Summer Days *23*

edited by Steelergirl

COMMENT & VOTE

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"Thank you for coming! Hope you enjoyed your visit!" Larxene said escorting the last few of the customers out of the restaurant. After they exited Larxene sighed, "Finally! Wrap it up, start cleaning up everyone!" She called out.

You dragged your feet to the kitchen, not even bothering to stop at the locker room to change. You walked up to the kitchen where the large sink was filled with dirty dishes. You let out a cry of frustration.

"You coming to Seventh Heaven?" Axel asked snaking an arm around your waist. "Why?" You asked leaning into him, exhausted from your long crazy day.

"Cause I wanna see your beautiful face there. Got it memorized? Besides we all decided to go there today to chill." He said smirking.

You sighed, "I can't I gotta wash the dishes."

He frowned and looked at the sink and grimaced, "Need some help?"

You thought about it but shook your head, "Nah, you go have fun." Axel was going to protest but you stopped him. "Just go. I'll take care of it."

He protested some but you eventually pushed him out of the kitchen. You turned back to the pile of dishes.

"[Name]?" you turned back around to see Yazoo back in his normal clothes.

"Oh hey Yazoo." You replied turning on the water on the sink.

"Need help?" He asked.

You smiled and shook your head, "No it's ok. You go have fun at Seventh Heaven."

He chuckled and rolled up his sleeves walking over to you and rinsing off the few dishes you covered in soap and put them in the drying rack. "I’m not going there tonight." He replied. Before you could ask why he said, "My brothers and I are visiting our uncle tonight. You may know him."

You nudged him, "Go then. I don't want you to be late! Who is it anyways?"

He smiled at you, "I don't mind. Sephiroth won't mind either."

You almost dropped your dish, "Sephiroth is your uncle!?"

He chuckled, "Do I not resemble him? Most people say I do."

The rest of the hour was better then you expected. You and Yazoo washed all the dishes and talked the entire time cracking jokes now and then. But as you were washing off the last cup, ice cold water splashed on you. Yazoo and you both laughed, you thought. "Thanks for helping me Yazoo." You said.

"No problem. You should probably dry off." He said. Your board shorts were damp.

You giggled, "Yeah, see you Yazoo."

You waved as Yazoo left and began to walk out but paused at the door when you heard a noise. "Hello?" You asked looking around the room.

"[Name]..." You turned around and saw Namine. Her eyes were red as if she was crying and had a long dark green jacket over her white dress holding her arm. "I'm so sorry I-" But before she could mutter another word someone grabbed your ponytail and pulled you back. You landed on your butt in the large freezer in the kitchen. You sat up and saw a flash of red before they slammed the freezer door shut. You jumped up and tried to push and pry the door open to no avail, you were stuck. That's when you first felt the numbing cold. It washed over you like a wave, your thighs burnt from the cold coming from your damp shorts. "Help!!" You screamed. No one could hear you. You banged on the doors as hard as you could until your hands began to throb and turn numb. You sat down and curled into a ball. Your teeth clattered and you were shaking violently. You could faintly feel tears running down your numb face. Time passed and seconds felt like hours. You were so numb you weren't even shaking anymore when the door was thrown off its hinges and light flooded in, cutting into the cold darkness. Someone ran in and grabbed you dragging you out. You were barely conscious when you felt blankets being wrapped around you. Then extreme warmth surrounded you and you leaned in closer to the source. Feeling in your fingers and toes returned and your blurred vision began to clear. The faint buzzes you were heard were replaced with words and voices. "[Name]?! [Name]!?" You tried to focus; you felt a pinch on your arm and suddenly things started to snap back into reality.

"What did you give her?" Cloud asked not taking his eyes off you. A man dressed in blue, a paramedic you guessed, answered, "Adrenaline."

Everyone was crowded around you and you were sitting in Axel's lap soaking in his warmth. "N-N-namine. K-kairi.." You muttered out your lips still trembling.

"You think it was them [Name]?" Terra asked poking his head through the crowd, standing beside his brother. You nodded slowly.

"But Namine would never..." Tifa began.

"She came and told us you were in trouble." Cloud finished.

"What about Kairi?" Leon asked in a deep voice.

"I don't know I haven't seen her since she left work at 3 in the afternoon." Axel said tightening his grip on you pulling you closer to him.

"No one has." Sora mumbled.

"Namine disappeared too." Riku said.

"I don't think those two girls could've done it anyway." Cid said sighing.

"Why?" You asked regaining control of your mouth.

"The door was sealed shut." Cid said. "Whoever did it actually bent the metal around the door so we couldn't get in. That's why we had to call the fire department, so we could get the tools to rip the door off."

You shook your head, were you hearing this right? That last flash of red hair you saw was unmistakable. It was Kairi, you knew that.

"So unless Kairi started taking steroids..." Reno muttered scratching the base of his ponytail. You sighed and your eyes began to grow heavy. "[Name]?" Roxas asked. You couldn't answer. You were so tired. You heard the paramedics voice again, "The adrenaline is wearing off. She's just tired, don't worry she'll be fine...” You fell asleep.

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Cloud walked across the room toward where Axel, Ven and Reno were sitting at a table talking. "Hey Axel where's [Name]?" Cloud asked asking the same question almost every other guy asked tonight.

"She had to stay late to wash the dishes." Axel said.

"I would've stayed and helped her yo." Reno said leaning back resting his feet on the table.

"She threw me out before I could do anything." Axel said crossing his arms.

"Burn..." Ven muttered smirking. Tifa walked by with a tray of drinks, as she passed, she pushed Reno's feet off the table and he fell backwards landing on his back.

"That was over an hour ago." Cloud said as Ven yelled randomly, almost everyone turned to stare.

"I know, it was a lot of dishes", Axel replied then turned and looked at Ven slapping his arm where he had just burned him, "And Venny THAT's a burn. Got it Memorized?"

Cloud sighed and stepped over Reno who was lying on the ground holding his head.

]] Few minutes later]]

"Help!" Namine yelled running into Seventh Heaven. Everyone stood as Yuffie and Tifa ran over towards Namine who was sobbing uncontrollably.

"Namine what's wrong?" Tifa asked. Namine tried to control her tears and calm down, "I-It's [Name]!" This caused an uproar of yelling and crowding around Namine.

"Back off give her room!" Auron growled out.

"What happened? Namine where is [Name]!?" Cloud said griping Namine's shoulders.

"A-Around the Worlds. In the freezer!" Everyone except Tifa, Cloud, Cid, Riku, Auron, and Leon ran out the door knocking over tables and chairs to try and get to Around the Worlds faster. "W-Wait!" Namine called before the rest could run out, "The freezer is sealed closed I couldn't get it ope-" Cid interrupted her while heading to the door, "We're a little stronger kid." Cid ran out.

"The handle was broken!" She cried, tears still streaming down her face.

Auron ran out, "I’m getting the fire department.”

"I’m so sorry. I-I'm so, so sorry!" She continued to sob.

"Riku stay with Namine!" Tifa said then ran out with the others.

"But-" Riku began but Cloud glared at him before leaving, "Stay."

It was just Riku and Namine. She got up and began to leave. "Namine!" Riku called out following her out of Seventh Heaven.

"Go check on [Name]." She started to head for the Mall exit. Riku watched her leave before turning to run to Around the Worlds.