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Day Seven 1/2: Mental Links

Sorisu's POV

I couldn't feel my body, and for a moment I felt as if I was dead. As I opened my eyes, darkness was the only thing I could see. The violet halo above my head shone brightly, but I could only make out basic things. I was in a room, going out about ten feet on each side. My legs felt like lead. Drowsiness still hung over me like a heavy blanket. Damn that gang, damn their sleeping gas, and damn the Dark Realms! If I ever see even one of those stupid assholes ever again I'm going to rip their throats apart! I looked around, spotting the faint glow of Ashlynn's halo. I had to crawl, not having the energy to stand up. Once I got over their, I started shaking Ash while holding my balance with one arm.

"Ash...Ashlynn! Ashlynn get your ass up, Prussia, Sora, Riku and Axel are gone! ASHLYNN!"

She woke up with a start, her hand already at my throat. Her hardened expression softened when she saw who I was, and let go.

"Oh...Sorisu it's you. Where is everybody?" she asked, clear grogginess in her voice.

I could see her hollow eyes from the pale light our halos were making, and I knew she was worried about Axel and Thorn...but mostly Axel.

"Hey...where'd everybody go...?" I heard Thorn's voice ask.

I heard a scraping noise, and I could see him coming closer, pushing himself along the ground.

"We...don't know..." Ashlynn answered, looking around the cell type place.

I looked around for a few seconds, then spotted a gap in the corner. It wasn't a door, more like a small hole in the wall. It might be a pain, but all three of us might be able to get through.

"How about that hole over there?" I asked, finally able to stand up, though a bit unbalanced.

Thorn nodded, "Good eye Sorisu."

I helped Ashlynn up, then Thorn, and I walked over to the hole, examining it up and down. It was about two and a half feet in width, and three feet in height. If I looked through it, I could see a hallway that seemed to stretch on forever.

"So...can we get through?" Ashlynn asked, coming up beside me.

I nodded, "Yeah...but I have to check something first."

"Let's hurry this up, the longer we stay here, the more time those fags have to endanger your friends." Thorn pointed out, crossing his arms.

"Okay...I'll try..." I replied, sitting cross-legged on the ground.

"What are you-" Thorn started, but I cut him off with a loud shush.

Closing my eyes, I pictured my brother Prussia. I thought about him really hard, how much I missed him, how much I loved him, and how worried I was. Suddenly, a warm relief washed over me. I had opened a link. Now I could find him. I opened my eyes, they were glowing a snow white color. I haven't tried this in so long, I didn't think it would work. Thorn and Ash looked at me with odd expressions, but knew they should be quiet.

Prussia, it's Sori! Come on Prussia, you know how this works, answer me!

Down a separate hallway...

Prussia's POV

Sora walked beside me as we traveled down the hallway. I could tell he was frightened, and I knew he loved my sister just as I did, but honestly, it was getting a bit annoying. He was on my heels as we were walking and never got more then three feet from me in any direction. Riku lead the way, and it still made me think how he could see through that damned blindfold, I mean...who does that? Axel walked in front of us, which meant Sora was in the back, I hoped he was happy because he was starting to piss me off. For a second, I felt happy and warm for the first time in years, like when my sister would hug me as a little kid.

"Prussia, it's Sori! Come on Prussia, you know how this works, answer me!" I heard inside my mind.

It was a mental link, Sorisu had opened it up. I stopped, my eyes glowing white. Sora bumped into me from behind.

"Ow!"

Axel and Riku turned around, Axel looking at me with a raised eyebrow. I couldn't tell how Riku was staring at me, because again, that blindfold was stupid.

"Quite...I need complete and uninterrupted silence..." I whispered simply, holding my hand out.

Axel nodded, and the other three waited.

I didn't think you would manage to do this again, sis. Do you know where you're at?

"No...we're walking down a hallway...ew...blood is splattered on the walls, it's scaring me. I wish you were here."

Me too sis...

"Let's walk, " I said, "...I've got the hang of this now."

We started walking again, and I continued talking through my mind.

"Prussia...you still have my bear?"

"That a random question, but yes, I do." I thought, glancing back at my backpack which carried a couple daggers, pencils, paper, some pepper spray, brass knuckles and of course, Sorisu's bear.

"Good...who's there with you?"

"Axel, Sora and Riku...and I've got say, his blindfold is really pissing me off..."

She laughed inside my mind.

"Why's that?"

"How the hell can he see through it? It's BLACK!"

"Dude, I don't know, but I'm really getting creeped out over here."

Her face popped into my mind, and I saw her expression. Her eyes were wide, beads of sweat littered her forehead and her breathing was increasing.

"Is everything okay? Are you hurt?" I thought in concern.

"No, I'm not hurt...but I just saw a full skeletal body...and it stinks. The skin is still rotting off the bone..."

"Don't get alarmed, but most people get lost out there. I don't think that's the last skeleton you'll be seeing, sis."

She gulped.

"Okay...I'm going to shut off the mental link now. I'll talk to you again when something happens."

I nodded.

"Good luck, Sori. I love you."

"I love you too."

We gave each other a mental hug, and my eyes dimmed back to their normal color.

Back with Thorn and the girls...

Sorisu's POV

I felt better after being able to open up the mental link again. I just hoped that I didn't think about a certain brown haired boy too hard. As I was thinking, I heard gunshots up ahead, stopping dead in my tracks. My halo brightened up again, and we were able to see the path a bit better. I'm guessing the reason for the halos was so that we couldn't age or something. I remember Roslyn saying something about the Realms. It went something like, 'If you're pure hearted, the darkness will try and grab a hold of you more then the dark ones. It's because the ones with an evil heart are already attached to the other side. Even in the deepest of dark, the pure-hearted ones shine through. Remember, always have some type of light source with you. It keeps you from aging faster and prevents darkness from entering your heart' or something like that. I honestly missed Roslyn. Thinking about her made me want to cry again. I took a deep breath, and started to feel panicked because of the gun shots.

"GET DOWN!" Thorn shouted, pushing both me and Ashlynn to the ground with a thud.

Four heavy, black figures swooped in out of nowhere, carrying AK-47's, wide barrel I believe. We were screwed.

"ASH!" I shouted, hugging her to death, "...we've got to do something!"

One of the men walked up to us, a sly grin on his face.

"You're coming with us! The boss would be glad to have a pretty girl such as yourself in our Mafia!" he grabbed me by the collar, and I pulled out my Keyblade, which I have recently decided to call Silverstar.

"A Keyblade..." he breathed, "...you're a Blader!"

"No dur dipshit!" I said, swinging my Blade at his arm.

He yelped in pain, dropping me and holding his arm. Ashlynn was struggling, already being dragged away by her collar. The man was chocking her, maybe not even realizing it. Her halo was fading, and I knew that soon, if we didn't get out of here, we all would be dead. I looked to the left, Thorn was kicking ass, knocking the men on their butt and even making one or two beg for mercy. Suddenly, I remembered something.

"ASHLYNN!" I yelled, hitting the other guy, who dropped her as well.

"Thorn!" I acknowledged him as well, "...you have to think of Prussia!"

"WHAT?" he exclaimed, knocking back another guy with a sword.

"It's our only chance! Think of him really hard, block everything out of your mind and concentrate!"

I turned to Ashlynn, who was battling with her weapon as well, my ADHD wondered what it was called, but I pushed that out of my mind and hit another gang member, a bullet just missing me by a few inches.

"Ashlynn, think of Axel! Concentrate on him really hard, don't think of anything else!"

"Got it!" she agreed, hitting back more guys.

I thought of Sora at that moment. I thought of his face, his warm blue eyes, the way his hair bounced when he ran, and nothing else. My eyes started to glow violet as I threw another hit. We were being surrounded.

"Thorn, think of Prussia...NOW!" I screamed, tears forming in my eyes.

"Okay..." he took a deep breath, hitting back more members, "...I'm thinking of him, what now?"

He was interrupted when his eyes began to glow violet, and Ashlynn's glowed blood red. Another gun shot rang out. Ashlynn dissapeared in a flash of red light, Thorn in a violet light, and finally me in violet light as well, then...there was nothing at all.