Mmkay, gonna head on and make chapter four. Maybe there will be five or six chapters, so this short story is coming to a close! :3
Axel was weaving through the glass containers and tubes in Vexen's lab. It was a real drag, trying not to even set a HAIR out of line. If a beaker was moved even slightly, Axel was sure Vexen would notice.
Now where was that stupid pile of Nobodies? Now that Demyx was safely hiding, and they decided he would skip his jobs for the day, they didn't even need a clone anymore. Fine time for the thing to get lost.
Then, suddenly, Axel heard the flush of a toilet and automatically ducked behind a particularly large computer. Vexen came out of what was apparently his own personal bathroom, wiping his hands.
No fair. He has his own bathroom. Axel watched as Vexen picked up a stack of papers and began looking through them, mumbling. It seemed as if he was going to be there for a while – especially when he took a seat in a nearby chair that happened to have a perfect view of the computer Axel was keeping cover behind.
Shoot. There were two options now. Warp away – which made a really loud noise that Vexen would recognize – or come out of hiding. Both of them seemed totally out of the question.
Axel hoped that Roxas and Xion wouldn't come walking by looking for him. Not with Vexen right there.
Luckily for Axel, Xion was far across the lab, examining a large computer screen. The keyboard was filled with buttons, with letters on them – and a few had weird symbols or numbers, or even just a color.
Xion couldn't help it. She reached out and pressed the big square button with the letter G on it –
And the whole screen went completely blue.
"Eek!" She exclaimed. What if she broke something! What if that was the self-destruct button disguised as a G? Vexen was going to FREAK OUT!
She quickly moved away from the computer and started looking for Roxas. The Nobodies they were looking for obviously weren't here – because by now both Roxas and Axel were probably finished searching.
Plus, she wanted to leave before Vexen came back looking for some chemical or something and saw the messed up PC screen.
Xion, looking around wildly, headed off in the direction Roxas had travelled, twisting through the mess of tables and glass things.
She bumped one table, making the precariously placed beakers teeter from side to side for a few seconds – but they eventually laid still and she moved on. "Roxas?" She whispered, hoping for a reply.
She turned a corner then, coming into a head-on collision with Roxas. This would have been okay – because she was looking for him, after all – but they stumbled backwards together and knocked a table over. The glass shattered everywhere across the floor, making a really loud noise. ((A/N DANGGG!))
"Xion!" Roxas gasped, too shocked to move.
Xion dragged him to his feet. "Hide! I hear someone coming!"
The pair ran around the corner without bothering to ask each other any of the crucial questions, like, "did you find the Nobodies," or "where's Axel?"
They could infer.
Roxas did look back, however, to see Vexen appearing to examine what happened. He seemed really ticked off and started growling to himself about how expensive the glass was. Just before he looked up and spotted Xion and Roxas, though, Axel appeared behind him and pulled his hood over his eyes, tightening the cord.
He motioned for them to leave. When Axel motions, it's best to just follow them and not question it.
Roxas tugged on Xion's sleeve and both of them ran around the struggling Vexen and up the staircase, out of the lab.
They stood there, wheezing, once they were finally home free.
"I'm guessing nobody found them," Axel muttered. Both Roxas and Xion shook their heads.
"Unless they've been moving everywhere, they're probably in the Gray Room," Roxas pointed out miserably. "We have to go look."
They headed down the hallway, and entered their lounge – to a serious surprise.
They found their Nobodies all right.
"You see, Demyx, the Trojan horse was used to get into the city. It was disguised as a gift. A peace offering, if you will, and they opened—" Zexion looked up. "Oh. Hello Number Eight. Thirteen, Fourteen." He nodded to each of them. "I was just telling Demyx here about—"
"We're going to need to take 'Demyx' for a moment," Axel said, grabbing the DemyClone's sleeve. With Roxas and Xion following, he dragged the Nobodies out of the Gray Room.
"Well that was pretty dumb," Roxas said. "Maybe the clone is better than we think it is."
At that point, Vexen walked by with some messed up hair and a bleeding cut on his hand – probably from glass. "Greetings, Eight, Thirteen, Nine." ((Ignores Xion, owo))
The trio glanced among each other in disbelief as Vexen disappeared into the Gray Room.
"Well, we still don't need it," Axel muttered. "So we should get rid of it now." He summoned his chakrams.
Xion's eyes went wide. "No!" She gasped. "Don't kill them!" She took the cloak off, and the two Nobodies tumbled to the ground and began twirling, finally out of the black veil that had been covering them.
"Xion, they're just Nobodies. Dancers, in fact."
"We're Nobodies, too!" Xion protested. "Don't kill them! It's mean!"
Axel looked at Roxas for support, but his friend just made puppy dog eyes at him. "Pleeeease Axel? Don't kill them!"
Axel buried his face in his palms and let his chakrams disappear. How did he become friends with these idiots? "Fine. We'll take them to Demyx and let him un-summon them. Happy now?"
Xion and Roxas cheered.
Axel was thinking about giving Roxas the silent treatment as they walked around looking for Demyx. "Dang, where's he hiding?"
Okay, REVIEW! I don't have much else to say, actually... so...
REVIEW! Lol, had enough of me yelling at you yet? It was fun to write this, and not so much fun so post, but.. what are you gonna do, right?
Posting chapter Five, which may or may not be the last chapter. Hoo rah!
