Okay, I disappeared for three days, I don't know if anyone noticed. But anyway, I went on a writing spree for "Here, at the Other Side". I'm now writing chapter nine.

Since I forgot to put this on the first chapter,

Disclaimer: I don't own anything (It will not change)

Enjoy, many of you wanted them to talk to Rob, here it is.

Here, at the Other Side – Chapter 3

"I don't know what to do. He's spending more and more time with Nora." Ellen confided in her husband Jim, "I want to help him move on but he's back to hating me and Nora keeps telling him Axel's alive." She cried as her husband wrapped his arms around her.

"Though it's very unlikely, there is a small chance he is alive. It's only been six months." Jim spoke reasonably. "I think we should still give it some time before we say he's definitely dead. You know mothers have instincts and Nora says her son is alive. We should listen to her."

"I just want Roxas to be happy again. I remember when my parents died; it was easier to get over it once I accepted it."

"It's not the same situation. Your mother died of cancer and your dad of old age. Axel may have run away, been kidnapped, killed himself, or been murdered." Jim explained. "Roxas has become quite attached to Axel, having hope may be the best option for him. And if it turn out that Axel was kidnapped, it will be better for him to know Roxas didn't give up on him. I know you love Axel and that's why you are trying to move on quickly, you don't want to hurt again. But Ellen I think you may be giving up too quickly."

"I do love him like a son…when he's not doing unspeakable things to my Roxas." Ellen muttered.

"Imagine this: Axel was kidnapped, probably by Morgan because she's pissed about what he did to Rob. Now Axel has been locked up, alone somewhere, undergoing God knows what kind of treatment. Don't you think he deserves to have someone looking for him? Yes, he took Roxas' virginity, but at least they love each other. I was fifteen and didn't even care about the girl. You knew it would happen someday. I don't that's a reason to give up hope on Axel."

"I don't want him dead." Ellen responded. "Believe me, this is my fault. I wish he were alive, but I don't believe it's right to waste your life away hoping. I did that after my parents died."

"We will have to agree to disagree, because, sometimes, I think it is worth it. With how much Axel means to our son, it is more that worth it, in my opinion." Jim continued.

Ellen sighed before changing the subject, "We need to keep an eye on Sora. I caught him and Riku together on Sora's birthday."

"Like together, together?"

"They weren't having sex but Sora made it clear that was his intention. Luckily Riku said 'no', something Axel failed to do."

"Again, I must say, at least they love each other."

oOo

Rob was brought into a private visiting area. Morgan had already visited this week so he was very confused. He didn't have any friends who would visit him, nor did he have family, and his son was being held captive somewhere. He had no one who would want to see him.

So when Nora walked in with Roxas, a bald man and a man who looked surprisingly similar to Axel, he was completely shocked. "Nora?" he asked in a soft voice he hadn't used in years. Ever since he'd left Nora he had adopted a harsh, resentful tone. "You're okay." Nora sat down across from him with the boys surrounding her.

"No, I'm not." She said with a ruthless voice that was very uncharacteristic of her.

"Is it the bullet? They couldn't get it out?" Rob asked worried.

"Don't be ridiculous, it's been over six months. I'm talking about the fact that my son may be dead!"

"Axel's not dead. Well, not yet." Rob revealed and watched as new hope found its way onto their faces. "I've been telling Morgan to let him go but she won't listen."

"He's still alive?" Roxas asked.

"As far as I know."

"Where is he?" Nora asked.

"That, I don't know. All I know is that Morgan had her boyfriend capture Axel outside your apartment while she stole his car. She's been asking me every week since then how I want her to kill him. I keep telling her to let him go and I don't know how long she'll wait for me."

"So, what, you want to be the one to kill Axel? You don't want anyone else to take that satisfaction from you?" Roxas asked.

"No. I've…I'm…" Rob struggled for words. "It's wrong, what I've done to him. Now I'm locked up and he doesn't need to worry about me. I want him to try to move on, as best he can." Rob said regretfully, "It was never his fault. I should've just broken my promise and ended the engagement."

"I agree. You aren't the only one who suffered." Nora said.

"I'm confused, Mom." Reno interrupted.

"Mom?" Rob asked.

"Your son, Axel's twin. Reno honey, I may have forgotten to mention a little bit. I didn't just get pregnant by some random man. Rob and I were in love, and as I said I was seventeen, he was older, and very much engaged. He failed to mention that detail to me. He chose her over me, even though he loved me more."

"I made a promise to Morgan by giving her that ring and I was a man of my word. I got engaged to her before I even knew you, Nora."

"So it's okay to marry someone you don't love, just because you don't want to break a promise? Well that turned out great. Tell me, what's her boyfriend's name?" Nora fumed.

"She calls him Mr. Clemons." Rob answered and Nora shook her head.

"Why, why did you take Axel, and what have you done to him all these years. Don't sugar coat it either! I want the truth!" Nora demanded.

"You're not going to like it?"

"Tell me!"

Rob sighed before beginning his story, "I stole him because I thought it would make leaving you easier. It didn't. Every day I looked at him and saw you. I would remember how you yelled at me when I told you I was marrying Morgan. You told me you never wanted to see me again, and you didn't want me to have anything to do with my child. I tried to tell you that I told Morgan I was cheating on her with you in an attempt to make her leave me.

"I recently learned that she's a bit obsessed with me and married me so you couldn't have me. The longer I was away from you the more your words hurt me. I hated Morgan for marrying me, and I had a child I didn't know what to do with. Morgan didn't know what to do with him either so I ended up having my mother come live with us to take care of him. I wanted to love him or at least like him but he always reminded me of you. And I resented that.

"My mother was disgusted with our attitude towards him. She never said anything to me but I remember she did yell at Morgan once because she always referred to Axel as 'it'. She stopped after my mother yelled at her, at least until six months ago. My mother died when he was four, and I found myself responsible for this kid again. I was able to convince Morgan to mother him a bit, probably because she wanted to please me." Rob paused and put a hand over his face for a moment, then brought it back down before continuing.

"Morgan was tired one day and went to bed rather than give Axel the attention he was used to getting. I was working on a big project for work when Axel came up to me, seeking attention from me. I couldn't take his incessant requests anymore and I screamed at him. My mother had never even raised her voice to him, he wasn't accustomed to it. When he started crying I snapped. It's like I was being held together by a tiny string and his crying was the cutting of the last tiny piece of twine. I just can't stand crying. That was the first time I had hit him. He was only four.

"It took a lot to make him cry after that and when he did he would try to make sure he was away from me. He was a quick learner. Whenever I did catch him crying I would punish him, harshly. It used to make me feel better. It had a way of relieving my stress. Now I just do it out of habit or drunkenness. I started drinking when he was four. But I'm sure that's a coincidence because I don't need to be drunk to hit him.

"He was seven the last time he cried. I came home drunk. It's remarkable how much he looks like you when I'm drunk…"

"This is the first time you raped him, isn't it?" Roxas growled.

"Yes it was…well I knew he wasn't you but I decided to pretend. He fought back and he did well. He was very strong for a seven year old. I had to beat him horribly to make him stay still. I think it was the first time I ever told him I loved him…" Roxas muttered 'it was' before Rob continued, "But I was really saying it to you. He cried and begged the entire time, and I beat him for that as well.

"I almost killed him when he was twelve. He had to call Demyx. I don't know how he did it but Demyx brought Axel to his house and used the skills his mom had taught him to keep Axel alive. When he was sixteen I got sick of the constant eye contact he always kept with us. He'd been doing it, no doubt a show of defiance, since he was five. So I took a knife out and carved warnings under his eyes. I thought it would make him stop. Instead he got them tattooed in. I beat him once again for that. I knew he did it to show me he wasn't scared.

"Demyx moved when he was seventeen and Axel became much more violent towards Morgan and me. He never started a fight but was never afraid to participate. He was quite vicious with his words as well. Not long before we moved here Axel burnt our house down. He had been doing some kind of drug. When he woke up to the flames he dragged me and Morgan out of the house. I, of course, beat him for starting the fire.

"I beat him every time he was put in jail for street racing or selling drugs, and I had to get his record cleared so he wouldn't make me look bad. I raped and beat him every time Morgan caught him having sex in the house. It would take days for me to tell you every single thing I've done to him but I guess that's an accurate summary of it. I'm sorry Nora. I know I'm a horrible person. I've fucked up more than anyone could imagine and Axel never deserved any of the shit I put him through."

"No he didn't, and at least you realize it." Nora said after a moment of silence. Her poor Axel, he had suffered his entire life and Rob hadn't even told her everything. No wonder he was so screwed up.

"And you have no idea where Axel is?" Roxas asked.

"No, I'm sorry." Rob said, "But I can try to find out."

"That would be great." Nora said somewhat relieved. "You understand that this will never make up for what you've done to him?"

"Yes."

oOo

Roxas stepped out of Nora's car and walked through his front door. He heard scraping dishes and followed them to the kitchen. Mom, Dad and Sora were all eating at the table. He was stunned into silence to see his father actually home for once. "Hi Roxas." Sora greeted him and his parents looked up. Sora's greeting had snapped him out of his silence.

"Axel's alive." He said in an 'I told you so' voice.

"I've decided to allow you to believe that." Ellen responded.

"I went to visit Rob today with Nora. He said Morgan kidnapped Axel and he's still alive."

"That's great!" Sora exclaimed, "The alive part, not the Morgan kidnapped him part."

"So what are you doing." Jim asked.

"Rob's going to try to find out where she's keeping him and we'll take it from there. I gotta go call Demyx."

"What about dinner?" Ellen called.

"I'm not hungry."

AN: So if you read carefully you will have seen that Rob explained the first time Mr. Clemons was revealed. He was the one who jumped behind Axel with the chloroform in chapter 20 of "The Other Side isn't so Green".

Ellen's reason, though not great, for wanting Roxas to believe Axel to be dead was revealed. She doesn't want Roxas to hurt the way she hurt when her parents died. Even more about it will be revealed in chapter 6.

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Next chapter starts out with Axel, I'm sorry for the obvious lack of him in this one.