The Light that Blinds the day
Chapter 3: The Vision
"Another day, another dollar." BeatMax chuckled as he woke from his slumber. He went inside to check on Andrew and Max. Looks like they had just woken up too. Max was making breakfast and Andrew was showering. BeatMax plopped on the couch and sighed. Suddenly, his head began to spin and he grew dizzy. He passed out on the couch, unaware of what was going on or why he suddenly got dizzy. Max noticed this and ran to BeatMax's side, shaking him and trying to wake him up, but he wouldn't budge.
BeatMax looked around as he was falling from the sky. It looked like he was dreaming, but he wasn't quite sure as to where he was falling. He landed in a field, where there were flowers and grass all around. "Where am I? How did I get here?" BeatMax asked as he looked around. Soon the ground began to get hot around him, and as a jerk reaction, he jumped up and started running. It seemed like he was endlessly running, because he didn't see anything else. Finally, BeatMax stopped at a river, panting and sighing. "What the hell was that all about?" He says, trying to catch his breath. He looked away from the river and one second later, the crystal blue water turned into bloody red water. He jumped back at the sight of this, covering his mouth. "What the hell happened to the water!?" BeatMax shouted, knowing no one else would hear him. He looked up at the sky and saw it had turned from blue to black in a flash. He got on his knees, holding his head, and seconds later, he heard a voice calling his name. He got up and ran towards the voice, but to no avail, got any closer to it. The voice seemed to be getting farther and farther away. BeatMax was able to identify it, however. It was the voice of Max. He looked up at the sky and a meteor fell his way. He started to run to try and avoid its path, but it seemed to hone in on him. He gave up and stood there, but before the meteor made impact, he woke up, sweating and chills were sent down his spine.
"Thank goodness! You're okay!" Max sighs with relief. Andrew came out of the bathroom, dressed, wondering what the commotion was all about. BeatMax shook his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I saw something…vicious." "Vicious?" Both of them asked at the same time. "Yes, vicious. And it's going to destroy us all." BeatMax stood up and wiped some more sweat off of his forehead. "I need to take a walk." He added and walked out of the apartment door. Andrew and Max just looked at each other in confusion and shrugged it off.
"So much happened in that...err...what I saw. It's hard to explain it to them…" BeatMax thought as he walked along the sidewalk. "Can I really break the truth to them this early? How will they react? What will they think of me once they know the truth?" These were questions pondering in his mind. He would be risking a lot if he told them the truth. More importantly, he'd be risking friendship, brotherhood, and his own life. "I can't tell them now...it's too early. When time is almost up...that's when I'll tell them." He thought, grinning. "Yeah, just gotta live life to its fullest. Things will be okay...for now." He shook his head and sighed. He then sat down by a river, and closed his eyes, gathering his senses again. 15 minutes later, he felt a warm presence sit next to him. When he opened his eyes to see who it was, he saw nothing. "Huh…? I could've sworn someone was sitting right next to me." He shook his head and closed his eyes again. He felt the warm presence again, so he quickly opened his eyes. It was Alex, one of his closest friends. "Alex!" He cheerfully hugged Alex, glad to see him. "BeatMax!" Alex hugged back. The two hadn't seen each other since they went to college and had missed each other dearly.
"If anything, I should tell Alex the truth." BeatMax thought and nodded. "Alex, I have to tell you something." He says in a serious tone. "What would that be?" Alex asked, tilting his head. BeatMax tells Alex things that can't be revealed yet, so they won't be revealed until later on. "You...what…?" Alex looked in shock and dismay. "It's the truth. And I can't change what happens in the end." BeatMax sighed and held his head, his eyes tearing up. Alex hugged him tightly and whispered into his ear. "No matter what, you're still mine." BeatMax looked up at Alex and hugged him tightly. "Alex…" BeatMax whimpers softly.
Once Alex knew the truth, he decided to stick with BeatMax until the day it happened. The apartment became somewhat crowded, but nobody seemed to mind. The day went by normally, until later in the afternoon when the unpredictable happened. "Ah, nothing like playing some Smash Bros. to get my mind off of things." BeatMax said as he, Alex, Andrew, and Max were playing together. "You said it. I just wish I were as good as you." Andrew chuckled. A knock came to the door. BeatMax paused the game and went to answer it. A group of people wearing black hoods immediately rushed in, aiming guns at all of us. "Freeze. All of you." The guns all dropped and the black hooded people looked back at the door. The leader, whose hood was an even darker black, walked in. The leader looks at BeatMax, who just stood there expressionless. "We have come for you...my liege." He hisses and pulls out a dual pistol. BeatMax summons his Keyblade, not knowing what he meant. "Who are you." He says in a demanding tone. "I am Nobody. Somebody who was once one but now none." He growls and slashes at the leader, his hood falling off. To his surprise, it was his Nobody, his other half per se. He went by the name of MaxBeat.
"You. What are you doing here." BeatMax asks in an even more demanding tone. "I've been given orders...to bring you to my boss. You're a menace to society, and both you and I know this." MaxBeat smirks and brushes his hair back so that it spiked up. "Regardless, I refuse to come with you. My place is here, with my friends." BeatMax snapped, pointing his Keyblade at MaxBeat. MaxBeat laughs. "Friends? You have no friends." "You're wrong. I have friends. True friends. Something you'll never have." BeatMax grinned and snapped his fingers. Max used the Monado blade to slash two of the hooded men back. Andrew casted Aeroga to blow back four other hooded men. Alex used the blaster cannon to knock the others back. "Useless, weak beings! Get them all!" MaxBeat commanded. Immediately, the hooded men stood up, unscathed, pulling out their guns. They began to surround the party of four as they stood in their fighting positions. "Don't hold back, guys!" BeatMax shouts as he began to slash at some of the hooded men. Max enchanted us with the Enchant Monado, making us stronger, and began to attack some of the hooded men as well. Andrew pulled out his dagger and started to jab at the hooded men surrounding him. Alex put on his Power Suit and began to shoot charged beams. All of the hooded men took the attacks like they were nothing. "Why aren't our attacks working!?" BeatMax shouted as he continued slashing at the hooded men. MaxBeat laughs like a maniac. "Fools. You cannot hurt something that doesn't exist." "Damn it...he's right. But if that's the case, then...ah!" BeatMax had an idea. "Maybe we can't defeat them, but if we find their proper somebodies, they can!" BeatMax grins. "Which means…" He leaps out of the crowd and at MaxBeat. "I have to kill you!" He jabs his Keyblade into MaxBeat's chest with a swift stab. MaxBeat, unable to react in time, falls to his knees, holding his chest and the hole that now appeared in it. "Y-You...b-bastard…" MaxBeat hissed one more time before falling and exploding into a white light. The white light caused the hooded men to disappear, and at the same time, blinded us as we covered our eyes.
We came to about an hour later. It seemed like we had passed out because of the light. We all stood up and brushed ourselves off and looking around to make sure things were alright. Surprisingly, the apartment had been untouched, and undamaged. BeatMax tilted his head and closed his eyes. "What was that all about? Me? A Menace? He's kidding…" BeatMax says aloud. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure he was joking. You're too nice to be a menace." Andrew smiled and chuckled. "Yeah. If you were a menace, we wouldn't be with you right now. We'd probably be dead or-" Before Max finishes his sentence, BeatMax walks out the door. The trio left inside looked at each other in confusion. "Was it something I said…?" Max asked. Andrew and Alex shrugged.
BeatMax was sitting on the hood of his car by the time it was dark. "A menace...huh?" He softly says to himself as he looked around and lay back. "Now I really can't tell them the truth...can I?" He thought as he closed his eyes. "I hope Alex keeps it a secret. I did tell him to after all." He continued to think, until he fell asleep. After what had happened earlier that day, he had to be really careful about what he said from now on because if they found out about the truth, he would be ruined, and lonely. Just the thought of being lonely made him shed a small tear in his sleep, but he wiped it and fell into a deep sleep. As the stressful day came to an end, he hoped that there would be a better tomorrow.
-End of Chapter 3-