The usual?" I ask, already knowing what he wants.
I begin the song 'Anthem of Our Dying Day' by Story Of The Year. Mando joins in singing.
The stars will cry
The blackest tears tonight
And this is the moment that I live for
I can smell the ocean air
And here I am
Pouring my heart onto these rooftops
Just a ghost to the world
That's exactly
Exactly what I need
From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
For a second I wish the tide
Would swallow every inch of this city
As you gasp for air tonight
I'd scream this song right in your face
If you were here
I swear I won't miss a beat
Cause I never
Never have before
From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
Of our dying day
Of our dying day
Of our dying!!!
For a second I wish the tide
Would swallow every inch of this city
And you gasp for air tonight!!
From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
From up here the city lights burn
Like a thousand miles of fire
And I'm here to sing this anthem
Of our dying day
Our dying day
Of our dying!!!
***
We ride down and road, that's paved with stones instead of asphalt. Its kinda looks like cobblestones. It gets harder to keep control of my skateboard while Axel easily rides over the uneven road. I kinda wish I would've got a bike myself. I look at the road in curiosity, I thought every road was paved, not made like this..did we...
"Um, guys." I say.
Axel and Zexion look at me, "Yeah?" Axel says.
I look at the old timey road, "Did we go back in time?"
Zexion laughs and shakes his head, "No, we're just in another world." He looks at the approaching town, "We're probally at Port Royal, home of pirates."
I gulp, "P-pirates?"
Axel nods looking at Zexion, "And don't forget bikers, we'll have to watch our backs here."
Great, pirates AND Bikers, what's next? Gangsters? The full moon shines down on us as we head into town, the sun long set. I strap my skateboard on my back and walk after the guys as we head into Port Royal. I walk behind them as we weave ourselves throught the town. Axel and Zexion are talking to each other again at least, no longer beating each other up. They actually are getting along like old friends.
Axel continues to talk to Zexion, "So, you've meet Marluxia?"
Zexion nods, "And get this, he's gay."
Axel laughs, almost falling to the ground, "No wonder I didn't like him, he was always eyeing my ass."
Zexion nods, grinning slightly, "And it seems he doesn't even remember being a Nobody. I guess only people with good memeories become their somebody fully."
I yawn, walking behind them, this is so boring. Talking about theories after theories, about why we can remember being in the Organization and how others can't. I put my hands behind my head looking at the stores and ships around us, becoming very sidetracked. Suddenly a hand clamps over my mouth and I feel a gun press into my back. I yelp in fear.
"Scream and I put a hole in your heart, kid." A voice whispers.
Fear paralyzes me and I can't move. I watch as Axel and Zexion continue walk, completely obivious to my predictament. I gulp as he begins to drag me towards an alley, and away from safety. Oh man. I'm going to die! He drags me behind the brick wall and I lose sight of Axel and Zexion, dread filling me up as I realise I might not see them again.
***
Axel stops and looks at the two buildings before him. He ponders which one they should stay at that night. He begins to turn around.
"Hey Demyx, want to stay at a Hotel or....a Motel?........Demyx?" Axel turns around but can't find Demyx anywhere. He looks around frantically as he starts to panic. "Zex! Demyx has been kidnapped!" He yells.
Zexion turns around, looking frantically around for the young teen, "Shit! Lets find them before they get too far!"
They dash back through the crowd, hoping they make it in time to save their friend.
Hurry Axel and Zexion, Demyx doesn't have much time!! Demyx arrives at a new world only to be mugged as soon as he walks in, just his luck huh? Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I spent a little more time in typing it up, so it might be more detailed than the other chapters. See, I'm trying to put more detail into my stories so I'll try to put more detail into the rest of my chapters. Till next wednesday.
Axel: Hey Demyx, guess what?
Demyx: What?
Axel: You, You're a kitty cat. And you dance, dance, dance and you dance, dance, dance. :3 (grins evilly at Demyx)
Demyx: (Demyx glares at him) Ha, ha. You're just paying me back for the Who Let The Dogs Out incident aren't you?
Axel: Uh, duh. I wasn't about to let you get away with that Cheetah boy.
Demyx: (Pushes Axel playfully) Shut up, you Wolf.
Axel is a red and tan wolf in Pride Lands while Demyx is a cheetah. That's my belief anyway, Demyx acts like a cheetah and that whole, "Run, Run Away" thing is so cheetah like. And Axel is too sly to be a lion, I imagine him as being non-comformist and being a huge wolf (Which isn't in Africa, lol) instead of an normal African animal. (Check out Organization XIII: Daily Life, another of my stories, to understand this parody)
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