Kingdom Hearts
Dark Angel: Sora
Chapter 2
2019
To say the least, Destiny City was the kind of city that you get lost in as soon as you exit your house. Sora felt extremely lucky to living with two people that knew the city well. They led Sora with practiced ease through the city to the Starbucks that he had an interview with. The whole time Riku tried to explain the route that they were taking, but Sora was to amazed by the shear size of the place.
When they finally reached the coffee shop, Cloud had to tell Riku to shut up and stop explaining shit that didn't need to be explained. Sora was extremely grateful for this, because his head was still throbbing for his hang over.
The Starbucks was the only one in the large city, which was surprising, seeing as to the fact that there were twelve McDonalds. But this Starbucks was the biggest one he had ever seen. It had two stories, which included a small book store and a small bar. Sora groaned at the thought of more alcohol in his life. The cash register was manned by a single person. She was about the X5's height, with scarlet red hair and cerulean blue eyes. She was most defiantly doe eyed.
"Morning Kairi." Riku said, absent mindedly tugging on a stand of his platinum hair.
"Hey Riku," she said, "Hey Cloud." She looked at the older boy, with obvious interest.
Cloud introduced them, and she still had that dumb look on her face. Sora instantly realized why she was smiling like that. There was something about her movements that suggested that she was interested in Riku. The more he thought about it the more uncomfortable he began to feel. He tried to let his feelings go, like he had been taught at Manticore and he was able to regain control of his mind.
"Is this him?" a strong female voice rang through the Coffee shop, catching Sora's attention.
A large lady, both tall and fat had appeared from what looked to be a storage room. She was at least four times the size of Cloud and Riku put together. Even Sora, with his Manticore training and enhancements, was afraid to fight this monster of a women.
"Yes, Mrs. Kassees. This is Sora." Riku said. Cloud had disappeared some where.
"How old are ye Boy?"
"Sixteen." Sora said, then added, "Ma'am."
"You ever worked a job before?"
"No, Ma'am."
"Well, you are a respectable gentlemen, much better than blonde brat is." Sora smiled, knowing that she was talking about Cloud. "Do ye think that ye could handle the book store?"
"Yes ma'am." Sora said, thinking, how hard could it be.
"Okay, well here's the key. There is a price list posted on the wall next to the register. You are allowed a one hour break every day. Spend it wisely."
Cloud stared blankly out the large glass doors. It was only ten o'clock and he was already bored. It was like this every day. They wouldn't get any customers until a little after eleven and they usually ate lunch and grabbed a coffee to go. It was so boring. What was worse, was that they almost always ate up stairs. Poor Sora, Cloud thought, upstairs waiting for some customer to come in and buy something. As he thought of Sora, he thought of the two times he had shared a kiss with the teenage boy. Looking back on that instant in the alley, were Sora was willing to give up every thing he believed in to protect a secret. He felt guilty for taking advantage of the boy. And he the worst part was that Sora seemed so……innocent. But Sora was a trained killer. There nothing innocent about that. Maybe I should go and see him, Cloud thought. But why are you so eager to see him? He is going to die eventually. He too careless. Why loop your self into his own death trap? Because you care about him. What? You know that you want him to be yours… but he is doomed to DIE!
Cloud felt a shiver run down his spine, knowing that it was the truth. Sora was doomed to die. It would happen. Sooner than later.
"Kai, I'm gonna take my break, okay?"
"Going to see Sora then, huh?" she said, not looking up from her magazine.
"Who said anything about that?" Cloud said, trying to hide an embarrassed smile.
"I see how you look at him, Cloud. You positively glow when you're around him."
"Stick to your magazine, you demented Dr. Phil." Cloud said, and he stomped off.
Sora sat on the carpeted floor of the book store. No one had come in, and he had taken to searching the book shelves for something interesting to read. He had come across something easily: Evolution of the American Military. It was some what interesting, and he was even mentioned in a chapter. Well, not him specifically, but the X5's. The book said:
In an effort to create a better, more efficient soldier, the United States has funded several trial experiments to try an refine the DNA of several human children, to be genetically enhanced for better performance on the battle field, but the results were judged inconclusive.
Sora snorted with dark laughter. They were inconclusive, huh? Inconclusive my ass. The government tried to cover up the fact that they were literally Stealing children at the first stage of conception. Sora glared at the book as if it was the reason for all of this. He throw down the book, and got up in a bored attempt to find another book, when he heard some one approaching him. Sora whirled, dropping into a fighting stance, expecting anything. Well, almost anything. Cloud was gazing at him with an amused look on his face.
"Is this how you treat every one, or just me?" he said, leaning against a book shelf.
"No." Sora said, "I'm just a little paranoid, is all. Manticore has been following me lately. There is no way that I will go back there."
Cloud's face darkened. "It was that bad, huh?"
Sora nodded. "If it wasn't for my brother Seth, I don't think I would have gotten out."
"You have a brother?"
"Had a brother, actually." Sora's face softened. "Committed suicide a few months ago in Seattle. He refused to go back to Lydecker. And we weren't exactly brothers, but he took care of me, so I consider him my one and only brother."
"Doesn't take blood to make a family." Cloud said, becoming distant. He was silent for moment, than changed the subject.
"Me and Riku are going clubbing to night. You wanna come?"
Once again, Sora snorted with dark laughter. "Are you trying to get me arrested? First you let me drink a gazillion galleons of alcohol, then you want me to go clubbing?"
"No, sorry, that's not what I meant. Of course you cannot come. You're only sixteen, what was I thinking." Cloud said, with a dumb smile.
Sora rolled his eyes. "Look, I have some things to do, anyway."
"Like what?" Cloud said.
"Personal errands." The brunette said. He was fully planning to find out where the Manticore Hummer had went. He would hopefully be able to stay two steps ahead of them this time.
Cloud looked a little hurt Sora would not tell him what he was doing, but did not press the issue. Without another word, he left the boy alone.
Cloud knocked on the oak door of a large apartment. He had not gone home after work, instead he went to his friend, Aerith's instead. After about a minute and a half, a female about year older than him answered the door.
"Cloud, took you long enough to get here." Aerith said, snatching the bag of McDonalds from him with so much as a thank you.
"Hey, I spent my hard earned money on that."
"Shut the fuck up, Strife." Aerith said, biting into her cheese burger. Suddenly, her expression softened. "Sorry, Cloud, this PMS is killing me."
The spiky haired blonde kissed her forehead. " 's okay. I understand.'
The long haired brunette hugged him close. They had at one point been an inseparable couple, but things had changed over the last few years. They had grown apart. When they were not working, they spent time trying to work out the kinks of their relationship.
"Is Sephiroth here?"
"He just left." Aerith said, pulling Cloud into the house by his shirt. "Which means we are all alone."
Cloud smirked as he closed the door.
Clad in a new biker outfit, Sora guided the Ninja 112 down the darkened streets of Destiny City. How do people sleep at night? Sora thought, smiling, Nighttime is the best part of the day. Its what I thrive on. I live for the night.
Pushing the Bike to go faster, Sora felt the coolness of the night surrounding him, and it felt extremely good. He half way hoped that Manticore found him. It would be refreshing to fight again. His blue eyes blazed with excitement.
Sora's enhanced hearing picked up the light hum of another speeder bike. Although it was still a good distance away, Sora could tell that it had to be pulling at least one-eighty. He smiled inwardly. This should be fun.
The brunette boy relinquished his pull on the Bike's accelerator, stopping in front of a large ware house. Within six seconds, a red bike stopped next to his. The riders out fit was black and white, straight down the middle, from helmet to toe. How tacky is this? Sora wondered, as the other motorcycle's engine revved, signaling that he wanted to race.
"Dude, I am so about to kick your ass." Sora said, gunning his own motor.
Ten minutes later…
Sora quickly dove behind a trash can as the mystery man fired the gun again, the bullets slamming into the wall just above his head. How did I get myself into this situation? I was not expecting to be fighting for my life so soon.
Flash Back
Buildings flew by him, in a blur of colors. He was at least twelve feet in front of the black and white guy. Obviously winning. But something was setting off his Manticore sense; some sort of hidden danger. However, he ignored it, to caught up in the thrill of street racing.
At some point, the other biker caught up with Sora, allowing the X5 to get a better look at him. He was tall, and wiry and had several weapons attached to his suit. For starters, he had a pair of sys holstered to his thighs and a .45 on his hip. He also had a long and elegant sword sheathed on his back along with a compound hunting Bow.
This shocked Sora, and led him to believe that the biker was most likely an assassin for Manticore. His suspicions were confirmed when the unknown biker grabbed the .45 and fired at no specific point.
Training taking over, Sora let go of the bars and leapt cat-like from his bike to the assassins. The Ninja 112 was a custom job, and included its own auto-steering program. The tall man let out a disgruntled cry, and Sora's knee connected with his side. The bike swerved out of control, and they both fell off. Sora leapt to his feet, just as the man retrieved his gun.
"Ready to die?" the mercenary said, leveling the gun with Sora's head.
The gun fire stopped, and Sora crept out from his hiding place. The assassin was currently reloading behind a dumpster, a very stupid thing to do in the middle of a fight. Sora used the fact that he had dropped his guard. The X5 nimbly jumped over the trash can, flinging the lid at the man. It his hand, causing him to drop the gun in surprise and allowing Sora to launch a barrage of kicks and punches that brought the man to his knees.
"WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?" the brunette yelled, grabbing the man by the collar and slamming him against the wall.
"Syfer works for no one." Came the defiant reply.
"BULL!" Sora threw him against the opposite wall, unwillingly losing his grip on the mercenary, who wasted no time. Before Sora blinked, Syfer had pulled out his sys and one was slicing through the material of the X5's biker jacket and the cold blade of the weapon biting into his torso. Blood spilled onto Sora's hands. Trying to ignore the burning sensation in his lower torso, Sora snatched the other one from its sheath and jammed it in Syfer's leg, inflicting a wound similar to the one he had received.
Syfer seemed on phased by it, and grabbed his sword, swinging it low, in an attempt to decapitate him. Sora leapt upward, deciding that this fight was getting a little dangerous for his regular tactics. He grabbed the handles of the fire escape pulling himself up onto the narrow landing and out of the swords reach.
"You think that will save you?" Syfer said, pulling his bow from where it rested on his back.
Damn, forgot that, Sora thought. Seconds later, the first arrow pierced the spot on the brick wall about a centimeter away from his head. Whoa, that is a strong bow! Sora continued to climb upwards, toward the roof tops. He could not win this battle.
To his surprise, Syfer did not give chase. Sora silent thanked God. For once in his life, he had been afraid that he was going to die.
And I think I will end it right there at 2376 words. I love this. That was my first true fight scene. Did you like? I know that Syfer is a gay name, but you will come to realize what it means later (snickers). The whole time I was writing, I kept in visioning how Sora will react when he finds out the truth about….Errrr I cant tell yall that. There I go again runnin my big fat mouth. Well, you'll just have to wait until the next chapter.