Zack's POV

I walked down the silent halls of the hospital and sighed loudly. I was sooo bored. I know my mother worked here constantly but why, oh why, did I have to be so quiet and not be a nuisance to the other nurses. Ugh. Why is there never any interesting patients here? It's such a b-

"Move out of the way Zack!" One of the nurses practically yelled at me as she was trying to go as fast as she could to get the red head to a room as quickly as possible. I smirked and moved aside. This one looked interesting. I'll be sure to visit him later. I then stalked off and began to hum a catchy tune.

*Riku's POV*

Me and Sora had been waiting for, like, ever. I know I'm usually a patient person but, this is ridiculous! I mean, how bad was Axel beat up? And where was Leon? He said he'd be here soon! Well screw that! It's already 12:30 AM! I mean seriously? Shouldn't at least Reno be here? As soon as that thought passed through my mind I saw a mysterious red head pass through the automatic doors and into the hospital. Well, it's just great that Axel didn't tell us what Reno looked like!

"Sora...hand me your phone.." I demanded rather than asked. He obeyed and looked at me weirdly. I went to recent calls and called the number that was supposedly Reno's. It started to ring and I stared at the guy who just walked in. i'm taking a big chance by-...ring ring ring. The mans phone started to ring. He picked it up and on my phone I heard him say hello. I knew instantly that the red head who just walked in was Reno. His back was currently facing me and Sora.

"Hello...this is Reno...correct?" I asked.

"Yes." He replied. I let out a sigh of relief. Thank god, that was Reno!

"This is Riku, one of Axel's friends. Turn around, please." I stated boldly. He did as he was told and his eyes widened when he noticed who he was talking to. I smirked and stood up, walking towards him.

"Hello, my name's Riku Tatsuga. You must be Reno. Axel is in critical condition. He told us not to tell you this but he might die. I know this because I'm studying to become a doctor. He was having internal bleeding and he broke quite a few bones. We're quite lucky he's alive right now." He looked shocked, scared more accurately. He turned pale which concerned me.

"Are you okay, Reno?" I asked innocently. I knew this was going to be interesting but I had to sound as uninterested and boring as possible. It was mandatory.

"Uh...yeah...I'm fine, yo.." He mumbled, sitting beside Sora, clulessly. I snickered. Sora knew but didn't say a thing.

"Reno." I said waiting for him to ask what.

"Hmm?" he asked, showing he was listening.

"You know you're sitting beside Sora, right?" I snickered as I watched his face turn quickly to meet the smiling face of my brunette beauty. Sora stuck his hand out and smiled, tilting his head a little.

"Hi! I'm Sora!" He exclaimed happily. Reno smiled.

"Reno." He replied taking Sora's hand and shaking it. "I just want to thank you for calling me. Axel always tries to do things himself ever since...I left, yo." Sora nodded. Roxas must've told him about everything Axel told him. Figures.

"Why'd you leave? You must've known Axel'd have to say seeing as he's underage. So, why'd you do it? Why you leave him to fight for himself?" I asked. I needed to know this. I could help them work it out if I know all the details. He looked down.

"I-I...I couldn't stay there. I would've had to do many worse things I would regret if I didn't leave..."

"Like what?" I asked, urging him on. I could see tears falling from his face.

"Dad was going to...he was going to make me kill Axel!" He sobbed out, raising his hands to his face to cry. My eyes widened in shock. What kind of father would ask their child to kill their sibling? That's shit!

"I'm...sorry..." I mumbled before walking away.

"Riku! Come back!" I didn't turn back. I'll see him in a hour or so. I walked to where they're supposed to be working on Axel and put my ear to the door.

"He's really messed up. It's a good thing he got here just in time. We saved him." Said a man.

"Yeah. I hope he recovers okay. He seems like a good person." Said another male.

We should bring him to his room and let his friends and family see him. They're probably really worried." The first man replied.

"Yes. Let's go." The other man finished. I quickly backed up from the door and sat in one of the waiting chairs. Soon the doors burst open and they wheeled out Axel. They stopped when they saw me though.

"Are you a friend of this young man?" One of the two guys asked me. I nodded.

"Then follow us. We'll show you to his room." The other said as they continued walking. I followed suit, all the while, worrying is Axel really was okay.

The two men finally stopped after going up 2 floors and turning down multiple hallways. They stopped in front of room 813. Ugh. I hated walking. And after Axel get situated in his room I have to go back and get Sora and Reno, (And possibly Leon too if he got here while I was gone.) then return back up here. Why? Why did hospitals have to be so big? It's such a nuisance. I mean, really. Well, if you do consider how many people actually live in Twilight Town...damn I'm such a selfish bastard. What is something happened to the whole town? That's probably why the hospitals so big. Maybe something like that happened in the past.

"Um, sir? Are you going to visit your friend?" One of the men asked, interrupting my thoughts. It took me a moment to sort through what he actually had said.

"Uh...I have to get some people before I can. His brother, my boyfriend, and me and my boyfriend's guardian came to see him as well. I don't want to keep them worrying." I answered, beginning to walk away. He nodded and him and the other man walked out of the room and walked the opposite way of the hallway. I shrugged and continued walking, wondering if I could actually find my way out of here. In the elevator I found out we were on level 3 and we went up to level 5. I soon found the elevator, (not as soon as I would have liked) and pressed the button. I was getting impatient. It wasn't coming. I'd been waiting for what, 5 minutes? Didn't elevators only take a little while to come? Whatever. Screw it. I walked a little more to the left and began descending the long, narrow staircase. It apparently had glass as it's walls so I could see how high up I was. Damn my fear of heights and my heavy paranoia*.

I finally made it to the third floor, red-faced. I had to climb one more floor than needed because I accidentally went down a floor too many. I practically collapsed on the lap of a very surprised Sora after finally making it to the third floor waiting room.

"You always come back." Said Sora in a knowing tone. I sighed and breathed in the scent of Sora and let it engulf me.

"Sora...Reno...you two want to go see Axel now?" I asked, feeling better after seeing Sora. Sora nodded excitedly and Reno just nodded, worry obvious in his eyes.

"Don't worry, Reno. The doctors said he's fine." Well I lied pretty nicely. Well, he looked fine, and they didn't say anything was wrong. And from what I over heard, everything seemed to go smoothly. As we all began the long walk to Axel's room I smiled, happy everything might be okay.

What they didn't know was, Something bad was going to happen. Soon. And the only one who knows this? Roxas. Because, he was actually a little closer than anyone thought...