I DO NOT OWN GORILLAZ

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This chapter is sad, won't deny it. I could've made it worse though so thank me for not. If you are sensitive to the El mañana incident then please don't read! It took all my strength to not be super sad while writing this. Ok maybe I'm being a bit over dramatic, so 'keep calm and read on'

Phase 2

"So yew will parachute out among the clouds to safety and bam, you can have a vacation, with no hassle." Murdoc finished explaining his oh so great plan to the guitarist. She claimed to need a break, he needed her to do the last music video, it was a win win situation.

"I don't know, Murdoc, maybe it isn't just a good idea. Plus, I don't want to crash my windmill." Noodle said, very sceptical.

Murdoc straightened up, "no need to worry love, everything will go as planned. And besides, what will yew do with that floating island anyway? Bring it with yew?"

In the end Noodle reluctantly agreed to the video and began to go over the details with the director. Little did she know that Murdoc was planning to put little Jimmy Manson in the cupboard on the windmill. It would be murder and he would have it all on camera. He would 'accidentally' forget to unlock the cupboard for Jimmy to get out and 'accidentally' forget to leave any form of weapon on board for him to use against Noodle.

She secretly packed the things she would need on her break then joined 2D and Russel for dinner. They greeted her warmly and laid out food onto the table. They never usually ate together but it was the last video shoot for her album so they decided to celebrate. Murdoc's idea of a celebration involved him out of Kong, so he was nowhere to be found.

"Well, Noodle love? 'Ow does ih fewl ta 'ave finished yew're album?" 2D asked, making conversation. She looked around uncomfortable, knowing that by this time tomorrow both her band mates would be devastated. "Wot's te matta, love? I didn't mean ta make yew sad."

"Oh no, 2D it's fine I just can't believe it'll be over." To her, the words held something deeper than the album but to them it was all the same. He laughed it off and held an arm around her congratulating her once again. Russel piped in and started to make her laugh with their crazy antics.

"Good night, 2D and Russel. I'll see you tomorrow before the shoot." She waved and walked back to her room.

The zombies got loud during the night, not usually but just this time. They kept Noodle awake thinking about the day to come. Or at least she'd like to blame it on the zombies. In reality the zombies weren't loud, her thoughts were. They ran through her head a mile and minute and every time she would think about one, a new one would come around, and so on. Most were about not leaving after all, and having the video go the way that 2D and Russ thought it would be going. That thought usually was replaced with how much she wanted to get away, even if just for a little bit. A place far away from the band and where they wouldn't try to contact her and she could be completely free. But that didn't mean that she wanted to leave forever. She wanted to still be around them when she was older, even make new music. Finally she fell into a slumber that was filled with no dreams at all, to which she was thankful for.

The flames were so hot, and the helicopters weren't supposed to shoot that close to her, were they? Was that the way the script went? Noodle felt as if she was actually running and hiding for her life. The windmill started its descent as she was in the doorway and a scream ripped through her throat. She attempted to shield her face with her hands and after getting the signal she went to grab her parachute. She ran and jumped as far away from the crash before opening the object that was to save her life. She watched sadly as the windmill fell into a crack in the earth and flinched when the airplanes dropped the last bomb, destroying it completely.

She landed safely, eventually, and ran to the pre brought car to bring her back to Kong before the boys. No doubt she would have a lot of time because they would scavenge the area for her. She grimaced as she thought of their faces when they found out she 'died'. It would crush her vey soul to see it and she was thankful that it was impossible. Upon reaching Kong she stalked up to her room to grab the few suitcases she packed ahead of time and rolled them into the car park. She walked into 2D's room and took one last wiff of the smell that was 2D- a careful mix of butterscotch, cigarettes and a faint musk. She closed the door once again and walked across the car park to her vehicle.

Suddenly a strong wind almost knocked her off balance and she could hear the evil laughing of something, she didn't know what. It started to get closer and she turned around sporadically trying to see the being. Finally she spun to meet the retched thing right in the face. On closer inspection she could see that there were actually 4 demons circling her. There was no point in screaming and she prepared to fight. They dived at her all at once. Their claws scratched her and sent her flying into the air, only to hit the cold pavement after the fall back down. They were lightning fast and she didn't know anything was happening until it had already ended. The entire fight was frustrating to say the least and she wondered why they were here in the first place. After making sure she was too beat up to get away properly they swiftly gripped her arms and not to gently dragged her with them down a crack in the wall on the other side of Murdoc's Winnebago. They travelled down and it felt like an eternity before they reached a place she wasn't expecting, despite the demons who attacked her.

Noodle was in Hell. Actual hot, bleeding, Hell. Screams echoed all around her and she shivered, making her worn out body ache. Then a figure among them stood and began making its way to her. It was a boy, normal looking. He was short, had black hair, probably year or two other than herself, but the creepy smile on his face chilled Noodle. And she finally realized where she knew him from. He was Jimmy Manson. The person she had beat to get into Gorillaz 5 years ago. He had been trying to extract revenge on them all for a long time now. Usually none of the boys wouldn't even let her see him, but they weren't perfect. She knew who he was and she knew it well. He hated her for reasons out of her control and she found him a bit pathetic.

"Hello, Noodle," he sneered, trying to fake kindness. "Welcome to Hell." He lifted his arms up as if presenting the new burning world in front of her. "Do you want to know why I'm here? Ill tell you why, Murdoc killed me. I was in that bloody windmill and while you made it to safety, I died. He said that he would kill you and that I would be the next great guitarist but instead he turned his back on me. You lived, but you don't deserve to."

Noodle curled up on herself, feet still flat on the ground, but her muscles weren't liking the fast beat down she had faced minutes ago. "Why am I here?" She managed to get out. It was so hot, her throat burned as she talked.

"I made a deal with the devil. It seems as through you're good friend Murdoc hasn't kept up his end of a bargin. And I proposed, take one person he cares about in the human world. It worked out quite well I guess, I suggested you and so here you are." He turned to the demons watching the spectacle. "You want to see her get tortured in a way that can't heal?" He yelled to the small crowd. All of them grotesque and Noodle throughout she would puke, if she had the engery to. Jimmy roughly pulled her up, making her cry out in pain. "Oh yea, you like the welcome party I brought you? They have poison claws, so you should feel the most amount of suffering." He grinned evily again. He brought her to a fountain sort of thing and forced her head to look into it.

She immediately saw the familiar bluenette she loved, also Russel. They didn't look quite normal and it took a few moments for her to register that they were looking for her. The distressed emotions clear on their faces as they searched through the debris of her windmill. She choked back a sob, as they became more frantic. She couldn't hear them and was almost thankful she couldn't, their yells for her probably would've killed her on the spot. Murdoc looked composed, because she knew that he thought he was in control. And the way it looked would make it seem as if everything was going to according to plan. They would never find her, and they wouldn't look for her because she was essentially dead.

Or was she dead? She straightened up a bit looking Jimmy in the eyes, trying to find his weakness. "Am I dead?"

He grin faultered and Noodle kept on a calm facade, "w-well no, you're not dead, yet. You got dragged into hell, and you'll find that you can never escape the pain you'll experience." He laughed in a messed up way and vanished right in front of her eyes. She stole another look into the fountain and saw 2D and Russel sitting on the couches at Kong. Their thoughts were known to her and she cried out when 2D's revolved around killing himself in different ways.

The demons slowly inched closer and closer to the only living human to ever enter their territory and be free for them to torture. One slashed at her back and she hissed. Noodle turned to look at them, fresh tears in her eyes, her face was calm and more came at her earning shouts of pain. At last she fell into a pool of blood that was her own and they left her alone, they couldn't kill her. She would disappear if they did. A sob racked her body and she hoped that soon she could escape the dreaded place.

And so started the next 4 years of her life.

I still found it really sad, what did you think? Review review review :)