Chapter 2: Disapearances
That night, as Lia got into bed, Shimmer nugded her leg, obviously worried about something.
"What is it, Shimm?" Lia asked the dog.
"Bad cloud come soon." it replied.
"Does it have to do with Axel?" Lia bent down and picked up Shimmer, putting the dog on her bed.
"Yesmuch. Past times portant." The dogs sentences came in their usual imcomplete way.
"What do you know of Axel's past?" Lia asked. Shimmer shook her head.
"Can't tell. Not know."
"That's okay. Don't worry about it." Lia stroked the dog's fur happilly, then asked, "Will anyone else be affected by what will happen?"
"Yesmuch. You, Halfphantom, Gothfreind and Techfriend. Others not know," She replied.
"Can you describe them?" Lia was scraping for information now.
"Three humans, three others. Not know others' races." Shimm supplied all she could.
"Okay, I think I'm done asking questions. Thank you for warning me."
"Anytime, Lia."
The next morning...
Lia's POV
"Hey, Lia!" I turned to see Danny coming up to me.
"Hey," I said.
"Have you seen Tucker or Sam?" He asked me. I shook my head.
"Well, I stopped by their houses, but they weren't there, and I called both their cells, by they wouldn't pick up," Danny said. He sounded kinda worried, too, like something was wrong. What Shimm said last night popped into my mind.
"We have to go find Axel," I said, turning my back on Danny.
"Why?" Danny asked me.
"Because Axel may know what's going on." And I walked away.
End POV
Danny followed after Lia's long strides, trying hard to keep up. "What is it, Lia? Does Axel know where Sam and Tuck are?" He asked her anxiously.
"Patience, Danny. I don't know where they are, but Shimm told me that this mishap would center around Axel, so we ask him first and foremost. Got it?" Danny nodded. "Good." The duo walked for a little while toward the Nasty Burger, since it was Saturday, and Lia thought they might find Axel there. They stepped inside, and didn't find Axel, but did find a kid about their age, with two strange-looking guys at his sides. Lia and Danny walked up to them.
"Hello, are you guys new here?" Lia asked. The boy looked at her.
"Yeah. My names Sora. These are Donald and Goofy." Sora pointed a thumb at his friends.
"Charmed, I'm sure. I'm Lia and this is Danny." Lia nodded her head to Danny, who was standing behind her.
"Cool. Hey, have you seena tall guy with white hair,probably walking around with a girl in a pink outfit?" Sora asked.
"No, sorry. But while we're on the topic of finding people, have you seen a kid about yay tall, red, spiky hair, and blue-green eyes? We need to find him 'cause he might now where our other friends, Tucker and Sam, are." Sora looked to Donald and Goofy, who both shook their heads, then he turned to Lia and Danny and shook his head.
"Damn," Lia said, then turning, said, "Guess we'll have to look for Axel elsewhere."
As the two halfas started to walk away, Sora called to them, "Wait, did you just say Axel?"
Lia turned. "Why? Do you know him?"
"Yeah, kinda. Jimminy, can I borrow your journal for a sec?" Sora asked. Jimminy popped on to Sora's head, and handed him the small book.
"Here you go, Sora," the cricket said.
The boy flipped through the pages, and groaned in frustration. "I can't read this, it's too small," he said.
"Here, lemme try," Lia said, holding out her hand for the journal, which Sora handed to her quickly. She looked to Sora and asked, "What do you want me to look for?"
"Look under Organization XIII," Sora said.
"Okay." Lia flipped through the pages, then gasped quickly.
"What is it?" Danny asked. Lia turned to Danny and started to read, " 'Axel. Organization 13's Number 8. He comands fire and carries a uniquely-shaped weapon.'" she stopped to let the info sink in, then continiued, "Do you understand what this means, Danny? Axel isn't from Earth. He's from somewhere else. And Sora's met 'im before."
"How do you know it's the same guy? There could be tons of Axels out there!" Danny retorted. Lia shook her head.
"I don't know about you, but I know I don't know many humans that can control fire,"
"But you don't know!" Danny said.
"Earth and Fire elementals can sense each other, just as Halfas can. It's a sixth sense, so to speak, and it was going off around Axel. That's why I was keeping an eye on 'im, I thought he might be an elf spy."
"But, I saw Axel go down with my own two eyes," Sora said.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean his spirit was destroyed. He could have come back!" Lia shot back.
"Maybe we should go somewhere else and finish our conversation. People are starting to stare," Danny suggested. Lia flashed a glance around the Nasty Burger, then nodded in agreement, striding strongly out the door, the others in her wake.
Later in the Time Stream...
"So Axel was apart of this group of 'Nobodies' called the 'Organization 13'. Correct?" Lia asked. Sora nodded. "Cool. I think I have Axel's number. Should I call him and let you talk to him, Sora?" Sora looked uncertain, but Danny nodded. Lia picked up her cell, which was enhanced with Pixie technology. She dialed up his number, and held the phone to her ear. After a little bit of a wait, Lia started talking. "Is Axel there?... He's not... Did he say where he was going?... He went with a short guy in a hood?... Okay, thanks. Bye." She clapped her phone shut, and turned to the rest of the party. "'E's not home. He went somewhere with a short guy in a hood."
"You don't think it could be the king, do you?" Donald asked Goofy. Goofy shrugged.
"The King?" Lia asked, obviously intruiged.
"Yeah, King Mickey," Sora answered.
"Well, it looks like we won't get anything done just standing around. We gotta find our friends, and I know the fastest way." She transformed into Wisp, and shocked the hell out of Sora, Donald and Goofy. "What? Never seen a Halfa before?" she challenged the trio. The shook their heads. "C'mon Danny, we don't have all day. 'Go Ghost' and let's fly outa here. You three can ride my dog."
End of Chapter 2: Disapearances
Author's Note: If you hadn't realized, this Axel is the same one from the Kingdom Hearts games. I just couldn't stand to see him die, he's my favorite Org. 13 guy. So I brought 'im back. Sadly, I don't own Axel, or anyone else but Lia and Shimm, really. Oh, and I was listening to One-Winged-Angel while writing. It's the music you hear during the fight with Sephiroth (Who I think is really fricken' cool).
Author's Quiz: Near the beging of KH2, Axel says he doesn't want to be turned into a specific kind of Nobody to Roxas. What kind of Nobody did he not want to be turned into?