Chapter 5: Return
A/N: Sorry it took so long for something actually interesting to happen. ^^'
A new character will be incorporated into the story finally. Sorry for the wait!
As I dashed down the streets of the bustling town, the sun beat down on me like a bat and nearly drowned me in heat. I felt at that moment like I should have been crying like in an anime or a manga, but then just concluded it was the heat that was making me think those things.
I flew across town and to the huge hole in the old broken wall, that separates Twilight Town from the dark forest on the outskirts of the city. The hole has always been there, but nobody knows where it came from or who put it there. The tram usually runs right by it in that direction, though sometimes it goes a different route and misses the hole completely.
I skidded to a stop in front of the hole. Although there was just enough light to barely see into the forest, it still seemed eerie in a way. I knew it was safe, what with the nobodies gone and such, but I still cautiously stepped into the forest. No sound at all.
"Geez." I breathed. I didn't understand why it had to be so dark. Why no one bothered to go in and trim a few of the trees to let in a little light.
I slowly took a few steps through the forest, heart beating faster and faster every step I took. My extremely good ears could pick up any sound in a 80-meter radius, so I kept myself alert. A twig snapped in the distance and I froze. Another twig. Another. Slowly getting closer. Another twig snapped and I made the quick decision to make a run for it. Headed in the direction of the old mansion I ran as fast as I possibly could, still hearing branches snapping closely behind me. Finally arriving at the mansion, I went up to it so fast I slammed into the gate and my feet fell from under me. I scrambled back up and shoved the gate open and dashed to the door of the mansion, thrusting it open and slamming it behind me. I spun around and pressed against the door with all my might, but nothing tried to get through. I sighed heavily and let my arms go limp. My head pressed against the door, my body ached with exhaustion.
"VWOOP" Several of those sounds snapped faintly behind me and I slowly turned around to face seven dusks all lined up in a row.
"Shit." I groaned. I carefully stepped forward a step, another step, and then took off running. For a mansion it was actually pretty small with only four rooms and a hidden basement, although I've only been in two of the rooms; and the basement. I
I sprinted up the stairs and to the left, dodging dusks and heading to the nearest room. Breaking into the room I slammed the door behind me, spun around, and pressed all my weight against it just as I had done before. This time I really did relax, knowing no nobodies ever showed up in that particular room. I turned around, faced with a huge white room with a long white table in the center, with one white chair on either end and a white vase in the center home to a few white daisies. A white vanity stood up against the left wall, and a white dresser stood up against the right. A huge window homed the front wall, complemented with white curtains, and overlooked the mansion's front yard. The only source of color in the room happened to be multiple crayon
drawings scattered across the walls, taped up crookedly and in random spots. At one end of the table a white sketchbook peacefully rest, crayons surrounding it as if someone had been drawing in it previously. I slowly walked around the room, half resenting going there in the first place and half expecting something to happen. I stopped in the middle of the room(at least as close as I could get without bumping into the table), and looked around pointlessly.
"Well?" I spoke to the air,"Anyone?" I said, expecting for someone to show up and magically solve all of my problems. It was crazy, I know. The Organization was demolished, my friends were worlds away(some literally and some...figuratively), and I was considered dead to everyone else who used to know me. I didn't know what I had been thinking.
"Come ON!" I yelled, throwing my hands up and staring at the ceiling.
"VWOOP" Again, several of those sounded again. I spun around. Dusks
"Shit." I said again. The dusks started to dance towards me and I held my hands out, as if I thought a force-field would appear. I looked at my hands and threw them in front of me again. Nothing,"Shit." I muttered. The dusks still danced towards me in all direction and one suddenly leapt up in the air and prepared to cave down on me,"Shit!" I screamed and bent down, covering my head with my arms, but the dusk never hit. All I heard was hits of weapon against body and the sounds of the dusks dissolving. I looked up, only to see a lone nobody standing a couple feet in front of me, it's back to me. I gasped. It wasn't just any nobody, it was an assassin nobody.
"Axel." I whispered, and at that moment a hooded figure apparated into the room.