Chapter 2 ~ Lesson Number 1
Roxas felt like he was dead. Again. His body was floating, floating somewhere, somewhere dark. Slowly, with a great deal of effort, Roxas opened his eyes to see,…nothing. The endless nothing of everlasting darkness was all that surrounded him. It pounded in from all sides, sticking to him like moss to a tree. Roxas pulled at the darkness, trying despertly to pry himself free from its thick hold on his body. But the darkness was unrelenting. Roxas swung at it desperatly, trying his hardest to not faint from lack of breathable air. But no matter how Roxas struggled, the darkness still held him, clouding him, clutching him to it, and Roxas cried out in terror. Roxas, despiration and paranoia heightend, took one last strong swing at the darkness that held his chest so tightly…
"OWWW!" Roxas blinked confused at the suddenly blindingly bright light that surrounded him. Where had the darkness gone? Had he defeated it? Roxas sat up in satisfaction, his body relaxing now that he was breathing normal air again. Although his fist was throbbing a bit, almost as if he had hit something more solid. He looked tentively down at it, spying the red mark that was slowly inching its way across his balled up fist.
"YOU..You..!" Roxas looked upwards slowly, a cringe forming along his spine as his eyes met those same green eyes from before. "What the hell? I try to wake you up and you slug me? You jerk." Axel, his red hair looking a little less bright in the sunlight, where it's color was dulled by the more raident shades of light surrounding it, grabbed the front of Roxas's cloak angrily with both fists. "You better watch it kid." He said the last part slowly, dangerously, implying with his words all of the terrible things that he could possibly do if prompted again.
Roxas choked back a gulp of terror as fear sent little zings up his slender spine.
"I didn't mean to! I swear, It was just an accident." Roxas said as he tried to pull Axel's fingers from his cloak. But Axel held on, his nails digging in tighter instead of loosening.
"Lesson number one kid. Don't talk back to your superiors. You do as your told. How your told. And when your told. No exceptions. Period. And don't you dare hit me again. Accidental or otherwise." Axel's eyes had grown cold, leaving the green a lifeless emerald color. Roxas was about to argue, but thought better of it. Better not to cause more damage right now. He was already on thin ice. So instead Roxas nodded silently until Axel relased his grip on Roxas's front.