Chapter 5- Darkness from Within
"Do you remember what you said to me? The day you left. I mean." The girl said. The girl resembled Brooke a lot. "Yeah, I remember." Raheem said smiling. He took the girl's hands and kissed them. She giggled as he kissed her hands. "Can you tell me please? I want to make sure what I heard was right." She giggled and hugged Raheem tightly. "Sure. What I said was 'What's between you and I is more than friends. We're angels who fly. Even though hearts are always broken up. It's sanctuary..Our sanctuary. Its where spheres of light..float away. And in certain time..thoughts are always broken up. Who's it gonna be? Who's it gonna be..now?'"Raheem said looking into her eyes as they seemed to fill with tears. "I love you…you know that right?" The girl put her head on his chest. "Of course. And I love you too." Raheem said as they kissed passionately. "We'll always be together, right?" The girl said. 'We'll always be together right?' echoed aloud in his head.
Brick sat up in his bed. "Not again." He said wiping his face. "I dreamt about him again. This time seemed a little more personal than the last one." Brick thought as he got out of bed. He went to the bathroom and washed quickly and then threw on a pair of jean shorts and a black t-shirt with red lettering. He made his bed and then headed out the door. As he walked down the street he took out his MP3 player and put his headphones on and listened to the song "Such Great Heights" by The Postal Service. "I…am thinking it's a sign when the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned." He sang quietly to himself. "It's been awhile."
As he continued to walk down the street he began to notice something strange. As he listened to the song, his thoughts were on Brooke and Lance. "I wonder how they're doing?" he thought. He stopped by a Wendy's to get something to eat and then continued on his way. He stopped when he neared the mall and his cell phone rang. "Yo and hello? Oh! Hey Brooke! What's up? Turn around? Why? Oh fine." He hung up his phone and turned around and saw Brooke and Lance standing there. "Hey!" he said as Brooke jumped on his and kissed him profusely. "Aww..don't I get a kiss from you too?" Brick joked to Lance. "In your dreams, man." Lance laughed heartily.
All three friends went inside the mall and walked around. "Two years. It's been two years since we got out." Brooke said. She and Brick were walking hand in hand while she was also holding pinkies with Lance. "Yeah. I can't believe it either. I thought we'd never get out. Thanks man." Lance said to Brick who smiled shyly. "Speaking of which..I had another dream last night. He was in it again. Only this time, he was with a girl. She looked an awful lot like you, Brooke." Brick said as they all stopped. "Really? That's strange. I mean..you did look familiar to me when we first met but I thought nothing of it." Brooke replied. "Raheem strikes again, I see." Lance said.
Brick nodded. "But this dream, man. I mean…it was intense. I felt like I was there. And I could feel their love for each other." Lance patted Brick on his shoulder. "Well…that's likely to happen that you would 'feel' their love. You ARE his nobody, remember?" Lance said. "Guys…I don't like this." Brooke said suddenly looking around. "Why? What's the matter?" Brick said walking over to her. "I suddenly get the feeling that we're being watched." Brooke said as Brick and Lance hugged her. "Don't worry ok? They can't get us. Brick sealed the portal when we got out." Lance said rubbing her arms and Brick nodded. "Nothing or no one can get through."
A loud boom sounded in the distance of the mall. And people ran around screaming in all directions. All three of their weapons seemed to summon themselves. Brick grabbed his keyblade as Lance grabbed his Kama w/chain and Brooke grabbed her two short swords. "What is this? What's going on? We haven't used these in a while." Brick said as they ran in the direction where the boom came from. When they got there they were all shocked by what they saw. A giant knight with the heartless symbol on its chest stood there tearing the place apart. "I thought you said that you sealed the door!" Brooke yelled as they all dodged the fall debris. "I did. At least..I thought."
"Brooke…listen to me. Don't you remember what Xardo said before? 'The only way to exit a world is if a keyblade wielder opens a door.' Brick is right here with us. So he couldn't have done it." Lance said as he pulled both Brooke and Brick away from a falling piece of steel. "Then that means.." Brooke started as she looked up at the knight. "Someone's up there." Brick said as heartless started to appear all around them. "Great. Target practice." Lance muttered. "Hey Lance, you remember that game that we started playing awhile back?" Brick said smiling a devilish smile. "You mean 'Who's The Better Fighter?'" Lance said. "Yeah. You up for a game?"
Brick and Lance smiled at each other and started to attack the heartless left and right. Brooke, on the other hand, was slashing her way towards the heartless knight. As she squinted to see who was on top of the knight's shoulder a being jumped down attacked her. Brooke put both her swords together in an attempt to block the attack on her. She was surprised to see who it was that attacked her. "Brick?" she whispered and was greeted with a kick in the chest. She flew back hard and hit a steel pole. "BROOKE!" Lance and Brick yell. "Let's finish the game later." Brick said as he and Lance fought angrily with the heartless creatures. "Don't worry. We will."
The being had his back turned away from where he sent Brooke flying. Brick ran over to her and lifted up her head. "Brooke! Brooke! Speak to me, please." Brick begged. Brooke opened her eyes slowly. "Uhhh…what happened?" she asked as Brick moved her hair out of her face. "Who is that? Who did this?" Brick asked. "You…" she answered before passing out. Tears filled his eyes as he lay her head down on the floor and kissed her forehead. "I'll come back for you." He whispered in her ear. He looked in the direction of the being standing a few feet away from him. As tears fell down his face he seemed all filled with anger. "You'll pay for this!" he said.
The being turned around as Brick stood up. "Raheem?" Brick whispered and held tightly and angrily onto his keyblade. He looked at the beings right hand and saw a black and red demonic looking keyblade in it. "It is you." Brick muttered. Raheem smiled evilly and held out his left hand as if to say 'Come with me.' A portal opened behind Raheem as Brick ran towards him, keyblade raised and ready to strike. Raheem smiled as he and Brick clashed keyblade against keyblade. "Idiota." Raheem said in a low breath as he and Brick were face to face with keyblades between them. "Yo no entiendo tu! Estupido bastardo!" Brick said as he parried Raheem's attack on him.
Lance ran over to Brooke to check on her. As he leaned down to check on her a few heartless appeared infront of them. "NOT today." Lance yelled striking everyone with a single attack. He tried to understand what Brick and Raheem were saying but realized he couldn't. "I didn't know Brick could speak another language." Then it suddenly hit him and he smacked himself in the head. "Well duh! Brick can do whatever Raheem can do." He noticed that the giant knight hadn't moved one bit since this whole fight occurred. "What's he planning?" Thought Lance but was soon answered when the knight was sucked through the portal that Raheem had previously opened.
"Mijo de puta!" Brick and Raheem yelled at each other as they ran forward. "¡Sus temores viven aquí, en mí!" Brick said when they clanged keyblades again. "¡No importa, apenas no lo lucha!" Raheem responded smiling an evil smile. Brick back swung his keyblade and knocked Raheem backwards. Raheem smiled and charged at Brick, who blocked his attack. He caught Brick off guard with a kick to the side and gave him a roundhouse to the face. "You wanna fight me? Then go ahead and fight me!" Brick said getting off the floor and getting in a karate stance. "Some other time. I have…better things to attend to." Raheem smiled evilly as he passed through the portal.