A/N: Chapter 2! WooHoo! XD

"This place is kinda nice, but really creepy," Pix muttered to herself as she looked around at the tall trees. The sun filtered through the leaves, but instead of making the woods seem friendly, the shadows were very dark and sinister. She shivered and quickly skipped along the path she had found, not sure where it led, but sure that it led somewhere. She started humming quietly and looked around, poking under some trees along the path. Then she saw the break in the trees and headed towards it. It opened into a clearing, with a huge mansion in the middle and protective walls running around it. Pix looked the place over and whistled.

"I wonder if this could be what we were looking for." She mumbled as she walked over to the gate. Heavy chains kept it closed, but the intricately worked metal had plenty of hand and foot holds. Pix rubbed her hands together and then scurried over the wall, agile like a squirrel, and dropped down on the other side. The back of her mind told her she should go and look for Axel, but her curiosity got the better of her. She quietly walked up to the door and tried the knob. It was locked. She put her hand over the lock and closed her eyes. Wind whistled through the lock and pushed the tumblers out of the way and the door swung open slightly with a squeak. Pix grimaced and slipped through, leaving the door open a jar behind her. The place was surprisingly clean for an abandoned place, but lots of stuff was broken, like a fight had taken place. She went off to the right and peeked inside a door and found it was only an empty room with a busted table in its center. A small book was sitting on the table, so Pix slipped inside to look at it. It was filled with drawings, and they were really odd. She scowled thoughtfully when she saw an odd design, but she heard something go thump upstairs so she put the book back to go investigate. She slunk silently up the stairs and strained her ears to catch the slightest sound. Nothing else was heard, so she closed her eyes and felt the air currents around her. There was someone in the room to her left, but only one person, who was sitting quietly and sketching something. The room to her right was what caught her attention. The air was moving funny there, like there was a lot of it but it was blocked by something, and there were two people down there. She moved to the right and carefully opened the door. More books lined the wall, and a really ugly statue was staring at the floor. A table stood in the middle of the room and yellow outlines caught her eye. She padded over to look at it and noticed a yellow crayon next to an unfinished design. She studied it and realized that it was the design she had seen in the notebook. She hesitated for a moment, then grabbed the crayon and carefully filled it in and jumped back beside the statue. Nothing happened. She let out a slow sigh, and then the floor suddenly vanished to reveal a staircase leading down into a cellar. She gasped and then carefully lay down on her stomach and crawled over to the edge. Holding her hair out of the way she slowly leaned over the edge to see what was down there. It was a small room, with a door that was all blocked off, and another door right below her that lead deeper into the cellar. Voice drifted towards her and she decided to check it out. Slipping down the stairs she slunk through the door and hid in the shadows at the other end to listen to what was going on.

"I do not understand why they are not doing what I had planned."

"Maybe their programming is faulty."

"Nonsense."

Pix peeked around the corner and saw two men looking at a lot of computer screens. They were both tall, but one was sitting and he wore a long red jacket and what looked like a bunch of red belts wrapped around his head. The other was leaning over him, and Pix stifled a gasp when she realized he was wearing an Organization cloak! Who was it? The voice sounded vaguely familiar, yet different. Pix slowly backed away from the door, intending to run back to town and get Axel, but as she backed up, her foot hit a pipe that was leaning against the wall and it slid to the floor with a loud clatter. Pix froze, holding her breath, preying that the two men wouldn't think anything of it.

"Who's there?" The man in red stood in the doorway. Pix unfroze and dashed back up the stairs.

"After her!"

Pix blotted out of the room and dashed down the stairs to the small landing and then vaulted over the landing. She landed gracefully and dashed for the door, hoping that her pursuer would give up and not follow. She reached the front door and yanked it open, running outside and towards the gates.

"Stop!"

Damn it! They were still following her, though if they thought she would stop now they were nuts. She flung herself at the gate and scrambled up faster then before. She leaped over the top and used the air to cushion her fall, then ran into the woods. Her breath was coming in quick gasps now, and she didn't know if he was still following her or not. She chanced a quick glance over her shoulder and saw that no one was following her, but then she slammed into something with a startled cry. The man with the cloak grabbed her arms and spun her around, clamping his gloved hand over her mouth. She tried biting him, but the thick leather protected him so she contented herself with drooling on it as much as she could. He tried to force her to march forward but she dug her heels in stubbornly and refused to move. He solved this problem by picking her up and holding her in front of him so she promptly started kicking at his shins and knees. He grunted and shifted her to the side, holding her up with one hand and keeping the other firmly over her mouth. She growled and twisted and shouted all kinds of muffled curses into his hand. Then she remembered something Xigbar had told her, that a person who was all tensed up was actually lighter then if they were limp. She had laughed at him, pointing out the perverseness in what he had just said, but decided now it was worth a try. Obviously she didn't weigh that much to begin with, but decided she had nothing to lose so she let herself go limp. By the time she was carried back to the mansion the man was sweating and mumbling curses of his own. Pix grinned. He lugged her down the stairs and back into the room with the computers.

"You didn't kill her did you?" the man with the red belt mask asked when they got back in the room.

"If I had I wouldn't have bothered dragging her all the way back now would I?" her captor growled, swinging her back to the front and loosening his grip on her. Pix immediately seized her chance and ripped herself free from his grasp, spun around, and nailed the guy in the crouch. He cursed and dropped and Pix leapfrogged over him, dashing for the entrance. Her plan was foiled however because the guy managed to grab her ankle and sent her crashing to the floor. She kicked at his hand but he refused to let go.

"Just what…do you plan to do…with her anyway Diz?" The man growled, trying to hide the sound of his pain.

"I plan on sending her to Roxas, give him a new playmate to keep him company." The man reached over and pushed a button and the door closed. The cloaked man let go of her ankle and she scrambled away from him, exploring the door with the air and trying to force it open but it wouldn't budge. She decided that taking them out would be her best bet, so she picked up a random pot sitting on a work bench and threw it at the cloaked guy, who was slowly getting to his feet. He threw up his arm and it shattered. Pix picked up another pot and threw it at the red guy, Diz, but he swatted it aside too.

"You're an energetic one aren't you?" the cloaked man said, a hint of amusement in his voice. Pix glared and looked around for something else to throw.

"Looks like you're out of ammunition."

Pix snorted and summoned her bow staff to her. It was as tall as she was and made of fire hardened mahogany wood with two shard spikes on either end. Gold metal was swirled around it in smoky patterns and two strips of leather were perfectly spaced for her hands. She held it out in front of her in a guard position and glared at them both. They looked at her, the red man's eye slightly wide with surprise.

"I want answers!" Pix shouted.

"Answers to what exactly?" Diz asked.

"Why I'm here for one. I didn't hear or see anything important so why trouble yourselves to bring me back?"

"You see, no one can know I am here my dear. Unfortunately we had no choice but to catch you and bring you back so you couldn't tell anyone what you saw."

"Like I even know who you're hiding from! Who the hell is Roxas?"

"Roxas is a test subject of mine."

"Like a lab rat?"

"More or less."

"Pleasant. I've decided I don't like you." She turned slightly to the cloaked man and leveled the point of her staff at him. "Why do you have an Organization cloak?"

"You know of Organization XIII?" he asked.

"Of course I know them! I'm part of it!" she shouted. Both men fell silent and exchanged a glance.

"If you're part of the Organization, why don't you know Roxas?"

"I haven't been there long. Was he a member too?"

"Yes."

"Well that must be one of the missing members they were talking about. What have you done with him?"

"Would you like to find out?" Diz asked.

"I'm not talking to you belt man!" Pix snarled.

He smirked slightly, "She reminds me of our young friend Sora, doesn't she?" he asked the cloaked guy. He didn't respond, but his silent staring was starting to creep Pix out.

"I think we should let her meet him, instead of putting her with Roxas."

"Hmmm…yes…I can see the positional. Very well then."

"Stop talking like I'm not here!" she shouted and swung her staff in irritation. The cloaked guy jumped back and summoned his own weapon, an odd sword, shaped like a huge bat wing of red and blue. Pix tensed, ready for a fight, but Diz interrupted.

"Now, now you two. Not around my equipment please. Girl, if you would step through that door over here I'm sure it would answer some questions."

Pix glared. She had no intention of moving, but at the same time she was dying to know what was behind that door. She shuffled her feet, not wanting to do anything the man said, when the cloaked guy suddenly darted forward, odd sword raised. Pix responded instinctively and held her staff up to block the strike, but the sheer force of his hit drove her back a few steps and suddenly she was surrounded by a brilliant white and blue light.

"No! This has not been tested yet!"

"You said it had been!"

Pix wondered what the hell they were talking about when suddenly she felt really light headed. The last thing she saw as she crumpled to the ground was the cloaked man's face, his hood pushed back, rushing towards her in slow motion, a look of terror on his face.