Disclaimer: Okay this is the last one I'm doing for the story. I DON'T OWN KINGDOM HEARTS.
Luxord walked into what appeared to an abandoned warehouse with the other kids. The thirteen year old looked around, bright blue eyes glowing in the darkness. His head pounded, but of course that was simply a side effect of his powers. Xigbar had the same problem. If they didn't use their powers enough, there were physical problems involved. However, his head could be ignored in the light of this new discovery. This new...home.
He walked past everyone as they looked around, absentmindedly running his thumb through his everpresent cards to numb his anxiety. Around him the others were doing various things. Saïx and Roxas attended to Axel, wrapping him up in whatever blankets they could find while Xemnas watched them. Xaldin was using his powers to shut all the doors while Demyx and Xigbar excitedly explored. Vexen, Zexion, and Lexeaus had entirely disappeared, but Luxord knew they were here. They wouldn't leave. As for Marluxia and Larxene...
"What's up numb nuts?" Luxord and turned to see the pair of twelve year olds grinning at him evilly. He wasn't interested in playing any of their "games". "What are you doing all by yourself you stupid loner." That was Larxene.
"Can you please just leave me alone?" He asked. "I'm just looking around. Go find some happiness to destroy somewhere else. Maybe Xaldin's? I saw him smiling earlier."
"Xaldin isn't any fun." Marluxia said with a pout. Luxord rolled his eyes and rubbed his temple. The fact that they were aggravating him was making his pain more and more evident by the second. "We know all the tricks to making him mad."
"Yeah well it's something interesting to entertain yourselves with." Luxord said, snapping a little. The two little devils grinned and he knew immediately that he'd made a mistake. He'd showed them weakness, and the hyenas were going to pounce on it and rip it to pieces. "I'm going to go-"
"Show us a card trick!" Larxene demanded. Luxord groaned.
"Not right now." He said. He was ready to freeze time the second one of them grabbed his cards. No one touched his cards. He was known at the facility for having tantrums whenever someone took his cards. No one took his cards. They were his lifeline. The only thing that kept him from losing his mind. No one had the right to take that from him. He wished she would grab his cards. He DARED her to.
Unfortunately, she didn't.
"Excuse me! We are having a meeting!" Everyone turned to the center of the room to Xemnas staring down at them from the top of a box. Everyone went to sit around it, and Luxord took a spot between Axel and Larxene, keeping a close eye on Larxene. He waved happily at Xigbar and Demyx, decidedly not showing them he was in pain. "Now, we're out of the facility, but we can't run around like animals. None of us want to go back." Everyone nodded in agreement. "I think we need to set some ground rules. Suggestions." That wasn't a question. That was a commanded. Who knew the ever quiet Xemnas would take role as leader.
"Never leave the warehouse alone?" Demyx was the first to say something. Everyone nodded and Saïx wrote it down on a list of rules they would put on a wall.
"Restrict use of powers unless absolutely necessary?" Roxas said, though it was more of a question. Xigbar and Luxord frowned and gave each other a knowing look. That wasn't fair to them. Did necessary count being in pain?
"What if we have to use our powers?" Xigbar said, sounding a little bit annoyed. Luxord gave a small smile but hid it well. "That's not fair to those of us who have physical side effects if we don't release the energy that our powers build up inside us. You want me to be in pain? As if!"
"We will count that as necessary." Xemnas said, immediately quelling some of Luxord's anxiety. The Brit smiled at Xigbar. He liked the other boy, who had a reputation for speaking his mind, something Luxord had always been trained to not do. "Anything else?"
In the end they came up with eight rules:
1) Never leave alone.
2) Don't use your powers unless it was necessary
3) Two people must remain at the warehouse at all times.
4) Everyone gets private space to decorate as they wish
5) Do not invade some one else's space
6) All problems will be discussed in meetings
7) No physical fighting
8) Never compromise the sanctity of the warehouse
Luxord immediately ran off to find his own space. He needed to be alone. He found the furthest back corner of the warehouse, hid behind some old boxes and a bookshelf on one side, with a car on the other. He took the trunk door off the car and crawled in, finding a blanket and curling it into a nest like thing that he could use as a bed. He slid out and cleared off a spot on the ground, setting up a game of solitaire.
"Playing by yourself again?" Luxord looked up to the top of the car and saw Xigbar grinning down at him. The older boy jumped down next to him and sat on the ground. The pair sat in a patch of moonlight that came in through the nearest window. The first barless window they'd seen in years. "Why are you all alone back here?"
"Felt like being alone." Luxord replied, playing as he talked to the other teenager. "Why are you breaking the rules so soon?"
"Rules? As if." Xigbar laughed. "You're my friend, rules don't matter." Luxord sighed and kept playing. "You know, I've never seen you play cards with anyone. It's always solitaire."
"I'm not allowed to play with o-"
"Not allowed? As fucking if!" Xigbar yelled incredulously. "You weren't allowed to do it! Come on, I know you know how to play poker. You told me how to play. You want to play?"
"What kind?"
"I don't care. I'll go get Demyx and Xaldin lets do this!" Xigbar shouted. Luxord couldn't help but smile again, quickly covering it with his poker face and setting up the game.
Yeah yeah I know I know. This was a bit of a filler chapter. Next chapter is a two year time skip where I WILL OFFICIALLY RELEASE THE AGES. You already know some so yeah. Anyhow, PLEASE REVIEW. JUST...PLEASE.
