Night 58: Recreational Field

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Stepping outside sent chills all over Brook's body for how cold it was. He'd welcomed it when there was snow for him to play with, but given the absence of the white powder this evening, Brook only shivered and crossed his arms to rub away the sensation.

"Must still be winter then," he laughed and watched as his breath condensed.

Telling what time of year it was in this place was difficult anyway, but the temperature at least gave an area for them to consider. Snow meant winter, or just nearing spring, and then the cold temperatures had to be either Winter or Fall. And since they couldn't go backwards from snowy winter to fall...

"Ah, but that would be a shock!" The place had seen stranger occurrences that Brook actually had to consider that the seasons could try to go backwards on them. At the very least, that gave him the potential for making another snow angel or having that snowball fight that he'd overlooked while in the town.

Eventually the cool of the night air overtook Brook's wild theories about weather patterns and reminded him that he shouldn't be dallying. He was supposed to be searching out his friend! Brushing his arms over once more, he turned for the door at the opposite end of the field.

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Later, it would dawn on Riku that none of this made any sense. Why were these guys still out doing this while they got that speech from last night? This was something that Sora and Kairi mentioned to him before, and it seemed ludicrous now. But at the moment, he wasn't thinking of that. His own self-berating had to be set aside as well. Thinking fast didn't mean having the time to truly analyze what it meant that Sora and Kairi thought that way of him—rightfully, too.

No, he just needed to move.

He realized a second too late where the gun was aimed and where the bullet was headed before he managed to move. For the most part, he avoided the attack, but even from a distance, the guy could have been shooting to kill. He was just trying to disable them. That put them at an advantage. The disadvantage was that the bullet had cut through his right leg—or rather, right along the side of his thigh. It was a grazing, but it was enough to send warm heat rushing through him. With his friends here, that meant nothing; pain was nothing. They needed to get away.

"Run!" he shouted to Sora, affirming what Kairi had said. He hoped his friend didn't hesitate this time to prove a point. No matter how stupid Riku was in the past, or how much he hadn't changed now, there were some things that needed to happen.

For him, the pain was somewhat dizzying as he started to move. Each hard slam of his feet against the ground reminded him of his injury. He knew it wasn't a good idea, but he held up his hand and sent a dark blast in the direction of their assailant as he ran past (from a distance, of course). If he was right, that would be the only chance they got at that tonight. But he couldn't think—just as it had the night before, that stripped him of his energy. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea. In the end, securing his friends' escape was the only thing on his mind. They might not get killed, but seeing them hurt was the last thing he wanted.

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In the end, any plan he made, no matter how sensible, just didn't matter. They'd used up the man's patience and the sound of the gunshot echoing across the open field almost caused Sora to jump. That was more than enough to spur anyone into action, and having both of his friends yelling orders at him meant that Sora was done being stubborn.

He took off across the field after them and quickly overtook Riku. That was no surprise when the other boy had been shot at. Sora didn't know how bad it was, but the way that Riku was limping made it clear that it'd hit him in the leg.

That was pretty much the worst place he could have been shot, seeing how they still had to climb the wall. Sora wanted to take up the rear and make sure that Riku didn't end up with any more injuries, but he knew that the time for being protective was long over. What he hadn't expected was for Riku to be able to send out concentrated darkness right at their opponent. This was the first time he'd seen him use that power here, and the fact that he still had access to it was unexpected.

Maybe he should have let him handle this after all. His protests had still led to Riku getting hurt, so what good had it done? Sora clenched his jaw and shook his head, knowing that it was rare for things to work out properly here no matter what you did. Keeping his gaze settled on Kairi's back, he continued to run, one ear out to make sure that Riku was keeping up.

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Winged one, by what he could see in the dim light, but not enough to stop him running. Badd whirled to follow them and fired again before something dark and warm sent him sprawling. He was left shuddering on the grass for several seconds while his body tried to figure out what the hell had just hit it.

It wasn't a bullet, he'd been shot far too many times to not know what a gunshot felt like. But it had hit him hard and left him weak.

Job still to do. Shake it off. Get up. Badd staggered to his feet and took after the prisoners, too dazed to yell another warning. It wouldn't matter anyway. The trio had decided they had a death wish, or at least a vigorous bodily harm wish, and Badd would be happy to grant it.

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She could barely hear the boys behind her. Kairi turned her head slightly to look back at Riku and Sora - just in time to see Riku appear to shoot something at the man that was shooting at them. Through the darkness, she could see the man's body fall for a moment before ... getting back up.

Faster, she hissed to herself, hearing another set of footsteps moving after them.

She had to think of something, especially considering it sounded like one of them was slowing down. Who? She knew they had been shot at before, but she hadn't seen anyone actually get shot ... but that had been because she had been so quick to move. Still, she couldn't help but let that worry flow through her as she neared the wall.

And once she reached it, Kairi waited, beginning to climb, but stopping. She had to see which one of them was hurt first, because if it came to it, she was more than willing to use the Darkness to stop the man at least for long enough to get them over the wall.

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Fatigue made each one of his steps heavy—then heavier—and heavier still, until he almost couldn't make it to the wall. Riku ground his teeth as he managed, just as the bullets started coming again. Was this guy insane? Stray bullets could kill, which made him believe that this wasn't just shooting for nothing. This guy meant business. He didn't know how much further he could go, but he forced himself up and over the wall after casting a final glance in the direction of his friends.

If he could make it, despite the fatigue and everything happening, so could they. His only worry was how determined this guy was. If he was this desperate to get them, would he follow them right out of Landel's?

Riku hoped not.

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