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Roxas POV
In the cold, dark night a few days after leaving her and Axel, I came to a fork in the road. To my left I could see a lake with a shimmering reflection of the moon impressed upon it. To my right was a more of the same forest I was in, but there was also the smell of smoke. Smoke usually meant that people were alive and cooking, so I took my chances and walked to the right.
When I left Namine and Axel, I was extremely pissed at them; sure, they saved my life, but what gave them permission? Still, the more I thought about it, the more I knew that they were right and I was wrong. I said some stupid things to them, especially Namine, and when I saw that pained expression on her face I was stricken with grief. But I ran from them and I couldn't just go back.
It wasn't very far when I saw the storm of flames. Ahead of me was a large, white brick building completely on fire. However, when I realized that it was the same building from my dream, a cold sweat formed on my forehead. I stumbled a bit as I moved closer to it; the heat was intense and actually started burning me before I got inside.
"ROXAS!" I heard a female voice scream; it was Namine's without a doubt and I immediately jumped into action, forgetting my fear of the flames.
I pulled the harpoon gun that I had acquired during my time alone off of my back and aimed it at the closed steal doors. With one I closed I aimed the spear gun at the door and fired when I had the perfect shot. The spear shot out with such force that when it hit the door, the doors almost ripped off of their hinges. I threw the gun to the ground and pulled out my keyblades as I ran into the inferno.
Inside, the only thing I could see was smoke, flame, and zombies. They were all over but careful not to touch the flames. Coughing, I ran forward to what I thought to be Axel's voice.
"Get the hell away!" I heard before I rounded a corner. A few seconds later, a zombie came flying into the wall across from where it was hit. It collapsed to the floor.
I ran to Axel and was surprised. He was down on one knee with a pained expression on his face, but his chakram were still in his hands, ready to fight. He had claw marks raked down his arms, legs, torso, and face.
"Roxas!" he asked, astonished.
"You ok?" I asked
"Mhm. Just trying to keep the zombies at bay."
"Where's Namine?"Behind me, a support beam in the building cracked and fell and I cringed.
"Behind me! Roxas, listen" I wasn't facing him, but he turned me around. "Get her out of here and far away. I'll keep the zombies away while you two get away. Don't come back for me; I'm gonna take all these fuckers out with me. Tell her I love her, kay?"
"But Axel…."
"No buts, I'm gonna die if I get out of here anyway, just look at my wounds. I want to be useful when I die. Just let me do this."
"You're a good man, Axel." I patted his shoulder as I ran past him towards Namine's unconscious form on the ground. She was red from the heat and flames around her, but aside from a large cut on her side, she was ok. I picked her up bridal style and ran up to Axel.
"You're sure about this? We can both make it out-"
"Go. Take good care of her, got it memorized?"
"I promise you that I will."
"Now run!"
Axel struggled to his feet with a smirk on his face. He lit his chakram in the flames around him and twirled them in his hand. Zombies crowded around him and I finally got out of the building.
I stopped running at the end of the clearing and was still able to see the burning building.
"BURN BABY BURN!" I heard Axel yell from the building.
Suddenly the building erupted in a blazing ball of light and heat. The rest of the windows shattered and parts of the structure collapsed in on itself. I turned my back towards the explosion and protected Nami from any debris that came flying out of the fire.
Finally everything faded into a calm silence. The trees around me were scorched, blackened by the flames that consumed most of the building and left it a crumbling shell. The blonde beneath me trembled slightly before relaxing into a deep sleep. I smiled in spite of the tears falling from losing a dear friend; I knew I wouldn't let Axel's sacrifice go to waste.
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In the morning I awoke to sunlight filtering through the remaining tree's leaves. Namine was resting her head on my lap and I was sitting with my back against a tree. I tried not to wake her as I stretched my arms above my head, but she stirred from her sleep with confusion clear in her eyes. The shirt sleeve I had wrapped around her side was bloody.
"R-Roxas?" her timid voice was just as I remembered.
"Hey Nami. How was your rest?"
"Where's Axel?" realization seemed to come to her at that moment and she suddenly sat up. "I remember that there was a fire…and then the zombies started rushing to us faster than before. Axel got really hurt protecting us, and then I got hit in the side and…and that's all I can remember."
"Namine." I cast my eyes downward and away from her. "He told me to tell you that he loved you. He gave his life for us."
"No….no! Nonononononono!" she started weeping as she jumped up to run to the ruins of the fire. I tried to stop her, but she was too fast and was already half way there.
The remains of the blaze were only charred furniture and black ash. There wasn't even a ceiling or any walls; they had all collapsed and burned during the night.
Namine was frantically sifting through the ash and rubble for her brother even though she knew he wasn't coming back.
I hugged her from behind as she finally fell to her knees and sobbed with her hands covering her face.
"He sacrificed himself for us. We need to get to the camp for him now." I told her.
She shook her head and dropped her hands before she gasped. There, on the ground in front of here, were Axel's chakram. They were lying beside each other and shined brightly in the sunlight.
My blonde companion slowly extended her hands and lifted them up in front of her, marveling at the last remains of her dear brother. Without a word to me she hooked them up to her back so that we could take them with us and never forget Axel. Although she was still crying, she smiled.
"Come on, we gotta get to the camp." I grinned as I extended a hand to her. She took it and we walked forwards in silence.
For about a day we traveled without any interruptions from the creatures; the zombies in the whole area must've been destroyed by Axel.
We had talked about everything during that free day of our journey. We spoke about everything: our relationship and what we actually had, what we were going to do when we got to the camp, our previous lives before the epidemic. We were dating, we decided, and we would state that we were a couple at the camp, because that's really what we were.
When I heard the electric hum of over 100 generators powered up, the biggest amount of relief washed over me. We had made it. There was only a tall chain-link fence with barbed wire on top as our obstacle to freedom.
That was, until the zombies filled the clearing. Hundreds of them, probably thousands pilled in and blocked our way to our new home. With one look and a nod, Namine and I began our final fight.
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song for this chapter: Ready to Fall by Rise Against
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