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kh_drabbleChallenge: [188] Bindings
Title: Severed
Word Count: 453
Spoilers: (just in case) Xion. Inspired by something Axel said from one of the promotional videos for KH 358/2 Days. Spoiling? I don't know. I'm still waiting for that game myself...
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The first time she tries to escape, she cannot help looking over her shoulder, at the castle looming overhead, and wonder what would happen, should they catch her. She does not want to know. What she does know is, she wants out. They said she couldn't leave. They told her that she is one of them, and that she must help them. She has had enough. Turn after turn, into the dark alleys she runs, farther and farther away from them. She doesn't want to be a part of their Organization. She wants to be herself.
Turn after turn, the one sent to bring her back follows relentlessly. You are Nobody, he says. You do not belong anywhere but here. She stops at a corner, breathing hard as she strains to hear his approaching footsteps. Come back to the Organization. It's where you belong.
No, she thinks, and continues to run. It's not. I don't want to be.
She does not get far before he catches up.
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The second time she escapes, she is more cautious, jumping at the slightest noise, wary of everything around her. So close to escaping, she thinks, rounding another corner. She can get away, far away, from the rest of them. It doesn't matter what they said, about not having a heart. Not existing. She doesn't have to be a part of their Organization. She can be herself.
He only taunts her, You cannot escape. This is who you are. He is not far behind, and she strains to go faster, farther away.
I can be anyone I want to be. She charges on. Almost there.
Another turn, and she finds herself face to face with him, waiting.
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She soon loses track of her escape attempts. They only send him to bring her back, again and again, but she only tries again and again. She does not care now, her back against the gates, with no place left to run. She is not a part of their Organization. She is who she is.
He only sighs, No matter how many times you run, I will always bring you back.
You are bound to the Organization. There is no escaping.
How? she wonders. She has nothing in common with the rest of them. She is not like them, no matter what they say. She is her own person... right?
You are a Nobody.
So she lacks a heart. But how does that connect her to them, if she has no heart? How can you be bound by something that doesn't exist?
He shrugs, weapons in hand. Only following orders here, kid. Now come on.
She glares at him, and tightens her grip on the blade in hand. If she is bound to them, then so be it.
She would just have to sever that bond.
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Title: Severed
Word Count: 453
Spoilers: (just in case) Xion. Inspired by something Axel said from one of the promotional videos for KH 358/2 Days. Spoiling? I don't know. I'm still waiting for that game myself...
---
The first time she tries to escape, she cannot help looking over her shoulder, at the castle looming overhead, and wonder what would happen, should they catch her. She does not want to know. What she does know is, she wants out. They said she couldn't leave. They told her that she is one of them, and that she must help them. She has had enough. Turn after turn, into the dark alleys she runs, farther and farther away from them. She doesn't want to be a part of their Organization. She wants to be herself.
Turn after turn, the one sent to bring her back follows relentlessly. You are Nobody, he says. You do not belong anywhere but here. She stops at a corner, breathing hard as she strains to hear his approaching footsteps. Come back to the Organization. It's where you belong.
No, she thinks, and continues to run. It's not. I don't want to be.
She does not get far before he catches up.
---
The second time she escapes, she is more cautious, jumping at the slightest noise, wary of everything around her. So close to escaping, she thinks, rounding another corner. She can get away, far away, from the rest of them. It doesn't matter what they said, about not having a heart. Not existing. She doesn't have to be a part of their Organization. She can be herself.
He only taunts her, You cannot escape. This is who you are. He is not far behind, and she strains to go faster, farther away.
I can be anyone I want to be. She charges on. Almost there.
Another turn, and she finds herself face to face with him, waiting.
---
She soon loses track of her escape attempts. They only send him to bring her back, again and again, but she only tries again and again. She does not care now, her back against the gates, with no place left to run. She is not a part of their Organization. She is who she is.
He only sighs, No matter how many times you run, I will always bring you back.
You are bound to the Organization. There is no escaping.
How? she wonders. She has nothing in common with the rest of them. She is not like them, no matter what they say. She is her own person... right?
You are a Nobody.
So she lacks a heart. But how does that connect her to them, if she has no heart? How can you be bound by something that doesn't exist?
He shrugs, weapons in hand. Only following orders here, kid. Now come on.
She glares at him, and tightens her grip on the blade in hand. If she is bound to them, then so be it.
She would just have to sever that bond.
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Date: 2009-06-01 09:58 am (UTC)xD I could see Axel shrug really well, but I think I'm imagining him swinging his arms in his battle pose.
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Date: 2009-06-03 03:29 am (UTC)he does in my mind.no subject
Date: 2009-06-01 11:50 am (UTC)I really like this ♥ Well done!
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Date: 2009-06-03 03:31 am (UTC)lifenonexistence if they want to.no subject
Date: 2009-06-01 07:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-03 03:33 am (UTC)Oh dear, now I really want to read spoilersThank you very much though! I'm glad you liked it. :3no subject
Date: 2009-06-03 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-03 06:38 am (UTC)I wish this were canon. xDD