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My eyes began to open groggily, my bangs were in my face, impairing my vision.
'What? How did I-'
My thoughts were interrupted by voices coming from outside of where ever I was. It sounded like the man who had captured me and Saix, the man that hurt Riku. I pressed my cheek against the coolness of the floor, trying to relieve myself of the nightmares I continued to have.
"Xaldin make sure you guard this one well," I heard Saix's voice ring through my ears.
"What makes this one so special? Usually we kill our prisoners right away," The man known as Xaldin replied with another question.
I shuddered as though feeling Xaldin's lances pierce through my flesh when he mentioned that they usually killed prisoners here. I lifted myself up to a sitting position, my eyes still to the ground.
'But…where exactly was here?' I thought as I let my eyes explore the room for the first time.
A sense of dread filled me as I instantly recognized this place. It was the same exact dungeon that my nightmare had taken place in. My heart began to feel heavy, the sadness was overwhelming…yet I couldn't bring myself to cry.
"Not only do we not have orders from the Superior, but I think that Riku has grown attached to this particular girl," Saix explained from somewhere nearby. "Now I'm off to Castle Oblivion to check on the traitor."
Traitor…so Riku was still alive? I let a sigh of relief escape my lips, the painful feeling began to fade away. Riku was safe for now.
"Okay then. Try not to torture him too much Saix. We can't have him dying on us now can we?"
"Hmph, I'll make him wish he were dead," Saix said, I could hear the smirk on his face.
I gasped in fear and worry, no… Riku! I covered up my mouth instantly, now realizing that I had made too much noise. But I couldn't help it, my dream was going to come true and I was helpless to stop it. I didn't even know where I was, let alone where Riku could be. I heard footsteps begin to walk closer to my prison cell and began to back up to the point where I was up against the wall.
'What if it was Saix and he held Riku's body in his hand already?'
I shook my head, I needed to stop thinking of such things. Yet I knew it couldn't be helped because of my abilities, I was afraid that my dreams were going to be telling me the future. So far I was trapped in the same exact cell and now the footsteps were approaching the said cell. I prayed that it wasn't Saix holding a dying Riku in his grasp…please let the fates be kind enough to me to make that one not happen.
"So it seems your awake," the monotone voice of Xaldin stated as he look at me through the bars of my prison.
I said nothing as he pulled out a key and opened the door to my cell, slightly relieved to see that it was Xaldin and not Saix that was here right now…although not too relieved.
"W-Where's Riku?" I asked as he shut the door behind him.
Xaldin merely chuckled at the question, "We made sure to keep you as far away from him as possible."
I wrapped my arms around myself as the temperature began to drop, "I want to see him."
"Sorry I don't take orders from a girl who should already be dead," he stated while summoning his lances to his side.
"So you're going to kill me then." It was more of a statement than a question. I remembered it was because of such orders that I was able to meet Riku in the first place, I realized just how much my life has changed since our first meeting.
"No. You are here because if we have you in our custody then Riku will have to do whatever we say if your life is at stake."
I glared up at the man, "I'd rather die than be used to control him. He…" I instantly covered my mouth, a blush now decorating my face.
Xaldin not looked at me with amusement in his eyes, "What's this? Don't tell me that you have fallen in love with him," he stated, almost on the verge of laughter.
My heart began to pound against my ribcage, I couldn't say anything due to the lump caught up in my throat. I heard his quiet laughter as the lances began to surround me.
"Get up. I have orders to take you to see the Superior," he ordered, using the wind to force me to my feet.
I couldn't move, as Xaldin began to guide me out the door. My feet weren't even touching the ground, it was as if he had control of the air around him. I looked around the castle as he pushed me onwards to somewhere unknown. Everything was white and gray, just like in the dream…except I had only seen the dungeons there. My thoughts drifted back to Riku. I wanted to see him terribly almost to the point where I felt my heart ache for him to be by my side.
'I wish you were here to protect me,' I thought, though I know he couldn't hear me.
I was brought out of my thoughts to the sound of two heavy doors opening in front of me. I looked ahead to see a man in a dark coat sitting atop of a large throne and a woman with blond hair by his side. I instantly began to try and break free of the air under Xaldin's control as I felt fear escalating inside me at the sight of the hooded man. Xaldin pointed a spear at the back of my neck.
"Stop struggling," he ordered, lowering me to the ground and taking my wrist in his hand.
"Superior. This is the girl that Riku had kept alive without your consent," Xaldin stated pushing me in front of him, causing my to fall to my knees.
The hooded man was in front of me instantly, I felt tears well up in my eyes. I looked over at the woman behind me who looked really bored at the moment.
"I see…so it seems Riku did betray me after all. If I had a heart, I'm pretty sure I would be angry and disappointed right now," the man stated.
"Y-You're Xemnas?" I asked, this was the man that had given the orders for Riku to kill me?
He nodded and pulled his hood down to reveal his face. He had long gray hair that reached his mid-back and cold orange eyes…even colder than Saix's.
"What are we going to do Superior?" Xaldin asked curiously as the man in front of me looked to be in deep thought.
"We have no choice. I want you to kill Riku," Xemnas ordered.
"No!" I shouted, my voice echoing through the entire room. The tears began to fall freely from my face as I felt Xemnas's cold stare focused on me, "Please don't! You can't…I beg of you," I said in between sobs as I clutched the bottom of his coat with my hands. I knew it was stupid to try and do something like this, but he had just said that they could kill Riku.
"I love him more than anything…I can't let you kill him!" I screamed.
"Hmph who says you can order me around. Take her back to her cell. Xaldin…you and Saix have my permission to dispose of Riku. Tell him that when he get's back," the leader ordered.
Xaldin smirked, "With pleasure Superior," he stated as he began to pull me away from Xemnas and the blond haired woman.
I noticed that her eyes were glaring at me with intense hate, before I was forced to turn around by Xaldin.
"I've been waiting for those orders for a long time. That kid had it coming to him," I heard Xaldin mutter as he pulled me down the halls.
I just allowed Xaldin to lead me down the hallway, too caught up in my own thoughts to continue to struggle. We were in front of my prison cell in no time, it must be close to the throne room. Xaldin pushed me into the cell and locked the door, but I didn't care at the moment. I wanted to see Riku, to warn him that he was in danger. The images from the dream haunting my mind once again. How lifeless and dull that Riku's eyes looked as he looked back into mine, and how he told me that he wasn't worth crying over.
'That's not true though.'
Too me, he was worth it. If I lost him, I would lose myself…my soul would die along with his. That's how strong I felt about him. It was weird that someone could affect me like this after only knowing him for a few days, but I guess love sneaks up on you.
"So you're awake," Saix's voice spoke, causing me to wipe my tears away and turned to face him. I didn't even hear him come in.
"What do you want?" I asked with terror laced in my voice. I was even more frightened of this man than I was of Xemnas.
"I went to see Riku," he stated. My eyes widened and I noticed him sneer at me, as if he expected that reaction from me.
"Let me see him," I pleaded, not being able to control my tears.
Saix shook his head, "No. You are to stay far away from him."
I glared at him through my teary eyes, "You can't do that!"
He summoned his large weapon to his hand and pointed it at my chest, glaring at my petite form.
"You don't have a choice in the matter. Just accept that you will more than likely never see Riku again," he said, pressing the tip of the sword against my heart.
"Saix. We have new orders," Xaldin said through the bars as a look of annoyance crossed the man's features.
"What is it Xaldin? I'm kind of busy at the moment."
I heard Xaldin laugh, "You're going to love this. We have orders to kill Riku."
A smirk appeared on Saix's face as he lowered the weapon from my chest, "You're right. I love the sound of that, did you hear that little girl?" he asked in a sadistic tone.
"N-No…" I struggled to speak.
"You know if you'd like I could bring his dead corpse back with me," he continued.
"Stop it!" I covered my ears to drone out his voice.
My heart couldn't take anymore of this mental torture, the tears now flowing down my face like a faucet. Saix shrugged and turned around to leave the cell.
"Very well then…I'll just leave you with these happy thoughts."
I pulled my knees up to my chest and continued to sob freely. I hated Saix, for what he has done and definitely for what he was going to do. Did someone in heaven really enjoy seeing my suffer, it seemed that way. The one thing that mattered to me was going to be taking away, my dream was going to become a reality and there was nothing I could do to prevent any of it. I was weak and for some reason my powers didn't work on the Organization members. I tried so hard to prevent this from happening, I shouldn't have allowed Riku to stay alongside me, but my heart got in the way. Now I would never see him again, my reason for living would be gone. I heard the sound of a portal appearing to my left and turned to see a boy with blond hair walk towards me. Great just what I need, someone else to torture me.
"Here you are," he said, relief filling his cerulean eyes, "You must be that girl he likes."
I looked up at him in confusion and began to wipe my tears away, "W-Who are you?" I asked.
He walked over to me and knelt down next to me, "I'm Roxas. A friend of Riku's."
My heart skipped a beat at the mention of Riku's name, I suddenly felt like I could trust this stranger, "Roxas…is he okay?" I asked, worried that they had already gotten to him.
He nodded and I felt happy knowing that he was okay, "He's just a little beat up right now. Nothing a few potions can't fix."
"I'm…very happy. You see the one's known as Saix and Xaldin were just given orders to…k-kill him," I replied, tears once again flowing freely down my face again.
Roxas placed a comforting hand on my shoulder, "It'll take a lot more than that to kill Riku. Trust me, I just hope Axel finishes healing him so he can get Riku here."
"Riku's coming here?" I asked not being able to hide the happiness from my voice.
"Yeah to save you of course," he replied with a small smile.
I couldn't feel anymore excited, Riku was coming for me. Just like he had promised, Saix and Xaldin wouldn't be able to touch him if they didn't know where he was.
"But in the mean time, I'm going to be protecting you. So let's get out of this place," Roxas said, helping me off the ground.
I nodded.
'Please Riku…please get here soon.'
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Done and Done lol. There's going to be a lot of action coming up in the oncoming chapters, hope you guys are ready for some battle scenes. Both in Riku's and Namine's, you might even get to have Roxas fight someone, though I'm not sure who. Okay let's have a poll. The choices for Roxas's opponents are as follows: Xigbar, Marluxia, Vexen, Luxord, or Lexaeus. Results will be posted in the next chapter. Until next time and you all know the deal with reviews.
