Kingdom Hearts: Memories of Nobody
Chapter Eight
Snap, Crackle, Pop!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.
Last time: Organization XIII plays dodge ball, and Xemnas bans dessert for a week.
RFF: Xenia is addicted to Starburst and red velvet cake.
"What in the name of Kingdom Hearts are you doing Xenia?" Demyx asked. It's been two days after our little game of dodge ball, and I need sugar like no tomorrow.
I looked up to the Melodious Nocturne. "Making popcorn!" I exclaimed. And I was doing it the old- fashioned way… by using the MICROWAVE!
"Doesn't Axel usually do this?" he asked. That's why it's called the old-fashioned way… we never use the microwave anymore.
"Mhm, but I think it should be a surprise," I answered. So far, I was on my eleventh bag of popcorn. POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! BEEEEEEEEEEP! BEEEEEEEEEEP! I opened the microwave, pulled out the flaming hot bag of buttery deliciousness, and poured it into a gigantic bowl with the rest of the popcorn I've already made.
"Xemnas isn't going to be happy…" Demyx muttered.
"Correction: Stuck-Up-Asshole isn't going to be happy. But then again, I don't care!"
"What's this for anyway?" the sitar-player asked.
"Movie night," I answered bluntly.
"Since when do we have movie night?"
"SINCE NOW!"
Demyx held his hands up defensively, and then slowly backed out of the kitchen.I glared at him every with every step he took. As soon as the door closed, I quickly went back to making a mountain's worth of popcorn.
12 minutes later…
"I'm back!" I announced, carrying the bowl filled with twenty-four bags of popcorn. I sat it on the floor, and everyone except Xemnas, who wasn't even in the room, crowded around the stainless steel container.
Axel, with a mouthful of popcorn asked, "So what movie are we watching?" I tapped my finger on my chin. Shrugging, I went over to the movie cabinet that sat in the corner. After Xemnas cancelled DirecTV, we needed some form of entertainment in this lifeless hole you call a castle.
Truth to be told, I was simply pulling out random DVDs, saying no, and then throwing them over my shoulder. I didn't know what we should watch. Horror, comedy, romance, drama, sci-fi, I don't know. I stopped on one particular movie though. The Exorcist. No, not the crappy remake, the ORIGINAL [1].
"Found one!" I exclaimed, hurrying over to the TV with the DVD in hand. I opened the case, and put the disk on the tray, and pressed the OPEN/CLOSE button. I scrambled back to my spot on the white floor. Roxas handed me the remote, and I skipped through all the crap before the title screen. PLAY was highlighted, and I pressed okay. The movie started then.
All of us in the room were watching the movie intently, occasionally eating some popcorn. Demyx was already shaking from fear, and we were barely twenty minutes into the movie. Xaldin turned out the lights to make it creepier about five minutes into The Exorcist.
"God this movie is fucked up," I heard Larxene mutter. I couldn't resist nodding. First off, what the hell is the plot line about, and secondly, what the hell is up with that freaking kid?
As soon as that possessed girl started to shake uncontrollably, that's when Roxas latched onto my arm. This… movie… is AWESOME! All the popcorn (which was not chewed thankfully) fell out of my mouth onto the floor.
I felt Roxas tug on my arm. "Yeah, Honeybee?" I asked quietly.
"S….s….sc…scar…" he mumbled. Was he trying to tell me he was scared? I patted his head, and turned my attention to the fifty-six inch television.
That chick's demonic voice was creeping me the hell out. There was about fifteen minutes left of this God-forsaken film, and I was scared shitless. I dared to swallow the handful of popcorn that's been in my mouth for the past five minutes.
Here's the status of everybody watching the movie: everyone was completely terrified besides Larxene. She's the only one who has been laughing during this fucked up piece of shit movie. When the credits were rolling, I was HAPPY the lights came on.
"I don't think I want to go to sleep now…" Xigbar muttered. A few members agreed with him.
"How 'bout we all just camp out in my room?" I announced. Everybody agreed, even Larxene. The Savage Nymph was creeped out a bit, but not completely.
Since everyone except Xemnas was afraid of traveling the halls of The Castle That Never Was alone, we were stuck in a big pack walking to each and every member's room. Good thing our rooms were all bunched together in two corridors, if not, I'd grab Roxas and tell everyone else good luck.
We entered my room in a rush. I shut the door, locked it, and jumped on my bed. Every member had a pillow and two or three blankets. "Make yourselves comfy," I said. My room was the third biggest. Xemnas's being the first, and Lexaeus's being the second. Don't ask.
And guess what? Marluxia had to make himself comfortable besides ME. What a jackass. Then a thought crossed my mind. "When's the last time we fed the prisoner?" I asked Zexion, who was lying the farthest from the door.
"The day we captured her," he replied.
"And how long ago was that?"
"About four days," he answered sleepily. It took exactly forty-two seconds for realization to hit us all.
"SHIT!"
But we didn't do anything about it. First off, because it was around midnight and secondly because we'd just forget about it in the next two minutes.
We sat in my room, in complete silence. That is until, Vexen spoke up. "Are we going to turn out the light?"
"NO!"
The Chilly Academic held up his hands defensively, and then rolled over to face the wall.
Every time we heard a weird noise in the hallway, each and every one of us would summon our weapon, and go into total kick-ass mode. When nothing attempted to kill us, we'd slowly put our guard down, then attempt to go back to sleep.
SNAP!
What the hell?
CRACKLE!
Okay… this is creepy…
POP!
Someone's going to die.
Everyone was asleep, or just really good at pretending to be. I slid out of Marluxia's death grip, since he just HAD to hold on to me while he slept, and silently summoned Screaming Eternity.
I tip-toed my way over to the door, avoiding the sleeping bodies of course, and very cautiously opened the door. It was pitch black in the hallway, and the light from my room helped my see a little. Taking a step out, I did a quick scan of the hall. Nothing.
I slowly pushed my door shut, since I didn't want to wake anyone, and once the door was attached to the frame, I couldn't see five centimeters in front of my face. 'I'm going to have to trust my ears for this,' I thought.
SNAP!
I jumped, and quickly turned around. I gently tapped the claws of Screaming Eternity together, and sent the sound wave down the corridor. (A/N: Xenia sees the same way a bat when it's pitch black.) Nothing, again.
Slowly backing up, I continued to feel my way down the hall.
CRACKLE!
I'm seriously about ready to blast someone to hell. I tapped my gauntlet claws against the wall and it seemed nothing was there. Oh how wrong I was.
POP!
And with that, my dear friends, I was crushed by an unknown force. My face was on the floor, and my hands were pinned on my back. Whatever was on top of me was laughing, no TAUNTING me into trying to do something.
"Get the hell off of me!" I yelled, my voice getting louder with each word. I struggled and squirmed to try to get out of this thing's grip. It didn't help one bit.
My attacker's homicidal, maniac laugh was getting to me. First off, I if I could cry right now, I would. Secondly, this is feels like a re-enactment of a scene from The Exorcist. I racked my brain for some type of escape plan, and then I knew what to do.
'That's right, keep on laughing,' I thought, smirking.
Focusing on its voice, and how it echoed on the walls, I started to distort the wave lengths. My attacker obviously heard the change in his tone of voice, and quickly stopped. I however, did not stop. I made the echoes of his voice bounce around it.
Its grip on my wrists loosened, and I quickly went into hack-and-slash mode. I rolled over on my back, and kicked whatever held me on the ground in the face. It flew back a couple feet, before doing a mid-air back tuck and landing on the floor. It jumped up and latched itself on the ceiling.
'Wait, how can I see what its doing?' I asked myself. Ignoring the thought, I quickly sprung up and blocked the four-pronged claw that trying to chop of my face.
"Go back to hell!" I yelled, blasting the black figure with a sound wave. It hit the wall with a thud, and I instantly drove Screaming Eternity through its chest. It slowly hissed as its air supply was being, literally, cut off.
Retracting the golden and black claws from its chest, I let the body hit the floor. I turned on my heel and headed back to my room. I should really make sure my opponent is dead before I leave, because as soon as I made my fifth step, that demonic bastard grabbed my ankle and chucked me down the rest of the hall.
It roared, and charged at my crippled form. I say crippled because I was stuck in the wall. It leaped, and I waited for its gruesome claws to behead me, but instead it screeched in pain, and then vanished in a puff of black smoke.
Ummm… what just happened? "X…Xenia?" I recognized that voice!
"Honeybee!" I exclaimed. I squirmed my way out of the crater in the wall, and ran to give that blonde haired kid a hug. He dropped his Keyblade when I glomped him.
I gasped. "YOU were the reason why I could see that thing!" I ruffled his hair, and hugged the kid again.
"You're hurt…" he said, pointing to my ankle. I wasn't wearing my cloak, or shoes, so I was just in black sweats and a tank top.
"It's just a flesh wound," I reassured him. But it did hurt. When that thing grabbed my ankle, he drove his claws into my skin.
Roxas touched my collarbone, and it made me jump. Oh shit. I reopened my stitches. "Let's go get Vexen," I said, straining my voice to make it sound somewhat cheerful. I limped back to my room, with Roxas following me.
I opened my door, to find that everyone was still sleeping, with the lights on. I itched my tattoos, since they were losing their glow, and searched for Vexen. Once I found the sorry excuse for a scientist, I kicked him lightly. He was unfazed.
"Wake up," I growled, kicking him harder this time. Still nothing.
"WAKE UP!" I kicked Vexen so hard that he actually flew through my window, and down to the streets below. Running over to my broken window, I yelled down to the falling Number IV, "YOU OWE ME A NEW WINDOW!"
A/N: Well, there ya go! Chapter whatever this is! But, what was that thing that attacked Xenia? Did Roxas really kill it? Is he finally able to talk right? Will Vexen buy Xenia a new window? Find out in the next chapter!
[1] I've only seen the original, haven't seen the newer version, so I wouldn't know what it's like. A lot of people said it was crap though :p
Chapter Nine: Shadows and Skittles
-No preview because my left hand is broken and it took over three hours to type this and it fucking hurts-