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Summary: Organization Thirteen has once again failed another attempt at destroying Sora and his friends. But they have something else in mind with the new plan. After having found an old book inside an abandoned library on The World of Monochrome, which had long since been thought to have been destroyed by an unknown ancient battle, said that there was not one, but fourteen key blade wielders. Now, armed with this knowledge, the Organization has set out to find the missing thirteen key blade wielders, corrupt them, and turn them against Sora and the others. Or will they?
Yeah, sorry for the long time without an update. Seems that my parents have been on my ass for a while about my brother. So here it finally is, Chapter four!
A Desperate Attempt at Nothingness
Yes, Siax really was doubting his sanity. But who was he to meddle in the affairs of another, especially those of his Superior?
His footfalls echoed along the corridor until he reached a rather large mahogany door. Settling his face into a more neutral façade, he pushed the door open and walked inside.
In the Lab
"No…This data must be wrong." Whispered Vexen from his seat in front of a rather large computer screen. Papers were scattered everywhere, charts were piled on any available surface. In the middle of the mayhem stood Vexen. The tall blond man was clutching a folder tightly as he read its contents, his fingers shaking as he turned from page to page.
"Should this be true, then… it would mean something greater than Kingdom Hearts…Something with power so unimaginable…" Vexen left off, muttering to himself as he stood to reach a device attached to the wall at the other end of the lab. It was one of his very latest inventions, one that he was quite proud of. After pushing a few buttons and receiving a series of beeps in response, he spoke into the machine which he so proudly called his "Voice". The "Voice" being a sort of communication system was wired around the whole castle, allowing its members to talk to each other without actually having to hunt the other down. It came in handy when one was too lazy to summon a portal.
"Zexion, please report to the lab immediately, I have something I have to speak to you about." He said, and hung up the receiver back on the wall.
A few moments later, Zexion stepped out of a portal a few feet away.
"What is it this time, Vexen? I already helped you figure out what to do about the unknown isotopes that we had been studyi-"Zexion said before he was cut off by a very serious Vexen.
"Zexion, the results have come back from the book and you won't believe what I have found." He said, motioning him to the computer screen and handing him the manila folder he had been reading.
After a few minutes of reading, Zexion stood back to look at Vexen. His face, to anyone but those that had spent many countless hours in close contact with the petite man, would have looked cool and collected. However Vexen knew better. He could see how Zexion's eyes showed a shrewed intellect that was processing all the information before him.
Minutes passed until Zexion finally spoke,"You do know that the Superior will probably go crazy as soon as he reads this, correct?
Vexen nodded.
"And that this could spell out a whole new objective for the Organization.
Again, Vexen nodded.
Zexion sighed, "Does the Keyblade Wielder know about this?"
"I highly doubt it or they would have been hunting for them by now." Said Vexen.
"We must inform the Superior immediately." Said Zexion as he formed another portal, "Make a copy of the data and we can go"
"Yes, yes, I'll be done in a minute."
- A few minutes later -
"Here we are" said Vexen as he handed Zexion the notes.
"Aren't you going to give them to him?" he asked, raising a brow.
"Are you kidding? He is liable to go crazy if he reads this! Better you than me." With that he stepped through the waiting portal.
In the Superior's office
A silver haired man sat behind a plain black desk. He wore the standard black uniform just as the others did, though he now regretted making it leather since it was chaffing him quite badly on his backside.
He shifted onto a more comfortable position and sighed. Before him were splayed hundreds of documents all related to one thing. His long life obsession. His dream. His reason for existing. The thing that he had been seeking before and after he gave his heart up to the darkness.
Kingdom Hearts.
To put it simply, it was a dream so close to being achieved yet so far away and distant that he was close to giving up hope.
The door to his office opened and someone stepped through.
"Sir, may I have a word?" asked Saix.
Saix stepped over a pile of papers and books to sit in one of the many cluttered chairs that were littered around the office.
"What do you want IIV?" Asked Xenmas, eyeing him warily. The blue haired member had been trying to talk to him about something, but he had been too busy to actually have time to listen to what it was.
" Sir, have you noticed the rather strange behavior that has been occurring between some to the members?" he asked, his normally stoic face giving way to lines of annoyance. " I've spotted Axel and Roxas acting rather… How should I put this… Childishly. Groping and man-handling each other, if you get what I mean." He glanced up at the Superior, and frowned when he saw that the man wasn't paying much attention, his eyes slightly glazed and his blinking slow and methodical. Siax gave an internal sigh, ' Damn it! His attention is worse than a human toddler… or Demyx.' Heaving another mental sigh, Siax settled back in his chair, grimacing when he felt the crinkling of papers as he shifted. Looking back up, he studied Xenmas's face for a minute. His features, albeit distracted, were settled in a frown. He was always frowning. Thinking back, Saix realized that unlike the other Nobodies, he never really tired to put up a façade of emotions. He just… was.
"Err… IIV are you feeling ill?" Asked the superior.
"Yes, perfectly fine! Why do you ask?" said Saix, snapping out of his mental reverie.
"It's just that… your face is … Well no matter." He said, completely oblivious to his musings. "Yes, I have myself witnessed this childish "groping" and find that it does distract them from their missions. So yes Saix, they will be told to end their behavior."
Saix nodded his thanks. 'Finally! Some peace and quiet. Perhaps now things will move along a bit more smoothly.' Siax stood from his chair, inclining his head slightly at his Superior and he trudged back out the door, making sure to step on the least number of papers as possible.
Good googlymoogly! Re-wrote/edited this chapter a bit. Not too much as the others but enough to make a real difference. Like before, no beta so please excuse any grammatical errors! *head-desk* Gotta get me a beta soon…
Anywho~ I do hope that you guys are enjoying how the fic is progressing so far. I do plan to add in some Xenmas x Siax later on, just don't know when. Hmmm… should be interesting. *evil chuckle*
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Cheers!
Andreios