Ch 13.5
SIDE STORY: Daxam Gets A Dog
After being tasked with spying on the other members of the organization, Daxam gets a power up to help him in his new mission. He decides to find somewhere out of the way to see what new power he has and what he can do.
Okay, so the handsome leader says that he powered me up. I do feel a little stronger, but I wonder what exactly that means.
He wiggles around and practices flailing his arms as an attack.
Oooohhh. That feels stronger.
He then stretches his arms and begins to float in the air.
Okay, and that's a lot easier now!
I wonder, though…
Daxam lands and stands still for a moment.
Come on…
He concentrates until finally a small black portal appears in front of him.
I CAN! YES! It's a little small though, but with some practice, I could probably…
Suddenly, a small figure shoots through the portal and bounces around the room.
Uh-oh! What is that?!
The figure keeps bouncing until it finally jumps towards Daxam and lands on his head.
Ah! I'm going to die! What are you doing? Help! I wish I could talk!
"Boofff" The black figure bellows in the commotion.
Booff? What goes boof?
Daxam pulls the creature off of him and examines it.
AHHH! A heartless! What are you doing here? You can't be here!
"Boofff!" The heartless dog responds to the Nobody and bites his head.
Well, it's a good thing that I'm stronger now. I can't even feel that… Still… It's kind of rude…
Daxam struggles and pulls and eventually gets the dog off his head and places him on the ground. The heartless sits and looks around with his tongue out.
Okay. I need to get you out of here right now… Drat… the portal closed. Hold on, I'll make another one. Just let me concentrate.
The nobody begins to concentrate on opening another portal, but after a few seconds of concentration, notices that the heartless is gone.
That's not good…
He leaves the room and begins to search the hideout for the wild heartless.
Here boy… good boy… bad boy…. Whatever you are… just come here…
Daxam finds himself following a noise that leads him to a room full of books and chairs.
This must be Zexion's hang out, and… oh no….
He looks around and sees several books torn apart and chewed on. Pages of the books are strewn about with bite marks and slobber on them.
I'm dead. Yup. He's going to kill me.
"Boofff…" Daxam hears a noise in the distance along with shattered glass.
Nope. Nope. Nope. NOPE!
He wiggles down the hall as fast as he can and looks around.
"Booff…" The sound is heard at a distance along with more glass.
Please don't be where I think you are…
Following a memorized path, the sounds get louder as he approaches the Organization's lab.
Please...
Everything is silent for a moment as Daxam stands there unwilling to open the door.
"Booff!" The sounds is heard from inside the door and more glass shatters.
"What is that sound?" A familiar voice is heard saying down the hall.
OH NO!
Daxam quickly opens the door and makes the decision to not look at the destruction, but instead focus on finding the heartless. He finds him in the corner, chewing up some important looking notes. He grabs the dog and runs out of the lab and into an empty room.
Okay… So… Maybe no one saw us…
"Hmmm… a dog, huh? Pretty bold for a dusk." Axel stands in the corner looking at Daxam holding the heartless.
Oh, so NOW is when you finally have a personality?!
"It's okay. We all need something to fill the void. Kind of risky though. Here, let's take it down stairs. Nobody is there right now." He begins to walk out of the room and down the stairwell with Daxam following.
Thank you, oh handsome one!
They reach a large empty room with some training dummies in it.
"Here. This is the room that they gave me to train in. I'm good though, so you can keep him in here if you want."
I don't really want to keep him… He's just kind of here…
"Boofff!" The heartless jumps out of Daxam's arms and onto his head. He begins to lick his head and bites it a little.
"Aww. He's a cute one. I think you should call him… Boof."
Boof?
"Booff!" the dog responds.
Alright Boof, I guess I'm taking care of you now…