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Chapter 11: Stand In The Rain
~ Superchick
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There were so many different emotions going through Sora's body that he could keep up or even recognise half of them. Pain, sadness, anger, grief. Three people! Three people had entered that house but would never leave it. His head was pounding, his stomach hurt, his eyes ached but above all his heart hurt.
He didn't know what Cloud was doing, he was unaware until his saw the house go up in a flurry of flames and smoke dancing their deadly dance; burning everything inside to a crisp. His oldest brother was gone and he'd be damned before Roxas met the same fate. He wouldn't let it happen.
Roxas had mentally decided he would never talk again to anyone other than Sora or Axel. He now had the responsiblity that Cloud had: 'Take care of Sora.'
It was a pact made the same night Sora he seen them watching the news with Sephiroth "If one of us dies the other will look after Sora Strife with their life." The Strife family was know well for their sense of loyalty and the need to protect their important people. Roxas never believed that before, he never seen it. Untill now. The proof was in the burning house behind them.
Riku and Sephiroth had never really had what you'd call a 'brotherly' relationship. They hated each other, it was just how they were. When the two had been reunited they only nodded to each other in acknowledgement before walking off.
There was no hugging or crying, no 'You're okay!', just a simple nod before continuing on as if nothing had happened, as if nothing had changed.
But Riku was glad that he hugged his older brother goodbye. He had his chance to show that he never hated him as much as he pretended and he found out the Seph had felt the same.
Xion and Namine had become closer since the out break. Xion had lulled herself into a sense of false security, even though the undead attacked them nearly every night Xion believed her sister wouldn't die. Ever. She didn't realise how stupid she was...until now.
The sisters had never been separated in thier lives. Losing Kairi was hard but Xion still had Namine to help her, but now that they were both gone Xion couldn't help but feel that she was truly alone for the first time in her life.
Aqua was driving, following Xion's mumbled directions towards her house. They all knew that this would go one of two ways. Either everyone in the house was dead and ready to bite their faces off or the house was empty. There was the possibility that Xion's family was alive but it was very slim.
Axel growled at a walker that was minding it's own business walking slowly down the road "I wish we could fuck the zombie's shit up!"
"I like this idea" Aqua smiled, "But it's suicide and no else needs to die."
"Turn left at the end of the road" Xion said quietly with a tremor in her voice, she was shaking after all.
"Are we just going to move from house to house for the rest of our lives?" Ven asked from the back of the car, he was keeping an eye on the twins.
"What else can we do" Aqua said sighing, "We can't go out and kill them all! There's only a few of us V something close to 6.5 billion zombies. Our loss is their gain"
"What I want to know is: why? Why did they attack us practically everyday for 2 weeks? And how did they know we were there?" The rest of the car ride was silent. No one has the answers to Ven's questions, so no one answered them.
When they arrived at Xion's house they found it was empty of people, both living and dead.
Axel and Riku jumped out of the car's boot and closed the iron gate behind the small group. The car was parked in a way that if they were attacked they could escape quickly.
They all wondered into the house in science.
"I wonder what happened" Aqua whispered as she looked around the deserted house, "Everything's still here, food, clothes, water, candles, cars." The teen was looking for anything salvageable but there was so much stuff that she left it where it was and threw out the food that was out of date instead.
Sora and Riku had gone to the room which was once Kairi's. It had a pink door with Kairi's name painted across it in white. The door next to Kairi's was black, Xion's room, the teen's name was written in pink. The last door was white with 'Namine' written on it in black.
Kairi's walls were painted a light shade of pink, there was a mattress on a wooden bed frame by the window along with a wooden night stand.
A glass was on it's side on the floor but whatever used to be inside had now been soaked into the white fluffy carpet before drying. The bookshelves held books on different types of dances and music. The walls were filled with pictures of Kairi with her family or with her friends.
Sora curled up against Riku on Kairi's bed and was lulled into sleep by the older teen's breathing.
Xion was in her own room with Roxas and Axel. The three didn't speak, just sat in silence.
Ven didn't know what to do with himself so in the end helped Aqua search the house for useful objects. They climbed a small set of stairs turning left once they had reached the top. The two continued walking straight until they found a corridor made of what looked like iron, it was slanting downwards.
"What the-?" Aqua said softly running a hand along the wall, "What is this?"
"Let's follow it and see where it leads."
"Alright."
As Aqua and Ven got closer to the end of the corridor it slowly got colder and colder before it was almost freezing; their breath causing clouds to form. When they reached the end they didn't like what they found. There was a room filled with undead; Xion's family.
"So this must have been built to protect the mayor" Aqua said as she watched the zombies move around the sealed off room.
"They must have let someone in who was bitten."
"And when that person turned..."
"They couldn't get the door open in time to escape."
Aqua sighed "A room built for protection was their downfall I guess."
"Yeah...we shouldn't tell Xion about this" Ven replied turning away from the metal door, "She's been through enough."
"But this will be the first place she'll look."
"I know...We'll just have to keep her away" Ven murmured, "She can't see this."
When Sora woke up Riku was playing with one of his spikes "You okay?" he asked.
Sora nodded "Riku?" he asked his eyebrows knitting together, a pout on his lips.
"Yeah?"
"If I ever get bitten...I want you to shoot me."
Riku drew back from their hug in surprise "What?"
"It's a simple request" Sora said, "If I start to turn into one of those things shoot me!"
Riku was quiet for what seemed like hours to Sora.
"...Okay" The older teen said finally, "but only as a last resort and you have to do the same for me."
Sora smiled and settled himself to go back to sleep. As Sora drifted off Riku remembered the words left on the fence.
'Don't become bound by chains you cannot break'.
Why was he remembering that now?
