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-3 Days Later-
Noodle's eyes snapped wide open and she jolted in her warm bed as she just heard something been thrown against her door and smash into pieces. The young Jap sat up alarmingly and folded her dark pink blankets over her for arm space. She then heard yelling in the corridor right outside her door from her fellow band mates.
"Careful! Noodle is in there!"
"Fuck! I missed her! Open her door!"
The scared teen tensed up and her lip quivered fearfully. But remembering her training threw the covers off her and jumped out of her bed into ready stance. Ready to defend herself. Even if it was against her family. Murdoc.
"You Bastard! Leave her alone!"
She heard 2-D scream and then a loud thump on the wall next to her door that made her Armageddon clock fall to the ground and break. Noodle couldn't stand it. She timidly walked to her door still in her pyjamas and placed a hand on the doorknob.
"I'M GONNA KILL YA DULLARD!"
Noodle turned the handle and flew out of her room right in between 2-D and Murdoc both in pure hatred. The guitarist, moving at the speed of light almost, turned to Murdoc and saw he was clenching a large kitchen knife in his hand pointing straight into Noodle's throat that was meant for 2-D. Noodle screamed and with her karate, knocked it out of his hand to the floor.
"Noodle!"
2-D said urgently causing her to turn to him away from the enraged threat. Noodle looked to him and saw on his face he was bleeding and had a large deep cut across his cheek. Possibly from the knife. His clothes were torn and his arms were badly bruised. Murdoc was exactly a mild version of that. Noodle started to cry.
"You promised!"
She yelled terrified to him. He shook his head rapidly and opened his mouth to speak but then his black eyes widened in fear as he stared at Murdoc behind her.
"NOODLE!"
The guitarist turned and got a glimpse of Murdoc with the knife back in hand before he collided a fist with her pale Asian face. Noodle yelped and fell backwards onto the floor, hitting her head hard on the ground as 2-D screamed. She blinked to clear her focus until she saw Murdoc. His teeth gritted and eyes blazing as the knife descended down into her stomach.
Then a large black hand grabbed Murdoc's arm and held it still in mid air. The Satanic bassist grunted in confusion and then was flung back with such a force into the wall next to Noodle's door. Noodle lifted her head to see who it was and felt her nose trickle and tasted the thick crimson blood in her mouth.
"Russel?"
She asked weakly, her eyes blurring with tears from the pain. The African/American narrowed his white eyes at her coldly and then looked above her to 2-D and growled.
"Lards! I thought ya were on my side!"
Murdoc staggered up the side of the wall for support and looked down upon Noodle laughing evilly. She felt gentle hands slide underneath her back and arms, holding her up. Noodle couldn't see but she knew it was 2-D helping her.
"I'm on no ones side! I just don't want the innocent to get hurt!"
Russel yelled at Murdoc and then looked back at Noodle with softer eyes. The Bassist snarled at her and 2-D and then gathered up all his energy in his hands again.
"I'll just get Tusspot then"
He whispered darkly and then walked towards them. She snapped back into reality and whipped her legs across the floor onto Murdoc's making him lose his balance and collapse onto the ground. He groaned then lifted himself up again. Noodle didn't need to be told what was going on. It was a corridor brawl.
"Defending ya boyfriend like always huh Noods?"
Without thinking, Noodle lifted a foot and kicked him roughly in the chest making him fall back down to the ground again. The Japanese guitarist gasped and leapt towards Murdoc and tried to help him up as though he were still a friend.
"Murdoc! I'm sorry! I didn't mean-"
But before she could finish, Murdoc swung around and slapped his hand across her face. She fell back into 2-D's hands again, her cheek burning with agony leaving a fire red glow. 2-D left her on the ground and walked towards Murdoc who grabbed the knife once again and shot up to his full height. Tears began to fall down Noodle's face cooling the heat of her cheek. Noodle shut her eyes closed and wanted to wish it all away but the screams and loud noises coming from before her didn't seem to prove that it had come true.
"Don't you dare touch Noodle, Murdoc! It's me ya want! Leave her alone!"
"Ah Ha!"
Murdoc said and Noodle suddenly felt a hot sweaty hand cup her face making her cheek ache even more. She was yanked up onto her feet and another hand leaned over her shoulder with a sharp knife in hand, pricking Noodle's neck. The guitarist opened her emerald eyes and saw 2-D and Russel standing before her breathing heavily and frightened. She could make out by green skin of the hand holding her face that it was Murdoc. Noodle gasped and tried to move but Murdoc held her in place while she shook timidly.
"This is your weakness isn't it? Her…"
Murdoc shook Noodle's thin frail body to indicate her. Russel walked forward slowly and cautiously while 2-D stood his ground shaking, not wanting Noodle to get hurt anymore.
"Murdoc, man calm down, you don't want to do that"
"Do I?"
Murdoc asked coolly and held his knife a little tighter and closer to Noodle. 2-D gasped loudly.
"MURDOC NO!"
2-D screeched the loudest yet making Noodle's ear sting with echoing sound. The young girl heard Murdoc's evil soft laughter in her ear and smelt his hot breath stinking of alcohol. More tears fell down her face and onto his hand.
"You love her don't you… she's all you got… she's like a little sister… a daughter… you couldn't bare to lose her could you face-ache?"
2-D lowered his head miserably knowing it was all true. But it was no surprise to Noodle. She loved him the exact same way. Russel still silently approached him but it didn't look like Murdoc had noticed.
"And you Noodle… so innocent yet so stupid! You really thought you could just bring us all back together again and be one happy family? The world's not really like that love… everyone leaves ya… including us"
Noodle struggled in his grip making the sharp tip of the knife pierce her skin lightly. Noodle screeched loudly and tried to move away from it. Murdoc laughed at her.
"You were a great guitarist but I don't need you anymore… I don't need any of you"
He cast a death glare to everyone who stared back at him coldly. He snarled and then took his knife away and pushed a weak and hurt Noodle to the ground. Murdoc turned to walk away as more tears flooded Noodle's face. He didn't love her. He never did. 2-D and Russel enclosed behind him but before they could do anything, with a sharp flick of Noodle's leg, whacked Murdoc into the wall.
"YOU BASTARD!"
Noodle screamed in an unimaginable anger and jumped up onto her feet and ran towards him as the two from behind her fell back for Noodle's solo part. The enraged teen punched him in his broken nose and Murdoc cried out in pain. She jumped onto his back and flung her arms around his head and whacked it as hard as she could into the solid wall continuously each time making Murdoc scream in agony.
Russel couldn't take it anymore and he ran towards Noodle to make her stop. He tried to lift her of his back but she wouldn't budge. His thick hands strangled her tiny waist making her yell out and she quickly kicked his bulging stomach away from her. Russel growled but held his ground next to the wall.
"BITCH!"
Murdoc managed to yell to her and he backed away from the wall, grabbed her hands off his throbbing head and bent over to fling her forward onto the ground on her back. Noodle flipped over him through the air and hit the ground as 2-D screamed watching helplessly. Noodle felt stiff and gasped for air as agony shot up and down her body rapidly.
"Murdoc! Stop this!"
2-D squealed in horror as Murdoc stalked over the helpless limb of the Japanese teen, clenching his knife in so much anger and pain that he was shaking. 2-D started to cry and moved around to Russel while Noodle watched her predator breathlessly.
"Murdoc! Don't! Don't!"
"I've waited so long Noodle… too long… I'll kill ya… I'LL KILL YA!"
"NOOO!"
2-D screamed and he ran forward towards them both as Murdoc's hand shot down towards Noodle's chest. Time seemed to slow down before everyone's eyes. 2-D barged into Murdoc with his shoulder and Murdoc lost his balance and fell backwards towards the window.
"NOOOOO!"
Murdoc screamed as he smashed backwards through the giant glass windows and fell out into the cold night air. Russel's eyes widened as he watched him fall, gravity getting a clearer grip upon his filthy body. Still screaming, Murdoc fell into the dark night. The last time they would ever see him again. He fell into the landfill below them from the second floor of Kong Studios.
"MURDOC! N0!"
Noodle crawled up, every bit of movement causing her great pain but she leaned out of the window and outstretched a long arm to catch him but it was too late. The guitarist eye's darted around the wasteland for Murdoc. But she found nothing. No sign of him whatsoever. Noodle's tears fell into the gentle breeze and she let out a long high-pitched scream into the night.
Finally 2 firm hands grabbed her sore waist and pulled her back into the corridor. Noodle struggled out of his grip and leaned forward even more in danger of falling herself. Tears just flowing from her eyes constantly like a salty waterfall. Her mind spinning with pain and grief and her body aching from head to toe as she sobbed and groaned loudly.
The same hands again but a bit more forceful pulled her back inside the corridor, Noodle still watching for any sign of movement that he was alive.
"C'mon love…"
"Murdoc! He's out there!"
Noodle yelled between sobs, she looked out and directly below her saw emerging flesh eating, blood thirsty zombies smelling warm flesh and blood to feast off. Murdoc's flesh and blood. Noodle couldn't look if they got him. She couldn't bear to see her dear friend be eaten by cannibals. It was beyond torture.
"The zombies! They are! They are out there! They want Murdoc! They want to eat Murdoc!"
Noodle grieved as 2-D bent down and embraced her in a tight hug.
"Sh shh… It's awright love… It's ok…"
2-D could only tell her it was ok even though he very well knew that it wasn't. He didn't know what to say. He had just killed the man that once saved his life. His friend. He didn't know what to do. His head was repeatedly screaming 'MURDER'. He couldn't think. Noodle gave up and cried into his shoulder hysterically, never a chance of calming her down. 2-D whimpered a bit and then looked towards the dark shadow lurking in the corner. Where Russel stood watching them.
"… Russel…"
The drummer's white eyes glowed hauntingly at him from one of the many large dark shadows of Kong. Just another shadow. 2-D could only watch and see if he would join them but after a long pause. Russel turned around. And walked away.
"… It's gonna be ok love"
2-D said painfully and his lip quivered sadly. Now he knew how Noodle felt. He rubbed her back and then managed to calm her down.
"Noodle?…"
"… Is… Is Russel gone?"
She asked hoarsely, her throat aching from the crying and moaning over her friends. 2-D glanced up at the empty space where Russel once stood as the immortal lone shadow of no good nor evil, watching the world come to it's end.
"… Yeah… he's gone love… "
To confirm that, Noodle heard a car drive out in the desert past the landfill. Noodle didn't need to see who it was, she already knew. Truth eating her from the inside out. She sighed depressingly and lifted her head off 2-D's shoulder and wiped away the tears and blood from her face. 2-D tried to crack a smile but failed miserably. Noodle tried to be strong… well she should. She was used to this torment.
"You were wrong… you said that… we would be a band… forever… you lied to me"
She said in between sniffs not showing any sign of anger towards 2-D at all. The Ex-vocalist stroked her smooth violet hair lovingly.
"… I didn't know this would happen…"
"An argument shouldn't… split up a band"
"It wasn't a argument love… it was all the arguments… all the fights… all the disagreements… Murdoc and me… we never really could get along… we just… took it to the end"
"By killing each other!"
Noodle yelled out frustrated as a fresh set of wet tears fell from her sparkling eyes down her stained face.
"No love… but I… I don't know what… what we ever did… to make us… do this… to hurt ya"
2-D wept as he stared at Noodle. She was literally destroyed. They took her in and gave her the life but then tore it up right before her very eyes. She was so alone. 2-D couldn't leave her behind. Poor little lost soul. 2-D moved his hand down to her face and lightly touched her cheek still burning red from Murdoc's blows. It pained 2-D even more than it pained Noodle.
"… All I ever wanted… was to be normal… to be loved… have a loving family… and be happy… The Gorillaz… were the family… in my eyes… and I loved you all like family… I would never hurt any of you… and I thought you all would do the same…"
Noodle stared determinedly at 2-D, using up every breath in her body just to tell him how she really felt. Noodle cringed in depression and shook her head slowly. She closed her eyes. It was not much point having them open if she couldn't see anything through tears. She didn't want to see what 2-D would do. She didn't want to see him ever again. Not Russel. Not Murdoc. No one in fact. She was so scared that if she trusts anyone that they would just use her like her bandmates did. She couldn't trust anyone. Noodle walked backwards slowly and opened her eyes giving 2-D a look that screamed at him that it was all his fault. All his fault for telling her it would be alright and they would be the happy family from her dreams. His entire fault.
"… But I was so wrong… "
She said through more tears. The pain was overwhelming for both of them. 2-D felt his heart snap in half and his blood run cold. He opened his mouth to speak but Noodle shook her head lightly and turned around. And left. Away from 2-D. Far far away. Forever.
She wanted to be with him… But she couldn't… So she would never be hurt ever again.
-The End-
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