Bruixe opened her eyes again, and this time she was painfully aware of what she needed to do.
She was alive. I can deal with that, she thought. But she had to find out why. Saïx or Xaldin – or somebody – should have come to finish her off by now. Why hadn't they? Not that she was complaining.
She forced herself to sit up despite the pain racking her body. She looked herself over, taking stock of her injuries. Broken wrist, she thought. Sprained knee… damn, something must've hit my stomach. Her entire abdomen was bruised and swollen, and her ribs were tender to the touch.A wicked cut ran from her right shoulder to the back of her right hip; from behind? she wondered. Sand had gotten into all her cuts. I must look like hell, she thought. Her skin – what was intact, at least – was caked with sand, and her long black hair was caught up in more ragged knots than Bruixe wanted to think about.
Bruixe pushed herself up off the sand, staggering as she put weight on her sprained knee. She raised her hand and opened a portal, not willing to walk the length of the beach to the Dark City.
She came through the portal in the glassy balcony area called Twilight's View, treading cautiously, but it was completely deserted. Not even Axel was around, and this was his favorite hangout. She staggered up the stairs, finding the great hall also mysteriously empty. Bruixe wanted to call out for someone, but if anyone was here, they'd likely kill her on sight.
Where was everyone? Even if some of them were out on missions… Bruixe took a mental checklist. Xemnas, Xigbar, Xaldin. Chances are Xaldin's out somewhere, but Xigbar's usually around. Xemnas is probably out on some balcony obsessing over Kingdom Hearts, she reasoned, smirking to herself. Saïx… he should be here. Axel's ran off… Demyx is dead, but Luxord should be here, too. Well, there was only one way to find out for sure. Time to take some risks.
She limped into the Proof of Existence, and stopped dead.
The place had been completely destroyed, debris scattered everywhere. The only two doors still standing were the ones into Saïx's and Luxord's quarters.
But the thing that shocked Bruixe the most was that almost all of the glowing entry stones were a deep, ruby red. She'd seen what became of those members of the Organization who died. Their stones turned the same red color she was seeing now. The only entry stone that remained its original sapphire blue was Roxas'.
She sat abruptly on the floor in front of Roxas' stone and gathered her thoughts. The entire Organization had been killed. And, judging by the fact that Roxas was still alive, it had been either him or his other, Sora, that had done it. Bruixe wanted to know if the ones who called themselves DiZ and Ansem had had anything to do with it.
She didn't mourn the deaths of those who had tried to kill her, but… before she left, Axel had confided in her that he was leaving, too. Bruixe wondered if he had ever found Roxas. And Naminé, what had happened to her? Surely the Keyblade master wouldn't have destroyed a young girl. She was said to have been the Nobody of the princess, Kairi. Had she found her other?
I guess it doesn't matter, she thought. They're all gone.
Bruixe stood painfully. I have nothing left, she realized dully. No Organization to punish me, no home to go back to. No heart.
I am the last Nobody.