Less than two weeks before Christmas, I'm so excited! We did a Secret Santa at my university today and it was so much fun! I'm supposed to be in class, and I am, but I want to post my prompt now, since Ejes did again an amazing translating job! I can never thank you enough bro! So today, for Paralyzed, you will see a little scene a little angsty, from the point of view of a character I really love... Hope you will enjoy it.

Tomorrow, the theme will be Identity. Can you guess the subject ? :)

"He's not here… He isn't anywhere…"

Axel collapsed on the ground, trying to get a grip on the wall to stop his fall, in a dark alley of the City That Never Was. It wasn't safe to come back here, he should have ran to another world, far away, where no one would find him. Were the Organization to find him, he wouldn't last long. Axel wasn't sure he would last to see another sunset anyway.

He took a deep breath in and checked his physical state. It wasn't as bad as he thought. The wound above his left hip was the worst one, result of his fight, but beside this one, nothing was too bad. He'd live. He should have been glad of that, hopeful. Yet, that was quite the opposite.

Realizing he had just fought Roxas was the biggest blow for Axel. His best friend had looked like he finally remembered everything, and then… He realized what was going to happen. Roxas would find Sora, make one with him. Roxas would be gone forever.

"Nobodies have no feelings."Kept on repeating Saïx. "That is stupid."

"Shut up… I don't give a damn about what you think is normal!"

Heartless, theoretically feelingless, the redhead however started crying. He had lost Roxas, and… That was a lot to take on. He felt like he was forgetting something, another pain inside him he couldn't explain. It wouldn't be the first thing Axel wouldn't understand, anyway. That bloody Organization XIII!

What now? The question hit him hard. Axel felt hollow, unable to move. His existence, provided a Nobody really had one, was meaningless. He was alone, he was wounded, he was paralyzed. Nothing awaited him anymore, nothing but the void.

"Axel, we'll meet again!"

Roxas's voice echoed through his head so strongly that he had to look around to be sure it was just in his mind. The blonde wasn't here. But, if he found that Sora, maybe there would be a chance he'd find his best friend and share ice-creams together, once again? Thinking of that brought some warmth in his chest, and he tried to get up. He must have rushed a bit too much, because he fell with violence. A growl of pain escaped his throat.

"Oh, you can run as much as you want, Roxas. I'll be there to bring you back!"

Taking his time, he finally managed to get back on his feet. Axel knew he had to hurry. The Organization would soon find his track and hunt him down. Now he was nothing but a traitor to them.

"I won't let anyone stop me trying to find you… Got it memorized?"

Only silence answered him, but it still gave him courage. With one hand, the flaming warrior opened a dark corridor. While his body had been paralyzed just minutes ago, he could now move again.

To go where? To find what? Axel wouldn't think about failure. Not yet.