Author's Note: Here you go, next chapter! The chapter you've all been waiting for: the day the Organization plays a bigger role! Hurrah for Axel and Roxas (contrary to popular belief, I do not support AkuRoku)!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter 13: Kidnap

Vanessa laughed alongside her friends at her joke. The next day, she decided to go out again despite Naminé's protests and warnings. She did not want to disappoint her new friends, and even felt that she owed it to them.

"How much longer will you be here Vanessa?" asked Olette. Vanessa shrugged.

"Gosh, who knows?" she said. "I sure don't. I can't even make a guess."

"Why do you say that?" asked Pence. Vanessa grinned slyly.

"'Tis a secret my fair man." she joked. She laughed. "Don't worry about it, I was just being weird."

"Well, you sure are good at it." said Hayner. Vanessa folded her arms.

"Why do everyone and their grandmas think I'm weird?" she wondered. Olette giggled.

"You're not weird Vanessa." she said. "Hayner's just being Hayner."

"Stop being such a Hayner Hayner!" she joked, receiving a laugh from everyone, including Hayner.

"I hope you stay a while." said Pence. "You're pretty cool. Smile!" He held up the camera to Vanessa, who struck a ridiculous pose, causing Pence to laugh as he snapped the photo.

"Hey, let's take a rock-star photo!" suggested Vanessa.

"Huh? What's a rock-star photo?" asked Olette.

"It's when a group of people take a picture while trying to look all badass and mysterious without actually looking at the camera." Vanessa explained. "It's really cool. Here, I'll show you. Pence?" Pence held up the camera. Vanessa leaned against a wall with her arms crossed, a very stoic and mysterious expression on her face. She looked apathetically away from the camera. Pence snapped the shot and held it for everyone to see.

"Wow, that actually looks pretty cool!" said Hayner. "Let's do it!"

"We have to find someone to take the photo for us." said Pence. "I know, we'll ask the shopkeeper at the ice cream place!"

"Yeah, and maybe she'll actually have some ice cream this time!" said Vanessa.

"Let's go." said Hayner. They all traveled to the ice cream stand. When they arrived, a cloaked man stood in the way. Vanessa's eyes widened with horror. The cloaked man turned to face them, his face completely hidden by his hood.

"Well looky here!" he said in a peculiar surfer-dude accent. "Now how did I know if I stood here long enough, you were bound to show up?"

"Who are you?" Hayner demanded, stepping in between the strange man and Vanessa. The man laughed.

"Just a nobody." he said cryptically. "So Vanessa, that's your name right? Come along now." Vanessa stepped back.

"The Organization…" she whispered. Her face hardened with anger. "No way!" She turned around and bolted. She did not get far before she felt something whiz over her head. She stopped and turned around. In the man's hand was an odd weapon that looked a lot like an arrowgun.

"First shot was a warning." he said. "Anymore resistance and I can pretty much guarantee the next shot'll go in a place you'd rather it not." He turned his weapon on Pence. "Like one of your friends for example." Vanessa flinched.

"You wouldn't!" she shouted. The man laughed.

"As if! Care to try me?" he teased. Vanessa trembled with anger. She sighed.

"Fine…" she relented. "…I'll go…"

"Vanessa! Are you nuts?" cried Hayner. "We'll be fine! Just go! Get out of here!" Vanessa shook her head.

"No." she said. "I can't. If something happened to you guys, I…" She trailed off. "I'm sorry…"

"Vanessa…" said Olette softly. The mysterious man chuckled.

"How noble of you!" he teased. "But anyway, let's be off before the boss get's all impatient." With the wave of his hand, a dark portal opened up behind Vanessa. The man walked beside her. With one quick motion, he swept her up onto his shoulder.

"Hey! Put me down!" she cried. She struggled in his strong gasp. "Put me down dammit! I said I'd go!" The man laughed.

"Can never be too careful!" he teased. The confused and fearful faces of her friends were the last thing Vanessa saw before the man stepped through the portal and into the Corridor of Darkness. The Darkness overwhelmed her, filling the air in her lungs, crushing her. Before long, she passed out cold.

Vanessa groaned as she slowly came to. She checked her surroundings in confusion. She noticed that she was in a cell in a dungeon-like area.

"What the…?" she said. "Where the hell am I?" She grabbed the bars and tried to rattle them. They would not budge. She tried to find a lock. There was none. Not even hinges were present to indicate an opening.

"How did I get in here if this damn thing doesn't even open?" Vanessa asked in frustration. She summoned her Keyblade. "Oh well, there's more than one way to skin a cat!" She proceeded to lash out at the bars. The Keyblade bounced back and reverberated in her hand. She tried again, with the same results. She tried to bust her way through a few more times, but to no avail. She panted as her Keyblade disappeared.

"Damn…" she breathed. "…these bars are no freaking joke!" She sat on the floor to catch her breath.

"I can't believe I let myself get caught!" she scolded herself. "Why don't I ever listen? Naminé warned me, and I went anyway! I'm such a moron…" Her face fell. "Naminé, Riku…what will they do when they find out I'm gone? Will they look for me?" She shook her head. "Ch'yeah, right. If they're smart, they'll just leave me here to fend for myself like the dumbass I am. It's not like I don't totally deserve it…" She sulked for exactly three seconds before she jumped to her feet, Keyblade in hand.

"Screw this self-pity crap!" Vanessa cried. She held her weapon at the ready. "I'm getting the hell outta here my own damn self!" She swung at the bars with all her might. They seemed to give way; not much, but enough to boost her resolve, which in turn boosted her strength. She hacked away at the bars, determined not be kept a prisoner. She had to see her friends again. She had to let them know she was ok. She had to get out of there.

"Just a little more!" she thought. The bars were almost completely broken. With one last well-timed swing, she knocked a few bars away, creating a gap just large enough for her to squeeze through. It took a while, but when she finally managed to escape her prison, she ran down the plain white halls as swiftly as she could. She climbed up the stairwell she found and continued to run. She had no idea where she was going, or even a plan. She was running on pure adrenaline and instinct, fear and determination.

"Ok dumbass, when you get home, you're never going outside ever again!" she said as she rounded a corner. She stopped. Her eyes widened with horror. Just ahead of her was a man whose face she would never forget. Axel stared back at her with equal disbelief.

"Hey!" he shouted. "How'd you get out?" Vanessa bolted in the opposite direction in response.

"Crap!" she shouted in her mind. "Dammit! Now they know you're free!" She glanced behind her shoulder; Axel was not behind her. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked ahead. She almost lurched forward from the abrupt stop she was forced to make. She staggered back from the smirking face that had suddenly appeared in front of her.

"And where do you think you're going?" sneered Axel. Vanessa trembled with fright. She turned to run, but the white creatures that she faced just a week before appeared behind her, blocking her path. Vanessa looked around, her hope dwindling as she was forced to cancel out all possible means of escape. Axel chuckled.

"What's the matter? Lost?" he teased. Vanessa gritted her teeth.

"Get outta the way!" she shouted. Axel chuckled again.

"No can do." he said, waggling a finger. "Nothing personal, it's just, my boss wouldn't like that very much." Suddenly, another man appeared from the Darkness. He had long blue hair and cat-like yellow eyes. His ears were pointed like an elf's and an X-shaped scar covered the front of his face over the bridge of his nose. Like Axel, he wore a black coat.

"What is going on here?" asked the man coolly. Axel smirked.

"Ah Saïx! Come to join the party huh?" he joked. "Our little prisoner here decided to pull a jailbreak. Don't worry though; I was just about to round her up."

"How did she escape in the first place?" asked the man known as Saïx through clenched teeth. He was obviously irked. Axel shrugged his shoulders. Saïx glared at Vanessa. "It seems she's stronger than we originally anticipated. That may prove to be both a blessing and a curse in the future." Axel rubbed the back of his head.

"Well, I don't know about all of that…" he said. "…but anyway, what do you what me to do with her?" Saïx smirked.

"Nothing." he said. "I'll handle her from here. You're dismissed." Axel shrugged. He gave Vanessa a wink.

"You be good now!" he joked before disappearing in the Darkness. Vanessa trembled fearfully as Saïx advanced her. She backed up, only to remember the creatures behind her. One grabbed her and wrapped its arms tightly around her, preventing her escape. Vanessa screamed.

"Let me go!" she cried. She tried to fight, but the creature was too strong. She could do nothing more but stare helplessly at the face of impending doom.