Author's note: Sorry for the delay guys. Huge amount of stress, only got three and a half weeks before I go on my two/three week vacation, and trying to get things gone left me in stressful writer's block. Not to mention the studies and house problems which adds to everything else.
I won't go on bragging on my sad sob personal story, so let's continue with this Kingdom Hearts story instead, not that I own anything here. All rights belong to Disney, Square Enix and Nintento/Pokemon Company(for the Pokemon world I set up here).
This chapter will mostly be somewhat from Axel's point of view.
Chapter eight: Trouble of the Mind.
Back with the Organization...
The last week has been going pretty well for Roxas and Xion, as far as Axel could tell as long as he could keep Saix in the dark that Xion couldn't summon her Keyblade. Unfortunately, today would be the last day Roxas and Xion would be paired up like this. All thanks to stupid Demyx and his stupid curiousity. On top of that, a certain nightmare or two bugged Axel to no end. He himself just returned from his own mission and was found back on the Clock Tower, staring out into the distance.
Wanna know how this happened? Let's recap a day or two before.
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A day earlier...
(Axel's Nightmare)
Axel was carrying the unconscious Xion in his arms, quite battered up and bruised himself to the point of he was inches close to collasping. He was so exhausted that he couldn't even remember why he or Xion for that matter, botched a job so badly today, or what actually happened. It all happened in a blur. As the redhead walked, carrying the younger Nobody in his arms, his vision was out of focus every view seconds. It was not a good sign.
Finally, his legs gave out, air being forced out of him, and Axel collasped to the ground, accidently dropping Xion in the progress. 'C-Can't move...' were his thoughts. He was losing his battle to stay awake, to try and see if Xion was still alive.
Just then, a shadowy figure appeared in his vision, and it was approaching the two fallen Nobodies. Axel could barely make out who it was, until the figure got up closer, and to his dismay...it was Xemnas, who was...smiling quite evilly and rather proud that left Axel feel cold, despite having the ability and power over fire. What was going on?
"You've done well." Xemnas told the barely conscious nobody, before he bend and picked up Xion rather more like she was a rag doll, and began to walk away. The coldness in Axel grew, and he never felt so helpless. He couldn't move. He couldn't breathe. Xion was being taken away from him.
'No...This-this isn't...what I...wanted...S-Stop.' Axel pleaded in his mind. He had to do something-anything, to save his friend, but he was too weak. 'D-Don't...' for he somehow knew what Xemnas was planning to do with Xion who didn't deserve this.
Finally, the last of his strength failed him, and all Axel could do was whisper as he slipped into unconsciousness, "Xi...on..." and then, his world went black...
When he next woke up, Axel strangely found himself healed up, but in an unfamiliar place. Sitting up in a strange and rather creepy looking barren wasteland, the pyro had no idea on what's going on. He attempted to stand up, but froze as he felt something tightly on his wrists and ankles. Looking down, his eyes widened as he was cuffed and chained in shackles which were chained onto the ground, keeping him trapped.
"W-wha!? What's going on!?" Axel cried out, trying to restrain and escape the clutches, but they held him tight.
Don't borther.
A dark voice spoke out, causing Axel to look up sharply, demanding, "Who's there!?" only to blink in shock, as the Organization, with the exception of Roxas and Xion who were both not there, but in their place, were...Sora and a kid that looked like Roxas?, all stood there, but something was wrong. Every single one of them now all had golden evil like eyes, their hair all turned silver like Xemnas's, and it made Axel go cold again.
In the lead of the Organization, was not Xemnas, but rather, an old man who had the same golden eyes, well into his eighties or something, holding a dark, gothic and evil looking Keyblade. The old man approached Axel who renewed his struggling to escape. Something wasn't right. Suddenly, he felt a sense of deja vu hit him like a ton of bricks as the old man pointing his Keyblade at Axel's chest where his heart once was.
The dread and fear that filled up inside him, despite knowing that he wasn't meant to feel anything, but at this point, Axel didn't care.
You are me now. The man spoke in the dark voice, grinning evilly. He then lunged and stabbed the Keyblade into Axel's chest...
(Back to reality)
Jolting up and gasping in fright, Axel panted in short, uncontrollable breathing, cold sweat having been formed on his forehead, as he looked around trying to figure out where he was. Once he realised he was safe-ish in his cell-like room in the Castle that Never Was a moment later, and that he checked his chest and saw no wounds, or even on his body, he sighed in relief. This was the second time he had a dream so disturbing. First he nearly killed Namine in one dream while he was in Castle Oblivion, and then just now, he and Xion-wait, Xion!
New panic, though he had no idea why he was feeling this, settled inside him. Was Xion okay? Where's Roxas?
No. He had to ensure himself that what he just witnessed was just some kind of a freaky messed up dream. Calming down a little, Axel decided he didn't want to go back to sleep and might as well get the day started, he changed into cleaner Organization coat made his way out. Unfortunately, he seemed like he wouldn't be able to shake off the dream anytime soon.
"...Hey Xion, is your Keyblade really like Roxas's?" he could hear Demyx ask, in the main room, and once he arrived, Demyx was talking to Roxas, who had his Keyblade out, and Xion, and Saix was just coming in. From what Axel could see, Demyx wanted to see their keyblades.
Oh crap.
"Hey, don't you have your report to do, Demyx?" Axel spoke up, getting everyone's attentions. He took a quick look at Demyx, uh, ahem, extremely sad attempts of a report, which looks more like a 1st grader's hand writing in primary school, and told the slacker, "If I were you, I'd rewrite this. Even I do a better report than you do. Go on, shoo!" he waved the now annoyed Demyx away as the younger Nobody run off in sheer annoyance.
Roxas and Xion tried not to sigh in relief, and Axel saw this as a sign to send them off before they are found out. "Same goes for you two. You've got a mission to do, right? Better get movin'." he told them as he opened up a corridor of darkness for them and pushed them in, with the two kids silently thanking him.
However, once the two younger nobodies were off to another world, Axel noticed that Saix looked rather...supicious and frowning, in somewhat of a realization.
'Uh-oh.' Axel thought, realising that now he knew, he and the two younger nobodies were in trouble. 'Did he figure it out?'
Looks like tomorrow would be the last day for Roxas and Xion, and if Xion still couldn't wield her Keyblade in that time...she's a goner. The memory of her possible execution in his nightmare returned. This was not good. Axel knew he had to do something. It made him wonder why Xemnas didn't dusk Demyx who was more useless than practically anyone else.
Then, at the sight of the couch, it gave Axel another idea. Besides, he was supposed to go to recon today anyway. Perfect.
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A day later, it found Axel sleeping on the couch, which he always found to be more comfortable as a bed than anything else. He had a blanket to keep him warm on the cold night, and a night-sleeping mask that covered his eyes. Now that he was awake after a surprisingly good sleep, Axel was just waiting for the right moment.
"That was close yesterday." Roxas was saying, as he and Xion walked into the room.
"Yeah, I know." Xion agreed.
That's when things got a little bad. Saix, who was expecting them, told them out right that they would to go on solo missions today, much to their worry. Xion still couldn't use her Keyblade, but she didn't say this. As Saix was saying something about the huge Heartless in Beast's Castle, Axel's plan couldn't have gone more perfect as he was there himself.
"Saix..." Axel spoke up, somewhat tiredly, as he lifted the mask off his eyes and had it resting on his forehead, "I think you should let them go together." he continued. He was always a brillent liar, but he knew that this was their last chance.
Saix jolted in agonized shock at the sight of the redhead on the couch, mentally asking, 'W-What the!?'
"I was at Beast's Castle yesterday for recon, and I saw that Heartless you mentioned." Axel continued, drawling, "It wouldn't be a good idea to have only one to eliminate it by themselves."
In his supicisions, Saix firmly told him, "I will not tolorate in you attempting to bail them out."
"Huh?" Axel thought, leaning his head against his hand which he used to lean himself up a bit, asking, "Attempt to what now?" asking for a repeat.
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Back in the present...
As it turned out, Saix allowed Roxas and Xion to go on their mission to Beast Castle one last time, and then, starting tomorrow, they would work solo. Axel in the meantime was sent to, of all places, Port Royal, and that wasn't fun. During the fight to eliminate the Heartless, the stupid things just wouldn't stand still, and he had stumbled and landed flat onto his butt while chasing after them.
Now he was at the Clock Tower, thinking both of Xion's safety and the dreams he had the day before. Axel couldn't understand why this was happening to him, but was happening anyway. This wasn't getting him anywhere. Xion would have to figure it out today, or she was screwed. Roxas was fine, but the blonde was more worried about Xion than anything else, which again, was a surprise to Axel.
Laying down on his back, clasping his hands together behind his head, Axel sighed, as he stared up at the afternoon sky of orange clouds, and part of the Clock Tower in Twilight Town.
All of the sudden, Roxas's face appeared out of nowhere, with a happy expression, saying, "Axel!" which freaked Axel out.
"Whoa!" Axel jolted up, yelping, before quickly realising it was Roxas and Xion who just stood there, asking in surprise, "Where'd you come from?" he didn't even hear them coming. He really must've been out of it, or maybe they'd gotten really good in making silent appearences already. The two younger nobodies giggled and they seemed to be in a good mood.
"How was your mission?" Roxas asked.
Glad for the distraction from the troubles in his mind, Axel replied, "You know, I sure wish the Heartless would hold still once in a while. I fell right on my butt chasing them."
"I thought you said you wouldn't be eliminated." Roxas pointed out.
"Yeah, whatever, that's got nothing to do with it." Axel replied, before asking, "So, how'd your captor go?"
Roxas and Xion looked at each other, nodding. The latter then held out her hand, and proudly summoned her Keyblade with ease! "Ta-daaaah!" Roxas proclaimed happily.
Axel gasped in surprise. He couldn't believe it. Xion actually did it. She regained her ability to summon her Keyblade. Something must've happened that caused her to regain that ability. Mentally, he was relieved. Now she was safe from being dusked...for now.
Desummoning her weapon, Xion smiled at her friends, "Roxas, Axel, thank you."
"I didn't do anything." Axel muttered, looking ahead of himself. All he did was make sure that Roxas and Xion wouldn't get into trouble.
"You made it possible for the two of us to go on a mission together." Xion pointed out to Axel, referring to herself and Roxas.
Roxas nodded in agreement, adding to Axel, "If it weren't for you, Xion might never have remember how to wield the Keyblade."
"So thanks, Axel." Xion continued.
Feeling unusually warm inside his chest where his heart was, not to mention the unusual but comfortable warmth on his face, Axel ran his hand through his hair, he realised that the kids were right. He supposed that he, for once in his existance as a Nobody, that he actually did something that made him feel rather proud but also quite embarrassed. Long ago, he was so cold and cruel. Now, ever since these two came along, he realised he was beginning to change, and...he actually quite liked it.
Another idea came up, and he suggested, "How 'bout a Sea-Salt Ice Cream, then?"
"Huh?" Xion tilted her head a little to the side.
Axel smiled, and said, "Buy me one and we'll call it even."
Happily, Xion nodded, "You got it! I'll be right back!" and ran off to get the three treats and Roxas chuckled.
The next day, it was a meeting day, and Xemnas was showing them the half-completed Kingdom Hearts which hovered in the sky, and he was bragging on and on and on and on and on and on AND on about hearts, being becoming human beings, and ect. In other words, same old song and dance, and the rest of the remaining Organization didn't care anymore.
Behind Xemnas's back, Xigbar was so bored that he pulled out a magazine and plugged up his left ear to not really hear what the superior was saying. Demyx was fast asleep, drooling while standing up. Roxas and Xion just stood there, not understanding, and Xion had her Keyblade out in case she had trouble summoning it again.
Luxord and Xaldin both yawned loudly in boredom and tiredness. Axel had his hands in his pockets, not really paying attention, and just glanced at the last remaining Nobody next to him. Speaking of Saix, who by now has gotten into a boiling point of just wanting to go berserk for having to hear Xemnas brag on about the same thing over and over again, just inches closer in falling apart.
All in all, this meeting, like all meetings, was boring as hell. Especially when Xemnas brags on about the same thing every single time, and could go on for hours.
When the meeting was finally over, everyone gathered back into the living room group by group.
Roxas and Axel were the last ones to come into the living courters, and the blonde-haired boy asked, "So, what does Xemnas mean about being completely whole?"
"Same thing as always." Axel replied, shrugging as he had his hands behind his head. "He's just reminding us that once Kingdom Hearts is complete, we'll have hearts of our own and become human beings again."
"Isn't he at least concerned about the red cloaked figure?" Roxas asked, a bit more softly this time, "I mean, everyone said that he's very dangerous."
"Now that you mentioned it, I haven't heard anything much about that either." Axel thought. Ever since Castle Oblivion, things had gone unusually quiet on the mysterious two figures. Maybe they both died sudden and horrible deaths? Nah, he'd doubt that happened. Then a more concerning thought occurred to him. What if they were waiting for the right moment to strike? What were they after anyway?
"Aww! It is like Roxas's." Demyx was saying as the two got closer, and it sounded disappointed. "That's lame."
"Yup! It is like Roxas's!" Xion was saying proudly, as she showed off her Keyblade, just as the puzzled Roxas and Axel walked in. The girl noticed her two friends and happily waved at them, making both of them smile.
"She seems very happy." Roxas thought.
"Yeah, now that she has her Keyblade back." Axel agreed, finding himself strangely relieved and happy himself. He'd come to the decision that, for the first time in ten years, things aren't so bad in the Organization. Roxas and Xion made him feel bit like what he used to be when he was a kid himself, back when he was human.
Saix then came, firmly informing everyone to get onto their jobs, which Xion immediately did, as she was eager than ever to do her job. Demyx and Xigbar on the other hand, practically groaned in annoyance for having to do more work.
While Roxas left on his own mission, Saix, who had also noticed Xion's unusual happiness, inquired, "It seems rather happy. Did something happen?"
"Who can say?" Axel shrugged casually. Folding his arms to his chest, he continued with a smirk, "But I guess she found her own desire of motivation."
"Hmmm. Yes, motivation." Saix somewhat agreed, though he was supicious. He knew that Axel had something to do with Roxas and Xion being on missions together, and while the number of hearts had gone quicker than usual, with tons more hearts than ever, he was getting impaitent on his and Axel's own goal.
Later in the afternoon, the trio were once again on the Clock Tower, and what Axel was hearing that he didn't hear yesterday surprised him. "Living together? The three of us?" he asked, after Roxas and Xion told them that, during their mission at Beast's Castle, they had thought to run away, but once Xion regained her Keyblade, they changed the plan to include Axel and to have them live together.
"Yeah, once Kingdom Hearts is complete!" Xion said.
"Then we can continue doing this forever!" Roxas added.
Shaking his head with an sad smirk, Axel asked, "C'mon, guys. Can't you two think of anything else to do other than having ice cream for fun?"
The two younger Nobodies glanced at each other in thought, then replied in unision, "Nope."
"Uh huh." Axel sighed, before explaining, "There's more to do than just having ice cream, ya know? And we could end up fighting over some things."
"Really?" Roxas asked, getting a bit worried.
Taking a bite out of his ice cream, Axel continued, "Besides, it's not gonna happen. 'Cause we're Nobodies. You never know that we could just disappear at sort notice. So it's not a good idea to plan ahead." but when he gazed at them again, his eyes widened at the saddened and horrified realization looks on their expressions.
Seeing them gazing at him, Axel stuttered, "W-what? It's not my fault. Blame reality!"
Roxas and Xion, seeing that he had a point, whispered at each other, discussing that they haven't even thought about that. Axel found himself smiling on how he found their expressions priceless and how they looked...cute. Wait, what? Cute? Where'd that come from? But then again, he realised that he enjoyed their company. He didn't feel so alone like he had back when he first joined the Organization. To the Orgainzation, he was just a worker. To Roxas and Xion, he was their mentor, their friend. He also came to realise that they were his friends too. Real friends.
"Maybe it is a dream," Roxas thought, bringing Axel back to reality as the latter gazed at him with a slight puzzled expression, before the former continued, "But I'd still want to be together forever with you guys."
"What about you, Axel? Don't you want to?" Xion asked, as she and Roxas both looked at him, looking ready to cry, with puppy-dog eyes.
Now that he found so adorable. "I'd love to." Axel replied. He'd never get bored with this these kids. He can laugh, smile, and some other things, as if he just gained a heart. Smirking, he declared, "I accept your proposal." much to their delight and happiness.
Maybe living together would be nice.
Meanwhile, on the top of the castle, Xemnas was still gazing at Kingdom Hearts his Organization was creating. For while his other half's plans had failed due to Sora and his friends, there was still time to continue the plan that not even Saix or Axel knew. Xigbar knew, but that was all secret. Once Kingdom Hearts is complete, then the real goal would take place, and those fools of members would never see it coming, as their souls would forever...be vanquished.
'Soon, my Kingdom Hearts will be completed.' Xemnas thought to himself. 'My Keybearer and Puppet are doing a fabulous job. As long as Axel holds them together, things will go according to plan.' he grinned evilly at himself, for he was secretly having invisioned the three of them being together.
Just then, he felt an unusual and painful jolt in his mind, as if his brain exploded, and his vision went gray and black. Being forced to shut his eyes, Xemnas slowly opened them again, but instead of the red-brown eyes, they were blank and pure white as milk, glowing.
"Come to me." a dark voice whispered. Mind controlled like a puppet himself, Xemnas held out a hand and summoned a corridor of darkness, and walked into it.
"Yo, bossman." Xigbar's voice called out as he appeared from the darkness. "Got some info on the...my..steri...ous...guy?" he trailed off as he just witnessed Xemnas stepping into the corridor of darkness. "Huh? Where the hell is he goin'?"
Supicious, Xigbar quickly followed before the corridor could close, and he soon found himself in the passage of the worlds in between. "Okay? Where is he?" he asked himself. "Him coming here by himself? As if. He hardly ever lives unless it's in the throne room meetings."
A sudden agonized scream snapped him to look ahead of himself, and he instantly regretted it. His single eye widened in pure shock, at Xigbar was just witnessing Xemnas being stabbed and then slashed by a silver-cloaked figure with a familiar Keyblade, and instantly, Xemnas vanished, before his remains were sucked in by...DiZ who allowed the remains to be held inside his body.
Xigbar then could strangly here the sickening crunch as if someone was being eaten alive, and then, it was silent.
"Well, done, my slave." DiZ smirked, while the silver-cloaked figure, Terra, lowered his Keyblade. "Now we can move onto the rest of the Organization by first finding them."
'Oh hell no. That guy just ruined everything, and just ATE Xemnas inside his body like in some sick horror movie!? That's it, I'm outta here!' Xigbar thought to himself as he quickly dashed away to avoid in getting caught, but instead of returning to the Castle, he knew he had to come up with a new plan now. He disappeared into a portal to another world.
For one thing, Xehanort's plans are now ruined all together, but the dangers are still there.
(Roxas's nightmare)
"Our union was not finished." said a black-haired figure as he hovered down towards a boy who looked like Roxas, on a glass platform. The black-haired boy was holding a weapon that looked broken and missing pieces.
"The X-blade shouldn't stay broken like this. Join me now, and we can complete the X-blade!" the black-haired figure decalred.
The blonde-haired boy shook his head, "I've got a better idea. How 'bout I destroy you both?" summoning his own Keyblade...
(Back to reality)
Snapping his eyes open, Roxas sat up, blinking tiredly. "Creepy dream." he thought to himself, but it somehow felt...familiar. Was that himself when he was a human? Who was that other figure? It made him feel a bit nausues in the stomach, and when he realised that it was in the middle of the night, he didn't really feel like getting back to sleep.
This was going to be a long night.
Next morning, Axel walked into the living area himself after a bad night of sleep himself, yawning while holding his hand over his mouth. Again, he had those nightmares that left him shaken. This time, he dream't that he killed Zexion with a Riku replica, and that left him feel awfully cold. In fact, he felt the coldness when he woke up, and had trouble shaking it off.
"Mornin'." he greeted. However, he soon realised that he wasn't the only one who had a bad night of sleep. Axel saw Xion who held a worried expression on her face, sitting next to an rather overly tired Roxas who could barely keep his eyes open.
"Hey! What happened to you?" Axel asked, rushing over to see of Roxas was okay.
"Oh...hey, Axel." Roxas greeted, trying to keep his eyes open. "Had a rough night last night. I couldn't sleep." he told his friends.
'You and me both.' Axel thought, but he didn't voice it. He was more concerned on what happened to Roxas. He turned to Xion who shook her head as she had no idea herself either.
"I woke up this morning and I found Roxas like this, and I got very worried." Xion told him. "He said something about a nightmare last night."
"Nightmares?" Axel blinked.
Once he was bit more awake, Roxas explained, "Not really a nightmare...I think it was a memory, I'm not sure. I had a dream of myself, or, someone who looked just like me, on a bizzure looking place, standing on some kind of glass platform, and then this other guy with black hair in a red suit kind of thing with this keyblade-looking sword."
He paused, before continued, "He then said something about joining him and completing that weapon...I think he said it was a X-Blade or something."
"X-Blade?" Axel blinked, just as confused as the young blonde. "That's a new one." he admitted. "I never heard of a X-Blade before. Keyblades, yeah, but not that thing." he was also confused on how Roxas would see something like that. That wasn't Sora's memory, he was certain of it. Something weird was going on, Axel was sure of it.
"That sounds horrible." Xion thought, "You said it was a memory?"
Roxas shook his head, "I don't know, but, it seemed really familiar. Something bad happened, I just...have a bad feeling about it."
Now he was surprised on that response. Axel couldn't believe on what he was hearing. "Of all the..." he paused, trying not to laugh. "You acting like a real person."
"I am?" Roxas asked, confused. Xion looked equally confused too.
"Yeah." Axel replied, in a puzzled and awkward smile, "That's something a human would say. It's like you're saying, 'I'm scared that the nightmare is real'."
"Really? Then, I'm the opposite." Roxas thought. "It's not that I'm scared that the nightmare is real. What I'm afraid of is that maybe it's not a dream, but my memories." as he and Xion stood up.
"Roxas..." Axel muttered, in disbelief. Was the kid developing himself into a human being? Well, with Sora still around, and how they both are currently co-existing, like Kairi and Namine, maybe it's a possibily, but it was strange and unusual.
Xion blinked, then thought, "If that's the case, then, maybe something terrible happened and that was really you, and you lost your heart when you fought against that other person?" before turning to Axel and asked, "Could it be that, Axel?"
Shrugging helplessly, Axel replied, "Why are you asking me?" and he, and his two friends all smirked sheepishly, while Demyx, Xaldin and Luxord all came into the room as well, ignoring the trio who ignored them...until.
"Hey, where's Xigbar?" Demyx spoke up, looking around. This got everyone's attention and they all looked around, realising that Xigbar wasn't out yet.
"Maybe he left earlier than usual?" Axel asked, sarcastically.
"But he's normally here after we got up." Roxas pointed out.
"It is strange." Xaldin admitted, "He should be here, considering how Saix wanted us to meet here this morning for an announcement." which got everyone else's attentions again, as they stared at him in surprise.
"Really? You don't say." Luxord thought, fiddling with his cards. "I wonder what it could be."
"Maybe he's gonna give us a day off?" Demyx thought, which only rechieved him weirded and/or annoyed looks from the other members, and he shrugged, "Well, it's an idea."
"Day off? What's that?" Xion asked.
Axel smiled, despite having a supiction that something wasn't right, and he answered, "It means it's a day where we can do anything we want and don't have to work. Basically, it's a rest day."
"Anything we want?" Roxas blinked, confused. "I never had a day off before."
"Sounds like fun." Xion thought, taking a liking to the idea already. "If that's true, then we have to have a meeting on that or something!" causing Axel to look at her in disbelief.
"Uh, Xion?" Axel began, "When I say, rest day, I mean, we rest for as long as we like on the day, or just having fun."
"Well, what did you want do to?" Xion asked.
The redhead shrugged, "Sleep, roll over and sleep some more." much to the black-haired girl's shock.
"Unfortunately, there is no day off today." Saix's voice spoke out as the blue-haired man walked into the room, causing Demyx, Xaldin and Luxord to all groan, while Axel, Xion and Roxas turned to gaze at him, and, even they were surprised to see a rather tired expression on his face, as he continued, "I'm afraid I have some troubling news."
"What kind of news? Heartless invasion?" Axel asked, sarcastically, though the suspiction was getting worse.
"Worse." Saix replied, and what he said next nearly sent everyone into pure shock. "Lord Xemnas and Xigbar have gone missing."
A/N: So Xemnas is out of the picture and Xigbar ran off. Things are not looking good at all. DiZ has really done it this time! What will happen now?
We continue the story in the next chapter. Please review before you leave, fellow readers, and I'll see you again, possibly either sometime this month, or, after I get back from my vacation later next month. Coming to the end of 2015 already! Time has gone too quickly!
