Axel stepped through the portal.
After he did, he braced himself from an attack from some enemy. However, inside the portal, everything seemed peaceful… except for the sight. There were pools of darkness everywhere, and he could see yellow eyes poking out of them. Axel gripped his chakra tightly. He looked left, then right. This peacefulness was making him anxious. He turned back to Demyx, but didn't see him standing there. It seemed darkness was his only company.
After a while, Axel gathered his senses and walked forward. There wasn't anything to walk to, but he continued his strive forward, constantly looking around for any sign of danger. Nothing. Axel grew more nervous by the second, and just when he thought he was safe…
"Greetings, Axel."
Axel immediately turned 180 degrees, his body braced for attack. However, nothing was there. Confused, Axel looked around wildly; trying to locate the source of the voice he had heard. Then, he heard it again:
"Do not be afraid. I am not here to fight you."
Axel, not convinced, spoke. "Where are you?" he asked strictly, his weapons still raised.
"Nowhere you now of. Or maybe I'm right in front of you. How can you tell, when darkness is all you see?" said the voice.
"How about you start making sense?" said Axel.
"I'm not speaking nonsense. You simply do not understand. However, that is beside the point. I have been waiting for you…"
"I'm sure you have, weirdo…"
"Silence. I am prepared to make you an offer."
"Really? What could a mysterious voice have to offer me, I wonder?"
"Do not test me. Though I do not wish to hurt you, I will not hesitate to change my mind. Anyway, I want you to join my army."
"What army?"
"The army of darkness. I know you want to escape your Organization, and what better way than to join the almighty armies of the dark?"
"Wow, that sounds… extremely uninteresting."
"You refuse?"
"I do refuse, thanks for asking."
"Then you have no purpose to me. Prepare to make the transition from Nobody to nothing!"
At that moment, a huge, black spear fell from the sky and landed two inches from Axel. He looked up to see another one headed straight for his head. Axel back-flipped out of the way; the spear landing where he had been only seconds before. Axel ran toward the portal as spear rained down from above, trying to nail him. A spear suddenly went through his cloak, dragging him to the ground. Axel tried to crawl away as spears landed all around him, and just when he thought he was free, he felt a sharp pain in his back, uttered Larxene's name, and blacked out.
Roxas wandered around his cell, waiting anxiously for his daily bread and water. He'd been waiting for three hours, and no one had come. Sighing, Roxas slumped to the floor and gave up. Had he been stronger, he would have taken this opportunity to escape. However, he could barely walk without getting a headache, so he'd given that up, too. The worst part about his condition was that he couldn't die, so he couldn't be "put out of his misery" either. Everything was hopeless now, and nobody was around to help him out of it. Unless Axel succeeded, this would go on forever. "Axel… don't give up as I have… you… have to… do it… ugh…"
With that, Roxas blacked out.
Axel woke up in a strange place. There were huge holes everywhere, and the whole place was a mix of black and white. Looking in front of him, he found a silver haired man in a glowing Organization cloak with an extremely long sword standing there. He spoke in a deep voice.
"Welcome to the Room of Light and Dark, Axel."
Axel realized he was air, with chains tied to each hand and each foot. Axel heated up his hands and feet, and burned the chains off. He materialized his chakra into his hands, and quickly charged at the man. The man opened his hand into Axel's face just as Axel approached him, and then unleashed a giant globe of darkness into his face. Axel was knocked off his feet, soared twenty feet across the room, and landed hard on his back.
"Fool. You cannot defeat the founder of the Organization!" said the man, and Axel figured
"Y-you're Xenon?!" said Axel, quickly getting up.
"You could not tell by looking at me? You really are quite stupid, you know."
"Shut up!"
Axel charged at Xenon, but Xenon simply knocked him aside again. Axel Got up once more, and tried to attack Xenon. Again, Xenon knocked him aside.
"Why do you even try?" asked Xenon, looking down at Axel, "Why not simply give up your feeble attempts to defeat me, and join my almighty army?"
"You… can take your… army and… shove it…" Axel said meekly.
"I don't think you're in a very good condition to insult me. Do you?"
Axel tried to get up again, but Xenon held him down with his foot. "It's time for you to go, Axel." Xenon raised his hand, and began charging a huge fireball in his open palm. Axel closed his eyes, and prayed that Larxene would be there to greet him in the afterlife… but then…
"Get away from him, Xenon."
Axel heard that familiar voice, and lay there rigid. He then felt Xenon be blasted off of him, and land many feet away. Axel looked up.
"My God… Larxene?!"
(WHOA! You probably saw that coming, but oh well.
Find out what happens next in Chapter XI: The Final Battle Part II! R&R peeps!)