Chapter Seven-Brick's Revelation
A few days had passed by since Raheem realized what was going on. Brick and friends had a few days of rest without any disturbance from heartless and from the nobodies. "Oh get real." Brooke joked as she was cooking dinner for herself and the boys. Brick and Lance laughed as they tried to make her believe a foolish story they had made up. "No…no. We're being serious. This lady had a one eyebrow! The beauty shop people didn't want to tell her that they had messed up on waxing her eyebrows!" Brick laughed as he and Lance seemed to be trying to fool Brooke. "Brick, have you had any of those dreams you were having before lately?" Brooke asked calmly.
Brick shook his head. "No, actually. It's been a bit quiet up here." He said tapping his head. "Man, I hope he's alright." Brooke said as she began to serve the food. "You hope HE'S alright? Why? If I'm not mistaken wasn't he the one who put you in the hospital about a week ago?" Lance said beginning to eat. "Yeah. I'd say it's his own fault for actually trusting Maleficent in the first place." Brick added. Brooke gave a big sigh and said, "You guys don't understand. Raheem's had a tough life growing up as kid. He made friends with Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy. He met Nicole a few years ago." Brick looked at Lance. "How do you know this exactly?"
Lance nodded slurping up his noodles. "I'm his nobody remember? I'm the one that should be saying this stuff." Brick replied. "I know that already. But if you haven't noticed, Nicole and Raheem were together. He and Nicole were soulmates, don't you get that?" Brooke said taking a sip of her soda. She quickly added, "Besides, Nicole told me this." Lance looked at Brick who shrugged. "And when did you talk to Nicole?" he asked. "When I was in the hospital. She came to see me. She told me about how to get Raheem to listen to us." She replied. "That's impossible. No one passed through those doors except us." Brick said looking suspiciously at Brooke. "Not really."
"When I say that she came to see me, I didn't mean physically. She and I had a nice conversation in my head. It was her idea to allow a slight possession of my body so that she can talk to Raheem." Brooke said. "Are you serious?" Lance asked as they all seemed to finish eating and Brooke nodded. "That's…interesting. I think." Brick said to himself. "Yeah. She knows Raheem. They used to tell each other everything. That's why I hope he's alright. He's been mis-treated by lots of people while growing up. Meeting Nicole was the best thing that's ever happened to him." Brooke said smiling. "I wonder if I'LL ever meet the right one." She said to herself.
"Hey! I heard that!" Brick said as she giggled and ran into her room. That night as they all slept, Brick seemed to begin tossing and turning, slightly muttering in his sleep. He was also sweating a lot, thus making it known that this dream was INTENSE! "MALEFICENT!" Raheem yelled entering the dark dungeon lighting up his path with firey anger. "Yes dear?" Maleficent said appearing to him. "Where is she? Huh? I KNOW she's here! I can feel her." He said looking around anxiously. "Who are you talking about dearie?" Maleficent asked, trying to play innocent. "YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT!" Raheem yelled swinging his keyblade fiercely at her.
She blocked with her staff and smiled. "NICOLE! NICOLE! WHERE ARE YOU!" He yelled running down the hall. "You won't find her." Maleficent said with an evil smile. Raheem turned to her and raised his keyblade. "Where is she! What did you do to her!" he yelled charging at her. He swung left and right though she seemed to block his attempts. "Such a fire in you now." She said waving her staff at him. He flew backwards and hit the wall. "I'll get you for this!" Raheem said getting up and charging back at her. This time though he stopped her attempts of blocking and slashed at her. "Ouch! You brat!"she said stumbling backwards. "You lied to me!"He swung his keyblade at her and she disappeared. "Come back here! You lied to me!" Raheem yelled in anger and frustration. "Nicole, Sora, Kairi, Riku, Donald, Goofy. They were my friends!" he continued and looked up. His outfit started to change back into his normal clothes. "Where are they! What did you do with my friends!" he yelled searching the dungeon frantically. "It's not MY fault you believed what I had to say." Maleficent's voice called out in the darkness of the dungeon. "You're weak. You're a weak minded fool whose dependency upon his friends is just sickening." She said with a slight hiss in her voice. "I'll show you weak minded!"He yelled.
He turned the corner and continued to try and follow the sound of where of the voice was coming from. "Don't let me roam…I love you." Maleficent said mocking Raheem. "How PATHETIC! You disgust me. When you made the transformation into my little soldier I thought you had become strong. You served me well for two and a half years. Two and a half years of turning you into what I thought was the perfect soldier. I see how wrong I was." She said, her voice taunting him, fueling his anger. "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" Raheem yelled aloud. "You ruined my life! I had a great life and friends! And you made me mess it all up!" he continued. Maleficent laughed.
Raheem turned a corner and found a door. He slashed at the lock on the door and ran through it. Inside was really huge. He found people floating in what looked like un-blossomed flowers. He let his guard down and ran to the pods. "Sora? Donald? Kairi? Riku? Goofy?" he said touching the glass as he watched them floating there. "If they're here, then Nicole must be around here somewhere." He thought to himself. He searched around the place until he came across another door. He pressed the button on the wall and walked through the door. Inside, he found another pod with a person floating in it. He watched a young girl float inside, asleep. "Nicole."He said and sat.
As he sat infront of the pod and watched her sleep, he dismissed his keyblade as thoughts of the two of them flashed in his mind. He smiled tearfully and rocked back and forth. 'I love you…you know that right?' Both their voices echoed in his head when saying this. A shadow loomed across the floor and formed into a figure. "Awww…poor baby." A voice said and he turned around quickly. "Maleficent! You…you witch!" he yelled summoning his keyblade. "Did you REALLY just notice that?" she said smiling evilly at him. "Go to hell!" Raheem yelled charging at her with an evil glare. He swung his keyblade and surprisingly they began a little sword fighting.
She knocked him backwards a little with her staff. He gave a smirk and said, "I didn't know you could do that." She returned the smirk evilly and replied, "There are a lot of things you didn't know I could do." He charged back at her and they began to sword fight a little more. She slashed and he blocked and he slashed and she blocked. "We could do this all day long." She said with a laugh. She swung her cape and heartless began to appear. "Now…you didn't think this would be a fair fight, did you?" she said. Raheem jumped at her and slashed her bony arm. "Ahhhhh!" she screamed and disappeared. Nicole stirred in the pod and opened her eyes slightly.
She saw Raheem preparing to face a whole horde of heartless. She banged on the glass but Raheem didn't hear her. He charged through the heartless slashing left and right. "I…don't…have…time…for…this!" he said as he slashed and stabbed. After he defeated them all, he staggered a little, his need for rest was bad. A dark figure appeared behind him and Nicole banged on the glass. "Raheem! Raheem!" she gurgled through the water. "Nicole!" Raheem said running to the glass but it was too late. A blast hit him in the back and he smiled as he fell to the floor. "I love you." He whispered. Brick screamed and sat up in bed. Brooke and Lance ran to him.
"What's the matter? What's going on?"Brooke asked as she and Lance came into the room with weapons at the ready. Brick began breathing faster and faster. "What's wrong with you? Cut that out." Lance said to Brick as he started to freak out a bit. Brick sat shaking and Brooke went to touch his head. "Ouch! He's burning up! Lance, get some water. LANCE!" Brooke yelled to him and he scurried away and came back with ice water. "Oh my god. What's wrong Brick? Why won't you say anything?" she asked as his eyes started to flutter open and shut. "What did you see? What did you dream?" she asked. Tears formed in eyes as he said, "Raheem's dead."