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Last time....
Back on the train, Roxas slowly leaned back against his own seat, a slight smile gracing his face.
Axel smirked at this, apparently quite amused.
"You believe her?"
He laughed, a solitary response escaping him.
"No."
Twilight Port was bustling with people when they arrived, so many that Roxas lost track of Axel inside the crowd several times before they arrived at the office of the cruise company. Pulling along his luggage was not an easy task either, and he quickly began to reconsider having packed so much in the first place.
"Alright, here we are!"
Roxas looked up, and sure enough, there lay the rather fancy looking building in front of them. Axel led the way as they walked in to the fairly large looking lobby, with several people walking about and transporting luggage as they went. Axel walked up to the nearest registration desk and waved hello.
"Hey there! My friend and I are with the crew, you know where we are supposed to go to report in for the next cruise out of here?"
The lady at the desk turned, a look of utter boredom clearly plastered across her face. Her polished nails began to type something up on the keyboard, then pulled out a piece of paper from the desk beneath her and wrote something down.
"Here you go, go down through that walkway and report to Mr. Saix"
Axel smiled, "Thanks a lot miss."
Roxas and Axel walked towards the place the lady at the counter had pointed, bags dragged along behind them.
"What kind of a name is Saix?"
Axel laughed, "What kind of a name is Roxas?"
Roxas frowned, but said nothing and kept walking.
They found that the indicated walkway led down to the actual port and towards what appeared to be their ship.
"Is that it?"
Axel whistled, apparently impressed with the ship's specks.
"I think so."
The ship in question was quite large, slightly more antique looking in comparison to the newer cruise ships out at sea. Its white exterior looked freshly painted with the words S.S Eventide gracing its side, but the black exterior beneath gave it an almost menacing look. The closer Roxas walked towards the ship, the bigger and more intimidating it seemed to be. The three smoke stacks above only served to further press that ominous feeling to anyone seeing a cruise ship for the first time.
"That thing is huge" was all Roxas could think of saying.
"Yeah, well that thing is where you are going to be for the next two months."
"Yeah…so I see…"
Axel laughed, "Hope you don't get sea sick!"
Roxas stopped, he hadn't thought of that.
"Sea sick?"
"You wouldn't happen to be Saix, would you?"
A man with long bluish hair turned, a serious look and an x shaped scar gracing his face.
"Yes, can I help you?" He asked, a calm monotone voice replied.
Axel pulled Roxas next to him, then handed Saix the paper that the lady at the counter had given them.
"Yeah, we happened to be with the newly hired crew. The lady at the desk told us to report to you."
Saix said nothing. Instead he pulled out a pen from his breast pocket and wrote something on the paper just handed to him.
"Both of you are new…correct?"
Axel frowned, "Yeah…I just said that."
Saix simply stared back in return, his cat like eyes turning to look at Roxas every second or so. Roxas couldn't help but step back slightly from him, despite the fact that Saix's eyes followed his every movement anyway.
"Never mind what you said, here are your rooms as well as your key cards. Report for duty at the Sunset Lounge in the first class vicinities at around 6. Try not to be late."
Axel took the paper along with the plastic cards, then pulled Roxas away from the man and up the walkway that led into the ship. Roxas couldn't help but shiver as they walked away from Saix.
"That guy is majorly creepy."
"Yeah…tell me about it….and deft too it seems."
Axel had no trouble finding their rooms, especially since they were just below the first class area where the rest of the crew seemed to sleep. Both boys were fortunate enough to have their rooms right next to each other, with an interconnecting door in between.
Roxas was the first to step into his room, and was quickly impressed by how large it was. The bed was obviously a decent queen sized one, but it was defiantly better than anything he had at home. It slightly resembled a hotel room, but with a much classier feel and a much better view than most.
"Wow…this place is awesome!"
Axel peeked in through the interconnecting door, a smile plastered across his face.
"So I take it your room is as cool as mine?"
Roxas smiled, "Hell yeah it's cool!"
Axel walked in and took a full look around. A long low whistled escaped his lips after his quick inspection of the room Roxas would be staying in.
"Honestly, I think your room is better than mine dude."
Roxas laughed, "Yeah well I claimed it already so don't get any ideas about taking my room and the card for it too."
Axel snapped his fingers, "Damn, you know me too well."
Roxas laughed, "Yeah…well aside from that, I think we better get our stuff settled down before work starts."
Axel nodded, "You're right…will do then. I'll see you before our shift starts."
Roxas waved in return, "Ok…see you later then."
Axel left through the same door he had entered, leaving Roxas alone in his new room with his duffle bags littering the floor. He stared, slightly groaning at the prospect of having to unpack everything before work.
"Aww…why did I have to pack so much?"
He stood up. Might as well get it done sooner than later.
It was dark and frightfully cold.
Tears were clearly streaming down her cheeks, and the slightly thin dress was not helping against the cold. She held her arms closer to her chest, hoping that a little warmth would come from the action alone. Her breath came out in slight heaving sobs, forming little clouds of vapor in front of her tear stained face. She tried to wipe the annoying tears away, but could not stop them from flowing as freely as they were. Her heart had been royally broken, and no tissue could help mend the loneliness and betrayal she felt at that moment.
She sobbed, her cold hands looking paler than usual against the little light around her.
"No more…never again…never again…"
She sobbed even harder at the thought, at the mere memory of what had transpired earlier that night.
"I want to get out…I want to leave…now!"
She slammed her hand against the wall, a loud noise echoing against the hard steal.
"That…my dear…can be arranged."
She stopped, that voice sounded dreadfully familiar. She turned her head slowly, only to be met by a towering silhouette.
"You…" she spoke the word accusingly at the shadow before her.
A strong hand gripped her own, the other one covering her mouth as she struggled to get free.
"No! Leave me alone! Let go of me!"
The horrid mouth leaned against her ear, whispering threatening words than sent a chill down her spine.
"Never…dead or alive…you are mine princess…"
She paled, biting her teeth down as hard as she could against his hand. She could clearly feel the strange taste of copper and bile forming in her mouth as she did so.
"Someone help me! Help me please!" she managed to scream before he clapped his hand back down against her face.
"No one will help you now…NO ONE!"
She closed her eyes, a muffled scream escaping her lips as she did so.
Roxas awoke with a start, heart racing a mile a minute.
He sat up in bed quickly, searching against the evening darkness for the source of the scream. All in his room seemed normal enough, but the memory of the sound of the heart wrenching scream would not leave him. He tried to get out of bed, but was surprised to find that he had become entangled among his bed sheets. Come to think of it, at what point had he fallen asleep?
The last thing he recalled was being in the middle of stuffing his extra clothes into the drawers provided for him, then nothing else. At no point whatsoever did he remember going to bed, let alone falling asleep.
He pulled the covers off, slowly untangled himself from the mess he was in, then got up and began to search his room. After a few minutes of endless searching, and after childishly searching under the bed as a small precaution, Roxas sat back against his bed at a loss for words.
"What the hell was that about?"
"Hey Roxas! Open up man! We got work like in twenty minutes!"
He turned, the pounding noise against the door bringing him back to reality.
"Alright! Alright! I'm coming!"
He walked to the door, then pulled it open to find Axel starring back at him with a look of utter annoyance.
"About time dude! Get your ass ready and let's go! I don't want to piss that Saix guy off on my first day!"
Roxas blinked, still slightly lost for words.
"What time is it?"
Axel blinked, obviously confused at the question.
"What do you mean 'what time is it'? What kind of stupid question is that? Its twenty till six! What the hell have you been doing for the last three hours? Smoking pot or something?"
Roxas blinked, "I have no idea…"
Axel poked his head through the door, almost considering his last question to be true.
"I came to call you around 3:30…but you didn't even answer the door. I even tried the door between our rooms, but it was locked."
"It was?"
Axel nodded, "Yeah…I wanted to see if you wanted to go out on deck and watch the boat leave port…but when you didn't answer I figured you were already there."
"You mean we're out at sea already?"
"Yeah…we've been out at sea for almost two hours already…where the hell have you been?"
Roxas shook his head, he was thoroughly confused now.
"I have no idea…I seriously don't! Last I remember, I was still trying to unpack my stuff…then the next thing I know, I wake up in bed two and a half hours later."
Axel looked at Roxas carefully, concern drifting slowly into his eyes.
"Hmm…maybe you passed out because of sea sickness or something…I was only kidding when I said you would get it, but looks like you did."
Roxas nodded in return, "Maybe you're right…"
"Yeah…you should head down to the doctor if you feel weird later on…right now we have to head out to the Sunset Lounge upstairs."
Roxas nodded in agreement, then grabbed his jacket and key card and headed out the door with Axel leading the way.
Maybe it was sea sickness, at least he hoped it was.
The lounge had barely opened, and already it was bustling with people.
Axel and Roxas were at a loss, they had no idea where to go or what to do. Several waiters and waitresses kept passing by in a hurry, so much in a hurry that Roxas couldn't seem to stop any of them to ask for help.
"Axel…what are we suppose to do?"
Axel grinned, "Here man, let me try…you suck at getting attention."
Roxas frowned, he wasn't sure that was completely true.
"Excuse me miss! You mind telling me where I'm supposed to report in to work with someone as lovely as yourself?"
The young girl smiled, apparently flattered by Axel's comment. Roxas couldn't help but smack his hand against his face.
"Sure…just head over to the bar over there and talk to Larxy…be careful though…she's not exactly a happy ray of sunshine."
Axel nodded in return, thanking the girl as she walked away to serve a new group of people that had just come in for dinner.
"Roxas, I think I'm going to like it here."
Roxas rolled his eyes, "Whatever…let's just get over there and clock in."
Roxas and Axel made their way over to the bar, and sure enough, there stood a young woman serving drinks like an expert. She was rather tall, about Axel height, and looked to be about Axel's age as well if not slightly older. Her blond hair was tided back tightly away from her face, except for her bangs, which stuck out like two antennas out of her scalp.
Roxas was the first to approach her.
"Excuse me miss, a waitress told us that we were suppose to talk to you about clocking in."
The girl at the bar ignored him, instead mixing what looked like a martini in record speed before serving it to a man at the end of the bar.
"Um…miss?"
Her head snapped up, a look of dangerous anger shinning in her cold blue eyes.
"Yeah…I heard you kid. Now shut up and let me work, I got fat rich slobs over here that need to get plowed."
Roxas blinked, Axel merely chuckled quietly behind him. He leaned near Roxas and whispered quietly into his ear.
"Told you! You suck at getting attention!"
"Shut up!"
The blond turned, her cold eyes fixed on Roxas.
"What was that kid? You have some kind of problem?"
Roxas gulped "Uh…no ma'am!"
She fixed her eyes on Roxas with a deadly stare, then slowly let a casual grin grace her lips.
"Well aren't you quick to respond…you afraid or something?"
"Uh…no."
She laughed, apparently quite amused with Roxas' jerky response.
"Alright, you're so eager to work? Fine…let's get you started then!"
She reached under the counter, then pulled out what looked like two uniforms and a couple of other things along with them. She tossed one at Roxas, and the other one at Axel, who caught it with an expert hold while Roxas was bit clumsier with the catch.
"Alright, let's get things strait then. My name is Larxene, and I'm the one in charge on a daily basis. Marly is the boss, but since he's always in the kitchen, I'm the one who runs the ship up front here. Every day at 6, you report to me and clock in over there in the back office. All tips are up for grabs, and try not to piss off any of the rich people here. Get an order wrong, and its coming out of your salary. Any questions?"
Roxas blinked, "Uh yeah….what are we supposed to do?"
Larxene frowned, Roxas almost regretted the question the second the look formed on her face.
"Ok then…guess I'll have to baby you both until you get it right!"
She pointed at Axel, who frowned in response.
"You, flame hair, you'll be working as a waiter! Pick up the order booklet and go take in some orders! Write them clearly and leave them over by the order pick up station where Marly can see them. He's the guy with the bright pink hair, and don't you dare ask why…"
She turned, fixing her deadly stare at Roxas.
"And you…you'll be working as a busboy. Pick up the tray in the kitchen near the sink and start picking up plates…"
Roxas and Axel nodded in response, then turned and headed towards the bathrooms to change into their work clothes.
"Axel…she's scary…"
Axel laughed, "Yeah…and one hell of a hard ass too."
Roxas gulped, he wasn't so sure he was going to like this.
And there you have it all! Hope you like! Please review and tell me what you think ok? Thanks in advance and hope to hear from you soon!
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