"YAAAAAWWNNNN..." It was breakfast, and Axel had let out the worlds loudest and biggest yawn. Roxas, who was sitting nest to him, was leaning away, his hair blown back.
"Wow Axel," commented Demyx, "You could've blown your own fire out with that."
Axel didn't answer, he had fallen asleep and landed face first on his food. Roxas pulled #8's head up and Axel gave a quiet grunt, jolting awake. Wiping the food off his face, he continued eating like nothing happened.
"Did you get ANY sleep last night?" asked Larxene. Axel looked at her.
"I might've. None of your business." She shrugged,
"I guess not but it was my turn to cook and I'm not gonna let you waste it." Axel just started eating again.
"You must get rest Axel."said Xemnas from the end of the table," You, Demyx and Larxene are being assigned and difficult mission tomorrow and you must be in top shape."
"What are we doing?" Axel, Demyx and Larxene asked.
"Come see me tomorrow." he replied. Axel sighed,
"Gah, I hate suspense."
"All the more reason not to tell you." laughed Xigbar.
Breakfast continued, the silence filled in with Xigber and Xaldin's argument on which Nobody would win the next NDM(Nobody Deathmatch): a Magician or an Assassin. Xigbar informed him that the Magician's clear cubes could just crush the Assassin, but Xigbar countered that he wouldn't be able to catch it, with the Assassin warping all over the place, sniping him unexpectedly.
Finally Axel, grumpy from lack of shut eye, snapped and told them to shut up, just managing to high-tail himself out of there, barely avoiding Xigbar's gunfire.
Once safely in the hallway, Axel leaned against the wall panting slightly. He was glad for an excuse to get out of there because he was sure Marluxia was growing suspicious of his unusual tiredness. Marluxia probably knew he got bitten by the Shadow Vine that had injected him with a massive adrenaline rush, causing him to stay awake all night until crashing at daybreak.
Deciding there was nothing better to do, he attemped to get to his room. Walking had become strangely difficult and he had to put his hand against the wall to hold himself up. A wave of nausea washed over him and he started to fall, but someone grabbed him, preventing his decent.
"...wha-?" he looked back groggily to see Demyx holding him up.
"What's up with you?" he asked.
"Nothing." Axel mumbled.
"I'm not an idiot Axel."
Axel stood up straight and walked a couple of steps away.
"I'm fine, got it memorized?" Demyx sighed.
"Fine, be that way." and started to head away, only making it about a meter before he heard a thump. Turning around, he saw Alex lying unmoving on the ground. He hurried to him and turned him over. He was unconscious. Demyx quickly figured what happened. Axel snuck into Marluxia's secret garden, and got bit by the Shadow Vine, a plant Nobody with a deadly venom. One that could only be cured with one of Marluxia's antidotes.
If the poison didn't kill him, Marluxia probably would.
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