ROXAS
My eyes fluttered open to reveal a lamp swinging about my head…and I was tied to a chair. Someone was in my mouth gagging me. I tried to summon my keyblades but failed since my hands were tied together.
Then, Aaron came into my view, his eyes were dark with sleepless nights, and his hair stood up on end. There was a smirk on his lips, that just made me to hit him.
My arm still burned at the place where he stabbed me.
"Hello, Roxas." His chilly sick voice said.
I glared at him.
He chuckled, "Now, because of you, my plan is almost complete! Sora is now wandering around in Betwixt and Between and in exactly forty-eight hours he will be dead." He grinned.
My stomach tied in a knot.
"And," Aaron started again, "since he will die, I guess that makes you dead too, doesn't it?" He laughed.
I felt my eyes widen, that made Aaron laugh harder. He walked towards me, then untied the clothe around my mouth.
I immediately looked down, not wanting to meet his dark eyes.
He chuckled, "Now, I could just leave you here, watching my best friend die…" he trailed off.
My eyes shot up at Aaron's as soon as he said the words 'best friends.'
"Or…" He continued, ignoring my gaze, "or I could let you go free and watch you try to save Sora…and fail." He finished, "And I think that would be more entertaining, don't you?" He laughed. He cut my ropes as I fell to the ground on my knees. My hand flew to my arm as it burned.
He laughed, "still hurting, eh? Don't worry, that's one thing that will never leave." He smirked. He then grabbed me by my collar and shoved me into a dark portal.
**
I flew out of the portal and landed on the hard, cold, ground. I groaned in pain.
"Roxas!" Kairi yelled as she ran over to me, "Stephanie! Annie! Namine! Over here! Quick!" She yelled to the other girls.
"Roxas!!" Namine and annie both yelled as they ran over to me.
I tried to lift myself off the ground with my good arm, but only got to my knees.
"Roxas, what happened?" Namine's worried face looked down at me.
I opened my mouth to answer, but it only came out as a whisper. "A-Aaron." I stuttered . Then, my arm shot with pain as I put my hand to it, sharply taking breathe in.
"Oh no, Roxas, Im so sorry!" Annie cried.
I shook my head, but didn't say anything.
It was Kairi's turn to speak, "Roxas…what happened to your arm?" She asked.
For the first time, I actually looked down at my arm, it was black and blue and had doubled in size.
Something then suddenly caught my eye, Sora.
"Sora!" I called out as I stumbled over to him.
I leaned over my best friend's unresponding body. "Oh, Sora. I am so sorry! This is all my fault." I felt moister come to my eyes, I didn't realize what was happening at first, I don't even have emotions. I can't cry, but I did anyway.
"Roxas, what do you mean? What happened?! And what did you do to your arm?!" Annie asked me.
"I mean," I started getting very inpatient very fast. "That Sora is now going to die because of me, and what happened is that Aaron, your brother, stabbed me with the needle! Hence the arm!"
Kairi was the one to fall to her knees. "Sora…is…going…to—to—" she trailed off as her eyes moistened.
"But, Roxas…but that means….you…you—" Namine realized then stopped herself, "NO! ROXAS YOU CANT! I WONT LOSE YOU AGAIN!" Namine screamed as she hugged me.
Annie's face confused, "What? What are you talking about Namine?" She asked.
"Think about it, Annie," Stephanie spoke up, "Roxas, he's half of Sora." She reminded her.
Annie's eyes widened, "no, no, no, no, no, NO!" She yelled.
"I'm sorry to stop this wonderful moment in my life, but we don't have much time." I stated.
"how much time DO we have?" Kairi asked me.
I looked at her hurt eyes, then sighed, "less than forty-eight hours." I stated.
They all gasped, "What are we suppose to do?" Kairi cried again.
I thought for a minute then spoke, "Sora's somewhere in Betwixt and Between, anyone know how to get him out of there?" I asked.
Kairi pulled something out of her pocket, revealing what was left of the potion, "Roxas." She said my name with caution, "drink this, it will help Sora." Her eyes all puffed up from crying.
I took the potion and brought it to my lips, the liquid stung my throat as it slid down.
My stomach burned as I finished it. Then my hand flew towards my stomach.
"Roxas?" Namine's voice called.
**
I opened my eyes to reveal a place that swarmed with people. I looked around, Betwixt and Between. "Great, just great." I mumbled under my breathe, "your right Kairi!" I yelled on the top of my lungs, "that SURE helped," I screamed sarcastically.
A few people glanced towards my direction with confused faces.
I stormed off into the crowd, muttering, "Where is that boy?"