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2D's POV:
"Wot! We bloody need to do some'fing! I can't believe 'fis!" I exasperated while tangling my fingers in my messy blue hair. Jeiel was in trouble and these blokes are just standing around in shock! Do some'fing, dammit! I thought to myself with worry prickling every cell in my body.
"Del, bond yourself with Russ like before!" I demanded my hands now rubbing my face with panic. I dunno what I would do with myself if something happened to Jeiel... I thought to myself, I could already hear my pulse pounding in my head. This usually happened before I got a major migraine.
"I can't..." Del choked out like he was suffocating. I dropped to the ground with a loud THUD! I let my head fall down to my knees in defeat. I couldn't believe how I had no control over the situation. My love was out there somewhere unknown with "fatal" injuries, as Del had described, and here we were, powerless and defenseless.
"Chill, Dee. Del..." Russel began but the ghostly rapper seemed to turn away from him as he spoke.
"Del, I know you can. You just won't because of last time. C'mon, man, Jeiel's in danger..." Russel pleaded Del.
"You don't think I know 'dat! Of course I do, and I care, but..." Del began.
"But wot? Get your ghostly ass into Hobbs before I make you, mate." Murdoc threatened as he got up from where he had been sitting. Suddenly he outstretched one hand towards me as I remained sitting in my defeated position. I gave him a confused look. Murdoc returned my confused look with a friendly smile, which was odd seeing how a couple days ago he would have fed me to wild animals and cannibals...
I decided to take his hand with gratitude. With a loud grumble and some knee joints popping, Murdoc helped me stand up again. I know it wasn't a big deal, but it was nice to know that he really did care, especially since Murdoc was hurt and helping me up probably strained his wounds.
"Guys, it's not 'dat I won't, it really is 'dat I can't. Russel, remember last time when I put you in a 'coma'-like sleep to prevent your death?" Del asked Russel.
"Yea, man, why?" Russel asked with the shrug of his shoulders.
"Well, the damage is already done. You see, when I bonded with you, we were two souls in one body, working and acting together as one. I burned your body, I fried it, man! Your aura turned black and it would have been too late if I hadn't put you in that trance, but as I said, the damage has been done. I permanently damaged your body, and if I even try to bond myself to you again, your insides will boil and you will die." Del explained.
Russel looked at his own body, a gasp seemed to escape his own mouth.
"Not even for a few seconds? I mean we only need-" Russel started to say, but Del shook his head "no". Then suddenly the gears began to turn in my head as everyone gave each other worried glances.
"What about me...?" I asked sheepishly.
"Say what?" Noodle asked with an outrageous look at me.
"Yu heard me, 'yu all did. You might not be able to bond to Russel, but you can bond to me." I said with confidence. My cheeks flushed slightly red as I realized that I was kinda popping my chest in a masculine way.
"Face-ache, that's a bad idea, if anyone is to have Del possess them, its me. I've seen my fair share of shit, and I am the toughest." Murdoc said. I scoffed as I looked at the green-skinned man sitting against the hut wall with burn wounds traveling up his arms and around his stomach.
"You're sodding hurt! How the 'ell do you expect to even carry Jeiel if she's passed out? Certainly not with those burns!" I blurted out with obvious discontent. Before Murdoc could protest, I continued my argument.
"I know all of 'yu blokes believe I'm a push over, and maybe I am... But I'm not when it comes to Jeiel. I love Jeiel, and I would die for her! I proved it last year when I took a goddamn bullet for her, and I would do it everyday of my life without hesitation! Now we can argue all 'yu want, but it doesn't change the fact that Jeiel is hurt somewhere and needs help fast! So stop the pointless bitching and bond your mother fucking self to me, dammit!" I said to Del with such rage that everybody stared at me. They couldn't believe how stubborn and forceful I had been. I hated conflict, therefore I never started it. So you can see how this was a bit of a shock.
"Al'ight, man, but I warned you." Del said as he approached me. Surprisingly, nobody protested. They just stood back and witnessed what was happening. My heart was thudding against my chest as I held up my hands to Del. Del soon touched my palms with his ghostly ones, and it was like he was being sucked into me.
I dropped to my knees wheezing as Del entered my body. It was a sick feeling that made me feel like I was falling into a bottomless pit. I shut my eyes tight and gripped my head, ready for a migraine to go full throttle pained pulsing...but nothing came. Yet I still couldn't breath, the others were circled around me with worry on their faces. I had this strange feeling like a burning from the inside of my body.
"2D!" Noodle and Darla yelled in my ear.
"Dullard, are 'yu alright?" Came from Murdoc. At this point, I was tuning out everyone, trying my best to get some kind of grip on reality.
Are you okay? I heard Del speak in my head.
Whoa, how the 'ell... I began thinking to myself.
Dude, we share the same body and mind, we work together. Of course I can speak to you from your head. And I can read your thoughts. Del explained.
Can I read your thoughts? I asked.
No, its complicated... I'm the one that bonded to you, therefore you can't hear my thoughts unless I let you. Del answered.
I snapped my eyes open and became aware of the people around me.
"Shit! Your eyes!" Murdoc yelped.
"Wot?" I asked dumbfounded.
"They're green!" Russel said with shock.
Green? I thought to Del in my head.
Oh ya man, I decided to show your aura through your eyes, seeing how 'de were already black orbs...So they with tell me when I've been here too long, you know, before I burn your body and you die... Del explained insensitively.
At least my eyes finally have color again... I thought pitifully to myself.
"No need to worry, Del says that the color of my eyes are gonna detect how much time I have left before he kills me." I said a bit too nonchalantly that Darla actually started to laughed out loud.
Remember 'dat we don't have much time... Del inquired. With my jolt back to reality, I looked to the others.
"I'm off to bring back 'me love." I told them. They all looked at me with...hope.
How do I do 'fis? I asked Del.
It's easy, close your eyes and think only of Jeiel. Del explained. This task was going to be so easy.
I thought about Jeiel with so much passion and love. I thought about the joy that filled my heart when I would wake up each morning to her sleeping beside me. I remembered the sugary taste of her lips and the sweet smell of her perfume. It was flowery, definitely roses with a touch of something a bit sharper. I also thought back to one memory of a morning when I watched her put on makeup. She was fashionably dressed in all hot pink as usual. I remember asking why she put on makeup, because she was already so beautiful...
Suddenly I opened my eyes to different surroundings, yet I hadn't felt the weightlessness I had felt each time Russel had transported us a year ago. Del seemed to understand my confusion.
Wow man, 'dat was deep. I knew you loved Jeiel, but I never fully understood it until just now, when I witnessed your memories. You didn't feel the usual side-affects of transporting because you were too deep in thought with your love... Del said, he sounded astonished.
I looked around to observe my surroundings and find Jeiel. I realized we were half-way up the volcano and I was looking down at the village below. I turned around to see the large volcano I was standing on, only something caught my eye. It was Jeiel!
My heart lurched with so much fear and pain as I saw her laying on the ground. Blood pooling all around her. Bruises and cuts, and gnashes seemed to cover her entire body. It looked like she had fallen from a great height. Suddenly, a harsh force pushes me and I fall backwards off the cliff of the volcano! I got one good look at him, he was a tan man with black hair and he was just as beat up as Jeiel. As I fell backwards to my doom, I didn't even care about what was happening to me, because I watched as the strange man inched closer to Jeiel threateningly.
"Awwwww!" I screamed out loud as felt my body fall through the air. I had shut my eyes tight, but something was wrong.
Open your eyes... Del spoke in my head. I did so and was shocked to see that I was in mid-air but not falling, instead I was floating.
How? Russel couldn't float in mid-air when you had bonded yourself to him... I asked with utter curiosity.
He could have, but I didn't because it burns bodies faster, but this was an emergency! Del said. With that, I felt a strange force lift me up until I was back on the cliff. The stranger looked at me with wide-eyes. I neared him then sent him flying back with a hard punch.
Damn! I thought to myself at the new power I had acquired from Del.
Hurry, man! Del reminded me. I quickly ran to Jeiel's side and lifted her body. I carried her bridal style.
Let's transport her to a hospital. I said to Del.
N-no, 2D, I will burn your body. It's too far away... Del responded.
Fine, back to the village. I ended with that thought and shut my eyes tight. I thought about the village but not as passionately as I had about Jeiel, so I was instantly struck with the transporting sickness and the feeling of weightlessness.
Once there, I opened my eyes to see I was back in the hut. Murdoc, Russel, Noodle, Darla, and even Althia all waited and their eyes widened at how bad Jeiel's condition was. My heart fluttered as I began to breath heavy so I handed Jeiel to Russel so that I could catch my breath.
"Dee, you're eyes turning blue! Russel said. Suddenly, Del emerged from my body. It felt like someone was pulling me in half with this excruciating pain. I gasped for breath and fell to the ground where I remained there for awhile until I passed out...
Murdoc's POV:
He passed out! Face-ache actually passed out! What a bloody epic fail! Now mind you, I was actually impressed with how he demanded Del to bond to him so that they could save Jeiel. Then he comes back with Jeiel , and she is out cold and 2D is just holding her with this expression on his face. It was like he had just carried her out of a battle field! He look like a hero. His face had a look of raw determination, then... his face contorted in pain and he handed Jeiel to Russel, where Del exited his body and 2D hit the ground with a thump and just like that, he was snoozing away.
"He's be al'ight." Del said to us as we looked at the sleeping 2D. Althia suddenly began to panic after looking at the battered up Jeiel.
"Russel, put her down her! We don't need to cause exacerbated injury if she's bleeding internally!" Althia panicked. I stood back and sat down against the wall of the hut. I watched as Athia had ushered many villagers into the small hut, to the point that Russel, Darla, and Noodle all had to leave the hut.
"Will she be alright?" I asked trying to calm myself. Althia ignored my question which only made me freak out more.
"Is she alright, love?" I asked louder with a sterner tone.
"Althia, answer me!" I yelled with my voice beginning to break after a couple minutes of silence.
"Do you need to leave the hut?!" Althia yelled at the top of her lungs at me as she and her co-worker of natives furiously worked on Jeiel's medical needs.
"N-noo..." I tried to say but my voice broke only into a barely audible whisper. Althia looked back at me with worry, which unsettled me. I fought back my dying urge to panic, I just stared at the floor and remained this way until they were done with Jeiel. I heard Althia say something in her foreign language to her village healers. The natives seemed to push 2D's sleeping body near her's, and the too peacefully laid limp on the hut floor together. Althia soon calmly approached me.
"Hey." She whispered to me as she sat down next to me.
"Hi." I said dryly. I gave her a look that said, "Is Jeiel okay?" Althia looked to the floor then back at me.
"She's ehh... well, right now she needs to rest. We cleaned all wounds, and we won't be able to tell if something is broken until she wakes..." Althia said, but she said the sentence as if she was really trying to say, "If she wakes up."
I suddenly had a moment of weakness as a single tear fell down my cheek. Althia saw and her expression changed to shock. Dammit, I hate it when people see me fucking cry! I thought to myself with shame. I thought she would call me weak, or make fun of me, or make a smart retort, or some shit like that. Instead, she sighed and hugged me.
I sat very stiffly and tensed when her arms wrapped around my shoulders. I soon eased into it and laid my head on her shoulder.
"Remember when you asked me why I even cared about your well-being?" Althia whispered in my ear.
I gulped and replied back, "Yea." Althia separated from our hug, and she looked at me with kind eyes and a small smile.
"Because I like you." She said. I did a breathy chuckle at this. She punched me in the arm while asking, "What?" I instantly doubled over because she had punched my burns.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Althia apologized with her hands on her mouth with regret.
"Itss alright, lovve..." I gasped out. After I recovered, I looked Althia right in her eyes.
"You 'like' me? Right because you could have fooled me, with all the arguing we did." I said with a smirk.
"Well you insulted me!" Althia defended.
"How?" I asked defensively.
"You made it out like I wasn't as attractive or as good of a kisser since I won't give into your flirty attempts. Althia said with a huge smile.
"Wot? All I said was that you were innocent." I said.
"I am not innocent!" Althia said with appall.
"Whatever 'yu sa-" I began to say but Althia suddenly crushed her lips against mine. I was shocked and wasn't prepared, but soon I adjusted. The kiss lasted a full minute and involved tongue. When we parted, we both had a moment where we both just looked into each other's eyes. It was short and only lasted a second until we both dropped our gaze.
"Wow..." I said with clear bewilderment. Althia only smile.
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed that chapter, oohhh what shall happen next? Poll Time!
Poll 1:
Which strange event should happen next?
1. Islanders begin to go missing.
2. The Gorillaz search for who had kidnapped Noodle and Jeiel.
3. The islanders discover dead animals turning up everywhere.
4. The volcano shakes as if it is about to erupt.
5. A strange plane surveys the Islander's village.
6. A strange note is discovered and gives hints on how death will soon take place.
Poll 2:
Jeiel's condition...so far? (This will change throughout the fanfic depending on the poll votes)
1. Jeiel wakes up.
2. Jeiel remains unconscious.
