`~`~`Demyx's POV`~`~`

He looked at the man, who managed to lift himself up and leaned against the wall. Demyx had a feeling that the man's back had to sting from the contact, his throat felt raw. He tried talking again. "W-Who are you?" he asked, willing his voice to work.

The man smiled sadly. "Name's Xigbar kiddo," he said, nodding his head. "And what's yours?"

He tried moving again, but his hips screamed at him for even trying. Not bothering to move again, he just laid there where Luxord and the others left him. "Demyx," he said through a raspy voice. "Why are you here?"

Xigbar shrugged. "I'm a traitor, according to Master Xehanort," he answered, sniffing the air. "What in the higher power's name is that awful smell!"

Demyx stiffened, knowing the 'smell' was coming from him. He didn't say anything, knowing this Xigbar person would find out.

Sure enough, Xigbar looked at him. "Kiddo, what the hell happened to you?" he asked. "No offense, you smell like blood, dirt, and salt water." He crawled over to Demyx, seeing the grisly sight. "What the hell?"

He didn't look at him. "Luxord injured me when he captured me," he told him, rubbing the side of his face, feeling the scratches that were still bleeding.

"Shit, what the hell do they want with a kid?" he asked.

Something seemed familiar to him about Xigbar. He looked at Xigbar, wondering what it was that was nagging him. His eyes widened with realization. He remembered Roxas telling him about his mother's death.

"So, they cut you, Sora, and Xion out of her?" he asked.

Roxas nodded. "Yeah, their names were Xigbar, Xaldin, and Lexaeus. They were experiments like me and my family. Apparently, Vexen wanted the three of us out of her so he ordered the three of them to cut us out if necessary. After that, they beat her to death…"

"Y-You!" he shouted at the man.

Xigbar raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Yeah, me! What about me, kiddo?" he asked.

He wanted to move, but his body wouldn't allow him to. "Y-Y-You k-killed C-C-Cloud's w-wife T-T-Tifa!" he shrieked. "You c-cut her b-b-babies out o-of her!"

Xigbar looked at him confused. "What…?" he asked. "I killed…someone?"

He nodded, keeping a wary eye on the man. "You killed Cloud Strife's wife, Tifa Lockhart. You and those two big guys, Xaldin and Lexaeus, cut her babies out of her on Vexen's orders."

The man didn't say anything, grabbing at his head as though he was in massive pain. "I…killed…someone…," he said as though he was trying to remember something. "I…killed…someone?"

"Didn't you?" he asked, knowing Roxas and Sora were telling the truth about him. But why did he look so confused?

Xigbar shook his head. "I don't remember, kiddo," he admitted. "I don't remember much at all really…it's all a blur. I remember seeing some spiky-haired kid, Sora, I think that's what his name was. I remember fighting him, and how much pain I was in, then it was all gone. When I came to, I was here. I honestly thought I was dead."

"You were," Demyx told him. "Sora said that you exploded from the inside out. He had lost control of his powers and you were pretty much slaughtered from what he told me."

The man grinned. "Thank goodness then," he said in relief, which totally confused Demyx.

"Why do you say it like that?" he asked. "You say it like you're grateful you died."

Xigbar shook his head like he was upset. "I remember almost everything now," he said truthfully. "They used my body when I was suffering from mako poisoning."

He looked at the man with wide eyes, completely in shock. "Mako poisoning? They used the fact that you had mako poisoning to control you?" he asked. "Why would they do that?"

"To make me stop rebelling. I never was good at taking orders," he replied, looking at Demyx. "I was always disobeying orders and everything to rebel against them. They couldn't control me. What happened to your clothes?"

Demyx blushed. "I think Luxord took them off when he brought me here. Just don't look."

"Don't worry bout me looking, I'm straight as a ruler!" Xigbar told him.

Okay, now he was confused. "But…you were gonna rape Saix."

"Huh?" Xigbar asked, looking confused. "Who's Saix? Is one of the others that those sick bastards were ordered to rape?"

"Something like that," Demyx told him. "You three were gonna rape him if Xemnas hadn't claimed him. But you didn't. There were others that they…?" He was scared of finishing his sentence, afraid of the answer would be.

Xigbar nodded. "Yeah, he and Xaldin would get whores off the street and they'd end breaking the person's bones before they finished. I know I might I have been a vegetable, but I remember seeing a few things." He looked at the floor, sorrow in his eye. "But killing a woman? A pregnant woman at that? Whoa…major guilt eating my insides."

"Are Xaldin and Lexaeus suffering from mako poisoning?" he asked. "Were they brainwashed like you were?"

Xigbar shook his head. "No, they've always been sick bastards. They weren't like me, they would actually listen and follow orders. I was the perfect example of what not to do as a SOLDIER. They were already insane, though Lexaeus doesn't show it much. But I don't know who's worse, him or Xaldin. Lexaeus is one of those quiet but deadly type of guy and Xaldin is just a prick who has to torture others physically or mentally to get it up. I never liked either of them to begin with and they never did like me." He looked at the floor, guilt in his eye. "I can't believe I helped kill a pregnant woman though…"

"But, it wasn't you, it was Sephiroth or Ansem controlling you. You couldn't fight back and from what I've heard, Sephiroth and Ansem weren't helpless little kids, like me, but strong guys. I nearly died from just fighting Jenova-BIRTH, that's why my boyfriend, well ex-boyfriend now, broke up with me. I'm not experienced like him and his family, they've either been fighting all their lives, like Sora, Roxas, Xion, and the Jenova triplets, or they're decades or centuries years old, like Zexion and his family. Even Cloud can fight cause he was in SOLDIER. I just started fighting two years ago, and have only used my powers in combat a few times. I'm not a fighter like the rest of them, so I can see why Zexion broke up with me."

"Just because you can't fight? That's a dumbass reason, maybe he had another motive," Xigbar said. "Maybe he did it to protect you, though that didn't you any good! I killed both Jenova-LIFE and Jenova-DEATH trying to escape outta of here. That's why I'm considered a traitor because I killed their precious experiments. But then, there's the fact they can't use mind control on me anymore and I keep rebelling against them. I don't care about telling anyone of they've done here, but I've got someone who's waiting for me back home."

"Who?"

Xigbar smiled as though he was remembering something that made him happy. "Simple, my true love is waiting for me," he answered. "That's why I tried getting outta here."

Demyx looked at him, seeing Xigbar reaching in his pocket, pulling out a rubber band and tying his hair back. He noticed something, Xigbar had the same eye color and the same ears as Saix. "Are you related to Saix in some way?" he asked out of nowhere.

Xigbar looked at him confused. "Saix? That bluish-silver haired Berserker that Master Xehanort and Hojo wanted me to rape?" he asked. "I remember him a little now."

He nodded. "I just noticed you and him have the same elf-like ears and the same color eyes. I was just wondering," he said.

"Beats me, not that he cares if I am, remember? I would've raped him if Xemnas hadn't claimed him, so who cares? And it doesn't really matter anyways, we didn't even know each other before we came here," he said, looking around the room. "No bed? Not even a blanket?"

Demyx shook his head. "No, afraid not. I don't think they're real big on keeping us comfortable here."

"Damn! We're in a real big pickle!" Xigbar said. "I guess leaning up against the wall will have to do for now," Xigbar said. He walked over to the wall behind them, leaning his back against it and kept his arms around Demyx. "Don't get any funny ideas kiddo, I'm just doing this cause I know the pain you're going through right now. This is way of character for me! Paine would be laughing her ass right now."

"Who's Paine?" he asked.

Xigbar laughed. "The one waiting for me at home, she's more sarcastic than I am on my best day. I'll just treat you like the little brother I never wanted," he said, grinning.

For once, Demyx felt himself smile as the sarcastic man held him. "Gee, thanks! I feel so much better now," he said sarcastically, but giggling a little.

"Even though you do smell awful, I think I deserve a cookie for being this nice!" Xigbar teased lightly. "Just go to sleep for now, I'll think of a plan to get us out."

Back to a life without Zexion…He thought, wanting to cry at the thought. "But I have no one to return to," he said quietly. "Zexion dumped me, I don't have anyone to return to. He doesn't love me anymore, he said it was fun, but that our relationship wouldn't last forever. It's like he kept half of me with him when I left. I don't know what to do when I go back home, Larxene and Marluxia won't be able to find me."

"Who are they?" Xigbar asked.

"My older sister and her husband," he answered. "I was connected to them earlier but I lost them when Luxord and the others came in and my head hurts too much to try again. What if I never get out of here? What if I can't find my way back home?"

Xigbar snorted. "Look kiddo, from what I can see, your boy Zexion only did what he did to protect you," he said. "Not that it did you any good, but if you're not as experienced as you say are and he's decades or even a few centuries older than you, he probably doesn't want you to get hurt. I'd do the same thing if I were him."

Demyx thought about it for a second, wondering if what Xigbar said was true about Zexion. "But why do it the way he did?" he asked quietly. "Why would he break up with me just to protect me?"

Xigbar shrugged. "Hell if I know! I'm not in your boyfriend's head am I? Maybe he thought if he broke up with you, that you wouldn't have any will to fight and go after them. But who knows? Go to sleep, you'll need it."

Demyx laid his head on his chest, even though he wished it was Zexion holding him, but Xigbar would do for now. He was exhausted, wishing this was just a nightmare he needed to wake up from.

Too bad it wasn't…