Chapter II
Eyelids slowly rose, revealing two magenta orbs beneath. A hand rose to rub his eyes and move his hair out of his face. The thin sheet over top of him stirred as he slowly rolled to his side and buried his head deeper in the pillow, about to drift back to sleep. Eyes shot open, the figure rose up, hands bracing the bed. "This isn't where I should be." He looked down, hands searching his body for his knife. "Where the—"
"Looking for this?" His gaze shifted to the blonde man with green eyes standing in the corner playing with his pocket knife.
"Give it," Declan rose to his feet, before falling to his knee and coughing. Vexen looked down, a laugh escaping his lips.
"It's not even your real weapon," He twirled it in his hands as he walked around the boy, crouching down to his height, "You have great power within you; you just have to learn how to release it, and the sky will be the limit for you, boy." He rose, leaving Declan coughing on the ground. He shakily stood, using the bed to balance himself.
"And how would you know, Doc? What? Do you have this great power as well?"
"Actually, I do." Vexen placed the knife in his pocket before throwing his arm out to the side, summoning a blue shield, Frozen Pride. A sudden chill ran through the room, causing Declan to shiver, "We're not that different. We both lost something valuable to us, but have gained something new and powerful." He pulled out the knife, tossing it to the struggling boy, "More powerful than a knife."
He caught the blade, "And why are you telling me this, Doc?" His eyes finally noticed his jacket lying on a chair along with his beanie, he began walking towards his stuff, "If there's anything I learned from my travels, people have an agenda." He reached the chair, "You're telling me this because it benefits you in some way." He pulled the coat on, "I ain't stupid, Doc." His beanie sat on his head now, pulling some hair out of his eyes.
"Fine, and my name is Vexen." Frozen Pride disappeared, "You lost your heart. All of us here in Organization XIII have lost ours as well, and we all work together to try to regain our hearts and become human again by summoning Kingdom Hearts." He approached Declan, "I'm not going to tell you to join or not join, but if you ever want to feel anything ever again, or a safe place to sleep, or food in your stomach, I would stick with us."
"What do I have to do?"
"Just do a mission a day as assigned by our superior, Xemnas."
"Xemnas? Sounds like a dumb name."
"It's only fitting," Vexen turned away from Declan, "If you lose your heart, you lose who you are, that's why we have X's in our names, Xandelc."
"That is not my name."
"It is now."
"Listen, I ain't a part of your little business," Declan crossed his arms, "But I will do missions for a place to live. Anything beats that hole I came from before." Declan stuck out his hand causing the scientist to turn around, "We have a deal?"
"Yes, welcome to Organization XIII, Xandelc."
"That's not my name."
"You could've picked a better color, it's too bright."
"It wasn't my choice, kiddo." Xigbar led the girl through the entrance of the Castle That Never Was, "Xemnas chose white, why? I don't know."
"It's too bright, where's all of the blacks? Or greys? Or olives?" A hand rose to her cover her face as her eyes weren't yet adjusted to the light. She froze, clenching her hand. Xigbar noticed the halt in steps, turning around he yelled out to her.
"You coming, kiddo?" She didn't move. "Hey! I'm talkin' to ya. Kiddo!"
He placed a hand on her shoulder, causing her to reel back in shock. Her brow furrowed.
"Thanks for the hand, that's exactly what I needed."
"Woah, touchy touchy. You might want to control that sarcasm of yours unless you'll be a dusk in no time, Angelica." Xigbar began walking again. She followed him.
"Wow, a dusk? So scary! Will it be some magic trick? Let me go grab some popcorn and a nice comfy chair." Angelica followed on his right, passing numerous rooms as they walked towards Where Nothing Gathers.
"Hey, Doc, who's that?"
"What?" Vexen turned towards the door of the infirmary, seeing Xigbar walk by with a girl with black hair and ripped jeans, "That's... Xigbar, with… I don't know."
"Huh," Declan watched them pass, "You think she's new here like me?"
"Possibly." Vexen scratched his head, before mumbling to himself, "I may have to perform some tests."
"Well done, Number II," Xemnas was in his throne looking down at the duo. He seemed overall, unimpressed, "Where was she?"
"In the alley. I found her huddled in a corner, asleep." He motioned towards her, "Kiddo was all tuckered out from losing her heart."
Xemnas intertwined his fingers as he looked down at her, scrutinizing her every appearance and motion to better understand her. Her arms were crossed and she stared blankly up at him with her bright green eyes. Xemnas focused on her eyes for a moment, seeing gold flecks within them before moving on to the rest of her. He scowled: she seemed frail, and short, not much like a fighter. Her messy hair framed her face, with one side a deep black and the other showing signs of pale blonde shining through the dye.
"Number II, I believe you already told her why she is here?" Xemnas blinked as he turned to Xigbar.
"Yeah, she knows the basics."
"Good. Xigbar, give her a bed in the infirmary with our other new member, I'll ready rooms for them, tomorrow." Xigbar began to leave, before Xemnas spoke out again, "We'll have another meeting tonight."
"Here you go, Kiddo, don't mind the old perv in the corner there, that's just Vexen." The two figures walked into the infirmary, Angelica seemed to open up rather quickly to Xigbar, matching his stride as they walked in, "And there in the corner is our other new member, Xandelc." The boy was sitting on a bed in the corner, propped against the wall with another one next to it. White sheets draped across the beds, matching the white tile and the white walls.
"Watch it, pirate. That ain't my name."
"Oh, well, looky here, someone's got a mouth." Xigbar motioned to the boy, "You didn't seem that lively when our worst fighter carried you in unconscious. Anyway, kiddo, take the bed next to him, he ain't much of a pest if Demyx could beat him."
"Wow, seems like he's going to be a huge asset to the Organization." Angelica laughed as she sat on the bed next to Declan, slowly reclining back, proud of her remark.
"At least I'll be more than you, kid." The boy pulled out his knife, polishing the handle.
"What was that?" She faced him.
"Vexen," Xigbar called him over while the two were arguing off in the corner, "Xemnas wants to meet with us." Vexen looked concerned, "All of us." He nodded , "Alright then! You kids don't kill each other, me and uncle Vexy will be back soon! We have to take care of urgent matters. Have a good night!" The two left, leaving the new Nobodies in the room, still arguing.
"What are you? 'Hundred pounds soaking wet? I pick twigs out of my teeth bigger than you, kid!" Declan turned towards the girl, enraged.
"So what if I am? At least I'm not some geezer acting like he's still a teen!"
"Geezer? Me?" Declan pointed to himself before rising to his feet, "I'm twenty-four! I'm in the prime of my life! You're what? In high school?"
Angelica shot up also, "I graduated, jerk."
"C's get degrees, am I right? Or did Mommy and Daddy just pay everyone off for their little angel?" Angelica clenched her fists.
"I'll kill you!" She lunged at the boy, entangling their limbs as she attempted to scratch at him and punch him. She got him on his cheek before he was finally able to kick her off and brandished his blade.
"Listen up!" She froze, eyes fixed on the blade "I don't wanna kill you. I've done it before, and let me say, it ain't pretty." He became more relaxed, "So what say you lay down in your bed and go to sleep, and I'll go to sleep in mine." Her pose never weakened.
"How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep?"
"Easy, cause I'm honest." Declan reclined the blade and put it on the floor, "I might be a thief and a murderer, but I'm an honest one at that."
She slowly reclined before shaking her head and tensing up again, "How do I know you're not lying now?"
"You don't." He walked towards her, leaving the knife on the ground, "You just need to trust me." He outstretched his arm asking for her hand. She looked away before finally shaking his hand. "There, not too hard, right?"
"Shut up," She walked to her bed and sat in it, pulling her legs up to her chest. She sat there and stared off in space. Declan shrugged and walked over to his bed, removing his jacket and shoes before relaxing on his own bed. His wrists crossed above his head as he closed his eyes and just wanted some peace of mind. Angelica however was still sitting on her bed. At least an hour passed with the two nobodies surrounded by silence. Finally, right before Declan fell off to sleep, Angelica spoke, "Hey."
"Hey," he responded.
The room was silent again.
"What's up?" the boy spoke again, looking at the girl with his orbs. She scratched her olive arms. She looked towards him again, something new was in her eyes.
"Nothing much, you?"
"Just trying to sleep."
"It's pretty hot here."
"I think it's fine. Not too hot, not too cold."
"Really? Wow, you must be like a human ice cube or something." Declan chuckled after her remark.
"Eh, temperature just doesn't affect me, I just feel comfortably warm since I came here," Angelica was now sitting up, looking at him, "Like even in the rain outside, I just felt warm." She nodded.
"I wish that was me, I'm just so warm right now…" She looked around the room before slowly removing her shirt, revealing her extremely thin features. She coughed. Declan rolled towards her before turning away.
"What the-!"His hand covered his eye, "What are you doing?"
"I'm just wearing my pajamas!" She fired back, "I don't sleep with a shirt on, plus it's too hot for a shirt!"
"Just," Declan stammered before finishing his thought, "Just cover up or something, I don't wannna see that!"
"Relax, prude," She ran a hand through her hair, "It's the same as me wearing a bikini top." She huffed before sliding under the covers of her bed. Despite being in an unfamiliar place, the beds in the infirmary were rather comfortable, causing one of the two to fall asleep rather rapidly.
Declan's eyes opened as he felt a figure squeeze him tight, like he was being hugged. A head nuzzled into his chest, causing him to look down. Black and blonde hair was below him. One hand slowly made its way across his chest, trying to persuade him.
"Dude!" Green eyes shot up, locking with his magenta ones. She stared at him for a moment before her eyes closed and she tried to move closer to his face, "Dude!" He pushed her off as he leapt out of bed, "What the hell are you doing?"
"Doing what we both want." She laid there looking at him longingly, still shirtless.
"I don't know who this we is, but it ain't me."
"Come on, you know you want me to." As soon as she barely finished what she was saying, he fired off.
"You're seventeen!" His hands animatedly shot up, illustrating his point, "I'm twenty-four! This!" He pointed to both of them, "This ain't happening!"
"Whatever, prude," She looked away, angry, "It's not like I haven't had anyone older than you." She rose and went to her bed.
"You what?" Declan moved back to his bed after she left, "That's like an eight year difference! That guy was in third grade when you were still in diapers!"
"It wasn't a guy, and she was thirty."
"Holy… That person was in the midst of puberty when you were just squeezing out of your mom!" He scratched his head, "What's wrong with you?"
"No mother, no father," She rolled over in her bed, not wanting to talk to the boy, "What do you expect of me? To be some saint? Some angel?" She sat up, eyes locked on Declan, "Well, I'm not. Just shut up and go to sleep!" She pulled the sheet up as she slammed her head onto her pillow.
Declan looked down, confused. He took one final glance around the room before reclining his head down to the pillow. Disappointed in his earlier actions when he first met the girl, he muttered one final word before drifting off to sleep, "Sorry."
Well, that's Ch. 2! It's pretty long, haha, oh well, I want to maybe write longer chapters once more characters appear in this story. Also, don't worry about the whole sexy bits, I'm keeping this story strictly Teen, which means no sexual content, but allusions to it are fine... I think... Anyways! I'm going to go pass out, it's almost 2 in the morning here! Also, next chapter and the chapters after, I'm hoping to have some more characters so I can finally put some more relationships/bonds and also have some actual action/story relating to what Organization XIII does. I think that's all... If you have an OC you want to submit, just use the form on the first chapter as a guide! You can add as many details as you'd like, or just keep it simple! There's still a ton of spots left! I think that's pretty much it for now, so take it easy, I'll update ASAP, Peace.
-Toto