I stare up at the ceiling as I wait for Axel to finish getting ready. I'm hoping that I can finally get him to remember something there because we were both there at one point. I also need to ask around to see what I can do to gain the rest of my memory. Maybe I can even find Ansem the Wise.
Axel bursts through the door wearing a black t-shirt and jeans. He looks nervous as runs over to me, yanks me off the bed, and throws me over his shoulder before running through a dark portal. Once on the other side in Hollow Bastion, he none too gently puts me down.
"What the heck was that for!" I yell as I poke my stomach to see if it's going to bruise. (FYI it is going to have one nasty bruise!)
"Sorry. I kind of got Larxene really mad at me and needed to get outta there soon. What are we doing here anyway?"
"If Xemnas asks, defeating a heartless, but in reality, just wondering around," I reply as I walk over to the closest shop to us in the town square. I feel Axel's gaze burning holes into my back as I casually drift around the small shop. I turn around to see what he wants only to be met with his confused but questioning stare. "What? Can a girl not take a break every once in a while?"
"Why did you lie though? He would have given you a break if you asked."
"True, he would have let me go, but not you, and you're important for what I have planned. Plus I didn't need him asking questions about what we were doing and where we were going, and I might have wanted to rebel a little for the first time ever." As soon as I finish my explanation, Axel smiles mischievously at me. I return it with worried one instead.
"A plan huh?"
"Oh, that?" I reply with a relieved expression, "Yeah, But all your required to do is have as much fun as you can fake and do as I tell you. Trust me you'll like the outcome."
"Ok, so what's first babe?"
"Well, I was thinking that we should go to the ridge and hang out for a little while before we meet up with some friends I made the other day." Axel agrees to go so we head off and just talk on the way there. When we get there, Axel's face twists in confusion and concentration before he gets this far off look, like he's in a different world entirely. After a few minutes he seems to snap out of it.
"Hey Lexlen, I need to go take care of some stuff. I'll meet up with you later at the castle."
"Kay. Bye Ax." I look at him concerned as he leaves, trying to figure out what just happened. I sigh and decide to go ahead and try to find Leon to ask him some questions.
I end up wondering over to Merlin's house and finding everybody from the first time I came here there. I hesitantly knock on the door before entering cautiously. They all stop their conversations and stare at me. With my looks back to the way they originally are, they don't recognize me.
"Uh hi. I'm Lexlen, the girl that passed out the other day."
"OMG! You ran out of here really quickly and just disappeared! What happened to you?!" Yuffie screams rather loudly. I wince at the volume but quickly recover and reply.
"I ended up going home. My friends made sure I was taken care of and I'm all better now. I'm actually here to try and get some more information to try and figure out more about what happened."
"Well were kind of busy so what do you need," Leon states bluntly. I look over at him nervously before continuing.
"I'm trying to find more information on what happened to Ellen after Lea died. It's really important that I find out."
"After Lea died, Ellen started doing all this research on hearts and stuff. She became obsessed with it. After a while, she left, something about Ansem the Wise and Beast's castle," Leon answers, surprising me. I stand there silently for a moment taking in the information.
"Thank you. It means a lot to me. I'll make sure to come back soon, but I really have to leave now." As I exit the house, I see a short person with large round ears in a black organization cloak, yet he's definitely not part of the organization. When he sees me he jumps in surprise.
"Lexlen! What are you doing here?" He asks in the same high pitched voice from my dream.