The last thing he remembered was an awful laugh. The man the laugh came from sounded very much insane at that point, he remembered thinking "Alright you two, I'm about to tear out most of your memories. I'm not exactly sure what'll be left over, but I'm fairly certain it won't be much but the basics. Well, I tire of this chatter. Bye-bye now. Good luck in The World That Never Was, or at least, what's left of it. Ba ha ha ha ha ha ha haa…" And then, it went blank.
When he woke up, his head throbbed. "Fuck…my head is pounding. Uuugggg…Where am I? An even better question, WHO am I?" A flood of memories surfaced to tell him who he was. "Alright…I am Roxas, a Nobody, and a member of Organization 13. Or is it Ex-member? First I remember me fighting heartless to fulfill the Xemnas' master plan…but then I was in Twilight town, hanging out with my friends there…And better yet, what IS a Nobody in the first place?" Roxas had so many questions, yet there were no answers in his jumbled mind. There were scraps of memories jumbled all over the place, fluttering around like torn shreds of paper. He needed to get some clarity; some guidance…and he needed open his eyes.
He did so, and then sat up. His body ached, and he felt…empty. Like, there was something missing…but he decided not to ponder it too hard. Right now, his main concern was figuring out where he was and finding Namine-"Wait, finding who?" he asked himself. His memories answered that she was…more than a friend, and she had helped him when he was attacked in Twilight Town. And…she…was some sort of a witch…helping the Organization…do something important. All he knew was that he needed to find her. He then took a look at his surroundings. He was in a park of some sort, except all the trees in it were dead and withered. And…"Oh my god…are those…dead bodies?" Hanging from nooses on every single tree, they hung, silent and still as the grave. They weren't human dead bodies, not to say the least. Some were shadow like figures, some pure shadow, others in armor of some sort, still others small and colored red or blue. "Heartless. They are called Heartless, those shadow things." He said remembering the missions he did with the Organization. Others…were also not human, but they where white and grey…"hmmm…I know what they're called, and it starts with an N…N-something." He looked over this scene of death around him and shuddered, and forced himself to look at his other surroundings.
The park was surrounded by tall buildings of various shapes, but in general they looked bleak. They all where some shade of black, and most all of them where torn apart and in a state of neglect. One even collapsed, much to Roxas' surprise. As he looked about, he spotted a blonde haired figure in a black robe. "That's the Organization's uniform…and that's-Namine!" he ran up to her. "Namine! Are you alright? Did something happen to you?" he asked, panicking a bit. She groaned a bit, and opened her eyes to reveal dazzling blue irises. "Who…Roxas? Where are we?"She sat up and focused her eyes "And who-oh, I'm Namine…but…why are you dressed the Organization's uniform? Didn't you leave the Organization? Or did you…?"
"I…don't really know…but one thing I know for sure is that we can't stay here…I just have a bad feeling about this place…" he looked over at the corpses hanging from the trees. Namine gasped when she saw them. "Are those…?"
SNAP! One of the nearby tree branches broke, and the white N-thing hanging from it fell to the ground with a sickening thuk. Namine jumped to her feet and screamed, horrified at what happened right in front of her eyes. Roxas rose and wrapped his arms around her, and she then squeezed him tightly. It felt good to hold Namine, it made all the horrid stuff around them…kinda go away. And then he remembered something. Something that greatly confused him.
Roxas remembered a time before when he had embraced Namine as such, and that it made all the struggles beforehand (what struggles, however, he had no idea. He just remembered what he was thinking that at the time.) worth it. But…Namine wasn't the Namine that was asking him "what's wrong?" right in front of him. She…had bright red hair there, and wasn't even wearing her customary plain white dress. And they were…in a dark castle, of some sort that had teemed with Heartless. Yes, it was the fortress called Hollow Bastion. He even knew he didn't call her Namine that time, he called her…something, just not Namine. He voiced his frustrations to her. "…and I can't even remember what you were called then…all I know is that is I didn't call you Namine." She looked concerned for a second, than remembered something herself. "Oh! I remember that time too! Except that I remember that right before it, you were a Heartless, and I was the only person that recognized you as a Heartless. But are you sure the castle was called Hollow Bastion? I'm fairly certain there were a lot of Heartless around, but I just can't recall what the hell the place was called. It's completely blank. However…" She paused, furrowing her brow. "What is it?" he said, concern in his voice "Wait, what did you call-"
"That's the thing! I can't remember what I called you then, but I know it started with an S…that's all I can remember, that it was S-something…" it was all so confusing for Namine. Her memories where like clouds swirling around in the sky. One minute she would see a coherent shape forming together, only to be brushed away, filled with blank spots. It was frightening, having the things that are supposed to be a solid cornerstone of your existence confused and jumbled together. It's like losing your sight; she thought with a sigh, the world is a dark and confusing place without your memories. She started walking, just to do something, and get away from this awful park. Roxas followed close behind her.
Namine was rubbing her temples, and generally looked like a picture of frustration and despair. Not to say that Roxas wasn't feeling quite a bit of both, he just was greatly bothered seeing Namine's. He didn't like seeing her like this; he wanted her to smile again. He quite suddenly grabbed her, and brought her face-to-face and eye-to-eye with him. She was intoxicated with how wonderfully warm his navy blue eyes looked, like the soothing waters of a hot spring, warming her bones. And he was equally entranced with her stunning aqua blue eyes, like deep pools of refreshing water, cool and inviting.
Almost involuntarily, he moved forward to kiss her, and she met him half-way. It was nothing passionate or lustful, just a light smooch. But to the two Nobodies, it made everything seem right with the world. Namine pulled away, and smiled a warm smile at Roxas. He opened his eyes, and returned the smile. "Come on, Namine, let's go." Roxas said in a low, easy voice. "Where to, Roxy?" giggling a bit at his nickname. He chuckled a bit in response, and replied "To wherever this path leads us too, Nami" he winked at her. And so the two started walking down the pathway through the park, holding hands, and in an alright mood, considering they were lost in a strange land without much memory of their lives beforehand. On the way, they were treated to the sight of more dead Heartless and Nobodies, hanging limply, and rocking a bit in the wind. When they finally where exiting the park, Namine noticed a sign, staked into the ground.
Roxas read it aloud. "The traitors hanging in this park defected to the Darkness Liberation Front or Malificent's faction. It thee readers of this sign do not wish to share their fate, you will remember your loyalty to your true master." Below the message, there was a character. Roxas didn't recognize it, but Namine did. "That's…arg, all I know is that character says 'Aku'. God it's on the tip of my tongue what it means…"
"It means 'Evil' in Japanese" A voice said behind them. Startled, they both spun around, Roxas drawing the Keyblade, and Namine materializing a sea-green staff with deep blue rings near the top and bottom in her hand. The staff was topped by a Silver Moon. (Namine even recalled that the weapon she had was called the Moon Scepter. How she had access to it was beyond her. ) The Keyblade that Roxas drew was the Oathkeeper version of the sword (Not that he knew, of course. He just knew the blade was his trusty weapon, the Keyblade). The man that the voice belonged to had a mane of fiery red hair held up by a black headband with a fire emblem on the front, and green eyes. He was dressed in the traditional dark blue robe of a sorcerer, and even had a wooden staff tipped with a red orb that was as tall as he was. Only thing he was missing was the hat. Of course, Roxas and Namine weren't aware that it was a sorcerer's robe; the only thing they could tell you about his robe was that it was a great blue color. The sorcerer continued "That might not mean anything to you, who don't even know where we are in the first place, but to someone like me, I'd think long and hard before crossing Aku after this."
"You live in this awful place?" Namine asked, quite shocked anybody would want to reside in this dump. The sorcerer chuckled a bit. "Heh, well it's not like I can leave. I've been trying to leave this dump for a little over a year now, and so far, I haven't had much success, as you can see." Roxas piped up "You spoke of Aku like he or she is a person. So there's some guy out there in this… city who had such a problem with treachery he had to resort to this?" he waved his hand in the direction of the carnage behind him. "Someone either desperate or insane does this kind of thing." The Sorcerer replied "And Aku is a little of the former, quite a bit of the latter. To answer your question, I spoke of Aku like a person 'cuz he is one, and a very powerful person at that. He leads one of six warring factions here in the World That Never Was. Well, five technically, but Xheanort still orders raids and such once in a while…anyway, Aku used to be the top dog around here. Then, the Darkness Liberation Front usurped him, and Malificent helped them do it. Aku never really recovered fully from the defeat there, mostly 'cuz one more faction appeared to mess up the politics of the region, again. So he has a vendetta against the both of them, and he took it out on the turncoats here. I'm sure he made them thankful to be dead, because he's infamous for his delight in torture."
Namine shook her head and closed her eyes. "What a sicko. But one thing I don't understand; how come they didn't disappear? Heartless generally do when Roxas kills them." Roxas looked at Namine, and then at the sorcerer. He was wondering that too, because the only thing that he noticed about the Heartless was that they didn't have the yellow eyes they usually had. Where their beady eyes would be was just…blank. The Sorcerer looked at the Keyblade in Roxas' hand "I'm guessing you used that sword to kill the Heartless you encountered before, right?" Roxas raised the blade to eye level "Not this one specifically, but one like it." The Sorcerer nodded, and then continued "That is a weapon of light, as are all weapons forged in that realm. Every single weapon forged in the realm of light destroys darkness by its nature. The Same thing applies to weapons of the dark, they destroy light by their nature. But when a weapon of the dark is used on a creature of the dark," he indicated the Heartless and Nobodies hung in the park "it's like if someone from our realm attacked another person of the Realm of light. It's blood and guts and gore"
They were silent for a moment after that. Then, the Sorcerer piped up quite suddenly in a better mood "Oh, I am terribly rude, I forgot to introduce myself! I am Lea Baendar, Sorcerer and Paladin." He went up and shook both of the two Nobodies hands. "Oh, heh heh hi. I'm Roxas, and this is Namine." As Alex shook his hand, he raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. "Pleased to meet you, Lea." Namine said politely, as he shook hers. Lea eyed the both of them, he opened his mouth to say something, then paused, and asked "So what brings two kids like you to these bad lands?" Namine looked to Roxas, and he sighed, and replied "We're not really sure how we got here. The only thing I can recall before we got here was that somebody tore out our most of our memories. Hell, it felt like someone tore out my memories when I woke up; my head hurt like a bitch." Lea's eyes widened at this, and then he turned sharply to Namine and asked "Same feeling for you too, right?" She nodded, saying "My head still kinda hurts."
He then looked off into space, thinking. "Hmmm…I know of only one person who can edit memories in such a way: Aku. It would explain a lot, considering this is his turf, but what would he want with two Nobodies…? And an even better question, what are you two specifically doing here in the first place? Last I heard, you had reunited with Sora and Kairi…" Roxas and Namine didn't really know what to say, as they both had no idea what he was talking about.
Seeing their deer in the headlights looks, he sighed. "He really did a number on you two then. (sigh) Well, I guess the only thing I can really do with you two is take you under my wing. You two already have weapons, but do you remember how to use them?" he asked. He saw that they didn't take his hint, so he sighed and said "Show me what you can do with those things. I don't travel with damsels-in-distress. Show me you can defend yourselves." Roxas thought for a moment, then had an idea. He ran up to a tree, and as he was running he shouted "SLASH!" The Keyblade started to glow white, and he then felled the tree in one swoop. As the tree fell to the ground, Lea clapped lightly. "Impressive. Now, your turn, milady. Let's see the power of that fancy staff of yours…"
She also took a second to think, and then grinned evilly. She pointed the staff at Lea and shouted "ARROW!" A harpoon made of white light shot out of the staff. Reacting quickly, Alex formed a shield of fire in his staff hand, and deflected the harpoon sized arrow into a nearby building. The arrow exploded, and left a good size hole in the structure. "Woo, feisty this one. That's good, 'cuz out here, you'll need all the fierceness you can get. Well, now that everythings is settled and everyone knows each other, let's get the hell out of here! I'm sure that explosion and even the presence of the Keyblade'll attract Heartless and/or Nobodies here any minute. We need to hustle, now!" He took off twards one of the buildings that was looked more together then some of the others in the square. Roxas and Namine followed close behind him. Heartless started appearing behind them in the park, and started to chase them. The trio made good time to the building of choice, but the Heartless where close behind. "INSIDE, NOW!" Lea opened the door, and the two Nobodies rushed inside. He dropped a small, hard ball of fire on the porch of the apartment building they had entered. He shut the door, recited an incantation, and turned the door to steel. He bolted the newly metalized door, and looked through the peephole.
"Fell right into my trap" he said as he snapped his fingers. Outside, the apple sized marble exploded, and left an inferno of flames in a 5 foot radius of the building. Across the street, a man stood there with several Neoshadows and Wizards flanking him. His face was concealed by a helmet, and he donned fearsome looking black and silver armor. On the center of his breastplate, he donned the Heartless symbol. "So, you won't fall as easily as I thought, my two Nobodies. But you'll need more than a former Organization member to survive here. heh heh heh…" He chuckled, and then commanded one of the Wizard "Bring me my Behemoth. I wish to inspect my holdings on our way back to my fortress. And send word to the Research team to prep Subject 027." The Wizard addressed bowed, and then waved his staff. A Behemoth with a one man tent atop it soon appeared. A ladder rolled down from the tent, and the armored man scaled it. His black cape fluttered behind him, and in the center of it, stitched in thick silver thread, resided the Japanese character meaning Evil: Aku. When the man in armor reached and settled in the tent, he commanded the Behemoth to move, and it began to march at a walking pace, with the Neoshadows and Wizards following close behind.
The group settled in a fairly large room that resembled was a comfortably furnished apartment. The rest of the night was spent playing a kind of memory jigsaw puzzle sitting around a fire Lea made in the fireplace; Roxas or Namine would talk about something they remembered, and the other one would help and see if they remembered the time they were talking about. It got old for Lea very fast. "…oh yea, I do remember that! I was watching you from the monitor that in Diz's command center! You did amazing in that Struggle tournament Roxy. You beat Seifer down!" Namine said, very excited. Roxas smiled warmly, and replied "Thanks Nami. Oh, you saw when I got in a lucky hit to his face? Oh, it was so awesome! I felt amazing then Nami. It was like… like I was invincible!"
Ohhh, that's because you are invincible, Roxy, my knight in shining armor!" Lea said, imitating Namine's voice. He sighed and said "If you two are going to have an orgasm over each other, please, go get a room! The last thing I want to hear is a couple arguing who loves the other one more. In fact, how's about you two find some room several floors up, and just fuck for the rest of the night. Best of all, everybody wins! I get some peace, and you two get some." Namine glared at Lea, and replied "We are trying to reestablish what memories we do have, you ass. Just because you're acting like a grumpy old fart doesn't mean we can't-" Roxas tapped her on the shoulder and said with a devilish smile "You know, he does have a point. That arrangement would benefit everyone…" Namine responded by smacking him in the arm "Oh, come off it, you perv! Anyway, why are you such a grump all of the sudden, Lea?"
"Because I find your continual banter about things I don't know annoying! Oh, it's wonderful that you won a Struggle tournament, big ef-ing whoop! Who the fuck cares about some two bit fighting event! God, you don't even remember the important stuff…" Roxas eyed him suspiciously "And you would know the important stuff?" Namine raised an eyebrow at him also. He stared into the fire, leaning forward in the recliner he was sitting in. "(sigh) Let's just say I've meet the both of you before. I wasn't really myself at the time, but I do remember meeting you two in the past." Namine didn't really know what to say to that, and looked into the fire. Roxas paused, taken aback, then replied "Well, I'm sorry we don't remember you. I really wish I did, you don't seem that bad of a guy." Lea looked at Roxas and smiled lightly. "Thanks Roxy. But I do have a question to ask you two: what do you remember about the Organization members? Specifically one named Axle?"
Roxas looked down, deep in thought. "Well, I do recognize the name Axle. He was my close friend in the Organization, along with Xion. But…I can't recall what either of them look like…" Namine looked up from the fire and said "All I can remember about Axle is that he was one of the nicer members of the Organization. All the rest at Castle Oblivion either tormented me, like that awful bitch Larxene, or just treated me with contempt, like Marluxia or Vexen. I can remember what they all looked like, except for Axle. His image…just escapes me…" Roxas suddenly piped up "I think he wielded two circular blades, and controlled fire, just as well as you do, in fact…why do you ask?" Lea once again stared into the fire. "I knew him well, as I did the other members of the Organization. I just wondered if you remembered him."
He stared into the fire deeply, thinking back to that time. "They really have no idea who I am…" Lea thought. "This has to be Aku's doing…no simple memory altering spell could have made them forget me that thoroughly. Heck, if this was an altering spell, they wouldn't remember just bits and pieces of my actions, my very presence would have jarred them to remember what Axle looked like and then make the connection. No, this is the work of the Shade's Claw…but what the hell did Aku want with them? I mean, their hearts are of little use to him. Sora doesn't even have much darkness in his heart, and Kairi's doesn't have any at all! It makes no sense for him to go and kidnap them from the realm of light when he could spend just as much time and energy recruiting Heartless here in Dark City. He let the leftover Nobodies go, and he would never make a Nobody unless he got something really great out of it; he hates Nobodies with a passion. Either Aku really has lost his mind, or he's up to something, something big. That would explain why he's kept to himself the last month; didn't even try to recapture the Highway of Tears from the League of Four. Oh, he's up to something alright, but what is the million dollar question. Hmmm…Speaking of the League, maybe they know something about this…Crucifixion Square should be several blocks over…and I'm fairly certain that the area is still calm. Might need to dodge a few patrols, but I doubt that'll be a problem…"
Lea stood up from his chair and turned to face Namine and Roxas. "Ok you guys, I'm turning in. And you should be too. We have an early start tomorrow." "Where we headed too?" Roxas inquired. "To Crucifixion Square; it's the nearest piece of territory the League of Four controls. From there, we'll head to their stronghold, The Undercastle. We'll probably have to walk there, but at least we'll be among friendly forces. They shouldn't attack us, at least they won't attack me, and I'll tell any patrols you're with me. The League might have an idea why you two are here, or at the very least can find out. That park I found you, Execution Square, is Aku's territory, so it's safe to assume he has something to do with how you two got here, and I doubt he'll tell us if we were to find and ask him. Let's just hope the League's spy network is still as formidable as it once was…Anyway, I searched this apartment, and there's only one bed. However-" he motioned for them to get off the couch the where sitting on, and then he took off the cushions and pulled out a fairly large bed. "If you two don't mind sharing a bed…" Roxas looked to Namine, and she winked at him. "I don't think there'll be a problem, right Roxas?" He grinned back at her "Oh, not at all." Lea sighed at this. "Just keep it down, alright? I get woken up by you two going at it, I'm throwing you both out the window." he snapped at the fire, and it went out at his command. He then went to the door of the bedroom. "Night" he said as he closed the door behind him.
Roxas and Namine spent the next hour just laying on the pull out bed, talking. About their past experiences, about how they felt about those experiences, about how they thought of the people they met. "Say Roxas, what's the last thing you do remember? You know, after Twilight Town?" Namine interrupted Roxas, who was just telling about mission to a certain Halloweentown. "Huh? Oh, well…"Roxas paused "All I do remember, after heading into the mansion, and getting attacked by those N-things in there…it's all gone. Ok, I remember a beautiful island we both lived on…not very well, but I do remember it…other than that, it was the last moment before we wound up in the park. You know, some guy saying he's going to tear out our memories, him laughing maniacally-" "Yea, I recall that." Namine replied. She shuddered, and continued "He sounded psycho there, whoever he was. I can't remember what he looked like, though…"
"I do" Roxas said. He closed his eyes. "He had a helmet on, and it certainly looked frightening. But I remember his eyes the best. They were smiling eyes, like he was having a good time." He gritted his teeth. "Here we are, missing a cornerstone of our lives, and he's having a blast torturing us." He grimaced "and the last thing I remember him saying was that he was ripping out our memories, and not leaving much but the basics. It's him that has our memories, it has to be. If he's Aku, then we'll have to fight to get our memories back."
Namine leaned over and put her hand on his chest. "It's alright Roxas. You might not have your memories, but you have me." Namine smiled warmly. "…thanks Nami. And don't you forget, you have me." He turned to look at her. After a few, wonderful seconds, she came close and kissed him. This time, he held nothing back. He had a fire burning in his gut, and he didn't resist it. She was a little taken aback at how forceful and passionate he was, but then a wave of desire surged up and overtook her, and she returned his passion, and grabbed a fistful his hair with one hand, and grabbed another fistful of his coat with the other. He then rolled on top of her. After a hot, sweaty, and intense few minutes of sucking face, Roxas came up for air. He had had a devilish grin on his face as he pulled both his arms into his coat, trying to slip his Organization uniform off. Namine put a hand up to him and said "Not tonight, big boy. But-" She grabbed him and did a reversal, her on top now. She forcefully grabbed him by the collar and whispered "I'm not done with you yet, Sora." He laughed evilly "Oh, I can handle anything you do to me Kairi."Both didn't seem to notice that they weren't addressed by their proper names. She bared her teeth, and bit Roxas on the neck. No hard enough to leave a hicky, but enough for Roxas to moan a bit. "Ahhhh…yeeess…harder…" She bit down, hard. He winced, and arched his back a bit "Arrggg!" he growled as he grabbed Namine and rolled on top of her, rather forcefully. "My turn" he growled to Namine as he bared his sharp incisors.
Their antics didn't last for too much longer. Some more passionate French kissing, and then Namine reminded Roxas that they had an early day tomorrow. They both would have liked very much to continue, but they knew that they shouldn't. Besides, they had both been chased by Heartless, had their memories removed, and generally weren't in any mood for sex. Namine was quite a bit less in the mood than Roxas, but that was just the gender divide rearing its head. Roxas could have simply forgotten about the awful day if they really started going at it, but as soon as she stopped, the fire in his loins lost its power, and the emotions from today showed themselves again; though they didn't over take him, as snuggling with Namine made him feel warm inside, and helped to quelled those feelings of frustration and confusion and anger.
One thing plagued Roxas, and it ate at Namine too. In all of the memories that they had, they both only remember having a bit of a crush on the other person. It wasn't even close to this kind of passion and intensity. Heck, they where head over heels over each other. (They both didn't want to admit this to themselves though, especially Roxas.) But they also knew how they felt, and couldn't ignore their feelings. "The key is in my memories." Namine thought. "But the question is…how much am I missing?" thinking about it, she felt cheated. She was sure that she and Roxas had wonderful romantic moments between when she remembered and now. "And that asshole Aku stole them! Snatched them right from our heads! Well, Mr. Memory thief, I will reclaim those wonderfully romantic moments, even if I have to storm to your castle and wring your neck till I get them back!" Meanwhile, Roxas was thinking more practically. "Damn, I hope this League of Four can help us out…Lea trust's them…but wait a tic, how do we know we can even trust Lea? He didn't attack us, but what if he's an agent of this League? What the hell does he want with us? He's not benefiting from this; he's being nice…or luring us into a trap. We'll have to watch him closely…"
But after a few minutes of such fretful thoughts, they fell fast asleep. In the other room, Lea stared out the window of his room. "Why are you doing this, Lea?" he said to himself. "You certainly don't need two kids to drag around here." His heart, the one thing that he had lacked in the past, answered him "One, because it's the right thing to do, and two, Roxas was your friend when you where Axle. He made you feel whole, and helped you get out from the under the Organization's thumb. You owe him as much, to guide him and his lover though this desolate maze."
"Do you even know if Elenar and Marlian will even let them in the front door? Sora and Kairi weren't in the Organization's good books, so they defiantly won't get a warm welcoming at the League…" his rational side continued. His heart retorted with "Yes, but they aren't Sora and Kairi, are they? You're leading around Roxas and Namine, not the other two."
"But they're the same person! Roxas is Sora, and Namine is Kairi."
"Yes, but the League won't see it that way. Besides, you dangle a chance to get at Aku in front of them, they're bound to snatch it up!"
"But the problem isn't their willingness to hurt Aku; that's already there quite strongly. It's the means of hurting Aku; how the hell are you going to grab their memories back? He isn't just going to hand them over, he fights tooth and nail over something that's of worth to him. And for some reason, Sora and Kairi's memories and hearts are worth quite a bit to him."
"Bah, why do I bother myself with this banter? The bottom line is that I need more information, and I'm going to help Roxas and Namine however I can." He shut the window, as if finalizing the thought, and plopped in to the bed near the window.
Outside, on the building opposite, an Air Soldier watched the window tentatively. He was a special Air Soldier, equipped with a Stealth spell, which concealed him from being seen, smelled, or heard. He was pacing anxiously for them to be on the move again. It was so boring sitting around and watching them sleep. He wanted to go back to being stationed at the base just west of Memory's Skyscraper. "Now that was an exciting assignment. I was on the front lines, laying waste to any fool that decided to mess with our faction." He knew that it was an honor to be chosen for a "special" assignment like this (though he didn't see anything particularly special about it), but seriously?
Keeping tabs on some guy and two Nobodies had to be the most boring assignment ever! "This is total bullshit. I can get more kicks on garrison duty. But, what Lord Aku wants, Lord Aku gets…however…" he noticed a group of Dusks searching the area, apparently looking for something to kill. If Heartless had mouths, he would have been grinning evilly. "But then again, there are benefits these special assignments" and he activated the Stealth spell, causing him to disappear into thin air. A few minutes later, 2 very confused Dusks ran away from where their comrades had been felled by some invisible enemy. After the Dusks had fled, the Air Soldier deactivated the Stealth spell. He laughed evilly at his victory over those worthless Nobodies. He crushed the head of one of the Dusks with his foot, leaving a mess of ink colored blood where the Dusk's head used to be. "Never mind" he commented, flying back up to his post "This might be exciting after all."
