"So how has Luxord been treating you?" Zexion questioned as he set a hot cup of tea down in front of Saïx.
Saïx looked from the up to the boy sitting down in the chair across from him.
"You can be honest with me." Zexion nodded. "I'm not going to run and tell him anything you say. I know how Luxord can be and I just want to make sure that you're not being abused because of his temper tantrums."
"Temper tantrums?" Saïx questioned with an arched brow.
Zexion nodded his head. "Yes temper tantrums. That's what they're called when he gets mad because people don't behave the way he expects them to. Similar to that of a child."
That was an interesting way of describing Luxord and his behavior. "He's had a couple of those." Saïx nodded as he picked up his cup and sipped the tea.
Zexion snorted. "Of course. I suspected as much." He growled with an annoyed tap of his fingers against the table. "Maybe it's time to turn Marluxia loose on him again." He nodded thoughtfully.
Saïx stared at the tea in the cup. "Luxord said that you and Marluxia are lovers." He said as he furrowed his brows in thought.
Zexion beamed brightly. "We are and it's the finest from China." He nodded towards the cup in Saïx's hand when he looked up at him. "Luxord's father sends it to us."
"It's very good." He smiled then took another sip.
"I believe Marluxia would disagree with you however. He prefers Old English tea to this says it's much too weak for his tastes and calls it colored water." He chuckled.
Saïx stared at the light green colored water in his cup. "I can understand why he would think that."
Zexion nodded in agreement. "I'm not much of a tea drinker myself but with Luxord and Marluxia around tea is the predominate beverage between the two households. So you either learn to like it or go thirsty."
"I suppose." Saïx nodded in agreement then suddenly changed the subject. "So how long have you known Luxord?"
Zexion chuckled at that. "Now we get down to the good stuff. If anyone knows Luxord La Vache it's Marluxia but I come in at a close second and anything Marluxia knows you can be sure that I either know it now or will eventually find out about it."
"He tells you everything." Saïx said with a small nod.
"Exactly." Zexion smirked as he pointed at him. "Luxord hates that I know so much about him and he hates it worse when I call him out on his behavior. You know," he started thoughtfully. "it's kind of funny but Luxord tries so hard to please me and pouts rather pitifully when he thinks he's let me down or if I'm disappointed in him." He then grinned evilly at the blue haired male across from him. "It's my ace of spades so to speak."
"Why?"
"You know I'm not really sure why but who am I to question how I came to hold such power over him." He grinned. "What I do know is that if I'm unhappy because of something Luxord has done Marluxia's unhappy." His smile turned to an evil smirk. "And when my Marly is unhappy he lets Luxord have it." He sighed thoughtfully. "I believe that Marluxia is the only person Luxord has ever actually feared."
Saïx widened his eyes as he stared across the table at the boy. "Is Marluxia so powerful?"
Zexion shrugged. "In the world of law I'd have to say his is one of the most powerful attorneys around but that isn't why Luxord restrains himself around Marluxia." He leaned in and spoke in a low soft voice. "Luxord is well aware of what it's like to feel the sting of the whip on his back." He sat up and nodded knowingly.
Saïx sat there cup half way between the table and his lips, mouth slightly agape, and eyes wide. "Marluxia beat him?" He nearly gasped out.
Zexion set his chin firmly as he grinned devilishly. "He did and Luxord has no one to blame but himself for it."
"How did such a thing come about?" Saïx questioned his attention completely focused on the boy in front of him. Information such as this was much too valuable to pass up and he was going to get every single detail he could then perhaps he would finally get the upper hand on Luxord La Vache.
xx
"Well?" Axel questioned Xigbar as he stared at the scene in front of him.
Xigbar shook his head. "No; that's all wrong."
"What do you mean it's all wrong?" Axel demanded with his hands on his hips looking rather affronted. "I think it's perfect."
"Right," Xigbar drawled. "and the mere fact that they're both completely clothed doesn't tell you that something's wrong?"
Axel stared at the two beings in question and shrugged his shoulder. "No way man!" He shook his head when it suddenly hit him what Xigbar was hinting at. "I ain't doin it." He cringed. "That's more than I ever want to see about either of them."
Xigbar slumped. "Man if you want it to work ya gotta do it right. They'll never believe it if they're still dressed when the wake up."
"Fine then you do it." Axel nodded.
"Look man I'll do one and you do the other." He arched a dark brow. "Deal?"
Axel stared at Xigbar for a long silent moment. "Fine." He sighed dejectedly.
"Alright let's do this and get it over with." Xigbar nodded.
"Yes." Axel agreed as he paled.
"Hurry up." Xigbar hissed at the red head.
"Oh man this is sick." Said red head bemoaned as he kept his eyes shut tight to prevent them from being burned right from their sockets.
Xigbar looked over at his friend and suddenly began laughing hysterically.
"What?" Axel questioned still not opening his eyes.
"Dude if I were you I would pay attention to what I was doing." Xigbar laughed.
Axel opened his eyes and nearly fainted at the sight before him. "Oh man." He groaned and released his hold on Vexen's crotch.
"Now that's some funny shit." Xigbar laughed.
"Shut up." Axel growled as he wiped his hands off on his thighs. "Let's just hurry up and get done with it already." He ordered and went back to stripping Vexen while trying to see as little of him as possible.
"Well how's that?" Axel questioned as he kept his eyes locked on the ceiling.
"Man it's still wrong." Xigbar sighed.
"Fix it so we can get the hell out of here." Axel growled.
Xigbar shook his head before he made the needed adjustments. "Alright perfect." He nodded rather proud of himself.
"Yea whatever man let's just go already." Axel turned and made for the door.
Xigbar followed behind his friend. "Did you set up the camera?"
"Of course." Axel nodded as he walked through the door. "But I don't think I'm going to want to watch it ever."
"Come on a case of beer, a few shots, and we are talking one hell of a good time." Xigbar grinned.
"Well I suppose all the alcohol would make it less traumatic." Axel nodded. "Yea I can't wait to see how it turns out." He then grinned evilly. "If it's a success we can work on Luxord and his new toy."
"Oh right; how is that relationship workin out?" Xigbar questioned.
"It has it's ups and down like all new relationships." Axel nodded as he pulled his cell from his hip when it began ringing. "But I'm sure with a little incentive the'll be just fine." He smirked darkly. "Talk to me." He nodded as he placed the phone to his ear.
"Have you seen Vexen?" Lexaeus demanded.
"Lately?"
"Don't play dumb with me." Lexaeus growled. "Vexen is suppose to be at the airport to pick up Marluxia and Zexion's new baby and he isn't there."
"Alright… alright… calm down." Axel nodded his head vigorously. "I will take care of everything."
"I don't want you to do a damn thing." Lexaeus hissed. "You'll probably screw it up. I'll take care of it myself." He then slammed the phone down.
"Damn that bastard!" Lexaeus angrily mumbled to himself as he snatched his keys up off the table and made for the door. Things were already complicated enough he didn't need this added on top of it all.
xx
Riku snorted as he opened the door to Xemnas' personal office. Of all the break-ins he had done in his life this one had to be by far the easiest one ever. This man Xemnas may as well have left his front door wide open with a note saying welcome to my home.
However what was clear was that Xemnas was living well beyond his means as he quickly discovered based on the balance sheet sitting on the desk. The man was nearly in the red and once all bills were paid he only had a few hundred pounds left to his name. "What a fool." Riku chuckled to himself before he snapped a photo of the balance sheet.
He looked around the room and quickly spotted the filing cabinet and shook his head. "Terrible." He snorted as he walked over to wall and pulled the large picture of the man who owned the house open like a door.
He pulled the second drawer from the top open and skimmed through the files until he found one that was clearly labeled La Vache and once again shook his head. "Don't make it too obvious." He snorted as he plucked the file from the drawer.
He took the file over to the desk, flipped it open, and nearly laughed out right. It was quite clear this Xemnas person was either a simpleton or a complete fool and he was more than certain that he was both. There in the very front of the file was a list like a grocery list of all the things he needed to do in order to bring Luxord down.
"Step one," he read aloud. "prepare Saïx. Who's Saïx?" He wondered briefly before he moved on to the second step. "Step two, inform Saïx that he will be going on a trip and have him prepared by his escorts." Riku shook his head not wanting to know what a man would do to someone to 'prepare' them for a sudden trip.
He set the paper down, snapped a quick photo of it, and moved onto the next sheet. "Trade Cost." He read aloud and didn't know if he should laugh at the man or cry in pity for him. He was certain that Luxord was going to get one hell of a kick out of this.
He quickly took pictures of each sheet in the file before he put it back just as he found it. As he stood in front of the filing cabinet something told him to open the very bottom drawer and see if there was a file labeled Saïx.
Sure enough his instincts paid off as they usually did and there was the file he was looking for. Opening it up to see if it was worth anything he noted that the first page was a death certificate. "Hmm… I wonder if Luxord would be interested in this?" He shrugged took the file and stuffed it into his bag and just in time as he heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
He quickly closed the picture back over the filing cabinet and slipped out of the office just as the footstep rounded the corner to the hall. He slid down the wall to the first door he came to and slipped inside before he could be seen by whomever it was that was in the house.
He listened intently by the door to see if he could determine who it was or if they were coming his way. He really didn't want to have to resort to violence to keep from being seen but he would if he had to. When he didn't hear the footsteps he turned to look about the room that was dimly lit by a crack in the deep navy curtains.
This was why he preferred day time break-ins more adrenalin not to mention less likely someone was going to see an odd light floating around a dark house. He quietly made his way over to the curtain and pushed it open a little further giving the room a little more light. "Saïx." He whispered to himself as he stared at the small picture of a blue haired boy of about fifteen standing next to Xemnas who looked to be about eighteen or so sitting on the side table.
"Now this room is going to need some inspecting if Saïx is Xemnas' brother and Xemnas sent Saïx to Luxord." He once again listened for the being in the other room or if there were more footsteps coming his way before he began to really inspect the bedroom.
xx
Lexaeus stood by the gate to the airplane and waited rather impatiently though none would notice unless they watched him carefully and spotted the muscles flexing in his jaw. It wasn't long until a short little Asian woman in the typical air China airlines uniform walked through the door carrying a bassinet.
"Vexen Cheating?"
Lexaeus gave off a snorting chuckle. "Vexen Keating." He corrected.
"You are him?" She questioned as she stared up at the large man.
"No; I'm Lexaeus McArthur." He nodded.
"Ahh…" she smiled nervously at him. "the father."
He was tempted to shake his head but resigned himself as it would just be easier to let her think he was. "Yes." He held out his driver's card to her and once she verified who he was she handed the baby over.
"Thank you." He nodded then turned and left with every intention of heading straight to Marluxia and Zexion's and hoping that Luxord was going to be gone by the time he got there.