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Roxas slowly woke up and looked around. He sat up then looked over at the door when it opened. "You're awake," the nurse said with a smile. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay. Where is my brother? How is he doing?" he asked quickly and she smiled.
"He's doing well," she said then brought food over to him. "Eat this and I'll get the doctor to come in and talk to you." Roxas nodded then started eating the sandwich. He looked at his leg that was all wrapped up in a cast. "I'm okay." The nurse left and it wasn't long before the silver haired doctor was walking in.
"I'm glad to see you're up. How are you feeling? Any memory loss?" he asked as he walked over to the bed. Roxas looked at him really confused. "Just wanted to make sure. You had some brain swelling and had a few seizers so I wanted to make sure everything is intact."
"Yeah. I haven't forgotten anything. Everything is a little fuzzy when we…."
"Attacked?" Roxas looked up quickly then quickly looked away. "We already know your parents were the reason you are this way. They are currently being looked for. The police are struggling because it looks like they just disappeared."
"Yeah…" Roxas said then looked up. "How is Sora?"
"He's doing better today," Roxas said then looked at Roxas's chart. "He is off the breathing machine and his ribs are healing nicely. I'm not too worried about them refracturing. His arm and leg is in a cast and his hip is doing better too." Roxas looked so scared. "It's okay. Sora is fine. He will be fine."
"Can I see him?"
"Not now. We will be putting him in the same room as you but we wanted to wait till you woke up."
"How long was I out for?"
"Two weeks," Sephiroth said and Roxas looked down and gripped at his blanket. "It was a healing sleep."
"Yeah…"
"I have to go check on a few others so I will come back later to come check on you later," he said then gently pat the boy on his shoulder. "Your friend Axel will be by after school. He's visited you every day. Seems like you two are really close friends." Roxas blushed then sighed as he leaned back against the pillows. He clicked on the tv then watched whatever was on.
Axel walked to the door he had been the last two weeks to check on Roxas and finding him asleep each and every day but today was different. He watched from the door way seeing Roxas drinking some water. "Roxas…" Axel said softly then ran to the bed and hugged him tight. Roxas jumped then relaxed seeing it was Axel.
"Axel…" Roxas said before he started crying. "Axel…I'm so sorry…I was so scared…Sora…it's all my fault. It's all my fault…" Axel shook his head then held him close.
"No its' not. We had this conversation earlier. This is not your fault. Everything will be fine now. We will be safe. Sora will be fine." He held Roxas close then ran his hand through his hair. "How are you feeling?"
"Better…now that you are here…" Roxas said shly. Axel smiled then hugged him tight before sitting on the side of the bed.
Sora's eyes slowly opened. He blinked a few times before turning his head side to side. He saw something silver on his bed. That's when he realized it was someone holding his hand. His hand twitched before the silver haired boy lift his head. The silver haired boy looked at him shocked then started crying.
"Sora! You're awake! Let me go get my father!" he said then quickly ran out of the room. Sora blinked then looked up at the ceiling. He blinked before his eyes slowly closed. He didn't know where he was or who that boy was. He felt like he should. He felt so sad all of a sudden and started crying. Pain shot through him and he went to grab his chest but there was a cast. What was going on? The boy from earlier ran in with a taller silver haired man. They looked related there was no question there. The younger one looked far less serious then the older one.
"Glad to see your doing better there Sora," he said with a gentle voice. Much different then he thought he would sound. "My name is Sephiroth. I'm the doctor who's been taking care of you the past few weeks. How are you feeling?" Sora lifted up his good hand before setting it on his head. Sephiroth gave him a confused look that mirrored his sons.
"Are you okay Sora?" he asked as he leaned against the bed. Sora looked at him as he let his arm fall.
"I'm not sure…." He said barely above a whisper. "I don't know…" Sephiroth put a hand on the other's shoulder and nodded towards the door.
"Let me talk to him alone for a bit okay?" He received a slight nod before leaving. Sora watched him leave feeling like he knew him. "Now it's just us. How are you doing?"
"I don't know. I don't know where I am…or who he was…he knew who I was and I felt really bad not knowing him. He looked so worried and so happy when I woke up I…." Sora's heart rate starting rising as he started to panic.
"Calm down," Sephiroth said softly as he sat down in the chair next to Sora's bed. "It's nothing to worry about right now. You are alive and healing. You came to this hospital in bad condition. I am not surprised you've lost your memories." Sora calmed down slightly then shifted slightly. "Do you have any memories? Do you know your name or anyone in your family?"
"Um…no…I figured my name was Sora cause that other boy called me that…" Sora trailed off then looked away. "How did I get hurt like this?" Sephiroth sighed softly before leaning down slightly.
"You were badly abused by your parents. Something happened a few weeks back that made them attack you and your twin brother. He is okay because I think you protected him. He suffered far less then you did." Sora looked shocked.
"My parents did this to me?"
"Your father and step mother if I'm correct. I'm sorry."
"How could someone that's supposed to be a parent do something like this!" Sora yelled then looked away quickly. "Sorry…"
"Don't be. This is all a reasonable reaction. I'd be pissed off if I was in your shoes." Sephiroth stood up then looked at the door to see Riku looking in. "Lets start off by introducing you to my son then. Riku come on in." Riku didn't hesitate and ran over to the bed.
"You okay Sora?" Sora slowly nodded then looked away.
"Don't freak out Riku but Sora is having some trouble remember things. Well remembering everything."
"Sora…I'm sorry," Riku said then gently took Sora's hand in his. Sora looked at Riku and smiled slightly.
"Sorry…"
"No! It's fine. Everything is fine because you are going to be okay. I guess I'll start by telling you we are the best of friends. We have known each other since we were five. I have picked on you all your life and you help me study because I can't concentrate in school." Riku laughed lightly and smiled as Sora smiled slightly. Riku and Sora started talking back and forth and soon Sora was use to Riku and laughing and chatting. They sat the bed up so that Sora could sit up. Sora was laughing hard and soon was coughing.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah," he said softly then leaned back against the pillows.
"Riku let Sora sleep," Sephiroth said as he walked back into the room.
"Can I see my brother?" Sora said quickly. "Please?" Sephiroth sighed softly before nodding.
"I guess I can arrange something. I was going to have it so both of you shared a room." Sephiroth started mumbling to himself as he walked out of the room.
"I'm nervous…" Sora said as he fiddled with his shirt.
"Don't be. He's your brother. Your twin. His name is Roxas. You might even remember him right away."
"Sora!" Roxas said as he was wheeled into the room. A red haired teen was pushing him. "How are you doing? I'm so thankful your doing?"
"Hi. I'm okay…" Sora said softly smiling slightly. He wished he remembered him. Roxas looked so happy to see him he didn't have the heart to tell him he didn't remember him. "How are you?"
"I'm doing better then you…are you really okay? Do you remember…me?" Roxas could tell immediately that something was off with Sora. He just hoped he was wrong.
"I'm sorry…" Sora cried as he shook his head. "I'm so sorry…I don't remember anything…I thought if I saw you that I would remember you but I don't…"
"Calm down! Calm down," Riku said as he gently put a hand on his shoulder. He smiled over at Roxas who looked really worried.
"It's okay Sora…you were…hurt so badly," he whispered softly. "Forgive me…"
"For what…?" Sora asked as he gripped at his blankets.
"For letting what happened to you happen. I couldn't protect you…" Sora shook his head.
"No. I'm sure that whatever happened I wanted it to happen the way it did. I'm glad your okay. Is it true that our parents did this to us?"
"Yes…our father and step mom did," Roxas said nodding. "Our mother would not have let this happen to us. I think our father snapped after her death. He changed after that. He treated us like less then dirt and always put that woman first. She always terrorized you. You protected me. I didn't get always get hurt. Yelled at often but never hit. It was only recently that he started lashing out at me. But I think it was because he couldn't get the same reaction out of you. You were getting so use to the pain…it was scaring me. I'm glad we don't have to go back to them."
"What is going to happen to us? Where are we going to go?" Sora gripped at his chest. It was starting to hurt again.
"Don't worry about it now. Lets let you rest. If your chest is hurting you need to lay flat," Riku said as he lowered the bed back down. Once Sora was down flat the pain was slowly disappearing. Sora closed his eyes and took deep slow breaths.
"Are you okay Sora?" Roxas asked as he moved closer to the bed. Sora nodded slowly but didn't open his eyes. "I'm sorry Sora. I'll come visit you later. I'll let you sleep." Everyone left and seconds after everyone left Sora fell asleep. Riku walked back into the room and smiled softly at the sleeping boy.
"Sleep well Sora," Riku said softly as he pulled the blanket up and covered Sora. Sora reached out and gently touched Riku's hand. Riku's smile grew as he took Sora's hand in his. "I'm so thankful you are in my life Sora. Thank you for being you." Sora smiled softly as he gave Riku's hand a quick squeeze before going limp. Riku pulled the hand up to his lips and gave it a soft kiss before setting his hand down. He slowly turned and left. He gave one last look at the sleeping boy before leaving and heading home.
Sora looked around wildly as darkness started creeping closer to him. He didn't know where he was or how he got there. All he knew was he was sitting down on the ground and being slowly surrounded by darkness. His head whipped side to side as he tried to figure out what was going on. "Help me…" he cried out as he tried to find something. Some light in the darkness. Sora's head quickly turned when he heard a voice.
"Tied to the darkness. Soon to be completely eclipsed," a deep voice said as Sora stood up.
"Who are you?!" Sora screamed as the darkness started inching closer. Sora just ran. He ran into the darkness with his eyes closed and just kept running. "Someone…anyone…please help me…"
Sora screamed as he thrashed at whoever was holding him down. He couldn't hear what they were saying. All he knew was that he needed to get away. All the fear suddenly started fading away. He laid back against the pillows and blinked a few times before looking around the room. The doctor from the other day was standing over him and carefully checking his chest. Sora couldn't remember what was going on till he remembered yesterday. Sora slowly started to register the other people in the room.
"What did you give him?" a blond spiky haired man asked as he stood next to Sephiroth.
"Valium," he said as he stood up, satisfied that the stitches didn't look like they opened. "It will calm him down. Nightmares are common among patients that have memory loss."
"I know…" the blond said as he looked down at Sora. Sora looked up at him then looked over at Riku and smiled.
"Hi Riku," he said as Riku walked over to the bed. He got in front of the two, pushing them back.
"How are you feeling?" he asked as he helped sit Sora's bed up.
"I'm fine. Just had a bad dream is all."
That's good to hear," he said then pointed at the blond talking to Sephiroth. "I guess I should introduce you. His name is Cloud. He is your uncle. From your mothers side."
"Not the one that hurt me…right?"
"Yes. Your mother passed away when you and your brother were six."
"Our mother loved us," Roxas said causing Sora to look strait at him. He blinked then looked at the red head. Roxas noticed Sora staring and smiled. "This is Axel remember?" Sora nodded slightly then looked at the door. It looked like someone was standing there but when he looked no one was there. Sora blinked a few times before looking at Riku. Riku looked at the door way then looked back at Sora.
"You see someone?"
"I thought I did," he said then smiled. "So I guess we're sharing a room now Roxas?"
"Yup! Now we can get into all the trouble we want. And this way if you have nightmares and get scared I will be right here for you." Like all the times you have been for me. Roxas smiled as Sora returned the smile then looked at Cloud as he walked over to the bed again.
"Hello there Sora. It's been a while." He smiled awkwardly and Sora smiled back.
"I guess. I'm sorry I don't have many memories. Okay I don't really remember anything. Sorry."
"No no. It's okay. I heard about it already from Sephiroth."
"O-okay…." The room became uncomfortably silent. Sora didn't know what to say and neither did Cloud. Sephiroth cleared his throat then crossed his arms.
"You're healing much faster then I expected. Your bones have set in together and have started the process of fusing together. You have to be careful for the next three weeks." Things were developing nicely. Sephiroth was almost excited to see how things developed from here.
"Already?" Sora asked confused. "That seems kind of fast."
"It does but seeing as your related to Cloud I'm not surprised."
"What are you talking about?"
"It doesn't matter," Cloud said as he shoved Sephiroth. "Don't listen to him." Cloud glared then quickly left. Sephiroth followed after Cloud mumbling to himself.
"What was he talking about…?" Sora asked looking at Roxas. Roxas shrugged before looking at Axel then Riku.
"I'll figure it out," Riku said nodding then turned to Sora. "So what was your dream about?" Sora shook his head.
"I don't really want to talk about it." Roxas laughed when Axel poked his side.
"Don't do that Axel," Roxas pouted as he crossed his arm over his chest. Sora smiled as he watched the two acting towards each other. Sora could tell how they felt about each other.
"I do what I want," Axel said then sat down on the bed. "Glad to see you up and about Sora." Sora nodded then looked at the door way. Something was there. Something shinning moved from the door way to the window before disappearing. Suddenly Sora felt his eyes getting heavy. He leaned against the pillow and slowly drifted off. The other three chatted quietly then smiled at Sora when they realized Sora was asleep.
"Sleep is the best healer," Riku said then sighed. "My father and your Uncle is hiding things from us. And we're going to figure it out. And it has to deal with Cloud so I'm guessing it has to do with his past. Maybe back when he was part of that organization."
"Must be," Roxas said then frowned. He crossed his arms then flinched before setting his hands in his lap.
"Are you okay?" Axel asked then took his hands in his. "Does something hurt?"
"My wrist hurts a bit."
"Maybe we should tell Sephiroth. Have him look at it."
"I think he knows it. I'm taking some pain meds for it." Axel sighed then lightly kissed his hand.
"Roxas…"
"Don't worry about it so much Axel." Roxas smiled softly before laying his head on Axel's shoulder. "Thank you for being you. And thank you so much for showing up when you did. You saved Sora's life."
"Any time. Just don't make this a habit. I hate seeing you two in as much pain as you are." Riku said then stood up. He slowly lowered Sora's bed back down and covered him up. He looked at the window and saw something silver but it disappeared as fast as it showed itself. I wonder what that was...
"How about you get some rest too?"
"I'm not tired…" Roxas pouted then huffed. "I don't want you to leave…"
"I have to head home anyway. My brother has work to go to so I have to watch my younger sister." Roxas whined before sighing. "I'm sorry Roxas. I don't have work tomorrow so I can come visit for as long as I want tomorrow. Just relax and watch some tv."
"Okay," Roxas said before laying down and getting comfortable. "I'll see you tomorrow Axel. Have a good night."
"Good night," Axel said before leaving.
"Bye," Riku said following Axel out.
"Well this is boring…" Roxas said then sighed. He looked over at Sora who was shifting slightly in his sleep. Sora was mumbling something in his sleep. Roxas was struggling to try and figure out what he was saying.
"Having…weird….thoughts….lately…any….real…or not…?"
"Sora your having weird dreams again," Roxas said but Sora didn't respond. Roxas laughed then turned the tv on. He wasn't up much longer after that and fell asleep to a long line of commercials. A silver light shimmered between the two beds before a tall woman appeared there. She had light blue hair and light blue eyes. She looked at the twins with a soft look in her eyes. She reached out to touch Sora before looking at the door.
"Aqua…" Cloud whispered then covered his mouth. She shook her head before disappearing. "No! Come back…" Cloud quickly turned then left. He needed to talk to Sephiroth and now.
Thats it for now. I don't feel this is as exciting as all the others but meh! Hope you like. Read and Review. Reviews make me happy! Let me know what you think about how the story is heading in this new direction. ^^; any input is good. :D I also might start updating daily. Though I kind of already doing but I have more written then this. XD I'll stop now...oh wait! XD Let me know if you think the Genre is right or if I should change it. Okay I'm done!
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