"What do you want?" Marluxia groaned to the shadowed Gambler Of Fate, who he knew was grinning with some sneaky plot that was forming in his head.
"Where'd Axel go?"
"Huh?" Marluxia sat up, fully awake now. "I...he should be...Where IS he?" Throwing off the thin sheets, the Graceful Assassin rose silently from the makeshift bed on the floor. Truth be told, there WAS no bed in this room for some reason. He nudged Demyx, who was dozing peacefully on his left. "Wake up, kid," he ordered quietly. "You!" Marluxia whispered loudly to Roxas, who was on his right. "Other kid! Get up, too!"
"Hnngraa...?" Demyx mumbled as he rubbed his eyes sleepily. "Wha...Who died...?"
"Someone died?!" Roxas yelped, leaping up and whirling around.
Luxord snickered as Marluxia slapped his forehead and groaned quietly. "I'm surrounded by idiots..."
"But we're your idiots!" Luxord cheered, earning a pillow which was thrown at his face by Marluxia. Clearing his throat now, he spoke again, this time with less humor to it. "Anyways, where'd Axel go? He's supposed to be in this room with us." Sweeping his gaze over the faces of his roommates, and each giving him a clueless look, he went on. "What do you think happened to him?"
"He probably went ahead and portalled to Disneyland...," Demyx murmured, making Roxas whip his head in the Nocturne's general direction.
"He wouldn't do that," Roxas defended quietly. When Marluxia gave a noncommittal grunt, Roxas said, "He would've taken him with me!"
"Eh," Luxord drawled, "the kid's got a point."
"Well then, where the heck is he?" Marluxia questioned again.
"Oh, who cares right now?" Luxord smiled lazily. "I just wanna sleep right now."
"You're the one who woke us up in the first place!" Marluxia argued.
"Yeah," Luxord conceded airily, "and now I'm endin' it!" With that he threw himself onto his pillow, as well as the one Marluxia threw at him. "And no," Luxord chirped, "you can't have your pillow back, Marluxia!"
"Axel!" Larxene snapped roughly. "What are you doing with your head out the window?"
Axel, indeed, had his head out the window, and was hooting to some college girls who had been driving next to them for nearly half an hour. Larxene wondered why all the college girls drove up by her side of the RV. Her small train of thought was severed, however, when Axel pulled up his black shirt to the girls. This cause and effect situation had the college women respond by mimicking Axel's move, although some preferred to reveal more...
"I'm not going to sleep through this!" Larxene hissed as she pulled Axel by his shoulders and hauled him back. Slamming the window, she growled softly to herself. Whipping around to a shirtless Axel, she poked his chest and snapped, "You wanna make me kick you out?!" When Axel only smiled guiltily and shrugged, she huffed roughly and threw herself on the bed. "Go to sleep," she ordered, her face in the pillow. She could hear Axel shuffling to the floor obediently until all was quiet for what seemed like only a few seconds.
"Larxene...?" Axel asked tentatively through the darkness.
"What, Axel?" Larxene sighed.
"I'm bored."
"Good for you," she responded tightly, "now go screw yourself."
"Gladly," he shot back sarcastically, making the Savage Nymph squeak. "But seriously," he went on, his mood changed to the implying word, "can we...talk or...something?"
"What's there to talk about?" she moaned, exasperated.
Axel smiled. He knew she was desperate for a conversation as much as him, for otherwise she would have simply not responded at all. "Well," he began, "when do you think we'll get to this... Disneyland place...?"
"Zexion said about a week," she answered dully, rolling over and placing her small wrist over her eyes. "But then again, Zexion's a tracker, not an estimator. Personally, I think we could be there in about three days." She could hear Axel sitting up now, she could feel his emerald gaze burning into her face. It almost made her feel uncomfortable. Almost. "Is that all you wanted to know?" she murmured, in a tone that surprised the both of them.
"No," Axel replied. "I wanted to know if you have even the slightest clue as to what we'll do when we go to conquer the Disney." He tilted his head to the side, reminding anyone who could see him of a curious puppy. "There's all this stuff we've gotta bear in mind: taking them down, finding a place to stay, blending in..."
Larxene sighed and flicked the lamp light on, bathing the small room in a soft, warm glow. "You're right," she admitted, albeit grudgingly. "But why of all times did you decide to bring this up now when I'm trying to sleep?"
"You're not trying to sleep."
"Yes, I am."
"No, you're not," Axel stated. "If you were trying to sleep, you would've dropped off and ignored me."
"Crackhead," Larxene retorted. "Why are you watching my habits?"
"You never know...," Axel returned softly, making Larxene shudder.
"DEMYX!" Xemnas roared. "STOP MOONING THE DRIVERS!"
Yes, the Melodious Nocturne was revealing certain behind parts to oncoming drivers, smiling insanely on top of the RV, laughing through his teeth.
"Number IX," Xemnas began again dangerously, "you will get down here this instant!"
"Aww," Demyx whined, "but Superior! They asked for it!"
"Who asked for it?!"
"Figure of speech, Superior..." Demyx, nonetheless, hopped down back into the RV and pulled up his black pants, sighing in exasperation. "All in fun, man..."
"I don't care, Demyx," Xemnas growled. "You could have endangered our mission by doing such a ludicrous act."
"What does Ludicrous have to do with this?"
Xemnas slapped his forehead. "Nevermind, Demyx," he sighed, "just don't do it again."
"Okay, then..." Turning, Demyx mumbled, "I still don't get what Ludicrous has to do with me mooning people..."
Xemnas walked over to the driver's compartment, where Saix was driving passively. "They're all going to drive me insane one day," Xemnas confessed tiredly as he seated himself on the passenger's seat.
"Perhaps you should take a break and rest here?" Saix offered, never taking his eyes off the road. When Xemnas concurred and drifted off, Saix gave a low chuckle, agreeing that one day Xemnas would be driven up the walls by the neophytes.
"Are we there yet?" Axel asked for the umpteenth time, further annoying the Whirlind Lancer.
Xaldin clenched his fists on the small coffee table and answered curtly, "Obviously, we are not, Axel." He sighed and took a sip from his black coffee. When Axel coughed to get his attention, Xaldin grit his teeth together, yet ignored him. When Axel began scratching at the table, Xaldin's eyebrow twitched. The last straw was when Axel began to making popping noises with his lips. "What do you want, Axel?!"
"I have an important question this time," Axel replied, his face holding no jokes.
"Er...go on."
"Are we there yet?"
Xaldin roared and hurled the coffee at the Flurry Of Dancing Flames, who expertly dodged the throw. Zexion peeked from the counter and shuddered when he saw the coffee. Retreating back into the room he occupied, he grumbled about spilt coffee and about why did it have to be so hot.
"Well, it WAS a serious question!" Axel defended himself as Xaldin advanced on him with a broken piece of cup in one hand.
"Would you two knock it off?!" Marluxia yelled, coming into the area. "I'm trying to take a nap!"
"Like you didn't get enough sleep last night!" Axel retorted as he hopped on top of the counter.
"That reminds me," Marluxia said smoothly to the pyro. "Where were you last night? And the night before that? And the night before that? Where have you been sleeping these past few days?"
"I don't feel obligated to answer you."
Marluxia felt as if his hair was being rubbed the wrong way. Axel stared at him mockingly, daring him to challenge a member of higher ranking than him. Xaldin stared at the two, now interested in how someone else would deal with someone like Axel. All three turned their heads, however, when Xemnas strolled through the door to the driver's area and announced quietly, "Tell the others to get ready. Disney's headquarters are reported to be twenty miles away."
"Who said?" Axel asked cockily.
"The large green sign that states 'Disneyland: next exit. Twenty miles away'."
"Damn," Marluxia breathed, "they sure are stupid!"
A/N: For those of you who might not know, Ludicrous is this one rapper. And since Demyx is a fan of the musical genre, I thought he might associate the guy with Xemnas's serious argument. :) I'm off! For now...