Hi-ya guys! Here's the third part of five! You may be wondering why I didn't just do chapters and I don't have an explanation so shut yo mouth and read this! You may also be wondering why I wrote this in first person, I do have an explanation for this. -You may skip ahead to the story now- I have NEVER written a story in first person before. (gasp) I know, how horrible! SO I wante dto write one I just came up with this idea about Paintballing and shooting Axel and driving him crazy and…oh boy…it was great! So there ya have it. This story is basically a product of boredom and some chocolate.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Rascal Flatts or the song Stand by Rascal Flatts. I own the character Alexa and the twilight within owns Yume. You should check out her stories also.
I passed by streetlights and had the odd feeling I was being followed. I spun around and saw nobody, but my heart started to race and I walked more quickly. I was out of breath by the time I got home. I still felt like I was being followed and I nervously glanced around as I stuck the key in the lock and slipped inside, shutting and locking the door behind me. Relief spread over me now that I was safe in my own house. Mom and Dad were at work so I was alone at the home and went into he bathroom and turned on the spigot, letting the hot water run while I poured coconut scented bubble bath in. The bubbles foamed up and the scent made me relax, soon I had forgotten all about the feeling of being followed. It was a horrible mistake.
I sat in the tub relaxing in the hot water and listening to the radio when I heard a noise. I assumed it was the family cat, Marcie and I ignored it. I dipped my head under the water and let the air bubbles escape my mouth and when I came up, I heard the noise again, this time it was louder. Again, I brushed it off as being Marcie although in the back of my mind I was getting scared. I got out of the tub and drained the water then wrapped my robe around me, savoring the softness of it and I wiped the steam off the mirror to brush my hair. I felt something touch my legs and looked down to see Marcie, purring and winding around my legs. I picked her up and ran a hand over her silky, black fur. She purred louder than ever and then I heard the noise again, a loud thump. My heart skipped a beat and terror filled me and clouded my senses. I ran from the bathroom and grabbed the phone in the living room, immediately dialing Roxas' number. It rang three times and then I got the answering machine, I hung up and dialed again, this time someone answered.
"Hello?" Came the familiar voice.
I felt relief spread over me. "Roxas?"
"Yeah? Alexa?" He sounded concerned.
"I'm so glad I got you." I sighed shakily.
"What's wrong?" He asked, concern clear on his voice.
I sighed again. "I keep hearing this thumping noise and I-" The noise came again and I screamed. "I'm terrified Roxas! I don't know what it is!" I started to sob.
"Calm down, calm down. Tell me what happened."
I sniffled. "On the way home, I kept having this feeling that I was being followed and when I got home I went to take a bath when I heard a thumping noise. I figured it was Marcie and I ignored it but it got louder and louder then while I was brushing my hair I had Marcie on my lap and I heard it again. So it couldn't have been her."
"I'll be there in a few minutes." He told me.
"Don't! What if it comes and hurts you Roxas?" I sobbed.
"It's okay, I'll be fine." His voice was so comforting to hear. "I'll take my cell phone with me and talk to you all the way to your house alright?"
I nodded and when I realized he couldn't see me I mumbled, "Okay."
"I'm gonna hang up and call you back from my cell phone alright?"
"Okay. I love you."
"I love you too." He said proudly and I hear the phone click off and the familiar buzzing that signifies the other person is no longer there. I pressed the button on the phone and it turned off. The thumping came again and I clutched Marcie to my chest, she squealed and clawed at me to let her go which I did and she scampered off down the hall. I could feel my heart racing as I started down the hall the ring of the phone made me jump and scream.
I snatched the phone off the coffee table. "Hello?"
"It's me, Roxas."
Relief rippled over me like a wave. "Oh thank God."
I knew he smiled into the phone. "I'm waling out the door right now." I heard the slam of a door.
"Oh I love you." I sighed into the phone. His house was only about a block away from mine and I felt safe until I heard the thump again. This time it was louder than ever and sounded from the hallway. I gasped and my heart pounded then Marcie came walking down the hall, her aqua green eyes glinting yellow in the dark. "Oh, Marcie." She hopped into my lap and curled into a ball, purring.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, it was just Marcie." I said, scratching the cat's ears.
"Oh. I'm rounding the block now. I should be there in a about a minute or two."
For once, I was happy he was a fast walker. "That's good." I glanced absently at the window and saw something move. I screamed into the phone at Roxas and his footsteps grew heavy and I could here them slapping the pavement through the phone. There was a tap on the window and a flash of red, I started to sob uncontrollably, I had never been this scared in my life. Roxas was panting into the phone, "Calm down Alexa, calm down." But it was no use. I knew there was something out there and I hoped that it wouldn't catch Roxas. If it did, I would never forgive myself.
"I'm at the end of your driveway." He panted. "I'm gonna hang up now." I heard the click and the familiar buzzing I turned off my phone. I was afraid to look out the window so I sat huddled on the couch with Marcie on my lap. Then I heard a knock on the door. Our secret knock; one tap, pause, two taps, pause, pause, another tap, I ran and undid the deadbolt lock let Roxas in. I slammed the door behind him and bolted it then I flung myself, sobbing into his arms. He stroked my hair and tried to calm me down but I was so relieved that he was there I couldn't stop crying.
The phone rang and Roxas answered. "Hello? No, it's Roxas. Yeah she's here. Uh-huh. Really? That's weird, I saw him go into the Station. Are you sure? Okay, I'll tell her. Thanks. Bye." He hung up
"What?" I asked, fearing his puzzled look.
"Your brother, Axel, never made it back to his apartment. That was his roommate. He said Axel hasn't gotten back yet."
"But we saw him get on the train." I said.
Roxas closed his eyes. "I know-wait. We didn't actually see him get on the train, we just assumed he did."
"But he went into the Station, we saw him." I started to fear for my brother, temporarily forgetting the fear for the thing outside.
Roxas squeezed his eyes, "But what if he never got on the train. What if something happened?"
I punched his shoulder "Don't talk like that! I'm already scared enough!" I leaned my head on his shoulder. The thump came again this time around the front of the house, I squeaked and pushed my face into his arm. He wrapped an arm around my waist and looked around the room. Marcie wound about our legs purring as if nothing was happening. I stole a glance at the window and saw a shadowy face pressed up against it. I tried to scream but it caught up in my throat and came out as a rasping noise I pointed at the window and Roxas had a look of fear across his face. He then pushed me onto the couch and unbolted the lock and ran outside.
"Roxas, NO!" I screamed, too late he was gone. I ran outside and couldn't see a thing. The streetlight was apparently burnt out and I saw a shadowy figure sprinting across the lawn, closely followed by another.
"Hey!" I heard Roxas yell. He was faster than the other figure and caught up in no time, tackling him to the ground. I, being on the track team, was there beside them in no time. Roxas was struggling to keep the person on ground, they were grunting and rolling around. Roxas had the guy almost pinned when he broke free and tried to run, Roxas grabbed his ankle and the stranger tripped and fell with a grunt to the ground. Roxas was on top of him in no time; the guy swung a punch and landed it on his cheek, knocking him off. I ran to Roxas' aid then, when the guy started off, I blocked his path, even though I was scared to death.
"Move!" He spat.
I recognized the voice. "Axel?"
He grunted and shoved me to the ground, sprinting away. I took off after him and grabbed him around the waist, pulling him to the ground and pulling off his hood to reveal spiky red hair. "Get off!" He screeched and shoved me off him but Roxas was on top of him like a bat outta hell. Fists were flying and they were grunting and growling at each other until finally, Roxas got the guy pinned, twisting his arm behind his back painfully.
"Axel!" I shrieked. "What are you doing?"
A bit of blood dribbled out of the corner of his mouth. "Payback." He grumbled and tried to shift his weight to reduce the pain in his shoulder.
Roxas looked just as shocked, but didn't move. "Payback? Why would you dy and 'care your 'ounger 'tider so bad dhe was in hy'derics?" He twisted Axel's arm even more with out realizing it, licking some blood off his own lip as blood ran from his nose.
Axel just grunted. "Let up on the twisting! You caught me already." Roxas and I just looked at him. "You both can run faster than I can, so it's no use fro me to run. Now let me up." Roxas looked at me and I nodded he released him and Axel stood up, smoothing his hair back and wiping his mouth on his sleeve.
"I can't believe you!" I shouted, I clenched my hand until my nails were digging so hard into the palms of my hand; it brought a little bit of blood. "Why would you do something so horribly vile?"
Axel shrugged. "Like I said Payback. P-a-y-b-a-c-k. Got it memorized?"
The color rose in my cheeks and I felt hate flare up in my stomach, tears ran from my eyes and I set my jaw. He smirked at me and I started to shake, trying to control myself and not hit him. My knuckles were pure white and a small amount of blood dripped from my hand. Roxas looked at me, clearly afraid, he had never seen me this angry before. Heck, I had never known myself to be this angry.
"What's wrong? My ickle sister a wittle bit angwy?" Axel said in a mock baby voice.
"I am trying so hard not to hit you." I managed to force out.
Axel cackled. "Go ahead, hit me. I won't even feel it."
"No, I won't hit you." I glanced at Roxas, his nose was bleeding and he was trying to stem it with his sleeve. Seeing Roxas like that only made me even angrier.
"C'mon, hit me." He taunted. "My ickle sister too afwiad to hit her big bwover? Wittle Alexa, won't even hit h-"
CRACK! Before I knew what was happening, my fist was making contact with Axel's jaw and he went to the ground clutching his face. "You little!" He came after me but my other fist made contact with his nose and he went to the ground again, blood streaming from his nostrils and tears rolling from his eyes. Everything seemed to go silent and fuzzy next thing I knew I was bringing my foot back to kick him in the face. Roxas wrapped his arms around me and stood in front of me, preventing me from hurting my brother any further. I clawed and pushed at Roxas to let me go, I was gonna kill Axel if it was the last thing I did. But he didn't let go, he held me until all I could do was shout insults and cry. I took a look at Axel who was clutching his bleeding and surely broken nose. His jaw was already starting to swell and turn purple. I sat on the ground and cried, I didn't want to hurt my brother, even if he was a horrible person and even if he was always mean to me.
Roxas looked at Axel and helped him up, then ripped a piece of his own shirt and covered Axel's nose with it. "Ack!" He whimpered. Roxas told me that Axel needs to get to the hospital; he thinks his nose is broken. Roxas held his sleeve to his own nose to stem the bleeding. We all walked down the street and I stared at the palms of my hands where my nails had dug in so deep there was blood smeared all over. The cuts were shaped just like my nails and I wiped the blood off on my shirt. The clinic was two blocks away and behind us were small droplets of blood along the sidewalk, like a tiny trail. We arrived at the Clinic and they took one look at all of us and ushered all of us into a room.
"What happened here?" The nurse asked, frantically dragging Axel into one of the wards.
"A prank gone bad." I mumbled.
Axel whimpered as whined as the nurse touched his broken nose. "Definitely broken." She confirmed. "Must have been something pretty hard to give you one that bad. The good news is, your jaw isn't broken. You will just have some major pain and swelling in your face for the next few days."
"My 'tupid sister 'it me." Axel tried to say.
The nurse ignored him and handed him a towel. "Hold this to your nose." She told him, taking the bloody piece of shirt and tossing it into the trash. Then she turned to Roxas who was trying to wipe the blood off his face with his sleeve. The nurse pulled him over to another bed and pushed him down. She felt his nose and I could see Roxas flinch in pain. "Your nose is fine, just bloody." She eyed the blood from his nose on the floor. Then she handed him a towel to hold to his nose, which he did.
"Anything wrong with you?" She asked, a bit impatiently.
I shook my head and shoved my hands into my pockets, trying to look innocent. She pulled my hands up to her face and tutted. "You have some little cuts here. What were you three doing?" None of us said anything and she shook her head then poured alcohol on a piece of gauze and wiped the dried blood off my hands. I flinched from the sting, but afterwards she put some cream on them and wrapped them in bandages. She then went over to Roxas and checked to see if the bleeding had stopped.
"For the most part, you bleeding has stopped. But, there will still be a small amount of bleeding. Just try not to sneeze, that'll start it up again."
"I tant bweaf th'oogh my nose." He told her.
"I know, I know. What you gotta do if sniff it all in and spit it out." She told him.
Roxas looked repulsed. "Dere's no way I'b doing dat." He folded his arms over his chest.
"You have to." The nurse said sternly.
Roxas rolled his eyes and sniffed, the sound that was made, made my stomach turn. He then hocked and spit out blood into a napkin. I told him I'd wait outside and I went into the lobby. I sat down and flipped through a magazine and could here Axel groaning when the nurse touched his nose and tried to fix it. Roxas came out after about ten minutes and said we could leave. Axel was over 18 so he could take care of himself, mom and dad would have to pay my bill, and Roxas' parents would pay his.
He wrapped an arm around me. "I'm glad your safe." He told me.
"I'm glad to have such a brave hero as my boyfriend." I said.
He grinned and I could see his eye turning a deeper shade of purple, his nose was red and puffy and his hair was sticking out every which way, his lip was cut and bleeding slightly and it too was swelling. I laughed and leaned against him. He walked me home and then left for his own house. I went to bed, feeling much safer and curled up with Marcie.
Sleep didn't want to come and I stared at the ceiling, replaying the day's events in my mind. I flipped on my lamp and looked at my bandaged hands. I lifted the bandage and looked at my bruising knuckles. Who would have thought I had that in me? I never realized what I could do when I was provoked. If Roxas hadn't stopped me…Axel could be much worse than what he is now. I stared at the ceiling and one of my favorite songs drifted through my mind.
You feel like a candle, in hurricane
Just like a picture with a broken frame
Alone and helpless, like you've lost your fight
But you'll be alright, you'll be alright
'Cause when push comes to shove, you taste what you're made of
You might bend till you break 'cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up, decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong, wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand
The song seemed to fit perfectly with my…ah…predicament. I laughed and flipped off the lamp and snuggled under my covers. The song kept reverberating through my mind and I couldn't help but sing it.
"Life's like a novel, with the end ripped out
The edge of a canyon, with only one way down
Take what you're given, before it's gone
Start holdin' on, keep holdin' on
'Cause when push comes to shove, you taste what you're made of
You might bend till you break 'cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up, decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong, wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand
Yeeaaah
Then you stand
Every time you get up, and get back in the raceOne more small piece of you, starts to fall into place
'Cause when push comes to shove, you taste what you're made of
You might bend till you break 'cause it's all you can take
On your knees you look up, decide you've had enough
You get mad, you get strong, wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand"
I smiled to myself. The song was perfect for how I felt for most of today. I couldn't help but laugh as I thought of Axel laying on the ground after I had hit him in the jaw. It had felt so good to do that! I'd been waiting for that moment all of my life, and when it came; I could have hurt him terribly. I felt slightly guilty about leaving Axel there alone and for hitting him.
But boy, it felt so good. I thought as I felt my eyes shut.
Well, there's the third part. I suppose I could have made it longer but I don't like to go over six pages. I hope you enjoyed this one. Axel got the crap beaten out of him! Bwaa ha ha ha! Oh, and I realize that Roxas, Axel, Olette, and Hayner are sorta out of character, but, this is just a fun story. Not something that I expect to get a lot of reviews on, just something for your entertainment and mine. The song is by Rascal Flatts it's called Stand. I think it's one of my favorite songs and I had to incorporate it in there somewhere!
This is to help you understand what Axel and Roxas were saying when their noses were bloody and they couldn't talk right.
Roxas: "Payback? Why would you dy and 'care your 'ounger 'tider so bad dhe was in hy'derics?"
Means: "Payback? Why would you try and scare your younger sister so bad she was in hysterics?"
Axel: "My 'tupid sister 'it me."
Means: "My stupid sister hit me."
Roxas: "I tant bweaf th'oogh my nose."
Means: "I can't breathe through my nose."
Roxas: "Dere's no way I'b doing dat."
Means: "There's no way I'm doing that."