Chapter 11: I'm Not Afraid of Tomorrow
Nothingness:
A white liquid/gas with characteristics of both. It makes the organism become apathetic and disinterested in everyday life. Eventually, they become Nobodies. Also, see Operation 13
Roxas
We all stare at the screen, in shock, paralyzed by the truth forced into our brains. Cloud stares at Axel. "Lea? Lea, you're still alive. Oh, God, I didn't realize it," he whispers.
"Cloud," Axel says evenly, devoid of emotion. He shoves Cloud over, yelling at him, "You bastard! You thought I died? Well, I'm still here, when you tried to die, get rid of your guilt. You tried to take the easy way out. But guess what! I still exist, got it memorized?"
"Hey, hey, hey. Kid. Lea, Axel, whatever the hell your name is. Stop it, take a deep breath, calm down," says Leon, stepping in to separate Axel from Cloud's shirt.
"It's not kid, scar-face! It's Axel! A-X-E-L! Got it memorized?" Axel roars at Leon. He's in a corner, trapped, trying to break from his bonds, like a wild lion…
"Hey, you guys. Just stop. Stop," I say, first just talking, but I ended up yelling: "YO, GUYS. SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" Everybody quiets down.
Dumbasses. "Let's figure this out."
Sora steps forward. "I say, we look for more information." Everyone agrees when the door blows off its hinges. Holy crap. Swarms of black-with-golden-eyed and white monsters come crawling in. We all summon/grab our assorted weapons and set to. We realize fast that there is a problem: Hitting these monsters is like hitting air. We have Zexion set up a barrier to keep more from coming in and he starts searching the computer for a weakness.
One minute later. Zexion told us that the black things were Heartless and the white ones were Nobodies. The weakness we had to find out for ourselves.
Cloud gets rid of a little part of the monsters with every swing, Leon not far behind, destroying them with something called a Gunblade. Axel and I are back to back, destroying any of them that get too close to us. Sora and Riku make a good team, they're making steady progress. Demyx drowns the monsters that get too close to Zexion who is still searching. Marluxia teleports back and forth, weaving, Larxene deadly with her daggers. Xigbir snipes them from the door. Many more are still swarming.
The barrier disengages. Another Riku enters the room. What? He's carrying a sword that looks like Riku's Keyblade, but it's different.
The Heartless and Nobodies step back. The other Riku steps forward. "Hello, I'm just here for the Original. Everyone else, surrender or die."
Axel laughs. "Cliché are we?" Sora steps in front of Riku. "Try to get past me."
Rep-Riku smirks. "Sorry, Sora, but you'll just have to MOVE!!" A black ball of darkness slams into Sora, knocking the wind out of him. He wheezes. I feel the pain too, hot, searing pain. Axel drags the two of us and dumps us by the counter, chakrams at the ready at a moments notice…
Replica-Riku
A clone of Riku designed to destroy the normal Riku see Riku to carry out our plans while being stronger than Riku. Made by Vexen. See Operation XIII
Sora
"Axel, get away. I'm fine!" I yell, trying to get past his tall form. Riku. Only Riku matters.
"Sora, just stay the hell here. You need to heal," Axel snaps. Zexion snaps his head up. "Axel, look out!" he yells, pointing. Vexen is right behind Axel. Axel whirls, chakram a minute too slow. Vexen hits Axel on the head with his shield, ice wrapping around Axel. Axel falls down.
"Sorry, Number VIII, you'll just have to stay down for a moment," Vexen laughs.
"Why?" Roxas asks. "Why, you bastard?"
"Because, cretin, I want power. It shall all be mine. I decided to enter myself in the experiment after my accident."
Axel opens his eyes slowly. "Bastard," he whispers, snapping his fingers. Vexen goes up in flames. Bastard.
Riku and Rep-Riku fight, both blocking the other one's moves, a mirror image of each other…
Riku
Xehnohort's son. Used in the first experiment. Xehnohort's wife was injected with darkness and mako, hence Riku's odd coloring. The darkness killed the wife in labor but Riku survived.
Riku
Rep smirks as I block his move again. He brings Soul Eater closer so that his face and blade are pushing toward my blade, forcing me to take a step back.
"What do you want?" I rasp.
"Ha! That's rich! What do I want?" He laughs, adding more pressure to the blades. I grit my teeth. "What I want, Riku is to destroy the face in the mirror, shatter it. To destroy you, make you nothing, not even dust.
"Then why are you here to retrieve me? Why just kill me? Heh. You're an idiot." He growls. "If you want to kill me," I say, drawing Way to the Dawn back, left arm out, "Then try."
He jumps at me, swinging madly. I block each one; rip open the left sleeve of his armor, making it bleed. I smirk and look over at Sora. He has a look of horror on his face; I turn.
"Ah-Too slow!" Rep crows. I barely have time to see the swing intended to smash my head on the tiles; I stumble, land on the floor, Way to the Dawn clattering on the tile, my hand goes up over my face...
The fake laughs, and then yells, "What?" Sora's Keyblade was blocking Soul Eater from descending any further. Sora has a look of range that I have never seen on his face ever.
"Touch him again, and you'll be the next one to go!" Sora yells.
"Sora, go sit back down!" I snap. He shakes his head.
"You're my boyfriend, Riku. I wouldn't have it any other way!" Stubborn person!
"Fine!" The Rep laughs.
"You fools! You think love will save you! It won't. You will all meet the same end! (1)" he rages. Sora twists the Keyblade and makes it so that the Rep is on the receiving end of pressure. I slide in between the two, just like in mat ball, and slice the Rep in half. Rep gasps in pain. He looks at us and maybe, just maybe, I saw a tear. And then he faded into the Darkness.
Darkness:
A black liquid or a gas, with characteristics of both. It infects the mind and body, making the organism unstable. Mood swings violently, most of the time angry, sullen, or withdrawn. At some point in time, the subject succumbs and fades into Darkness or becomes a Heartless.
A/N: Sorry for the wait. I had to convince myself that a filler chapter would be alright to type. Hence, this chapter is very short. And I've had band stuff.
Thank you for the reviews, darke, patrengkee, and Twilight Emo Wind Goddess 801.
Hopefully, the next chapter will be up soon. We are nearing the end of Change Up. (tear)
(1)- It's a quote from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Kadaj says it but I decided to make it Rep's.
