Author's Note:

It's Monday! I almost missed today!

Well, this is the longest chapter now!

That's only because I combined three other chapters to make them longer... and save a few chapters!

Well, happy reading! Favorite and review :)


Chapter 7

Roxas was now fully clothed and they were all sitting in the living room. He had just finished explaining to them what he had seen and heard. Demyx listened, nodding occasionally. Axel cradled Roxas in his arms and listened to him. Poor Roxas was trembling.

"Zexion said he went through the same," Demyx mumbled. Axel and Roxas flicked their attention to him.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" Axel asked.

"He said, to not tell anyone. So that way they wouldn't think he's insane," Demyx said.

"We wouldn't have thought he was insane!" Axel and Roxas said together. Demyx shrugged.

"It seems like Marluxia messes you so much you start seeing things," Demyx said. There's a topic for the meeting tonight.

"Now I defiantly have to go! C'mon Ax! Please!" Roxas begged. Axel blushed and Demyx looked at him, an eyebrow raised.

"I guess I forgot to mention. Roxas, you're allowed at the meeting," Axel said, Roxas' face lighting up, "on one condition. Kairi' there and she is taking you away at the first sniffle."

"Seriously? You're gonna have my older sister there babysitting me?" Roxas frowned. Axel kissed his forehead.

"That's from Kairi. And she's not that much older. Just three years. I'm four years older than you and you love me," Axel grinned.

"Kairi's a pest."

"Roxas, remember our conversation earlier?" Demyx interrupted. Axel sent him a puzzled look and Demyx just shrugged him off. Roxas pouted, he did remember. He promised to grow up a bit.

"How long until the meeting?" Roxas asked. Axel looked at the clock on the wall.

"Seeing as how it's about three now, about three and a half hours or so," Axel said. Roxas sighed and Axel squeezed him tightly.

"Three and a half hours of nothing," Roxas murmured.

"Ax, maybe today we could all just go to Pence's for a bite. A late lunch or something," Demyx offered.

"Sound great. Wanna go Roxas? It's not like you have a choice or anything," Axel winked.

"I haven't seen Pence in ages! Do you think Olette is working?" Roxas said hopefully.

"Why so anxious to see her?" Axel teased. Roxas turned a light pink. He poked Roxy's cheek.

Demyx stood up and stretched out his arms and said, "Then let's get going!"

Axel slid Roxas off his lap and stood up. He held out his hand and Roxas took it. Axel interlocked their fingers and Demyx tossed Axel his car key's from the counter. He caught them and out the door the three of them went. Axel grabbed his hoodie from behind the door and locked the place up. Roxas threw him a confused look. It was the middle of summer. Why would Axel need a hoodie?

In the car, Axel grabbed his wallet from the pocket of his hoodie and tossed the jacket back with Demyx. He put the wallet on the space between him and Roxas. Roxas took his hand and held it tightly as axel pulled out of the apartment building parking lot. Demyx had ear buds in his ear and the music he had playing drowned out anything anyone said.

Roxas switched on the radio and a man was talking about how some people have been reported missing. He recognized one of the names. Sora, wait a minute. Didn't Kairi know a Sora? Roxas thought. He pursed his lips and thought about it. Roxas remembered hearing that name. The man on the radio gave a description of Sora. He said he had brown gravity defying spiky hair, blue eyes, was a little on the short side and had a crown necklace. It clicked.

"Oh shit," Roxas whispered.

"What is it Roxy?" Axel asked, turning the car.

"Sora, I know him. H-he… I met him. With Riku. They were together. Kairi… Kairi knows them too. No, Sora can't be missing. No! No, no, no!" Roxas said.

"Wait, you mean the kid, Sora, who's been reported missing is the person we need to hear about when and how Riku was taken?" Axel said. Roxas nodded and bit his lip.

"Kairi knows Sora. Thank god she's going to the meeting. I wonder if she knows they're both missing." Roxas said, trailing off into his own thoughts.

There's the missing link. And this time it's actually missing, Axel thought. He shook his head and let go of Roxas' hand. Roxas frowned for a bit, but noticed he was parking the car. He smiled and started bouncing in his seat. Finally, they were allowing him out of the place. Roxas didn't care he was still with them.

Axel shut off the car and hopped out. Demyx pulled out the ear buds and shoved the music player into his pocket. Roxas unbuckled and climbed out of the car. He slammed the door shut and dramatically breathed in air. Demyx pushed him slightly and they laughed. Axel shut his door and locked the car.

Roxas skipped over to Axel and laced their fingers together. The two of them pushed open the door to Pence's diner and Demyx followed behind them. Inside, soft old fashion music was playing in the background. A waitress with shoulder length brown hair and a white dress skated around in her white and orange skates.

"Olette!" Roxas said, letting go of Axel's hand and running for his old friend. The poor girl didn't see him coming and Roxas knocked into her, causing them to meet up with the floor. Roxas started laughing and Olette shook her head.

"Roxas? Holy… is that you?" she said, trying to get back up. The skates weren't really allowing her. Roxas got up and held out his hand. She took it and carefully made her way back up. Steadying herself, she took a good look at Roxas.

"Roxy, it's been how long since I've seen you?" Olette asked.

"Like eight months. Man, I've missed you!" Roxas said, giving her a great big bear hug.

"Axel keeping you locked up?" she giggled.

"Yes Olette, let's just say that," Axel said behind Roxas. She looked up at him and giggled more. Olette pushed Roxas off her and hugged Axel. Demyx came out from behind Axel and waved weakly. Olette looked at him and rolled her eyes.

"I already know what you want DemDem," she said. Demyx winked at her and she led them to an empty booth. Really, all the booths are empty. Axel looked around and grimaced.

"Welcome to Pence's! May I get you guys something to drink?" Olette said, a smile placed on her face.

"Just three waters Olette," Axel said.

"Coming right up! I'll be back for Roxy's and Ax's orders. Dem, the usual?" she asked. Demyx nodded and she skated away to the back. There were a few shouts echoing from the back, before a man with dark brown hair held back by a black and white sweat band, red jersey like shirt, and a sea salt ice cream stick in his mouth came out from the swinging door. He took one look at his only customers and chuckled to himself.

"Man! I thought Olette was kidding! How are you guys doing? It sure has been a while! Where's that one fellow, you know, he had his hair all up in his face… Zeke? Oh! Zexion! That's his name!" Pence said. Demyx froze up and looked at the table.

"He's gone off on a trip," Axel said. Demyx eased up from the other side of the booth.

"Ah well then. Here comes Olette with your waters. She's been doing her job well considering all things," Pence said. Roxas looked over at Olette who happened to be struggling with skating and balancing three glasses of water on a tray.

"Considering what?" Axel questioned, but Pence was already heading back to the kitchen.

Olette set each water in front of them and set the straws on the table. She tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear and juggled her notebook and pencil in her other hand. Roxas took a straw and quickly unwrapped it and put it his water.

"So Roxy, Ax, what do you guys want?" she asked, flipping open a page in her notebook.

"Oh, I'd just like a foot long hotdog. I know that's Pence's specialty," Roxas said. Demyx and Axel sniggered and he kicked both of their legs under the table. And I'm the one who needs to grow up? Roxas thought.

Olette looked down and quickly scribbled in her notebook and glanced at Axel. "And you?"

"Nothing for me. I'm not very hungry. Olette, why's business so slow?" Axel responded.

"It's just not dinner time, ya know?" she said. Axel nodded and sipped his water. Olette finished writing down stuff in her notebook and skated into the back. Roxas twirled his straw in his glass of water and rested his head on his hand. Axel wrapped an arm around his waist and pulled him close. Roxas smiled and waited patiently for his hotdog.

"Dem, what's the usual?" Roxas asked.

"Well, I come here a lot and just order a hamburger with some onion rings and sea salt ice cream afterwards!" Demyx smiled.

"Damn! I didn't think of sea salt ice cream!" Roxas snapped his fingers and shrugged.

"Maybe I'll share mine with you," Demyx chuckled.

It went black for Roxas. He didn't close his eyes, but something dark blocked his eyesight. Roxas could hear voices murmuring in the background. He thought they were Demyx's and Axel's. But the voices came into more focus and soon images were appearing in front of him. There was a man with pink feather light hair and what looked like a girl with very short blonde hair and two strands of hair balancing or something on top of her head. Roxas mentally gasped. Axel told him about the girl. It was Marluxia talking to the girl named Larxene.

"Marly, oh please let me have just one!" she begged. Marluxia shook his head.

"Maybe I'll share one of mine with you," he said. It was almost the exact same thing that Demyx said.

"Can I have the one with his bangs all in his face? You know… the slate haired one? He looks young and helpless!" Larxene asked. Roxas knew who she was talking about. Demyx's poor Zexion.

"Just for the night," Marly agreed. The two of them cackled crazily and then Marluxia turned and looked over into space. Roxas thought he was looking directly at him, but it was quite obvious he wasn't in the room with them. His eyes narrowed and he smiled wickedly. Roxas felt his heart stop. Suddenly, the vision was gone, like a wave of a hand caused it to disappear.