Chapter 7
"I is not being knowing where Mikey is" HJ says. Mik lets out a heart wrenching sob, then begins to hyperventilate. "Mik, breathe!" Professor Armstrong says, crossing the room quickly. "We can't loose one of our best friends! We already lost Zak!" Mik says through tears falling heavily down his face, clinging to Mike like his life depends on it. "We-we need our Mikey!" Mik says. "Hold up, Mik. What's going on? I was just in the memory room, trying to see if I could figure out where Mikey went, and why he's not responding" Zak says, walking into view in the inner world. Mik blinks in confusion,"did you figure it out?" Zak shakes his head in denial. "Do you want front so I can go comfort MK? MK is literally sobbing because you disappeared" Mik asks, looking every bit of the system protector that he is. Zak nods, then subtly switches with Mik. "Are you ok? Do you want to play some bass?" Mike asks, still rubbing Zak's back. Zak nods,"sure, I guess.I'm pretty sure we're on the verge of starting to split another alter. I need to stop thinking about Mikey for a little while." "Zak?" Nico asks, with narrowed eyes. Zak smirks, "I leave front to go look through the memory room and everyone looses their shit." Mike snorts,"any song preference?" Zak blushes,"actually I wrote a song a while back and wanted to play it for you and Professor Armstrong." Professor Armstrong blinks,"really?" Zak nods,"it's helped with the depression from loosing Penny 2 years ago." "I tried to get you to see a mind healer after that! You refused" Sirius says, looking confused. "Maybe it's because the mind healer was pushing us to try and accept our traumas before we were ready to!" Zak says, trying desperately to not let Zak B front. Nico looks over at Zak,"deep breaths, nobody is trying to hurt you. Look at me. You are safe. I promise." Zak sighs, and lets go of Mike, blushing a dark red. The door to the room of requirements opens, and standing there is... "MIKEY!" Zak yells running across the room and engulfing the poor house elf in a hug. "Mikey was being needing a few days to himself, since multi master being saying I can being taking take a break. I was forgetting to be asking for permission though," Mikey says avoiding eye contact with Zak. Zak snorts,"bestie, you don't need permission! We do need to know before you decide to go on vacation though." Mike can't contain himself and asks,"Did you just call your house elf bestie?" Zak nods,"Mikey is one of my best friends." Professor Armstrong says," you still want to show us that song?" Mikey gasps,"master Zaky! I is being getting you something!" Mikey hands Zak a brand new lefty p bass, with the American idiot symbol on it. Zak blinks,"where the hell did you find this?! I love it!" "I is being looking everywhere for it! I is finding it in some thief's belongings! So I is stealing it!", Mikey says looking Sirius in the face and winking, hoping he understands what the wink means.