Me: Here's chapter twenty-five people! Sorry for the late update, but I had to survive fair week and was busy! School will be starting soon for me, so updates will get later unfortunately. But anywho! I present to you, my faithfl readers, chapter twenty-five of Orly?
Warning: Rated T for language, violence, suggestive situations, and character bashing! You've been warned! :D
Heel toe, heel toe, heel toe, heel toe was the mantra Courtney kept repeating in her head as her feet slammed into marble flooring, propelling her dimunitive frame forward at an incredible speed. Dark chocolate hair whipped past in wicked streams as icy blue eyes searched for something to attach to. Anything. Even the image of an enraged Colleen fighting Vexen during testing would be welcome. Wait a minute! Fighting? The brunette came to a screeching halt, her sneakered feet prostesting to the sudden deacceleration, knees bending at a ridiculous angle to stop her self from making a face plant into the hard floor. Through the open door that lead to the basement, the sound of battle floated from the usually quiet room, screams woven in the song of clashing metal. Feeling no concern for her safety, Courtney pelted down the steep spiraling staircase into Vexen's lab of science and painful expirments. Ever since the trio of girls had been brought into the Castle That Never Was, each had a mandatory set of tests that had to be completed. Of course, ever since the whole incident with Mansex testing their capibilities, Courtney had to undergo the most, being the only to have her heart at the moment. Finally, the short gremlin burst through the doorway, noticing that the bulkhead door had been ripped off it's hinges and thrown into the parallel wall. A giant chunk of ice flew over her head as she came barreling in, missing it's intended target by a large margin. The lab was in ruins, smoking and ready to collaspe on it's current occupents. But they seemed in no hurry to leave, as they were fighting almost to the death. Colleen had her halbered connected, making deadly swipes at the Chilly Academic who deftly blocked her moves with his blue shield.
"I SAID SHUT UP YOU OLD ASS! LIKE HELL YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S FEELING!" Colleen yelled, making a downward swipe at Vexen. His shield came up in time to block the potentially fatal blow, but the pure force put behind it made him grunt.
"Calm yourself XVI! You are over reacting!" The blonde scientist shouted angrily, deflecting attack after attack. Fortunately, the two engaged combatants did not see Courtney, otherwise her move would not have worked. Her favorite whip, the long dark leather bull whip, appered in a flash and crack, snaking towards it's target. It curled around Colleen's halbered, and with a fierce tug, it was yanked out of the enraged Nobody's hands suddenly. There was a brief moment of silence as Colleen processed what had happened. She stared at her hands blankly. She then turned on her heel sharply, a shocked expression on her face.
"C-courtney? When'd you get here?" she asked, staring at her halbered in the Mistress of Weather's grasp, whip coiled in her other hand.
"A few minutes ago. I heard fighting and merely followed the sound. Wasn't expecting this, however." the brunette replied, her voice taking a peculiar tone. She jerked her head towards the door, mointioning for Colleen to leave.
"I belive Saix was looking for you, Colleen-chan." The taller brunette slumped her shoulders, dragging her feet as she slouched out the door and up the stairs. Courtney calmly disassembled the weapon, pocketing it in her deceptive Organization coat sleeves. The ends of the sleeves where wider and more flared, and had pockets of varying size and depth sewn into them. Her whip was simply attached to a hook on her belt under her coat, instead of being dispersed like normal. As soon as Colleen was out of ear shot, Courtey stepped into the ruined lab further, whistling.
"Whoa. Don't think I've seen this much damage done to your precious lab besides when Axel decided to have a pyromaniac moment." she snickered, weaving around piles of glass beakers and bits of table pieces. Vexen huffed, exchanging his overbearing shield for a broom and dustpan.
"Tch. She merely over reacted. Are you going to help or not?" He snapped, sweeping at the rubble that littered the once spotless floor. Courtney sucked on the inside of her lip thoughfully.
"Maybe. It depends if you answear my questions, Vexen." She replied coyly. The Chilly Academic looked at her, narrowing his eyes. This seemed a little suspicious.
"What're you after, XVII?"
"No need to be so cautious Vexen!" Courtney exclaimed comically, making a mock hurt face.
"With you, it is always a need." He replied dryly. Courtney shrugged, smirking like the Cheshire Cat.
"Maybe a good idea. But anyways...I need to know a few important things."
"Then grab a broom. Make yourself useful." Courtney grabbed one, and started sweeping, neatly herding rubble into a pile. Vexen's nose twitched, which only happened when he was extremely surprised. Courtney never usually did anything so easily. Courtney smiled at him, trying a stab at looking friendly, but instead looked very...intimidating.
"So? Are you gonna answear my questions or not?"
"Tch. Fine, fine. What do you want, XVII?" The brunette was silent a moment.
"I want to know exactly why the Organization choose me, Julie, and Colleen to join." Vexen shot a surprised look at the gremlin who only continued to sweep calmly.
"I doubt you could understand any of it. The reasons are complicated and many."
"Then dumb it down for me. I haven't a lot of time left, Vexen." Courtney snapped, suddenly very angry. Vexen flinched, but complied, albeit a little hesitantly.
"If I told you directly, it wouldn't make any sense. So I'll just give you some...backstory." Vexen cleared his throat, preparing for what was surely a very long and very scientific talk.
"Months before Roxas graced our Organization with his power, we were still looking for plans to complete Kingdom Hearts. Since the only way to properly release hearts was with a Keyblade, our options were exceddingly slim. Until one faithful day, III and IX found a world unlike any other." Courtney's icey blue eyes stared from under her curtain of dark chocolate hair.
"Our world."
"Precisely. Upon further investigation, the planet was found to harbor no Heartless, nor any coherant darkness of any kind. This seemingly natural pure planet, was actually protected by some magical force. We were able to penetrate this shield, with much difficulty. Once we were able to get through, our powers were limited at best, but still usable." Courtney narrowed her eyes.
"It still doesn't explain why us three were taken. You could have taken anyone stronger."
"Yes we could have. But the longer we observed your world, we discovered that only a select few among the billions had the potential for Keyblade like power. And as it was, you three had the biggest potential. Though your power is much darker than both Conellex's and Jiexul's. I would have thought by now, that your heart, so unused to being bombarded by high levels of darkness present in The World That Never Was and other places, would have turned and you became a Nobody." Courtney snorted.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. There is darkness in our world, it just doesn't manifest like here in this universe. I'm resilent." she countered. Vexen was stunned, to say the least. This was out of character for the gremlin. She hardly participated in intellectual conversations or listened for that matter. She was definately up to something. Courtney twirled the broom in her hands.
"Vexen, I have one last question." He raised an eyebrow.
"Yes?"
"Hypothetically speaking, how does one go from being sterile to fertile?" The Chilly Academic blinked in surprise. Why on eath would Courtney of all the females in the Organization ask such a question? Before the blonde scientist could open his mouth to reply, Courtney ran out of the room, broom clattering to the floor loudly.
"Sorry Vexen. That last part slipped out. Gotta run!" She shouted over her shoulder as she stomped up the stairs. Vexen shook his head.
"Stupid girl. Didn't even finish cleaning."
Me: Well, it's finished! Dun dun duuuun! What's going on? What's our little gremlin up too? Find out in the next chapter! So let's hit that review button people! Just one tiny click! C'mon, yu can do it! And if you need a little push, Jiexul's here to help! :D
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