Chapter 11: Night Scares
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2 Days Later
Glaring at Axel, Roxas rolled over knowingly. Axel sighed, "Roxy, I'm aware it's 2 am, but it's time for patrol." The blonde grumbled as he dragged himself out of the bed, "Why did I sign up for this again?" Throwing the warm black comforter off, he dragged on some blue jeans, white and blue tennis shoes, a long black-sleeved shirt, and his Organization XIII duster. Axel grinned, and ran his hand roughly through his red spikes, "Because I do!" Blue eyes narrowed then twinkled at the emerald green eyes of his lover. Grabbing their weapons, they headed out the door of their room when Roxas replied casually, "You're an insomniac pyromaniac."
The redhead grinned again as they headed to the cafeteria, "Rox, you love me anyway! Hurry up, though, we've got main tonight." The blonde nodded and quickly threw down 2 cups of coffee, and his eyes brightened a bit as the caffeine hit. Following behind Axel, they started near the front door and walked all proceeding hallways in search of suspicious characters or sounds.
This continued until 5 am, all whilst the couple were laughing and talking. Suddenly, Roxas stopped and Axel accidentally bumped him. Emerald eyes watched the blonde carefully, "What?" The blonde strode ahead, peering before he turned the corner near the cafeteria, in a slight jog. Axel followed, professional now. Roxas murmured quietly, "I heard a scrape and a voice ahead." They finally reached the corner before the front door, hearing a familiar maniacal laugh that shook Roxas to his core. Running, they already saw the door opening and the x-marked face man running out the door, his blue hair sweeping behind him. The door slamming shattered the sudden silence.
Roxas stood, stunned, his blue eyes filled to the brim with fear, "That was-!"
Axel gritted his teeth and let out the name in a growl, "Saix." The blonde was shaking somewhat, but he answered calmly, "We need to report." His lover nodded, and they both quickly strode up to DiZ's office, both now professional and cool. Knocking, they heard a "Come in" and entered. The man looked up, a grim look appearing on his face, having a bad feeling, "Yes?" Axel answered lowly and formally, "We sighted Saix. Seems he was playing a cat and mouse game with us- including Roxas. Somehow, he now knows Roxas is in Castle Oblivion and part of the patrol." DiZ sighed regretfully, "Thank you. We need to up patrol, maybe keep track of the schedule and where our castle inhabitants are spending their days. I will see you at 8 in the cafeteria. We're having a meeting."
Heading out, the two boys passed Roxas' old room, and he murmured, "I need to get that taken care of." Axel nodded, deep in thought. "I'll help." The blonde murmured, "Okay." They arrived in Axel's room and only took off their dusters. Axel gathered the blonde in his arms as they lay on the bed, and watched him nod off; having a feeling the nightmares would start again.
2 Hours Later
Axel and Roxas sat at the table with Yuffie, Sid, Larxene, Luxord, and many others. DiZ coughed and got everyone's attention. "How many were patrolling last night?" A third of the table raised their hands, including Axel and Roxas. "Sorry to inform you all, but patrol is being raised as of Monday." Some people groaned, and Demyx asked, interested, "Why?" DiZ looked at the funky blonde and answered lowly, "Saix was sighted this morning on the main floor around 5:30 am by Axel and Roxas." The older blonde looked over at Roxas, and then turned to back to pay attention when DiZ coughed his name. "Axel and Roxas, Demyx and Zexion, Larxene and Tifa are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights. Luxord and Sid, Yuffie and Kairi, and Sora and Riku are on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. Any questions?"
Everyone nodded their consent, not daring to argue with DiZ with the chilly look on his face. Demyx sat next to the younger blonde as everyone got breakfast, "Are you okay?" He answered quietly, "Sure. Axel?" The redhead looked up tiredly, "Yup?" "Can we work on my room after breakfast?" Axel nodded, then shot a glare at Demyx when he started jumping like a puppy, begging to help too. "No, Dem. Go find Zexion." Demyx stuck his tongue out, "You're mean, Axel." A smirk appeared on his face, "So?" Zexion looked over at them arguing and sighed, "Dumbass." A scowl appeared on the redhead's face, "Oh, really, Mr. Illusionist?" The Nobody rolled his emotionless eyes, "Oh, wow, that's such an awesome comeback." Axel growled and turned back to his food.
