Chapter 8- The lion's den

~Axel~

"Kairi, can you call me when you get this message," I pleaded into the phone once again, this had to be the tenth message I'd left on her phone, but whose counting? "Please Kairi, I need to speak to you," I hung up, and collapsed unto the floor. I couldn't be a father, for one, I hated kids with a passion. And secondly, I had no idea how to look after one. I'd have to convince her to have an abortion, which would probably be a piece of cake. If she refused, than I'd have to resort to plan B…If only I knew what that was. I had some serious thinking to do.

What is Larxene finds out? What if she leaves me? Knowing Larx, all hell would break loose is she found out. I had to figure out a way of keeping Kairi's mouth shut… and then it hit me. That was plan B. Bribery. I'm sure Kairi would jump at the chance for a shed load of money, all she'd have to do is piss of to another town, and never speak to anyone from twilight town again. It was a very hopeful thought, I know. But It was a thought of a desperate man. I needed her and that thing out of my life. For good. Even if it meant doing the unthinkable…

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I skulked towards Kairi's house. I was going to finish this before it spiralled out of control. I didn't know just what I was going to do. Maybe I could drag her down to the hospital and force her to have an abortion right now, or I could try to bribe her into leaving. Or I could try the unthinkable, drag her into one of the many bushed surrounding the nearby park, and beat the shit out of her. I shuddered as that thought barged it's way into my mind. I could never bring myself to kill someone…. Could I? I pushed that question into the back of my mind as I reached Kairi's front door, and knocked loudly.

"Coming!" A feminine voice yelled from somewhere inside, I had a gut feeling that is I went in there, guns blazing, that this could end badly. Probably for me. I couldn't go back now though, I'd unconsciously flung myself towards the lions den, and at this moment in time, I was on my hands and knees, nonsensically waiting for the gates to be prised upon and the ravaged lions with the likening for a red-headed, womanizing moron to be let loose. The next few seconds dragged on and, to me, it felt like the snail on the over side of the door would never reach the handle. But she finally did. The face that met me painfully resembled Kairi's, though the hair that swept across hers was bleach blonde, not ginger.

"What the hell do you want?" She spat, her normally welcoming blue eyes turned cold and uninviting and for a moment I though she was going to slap me, but she just stood there, glaring at me with those hate filled eyes. I totally forgot why I was there, I just stared at her, slightly afraid, like some sort of mute, until I finally found my voice again.

"Is….is Kairi there?" I asked, my usual confident energy had been sucked out of me, and all that was left was a little boy, cowering on the doorstep, waiting to see whether his friend could come out to play.

"Why the fuck should I tell you?" She snapped at me again. She really did have some of Kairi's fierceness inside her, maybe she really was her sister after all. Kairi's sweet little sister Namine was missing then, and in her place was a bitch. A complete bitch

"Because, if you don't." I hissed "I'll rip that cute little hair of yours off your stupid little scalp." The bitch disappeared as fast as she came, and Kairi's little sister came to reclaim her place. People like that made me chuckle to myself. They acted all high and mighty, once they saw a sign of weakness. But as soon as you fought back, oh, well that was a whole different story, they were like a mix-breed of humans, turtles, and fish. Stupid, spine-less, and as soon there was a slight sign of danger, they retreated back into their shells. Pathetic.

"Oh….um…she's in her room" Little girl Namine whimpered. I brushed past the cowardly little girl and proceeded up the stairs. The staircase was narrow, and I almost had to walk up sideways. After I was done here, I obviously needed to head to the gym.

It was obvious which room was Kairi. You'd literally have to be blind to not see the sign, with

KAIRI'S ROOM: DO NOT ENTER

Plastered all over it. I cautiously stepped towards the door, I was going through my words carefully in my head. I imagined Kairi would've been fragile at that moment, and any wrong word could push her over the edge. This was going to be very difficult. Fucking fantastic.

I knocked gently on the door, and held my breath. Silence followed. A long, deadly painful silence. Was she there? What the hell was she doing?

I was just about to knocked the door down when a timid, mechanical voice finally answered.

"D-dad, if that's you. I'm sorry." It whimpered, it sounder as id all the emotion had been sapped from it's host. "N-Namine let me in. P-please don't kick me out again. Please." I felt a lump in my throat the size of a beach ball. I was stuck on the spot. I could have left know, she wouldn't have known I was there. I could've avoided another upset. I should have left her alone. But no. I had to speak to her. I had to destroy what was left in her ruined world.

"K-Kairi." I began "It's Axel. I need to speak to you." Another long silence followed (What was it with this family and their inability to respond fast enough?) Before the door was timidly pulled open.

Kairi's face was covered in bruises. Not the vivid, blue or purple ones, oh no, but the dirty old mouldy green bruises, the ones that had lingered on the skin for god knows how long, before finally giving up and started to begin the fading process. Her wrists were littered with cuts, which to me looked horribly infected. She looked like she'd just arrived back from a two week holiday in Iraq.

"Hey," she whimpered "What've you been up to then?"

"Kair-"

"Don't start!" She snapped and, just like that encounter with Namine ten minutes earlier, I saw a whole different Kairi. "I know what you're here for. You've come to try and persuade me to get an abortion aren't you?" My gaze averted from Kairi, to the floor in one swoop. I suddenly felt like I was in the lion's den again. Only this time, unlike with the others, I knew that this lion could rip me to pieces.

"I knew it!" She screamed again, sounding slightly hysterical. "Is every fucking person I know against me?"

"Kairi I'm not against yo-"

"Do you want me to get the abortion?" I stopped to think for a split second. Even though I knew my answer. Yes. I couldn't bring myself to say it out loud though.

Say it Axel.

I can't.

Say it!

No, I can't

.SAY IT!

NO!

"Well?" Kairi questioned. "It's not hard. Do you, or do you not, want me to get an abortion?" Again, I Found myself wrestling with my sub-conscious. And at the very moment, it was winning.

"Yes." DING-DONG! There goes the bell. AND THE WINNER IS! My shitty subconscious. Oh how I hate it sometimes.

"Well fuck you then!" She spat, before slamming the door in my face. The wind created by the force blew all my hair around my head for a second, then calmed, letting my hair rest around my frame.

And that was that. She didn't want to speak to me, ever. I guess that solved me earlier problem. I ain't seeing that baby anytime soon. Thank fuck for that.

Just then, I felt my phone vibrate sharply in my pocket, I opened it, and looked at the notice box.

ONE NEW MESSAGE FROM: ROXXY

If is the day wasn't interesting enough, here comes Roxas the friendly sulk to make it even more exciting. I opened the message, and was shocked to read:

I Need to speak to you.

Be at my house in ten minutes?

Roxas xx

I closed my phone, and walked back out of the house. And towards the most disturbed, irritating person I have ever shared more than a moment with.

And I couldn't wait.