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I awoke the next morning to find that I was on top of Russel's giant cranium. I sat up and looked across to see tht we were approaching the island. It was morning according to the light orange peaking up from the horizon and that Russel made breakfasr from a hammerhead shark he found in the ocean.
As he bit the shark in half, I could not help, but shudder at the way he gruesomely ate the fearful beast. I looked at the horizon to see a small island of trash?
"Russel, look?" I cried.
Russel look and saw the island. He ran through the water as we approached the island, we saw that it was under some kind of attack. I stood on top of Russel's head as I felt the urgency to attack, but then Russel picked me up.
"Russel, what the he-?"
"Noodle, this is dangerous. I'm gonna hide ya in my mouth okay?"
I looked at Russel. He knew I was capable of taking care of myself so I knew this was serious. I nodded my head as he opened his mouth and climbed inside. He closed his mouth and I immediately felt sick. It smelt like chum in there and held my breath. I heard muffled sounds under his breathing. Gunshots and screams sounded in the background.
Crashing water and the familiar sound of crushing metal overcame the sound. I held my breath and tried to hold still. I gasped for air and took another deep breath before holding it again. Unable to hold my breath much long I pried Russel's mouth open and came out. I lifted my mask to see a younger me and Murdoc.
Murdoc looked at me as if he saw a ghost. I wouldn't blame him. He probably thought I was dead. I jumped from Russel's mouth and walked towards Murdoc. The carbon copy of myself stepped in from of me as if she was telling me to back off.
I looked at her. I felt an evil presense in her and she knew I was onto her. She glared at me and I glared back and looked at Murdoc.
"Cyborg, back down. These are friends of mine," Murdoc said with a sly grin.
She stepped aside with a slight sense of remorse in it. He walked to me with his usual swagger and put his arm around me.
"Cyborg, get me and my chaps some rum," Murdoc ordered the robot.
I pushed Murdoc's arm off of me. He must've been horny as hell without any real women on the island, but still I didn't feel comfortable with that. Murdoc grinned again as he walked around me. He was checking me out!
"It's been so long, Noods. You've grown up so much," he said.
"5 years," I responded.
"Wot in hell's name happened to your face though?"
I grinded my teeth and clenched my fists. I even heard Russel grind his teeth behind me.
"What happend to my face? You really want to know? Remember El Mañana? When I jumped off that island the parachute was blown close to the last explosion and burning debris hit my bloody face! And you know what? I stayed around that damn crashsite for several days waiting for you to come and find mind. Suprise! You never did! I collapsed in the freakin' wilderness and was put in a foster home. This scar ruined me Murdoc!
I had to be homeschooled because people constantly harassed me about my appearance! I had to hide with this mask for years! And what's worse is the hell I went to get here! I got attacked by pirates on my way here!"
I grabbed Murdoc by the collar of his shirt and yanked him close so I could look him dead in the eye. I grinded my teeth together and let all the hatred collect together. I felt it literally run through my veins. The adrenaline inside me fueled it and I lifted my fist getting ready to beat the crap out of him.
I heard fast-paced steps charging at me. It was the cyborg and I dropped Murdoc to avoid an further problems.
"You know what Murdoc? Despite the hell you put me through, I'm going to forgive you because by traveling the world alone I learned whaat it was really like. I learned what regular people did and that's when I realized that I just wasn't one of them. I'm Noodle and I'm the guitarist for Gorillaz."
Murdoc got up and made a hault gesture to the cyborg and she stopped.
"I'm very happy to see you're back Noodle. Nobody could replace you," said Murdoc as he shooed away the cyborg.
I sighed and looked at him. I took another deep breath and hugged him.
"I actually missed you Murdoc," I said.
Murdoc hugged me back. I wasn't sure why I forgave him so quickly. It was all true, but this was what I had to do. Mr. Kyuzo had told me that. There was still someone missing and I looked up and pulled away from Murdoc.
"Where's 2D?" I asked.
"Face-ache? He's in his room. You can take the elevator to see him. He's not used to visitors so be easy HAHA no go in and scare him if you want. That whale has him scared stiff," Murdoc answered.
"Ya' mean da whale I tossed away?" asked Russel.
I walked into the building while he and Murdoc started to argue. It was like old times. They hadn't changed. Was it just me who changed? I still felt unsure of myself and I walked through the entrance of the building. I was in Murdoc's study and I stepped into a crude elevator. B2 had the label that read "2D's Room" on it. I pressed the button and it lit up. I listened to the elevator music as I felt myself descend. The door opened and I quietly walked in.
The doors had made a horrible creaking sound and I looked at a clock in his room. It was 6pm already? I was suprised. 2D was about to take a bunch of pills. Aspirin, painkillers, everything he probably had. He dropped ll of them on the floor when he heard me come in. I had covered my face with the mask because believe it or not I didn't want to scare him.
He looked at me and walked up to me. 2D looked like he was feeling sick. His eyes were red and heavy as if he had already taken a ton of pills. He was in some kind of shock and probably thought I was a hallucination. He reached out and touched me.
"2D?" I asked.
"Who are you?" he asked me with his hazy gaze.
He looked like he was going to collapse. My heart shattered to see him like this. I felt like I could compare with his pain now. I felt a strong sympathy for him and then smiled under my mask.
"It's me, Noodle," I said.