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After her mission had been completed, Vilixa transported herself to the old clock tower in Twilight Town. She missed watching the sunset--she hadn't been to the clock tower in weeks. It didn't seem right being there all alone. It was a sight that needed to be beheld alongside the company of friends.

When she got there, she found Axel and Roxas already waiting for her. She sat next to Roxas, who handed her a bar of sea-salt ice cream. She accepted it and bit down into it, munching in silence. Axel looked over at her with exasperated eyes, but then stared back off into the sun.

"How was Castle Oblivion?" Roxas finally asked, breaking the silence.

"Not bad," Axel shrugged. "A mission's a mission. Shame about the other Organization members, though. Turns out Marluxia and Larxene were traitors. Didn't take long for--" He paused, stopping himself from saying anything further.

"Didn't take long for what?" Roxas asked.

Axel scratched the back of his head, unsure of what to say. "Well, when we were in Castle Oblivion, some of us were in charge of the upper floors, and some were in charge of the basements. I was kind of hanging around both camps, and this kid ended up defeating pretty much everyone in the upper levels and his friend did the same for the basements."

"Who?" Vilixa asked.

Axel let out an accidental growl. "That information is classified."

Vilixa sighed, letting the subject drop. The three of them ate the rest of their ice cream in silence. When they had all finished, Roxas stood up first.

"I'll see you guys back in the castle, right?" he asked. The pair nodded, and Roxas summoned a portal and left. Vilixa got up to leave as well, but felt a hand tugging her back. She looked over to see Axel holding onto her right wrist tightly, heat searing through his gloves and causing her arm to burn in pain.

"Vilixa," he said, dangerously quiet, "I know that you overheard what Saix and I were talking about." She felt her breath caught in her throat as Axel's grip tightened. She winced as he said, "Don't you ever tell Roxas. You're my friend, and I don't want to have to hurt you."

She gulped and nodded before tearing her arm away from Axel's grasp. She lifted her sleeve slightly to reveal a burn the size of Axel's hand that wrapped around her entire wrist. It glowed slightly pink, and she quickly opened a portal with her left hand and quickly returned to the castle.

Back in her room, Vilixa examined the burn with more care. She cast a Cure spell on herself and the insistant throbbing died down, but the burn marks left from Axel's touch remained embedded into her skin. Axel was much more powerful than she'd anticipated, and she was afraid of what else he was capable of.

"Axel...is my friend," she murmured to herself. "Why is he keeping so many secrets?"

Soon, there was a knock at her door. Cautiously, Vilixa opened it, half expecting Axel to be standing there, chakrams ready to attack at any second. She was greeted by the complete opposite, as Demyx stood before her, a small smile plastered on his face.

"We have a meeting," he said. "Come on, Xemnas is waiting in the conference room." And then he opened a portal and was gone in a flash.

Vilixa sighed and teleported herself into the conference room. She had always felt awkward being in there, not only because whenever she had to be in that room did she have to answer question after question about her Keyblade and its lack of use, but because there were only thirteen chairs, and she was the fourteenth Organization member.

She stood in the center of the room, the large seats towering over her. She didn't want to take the place of any of the eliminated Organization members out of respect to them, so she stood and waited with the remaining eight.

Xemnas sat on his throne, his voice booming throughout the room. "We have discovered an impostor lurking about," he announced. "One that has the nerve to wear our coat."

Vilixa looked around, seeing all of the other Organization members muttering to themselves, deep in thought.

"I want them found," Xemnas continued. "Eliminated. Show them what it means to cross Organization XIII."

Slowly, everyone teleported out of the conference room. Just as Vilixa was about to do the same, Xemnas' voice stopped her.

"Vilixa," he said, "Everyone must be alert in order to capture and eliminate this traitor. This means that you must use your Keyblade, or drastic measures will have to be taken."

She gulped and nodded, teleporting back into the Gray Room where Roxas and Axel were talking by one of the large, glass windows. Before she could approach them to talk, she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning slowly, she saw Saix hovering over her, a slight smirk tainting his face.

"We have a very important mission for you," he said in a hushed voice. "Go to the Beast's Castle and seek out this impostor. Xemnas wants you, personally, to eliminate them."

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