Hiii there. ^^…Chapter four! Finally! Phew…anyway…^^ Thanks to all of you who reviewed and favorited this story! I really appreciate it. :D And I've realized something. There are a few stories on Fanfiction that have a plot similar to that of this story. I just want everyone to know that I haven't stolen anybody's stories, okay? That goes for all the stuff I write, and I would never try to steal any of your stories. Such as upside-down-boat's KH story, Cure. It's very similar to this, I've realized. I would never try to steal such a wonderful story! :D I started writing this before I read it. XD Anyway, now that that's cleared up, on with the show!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts in any way, shape, or form. I only own the OCs and the plot. ^^

Another Disclaimer: I'm not stealing upside-down-boat's story, Cure, and all the ideas in this story are purely my own. Nor would I ever try to steal boat's great story! X3 This plot is entirely from my own mind. :)

Chapter Four

When Roxés woke up, it was pouring rain outside. As she sat up, she saw that Shixam was gone, probably already eating breakfast. Glancing out the window, Roxés saw lightning burst into the sky, lighting it up for a moment before it dimmed to gray again. She looked down at herself, a bit disgusted. She hadn't changed since she got there, after all! Deciding to see if their clothes had been delivered yet, she walked over to the dresser on her side of the room and opened it. She sighed in relief when she saw that all her other clothes had been delivered safe and sound, and it looked like all of her old clothes were there. A thought of how they had gotten her clothes in the first place flashed through her mind, but she ignored it as she picked out a new outfit. Since she was alone in there anyway, she locked the already closed door and changed quickly, throwing her old clothes onto her bed. She would have to see where she could get them washed later. She really wanted to shower as well, but she saw that just brushing her hair would have to suffice for now, as she didn't know where the showers were in the building. She went to the bathroom at the end of the hall with her bag that held her tooth brush and tooth paste and things like that, and finished up everything she had to do in there, then walking towards the direction of the dining hall. Suddenly, as she was walking, she bumped into somebody.

"Why hello there, Roxés," Aldis said upon seeing her. This was the last person that Roxés wanted to talk to.

Did he find out about us trying to sneak into that lab…? she thought.

"Hi," she replied, trying to seem as casual as possible.

"Where are you off to?" Aldis asked, adjusting his glasses.

"I was just going to go get some breakfast," she said with a little nervous laugh on the end. She wished with all of her being that she hadn't laughed like that.

"Oh, I see," Aldis nodded. Roxés couldn't tell what he was thinking from his expression. He seemed to be good at hiding his thoughts.

"So they did sneak in…" she suddenly heard his voice and jumped a little.

"W-What?" she said quickly.

"Hm? I didn't say anything," he replied.

"But I thought that I just…heard you say something," she tried not to give anything away.

"I really didn't say anything," he said, looking completely serious about what he said. "Are you feeling alright?" Aldis looked more serious all of a sudden. "The way you're talking is a bit odd, and you seem out of sorts."

"No, I'm fine," she shook her head, desperately wanting to get out of the conversation and over to her friends, who were in the dining room.

"Have strange things happened? Things you can't explain?" he started to sound a bit eager. "Things you couldn't do before?"

"Uh…" Roxés backed up a step.

"Aldis," there was a call from around the corner, and Aldis turned to look as another man came into the hall. He motioned for Aldis to follow him and then went back around the corner silently.

"Ah, right," Aldis adjusted his glasses again, the lights on the ceiling reflecting off them. "Looks like I'm needed right now. Tell me or another staff member if you start feeling sick." And with that, he walked away down the hall. Roxés watched him go for a moment, thinking of what had just happened. Then, she walked into the dining room.

"Ah, she lives! About time you woke up, Roxés!" Matrix called to her, waving. He was the first one to have seen her, and everyone else turned as well. She walked over after getting some food and joined her friends at the table.

"Good morning," she yawned. Everyone else greeted her, and Demyx looked quite enthusiastic that morning.

"What's going on?" Roxés smiled, though she was still mainly thinking about her conversation with Aldis.

"We were all talking about these weird power things we have," Demyx told her. "And we thought that we should try to find out more about them today."

"Just some experimentation," Zexion added. "If we can figure out which ability each one of us has, it will probably be easier to learn more about them."

"So, we were looking at this map to try to find an empty room," Shixam continued the long explanation. "And we found a room that's perfect! It's empty, out of the way, and not in the restricted section!"

"Oh, that sounds great," Roxés nodded. There was a pause for a second.

"Is something the matter?" Matrix asked her. "You seem different."

"Well…I was just talking to Aldis right outside the door," she explained.

"Really? What did he say?" Shixam asked.

"He sorta creeped me out, really," Roxés said. "He was asking me how I was and stuff, then I seriously thought I heard him say…'So they did sneak in'."

"Wait, he knows?" Axel asked quickly.

"Well, when I said 'what?' after I thought that I heard him say that, he said that he didn't say anything."

"Probably lying," Axel shrugged.

"Does this mean we're going to get in trouble?" Demyx asked.

"Hang on," Zexion said, cutting Demyx off. "Roxés, you're saying that Aldis said, 'So they did sneak in,' correct?"

"Yeah," Roxés nodded.

"I thought you all just saw some lab through an open door," he continued bluntly. "You said that you didn't sneak into anywhere, and yet now…"

"Oh," Roxés said, realizing her mistake. "Oops."

"Could you tell us the whole truth?" Zexion asked.

"Fine, fine," Shixam nodded. She dropped her voice to a whisper so that only those at the table could hear.

"We snuck over to the restricted section," she explained, "and then they made me crawl through some vent to get into a lab then Axel shouted down the vent and Aldis saw me."

"You think that he saw you?" Caelix asked. "What happened after that?"

"Then we ran," Demyx added.

"That's when we met you back at the library," Roxés concluded the explanation. She looked around, noticing something for the first time. "Where's Soriox? And Roxas?"

"Well, I don't think that Roxas really knows about this supernatural power situation yet," Zexion replied. "But as for Soriox, he's finding Xaldin to tell him which room we're in. They'll probably meet us there."

"Oh, okay," Roxés nodded.

"Well, I'm done," Matrix said, unceremoniously throwing his plastic plate over into the washing bin and standing up. "Let's get going." He grinned as he made his way to the door. "Aren't you guys coming?"

"Yeah, we're coming!" Shixam nodded as she threw her plate in as well. "Come on guys, let's go!" Each of them finished quickly so not to keep the others waiting, and then they all made their way out of the room.

But once they all got to the room, they found that Soriox and Xaldin weren't there yet.

"Hm. I wonder what's keeping them," Zexion said passively as he sat down in one of the chairs that had been pushed to the side of the room. Roxés looked around the room to see that it was very wide and had a fairly high ceiling. Maybe used for meetings in the past. There were two windows on one wall, and the pouring rain could be seen through them.

"So, what do you think of the room we found?" Shixam asked Roxés, smiling.

"This looks like it will be great," Roxés replied.

"Hopefully we won't get caught in here," Xavier said quietly. Just then, the door opened and Soriox and Xaldin walked inside.

"Sorry we're late," Xaldin said quickly as they made their way over to one of the two tables in the room.

"What's with the bags?" Matrix asked inquisitively after seeing the large backpacks they were carrying.

"Well, Xaldin thought that we should get some stuff that goes along with different ailments," Soriox replied.

"Elements," Xaldin corrected him.

"Ah, right. Elements." Everyone else watched as they took things out of the bags. They were everyday things, a clump of dirt there, a leaf here, and soon, everything was spread out on the floor.

"Here," Xaldin handed a water bottle to Demyx. "Soriox explained to me that your ability is water. I think that this might help you test your skills a bit."

"Thanks," Demyx nodded, taking the bottle from him.

"Though I'm not sure what we can do for testing Axel's ability, considering that we suspect that it's fire. We don't want to burn anything down, that's for sure," Xaldin pondered what to do.

"Well, let's just not test it then," Axel shrugged.

"But then how will you learn how to use it?" Shixam asked. Axel shrugged again and remained silent.

"Come on, let's start!" Matrix said eagerly as he descended upon the testing stations. Everyone took turns going around the room and seeing if something happened when they touched something. Even Xaldin tested a few, knowing that he too must have some sort of ability. For a while, nothing happened, but suddenly, Shixam shouted,

"I've got something here!"

"Which one?" Xaldin asked.

"The piece of metal…" she said without turning around. She sounded like she was struggling with something.

"Is something wrong?"

"Uh…" she turned around and showed her hand to everyone. The piece of metal seemed to have formed around it into some sort of glove like shape. "And look at this, it moves freely with my hand. As if it were a liquid rather than a solid."

"Weird," Matrix said. "But cool all the same." He walked over to take a look, and everyone else followed, gathering around Shixam.

"There's one thing though…" Shixam said.

"What?" Roxés asked.

"I…uh…don't exactly know how to get it off," Shixam said embarrassedly.

"Oh," Xaldin said, his eyebrows coming to together in thought. "That can't be good." Just at that moment, they suddenly all heard footsteps in the hallway, and they fell silent. Voices could be heard outside the door, but it was hard to make out what they were saying. Roxés could barely understand it.

"When is the…going to…?" That was Aldis's voice. Roxés wished that she could actually hear him. Matrix almost immediately went over to the door and put his ear up against it, and Roxés followed. She was about to put her ear up against the door when she suddenly heard the voices perfectly. But it was like stereo. Through her ears she heard a soft whisper of voices, but in her head they registered loud and clear somehow.

"I think she's coming in a few minutes," that was Verity.

"Hikari is bringing her over, right?" Aldis asked.

"Yes, she is," Verity replied. "Anyway, how are all of them developing?"

"Fairly good," Aldis answered. "I have noticed something. I think that Roxés's powers are beginning to develop. I haven't really seen anything from the others yet, though."

"Ah, I see," Verity said. "By the way, do you think that everyone else will be getting here soon?"

"I don't really know…" Aldis's voice suddenly faded as the two of them walked away and Roxés suddenly noticed Matrix waving his hand in front of her face.

"Hello? Earth to Roxés!" he said, wondering if she was zoning out or not.

"Huh?" she said. "Weren't you listening to them too?"

"What do you mean? Their voices faded away a while ago. You've been spacing out for a while," he told her.

"Really? You didn't hear them at all?" Roxés asked.

"Uh…nope," Matrix smiled. "You sure you're feeling okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine…" Roxés mumbled, for the second time that day wondering what had just happened. She turned back to Shixam to see that she had finally managed to get the metal off of her hand.

"Well, we know what my power is now!" she grinned. "Metal! It's like I'm an alchemist or something!" She giggled a bit as Roxés turned to everyone else.

"Anyone else find anything out?" she asked.

"No, nothing," Zexion shook his head. "It seems that some of our abilities might go beyond the restrictions of the four base elements. It's going to be hard to figure them all out."

"Well, I'm sure we'll find them all out soon," Soriox smiled.

"Oh, hey, watch this!" Demyx, who was over at the window, called. They watched as he turned back towards the window. He lifted his hand, and as he traced a finger along the glass, one of the droplets of water from the rain clinging to the window followed the exact trail that his finger made. "I'm getting better at this!" Suddenly, there was a noise of a loudspeaker turning on, and they all instinctively looked up.

"Hey there everyone," Verity's gentle voice came onto the loudspeaker. "It seems that we have a new arrival here today. So, everyone come to the main meeting room to meet her. If you don't know where that is, it's just down the hall from the cafeteria. You'll see it on your map." The loudspeaker turned off abruptly with a bit of a squeal and Soriox covered his ears at the noise.

"New arrival?" Axel said. "Do they mean someone like us or one of those crazy scientists?"

"Well, only one way to find out," Caelix shrugged. Everyone gave some sign of agreement, and they started to file out. Xaldin, who was at the end of the group, thought he heard something back in the room and turned around to look. He stood there for a moment, gazing intently into the room.

"Is something wrong?" Caelix asked, coming up behind him.

"No…it's nothing," he said, turning around and walking back to the group with Caelix. Little did Xaldin know that if he had looked just a little bit higher, he would have noticed the disguised security camera quietly moving back and forth on its track, filming everything that happened in the room.

It didn't take long for everyone to gather in the meeting room. Matrix had snagged the largest group of couches and chairs he could find as soon as he set foot in the room, and now the group was seated.

"Hey, I haven't seen you guys in a while," Roxas smiled, joining them. "What have you guys been doing?"

"Just reading in the library and such," Matrix replied quickly. Roxés saw that Roxas didn't look skeptical of the answer at all. And she also noted that it seemed that both Axel and Matrix were pros at lying.

A few minutes later, Aldis and Verity walked into the room, followed by another woman and a girl who looked to be around the teens' ages. Aldis cleared his throat and the room fell silent.

"Everyone, this," he motioned to the woman, who had long blonde hair and bright blue eyes, "is Hikari. She's new here on staff." Hikari gave a wide smile, and actually looked quite friendly. Roxés noted that Hikari was wearing a long, flowing black dress under her coat. Although Roxés wondered how Hikari was going to do any work wearing such formal clothes, she didn't linger long on the question, and instead turned her eyes onto the teenage girl, who hadn't been introduced yet. This girl also had blonde hair, although hers wasn't even near as long as Hikari's. And unlike Hikari, the girl's eyes were a darker shade of blue, while Hikari's eyes were quite light. Roxés wondered to herself why she was comparing the two of them but was pulled out of her thoughts when Aldis began to speak again.

"And this," he motioned to the girl, "is Saxasra. She will be joining you all here. Please treat her kindly."

"He sounds like a school teacher," Matrix snickered quietly. Aldis nodded to Saxasra, and she looked around the room, trying to find a friendly looking group. When she saw Roxés's group, she walked over and offered up a smile.

"Hi," she said. Everyone greeted her in some fashion.

"So, you're new here, huh?" Demyx said after a short pause in which some of them worried no one would say anything.

"Mm-hm," Saxasra nodded. "I really don't see why we all have to stay here though."

"Well, let's just say that I think that these scientists have a screw loose," Matrix smirked.

"Just one?" Axel asked.

"Anyway, why don't we show you around?" Shixam asked. "You'll need to know where everything is."

"Thanks, I'd love that!" Saxasra smiled wider, glad that she had found friends so quickly. The group of teens left the room, as did the other groups of people after a while. Once the room was empty, Aldis turned to Hikari.

"Welcome to the facility," he said simply.

"Glad to be here," Hikari smiled. "It's been a while since I've seen you guys!"

"It has, hasn't it," Verity nodded.

"So, how's everyone looking?" Hikari asked.

"We haven't seen any significant reactions yet, but they'll probably start to show signs of change soon," Aldis told her.

"Oh, good so I didn't miss it," Hikari went on happily.

"So anyway…" Aldis continued dryly, perhaps wondering how Hikari could possibly be so happy all the time, "I think that now would be the time to keep a sharp look out. We can't miss anything."

"Right," Hikari said, and Verity nodded.

"We'll need to--"

"Aldis!" a man suddenly ran into the room. Aldis turned to face him as he came over.

"What's wrong?" Aldis asked.

"I just got some security footage of one of the unused meeting rooms! You have to see this!" the man pulled out a portable camera that had a data disk pushed into one of the slots in the sides. Aldis watched the footage intently while Hikari tried to see it over his shoulder and Verity stood where she was, already expecting what was coming.

"Hm…" Aldis murmured upon the tape ending. "Interesting."