The Resolve of All
Chapter 3: Repercussions
Lea had just gotten permission from Scrooge McDuck to leave early with a duffel bag of Sea-Salt Ice Cream. Lea made him so much money anyway; the boss didn't have to be a scrooge today.
"This should last a few days." Lea chuckled to himself.
Just then, when Lea turned the corner which led back home, he spotted Drex coming down the other side of the nearby alley. Lea pondered why his friend would wander around by himself.
"Hey Drex!" Lea tried to get his attention.
Drexbann looked up to see his pyro friend in concern... he had to tell him about the man in the black coat, but maybe he could wait until Roxas and Xion was with them.
"Lea, what are you doing out so early?" He approached him.
"Well, the boss said I deserved the rest of the day off and this." He motioned towards the duffel bag. "Said I was his favorite employee." He smirked.
"I find that hard to believe." Drex joked.
"Oh what do you know?" He smiled as he tossed the bag at his friend which he caught. "Anyway, what are you doing walking about? Still on patrol?"
"No... something happened..." Drex confessed.
"What? You get schooled by some Heartless? Don't worry about it, we all have an off day." Lea assumed.
"No, nothing like that, let's just talk in the house." Drex responded as he led them both back to their front door.
"Hey! Are you two decent?" Lea called out.
Roxas and Xion came around from the kitchen and approached their two roommates with curious looks on their faces.
"Of course we're decent. What did you think we were doing?" Xion innocently asked.
"You never know, nowadays." Drex replied as he plopped down on a chair in the sitting room.
"Why are you two home so early today?" Roxas inquired.
"Well, I got all of my work done real quick, but I don't know about Drex..." Lea answered.
"Here Roxas," Drex tossed the bag to the blond. "Put that in the freezer. And guys... sit down; I've got some stuff to tell you..."
After Roxas put the ice cream in the freezer, he joined his roommates in the sitting room to listen to what Drex had to say to them.
"Alright, something happened today during patrol..." Drex began.
"Wait, is Leon okay?" Xion inquired.
"He's fine." Drex continued. "Now as I was saying, during the patrol we were attacked... not just by Heartless but also, by Nobodies..."
"What?!" They said in unison.
"Then a man in a black coat showed up and defeated us both so easily, and I lost my swords..." He confessed.
"That's... impossible." Xion stated in fear.
"Maybe this had something to do with Mickey's letter." Lea pointed out.
"Letter? What letter?" Drex questioned.
"After you left, a dog sent us a message saying that Mickey and his friends were looking for help." Roxas informed.
"If the Organization is somehow coming back to life then we have to help." Drex declared.
"We're all in this together. So how about tomorrow we'll head over to where Mickey said to meet him." Xion affirmed.
"Great. But guys... there's something more to the attack." Drex revealed.
"What is it?" They all pried.
"I... I think I know who it was..."
"Really? Someone you knew?" Lea asked.
"Yes... listen though... long ago in my old home world I had some very good friends, like you guys..." Drex continued his story. "There were five of them though and all of us always hung out together... Then that tragic day came... and... I destroyed us all..."
"So you think one of your friends attacked you today? And that they could be in the new Organization?" Xion wanted to clarify. "How do you know?"
"That voice… There's no mistaking it..." Drex almost whispered to himself.
"What are your friends' names?" Roxas asked.
"Former friends I would imagine by now, their names were... Mark, Skyler, Fate, Alliana, and Mona." He stated.
"They sound like great guys." Lea said sarcastically.
"We should mention this to that Master Yen Sid Mickey mentioned in his letter." Xion advised.
"Let's get ready then." Roxas nodded.
The next day Roxas, Xion, Lea, and Drex had all taken their Organization coats out of storage and put them back on.
"Didn't think we'd need these again." Xion commented.
"Then why did we keep them?" Lea asked.
"Nostalgia?" Drex joked.
"Should we still use dark corridors?" Roxas inquired.
"I don't know any other way to get around." Lea responded.
"What about Merlin?" Xion suggested.
"We shouldn't need to bother with him." Drex replied.
"Yeah, I'm sure we'll be fine." Lea comforted. We've all had to develop some resistance to the darkness. Trust me."
Lea then summoned a dark corridor which whisked the four of them away through the dark pathways that connected the worlds. Eventually, the four friends had their feet meet soft green grass and they were next to the Mysterious Tower...
Two black coated figures had teleported in front of Lea's old family house. They let down their hoods only to reveal that they were just kids!
One of them was a girl with long, wavy pastel pink hair. She looked like she was about 15, but she also had a couple of scars on her face and she wore glasses in front of a pair of golden eyes.
The other one was a young man of 17 and he had purple hair in a slim, yet fashioned style; it reached to the middle of his back and had two bangs covering the sides of his face. On the back side, it was spiked up partway.
His left eye was also pupil-less so it looked like he could only see out of one eye which was amber as well. He also had elvish shaped ears, and with them he had earrings in the shape of the Nobody symbol.
"Fate... this is their residence?" He coldly spoke.
"Yes." She simply replied but then decided to ask her comrade something else. "...Xylersk, do we really need to do this?"
Xylersk smirked. "Have you lost your nerve already?"
"No... It's just... this seems so... unnecessary." She weakly replied.
"You deem the Master's wishes unnecessary?" Xylersk questioned.
"No! Of course not." She assured him.
"Then I suggest speaking only when you're spoken to." He retorted. "Understand?"
"Yes." She nodded.
Xylersk was about to carry out his mission with Fate when suddenly another dark corridor opened up right next to the two of them and out came one of their allies.
"Alliana, what are you doing here?" Fate greeted.
Alliana was 17 years old and she had black hair which was tied in a low ponytail that looked like a rope. The Asian girl also has bear claw-like scars on her shoulders. She also has long scar which winded down from the corner of her left eye to the base of her neck. She glared intently at her friends with golden eyes...
"What does it look like? The Master ordered me to make sure Xylersk doesn't overdo it again." She stated.
"Really? You weren't complaining when I was dealing with Brendan and his friend earlier." He responded.
"You almost killed them." Alliana reminded.
"But I didn't..." He smirked. "And when I told our old friend-"
"Wait. You talked to him?" Alliana inquired.
"Yes, I gave him a verbal warning."
"Knowing him, he probably figured out who you are just by your voice." She said.
"And that, my dear Alliana, will make it all the more easier for him to find us." He stated.
"We've been ordered to take care of him yes, but also Roxas, Axel, and the doll." She clarified.
"It'll be a cakewalk..." He turned back to the house. "His friend called him Drex... is that his new name?"
"Drex... I like that." Fate chimed in. "Hey Alliana, how is Mona doing?"
"She's still unstable. She might not make it." She answered worriedly.
"Sora will replace her number if her condition worsens. If she's not strong enough to serve the Master then she's useless..." Xylersk coldly proclaimed.
"Skyler... what happen to you?" Fate came close to tears. "We're all still supposed to be friends!"
"You've changed..." Alliana noted.
"Well... losing your heart will do that to you..." He darkly replied. "But I'm not alone... You and Mark have changed more that than I."
"At least we aren't slaves to vengeance." She retorted. "Are you that obsessed with destroying Brendan?"
"I am not shackled to such animosity... But how can any of you not have as much distaste for him as I? Need I remind you that it was his fault that we lost everything? He destroyed our home." Xylersk growled.
"Are you going to keep rambling or are you going to do the job?" She dodged.
And with that Xylersk dropped the conversation and he and Fate each created a large and powerful fireball and launched them at the house. The Sea-Salt gang's home was caught aflame! With the help of Alliana's wind power, she fanned the fire and it burned down to the foundation and then it finally collapsed into a pile of burning ash...
"Just like your home... your lives will be reduced to ashes..."
And the three of them left via dark corridor to return to their Master in the wake of the inferno they have left behind...
A/N- How ominous... Will our heroes be able to handle these new foes? Former friends turned enemy? What will we see next time? Well you're just going have to wait. To the owners of Fate, Skyler, and Alliana: you like how I portrayed them? PM if you have any questions or concerns. Mona and Mark will be introduced soon. By the way, Reviews=Updates :)