Axel paused with his head in the fridge. He really was torn about this entire thing. Who should he be supporting? Larxene, his girlfriend from before he became a nobody or the founding members of the organization? After all they had accepted him when he had nowhere else to go. Axel grabbed a sandwich and closed the door. And Marluxia! Fire burst from his finger tips at just the thought. It seemed like that pink-haired flower girl always had his arm around Larxene. Ooh! What he wouldn't do to break Marluxia like a twig and then light all of the pieces on fire.
Axel took an angry bite out of his sandwich as a dark portal appeared. "Huh?" No one else was supposed to be up here. They were all supposed to be helping Sora get through the castle. "Oh, it's you. What are you doing so high up?"
Zexion stepped out of the portal. "Nothing I was just checking on Sora's progress."
"What," Axel finally looked up from his sandwich, offended."Didn't you think us 'neophytes' could handle something like this? "
"No. But that's not why I'm here." Zexion looked Axel square in the face with his one visible eye. "Vexen has another conspiracy theory. He thinks Larxene and Marluxia are plotting something. He wanted me to keep an eye on thempun not intended but… I figured since you are closer to at least Larxene you could watch them."
Axel was sure Zexion could not know how true this was, or that he was sort of in on it. "Sure, whatever. You can leave now."
Zexion wordlessly summoned another dark portal and left, leaving Axel once again alone with his half eaten sandwich and his thoughts. Had he even been in love with Larxene? Axel scarcely knew the meaning of the word but he knew it mattered. She obviously didn't remember. Or didn't care.
Axel got up from the table disgusted with himself. Why did he try to care about her? The lack of emotion was quite hard to get over. He conjured up a dark portal and stepped through it to the hallway by Namine's "cell"
He knocked on her door as a warning and then opened it. Axel was startled to find Larxene speaking quietly to the captive girl. Even though he couldn't hear her words the whispers were laced with menace. Namine was staring pointedly past the savage nymph trying not to hear her words.
"What cha doing Larxene?" Axel asked in a playful voice hoping to distract her from Namine.
Larxene jumped upright; obviously she hadn't noticed Axel come in. She smiled wickedly at him "I was just having a nice chat with Nami. What are YOU doing here?" she challenged folding her arms.
"Ahh, I was checking on the captive. The higher ups wanted me to make sure she was doing okay, not hungry or anything." Axel lied. He didn't know why but Namine reminded him of someone in his former existence. Although he had moved on it was nice to be able to remember something.
"Well I'll just be going…" Larxene left the blindingly white room.
"Thanks." Namine said quietly.
"She speaks!" Axel was surprised; Namine hadn't really said anything since she got here except to protest manipulating Sora's memories. "So… are you hungry? A wave of remembered guilt washed over the pyro as he realized how very much the other members treated her like an unwanted pet.
She nodded opening up her sketch book and beginning to draw again. "Okay I guess I'll go get you something… any requests….?" Axel asked beginning to regret coming up here. It always pained him to visit Namine.
"just whatever… so long as none of you made it. Although she spoke in a low monotone Axel detected some bitterness in the way she said 'you'.
Axel opened a portal to darkness.