Yo TheShineyMarbles here I seem to have just been getting a lot of inspiration lately so I've started writing more. I also want to thank those who are taking time to read this story and those who are reviewing. It means a lot to me and so I greatly thank you. I also want to say I am very sorry about the constant change in perspective in this chapter. I wanted to show how the events in one world affect the ones in the other world. Enjoy! :)
Chapter 12"Six o – of spades," Tiff said the first card that came to mind.
Night laughed maniacally and said, "wrong!" he turned and buried his sword in Lucy's shoulder.
Lucy screamed out in pain as blood started pouring from the cut in her shoulder. The blue blood oozed out of the cut and fell to the floor.
"What the hell?" Lucy said.
"How did that happen?" Meta Knight asked.
"Something must be happening in the other world. That mean's we have to find a way out of here and fast!" Lucy said before another cut appeared in her hip.
"No!" Tiff yelled as she guessed another card wrong. Night sliced Lucy's hip and she screamed out in pain while she was still asleep. Tiff felt helpless as she kept on causing her friend to get hurt. Tears were streaming down her face as she struggled to get free from her binds.
Tiff. She immediately stopped crying and looked around to see who could have said her name. There was no one except for Night, Lucy, Kabu and herself. Confused she dismissed the strange voice and focused on the situation at hand. Tiff, listen to me. I will tell you the card he has. We need to buy Lucy some time. She is almost home. Tiff almost thought she was going crazy with fear, but decided to test this voice out. She nodded to herself and looked Night in the eyes.
"Let's get this over with," she said.
"Alright, what card am I holding?" Night said as he held up a card.
Ace of spades the voice said. "Ace of spades." Tiff said. She held her breath and hoped that she was right.
Night looked surprised and nodded. "You win this one."
Lucy sat on the floor bloody and in pain. Meta Knight had bound her wounds as best as he could with the materials at hand and hoped she would not bleed out.
"There's someone hurting me on the other side. We need to get home as soon as we can or we're going to end up dead." Lucy said through clenched teeth.
"I am aware of that but how do we get out of this room?" Meta Knight asked.
"Well let's hope and pray that something turns up quick before whoever keeps putting holes in me finishes."
"Hello?" a voice said. Lucy and Meta Knight looked up to see Lu standing in the room along with them.
"Lu? What are you doing here?" Lucy asked with concern deep in her voice.
Lu sheepishly looked at the duo before saying, "I wanted to escape with you two. Lucy, I desperately want to be a part of you again. Please, I can't take it in this hellhole anymore." Lu was crying now and stared down at the ground as she spoke.
"Of course Lu." Lucy said to the crying girl.
"Well, isn't this touching?" The trio turned and looked to see Nika standing in the room in front of a door.
"When did you get here?" Meta knight asked.
"When did that door get here?" Lucy asked dumbfounded.
Nika merely shook her head and said, "Lu, you know you can't leave here. You belong to me now." With that, Nika whipped out her spear and came charging at Lucy.
"How are you able to guess all of these cards right?" Night asked the Cappy girl.
"I guess I'm just that lucky," she said with a smirk.
"That's impossible though. No one has ever won ten times in a row."
"Well I did and that's all that matters, because when I win, I protect Lucy."
"Do you now?"
Meta Knight did not think, he just acted. Unable to pull out his sword in time to deflect the blow he just threw himself in front of Lucy. He felt the spear pierce through his mask and bury itself in his body. He grunted as he took the blow and thanked whatever god was out there that it did not hit anything important. He fell to the ground bleeding and tore the spear from his body. Lucy screamed when he did and was unable to move from her own injuries. Lu stood there in shock as her capture attacked him.
"Damn," Nika said.
"Exactly," Meta Knight said when he drew his sword. He pointed it at her and said, "I refuse to lose another friend." A spear appeared in Nika's hand and she flung it at him. Meta Knight deflected it with little effort and was prepared to give her a swift kick to the face before she fell to the floor tied up in chains. Meta Knight looked back to see that the chains were coming from Lu.
"You can't hurt Nika. If she dies, I die. " Lu said to the knight. He nodded and sheathed Galaxia.
"Lu, how did you get here? I thought you were locked up in Heartless." Lucy said as she tried to stand up. She winced at the pain in her hip and Lu quickly went over and supported her with her own body.
"Silly, you shouldn't stand so soon. Your wounds aren't healed yet." Lu said.
"Please just answer my question."
"We are in Heartless. You were here the minute you climbed into the box. I'm the one who sent it after all."
"How did you know where we were?"
"We're the same person, so I can sense where you are at all times just like you can to me."
"I see. Well that was easy. We should probably get going." Then all of a sudden Lucy had a giant gash going across her stomach.
"No! Please stop!" Tiff screamed as he sliced a deep gash into Lucy's stomach. She screamed out in pain as the blue blood oozed from the wound.
"You're next after I'm done killing her" Night said. He continued to make large gashes across Lucy's body.
Lucy lay on the floor in agony as new cut kept on forming on her body. Meta Knight could not keep up with the amount of cuts appearing on her body as he tried to patch her up. Lu stared in horror as she suffered.
"Lu, please," Lucy whimpered as she held out her hand, "grab my hand."
"Okay," Lu said before grabbing her hand. Meta Knight watched as a bright blue light erupted from the room. He had to shield his eyes from it as he watched Lu disappear. Lucy's body healed the many cuts that riddled it and she stood up in front of Meta Knight. The light died down and Lucy opened her eyes. Her eyes glowed brighter and the rings were no longer dimmed. They had a new energy in them that was not there before.
"It's good to be whole again," Lucy said. She smiled at Meta Knight and took the star Meta Knight had not realized he was holding from his hand. He watched as she pulled on the edges and the star grew bigger. When it was about the size of a door it glowed white and she turned back to him.
"Don't worry if you feel a little dizzy coming back, that's normal." Lucy said before disappearing in the star. Meta Knight took a deep breath before following.
Tiff felt the star warm up in her pocket. It flew out and expanded. It glowed brightly and she saw Meta Knight walked though and collapse to the ground.
"Meta Knight!" Tiff yelled.
"Ow," Meta Knight groaned as he stood up rubbing his head.
"What? How is this possible?" Night said bewildered.
"Excuse me? Have you forgotten who you're dealing with?" Lucy smirked as she stood up. She was fully healed and looked ten shades of pissed.
"You were supposed to be stuck in the other world. How did you get out? You were not whole so your magic was weak." Night said amazed.
"Like I said, have you forgotten who you are dealing with?" Lucy said as she took a few step towards the monster.
"So you managed to fix yourself then? Just in time I guess, but I'm afraid you won't be living for much longer." Then Night drew his sword and pointed it at Lucy's chest, "Your life ends now." Night raised his sword and pointed it at Tiff. "If you fight me, she will die."
Lucy stopped approaching him and looked at Tiff deep in thought. Tiff prayed that she would be okay and hoped that no one would get hurt. Tiff fumbled with the rope that tied her hands and attempted to get free. Her wrists hurt from her struggling but she ignored the pain as she tried to get free. She managed to get one hand free and swiftly punched Night in the face with all her might. The self-defense lessons from Meta Knight do come in handy in times like this. Night was momentarily stunned and fell to the ground. Tiff, who was now standing hopped around in pain, was shaking her throbbing hand. Her knuckles felt like they were on fire since she hit Night so hard in the face. Meta Knight ran over and grabbed Tiff's hand to examine the damage.
"It looks like you hit him pretty hard," Meta Knight stated as he held her hand.
"Maybe that's why it hurts," Tiff said sarcastically.
"Don't sass your elders Tiff,"
"Sorry"
"Ow! Stop! That hurts you crazy –" Night yelled.
"Shut up and cooperate already idiot!" Lucy yelled cutting him off.
"The chains are too tight!"
"That's what you get when you threaten my friend's life!" Lucy yelled in his face as she pulled on the chains that had appeared from her body.
"Okay! Okay I'm terribly sorry for that just loosen these stupid chains." Night begged.
"If you're going to beg, at least beg properly. That means get on your knees. Until then you're making a one way trip back to Nightmare." Lucy said as she started dragging Night by one of his feet towards the castle.
Tiff and Meta Knight just stared as they watched Lucy argue with the monster. Meta Knight almost found it humorous as Tiff held back a giggle. Meta Knight untied Tiff's other hand and they followed behind Lucy to the castle.
They had finally made it back to the castle and Tiff ran to find her parents. Meta Knight and Lucy went off to the throne room. When they entered they saw the monster delivery system was in ruins. Lucy cursed to herself and let go of Night as she went to examine the damage.
"Hey little lady it's good to see you again!" The clueless king of dreamland said.
"Sire, what happened to the monster delivery system?" Lucy asked sternly.
"Well we destroyed that piece of junk. Smart huh?" DDD said.
"Geez you're an idiot," Lucy said muttered as she face palmed.
"What's wrong little lady?" DDD asked still clueless of his mistake.
"We need the delivery system in order to send him back." Lucy pointed at Night who was currently struggling to get free while Meta Knight stood on top of him to make sure he would not get away. Lucy looked at Meta Knight for a little bit before bursting out laughing. She laughed so much tears formed in her eyes and she fell to the floor. She gasped for breath and was failing miserably at composing herself.
"What is so funny," Meta Knight asked.
"Y – you!" Lucy yelled as she tried to talk between giggles. "Do you really have to stand on him to restrain him?"
Meta Knight face palmed and muttered something about crazy blue haired women before swiftly jumping off the monster.
"Can we get back to the task at hand?" Meta Knight grumbled annoyed.
"Yeah yeah yeah whatever" Lucy said as she approached the broken machine. "It looks like it can be repaired but it's going to take some time especially without help."
"Sword and Blade are adept mechanics. They will assist you at making the repairs." Meta Knight said.
"Well, what about Night? We can't just have him laying around and I don't feel comfortable leaving him alone." Lucy said.
"I will guard him then." Meta Knight said.
"Alright then. Let's get to work."
Meta Knight left with Night in tow and went to get his knaves. When he walked into the room the two knights looked up and just stared in amazement at their friend. Meta Knight could almost picture their mouths hanging agape in shock under their helmets. The silence soon got very awkward.
"What?" Meta Knight said suddenly. Both of the speechless knights sputtered and coughed before they said anything.
"Sir, I'm glad you're back," Sword said as he walked up to his master.
"Me too," Blade said doing the same.
"How has everything been since I have been gone?" Meta Knight asked.
"Tiff got kidnapped and Doctor Yabui was found unconscious in his office." They both said in unison.
"I see well Tiff is back home safe and sound. Lucy is good as new and most importantly I have a task for both of you. You are to assist Lucy in making the repairs to the monster delivery system. Go down there immediately."
"Yes sir!" They both said before going to leave.
Before they left Meta Knight said, "I also wanted to say that it is very nice to see you two again."
"Thank you sir." With that they left. Meta Knight grabbed one of Night's legs and started dragging him down the hall to the dungeons.
Lucy was sifting through the mess when Sword and Blade walked in. Lucy greeted them and motioned for them to come over. Together they looked through the mess to try to get an idea on how to start fixing the destroyed machine.
"Man, it looks as though the parts for the machine are broken too." Blade said as he held up a broken gear.
"Yeah, I'm afraid to say that we may not be able to fix the delivery system." Sword said.
"Argh this sucks! I don't want to have to kill Night." Lucy said.
"Why not? He's just a monster after all." Blade said.
"Yeah, I mean, he has probably killed hundreds of innocent people." Sword said.
"You would too if Nightmare had your little sister," Lucy in a low voice.
"What?" Sword said.
"Yeah, Night isn't really a monster. He wasn't made by Nightmare. Nightmare captured his little sister and killed his family. He said that if he doesn't work for him then he was going to kill his sister."
"That's horrible. What makes him think that Nightmare hasn't killed his sister already?"
"That's just it, no one knows if he has or not. Night has to follow his orders with the slim chance that his sister is alive. That's why I won't kill him. He has done horrible things before, but it was all for the last remaining member of his deceased family. Night has a heart. That is what makes him different from monsters."
"Well maybe we can have him join us then?" Lucy perked up at that idea and tilted her head to the side. She brought her hand to her chin and was deep in thought. Her eyes suddenly widened and she abruptly got up.
"What's wrong" Blade asked.
"I just got an idea. I have all of Nightmare's files on my laptop. Tiff also has a spare junk drive with all of the copied files on it. There should be some information on his sister in one of those files!" Lucy said excitedly. She jumped and ran out of the room.
"Hey, wait up!" Sword yelled after her as they followed her. Lucy ran down to Tiff's room and barged in on her eating a sandwich. Tiff jumped and looked at Lucy like she was crazy, which was indeed true.
"Tiff! Do you still have the junk drive I gave you?" Lucy asked.
"Um, yeah," Tiff said with a raised eyebrow.
"I need it." Lucy said holding out her hand.
"Why?" Your laptop is in your room. I put it there after the fight."
"Oh, okay then. Thanks! Oh and how are you feeling?"
"Better now that I have food."
"That's good! Bye!" Lucy walked out of the room with the two knights in tow and headed down to the knight's quarters to her room. When she got there she found her laptop sitting on her bed. She grabbed it and turned it on. Sword and Blade sat on the bed on each side of her and looked over her shoulder. She brought up a window and searched the different files in it.
"What name would the file be under?" Blade asked.
"Ginger Redding." Lucy answered.
"Gingers have no souls," Sword said.
Lucy burst out laughing at the random joke and said, "That was horrible of you."
"Don't blame me, I heard it on TV once." Sword said shrugging.
"Whatever." Lucy scrolled down to the G's and soon found the file. She opened it up and read the file along with the two knights. They all sighed when they read it and Lucy closed her laptop. She got up and left the room with the knights. They walked down the hall to the dungeons to let Night know about the news.
Meta Knight put Night in one of the cells still tied up and sat in a chair outside. Meta Knight was polishing Galaxia and thinking about different ways eggs could be cooked when he saw Lucy walk in with Sword and Blade.
He stood up and asked, "What is it?"
Lucy said, "I need to talk to Night. Alone." Meta Knight nodded and stood outside of the room with Sword and Blade.
Lucy stepped into the cell and gently tugged on the chains. They unraveled from Night's body and he just lay there in shock. Lucy sat down beside him and put her face in her hands.
"Night, I'm so sorry," Lucy started.