I want a normal life
just like a new born child
I am a lover hater
I am an instigator
You are an oversight
Don't try to compromise
I'll learn to love to hate it
I'm not integrated
Demyx pushed open the door to the large library and stepped inside, the summer heat immediately being replaced by the much cooler atmosphere. His hair was still damp from swimming at the local pool with the others, and after finding out Zara and Zexion had bailed because he was helping her get back into the swing of things at work. So he had opted to go and bring them some food afterwords so they could take a break.
The place was quiet, as always, and he sighed, quiet was never really his thing. As he made his way towards the second floor of the library, the bags of food grasped firmly in his hand. He waved at the workers at the cafe that recognized him from his many lunch trips before that he often brought his two friends.
When the sound of faint music reached his ears he paused in between one of the large rows of books, turning his head to see Zara there, quickly putting up books while the chord to her iPod was running down her back, her hair covering the earphones that were no doubt in her ears and blasting almost at full volume. Demyx grinned as he walked over, and Zara, who caught sight of movement, turned to face him while a smile broke over her face. "Hey Demyx." She said quietly, reaching up and removing her earphones, making the music louder.
"Heya Zara, you want some food?" He offered, holding up the bag.
"You have no idea, I'm starving." She laughed. "Give me a minute to finish putting these up, Zexion is somewhere in the back."
"Sounds good, I'll meet you in the corner we normally go to." He caught the look of confusion on his face and mentally hit himself. "It's on the third floor, a corner in the right."
She nodded. "Ok, I'll be there in a second." He let her get back to work and started towards the back rooms of the second floor, knowing now that's where Zexion would be. When he reached the large doors he pushed them open and was met with the sight of books that lined the shelves all there for various reasons either to be prepared or fixed up before moving back to the shelves in front. "Zexion?" He called.
Suddenly his blue haired friend was there. "Hello Demyx." He said politely.
"Hey, I brought food for you and Zara, thought you would like to take a break."
Zexion nodded in agreement and they started walking out into the second floor again. "I'm been working with Zara all day, we could both use one."
"Hey guys." Zara came to a stop in front of them. "I need to run down to the store down the street really quick, going to grab a soda and I need a new hard drive for school. Is that ok?"
"No problem. Can you get me a water while you're there?" Demyx inquired.
She smiled and nodded. "No problem. I'll be back in a few minutes." She wave them a quick wave before turning around and making her way towards the stairs, leaving the two staring after her.
"I wonder how much longer she's going to not remember." The blond said a little sadly.
"It wouldn't surprise me if she remembered soon. But we'll give her the time she needs."
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Zada walked out of the library and picked up a light jog, her iPod once again playing as her earphones were in place and started making her way to the store she had seen. During the day her break was going to be the only chance she got to run and grab that flash drive before she headed towards the movie theater, Hasan was going to take her to see the new Resident Evil movie that had come out that she had immediately taken an interest to.
A few people were there as she dodged around them on the sidewalk, a variety of ages as they were enjoying the warm and lazy day. Her mind was currently wondering, her mood far more happier than she had been in a while as she thought she was finally getting a grip on things. She didn't pay attention as she passed one of the breaks in between two different buildings, so when an arm shot out and grabbed her all she could do was gasp as she was suddenly pulled into the space and slammed against the wall, pain flaring up her back but at the moment her mind didn't focus on it.
He was a large man, in worn out clothes and disheveled hair while his grin was one that beyond freaked her out. His meaty hand gripped her upper arms firmly as he towered over her, and unconsciously she tried to shrink back more. "Didn't think I'd ever see you again." He laughed, and she mentally cringed.
"What do you want?" She asked, and she was surprised that her voice came out a lot steadier than what she was currently feeling.
"What the hell do you mean what do I want?" The sarcastic happiness was gone as he glared at her. "Don't play stupid with me, it's because of you a couple of my buddies were thrown into jail!"
She frowned. "What did I ever do to you?" She snapped, feeling her anger rise some. Wait, wasn't she just freaking out a moment ago?
"You little brat." He growled, and his other arm started rising up to no doubt slap her.
She didn't know what came over her, but suddenly her unpinned arm shot out, and with the hand enveloped in dark shadows she slammed it into his chest and she watched with slight amazement as he flew back, his body colliding with the wall opposite of her. But she noticed that surprise was smothered by a different feeling, one that felt so right, like she had absolute comfort by using the power against an enemy. What scared her was that she enjoyed it.
Zara didn't let herself wait around any longer when she heard running footsteps approaching around the corner. She spun around and started running, suddenly finding her body bursting with energy as she quickly ran down the length of the buildings before reaching the opening and flying to the left, the only thought running in her mind was to get away as the shouting behind her quickly started to fade.
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Demyx immediately started freaking out when he saw the man slam into the cement wall, and it grew even more when he recognized him as one of the few men that weren't caught after Zara was rescued from her kidnapping. "Zara!" He tried to call out to her but she was already turning the corner and disappearing. Suddenly Zexion was there too.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Call Axel and Hasan." Demyx said quickly to him before taking off on a run as well, his longer legs taking him quickly to the other end before he turned left and followed after his friend, his worry continuing to grow. "Zara wait!" Her form continued on though as she hit a split in the paths and started right, the path becoming less taken care of and knowing that it would end at the beach in about a mile or so.
And to his surprise she ran the entire thing, her feet soon starting to kick up the sand of the beach as she ran for the water. He didn't pause in his own running, though his lungs were burning and he felt relief flood through him as he was able to stop, almost running right past Zara who stood at the waters edge. "Z, are you-" He paused and stood in front of her. "Z..."
Her entire form was shaking, and she was staring at the water behind him. "Did I just-just..." She took a deep breath. "Kill him?"
"What?" He quickly rested his hands on her shoulders. "No Zada, you didn't kill him, he's just knocked out." He said comfortingly.
"But..." She bit her lip and shook her head. "What the hell did I just do?" She demanded, but he had a feeling that she wasn't talking to him.
He did the only thing he could and wrapped her in a tight hug, feeling her sob and her shoulders move with the action. This is not good.
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Axel ran right up to Zexion's form with Hasan beside him. "Hey bookworm! What's going-" They both stopped in their tracks at the unconscious man in front of them, the only sigh that he was alive was the weak movement of his chest, but what they were really staring at was the indent of the cement wall that he rested in front in. "What the hell happened?" He demanded.
Zexion looked at them before his eyes rested on Hasan. "He cornered your sister, she ended up using her power over darkness to defend herself."
"Where is she?" He asked worriedly.
"Demyx txted me a few minutes ago, she ended up at the beach."
"'Ended up?'" Axel echoed.
"After she defended herself she ran, Demyx had to run after her the entire time, she didn't stop till she hit the beach." He explained. "The police are on their way, I'll wait here, you go find your sister." Hasan quickly nodded before he was off again, Axel following quickly behind him as they didn't even consider the car.
It took another ten minutes, but they finally hit the beach edge just as the sun was starting to set over the calm waters, and in front of them Demyx was there, holding a still Zara as they sat on the sand. Hasan ran over and immediately knelt down in front of them, but was slightly surprised to see his sister's eyes closed. "She fell asleep about a minute ago." Demyx said quietly, his voice not its normal cheerful tone.
Hasan nodded and looked at Demyx. "Do you know how powerful the attack was?"
"Just enough to cause her to be exhausted after topping it with a mile run. I don't think she'll be to bad, just needs some rest." All of them knew that the first time Zara had used her powers to that extent, she hadn't been feeling the best afterwords. Any time she used it with to much power consequences happened when she didn't have full control over it, like now.
"Did that bastard hurt her?" Axel asked, his voice quiet but the anger still there.
Once again Demyx shook his head. "I checked, her arm might be a little sore but that's about it." Her brother felt relief overcome him as he nodded. "Let's take her home." He said quietly, standing up and watching as Demyx scooped her up under his arms and started carrying her.
"Should we tell the others?" Axel asked.
"Yeah, we'll tell them after we get her home." Hasan sighed, running a hand through his hair. "When Xemnas gave her the clear over her powers I didn't expect to have to go through this again."
"Trust me, we were right there with you." Axel groaned.
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Xemnas was surprised when he got the phone call immediately requesting his presence at the Alozza home he was immediately worried, because the only other time that happened was when Zara first discovered her powers, and it had turned into a very dangerous situation.
He was quickly led inside by a maid. "They're in her room sir." she said, and he nodded his thanks before quickly taking to the stairs and down the hallway to the room at the end. When he reached the door he knocked lightly before the door was thrown in, much to his surprise. "It happened again." Hasan said, and Xemnas compared him to the time he last saw him in this situation, unfortunately he looked just as worn.
"What situation was she put in?"
"One of the men from her kidnapping, he cornered her." Suddenly Axel was there, his face looking grim as they both stepped aside to let him in. Demyx was there to, sitting at her desk and looking worriedly at the still form of Zara as she laid on the bed.
Xemnas walked over and studied her closely, seeing she looked as worn as her brother. His hand suddenly became engulfed in shadows, just not as dark as Zara's had been when she attacked her kidnapper. Resting his hand on her forehead he closed his eyes for a moment, knowing the others were watching him but opting to ignore them for the minute.
A few minutes later his eyes opened again and the shadows slowly disappeared. "She'll be fine, however I'm surprised to see that her power is growing to the strength it was before the accident."
"What does that mean?" Demyx asked.
"It means she'll have the same amount of power and better control than she did after the accident. She's recovering nicely." This time he turned to her brother. "She'll just need rest, and food. When she wakes up make sure she eats something light but filling, it will help her recover faster. Also, her emotions are going to have a much heavier affect until she is herself again, so try and be cautious. From previous times it wouldn't surprise me if anger was the dominant emotion as before." He knew Hasan would follow his orders, he was the one that had helped her the first time this happened when his parents were away. It really could be a burden for someone to deal with a person suffering the affects of discovering, or for this case rediscovering, their powers to their full extent, but he knew that he would be able to do it.
"Do you think I should let her go to school tomorrow?"
"I would let her stay home and rest tomorrow, after that she should be well enough." He replied. "Give her a few more hours before her friends come here." All three of them looked at him and he chuckled. "Trust me, it will be much better for everyone, she is going to be very irritable the next few hours so you'll want to wait as long as possible."
"Got it." Axel smirked. "Won't be easy but I'm sure we can work something out."
"I'm sure you can." Xemnas agreed. "I will take my leave now, call if anything changes that would cause you to worry."
"We will sir, thank you." Hasan shook his hand before Xemnas turned and left the room, a sigh escaping him. In the state she's in rediscovering her full potential was not what we needed.
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Though they had tried to give her more time, it was only about two hours later that the entire group was there, waiting in the hallway with Kairi having a face off with her brother. "What's wrong with her Axel." She demanded, arms crossed and feet planted on the ground. Axel inwardly sighed, one of the times he wished Zara hadn't taught his sister to be so stubborn.
"Z just needs some rest-"
"Axel..." Kairi said, the warning in her tone.
"She ended up using her powers to a more powerful extent than she's used to." He said bluntly.
Everyone fell silent, and he knew they understood what that meant. "Who did she use it on?" Riku inquired.
"One of the lowlifes that got away after we got her back from the kidnapping. He cornered her."
"Was she hurt?" Sora asked quickly.
Axel laughed some, but it wasn't that happy. "No, he didn't. Trust me, she took care of him before he had a chance."
"Why can't we see her?" Namine asked, not aware of the event that had taken place when this first happened.
"Well..." Kairi was cut off as the door suddenly slammed open and Axel spun around, surprise flickering through his eyes as his shirt was grabbed and he was pulled down so his face was a few scant inches away from Zara's. "What the hell happened?" She demanded, her features obviously not pleased with how she woke up, and he was pretty sure it was with a major headache and absolutely no recollection of what happened.
"You ended up using your powers to their fullest extent, your body wasn't used to it, you blacked out." He said quickly. She thought for a moment before nodding, letting his shirt go before putting her fingers to her head, a look of annoyance on her features.
"My head is pounding." She mumbled.
"Which means you need food and more rest."
"And you know this how?"
"It's not the first time this has happened." Kairi said, recalling how her friend was easily angered last time as well.
"I'm going to grab some food then." She didn't say anything else as she walked past everyone and down the stairs, quickly disappearing and leaving them all behind her.
"I wonder how long until she's fighting Hasan to get out of the house." Riku commented.
"Is she really that bad?" Roxas asked. To his surprise most of them laughed.
"Trust us, it's highly entertaining as long as you're out of the line of fire." Sora grinned. When the sudden crash came from downstairs followed by loud cursing there were a few more chuckles.
"Alright, who's going to sacrifice themselves?" Riku asked simply.
Kairi sighed. "I'll do it this time, but then one of you have to go up against her." Solid nods before she started for the stairs, already anticipating the next 24 hours were not going to be that fun.
