Tada! Chapter 4 is up and running! Now you get to find out what happens to Roxas after he was put in jail XD. Also, you get to meet Ellie (an original character of mine who is in the story, One Day, One Room) and I hope you like her :) Please tell me if you don't though. I like to know what people think of my OC's.

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Ah! I almost forgot! What do you think of me calling Axel, Red?

~Sunechirei

Full chapter title: When you see a light at the end of a tunnel, only sometimes is it an oncoming train.

"Hey, what's up? This is Axel Lea speaking." The deep voice was as annoying over the phone as it was in real life. I sighed to myself.

"Hello. It's Roxas..." I didn't really know what to say. What could I say? 'Hey, it's your boss' son. I kinda got arrested and I'm too much of a chicken to ask my dad to come bail me out. What? My friends? They're either too busy or jerks.'

Yeah, that would go over well.

"Roxie! Hello! Why the hell are you calling me!"

Well isn't he lovely...

"Look, I kinda need a favor," I started to say, but of course, I was interrupted.

"You need a favor? You need a favor? I feel honored, little Roxie. What's up?"

"Well, I don't really know how to say this-"

"I can't help you if you don't tell me what you want to say, so just spit it out."

I gritted my teeth. There was no way that I was going to be able to say this without completely embarrassing myself. And what would happen to me if Red refused to help me? I couldn't spend the rest of my life in a jail cell with some molesting creep, especially since he thought I looked like a high school girl. I was beginning to wish I had just taken the chance with calling my dad. There's no way that could be as awkward as begging a guy you barely know to help you.

"Hello? Roxie? You still there?"

I jumped at the sound of his voice. "Stop calling me that," were the first words out of my mouth, then, "I kinda got arrested-"

"Seriously? You need me to bail you out of jail? What ever happened to calling your parents?" There was obvious amusement in Red's voice, making me cringe.

"Because my mom would freak and probably try to kill me, and my dad would just tell my mom. Both lead to the same result."

"So, the little newbie is afraid of his parents. Figures."

"Look, will you help me out or not?" I was quickly getting irritated with the fact that Red was messing with me, and I wanted a definitive answer, immediately. However, before anything else was said, I heard a click, and the dial tone.

He hung up on me…. I couldn't help but think this as I pulled the phone away from my ear, staring at it with disgust. The guard saw that my conversation had ended and lead me back to the jail cell to wait for someone to come get me. I tried to reason with him, tell him that the guy I was sharing a cell with was going to try and do something to me, but he just rolled his eyes and pushed me into the cell.

People obviously could care less about you once you do something stupid. Nice system we have.

Luckily for me, the guy decided that he was going to leave me alone, so I was safe. For now.

Dad was going to kill me. It was my second day of work, and I was already six hours late, but that wouldn't be so bad, but I got arrested for not having my wallet where my license is. It was such a stupid mistake. And to make matters worse, there was no way that Red would be nice enough to bail me out, especially since I hadn't been very nice to him. I guessed that I should start being somewhat civil, after all, I was going to be working with him. I just hoped I lived long enough to actually start working with him.

"Roxas Strife?" The guard called out to me, and I stood up immediately, wondering what was going on. "Your bail has been made. You can leave," the guy grumbled as he unlocked the door, and made way for me to leave. However, I just stood there, shocked.

I could leave? I wasn't going to rot in this cell for the rest of my life? Who had helped me?

"Oi. Kid. Get out of here before the molester escapes. I thought you were afraid of him," the guard said, seeming slightly amused. I jumped at the sound of his voice, realizing that this wasn't a dream, and that I was actually free to leave and go face the wrath of my parents. Not that it was much better, but at least now I couldn't be molested... as easily. Dashing out of the cell, I made sure to thank the guard, who just grunted, and walk as quickly as I could to the front of the building, curious to see who had rescued me.

You can imagine my surprise when I saw Red sitting on one of the wooden benches, humming a light tune to himself. I thought for sure the red-head was going to ignore my plea for help and just laugh at me from behind his desk.

When I got closer, the man looked up at me, his face serious. It didn't stay that way for long, though. His expression became completely contorted when he saw me, causing me to remember that I had fallen down two flights of stairs, had to jump start my car, got shoved against said car not an hour later, then was thrown into a disgusting jail cell for the past six hours. I must have looked horrendous.

"Hey Roxie. You certainly look fashionable," Red snorted when I was close enough to hear him.

Silently, I cursed the man, and I walked past him, acting as though I didn't want to hug him at that moment for saving my life. That would have just freaked him out, and he would have thought I was gay. Which I wasn't. Giving this guy the wrong impression after only meeting him twice would be really, really bad.

"Oh yeah, ignore me. Pretend like I didn't just save you from some creeper who thinks you look like a high school girl," Red muttered, and I froze.

How the hell...?

An awkward silence fell between the two of us, until Red said, "I'm right aren't I." My head bobbed up and down, and I wished I could go hide in a hole. Right now, Red thinking I was gay was nowhere near as embarrassing as this conversation.

"How did you know?" I asked hesitantly, afraid to find out the answer. I turned and was surprised to see that Red had turned a light shade of pink.

"Well, you do kinda look like a high school girl, especially your eyes. They're really girly," he mumbled, looking away.

What the hell is what that reaction!

I was thinking this, of course, but it was kind of in the back of my mind. The thought that was taking up the entirety of my mind was;

I look like a girl?

Never, in my entire life, have I been told I look like a girl until today. Why was that? Why had no one, not even my best friend, told me that I had very... feminine features? Maybe Hayner was always hinting at it when we talked about emotional stuff and he kept telling me I remind him of a girl in love. This might be the reason I've never had a girlfriend for more than a few weeks.

Then again, they always told me that it was because I never paid attention to them, and that I was more concerned about my own life than theirs, so maybe that's the reason, and Red and the creepy man from the cell didn't know what they were talking about. I continued to think about this for a little while, not noticing that I was completely spacing out, and Red was waving his hand in front of my face, trying to bring me back to earth.

"Hello? Earth to Roxie? You alive in there?"

I jumped back, realizing that we were no longer in the building, but out in the parking lot.

"How did we get out here?" I asked stupidly, only to be answered with a snort. I mentally slapped myself before adding, "What did you tell my dad before you left?"

Red shrugged as he unlocked his car. Climbing in, I barely noticed the appearance of it, though I could tell it was the same color as Red's (oh, how coincidental) hair, and the interior was made of leather. It was nice, I had to say.

"So, how exactly did you get arrested? The guard wouldn't tell me," Red asked. "and what's with the appearance?"

I shuddered, not really wanting to think about my horrible morning. "I had a bad morning and was late to work, so I was speeding, got pulled over, and then the cop thought I was going to attack her."

Laughter emitted from the man sitting next to me, and I turned to glare at him. "You? Attack someone? That's hilarious. You don't look dangerous at all," he said, trying hard to keep his eyes on the road. The urge to punch the bastard was growing with every word he spoke, but I really didn't want to get into an accident, so I kept my fist balled up in my lap.

"Look, I have not had a good day, and I'm not in the mood to deal with being teased. So shut up," I muttered, slouching in my seat.

"Aw, that hurts, Roxie. Don't you like being teased?"

Pushing against my seat, I turned to face him again, disbelief written all over my face. "No. I don't. I don't know anyone who does."

Red glanced over at me, and smirked. "Well, for me it depends on who it is."

"Wait, what?"

This guy kept getting weirder by the second. First he interrogates me in an elevator, then he decides I'm okay with working with him, even though I'm not, then he bails me out of jail...

"Why did you bail me out?" I asked suddenly. When I thought about it, the fact that he would help me was probably the strangest thing ever. It was kind of sweet- Wait! Where did that come from?

I mentally slapped myself, again, as Red answered, "I don't know. You sounded really pathetic. Also, if Mr. Boss-man ever finds out about this, I get points for helping you."

I ignored the fact that Red just wanted to get on the good side of my dad, I was expecting that, but thanks to him mentioning my father, I couldn't help but wonder what I was going to tell him. After all, there's no doubt that Dad would have been wondering where the hell I had been, and I had a strange feeling that Red hadn't made up a very good excuse when he left the office. A shudder ran thought me at the thought.

An eerie silence fell amongst the two of us for the rest of the ride. It was slightly uncomfortable sitting in the car, well, actually it was extremely uncomfortable. I felt as though Red were mad at me for some reason, even though I haven't given him any reason too be. I think.

Finally, after what seemed like forever, Red pulled into the parking lot of the company, and my nerves suddenly spiked. I wished I were back in that cell with the creepy molester rather than here, where Dad would find out where I was, then he would tell Mom, and I would be dead. Worse than dead. If that was even possible.

"Hello? Earth to Roxie, again. Why are you just sitting there?"

Crap! I can't believe I spaced out again. Why do I keep doing that? "Sorry, I was just thinking about something..." I trailed off, not really wishing to talk about my doom. It seemed that Red could understand what I was thinking as he didn't inquire any further.

We walked, silently, into the building. When I opened the door, I was surprised to see a young girl sitting behind the desk that had been empty yesterday. She looked to be about my age, maybe a little bit older, with light blond hair that was hanging silkily in the girls face, covering her eyes.

She looked up when she heard the door open, revealing light blue eyes, and a very pretty smile.

I felt myself turn red when I saw her, and I turned away to hide it. Red noticed my reaction and snickered.

"Hey, Naminé!" He called out, smirking at me, "What's up?"

There is something wrong with my brain today... I couldn't help but think as I headed over to the elevator. It must be because of the mold I ate earlier.

"Well, Mr. Strife isn't very happy right now. He's mad you and his son haven't-"

"Thanks for the update!" Red interrupted her cheerily. I didn't turn back to see her reaction to being so rudely interrupted, and I didn't have much time to think about it as a few seconds later the elevator came and I was being pushed by the crazy red-head into the device. "Well, well, little Roxie likes little Naminé. Who would have guessed."

"I don't know what you're talking about." I muttered. It was true. I didn't like the girl, I just thought she was kinda cute. You know how that is. The first time you see someone who's pretty, you can't help but blush. God it's annoying. Especially when other people take it the wrong way.

She was really cute though.

I smiled at the thought. It had been a while since I had thought a girl was cute, and Hayner was beginning to think I was gay, which I'm not, so I couldn't wait to tell him that I liked someone. That would show him...

Silence. Again. It was getting really aggravating how I had no idea what to say to Red. Of course, I had no idea what to say to most people, but talking to the eccentric red-head was... somewhat difficult. Of course, he didn't make it any better with his awkward comments and weird nonsense.

When the door opened on the twelfth floor, Red grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the elevator with no trouble. I stumbled, trying to get my footing, as I was pulled across the room, getting interesting stares from some of the people at desks. I had never been on the twelfth floor before, though I had heard my dad complaining about some woman named Ellie, and Red, Sora and Kairi mentioned Riku who apparently worked down here, so I was kind of shocked to see it was... normal... I guess. Except for the fact that I was being dragged down the hall by a crazy tall person who was smirking. Yeah, completely normal.

"What are you doing!" I hissed, struggling to get out of Red's grasp. "I need to go see my dad!"

"No, first you need to get your 'alibi.'" Red said. "So, we need to go see Ellie."

Ellie. That name again. I had a feeling that she was going to be a pretty large part of my life now. Dad seemed to hate her, Red seemed to worship her, and Kairi seemed to be good friends with her. Dear God, why do I always meet the weirdest people.

"Who is Ellie?" I asked, not sure I wanted to know the answer. "I've heard a few things about-"

"Axel goddammit! Why the hell haven't you given me your report yet and why is Naminé telling me Cloud is pissed neither you nor his son have been in the office yet today? Please tell me you haven't done anything to him."

I had a feeling that was Ellie. A woman, maybe in her early twenties came storming out of an office, her light brown hair falling lightly in her golden eyes, which were filled with rage. I couldn't help but try to run away in fear when I saw her storming towards us, but Red still wouldn't let me go, and he wasn't budging.

When she was close enough that Red didn't have to yell for her to hear him, he said, "Oh Ellie, why do you have to be that way? You don't need the report until tomorrow. And why would I do anything to Roxie? He's the one who gets himself arrested."

"Arrested?" That was when Ellie noticed me, "Oh, well don't you look adorable." I couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic or not because after giving me a once over, she turned back to Red and started yelling at him again.

"Ellie, Ellie, Ellie, let's not go into this right now. Roxie here needs your help, and are you going to resits this pathetic soul who even you, called adorable?"

The woman sighed, placing her hands on her hips. "Fine. You, in my office. Now." She said, pointing at me, then at her office. Red let go of my hand, but I couldn't move. This girl was... odd, and Red hadn't been in the office today, so I had no idea what was going to happen to me. When I hadn't moved for more than a minute, Ellie let out an exasperated sigh and grabbed my wrist, and I once again was dragged down the hall, into a small office that was so neat, it was blinding.

"What are you-" I tried to ask, but was silenced by Red hushing me.

"Don't try and talk to her while she's focused," Red whispered to me as Ellie walked over to her desk and began to rummage in one of the drawers, "You might be killed."

This was getting weirder by the second. I had no idea what was going on, and I had a feeling that Red wasn't exaggerating when he said she would kill me. Judging by how she acted around Red...

Of course, she could be the sweetest person you'd ever meet, but when stressed because a certain red-head wasn't doing his job as well as he should be, turns into a complete bitch. I hoped that was what she was really like because otherwise, my life would be turning into a living hell soon. Well, it already was something close to a living hell, so I guess it wouldn't make too much of a difference. But still...

"So," Ellie stated calmly, typing away at her computer, "the last place you were seen by a relative was when you left the house this morning by your mother who said you looked like you had been hit by a tornado, so that takes care of your appearance." Ellie muttered, focusing intently on her computer screen. "Why do you look that way?"

I debated whether or not to tell her the truth about my condition, and in the end, decided she would probably find out anyway.

"I fell down two flights of stairs..." I muttered, looking away. She snickered, as did Red, but said nothing, only typing quickly.

"Well, you're clumsy, that helps me a lot." More typing, more awkward silence. This place was starting to freak me out. Come to think of it, I didn't even know what Ellie did in this company, much less what she was doing for me right now. I really hoped it was something good. Red mentioned an alibi. I couldn't help but think that maybe she was going to get me out of this whole mess.

I was right.

"Okay then, Roxas, Axel, you two are clear. Axel, you had called Roxas this morning telling him to meet you at the park near near the Alley Way, so you could start teaching him about the business he's gotten himself into. As you were walking in the park, talking, Roxas dropped his phone, and it broke-"

"Wait? How did you know my phone broke?" I asked. It was slightly eerie how both she and Red had guessed something when I had made no mention of it earlier, and I was hoping Ellie wasn't some kind of psychic. That would just be weird.

Ellie rolled her eyes. "You look like shit, dumb ass." Obviously she had language issues, "It doesn't take an Einstein to guess you broke your phone when you fell down the stairs, or during your arrest." She turned back to her computer screen. "Anyway, Axel and you have been walking around downtown all day, and even went to go get lunch. Axel, I assume that while you were ditching work you got food and have a receipt?" Red grinned and nodded.

So, he was ditching work. I wonder if he does that often.

"Yes, yes I do."

"Wh-what?" I asked, looking from Red to Ellie. The woman made no inclination that she had heard what Red had said, and my thoughts were beginning to go the psychic route again.

"You're so easy to read sometimes. I do ditch work a lot. I don't like pressure. Got it memorized?" I nodded, not sure what to say.

"Anyway, you two should probably head upstairs now. I hear Kairi is going insane because Mrs. Strife appeared, frantic, wanting to know where her son had disappeared off to."

I could imagine that. Mom got on everyone's nerves, including mine and my dad's. Sometimes, I wondered why Dad even married her, but then I think that if he hadn't, I wouldn't be here right now so those thoughts go away pretty quickly.

"Alrighty then. Thanks Ellie. I really appreciate this," I was once again grabbed by the wrist and dragged off, but before Red could get me out of the room, I asked Ellie;

"What is your job here?"

Red stopped moving, realizing that if I didn't get my answer, I would probably get pretty angry, and waited patiently while Ellie typed something. Finally, she said, "I guess you should know seeing as you're going to be the one taking over this place. I'm your dad's lawyer. Everything that has to do with legal shit comes through me, whether I like it or not."

That would be why she came up with an "alibi" for me. I only hope she acts nicer in court... I had to keep myself from laughing at the thought of Ellie cussing out a judge, before I was dragged away from the room.

"Anyway, now that that's taken care of," Red said when we were in the elevator again, "I hope you're going to pay me back for bailing you out of jail." Ah yes, the money.

I turned to him, not particularly wishing to deal with his idiocy. "Why should I do that? Haven't you already benefited enough from my misery? I mean, you basically got a 'get out of work free' pass and you had amusement from my pain. Why should I pay you back for that."

"Because I can easily tell your father what really happened."

"Then he'll know you ditched work." A smirk spread across my face when I saw the realization of my victory dawn on Red. "I know my father pretty well, and I have a feeling that if he found out you ditched work, you wouldn't last too much longer here."

Hayner would have been so proud of me right now. I was never one to give out good threats, but this time, I had Red in a corner. Either he get his money back, or he gets fired. I had a strange feeling he would rather lose a few bucks then his career.

"You certainly know how to manipulate a situation to get what you want," the man hissed as the door opened. He stepped out without another word, and I followed smugly, until I was tackled by my worried mother who had tears streaming down her face and was yelling at me for being such a bad son.

I was expecting this, though. Mom was always the kind to overreact to certain situations, this being one of them.

It took two hours to calm my mother down, then recite to Dad what Ellie had told me and Red, then convince him it was true. By the time we were done, it was time to go home for the day. I actually wanted to stay in the office. The thought of going back to my bed, the place where all of this madness had started, wasn't exactly appealing to me right now, but Dad said I couldn't stay here in the state I was in. Not good for business or something like that.

He and Mom left before me, however, and as soon as the door to the elevator closed, Kairi started to bombard me with questions.

"So, what really happened today? I know for a fact that Axel ditched, so there's no way you two were out for a lovely stroll around the park. Did you actually just drop your phone? Were you kidnapped by crazy people and just happened to be saved by Axel? Or maybe you didn't want to deal with Cloud today so you pulled an Axel? What was it? What was it?"

The excitement in the woman's eyes reminded me too much of Olette's puppy eyes, so I had to answer.

"I got arrested, this guy bailed me out."

"Ooh, that's a tough one to get out of. I take it Ellie is the one who got you out of this mess?" I nodded. "Well, you're lucky Axel wasn't in the office today or you would be doomed. I know how Mrs. Strife hates it when you do something bad. Like, remember that one time I was at your house and-"

"Whoa, Kairi, over kill. Let's calm down a bit." Red said, saving me from embarrassing stories. "You should wait until Ellie, Naminé, Riku and Sora are here too." Not.

"I hate you." I muttered before turning towards the stairs. "I hate you all."

Even though I said this, I couldn't help but think;

Just because you see a light at the end of a tunnel, it doesn't mean it's going to be an oncoming train.

Mwahahahahahahahaha!

I have no idea why I was just laughing evily... Oh well. Thanks for reading, please review, and see ya next week!

~Sunechirei