Chapter 7
At nine o'clock, Xion came into Lucien's room and together they sat back and watched the video feed of the living room and the staircase wall, waiting for Saix to strike again.
They didn't have long to wait. By ten, whatever had caused Saix to act up the night before had clearly activated itself again, because they heard loud bangs and scrapes as their father tore things off the walls, and then at 10:15 he stood on the bottom of the staircase and bit his fingertips, just like Lucien had seen the night before. Xion bristled at the sight of this and turned away for a couple of seconds. Saix wrote and wrote, and when he was done, Lucien zoomed onto the wall and read the message out loud. "A Nobody is stronger than half a billion," he said.
"What the hell does that mean?" asked Xion.
"No idea," said Lucien. The next day, the Nemo boys came over after lunch (there was still no school while the earthquake and flood cleanup continued, and class wasn't expected to start up again until the first of November) had the exact same response, as he expected.
Tim frowned at the video. "So what do you think you'll do now? It's not like we can stop this from happening."
Rocky stood in the corner and muttered to himself. "Wait a minute," he said. "Lucien, could I see something on the internet?" Lucien stood aside so Rocky could take the mouse and find the site he was looking for - a list of moon phases by day. "Aha," he said. "See here, look what the moon's like today." He pointed to the screen, which showed a calendar for the year 2012 and, next to that day's date - October 29th - a white circle signifying a full moon.
"Full moon?" Axel asked. "Seriously, you believe in that crap?"
Xion chewed her fingernail as she thought about what Rocky had shown them. "He's right," she said. "It has been a nearly full moon lately, and...hang on. Lucien, what was it Dad was saying when he went...wackadoo?"
Lucien looked up as he realized what was being implied. "Luna Divine," he said. "Maybe you're right. Maybe it is because of the moon."
"How is this happening?" asked Tim. "None of this makes any sense."
Rocky eyeballed Tim as if to say, "Hello? Water clones? Firebending Axel? Keyblade? What more do you need to know nothing makes sense anymore?" Then he spoke out loud. "So are we gonna try and do anything to stop him?"
"How?" asked Axel. "I mean, seriously, what can we do?"
Lucien stared at his computer screen. "Guys, go get your metal things from your kitchen," he said. "We'll need all the strength we can get to subdue this guy."
