Author's Note

Notes for read:
"Pink" = Sonata Dusk
"Purple" = Aria Blaze
"Yellow" = Adagio Dazzle
"Regular black" = Cody

Chapter 2 - Saved At Death's Door

Throughout the night, Cody kept an eye on his three guests. When the oven dinged, he went and got the pizza out and left it on the counter along with glasses of water. Now it was simply the waiting game. Sitting back in his chair, Cody folds his arms over his chest and got comfy. He wants to make sure to get some rest but not fall asleep. He needs to be ready for immediate action when they wake. So closing his eyes, he waits...

{...}

Many hours pass. The sun begins it's morning rise. Cody opens his eyes, at least he got some rest while keeping his ears open for any sounds of movement that would alert him. Time to time he would peek open an eye to check on his guests and see if any of them woke up yet. Now that the sun is up, the relax feeling seems to melt away by the sun's light hitting his eyes. Though he is awake, he still wanted to stubbornly get some more rest. That all changed with the sound of a moaning growl that came from the bed. Cody closes his eyes again but makes sure to keep them slightly open; not enough for anyone to notice, but just enough for him to see. He keeps his focus on the bed, mainly his guests.

Now that light is coming in through the window, he can see them a lot more clearer. The one on the far left has a ponytail. It seems to have a pinkish color, but with it being dirty, it was hard to fully tell. The one in the middle has hair with a reddish color to it. They, or more importantly, she was wearing a choker necklace and a crown. The third one on the far right, with the pigtails, seems to have a dark purple or blue hair. He really could not tell.

'I Wonder if they are all girls?'

He thought. Before he can think further, he hears the growling of a stomach.

'Yep. They are definitely waking up.'

Seeing he was still save to move, he got up from his chair and stretches. He walks into the kitchen and grabs a few slices of pizza and puts them on plates. Taking them to the microwave, he heated up the slices one at a time. After heating the three plates, he brings them into his room and places them on the tall dresser next to the bed. After putting them down, he went back for the glasses of water and put them on the dresser as well.

After bringing in the food and drinks, he got an idea. Just for the fun of it, and because he still wants to get as much rest as possible, he sits back down on his chair and rests himself in his resting spying position. After a minute or two, there came movement to the right.

"Ugh..."

Sneakily opening his eyes, he sees the one with pigtails sitting up and has their right hand on their forehead. He hears to his left a grown from the one with the ponytail. The pigtails then sniffs. They sniff again several times before opening their eyes. Their eyes pop open in surprise, not unexpected. The pigtails one is staring at him and looking at things near him. They then turned their eyes and became glued to the dresser, spotting what they smelled, food. They then turn and look him and then back to the food. They began to very slowly stand up, while also reaching for a plate of pizza. At the same time, the one on the far left groaned louder than before, coming out of sleep. Cody internally chuckled to himself.

'What better time for introductions?'

"You know, it's bad manners not to say your name and take food first."

The pigtails froze dead in their tracks, like a deer in headlights. The ponytail one, still laying on the bed, quickly sat up and screeched. The pinkish one grabs their knees and looks with terror. Cody opens his eyes fully, he looks straight at the one who attempted to grab pizza. He notes that the pigtail's lips are quivering, like they are trying to say something but just too much in shock to respond. Cody smirks at this and continues.

"Welcome to the land of the living."

He spoke, looking between the two who are awake. Though the pigtails one is still in shock, the pinkish ponytail one was the first to try recovering.

"Who-oo -oo ah-ah-are you?"

'Apparently female.'

Cody surmises.

"Do you want the long answer, or the short one?"

Cody could not help adding sarcasm. There is no answer at first. It became pigtails turn to speak.

"Sh-sh-short."

"The names Cody. I am a Death Seeker."

Both of them seem to freeze even more and their eyes wide in horror.

"Wondering why you're here?"

He continued, they both nod their heads twice.

"I found you in an alley, you were all in bad shape. I knew you were not normal by any standards, so I had no choice but to get you here to get help."

He ended his explanation. Neither of them blink or move. Cody reaches behind him and grabs a plate with a slice of pizza.

"Now, listen very carefully..."

He says slowly to get the pigtails attention, even though he already has it.

"... You are currently starving to death. You need to eat. But only take one bite for now and wait five minutes. If you eat too fast, you will die."

The pigtails one got what he said loud and clear, nodding before loosening their muscles a bit, they take a plate. Grabbing another plate, Cody hands it to the pinkish one.

"Same for you ponytail."

'Shingles! I said that out loud!'

Each of them takes a bite and slowly eats it be fore swallowing.

'Now that I said that openly, might as well...'

"So, am I suppose to call you pigtails or what?"

This startle the pigtails one for a moment before answering.

"Ah-ah-Aria. Ah-Aria Blaze."

"Girl, I take it?"

She nods.

"And what about you? I take it ponytail is not a nickname?"

He jokes a little.

"Nn-no. It's, Sonata. Sonata Dusk."

He definitely likes the ring in that name.

"And I am a girl too."

She states. Cody then points to the one still laying in the middle.

"She?"

They nod.

"She's..."

Aria got cut off by the moan of the girl in the middle, which followed by two soft coughs.

"wha... what's going on?"

She says in a very soft low groggy voice.

"Dagi, we were taking off the streets by someone. We are at his house."

Sonata fills her in.

"Wha?!"

Before she could finish the word, she coughs and hacks, struggling to breathe. Cody got up from his chair and steps to the edge of the bed to look down over her. After her coughing fit, she looks up at him in surprise.

"Cody."

He says, reaching out a hand. She meets it with her own and shakes.

"Adagio. Dazzle."

With introductions out of the way, Cody pulls Adagio up to sit proper on the bed. He turns and grabs the glasses of water and passes them to the girls.

"Here."

He says, giving the final glass to Adagio. Then he grabs the final plate of pizza and gives it to her.

"Take one bite and wait five minutes before taking another. Your body needs to adjust to having food again."

Adagio looks at him with a sad, watery eye look.

"I will go make you some herbal tea. It will help with the sickness."

Cody says, before walking out of the bedroom and heads to the kitchen.

{...}

After Cody left, the girls look at each other in surprise.

"How did he know where we were?!"

Sonata questions as soft as she can without yelling.

"I don't know! How did he get us here?!"

Adagio responds with a question of her own.

"And why is he helping us?!"

Aria finishes off with her question.
Each of the girls got lost in thought, they did not understand what is happening. All they know is that the end was near and then they woke up here. Adagio thought about Cody for a moment. He is very tall, taller than any person she saw in this world. He isn't brightly colored like everyone else. He seems pale and gray, nothing like the others. He is wearing all black. Shoes, pants, shirt, and light jacket all colored black. But his hair is the strange thing about him. His hair is a light golden white color. His face is strange too. His eyes are WAY too small and his face seems more prominently bony. Whoever he is, he seems strange and an 'out of this world' type of person.

"Wha-what was his name again?"

Adagio asks her siren sisters and long time friends.

"Cody."

Sonata answers.

"He... he said he is a Death Seeker."

This makes both Aria and Adagio tense up and freeze. Something about that term scares them to the bone. The sirens were immortal due to their magic. Now that it is destroyed they have lost their immortality. So hearing that he calls himself that means he is not to be trusted until further questions are answered. Perfect timing too, Cody is now coming back to the bedroom. Coming in, he sits down in his chair and claps his hands together.

"Okay. Waters boiling for tea. Ladies, if you have questions, now is a good time for me to answer them."