Chapter 3
What is it your heart desires the most…freedom?
Night had completely fallen on Midgar and the forgotten city, the moon was almost full and the stars shone bright against the black background, in the white forest by the lake, the hunters had made their plan and now rested by the comfort of a burning fire,
"The authorities will be looking for us by now" said one of the men,
"Yeah and I bet they're going to send those ex-soldiers and them lot" said another, Boss listened as he sat by the waters edge, his eyes focused upon the surface, a small smile appeared on his lips as he lifted one of his hands and placed it on the waters surface, he smiled more as he caused the surface to ripple,
"Hey Boss are we only after this wolf?" one of the men called, Boss turned his head,
"It all depends on what we come across boys" he replied,
"It all depends"
On the other side of the forest, the huge wolf was continuing her patrol of the forest, she gazed towards where the great bright, white shell like palace stood by the life stream lake, it shone bright above the tree line,
"Something dark is going to happen… I can sense it" she spoke aloud, she then continued on her way.
By now Cloud had drove through all of Midgar, and now made his way back towards the house, he then came across the old monumental statue, he stopped the engine and climbed off his motorcycle, he then gazed up the great statue,
"You caused us many problems…" he said, his fist tightened into balls by his side,
"Well it's over now" another voice called, Cloud spun round into a battle stance to come face with Zack,
"It's just you" Cloud said stoically, he relaxed and made his way back to his motorcycle,
"Listen Cloud…I don't want any of us to get hurt, and I know what Sora has been through a lot, but we have been given orders" Zack stated, Cloud revved his engine in an attempt to ignore Zack,
"Come on, I'm not the bad guy here" Zack said, Cloud turned off the engine,
"I know, but you could of said that Sora wasn't able to make it" Cloud stated, Zack rolled his eyes, and made his way towards Cloud,
"I tried, but they need Sora on this mission with us" Zack responded, Cloud sighed,
"Well then, I'll see ya at home" Cloud simply said as he drove of leaving Zack on his own,
"Right, best be getting back then" Zack sighed; he turned his head to the statue and walked away.
Darkness, silence, evil, Roxas shifted in his sleep as a dark nightmare took over his heart,
Roxas found himself running, running through a forest of light,
"The forgotten city?" he asked himself, dark shadows followed him, and yellow eyes peered through the darkness,
"Heartless!" he cried, he summoned his two Keyblade like weapons and fought of the never ending heartless. He ended up at the life stream lake, he was cornered by five remaining heartless, and with the last of his strength he lunged forward and vanquished the remaining enemies.
"Roxas…" a voice called, he turned to see a sphere of water hovering above the water,
"What the…" he said, he stared longer at the sphere to see a figure within it,
"Sora?" he asked out loud, indeed Sora was within the sphere, he looked as if he was asleep (An: if you have ever played KH2 you'll know when we see Sora he's asleep in that thing that Namine′e created)
"Sora, wake up!" Roxas called as he ran into the lake, suddenly the sphere seemed to crack and Sora fell into the waters depth,
"No Sora!" Roxas cried as he dived in after him, he swam deeper and deeper the dark water made it difficult to see, then out of no where, lights started to fill the darkness, Sora was suddenly in view and still unconscious, Roxas swam faster to get to him but couldn't reach, he stretched out his hand to grasp Sora's but darkness suddenly wrapped Sora's body and dragged him down to the deep,
"SORA!" Roxas called, water filled his lungs as he made his way to the surface for air, he burst through the surface…
"Wah!" Roxas yelped as he shot up from bed, sweat dripped from his forehead as he glanced around the room, he then turned to his left and saw Sora sleeping soundly,
"It was just a dream" he said to himself as he turned and sat on the edge, he wiped his face and placed his face in his hands as he tried to calm down,
"Roxas, are you ok?" a groggy voice called, Roxas turned his head to see a sleepy eyed, messy haired Sora, Roxas smiled a little,
"Yeah I'm fine Sora, go back to sleep" Roxas said, Sora grumbled something then flopped back down into the covers,
"Good night" Roxas whispered, he to then climbed into the covers and was once again taken by sleep.
Morning, the sun rose to wake the grey city of Midgar, sun rays flooded into the closed curtained rooms of number 13, and brightened up the already bright, burgundy, red room of the red haired Reno,
"Hnn…" he groaned as sun light glared into his face, his eyes squinted in discomfort to the light,
"What time is it?" he asked himself as he reluctantly pulled the covers away, 7:45 AM, was what was on the clock, Reno groaned more as he dragged himself out of bed, his red hair loose and wild, he rearranged his red boxers and white t-shirt and left his room,
"Everybody up!" he yelled as he passed by all the rooms, he then descended down the stairs.
"Too early" Zack moaned as he slammed his hand upon his ringing alarm clock, he removed his grey duvet to reveal him bare chest and only in grey boxer shorts, he then left his room and also descended down stairs. Reno was in the kitchen preparing breakfast as Zack sat down on the sofa,
"Did Cloud turn up?" he asked, Reno poked his head from the doorway,
"Yeah really late though" Reno replied, suddenly they heard the shower turn on,
"That'll be him now" Reno chirped,
"Yep" Zack added, thirty minutes later and Cloud climbed down the stairs wearing his usual black top and jeans,
"Morning" Reno said, Cloud grunted and sat on the sofa, Zack stared at him
"Where did you go last night then?" he asked, Cloud glanced at him,
"For a ride" he simply replied, Reno walked past and stood at the bottom of the stairs,
"YO ROXAS GET UP!" he yelled,
"Sora's probably still recovering" Cloud said, Reno looked at him quizzically, and then realisation struck him like lightning,
"Oh yeah, I forgot Sora returned" he laughed, he turned his head up the stairs again,
"I guess I'll have to wake them up" Reno smirked evilly, he then quietly ascended the stairs,
"If that's Reno coming up to wake us up I'm going to be so annoyed" Roxas groaned as he poked his head out from under the covers, Sora lifted his head from under the pillow,
"Ten more minutes" he groaned as he placed the pillow back over his head, Roxas chuckled,
"You feel better now then?" he asked,
"Yep…" Sora mumbled through the pillow, Roxas smiled a little as he flopped back on the bed; suddenly there was a knock on the door,
"WAKE UP!" Reno yelled as he entered the room,
"Get out!" Roxas moaned, Reno smirked, he then grabbed the edge of the duvet and quickly pulled it off the two teens, Sora curled up and started moving his arms in a desperate attempt to find the covers, Roxas gave Reno a evil glare that could kill anyone twice over,
"Are you up now?" Reno asked sarcastically, Sora removed the pillow from his head,
"What time is it?" he yawned, Reno glared at his watch,
"Eight o'clock, come on, get washed, dressed" Reno said, Sora groaned, his hair seemed to be messier then usual,
"You need a haircut dude" Reno chuckled, Sora looked up and attempted to sort out his hair,
"No I don't!" Sora groaned back, his sapphire eyes squinted in the light,
"Come on let's get ready" Roxas said as stood up from the bed, Sora nodded and sat up,
"I guess I should be use to this kinda thing" Sora stated, Roxas looked at him in concern
"Oh Sora" he thought as he watched the Keyblade master grab his now clean clothes and walk into the bathroom,
"Hey dude, you ok?" Reno asked as he waved his hand in front of Roxas's face,
"Huh what?" Roxas asked as he blinked himself out of his trance like state,
"Gee man, I asked if you were ok?" Reno repeated, Roxas stared at him and forced a smile,
"I'm fine" he said, Reno looked at him quizzically, but shrugged it off,
"OK then man, hurry up we leave in an hour" Reno chorused,
"An hour?!" Sora called from the bathroom, suddenly rushing could be heard and then Sora ran out of the bathroom, his hair dripping wet, only his black, baggy quarter lengths on, Roxas felt his skin burn as he gazed upon Sora well defined chest and abdomen, Sora towel dried his hair quickly, Reno to seemed to be losing it slightly, he then turned to see Roxas red faced and staring at Sora,
"Err… well like I said we're going soon so hurry up Roxas" Reno said as he left the room, Sora removed the towel from his head and shook his hair, he then grabbed his charm necklace (An: you know the crown one he always wears), he then looked over at Roxas,
"Hey are you ok Roxas?" he asked, Roxas shook himself out of his daze and blushed more when Sora was moving towards him,
"Err yeah I'm fine, what are you doing?" Roxas stuttered, Sora brought his hand close to Roxas's face,
"Oh my God what is he doing?" Roxas questioned himself as he closed his eyes; suddenly he felt a pressure on his forehead,
"You don't have a fever" Sora commented, Roxas opened his eyes to see Sora smiling at him,
"Fever?" Roxas asked, Sora nodded as he looked around the room,
"Yeah, your face was all red so I thought you had a fever" he answered, he then turned away from Roxas, giving him a full view of his back, Roxas watched as the muscles in Sora's back rippled with every movement he made,
"Err… what are you looking for?" Roxas quickly asked, Sora turned to him,
"My red top, I thought I took it into the bathroom with me" Sora replied, Roxas looked at him in confusion,
"You sure?" he asked, Sora nodded,
"You've got half an hour guys!" Zack called up the stairs, Roxas gasped as he ran into the bathroom as well, leaving Sora to search for his top alone.
"What are they doing up there?" Zack asked as he heard thumping noises from upstairs above them, Reno smiled a little,
"Well it sounds like they're having fun" Reno stated, Cloud and Zack stared at him,
"Oh come on, haven't you noticed it?" Reno questioned, Zack and Cloud stared at each other,
"What are you talking about?" Cloud asked, Reno sighed,
"It's so obvious that they like each other" Reno said, Zack shook his head,
"Well obviously, but come on they know better to leave it to now" he said, Cloud nodded, Reno groaned suddenly he saw something red on the kitchen table,
"Oops" he said, the ex-soldiers looked at him,
"What?" Zack asked, Reno turned to show them a red top,
"Hey isn't that" Cloud started, Reno nodded,
"I guess I'll go take it to him," Reno said,
"You won't, I'll take it" Cloud said as he snatched the red top of Reno,
"What…" Reno sighed, Cloud glared at him as he made his way to the stairs,
"Aww man!" Reno sighed in exasperation; Zack chuckled as he grabbed his black, tight top and baggy jeans,
"Are you going to stay in your pj's all day?" he asked, Reno glared at him then realised he was still in his red boxers,
"Not cool!" he yelped as he leapt up the stairs and past Cloud who was now outside Roxas's door, he knocked it twice,
"Who is it?" Sora's quiet voiced yelled,
"It's Cloud" he replied, the door knob twisted and Sora opened the door, his eyes peered up at him, Cloud smiled
"I believe this is yours?" Cloud stated as he handed Sora his red top,
"Oh my God you found it" Sora almost exclaimed, he swiftly put it on followed by the black jacket,
"Thanks Cloud" he said, Cloud nodded his head then he turned to descend down the stairs,
"Hurry guys!" Reno called as he rushed down the stairs now in his usual, casual, scruffy suit, and his trademark goggles upon his head,
"Tell Roxas to hurry" Cloud simply said as he continued down the stairs,
"Ok Cloud" Sora replied as he shut the door,
"How long do we have left?" Roxas's voice called, Sora looked at the alarm clock,
"We've got fifteen minutes" Sora said, Roxas then came charging out of the room and quickly got changed,
"Right lets go" he said, Sora nodded, a deep blush upon his cheeks,
"Are you alright?" Roxas asked,
"Yeah I'm fine let's go" Sora replied quickly, Roxas shrugged as he followed Sora out the room and down stairs,
"Right lets go!" Reno chirped, everyone headed towards the back door,
"Have we got everything?" Zack asked, everyone nodded, and they then exited the building where they were met with a black helicopter,
"There she is" Reno sighed, Sora was awe struck,
"We're flying in that thing?" he asked, Reno chuckled,
"Yep so hop in" he said, the gang climbed into the helicopter, Reno in the pilot seat,
"Everybody fasten your seatbelts" Reno yelled, every one done up their belts as the propellers began to spin, the air craft then lifted from the ground with ease and cruised towards the forgotten city.
The group of men had now settled down for the night, they all circled round a small camp fire that flickered every now and then. The lake seemed to of stilled also, there was then a small gust of wind, the water's surface rippled across the lake towards the men, Boss shifted slightly but didn't wake from his slumber, a shadow crept upon the group of hunters, it was the wolf, her paws made no sound as they touched the ground beneath her, her pace was slow and cautious as she prowled around the camp,
"Weird things humans" she thought to herself, a loud screech pierced the silence, and the wolf quickly raised its head and bared its teeth towards the creature,
"Falsar remain quiet" she growled quietly, Falsar silenced himself,
"Please we must leave" he spoke in a whisper, the wolf rolled its eyes, she then stared into the burning fire, she slightly narrowed her eyes and whilst doing this the fire slowly dimmed into it was completely out,
"Much better" she said simply, she then strolled past the men and headed back to the forest, Falsar quickly followed. Boss woke moments later; his eyes squinted to see through the darkness,
"The fire went out" he said out loud, he then reached into his bag and pulled out a torch, switching it on, he looked around his camp,
"Something isn't right here" he said, he shone the torch on the ground, nothing could be seen until he shone the light beside him,
"I knew it" he smirked as he gazed upon a set of tracks, but not just any tracks, wolf tracks.