Chapter 3: Anyway I Want It, That's The Way I Need It

Xaldin gave a hearty laugh as he watched the panicked red-head burst forth from the tiny waiting room and slam the door shut on the screams of pain and flames that tried to follow him. He held the door shut, his back pushing against it it as the impersonators inside tried desperately to come after him...or escape the intense fire that Axel had just created to get them off of him. Either way, the fact was that they wanted out. With a click of the lock, Axel gave a sigh of relief before turning his attention back to his fellow Organization member. "What's so funny?" He snapped, half expecting the larger man to give him trouble for his attitude.

Xaldin's laugh slowly died off as the scent of bacon flowed from inside the burning room, making him a bit hungry, "Axel, with this current temper of yours I'm surprised that Saix hasn't taken a better liking to you". Number III scratched one of his sideburns with his index finger, considering his last statement in a half-serious manner. Axel gave a curious smirk, "Saix is just jealous that I won the game of rock/paper/scissors to be number VIII instead of number VII. If he had just thrown paper, he wouldn't be stuck with everyone calling him 'Sailor Moon', now would he?" Axel cracked a honest laugh for the first time all day. Xaldin raised a curious eyebrow in Axel's direction.
"Sailor Moon is hott though" he commented.

Axel sighed, "That's beside the point, Xaldin".

"Either way", the blue-eyed man continued, "Unless you're looking to get in trouble for this, I'd suggest you leave before the Director finds out about your 'message' to the impersonators. I doubt he will be very pleased". He nodded his head in the direction of the exit before continuing on his way down the hall to the break room. He stopped for a moment, turning his head to look back at the aggressive pyro, "For the record" he grunted, "It will be rather interesting with you gone".

"So I've heard" Axel smirked.

"I assume you'll be around a bit longer to watch the unfortunate events unfold?" his dark braids swaying as he spoke. Axel glanced back at the larger nobody, "You'll just have to wait and see".

In the meantime, the Director and Xemnas had quite the problem on their hands. What were they going to do about finding a replacement for Axel now? If only they didn't have to hunt for new people, filming would go so much smoother. That's when the Director came up with another brilliant idea. "Xemnas!" He slammed his palms excitedly to the table before him, eagerly standing up and knocking his chair backwards to the floor, "That's it! We don't have to hunt for new impersonators! Especially since our deadline won't allow for that..." he pushed his thick coke-bottle glasses up as he glanced over at the calendar on the wall. "Why don't we just use whatever actors we have at the moment who don't have many roles? It's perfect!"

Xemnas didn't like the sound of that. This Director wasn't taking his Organization seriously. But what other choice did he have? With the Organization being drop-dead broke, they needed munny to survive somehow. As odd of a thought as it is, Nobodies still needed the essentials to survive. All because they lack a heart doesn't mean they lack other parts, like stomachs, lungs, intestines, etc. No matter how hard Xemnas thought about it he just couldn't figure out why some people didn't understand that concept, the Director included. What all of this had to do with the Directors new idea, Xemnas wasn't sure but he did know that it would have made him angry if he could feel emotion. Oh how he missed being able to feel happy, sad, or angry instead of having to guess if the situation would have made him feel that way. The Superior was snapped out of his thoughts by the Director, who was prancing around the file cabinet with glee over his latest genius idea. If Xemnas didn't know any better, he'd swear the man was trying to nit-pick each and every person out of the Organization for god-knows-what-reason. Of course, he had no proof, but it was just a hunch.

"Ah, here we are" the Director stopped his dancing just long enough to pull out a file before wiggling and sliding his way back to the meeting table where Xemnas was patiently and irritably waiting. He dropped the thin file before the dark-skinned man with a smile that only a mother could love on his face. "This guy should fill in the spot perfectly!"

Xemnas groaned as he glanced down at the file. If he had a heart, this would be the part where it sank into his stomach with dread,

"you're kidding, right?"

Sadly, he was not.

Author's Note:
I'm aware that this was an incredibly short chapter but I really wanted to end the chapter at this point. I didn't feel like unnecessarily extending the chapter just to get some pages in, so yeah, this one is about 2 pages shorter than usual. But that's ok... right? Pshaw, like YOU have a say in it. Keep reading to find out who is the new replacement!