-Day 230-
-The Room Where Nothing Gathers-
Xemnas sat confidently on his throne, propped by a single arm. He was bored, and some entertainment was called for. Besides having Project replica initiated, there hadn't been much else going on. Kingdom Hearts was building, Roxas and Xion were taking out heartless, Demyx was still slacking off, Axel was well, Axel. In spite of Saix's multiple protest about having more replicas, Xemnas had decided to go ahead with the Project. After ten days, thirteen had been created, seven were fit for combat testing, and three were for assisting Chris, the other three not fully developed.
As if on cue, Saix and Vexen both appeared, sitting in there respective seats. "Let's just get this over with. Saix muttered, crossing his right leg over his left leg.
"Vexen. Are you prepared to see the fruits of your labors?" Xemnas asked his eyebrow raising.
"Why, of course Superior. Why wouldn't I?" Vexen spoke calmly.
"Very well then." Xemnas began, ""Operative Zero?"
"Yes, Superior." Chris replied, his hood down, speaking from the platform from the middle of the room. He had taken the time to set up a desk, gray in color, with multiple monitors interlaced by wires, all connected by two keyboards. Over the ear headphones were scattered about
"You may start testing."
"Yes Superior. Saix, Vexen?" The two members gave him a quick glance before nodding. "Well then. Let's start the party." Chris mumbled under his breath. A quick snap of his fingers, and seven hooded girls entered in a flash of black and silver smoke. Chris gave all of them a glance, each of them removing their hoods. Nialox remained grim. Arxiba had her hand on her chin, perhaps musing over a strategy. Five has silent, eyes closed, before opening them, full of strength. Three's hands were placed behind her back, laced in a casual form. One of Eleven's hands was intertwined in her hair, other swinging in the empty space. Xirulo, however, was holding a quintet of cards in her hands, poker face on.
Three other girls came walking out of a dark corridor. The first girl had her hood down, long black hair arranged into a long ponytail fitting over her right shoulder. The other girl had her hair set back, two thin, blonde antennae raising from in-between her head. The third girl, merely had the hood of her cloak raised up, hiding everything but her lips, leaving a thin smile. She threw back the hood, showing the black hair infused with gray hair. The hair was worn down, in fashion similar to Xemnas' own hairstyle. Xemnas shifted, sitting up straight in his throne.
"This one, this one bears a resemblance to me. Very intriguing." Xemnas mused to himself.
Chris noted the change in Xemnas' mood. "I'll need to remind myself to let him know that is a clone of Xion, similar to him."
"I believe we are set, and ready to go." Chris affirmed. With another snap of his fingers the seven girls disappeared. The monitors hummed to life, Chris and the other three girls sat at the desk staring intently at screens. The girl with blonde antennae turned two of the screens around, letting them face the other men. Saix stared intently at them, reading over every symbol, number, and line. One of the screens showed seven lines pulsing up down. Some ran slower than others, some quicker. Saix merely raised an eyebrow.
"The lines you see are ECG's. They measure a heart's, the physical one, "Chris added "electrical pulses. This allows us to properly measure the clone's health rates, and judge their emotional levels."
"A rather fitting genius." The girl with dark gray hair spoke, raising her arms in the air.
Elsewhere-
Xion had been assigned to Wonderland, to destroy shadow globs, which once again had overrun the world. It was tiring work. She let out along sigh as the last glob faded into darkness. But why did she feel so nervous? She had cleared out all the Heartless, so why be frightened? It wasn't a memory, it felt like she was somewhere else and nervous. Why? Why?