Lilondra woke with a start. She sat up in her bed and looked wildly around in the dark as a crash sounded from her living room. A blast of light erupted, momentarily lighting the doorway and casting flickery shadows over her striped mattress. A roar sounded, a frustrated male one, then a screech. Lily threw back the blankets and leapt out of bed. Her bare feet pounded across the cold wooden floor as she ran into the living room.
"Ginger Snap, what-" she started, flipping on the light switch. The girl gasped as the lamp flicked on.
"Axel!" she cried. The redhead was once again bloodied, from new and old injuries. Small black heartless surrounded him, creeping and slithering, more coming through the open window. Axel was fighting them off with fire, and two circular, spiked weapons. The small black creatures looked at the girl with beady yellow eyes, and started slithering toward her.
"Lily!" Axel roared, and spun his weapon. It flew like a boomerang, catching the heartless, and ripping into them. He caught it on its way back, and the heartless burst into black smoke. More of the dark creatures continued to pour from the open window. One jumped, and landed on the lamp, sending it crashing to the floor. The room plunged into darkness, except for the streetlight outside and the glowing yellow eyes of the black creatures.
Lily lunged in the direction of the window, led by the faint light of the streetlights. A beady-eyed heartless sprang at her. The girl grunted as she kicked, sending it flying into the door. Lily fought her way to the window, and slammed it shut. The girl cast blizzara as the heartless lunged at her.
"Lily, duck!" Axel shouted. The girl dropped to the floor, and the room lit up as a blast of flame shot over her head, killing the heartless that were about to attack her. The surviving creatures dashed at Lily. With a roar, the redhead threw himself on the girl. She grunted under his weight as he pressed against her.
"Axel!" the girl cried as she felt the added weight of the heartless, and heard his shout of pain. He tensed and yelled, fire exploding around them. All went quiet, and Axel went limp on top of Lily. The redhead's breath was shallow and raspy in her ear.
"Axel?" she whispered nervously. He didn't respond. The girl wriggled out from underneath the organization member. Her eyes had become used to the dark, and she sighted the blood that spattered the wooden floor.
Lily pulled the redhead's upper body up against her, and leaned his head against her chest. "Hold on, Axel," she whispered, stroking back his long spiky hair. He groaned as he started to stir.
"Lily…" he whispered, lifting himself up.
"Its okay, Axel. I'll get you fixed up again," she told him.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yes, I'm fine. You're not, though." Axel gave a grunt, and fell back against Lily. She caught him, and once again held him. "Come on, Ginger Snap, we have to get you to my room." With her help, Axel was able to stand and make it back to Lily's bedroom. The girl laid him down on her bed, and turned on the lamp. She once again found herself bandaging him up.
"Thanks. Again," the redhead told her, while she was finishing up.
"No problem. Again," Lily said with a chuckle.