"Well then."
"It's about time we--"
("SHWICK!!!!!!!")
"Argh…."
Jeremy groans as a sharp pain hits his lower back!!!!
"huh?…"
Xavier exclaims confused looking up at him
"Uncle--"
"You!"
Jeremy says angrily cutting Xavier off!!!
"Just what do you think you're doing."
He says intensely.
Glaring behind him to Keith who holds a knife wedged into Jeremy's side!!!!!
"Ah…."
Keith exclaims cowardly squirming
"Ah…ah…."
He continues to squirm
"wha-what just happened??
Xavier thinks as the feel of warm blood touches his fingers…
"U-uncle Jerry?"
He thinks turning his head back upward to Jeremy
"What…"
He thinks pulling his hands ever so cautiously from behind Jeremy's back
"…"
"Ah--"
"Ha-HAHAHAHAHA…"
"Serves you right you monster."
Keith says cowardly stumbling backwards
"I-it had to be done okay…"
He says unsure stumbling back
"I-if you hadn't done it he would have!"
He thinks
"T-that's right this is all your fault…"
Keith mumbles shakily
"Can't blame anyone but yourself okay"
He continues cowardly
"…"
"Is this…"
Xavier thinks looking at the warm red liquid that decorates his hands
"…"
"Uncle Je-"
He halts himself watching a stone faced Jeremy
"…."
That's it Xavier.
("This is your fault.")
("Again.")
("Because of your own weakness.")
("Someone got hurt again.")
("This is all your fault.")
Xavier's face goes pale as the energy in his knees is about to escape him…
"That should be enough right?"
Keith thinks.
"Am more than certain I hit a vital organ there."
He thinks
"Great with this I can…"
"PFtt."
Keith thoughts are interrupted by laughter
"Huh?!?"
"What was that."
He scans the room and notices Todo failing to keep his laugh inside.
"What is this?"
He thinks
"H-hey.."
"Hey is something funny old man."
Keith says anxiously
"Huh??"
"HUH?!?!?!"
He shouts maniacally at Todo who continues to chuckle away
"Tch."
"So you're just going to ignore me then is that it??"
He thinks frustrated
"…"
"Fine."
"Maybe I should come stick a knife in you too."
Keith says smirking anxiously slowly getting up
"…."
"PFtt-AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
But just as Keith starts to get up Todo suddenly bursts into even more laughter!!!!
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"WHAT?!!"
"WHAT'S SO FUNNY YOU GAMBLING FREAK?!!!"
An anxious Keith screams at Todo!!!
"AHA…"
"AHAHA."
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
To no avail though, as Todo continues to laugh…
"No answers huh?!!"
"Fine then maybe I'll just…."
(coughs) "Whoa there tough guy."
Keith begins to talk before he is interrupted by a wheezing Todo
"WHAT?!!?"
Keith screams in reaction
"It's just that…"
"JUST WHAT!!!"
He snaps at Todo
"SPILL IT!!!"
He shouts
"Sheesh this guy."
Todo thinks unimpressed at the maniacal Keith
"WELL?!!?!"
"Well…"
Keith shouts as Todo echoes him
"…"
"One of the strongest people in all of known history is standing here with us."
Todo says
"Yeah no shit so what?!?!"
Keith asks frustrated
"Well not much…"
Todo responds
"I just found it funny that you really thought a knife would be enough to stop him?"
He says
"What are you--"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The air around Jeremy erupts as sand fills the room once more!!!!!!!!
The explosion the loudest so far.
"Ah--aaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!"
Keith quivers as the sand begins to settles and he sees…
A fist?!?!!
A fist wedged in the wall just above his head!!!!!!
"Ah--I"
Keith tries to say when the sun suddenly shines in his eye
"…"
"Wha-what the…"
("!!!")
"Th-that can't be…."
He thinks quivering and looking up
"We're in the basement so why…"
"…"
He thinks
"WHY CAN I SUDDENLY SEE THE SKY?!!?!!!"
Keith thinks in shock staring up!
The entire wall behind him and ceiling have been blown out!!!!!!!!
"…"
"Th-that's impossible…."
He thinks in disbelief…
Just then…
As Keith faces up.
Jeremy's face becomes clear.
The rage ingrained on it.
And the tattoos that mark him burning almost as bright than the noon sun!!!!!!!!
…And in a subtle movement Jeremy retracts his fist from the wall…
The wind that swirls round him beginning to concentrate on his fist.
"AAAAAAH WAIT I!!!!"
("FWOOOO!!!!!")
"…"
-silence-
"…"
("!!!")
…Xavier holds tight onto Jeremy staying his fist
"ah…"
Keith exclaims quivering
"…"
-silence-
"…"
Xavier's hold tightens
"…."
"We should go."
Xavier says softly
"He's not worth it."
He says.
"Ah…"
Keith exclaims shook
The tattoos on Jeremy's body begin to burn shimmer down…
"…"
"We don't have to concern ourselves with his type ever again."
Xavier says
"Xavier i--"
"But let it be known…"
Keith begins before Xavier cuts him
"On this day I Xavier Grey saved your life."
Xavier says
"And should you ever come after us or ever get in my way again."
He says
"I'll kill you myself"
Xavier says sternly briefly glancing at Keith
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Let's go."
He says letting go of Jeremy as the pair start to walk away leaving Keith shook by the wall of the room.
Without a roof or wall to support him…
("…")
The pair walk forward.
Slow because of the wound Jeremy suffers…
But forward nonetheless.
…6 months...
Xavier was in hell for nearly 6 months.
But not just him…
Jeremy too has suffered.
But in this moment.
Right now…
They are both free from it.
Xavier from his literal captivity…
And Jeremy from his guilt of not being there for those closest to him…
They are free.
Even if for just a little while longer…
"…."
-silence-
"…."
"Hm."
-A LITTLE WHILE LATER-
"…"
Xavier halts.
"Is something wrong Xavi?"
Jeremy asks his voice raspy
"Todo…"
Xavier says
"With everything that was going on I forgot to thank him."
He says sombrely
"I hope he got out alright."
He says
"…"
"Don't worry too much."
Jeremy says lighting a cigar
(smokes)
"Am sure he got out just fine."
He says smoking, a mild smile on his face as he pats Xavier's head.
"That man was craftier than he looked."
Jeremy says
"R-right…"
Xavier responds humbly
"Good now come on."
Jeremy says
"There's someone who can't wait to see you again."
He says warmly walking ahead
"…"
"Really??"
Xavier asks
"Who?"
He asks following behind
"That's a secret…"
Jeremy says smiling
"Now come on."
He says
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Hmmm…"
Jeremy exclaims eyeing the wound left by Keith…
"…"
"..."
-To Be Continued-
-End Of Oasis Arc-