Author's Note: Hi peoples! Well, now that I'm done standing in a few weddings (so fun!), I'm free to do as I please..and my pleasure is writing...and bonfires...but its hard to convey bonfires online, they have to be experienced. So here's some writing!
Chapter 11
Roxas awoke to his shoulder being shaken, the familiar smell of the grounds surrounding the manor filled his nose. "C'mon pal." Axel said jumping back from the car. Roxas pulled himself out as they all made their way to the front door. "Someday you'll be able to have fun at the club." Axel said as Xemnas' keys jangled. "All right gents, to bed." he muttered as the second car pulled into the driveway. Xemnas looked at his watch and said "Hm, made pretty good time for leaving after us."
Saix, Xaldin and Vexen came through the doors, locking it before turning back around. "We've got to have someone wait up for Luxord, Xigbar and Marluxia." Xaldin said matching eyes with each man in turn. "Wait, wasn't Lux supposed to ride back in yous guys' car?" Saix asked, pointing towards Xemnas. "I broke my own rule, what of it? There's bigger things to concern ourselves with. And with that remark, it looks like you just volunteered to wait up for those mugs." Roxas shrugged at them as he turned to walk up the stairs. No one else spoke as the rest of the Organization went about their business. Roxas shook his hair for a moment as he made his way to his own room, and more importantly, bed. He didn't want to think about what was going to unfold before him in the coming weeks and months...hell he didn't even want to think about getting up to make breakfast. After slipping out of his suit, he flopped onto his bed and almost instantly was able to fall asleep again.
The alarm clock sounded like it was going to wake the whole household. Roxas, still half asleep ran up and threw it to the floor where it silenced. He closed his eyes and stood there for a moment before wandering over to his washbowl to rinse his face off. The cool water certainly helped to wake him. Getting properly dressed, he made his way downstairs to collect eggs from the chicken coop. Oddly enough, no one else woke up yet. The house felt like it was awake though, he could hear the noises it made when there was next to no sound, it comforted him in a strange way. Walking outside, he made his way towards the coop while the wind blew through his tousled hair. Chickens have an odd sort of smell, it used to bother Roxas, but not so much anymore.
Upon entering the house, eggs in hand, Roxas saw someone sitting at the counter. "I missed the hulla-balloo last night hm?" Demyx asked as Roxas set the eggs down. "You did! This pinhead comes in, trying to bust up the joint you know, embarrass the boss and all but Xemnas handled it. Security's going to get jumped up." he replied as he pulled out the frying pan. "Oh I believe it. That' why he called me to come down here last night. I worked on the hooch trail from Canada, but he wants us all to lay low for a while. Them truck drivers can handle it." Demyx said sighing. "I bet he was reeling last night."
Roxas nodded, Demyx decided to start making the coffee. "I think the only people staying where they're at are the guys working the docks. I don't think that schmoe knows about that quite yet." Just then, the front door opened, both boys ran over to see who walked in. It was Xigbar, carrying a newspaper under his arm. "Geeze, what'd you do? Shake down the poor news kid to hand over a paper before dawn?" Demyx asked as Xigbar walked past him. "How come I don't smell eggs or bacon?" he asked, taking a seat in the kitchen. Demyx rolled his eyes as they walked back and started to crack a few eggs in the pan. "No one told me there was bacon...I didn't see any in the ice chest." Roxas replied.
"Hmph." Xigbar continued to read his newspaper. More and more members started to flow towards the kitchen as the smell of breakfast filled the house. Once those who wanted to eat were finished, Xemnas started to talk as he motioned everyone to follow him into the parlor. Mainly it was a recap of what he had said last night about Mar going undercover and finding out any more information on the G-men in general. "I will assign posts as needed once this thing flushes out more, but until that point, keep close to the house here and go out only if its essential. As long as we do that we can nip this in the bud before it gets out of hand." Some of the men nodded in agreement while others looked irritated. "So we're letting them get the best of us and we're stuck hiding out...as always?" Surprisingly it was Vexen that spoke up.
"Listen pal, you and your mates there wanted to duck out last night right after the tosser left. I don't want to hear a word of cowardice from any of you or you'll have a problem on your hands." Luxord said. "The only person that's got a right to complain is Laraxene because she's out in the open. We can't bring her here because she's got to run things at the club. He's not going to chase us out of there. Business will return as normal there after a day or so." Xemnas said casually. "You're taking this a lot better than I thought you would today." Demyx commented. "Fortunately for you guys I got all my anger out last night. Now, lets have 2 of you head into town and go shopping for more food." Xemnas pointed at Roxas and Demyx. "Go to your mom's stand and see her for a little bit before we tangled up in this mess."
"Maybe she'll feel bad and give us a discount on eats!" Demyx nudged Roxas who didn't smile. "Besides, that's also the area where the soda shop is near right? I DON'T want you to go in the place, but look around it, see who's hanging around there as a look out. Not that I put much stock in the G-Men..." Xemnas said, handing the pair some money. "Hurry back, don't let her know what the deal is right now, last thing I need is a worry-some parent." Xemnas practically shoved them from the room. "If you see that girl, ignore her for now, I've got plans for that one." he shouted as they walked towards the door. "I'm surprised that man hasn't lost hair over this Organization. I know for a fact that's not a wig, no one would design something that stupid looking." Demyx said as they slipped their coats on. A car was already waiting for them when they got out.
The rest of the afternoon was uneventful, they shot the breeze with Roxas' mother for a while, got some food (without a discount) and hung out in front of the soda place before heading back to the manor for a report. "See that house there?" Roxas asked Demyx as they made their way through the neighborhood. "That guy who lives there was about to call the bulls on me for asking where Xemnas' house was when I got lost." Demyx smiled as he saw someone peeking through the curtains. "I wouldn't doubt it, wonder what he does for a living..."
They found Xemnas when they opened the door sitting on the sofa, discussing plans with Xigbar. "Was she there today?" Xemnas asked as the boys went to drop off the groceries. "Who? That wispy kid? No, she wasn't around..." Xemnas nodded. "Yeah, I bet she was still in school...We'll have to get a schedule of classes." he said walking back to Xigbar. "What do you think that's about?" Demyx asked as they put some flour away.
"I don't know what he's planning, but I'm not going to enroll at no school, I'm done with that." Roxas said. After everything was put away, Xemnas slid into the kitchen, "I want to have a fire tonight and go over what the new course of action will be tonight. Once its over, I'll wire those who aren't here. Yes sir, there's going to be an end to this, one way or another."