Exdeath is standing in front of the door to a room he thinks the person inside will be in. He knocks a few times then waits a while.
"Come in!" calls the person Exdeath wants to see. He enters the room that he is glad to see has one person in it. The mad clown himself, Kefka. The clown turns to see Exdeath enter.
"Why Exdeath," exclaims Kefka. "What brings you here?"
"Well I was wondering if you have sleeping powder or if you know who does," replies Exdeath as he looks at Kefka's collection of creepy things. One of them being the head of a stuffed bunny sewn onto the body of a teddy bear and vice versa.
"Well I never use anything that puts my toys to sleep," exclaims Kefka. "I like them awake when I wanna play with them. So I use paralyzing powder bombs. Why? What wicked plan do you have in mind?"
"It doesn't matter," says Exdeath as he turns to leave. Suddenly bars magically appears in the doorway.
"Come on tell me," whines Kefka. "I wanna be in on your fun."
"You can't!" barks Exdeath. "Besides I'm not going that far."
"Then tell me what you're going to do if you're not going to have fun with them," whines Kefka.
"If you must know I want a child," admitted Exdeath.
"Say what now," exclaims Kefka with an eyebrow raised.
"What I'm going to tell you should never leave this room," exclaims Exdeath who waited until Kefka nods to continue. "I've been worrying about my death. I'm a tree which makes me capable of growing old and dying, but unlike humans I never go through menopause. Therefore I have more chances to make kids. I've been using sorcery to make myself younger, but that uses energy. I should be using that energy to put people into the void. So I thought of making a child to raise into one that will do the energy wasting for me."
"Ah, now I get it," says Kefka. "Well you'll have to ask around then." Then he makes the bars vanish.
"Ok," mutters Exdeath walking out the door. "I'll be back for some of that paralyzing powder."
"I'll have some ready for you in two hours!" calls Kefka as Exdeath closes the door behind himself. He found the sleeping powder in Kuja's possession. Exdeath is working on the sleeping powder bomb when Kefka comes into his castle.
"You rang for me," he says.
"Yes I did," replies Exdeath. "I need your help. I need to get either CoD or Ultimacia's used pads."
"Why do you need a used pad?" asks Kefka.
"The one I chose to be the vessel to the child I want to create is Bartz," responds Exdeath. "The problem is that he's a male. So he's not going to be able to do it. I'm going to change all that. I just need some ingredients for the device, but I'll need your help."
"I'm going to put a surprise in their toilets anyway," says Kefka. "So I'll get you a few used pads."
"Just one please," says Exdeath. An hour before Kefka left he comes back with a used pad in hand. Exdeath takes it and sets it next to a small flower pot.
"Now watch this," exclaims Exdeath. Suddenly both the flower pot and used pad begins to glow. When they've stopped glowing it looks like the top of the flower pot has a tube of flesh attached to it. It is next to a clean pad.
"Now all I need is to put that in Bartz body just right," says Exdeath. "Then I can torture him in more ways then one." Kefka leaves the castle as Exdeath goes to where he is sure the target will be.
In a clearing in a forest Bartz and Zidane are playing tag. Suddenly Exdeath appears near the edge with Kefka by his side. The two heroes summons their weapons and gets in a fighting stance.
"What do you want?" demands Zidane.
"I want Bartz to come with be," Exdeath bluntly says.
"Uh yeah," says Bartz. "Fat chance."
"Then I have no other choice," says Exdeath as he tosses something. The thing he tossed explodes and slowly fills the clearing with a cloud of powder.
"Quick Bartz!" exclaims Zidane. "Close your eyes and hold your breath as you run back into the forest." Both of them did that, but in the cover of the cloud of powder Exdeath punches Bartz in the stomach hard enough to knock the air out of his lungs. Making him breath in some of the sleeping powder that took immediate effect. Within seconds he faints in Exdeath's arms. Zidane makes it out of the cloud of sleeping dust without any problems. When the cloud dissipated he sees Exdeath throw an unmoving Bartz over his shoulder. Before he made it half way to helping his best friend Exdeath teleports both of them away. Then he hears a cackling sound. He turns around to see Kefka laughing his head off.
"Hey, do you know where He's taking Bartz!" demands Zidane.
"Oh, it won't do you any good to rescue your dear friend," taunted Kefka. "By the time you'll have rescued your dear Bartz, the old Bartz will be gone. I'll give you a hint though on where to find him. Go to where Bartz and Exdeath last fought together." after that's said he teleprts himself leaving Zidane to ponder about what he just heard, and fear for his friend's safe return.