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Chapter Twenty-three
Night came and everybody else was asleep in their respective rooms. Cid was kind enough to lend them the spare empty rooms to stay in for the night. Although Likke and Rue wanted to go out to look for the place Triggerhappy mentioned, Riku and Sora advised they stay until morning and try to figure out where it and what it was first.
Sora, Riku, Rue and Roxas stayed in one room. Kairi had to stay on a separate room which left Namine, Likke and Azura sharing their room. Namine was already fast asleep but that was different for Likke.
Thoughts whirled around her head all on about the place Triggerhappy mentioned. It could possibly the place where they took Collsiea as well.
“Likke?” yawned Azura, rubbing his sleepy, eyes. ”Awen’t you going to get some sweep?”
Likke sat up putting sleepy Azura on her lap. “I just can’t sleep that’s all. With all the events going fast like this… how can I sleep without a worry?”
Azura yawned again much sleepier than a minute ago. “Simpwe… you lay on… youw bed… and…” With that, Azura fell fast asleep. Stress and fatigue finally got the best of him. Likke giggled softly, gently placing him on the bed. She didn’t bother to go back to sleeping and instead went up, turning on a lamp on top of a table near the bed. Light flickered softly from the lamp, illuminating the small yet comfy room. Namine moved a bit but stayed asleep, covering her head with the blanket.
“I’ll just take a little stroll… it might do me some good.” Likke thought.
The doorknob turned as the door opened. It creaked while Likke pushed it wide enough to walk out from. Seeing that the corridor was dimly lit, she made sure not to trip or fall over something which could wake everyone.
After what seemed to be ten minutes of walking, Likke noticed a faint light up ahead. It was the room where Cid discussed the problem before the first time they got to Hollow Bastion. A man with dark brown hair wearing a black top with black pants stood silently. A scar on his face caught her attention. His head then shifted to the side, looking straight at Likke.
“Oh, how long have you been there?” he asked.
Likke felt nervous. She thought of how to answer but ended up getting even more nervous. “Uhm… not really. I uhm… kinda just was walking and stuff.”
“Hey, Leon who are you-” Yuffie then came in the scene. She then spotted Likke- nervous and uncomfortable.
“Hey there! You’re Likke right?” she said cheerfully, in her happy manner.
“Uhm yeah.” Likke replied, twirling her hair. “You’re busy so I think I’ll-”
Yuffie grabbed Likke by the shoulders and forced to sit on a chair.
“Hey now! You can stay here. It’s not like were doing something secret. Right, Cid?”
Cid replied but his eyes remained glued to the large monitor in front of him. He continued to monitor and watch out for any heartless attacks. Also, he was also trying to search for anything related to the place Triggerhappy mentioned before.
Aerith, holding two mugs filled with cocoa, gave one to Likke.
“Thanks.” Likke said, drinking the cocoa. “It tastes good.”
Aerith smiled then went back to fix some more.
Everybody afterwards became busy: Yuffie went out responding to a report on heartless attacks, Cid still checked out information in his computer; Leon also went out but nobody knew exactly where he was going and Aerith sat down in a corner reading a book. Nothing was going on which interested Likke. Her head bobbed up and down; eyes going heavy. Slowly, her vision became blurry. Inevitably, Likke fell asleep.
*~*~*~*
A swift breeze blew along with a scent of heathers scattered on a peaceful prairie. The sky, cerulean blue in color, stayed unchanged; it’s beauty like a painting.
The soft grass gently stroked against Likke’s face. She got up yawning and stretching out her arms. Her eyes widened at the scenery. It was the most beautiful thing she had seen in her life. But Likke knew it wasn’t real- an alternate reality; a dream.
Likke… a voice called.
Likke turned around. A big smile etched on her face. She couldn’t believe the person in front of her. Her short blonde hair, bluish eyes, gentle smile and pink dress- it was Collsiea alright.
Likke ran fast as possible on the field. She then hugged Collsiea tight as possibly as she could.
“Hey what’s up with you?” Collsiea giggled. “Not like we haven’t seen in years you know.”
“You’re okay! Well in this dream anyway…” Likke replied, “but why are you here? How’d you manage to get in my head?”
Collsiea scratched the back of her head, “Well for one it wasn’t easy and I don’t have much time.” Her voice started to soften, as if she was afraid.
“I’m not sure how long I can stay in your dream. So listen carefully to what I’m going to say.”
“Okay.”
Word by word Likke carefully listened making sure that she couldn’t miss a single thing. According to Collsiea, the group which took her hasn’t been active for sometime, excluding the heartless activity still going on around the worlds. She also mentioned that thankfully Mason, the group’s leader, has not been able to use any of her powers.
“I see… but why haven’t they used your powers yet?”
Collsiea grinned, “I-can’t-tell-you.”
Likke pouted, “Eh… even now you’re still the same.”
The sky then became hazy. Its color turned from blue to black along with the prairie vanishing. Likke started to panic- the dream seemed to end soon. Collsiea’s hand grabbed firmly on Likke’s, leaving a secure feeling.
“Don’t worry, Li. We’ll see each other soon… Very soon.”
*~*~*~
Back in the real world…
“Mmmm… Collsiea… wait…” Likke softly murmured. She sat straight rubbing her eyes. After a few seconds of staring blankly, Likke shook her head, now wide awake.
“Oh crap!” her voice loudly spoke, her hands slapping against her face. “Can’t just sit here. Have to tell Rue what happened.” She stood up too fast which caused the chair to fall and crash.
Cid got startled at the crashing noise, “What the?!”
“Ah sorry! Got to go!”
Miraculously, Likke didn’t trip running on the narrow, dimly lit corridor. She then reached the room they were staying, and opened it loudly.
“…Likke?” Sora got up, eyes half closed. “What’s the-”
She ignored Sora and went straight to Rue’s bed. Rue grunted a bit before waking from Likke’s frantic voice.
“What’s up with you?” Rue replied yawning. He then managed to stay awake and noticed Likke’s flushed face. Sweat dripped down her neck, her eyes serious.
“Okay listen. I dunno how or why but Collsiea appeared in my dream. And I’m not joking.”
“Li-”
“You gotta believe me on this one. It really happened. I saw her!”
“Likke I-”
“Oh come on! Can’t you take me seriously this time?!”
“Aaah can ‘ya listen and stop yabbing?!” Rue said cutting her off. “I believe you. She came in mine too. And…”
Rue then held out his hand and showed it to Likke. It was a small object, purple in color. She stared at it, figuring out what it could be.
“Uh... what IS that?” she asked, pointing at it.
Sora recognized the object and said, “That’s a navigation gummi. It contains navigation data for a gummi ship.”
“Our ticket to Collsiea.” Rue answered, sounding confident.
Likke smiled, “Now we can go and save her.”
“Then we should get going.”, Riku added.
*~*~*~
An ominous black smoke formed and vanished quickly, revealing a wooden mannequin. Its head bowed down, kneeling in front of Antique.
“So… were you successful?” she asked in her satisfied yet wicked voice.
The mannequin nodded its head bringing even more satisfaction.
“Good work my servant… now things shall be…”
A wicked and cruel smile formed on her doll like face.
“…very interesting. Very interesting indeed.”
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