Ok guys, it's time for the climatical chapter of the story. I remember getting a review a while back from Dmaixe about why the story is titled the way it is. Dmaixe, I would have told you, but that would have ruined the story for you. This is the name sake chapter that was what I thought up first. I wasnt to thank everyone who is reading and has read this story. Get your tissues ready!
Saving Axel
Chapter 22: Saving Axel
Sora's POV
"That was one hell of a party," I told Kairi as we cleaned the house.
"Well, I wanted to do something for Roxas since I didn't get to do anything like that for Naminé," she explained as she threw a few paper plates into the garbage. "I talk to her often, but she can never seem to book a trip to visit," she explained, and I nodded.
"That's because only one train for Radiant Garden leaves a month. Most of the tickets are bought super advanced," Riku explained from the living room. "Most of the tickets are bought out by companies for employees that need to travel to do their jobs," he finished, setting the full trash bag in the kitchen.
"So, seeing Roxas often is going to be slim to none," I summed up, and they both nodded. "Where is Roxas anyway?" I voiced, and they looked around.
"Did he go back home with Leon?" Kairi suggested, and I shook my head.
"Nah, he would have said something or dadwould have at least texted me," I explained.
"He might have left with Axel and his friends," Riku suggested. "They were pretty close," he finished up. I finished sweeping up the floor in the kitchen and looked to them.
"Still, Roxas isn't the type to just take off without telling anyone," I persisted. "Maybe something happened to him?" I voiced worriedly and looked around nervously.
"Please, Sora," Riku complained as if listening to a child's silly story.
"I don't know, Riku," Kairi began, "I'm not saying what Sora thinks is true, I'm just pointing out that Roxas has been different lately," she explained. "Ever since he became friends with my cousin, he's been more open and stuff," she finished.
"Are you saying he might be in trouble because he got himself into trouble? Or that your cousin got him in trouble?" I asked, scared, and Kairi pulled me into a hug.
"Not what I meant!" she cried.
"Sora, really?" Riku asked, annoyed. "The chances of your fear being true are slim to none," Riku explained. When Kairi let me go, he kissed my forehead. "Roxas is the same as he always has been: quiet and smart. I promise you he's with his friends and having a great, safe time on his last night in town," Riku told me. I nodded, not knowing what else to believe besides him.
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Roxas's POV
I couldn't see anything. All I know was I was in the park looking for Axel when someone held a gun to my head and hit me on the head with it. Next thing I knew, I was somewhere else, and I couldn't see. I felt like I was moving in my sitting position, and I looked to the left and then the right. Was I the only one here? I didn't know. Maybe if I ask, someone might respond.
"Hello? Anyone here?" I asked distantly. My throat was dry, and my head was throbbing.
"Roxas?" I heard someone croak.
"Yeah," I responded. "Is that you, Demyx? I can't see," I explained.
"Yeah, it is. I can't see either," he responded. "Are we in a car?" he asked, and I shrugged until I realized he couldn't see that.
"It feels like it," I agreed. "Where are the others?" I asked.
"I don't know; I'm working on the restraints on my hands," Demyx explained quietly. I was scared when I realized that my hands were restrained too. We sat in silence, leaving us both to our thoughts only. I just kept thinking that no one knows where we are besides Larxene, and even then she might not know something happened to us. We were on our own. We were…alone.
"Got it!" Demyx whispered cheerfully, and I heard scuttling. I felt something being pulled off my face. Soon I came face to face with baby blue eyes. "Hey there, kid." Demyx smiled and moved behind me and worked on the binds on my hands. "They're damn wire ties," he cursed. "This'll hurt a little," he warned and started to slide it off my hands, and it did hurt, a lot. I breathed in sharply and closed my eyes. "There we go," he said when he got them off.
"Guess they didn't tie them tight enough, huh?" I muttered and cradled my head. It was dark, but we must have been driving somewhere populated since light was somehow coming in. I felt Demyx's hands on my head too.
"What happened to you?" he asked and pulled one hand away from my head. "Shit, Roxas, it's bleeding," he told me, and I nodded. He forced me to lean on my side on the floor of the car.
"Someone hit my head with a gun," I muttered, tired again.
"Axel's gonna kill me," he sighed, and my lidded eyes suddenly became wide, and I sat up suddenly.
"Axel!" I shouted, and Demyx clamped a hand over my mouth and someone beat on the small fence.
"Shut it back there!" someone yelled. Demyx lowered me down again.
"It seems like we're in a van, like the stereotypical stalker vans," he added, trying to make me laugh, but it didn't work. My mind was flooded with questions about Axel like a tsunami. Demyx took the blind fold they used to cover my eyes and wrapped it around my head where it had been bleeding, "Sorry you got involved," he apologized quietly. I closed my eyes again.
"I hope the others are okay…and that Axel's safe," I muttered quietly.
"Me too, Roxas," he sighed while running a comforting hand, mirroring that of Axel's, along my arm. "Me too."
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Axel's POV
"The hell are you waiting for?" I bit out angrily. I watched as Alec, my father, sat patiently in the lawn chair outside the small, abandoned house on the other side of Twilight Town. The reason I remembered this place was because Alec brought me here once and made me keep watch out front, back when I didn't know his profession.
"Why, Axel. Are you bored?" he asked, faking sincerity.
"Hell no. I want to know why you haven't killed me yet. I'm compromised." I motioned to the fact that his men wire-tired my hands together and had already beat the shit out of me at the party so I would go with them. He laughed slightly. "What are you waiting for?" I asked again. He stood up and walked over to me and kneeled on the ground beside me and placed a hand on my shoulder.
"We're waiting for some guests. But, so no one uninvited comes to the party, my men need to drive around a little," he explained, and slapped my face lightly. "They'll be here~"
"Sir, the vans have arrived," a man spoke up.
"Now," Alec finished and stood up, pulling his gun out and turning the safety off.
"What do you mean by guests?" I called after him, but he just ignored me. I tried to move around. Did he bring more guys to help kill me? I'm not that much of an issue, am I? I'm not the best fighter ever. That was when I heard a door open.
"Wake up!" someone yelled.
"Don't touch him!" My face flew up at the familiarity of the voice. It was Demyx, but if he was here then… "Zexion? There you~ Ouch!" I felt anger surge through me, and my three best friends were brought into the area. I saw Demyx holding onto Zexion like his life depended on it and Marluxia looking over them protectively.
"Axel!" Demyx called out when he saw me. A tall man I didn't know came and cut the ties on their hands, and I saw Zexion fumble something beside him, but I was too surprised by the fact they were here to really notice what it was. "I'm so sorry, Axel," Demyx continued. "We tried, but he didn't~"
"I didn't ask you to beat him," I heard Alec say as another man carried something - no, someone - into the area. They dropped the person on the ground and they stirred. Upon closer examination, I almost screamed in anger when the dazed face of Roxas became visible. "He might actually have a concussion, or worse." Alec looked over Roxas. "He seems to still be bleeding. Expect a dock in pay," Alec said and walked over to me again.
"This is who I meant by guests." Alec smirked triumphantly. "The three stooges and your dearest love." He pointed to Roxas as he sat up, holding his head. "Poor kid. He can't be too healthy at this point."
"Let them go!" I yelled, and he shushed me. "This is between you and me!" I yelled, and he laughed again.
"I know," he explained. "But I just brought some insurance so that you listen to me," he finished. I looked to Roxas as he stared at me, wide-eyed. I met his eyes, and I felt like crying. All of this was my fault. I glanced to my friends and saw Marluxia looking around for any kind of exit while Demyx was comforting Zexion as best he could. If only I could comfort Roxas, tell him everything was going to be okay, but I would be lying. If only I had never approached Roxas that day… He might actually have been better off.
"I think I'll give you a little bit of time." He looked up and motioned for two men to leave the area and returned to glare at me. "Make those last words good," he muttered, sitting in his lawn chair again, taking out a cloth and polishing his gun. I knew he was paranoid that if he tried something when cops were around, they would come check if they heard anything. I noticed Roxas crawling over to me, and I smiled sadly.
Roxas's POV
"Are you okay?" I asked as I looked him over. In the dark, I couldn't see too much, but he looked like he saw one too many to the face. I placed a hand on his cheek and he leaned into it.
"Didn't I tell you to wait for me in the basement?" He asked jokingly, trying to bring a slight smile to my face.
"You were taking too long, and the others were worried," I explained. "I didn't want to sit on the sidelines…" He sighed and looked away. "Why didn't you tell me?" I asked, and he sighed too.
"I didn't think you needed to know," he answered. "I didn't know what would have happened if I told you or not. I didn't want to worry you, and I was afraid that if I told you, it would put you in danger," he explained. "I was wrong, so I guess it doesn't matter now; you're here, and your head is bleeding, and~"
"Axel, it's gonna be okay," I promised. I knew in my heart that I didn't know what was going to happen, and I could tell Axel felt the same. We both knew that all five of us wouldn't make it out unscathed, but we could hold on to some hopes, couldn't we? I gripped his cold hands in my own.
"Hello?" I turned slightly as Alec held a phone to his ear. I could see the similarities he and Axel shared. They had the same face shape, and were both really tall. They both seemed to have strength contrary to their scrawny bodies. What really caught my attention was that both of them had green eyes and inverted, tear drop tattoos. Axel's were a dark red color and Alec's were a light purple. I guess Axel got his mother's hair color since Alec's was a brown color. I idly wondered where Axel's personality came from. "Come back immediately," he growled and ended his call. He stood up and glared at Axel. I felt myself being nudged away, and I felt strong arms grab me from behind as Marluxia pulled me toward him as Axel was kicked in the stomach.
"Axel!" I gasped. As I struggled, Marluxia held me still. I knew I couldn't help, but I desperately wanted too. I didn't know what was wrong. Why did he just lash out at him?
Then, we all heard sirens. I felt Zexion tense beside me, and it clicked. Zexion called the cops. When? How? I wanted so badly to ask him, but I couldn't say a word for fear Alec would notice and hurt Zexion too.
"Who did it?" Alec muttered quietly. We all stayed silent and he kicked Axel yet again and I saw him cough up something that wasn't spit. He aimed the gun at Axel's head. "Who did it!" he screamed.
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Sora's POV
"Dad, shouldn't you be getting to bed?" I asked as I piled the last of the blankets on top of the couch. He was lazily flipping through the channels while I cleaned up a little bit, too anxious to fall asleep.
"I'm not tired, Sora," he explained. "And since when did the child tell the parent to go to bed?" he questioned as he looked to me, pausing on the news.
"Whatever," I muttered as he faced the TV again. "Don't blame me when you can't come with us tomorrow morning," I said and went to the kitchen to put my dad's dishes in the dishwasher.
"Sora?" he called. "Where did you say Roxas was again?" he asked, and I dried my hands and walked into the living room.
"I told you I…didn't…know…" I stopped talking when I saw the latest report. The news woman was live at a scene with tons of cop cars and lights aimed at a small house in the old district. There were boards on some windows and a condemned sign on it. I listened to the woman speak, and almost fainted.
"…tell us that five boys are being held inside the house by a man named Alec Jackson. Alec Jackson was recently released from prison on good behavior. The call received was from one of the boys inside where he stated their location and the names of those involved with him. Zexion Ienzo was the one who called, Marluxia Andrews, Demyx Harris, Axel Lea, and Roxas Strife…"
"Roxas…" I muttered as I stared at the screen. "No way would you get into something like this…" I blinked and pinched my arm, hoping this was a weird dream, but it wasn't. "Dad!" I turned to him to find him already dressed to leave, holding my coat out to me.
"Let's go," he stated, and I dropped the towel and followed him.
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Roxas's POV
"If the caller doesn't step forward, I'll shoot him," Alec threatened as Axel wheezed, trying to catch his breath. I was literally shaking in fear and running through all the possible outcomes of this venture. The only thing these ideas had in common was the fact I wasn't going home tomorrow, or today. I didn't know what time it was at this point. "Sorry Axel, but your friends don't care about you." He sighed and pushed the barrel to rest on Axel's forehead. I took a step back and gripped onto Zexion's arm since he was closest to me.
Then Zexion stepped forward.
"I called," Zexionstated, and we all stared at him like he was crazy. "I broke free on the ride over and made the call~" Alec pointed the gun at Zexionand for the first time in my life, I saw Zexion shake in fear.
"Well, boy~"
"He's lying!" I turned to look at Demyx. Axel looked up suddenly. "Zexion, don't lie. It was me." He put a hand on Zexion's shoulder and pulled him back slightly.
"Hmm," Alec started. "Well, the first person who talked is the luck winner," he stated and pulled Zexion's arm out and dragged Zexion into the open and aimed. "Thanks for playing, boy," he stated and the shot was fired. It echoed, and I had closed my eyes, but I felt the presence of Demyx beside me disappear.
"Demyx!" Axel screamed, and I opened my eyes to see Demyx face down on the ground and Zexion sitting in front on him on his butt, his knees up, leaning on his hands. The look on his face…was pure fear and sadness. I saw the tears start to fall as he helped Demyx turn over.
"Son of a bitch!" Marluxia bit out, pushing me behind him, showing his rare, temperamental side. The gun returned its aim to Axel.
"Not another step or you'll have two dead friends," he threatened and against his will, Marluxia stepped back to my side.
"Demyx, stay with me." Zexion was holding Demyx's head in his lap and in the new lights of the police out front, I saw the blood pooling at his abdomen. I caught a better look at Axel in his broken down form, dried blood on the side of his mouth and under his nose. I heard Alec's phone go off, and he answered it.
"Hello?" he asked happily, and I wanted to punch his lights out.
"Demyx, keep your eyes open," Zexion cried softly, and I saw Demyx nod slightly.
"Yes, I shot someone, and no, I'm not sending him out. This is a family matter so stay out of this." He hung up right after. "Damn police," he muttered. "You and you dumb friend's fault," he said and moved the gun downward and fired off at Axel's leg. I blinked from the loud sound and heard Axel cry out. When I saw him he was leaning over, straining to free his hands of their binds. I wanted to move toward him, but the way Alec was smiling at the fact he that he just shot his son made me pause.
I didn't know what to do. How did this even happen to me?
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Sora's POV
After I heard the first shot, I panicked, but when the second went off, I started to hyperventilate. There was a crowd that formed and was growing still as we watched helplessly at the house. I heard rumor among the crowd saying the man in there had been a known crime lord years ago before he was arrested for beating his son constantlyalong with many other crimes. I also learned that his son was Axel. Did Roxas know? I hoped he wasn't one of the people shot.
I felt another hand on my opposite shoulder and turned to look, wondering if my dad placed both of his hands on my shoulder, but I saw it was Riku.
"Riku!" I said and hugged him tightly. "I'm so scared," I told him and he nodded, rubbing my back gently.
"It'll be okay. Roxas is smart and he'll get out of there okay, I know he will," Riku assured. My dad agreed as well, but I could sense they both doubted their statement. There was a very good chance that Roxas did get hurt, but since that asshole won't let them out, we'll never know.
"Roxas…be careful," I whispered into Riku's chest.
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Roxas's POV
"Sir." Alec turned to the voice that spoke to him from the back door. When he walked over to get closer, I broke away from Marluxia and went to Axel while Marluxia went to Demyx and Zexion.
"Axel," I said as I placed a hand on his face. He smiled weakly, masking the pain he felt, but it was evident in his eyes. I applied pressure, not knowing what else I could do. I felt tears pricking the corners of my eyes and I heard Zexion crying in the sudden quiet. I looked over to see him bowing over Demyx's head, and I could barely tell if the blond was breathing.
"Please…please…" I heard him whispering as Marluxia used his jacket to wrap up the wound.
"Is he…still conscious?" Axel asked quietly.
"I don't know," I answered. I had no idea how much time has elapsed since we dropped off here, but I knew that if Axel and Demyx didn't get medical attention soon, things could be fatal. I grabbed Axel's tied up hands and began to tug on it. "Hands flat," I told him, and I pulled it off. I heard him grunt in pain, but I ignored it. When I got it off, his hands wrapped around my waist, and he kissed my cheek. When he pulled away he applied pressure to his leg.
"I'm not moving anytime soon," he muttered. I saw the wound was on the top of his upper thigh, and I hoped it didn't hit anything too important. "Fuck," he cursed in pain. "Demyx!" he called. I glanced over to where Demyx moved slightly. Zexion looked up to us, and his eyes were already red. We had to get out of here since the cops obviously weren't doing anything. I got ready to stand when Marluxia placed a hand on my shoulder.
"No, stay with Axel," he said, seeming to have read my mind. I nodded, and he stood up and walked toward the gate slowly and quietly. I didn't know what he was planning to do, but I hoped he would be careful.
"Roxas." I turned to Axel's voice and saw his face seemed paler than earlier. I applied more pressure on top of his hands.
"Axel…when this is all over, I want to go to the beach again, okay?" I told him, and he smiled slightly. "We'll all go to the beach," I added, and he nodded.
"All right," he said. "I promise."
"You!" We all snapped up to see a tall man with dark hair pointing to Marluxia by the gate. "Get over here," he ordered, and Marluxia walked over to him. I heard a small thud behind me when Marluxia kneeled beside me to pat Axel's unhurt leg. He got up and followed the man into the house. I leaned on Axel's shoulder and grabbed the object behind me. When I felt the cold metal, I wondered how Marluxia found one just lying around, but it was apparent that he gave me a gun.
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Sora's POV
"Is someone coming out?" I asked when I noticed the front door open. I stared past people as, who I remembered to be Marluxia, walked outside the house. He was carrying a small piece of white paper in his hands. As he got out, the police covered him and led him to the ambulance. All I knew was that I needed to talk to him, to find out how Roxas was. That's probably how I started pushing people out of the way, not giving a damn if they yelled after me or if Riku and my dad were following. Roxas was like my little brother, and I was worried.
"Marluxia!" I called past all the people asking him questions. He spotted me and pushed past people. "I don't know if you know me~"
"Sora Leonhart. Everyone knows you, but go on," he urged.
"How was Roxas when you left?" I asked when Riku caught up with me.
"He was fine. A few scratches here and there, but fine," he promised, and I smiled slightly. Hearing that made me feel a lot better.
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Reno's POV
"Damn, it's that late?" I checked my phone clock again, and I felt Rufus shift beside me on the couch, closer to my chest.
"You leaving then?" he asked in a bored tone. I smirked slightly and kissed his head.
"Gonna miss me?" I asked, and he glared at me. "Three rounds aren't enough?" He shoved me and sat up while I laughed, looking around for my shirt and pants. He snuggled up in the blanket and turned the TV on again.
"That was pretty good," I heard him say.
"Pretty good?" I asked as I buttoned my pants. "Not exactly what I was waiting to hear. Try again, honest opinion," I said as I put my shirt on.
"Terrible," I heard him say, and I turned to him with a glare.
"Well, I guess I'm not coming back then," I sneered, and he looked at me like I was stupid.
"Not sex, you idiot. Look at the screen." He pointed to it, and I looked. It was live coverage of a hostage dealing in Twilight. When I read the names at the bottom of the screen, I was out the door in seconds, leaving Rufus without another word. Some things are just more important.
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Roxas's POV
I held the gun in between Axel and me in our shadows, still not telling him I had it. I had no idea what to even do with it, but after five minutes, I doubted Marluxia was coming back, and when I heard the cheering, I knew he was out. I stood up and walked over to see how Zexion and Demyx were doing. Zexion had long since stopped crying and was just talking to Demyx to keep him awake, asking questions that involved more than one word answers. Soon Demyx would lose consciousness from blood loss, because Zexion's once white jacket was soaked by blood since he was holding it to Demyx's stomach.
"You'll be okay, right? When you come to my birthday party next week, what are you gonna do?" he asked quietly.
"I'm gonna…eat cake…dance…giv-e you yo-ur present…" I heard little hiccups in between some of his words, and it didn't sound good. I turned back to Axel who was closing his eyes, breathing in deeply. I felt my head and removed the cloth Demyx wrapped around my head and wrapped it on my wrist. That was when Alec came back out. I quickly returned to Axel's side and held his hand. Alec glanced at us with disgust.
"I suppose no one would have to know of your preferences in the future," he muttered to himself. "No man would follow a gay man." He sat back in his lawn chair, gazing at Zexion and Demyx. "Is he still alive? Wow, I must have missed my first shot." He sighed and stood up. I looked to Axel to see his eyes had opened again. Then I heard a gun being set up and another shot. I heard Zexion scream and Axel yelled, but my eyes had closed again, not wanting to see the bullet being fired. I opened my eyes to see Zexion away from Demyx who was on his side now, arm outstretched toward Zexion, signaling he used his last bit of energy to push Zexion out of the way.
"I guess you two were lovers, huh?" Alec pushed Demyx back onto his back and I heard his wheezing as he tried to breath. He now had two gunshot wounds: one in his stomach, one in his back. Zexion clutched his wrist since he landed on it funny and hissed in pain, but crawled back to Demyx's side, bawling now.
"I guess you're the only one still in one piece," he spoke, referring to me, even though his back was to me.
"Actually, your idiot cronies hit me on the back of the head with a gun," I bit out before realizing who I just talked back to. I looked to the side, and he turned to face me.
"Oh, a smart ass, are we?" he asked and walked toward me, pulling me to my feet and away from Axel before he could grab me. "That was just how Axel was, and look at him. You don't want to test me," he threatened, and I glared as he held onto the front of my shirt.
"You hurt my friends and boyfriend. I think I do want to challenge you," I retorted, throwing common sense out the window. I felt the pain in the back of my head only after I fell to the ground. He hit me with a gun again. My eye sight fuzzed slightly as I rubbed the back of my head. I felt something warm and sticky on my fingers and knew it was blood. I was also bleeding on the side of my head since I landed on a rock, too.
"You damn kids," he cursed. "Thinking you know everything, but you don't!" he yelled and aimed the gun at me. I heard Axel yell and Zexion gasp quietly. "Maybe if I take you out, Axel will finally see reason!" he yelled before firing. I hit the ground and heard Axel cry out my name. I moved my hand slowly to my shoulder and closed my eyes.
"Not you, too!" I heard Zexion, choking back a sob. I heard grunting and curses and felt a hand on mine. I opened my eyes and saw green eyes, kind green eyes, looking down into mine. The normally warm hands were cold, and I closed my eyes again. It hurt, a lot, but there was one thing on my mind.
What should I do?
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Sora's POV
I got scared when I heard the yelling followed shortly by the gun shot. It could have been Roxas, and I really hoped it wasn't. I felt a hand on my shoulder and smiled when my eyes fell onto the familiar face of Reno.
"The hell's going on?" he asked, and I gave his the basic run down of everything we knew at the time. When I was done, he faced the house. "That bastard," he cursed.
"Why does Axel's dad want to do this?" I asked, and he looked to me.
"Well, after a pretty bad beating years ago, Demyx found Axel in a puddle of blood on his kitchen floor and called the cops on his dad. I'm sure this is about revenge. He wants to take out what matters most to Axel. Make him suffer before he kills him," he explained, and I shivered.
"E-Even Roxas?" I asked quietly. I heard him mutter something half to himself. "What was that?" I asked, and he looked to me.
"Yeah, even Roxas," he said, and I felt the panic rising again. I faced the house and felt like I was going to cry again. Roxas…please…please come out okay.
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Roxas's POV
I closed my eyes again and Axel applied pressure to my wound and his own. He looked so tired, I didn't know what to do, and I was useless. I turned my head and saw Zexion crying over Demyx's body and barely caught his super shallow breathing. He was going to die if he didn't get any help. Zexion might actually collapse from exhaustion and his wrist looked like it was bent at a weird angle. Suddenly, Axel's hand was taken away as he was pulled to his feet. Axel cried out at the pain of the bullet in his upper right leg.
"It seems as the cops will be mobilizing soon since I fired off four shots. It's time to go, son." He smirked and hit the back of Axel with his gun, and he stumbled to his knees and cried out in more pain. Hearing him cry out in pain, hearing Zexion cry, heard nothing from Demyx, it made my heart ache in pain that wasn't physical, but so heavily mental, I physically felt it. A new strength filled my tired limbs, and I got to my knees and crawled to the blood stained ground where Axel had been and wrapped my hand around the cold handle. I looked to Alec as he pushed Axel inside the house. I stood up and shouted. Alec turned back to me and noticed the gun in my hand.
"Well, well, well," he started and chuckled slightly. "You really don't know when to quit, do you?" he muttered, pushing Axel into a wall to lean on.
"Let him go! Let us all go!" I yelled. He laughed, pulling out his own gun.
"Do you even know how to wield a gun, boy?" he asked, but my face didn't falter, even though I didn't know how. "Fine, if death is what you seek, I'll be glad to provide," he said. I looked at the gun, thinking back to the numerous times I saw my uncle work with a gun and placed my left hand on the gun and turned the safety off and held it in my injured right. "Oh, so you know something."
"I'm smarter than I look," I told him, and he chuckled and raised his gun to me.
"I did want to let you live, but I see you want to die," he said and smirked. "Any last words?" he asked, and I looked down, suddenly remembering the time I was at my uncle's house when I was six, right before my parents made me move here.
"Uncle Seph?" I asked, and he looked up from his book. "What's this?" I asked, and he took the thing from my hands.
"My gun. Where did you find this?" he inquired, and I sat beside him on the couch.
"Basement," I stated simply, and he chuckled.
"Yes, well, I used to work for a secret group of elites to…fight crime, if you will," he began and pulled me onto his lap. "I had to quit one day to help your parents out, but they let me keep my weapon," he explained. "And a few more," he added.
"So, you were a super hero?" I asked, and he chuckled quietly.
"Yes, I was a super hero," he said. "And now, let's go find mittens and see if she needs some super hero help," he suggested and I hopped off the couch.
"Here comes super Roxas, mittens!" I squealed, running off to find his cat.
When I was older, I asked my uncle about it again, and he told me he used to be a mercenary for the army, but had to quit when my mom had me since my parent were both so young. He needed to take care of them until they graduated, and he eventually got a job with a traveling salesman company. I knew he missed his job a lot, and that much was evident when he taught me how to fire and clean a gun when he visited me when I was eleven.
I brought it up, remembering the places on the body he told me caused the most damage and aimed for that. I held my shaking arm as still as I could, grinding my teeth from the pain. I fired the gun, and the recoil set my arm in a blaze of pain, and my throbbing head didn't help the matter. I fell back in what seemed like slow motion.
"Roxas! Roxas!" I heard Axel yell. I fell onto the ground and closed my eyes. I was happy because the one thing on my mind was accomplished. I was at peace and felt calm and content enough to let the blackness eat away at my vision, even when I felt hands on me, lifting me up onto something hard.
I did what I needed to do, wanted to do, and had to do.
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Sora's POV
"Roxas!" I cheered when the stretchers that went in came out with people. The first to come out was Zexion, but he was walking beside the paramedics carrying Demyx on the stretcher. Demyx didn't look good from what I saw. I felt sad when I saw the tears in Zexion's eyes, because everyone knew the pair was made for each other, and crazy for each other. Next to come out was Axel, but he kept trying to get up and see behind him. Then after him was Roxas, just as motionless as Demyx. Dad and I followed that stretcher to the ambulance.
"Is he going to be alright?" he asked, and the paramedic ignored him. "I'm his father," he added, and the man turned to him.
"He should be, but you can never be too careful," he said and welcomed us to ride over with them. Dad told me he would follow in the car, so I got in and held Roxas's cold hands. I heard him muttering something under his breath as the paramedics did a few things for him.
"What was that?" I asked, and his lidded eyes fluttered for a moment.
"…did it…" he muttered, but I still didn't understand.
"What? What did you do?" I asked, and a small smile graced his lips.
"My mission, wh-what I always wanted t-to do," he explained.
"What was that?" I asked. A small smile graced his lips. Even though he was bloodied and bruised up, bleeding from many places, he looked happy; happier than I was used to seeing him as of late.
"Axel…" he said before going unconscious. A few monitors went off.
"Roxas! Roxas!" I called urgently as the paramedics tried to work in the back of the moving car.
Roxas's POV
I felt lighter somehow, like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I felt a warm hand on mine, but it didn't register to me. The only thing on my mind was what I just did. I tried to tell who I thought was Sora, but as blackness ate at the corners of my eyes, I let it. I was at peace, and the pain I was feeling felt like it was drifting away, as was everything else.
I did it.
That was all that was on my mind as I just gave up.
My mission, my dream; it was all for you.
"What was that?" I heard, and I said it loud and proud in my mind before the blackness took its hold on me.
Saving Axel.
I do hope this answers that question for anyone who had the same question. Please review and I'll get that chapter up. No need to threaten my life, my beta has already has that covered. Still, reviews make me work a little bit faster! Let's try to get over 200 reviews, winner get's a cyber cookie!