Spoiler! Sora's death is not all it seemed...
Disclaimer: blah blah blah, you know the routine. I don't own anything.
And on to chapter 7!
Roxas~
No.
I wouldn't except it.
Something was off. I could feel it.
I mean, sure he was depressed about Kairi's death but...he loved life and living and he would always manage to laugh no matter what.
I was about to tell Xion my suspicions when an announcement came over the loud speaker.
"School will be canceled for the day. Go home."
Sounds like the secretary, Xaldin.
Xion and I walked home.
"I can't believe Sora would commit suicide." Xion murmured.
'Me neither.'
We arrived at her house a few minutes later.
Xion unlocked the door and we trudged inside. We were alone. Cloud was running deliveries with my dad and Tifa was working her weekday job at the flower shop my mother used to own.
Xion changed out of her long-sleeved shirt because it was hot in the house. I didn't bother to take off my costume; why go through the make-up ritual again tonight?
I turned on the TV and waited for Xion to come back in.
Then, their phone rang.
I looked at the number, and nearly feinted.
It was Sora.
The phone went to voicemail.
"This is the Strife residents. Please call again later." Cloud's voice told the caller.
"I know your there, Roxas." a man's voice said. I was shocked.
"Pick up the phone and continue this conversation. On the porch."
I took the black phone from it's cradle and walked out to the porch.
"Ok, I see you." He's here? I thought, terrified. "Now, turn to Xion's window." I followed his orders.
"Look in that big tree leaning over that part of the roof."
I did, and immediately felt sick.
There was a small, dark haired man in the tree. He seemed to be holding a little silver gun in his left hand. He smiled at me and pointed at Xion's window with the gun.
"I think you get my point." he said "And if you don't want to end up like Sora, you'd better show up in front of the old mansion. At ten."
He hung up and disappeared into the tree.
I walked back inside and placed the phone back in it's spot.
Xion walked in.
"Did somebody call?" she asked. I shook my head quickly.
"Ok, then." she smiled and sat down. We watched watched TV for a while and then Xion got ready for trick-or-treating.
We traveled around town, knocking on doors and mooching candy offa complete strangers.
At eight O'clock, I somehow convinced Xion to stop trick-or-treating. We walked back to her house.
After changing into normal clothes, Xion flopped down on the couch and fell right asleep.
I took off my make-up and put on some black clothes, then headed to the Tram Common.
On the back wall, amongst the bricks, was a large hole. I slipped through the passage and into the woods beyond.
I figured I didn't have to be worried about getting ambushed; the man wanted to talk to me.
...right?
Wrong.
I heard a twig snap and was suddenly on the alert.
A hand grabbed my shoulder and I dropped to the ground, their grip relinquished. They reached down and grabbed my hood, yanking me up. I snagged a tree branch, broke it and swung the branch blindly, connecting to something hard. A loud yell told me it was my attacker's head. I turned and drove my foot into their gut. I began to run away but tripped. I heard my opponent get up and start towards me. I desperately tried to crawl away. They grabbed my foot and pulled me back.
They pulled me up and slammed my back against a huge oak tree. My breath left me and black explosions flashed before my eyes.
My attacker brought their face closer to mine.
She had smallish features and sad brown eyes. Light cocoa-colored hair was tied up in a ponytail and a thick red ribbon was wrapped around her hairline.
"You fought well." she said softly "I'm sorry about what we have to do to you."
The girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a white cloth that seemed to glow in the darkness.
She placed it over my mouth and nose. It smelled like something rotten but I didn't have time to react before my head got foggy. Then I felt incredibly tired.
Unconsciousness came quickly.
Once the boy was knocked out, I called to Barret. He tiptoed (well...more like crashed) over and picked the boy up as if he was a kitten and slung him over his shoulder.
"Nice job, Jess!" he clapped me on the back and would've sent me flying into a tree if not for my twenty extra pounds of armor. I rocked forward quite a bit, though.
We started back to the old mansion. I looked up at Barret.
"Barret...?"
"Yeah?" he didn't look at me.
"W-why are we doing this?"
He stopped. "Doing what?"
I took a deep breath "Why are we killing off the SOLDIERS?"
He leaned down slightly, squinting at me. As if trying to decide if I really was Jessie, or just some clone sent to destroy him.
"Because! They fought for Shinra! They supported them! They have to be destroyed!"
"But...Barret...this boy..." I looked at the blonde, deeply asleep.
"He isn't part of SOLDIER. I-it's not his fault he's got the genes."
Barret's eyes softened "I know. But, Jess...you gotta understand that this kid could grow up and...take over the world or somethin'."
I sighed, wishing Sora was still here. He was like my little brother, and we stood with many of the same veiws.
But I guess this is what happens when you try to leave AVALANCHE.
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Looking back on it, this chapter kinda sucks. I'm sorry. The next one will be better so don't be mad.