Part Five

Sora and Mia left the hospital, thankful Sora had only sustained a fracture and not a complete break. As they were leaving, Sora now using a crutch to get around, they noticed the sky was now covered by thick cloud cover. Sora heard a soft rumble from up above and looked up. He felt a drop then another and another. Soon, the sensation of falling rain began to grow stronger.

"Should've known it'd rain today.." Mia grumbled.

"Well hey, at least it'll get all the mud off.." Sora intoned, a small smile on his face.

Though he was smiling, Mia could still sense a deep sadness was still present.

"Hey, don't worry.." Mia comforted gently. "I'm sure we'll find a way to get you home.."

Sora turned to look at her.

"But.. How? I.. I don't even know how I got here.."

"We'll think of something.." Mia said as they made their way down the street.

As the duo made their way down the street, the suddenly loud pop, followed by the shattering of glass caused them to spin around in shock. Sora stared in shock and horror as saw a window to one of the stores they had passed earlier had been smashed open. Forgetting his injuries and feeling a rush of adrenaline, Sora hurried toward the building.

"Sora! What're you DOING!?"

Sora ignored her as he hurried toward the building. As he drew closer, he could see the entire window to the store was gone. His shoes crunched against the small shards of glass now scattered about the street. He could hear screaming from inside the building as a young woman struggled against a man that had to be twice as old as Axel with a strong build and dark hair, when she was thrown to the floor. The man seemed to be holding a black object that reminded Sora of the pistol Jack Sparrow had used. Sora's eyes went wide as he saw the man was now pointing the weapon to a young woman's head. As the man took aim, Sora ran forward and used his strength to try and knock the weapon away, causing it to go off.

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Mia saw Sora hurrying toward the building where a robbery was undoubtedly taking place. She yelled after him, wanting him to stop. She knew perfectly well how dangerous a stand off with a crazed gunman could be.

"Sora! Get BACK here!"

Mia heard the shot go off and felt her heart stop, a deep sense of dread going through her as she hurried toward to the scene.

"Oh God! SORA!"

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The shot thankfully only made contact with the nearby wall a few feet from the woman's position, allowing the woman to run. Sora was on the ground, trying his best to get keep the crazed man at bay, using his crutch to keep the man from reaching the gun that now lay on the floor.

"Stop this right NOW!" Sora shouted, struggling against the man with his crutch.

"Who the h*ll you think you ARE?" the man growled.

He soon pinned Sora to the floor on his back. Sora gritted his teeth as the man began to press the crutch against Sora's neck.

"You picked the wrong guy ta mess with, Punk.." the man sneered angrily.

Sora coughed as the metal of the crutch began to crush his neck, but continued to keep his arms locked in place to keep the crutch from pressing harder on his throat. Sora clenched his eyes shut and with an angry yell, he kicked the man in the gut with his good leg, knocking the wind out of the man, but not enough to push him off. The man landed a sucker punch to the side of Sora's face, which Sora took advantage of by pulling the crutch back and striking the man in the side of the head. As the man let Sora go, they were soon surrounded by a battalion of officers.

As the officers led the man out of the building the thug turned his head, his gaze dead set on Sora.

"This ain't OVER, Punk!" the crazed man shouted. "When I get out, I'ma take your a$$ OUT! Just you WAIT! I'm gonna KILL YOU!"

Those words sent chills down Sora's spine as the officers began to lead the man away. As they put the man into custody, Sora turned to see Mia hurrying over to him.

"Sora! Thank GOD!" she said. "Are you okay?"

Sora painfully rubbed his throat and nodded. Mia was relieved but soon let her anger and concern explode.

"D*mn it, Sora! You nearly gave me a frickin' HEART-ATTACK! What the h*ll were you THINKING!? Don't you know you could've been KILLED!?"

Sora winced at her shouting as he rubbed at his neck painfully.

"Mia, that lady was in TROUBLE!" Sora reasoned. "If I hadn't stopped him-"

"You still could've DIED!" Mia interrupted. "That was a sh*t MOVE!"

Sora looked at the floor, feeling a bit uneasy due to Mia's shouting. Mia slowly began to calm down and soon let out a breath.

"We'll talk about this later.."

Mia began to leave and Sora looked up.

"M..Mia..?"

Sora grabbed her arm and she spun around.

"I'm.. I'm sorry.." Sora whimpered out. "I didn't mean to make you upset.. I just.. I couldn't just stand by and let somebody get HURT..."

Mia sighed again.

"Look.. Sora.. I'm not MAD at you.. I just.. I was worried that the very first friend I've made would end up getting killed.."

Sora looked at her in surprise.

"You.. Never had a friend?"

"Not really.. I've known a bunch of people but.. We never really clicked, ya know?"

Sora looked at her with a saddened expression but soon he took her hand. Mia looked at him and Sora smiled a little.

"I'm here for you, Mia.. Just know that I've got your back."

Mia smiled a little.

"Thanks Sora.."

It was then that they were suddenly assaulted by massive crowd of people. Sora raised an arm to shield his eyes as bright flashes suddenly blinded him from all sides.

He looked all around at the growing crowd, their voices meshing together as they began to talk over each other.

"Young man, you risked your life to save the owner of Sterling Electronics from meeting a terrible end." said a woman, standing close by. "Tell us, what was going through your mind through this ordeal to drive you to do such a heroic act?"

She moved her mic over to him and Sora looked around, taking a moment to let the shock ware off.

"Um.."

The crowd waited anxiously for his response.

"Well, uh.. Well, she was in trouble," Sora replied. "I couldn't just stand by and let somebody get hurt."

Sora was then caught off guard as everyone began to bombard him with questions. As he tried to answer one question, another would be asked and he would try to answer, only for another one to be asked shortly after. Seeing Sora struggling with the situation, Mia took that moment to intervene and she took Sora by the arm.

"No more questions!" Mia stated and soon began to lead Sora away.

Thankfully, the duo managed to find a taxi and they soon left the scene.

Author's Note: i will try to get more up soon..