Chapter XXII: The town of twilight final part I
Nozomi looked at Riku with wide eyes confused at what he was saying, "nobody?" She asked.
Riku looked at her still angered for a moment and then turned his focus back to Ody, he was looking at him with wide eyes as he then tried to back away. But Riku wasn't going to have any of it as he then moved his keyblade closer now aiming it as his neck.
Ody seeing this was feeling horrible nervous as he then started to shiver scared for his life. Nozomi seeing his distress then barked angrily at Riku, "stop it! You're scaring him! He hasn't-"
But Riku interrupted her as he looked at her still angrily, "he's a being without a heart… he doesn't feel anything! He's just a monster that takes on human form…"
Nozomi's eyes widened as she heard Riku's explanation, she couldn't believe what she was hearing! The boy she had been had been full of emotion he was frightened and sad, he'd even laughed! He'd been helping her out all that time and Riku truly believed that-
But then she looked at Ody and then his shivering was getting worse as Riku held the keyblade over him, Riku only continued to look at him hatefully.
"I'm going to get rid of him right now…" with that his keyblade the way to dawn then started to glow with energy as it was about to bring Ody the ending blow.
But then as he did Ody shivering got horribly worse as he then held his knees his eyes terrified. As he continued to do this suddenly around them more dark portals appeared around them swirling with darkness.
Riku hearing the portals then turned and saw them as then from their swirling depths nobodies appear. They all wandered in swaying too and throw their white forms slithering back and forth ready for battle.
"Darn so he's already calling them!" With that he turned around again as he was then going to smote him down here and then now that his energy had reached it's peak. But as he turned around again and raised his keyblade he then stopped in mid swing as there hugging Ody to herself was Nozomi as she looked at Riku angrily.
Riku looked at her shocked, "what're you doing!?"
Nozomi looked at him angrily as she replied, "stopping you!"
He couldn't believe what he was hearing!" Stopping me can't you see these monsters he's called out they're-"
"He didn't call them out on purpose! He's terrified of you, can't you see that! They probably arrived on their own!" She interrupted him as she looked on at him still angrily.
Riku was now bitterly annoyed at her stubborn naïve nature as he then spoke back seeing the nobodies still coming forwards their claws being raised ready to battle, "he's the leader and he's called them out to fight and he-"
"That's absolute trash! He hasn't asked to fight! You're the one aiming that keyblade at him wanting to fight! He didn't do a thing!" She spoke back still horribly fuming.
Riku was about to answer back but then he saw that the nobodies were already on top of them as they were now circling them ready to engage at any moment. As Nozomi looked at them and then back at her friend whom she saw was still shivering badly but his eyes were focused on the keyblade. It suddenly then clicked in her mind.
Turning back to Riku she then said, "put it away."
Riku then looked at her confused, "what?"
Nozomi still angry then said, "I said put it away!"
Hearing this and then looking at what she was talking about Riku then looked at her truly angry as he then said, "why should I do that when he's-"
"YOU LET ME FINISH! He didn't ask for this! You're the one provoking him with it! Now you do as I say and put that keyblade away!" Nozomi shouted at him truly enraged at Riku's idiocy.
Riku was startled at this show of rage but then as he turned he then saw that the nobodies were then swaying in to attack he then tried to talk back, "but-"
"RIKU!" She shouted back, and then subconsciously and shook without a word Riku called his keyblade back. Then as he did the Nobodies then suddenly all disappeared at the same time into more dark portals that had appeared once more and had taken them back.
He then looked at the scenery wide-eyed at what had happened, nothing like this had happened before with his previous encounters with Nobodies!
It was quiet as he turned back and watched Nozomi as she cradled Ody still, he seemed to calm down as she comforted him stroking his head and whispering things to him as his shivers lessened and he became more relaxed. Riku was astounded even more at the fact that she was able to even stop him in his tracks! But then as he realised this he became annoyed at the thought as he looked away from her.
Nozomi was silent as she held onto Ody, letting him calm down as he became more relaxed, "are you okay?" She asked.
Feeling Nozomi's reassurance Ody looked at her from his knees, his eyes were horribly saddened as he thought of those monsters… he was really like them?
Nozomi was highly concerned as she saw his sadness and before she could ask anything more Ody spoke instead, "I'm so sorry, I-"
But then before he could speak another word, "Riku!"
It was then everyone turned and there from the darkened portal King Mickey, Cait sith. Hayner and the others appeared.
"You're majesty?" Riku asked as he watched as the mouse king then approached him.
As the king made his way over he then started to speak, "I felt a huge surge of darkness, is everything okay?"
Riku looked at him for a moment before he then turned and looked at Nozomi and Ody who stared at him his eyes still saddened though with a concerned air. Riku sighed as he turned his face away from him and started to answer the king, "it was-"
But then before anything else could be said a huge roar was then heard in the nest like cave that made everyone jump, the noise shook the many hanging things in the room badly showing that whatever was coming was powerful.
Nozomi was startled at this new surge, "What is-!"
Then suddenly from up high a huge white thing descended as it then made it to the ground, everyone looked at it startled and shocked. It was huge and long like a snake but it was no snake for its head was metal and sharp with red angry shining eyes. And it's body was made of a long big white feather as it had a strange symbol upon it's back like a strange cross.
As Nozomi watched it swaying back and forth she then looked at it's tail and there jingling back and forth was her moon pendant, "hey that's mine!" She cried out loudly.
Everyone looked at her startled as she spoke this and then the creature too looked at her as it started at her intently, Nozomi didn't know how to react and only stared back, wondering what it was doing.
Ody though as he looked at the creature looked with eyes of realisation as he then spoke, "it's you! You're-"
But then before he could finish the creature suddenly made a huge bellowing sound as everything shook again, making everyone jump. Then suddenly it started to sway more threateningly and then it turned and faced Hayner, Olette and Pence along with Cait sith.
Everyone looked at with wide eyes and then suddenly-
"Look out!" Cait sith shouted as the creature suddenly turned and lunged towards them, everyone tried then jumped as fast as they could out of the way of the creature. As the creature turned and saw them running again, this time towards Nozomi, Riku and the king, it once again lunged fast forwards.
As Hayner and the others were running forwards there was suddenly a cry. Hayner and Pence turned around and saw that Olette had tripped on something and the creature was soon upon her as it looked at her threateningly. Like a coiled snake gazing at it's prey. Olette looked at the creature terrified.
"Olette!" Everyone shouted out distressed.
The creature swayed again as it then suddenly dived forwards at Olette, she covered her eyes and huddled scared.
"Agggh!"
Suddenly she opened her eyes and looked on shocked as Hayner was now in the coils of the creature as he struggled against it as it tightened around his middle.
Olette couldn't believe what was happening, "how could you?"
It was then Hayner grinned painfully as he then said, "I had to something, right?"
But then the creature suddenly bellowed again as once again everything shook, making everyone cover their ears at the awful sound and then suddenly in a flash it disappeared through the dark portal, taking Hayner with it.
Nozomi cringing saw it as it did this and then looked at it really angrily, "get back here!!"
With that she then got up, calling her keyblade out in a flash as she then started to run forwards towards the portal.
"Oh no you don't!" Cait sith cried as he quickly ran and pounced and landed on Nozomi's hair pulling her hair as she cringed in pain making her stop in seconds. He had to stop her bullheadedness.
"Let go cait sith! I have to save Hayner!" She cried out as she batted her hands over her head trying to make Cait sith let go.
"You ain't doin this by yerself banshee! Ye can't just do it all on yer own! In't that what ya told me earlier?" He said just as angrily back.
Nozomi then suddenly stopped as she heard Cait sith's words and then remembered what she too had said earlier in the hangout. She dropped her hands as she then looked down and then watched as she saw Riku, Pence, Olette King Mickey and Ody come towards her.
Looking at them and realising the monster's powers she then whispered to Cait sith before the others came over, "yeah you're right I can't do this alone…"
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After gathering and making a recovery session with everyone, they then all quickly proceeded outside the mansion where they ran into the forest and then finally out into the streets of twilight town.
"We've gotta find where that thing is!" Nozomi said as she thought of it angered as she remembered it now Hayner in its clutches.
"It couldn't be that hard though to find right? I mean it's such a big thing everyone would've noticed it and-"
Pence was interrupted though as Riku then spoke, "it won't be that easy… that Nobody is truly powerful and it's already been able to thrive in this town for so long without being noticed… so I don't think it will easily lose its cunningness that easily."
Hearing this then made everyone slightly disheartened, Olette then started to speak, "well what are we supposed to do then? We've got to do something for Hayner!"
There was silence amongst everyone, as it seemed nobody had anything that could help the situation. Even the king as he had his arms folded and his tail swaying too and fro deep in concentration.
"I think I can do something…"
It was then everyone turned and looked at Ody who had spoke up, he looked slightly nervous as everyone stared at him.
Nozomi then asked him, "Can you really do something?"
Ody then nodded slightly as he then said, "yeah… because that thing… it's actually mine…"
At this everyone looked at him wide-eyed shocked, but then Cait sith then spoke, "ye made that thing! You were planning this then weren't ya all this time ya were-"
"NO! That's not it at all!" Ody spoke as he shook his head.
Cait sith was then about to argue more but then suddenly, "OWWWW!"
Nozomi had reached up behind her head and pulled Cait sith by the tail as she was now holding him by it, "what do you think yer-"
"It's rude to interrupt people! Now just shut up and listen!" Nozomi spoke to him harshly making him stop in seconds. After getting the desired effects Nozomi released Cait sith as he then stood upon the ground.
Then looking at Ody she then nodded to him to continue. Everyone looked at her strangely but then they then all turned their gaze back onto Ody as he then began to speak once more.
"I knew that I was different to other people… but I couldn't tell how or why… I couldn't even remember where I'd come from… all that I remember is coming to this town… I tried to deal with things as best as I could, but some feeling inside me was plaguing me, I don't know what it was, but I could feel a deep sense of longing… for friends." He then paused as he stared at the ground remembering everything he could to help everyone.
"I didn't have anyone at all and so… I wanted to change that… so that's when I made her… Scriptium." He then stopped again silent for a few moments.
Everyone looked at him unsure of how to react but then Olette spoke out, "Scritptium?" She asked.
Ody nodded, "Yeah I made her… she's my friend, she'd follow me everywhere, we'd write together play and loads of other things, both of us together… but then she started to change, she didn't want to be with me anymore or anything and she just… left."
Riku hearing this was unsure of how to accept this from some Nobody but then he asked, "why did she leave you?"
At this Ody looked up at him as asked this question he then shuffled his hands, slightly as he tried to answer, "I don't know but… I think it must be my fault; I must have done something wrong… I mean to her and everyone else… maybe it's my fault for being a nobody…" He finished sadly.
Nozomi, Olette and Pence looked at Ody sympathetically as he said this, as he seemed to be echoing loneliness. It was then as King Mickey heard his story that something inside him clicked, "I think I have it!"
It was then everyone including Ody looked at him, "what is it ye've got?" Cait sith asked curious.
"This is only a theory though but it sounds as though that this thing responds to Ody's feelings, it could be his uncertainty and loneliness that might be causing this creature to go on a rampage…"
As everyone listened to this Ody's eyes widened, "my feelings?" He asked.
But then as Riku heard this he then said, "but your majesty! You said nobodies don't have hearts! How can they-"
"There are some rare cases where some echoes of emotions from some memories can trigger these types of reactions from Nobodies…" It was then that the king looked at Ody as he studied him, Ody too looked back at him feeling uncertainty.
Silent after a few moments the king then began to speak once more, "If you think back to where this change occurred then I think we can find our answer to where this Scriptium is…"
After hearing this and looking at his majesty he then looked up at the others who looked at him with mixed emotions. But Nozomi nodded to him, "just try it… you don't know unless you try…"
Hearing this Ody felt a little more enlightened from this and then took a deep breath as he then closed his eyes; in the darkness of his mind he then asked himself, 'what's the source?' Nothing but darkness seemed to respond to this question, but then as he looked he then saw a small glimmer of light.
Concentrating harder on it, it then got bigger as then as he concentrated more and more and then suddenly there was a flash as different images came by.
People laughing in the sunlight, the red bricked road, the townscape and then the-
It was then he opened his eyes, "The clock tower!" He cried out.
Hearing this Nozomi asked, "clock tower?"
"The train station?" Olette asked.
But then Pence had taken the lead as he started to run towards the street to where it would take them, "come on we gotta hurry up!"
With that as he turned and ran the others quickly followed. Ody hoped as he ran that he'd got it right.