Hello once again, here we are, we are gonna go back a few days, just for the hell of it, just so that we can see what the hell Lykas was doing when Kirox approached the planet, and when he was in the closet, and no, despite his creator's humor, I don't do "closet" jokes, I do a sort of darker humor, and it will show eventually, but for now, here we go! *starts up Gary Jule's "mad world" in the background*
Lykas is relaxing in his pilot's chair of his Keyblade Glider, it's form darkened, blood seemingly dripping down the walls, darkness swirling around the chamber, him a heartless with a stolen heart, him feeling the strange beat within his chest, having stolen it from himself, yet not himself, it a darkspawn's heart, him looking up as he remembers the first time Kirox encountered him.
*flashback*
Lykas is in his room, standing in front of his bed, him having gotten a specialized stitched blanket on his king sized mattress, it in the shape of a pentagram, him moving to place the book upon the center of the pentagram, him chanting a little, letting the demon, who was complaining like a little bitch, stretch it's arms some, Lykas says, " this room is sealed by special salts and spells, you cannot exit in any way, you are not leaving this room in any form but the book, alright? plus, our contract binds you to me until I release you, but for the moment, I release you from the book to relax a bit, there are some fruits over there on the table, along with some garden fresh vegetables, I'd like to chat with you a bit, nothing bad, but I'm curious about some things..." Lykas turns to his closet at the sound of a crash within, him looking and spying an eye through the crack in the door, him approaching after switching to ancient to command the demon not to move, him slipping towards the closet, opening it and looking up and seeing the ceiling being moved into place, him deciding to ignore it, knowing it's his sister's and other housemate's new guest, and probably was tossed into there as their stupid little prank, him returning to the spirit, sitting down and chatting with it, letting it continue on through the night, until the spirit finally returns it the book, him picking it up and placing it in the book harness on his belt, him slipping out the door when everything seems to have cleared up, grabbing his blade on the way out, heading to the kitchen, noticing the stranger walk around with rope on hand, him ignoring it as he glances and sees myde head out of the kitchen, sea salt ice cream in hand, him shifting as he heads in, bends down into the fridge, Lykas pulling out a small container of his favorite drink, Limeade with extra pulpy goodness, him glancing around inside before shrugging and rummaging around the freezer before pulling out a good sized steak, him glancing at it before shrugging as he pulls it out and tosses it into his blade, the blood oozing from the steak onto his knife, him focusing on it and the blood starts to boil and heat up, the steak browning just right on the outside, and the steak inside stays nice and juicy, him smiling as he slides it onto his favorite plate, him smiling a little as it was made for him by his younger sister, before he left his planet with her, him having kept the plate hidden in a special place in the kitchen, where none of the others have found it, him shifting as he takes a knife and gently tears into his steak, eating it quietly before standing and walking outside, going on his usual patrol, having dealt with heartless before, treating them like the monsters on his world, him soon coming home when dawn strikes, him knowing quietly that he's the only reason that everyone can sleep at night, him often visiting the door to the heart of the planet, but when he enters his room, he notices that his sister is tied up, his nerves wearing a little thin with this stranger's courage, but ignores his slight anger at the stranger, and unties his sister, him slinking towards the stranger quietly and then blinks as the stranger straight forwardly offers his hand in friendliness, him ignoring his disgust at this stranger's nerve, he shakes it and puts on the face he normally wears, his use of blood as a weapon having killed the little niceness he carried for anyone but his sister, him shifting as he nods, gesturing to Cloud, who he met not five minutes earlier, and pretty much forgot after giving the "nice to meet you face" to him earlier, cloud just getting the heebe jeebies from it.
*end flashback*
Lykas smiles a little at the thought, and soon finds himself in front of his black ship, blinking and saying, " that imbecile cloud must have destroyed one of the engines...damn idiot shouldn't have been throwing that materia shit around like my ship could handle the blows from it..." him moving to remain in his armor as he lands upon the surface of the ship, his keyblade glider returning to it's keyblade shape, him walking towards it, using the blood within the veins under the black skin of the ship to keep himself anchored to it, tapping on the hatch, it opens and he drops inside, the hatch rapidly closing once more, him nodding as he taps instinctively on his helmet, it shifting to a simple, hard to see band, hidden under his dark hair, where he can activate it with only a mere thought, him shifting and stretching as he walks towards the engines to see the damage, and once he gets in, he realizes exactly how much work he's stuck doing, him cursing as he says, " damn idiot, you know how hard it is to replace some of these parts? some of this shit is next to impossible to find or scavenge, and some of this other destruction has to fucking repair itself, damn imbeciles..." him noting the parts where it looked like a very long and sharp blade sliced through it, and scars had covered the cuts, him sighing as he pats the ship, it purring to life at his touch, him saying, " it's alright old girl, I'll get you up and running again, just let me get my bearings and my composure.." him still upset at that blonde imbecile for having treated his ship like it was just a hunk of metal built to travel the world, him shifting as he says, " come let me see your heart.." him stepping through the hatch in the floor that opens him, him walking down a flesh-laden catwalk to the heart of his ship, which literally was a heart, the beating that echoes faintly through the ship very loud, louder than the roar of any beast, and he walks towards it and says, " it's alright girl, shhh..." him stroking the heart gently, it's erratic, pained and terrified beats calming under his touch, him saying, " once I get the proper parts, I promise to take you home for a bit, or if you want, we can go wherever your desire fancies, alright girl?" the heart beat increasing slightly as a moaning wail fills the room, but although terrifying to most, it was a cry of joy to both Lykas and the ship, him smiling as he says, " now girl, are you able to move just enough to give yourself more control over our drift? if so, I will go up to the bridge and give you directions, because I sensed a large place nearby that can hide you while I get replacement parts for the parts you cannot heal.." the ship giving a soft whale-ish moan of a yes, him smiling as he heads up to the bridge, giving directions to the ship, her guiding herself towards a small cluster of dark-stars, him soon setting her upon a fairly dark planet, him shifting as he guides her into a small hole in the planet, placing her near the core of this blackened planet, her knowing the process of being able to leech a bit of the released energy to aid in healing of her damaged living tissue, Lykas saying, " alright girl, remain here and rest, I'll be back in a while with the parts, alright?" the ship giving one last moan before letting Lykas, who activates his armor once more, slip out of the ship and onto it's skin, activating his glider and heading for the stars once more, his glider scanning for any signs of highly advanced technology, the kind he needs to repair his ship.
WHEW! that was a lot of writing, plus, that whole flashback was a pain, but it had to be done, or else people would complain, and you know what I do to people who complain? I don't give them the happy face, I give them the unhappy face, and this unhappy face makes their world become as upside-down as the frown is compared to a smile, and believe me, upside down worlds are not fun...anyways, still thinking on next planet to visit, and then after Lykas repairs his ship, maybe Org XIII may visit him, sensing his power as he soars through the multiverse...and yes, he's one to travel all paths, the world of light, the world of darkness, and the lanes between, in any case, see you in the next chapter of Nobody's Heartless: Lykas' Story!