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Ultmate Black Ace-

AkuBeku-

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1mNobody-

Thank you for reveiwing my chapters :3

I just read a depressing story! I was crying! The ending wasn't good... well... on the whole it was good but for the actual characters... not so happy ending... it was... yeah. I was going to say something else here but I forgot it- oh! -This isn't what I was going to say but- I got the Fullmetal Alchemist episodes of Bec! Now I have them on my computer! I'm so happy.

Am also working on making a few moves with some of my friends! Yay!

Bec called me short about five times today! :T

And... I'm just saying a bunch of random things aren't I?

Wow, without Roxas around to direct my speech I really just ramble...

I'm going to stop now.

I don't own Kingdom Hearts... I can never again ask Roxas to do the disclaimer for me... or can I?

Chapter Twenty-Five: Escape

'She's your last chance… do you take it?'

A… Sor… a… Sora… Sora…

"Sora!" "Wake up, Sora!" Roxas groaned and opened his eyes, looking up to see Namine looking down at him with a concerned expression. "What happened here?" He sat up, then remembering Sora, looked around, he saw the Organisation members unconscious on the ground, he saw Namine standing before him, but there was no Sora.

He groaned and buried his head in his hands, he had just wanted to help Sora, now he had made things even worse

He felt a hand on his shoulder, "Sora, what happened here?" "Why are you calling me Sora, Nam? It's me, Roxas." A frown appeared on Namine's face before she said uncertainly, "okay then… Roxas, can you tell me what happened here?"

Roxas fidgeted, then sighed, leaving the issue with his name to wonder at later, "everyone escaped, the barrier was shut down, everyone ran for it. But I couldn't find Sora, and I didn't want to leave without him." He frowned, he felt he was forgetting something important, but everything after he was strapped onto the experiment table was a blur, he didn't know what happened after that.

Namine stood up, "the barrier was shut off?" She whispered excitedly. Roxas nodded, Namine ran over to the computers- half were smashed in, but a few still looked to be working- after a few moments she squealed excitedly, "they're still off, so are the other defences!" She turned to Roxas eyes alight, "we still have time to escape if we hurry." Roxas felt his heart lift, then he paused and looked over at the Organisation members, "they're all unconscious, don't worry about them." Roxas nodded and was about to turn away when a flash caught his eye. He looked at Number II and edged a little closer; his chain was around the one-eyed man's neck.

Unable to believe it, he stepped closer, then reached out. His fingers brushed the silver chain, and he lifted it gently, there was Oathkeeper, and Oblivion, there was his little paperclip. He smiled, and felt tears come to his eyes. He quickly pulled it over the other's head, and placed the chain around his own, before turning to Namine and, with a small smile, took her hand.

They ran out of the room, out of the building, they kept on running.

After some time, they reached town; the town that Roxas could hear the bells coming from. Roxas looked around, eyes wide, Namine tugged his hand impatiently, "come on, So… Roxas… let's go. I know somewhere we can stay for the night. It's a bit close to that place for comfort but… we'll have to deal with it for the night."

Roxas nodded and followed her, they headed into a hotel, Namine spoke to the receptionist, then they were given a set of keys and shown to a room. It was a small, singly room with two single beds in it.

Roxas turned and stared at Namine, "can I ask where the money for this is coming from?" Namine blushed slightly, "I'm sometimes sent away on… missions to deal with people who have found out about the Organisation. I have to wipe out any memories they have of us, basically, if I don't, the Superior just sends someone to kill them instead.

"Now I tend to just deal with anyone who finds out about the institute, if I can stop someone being killed, I will. That's all there is to it. Often, in order to wipe their memory, I have to stay somewhere a few days to get close to them. This mission was meant to take me longer than it did. So I had left over provisions and such to help us now."

Roxas nodded, "alright then," Namine turned to him, "Roxas, we better remove these transmitter chips, now is best." Roxas nodded again, "it'll hurt," she warned, Roxas shrugged, "I think we've both been through worse. Do you want me to do yours?"

Xigbar opened his eyes and sat up, looking around. The laboratory was in shambles, the two kids were gone. He frowned, then turned to Xemnas who was- typically- already up and at one of the computers, typing frantically. After a few moments he stood, pushing away from the table, cursing, "I can't access my computer. I don't know whether the experiment was a failure, or whether the boy simply woke up before us and ran."

Xigbar got to his feet and looked around- Larxene, Saix and Luxord were all already awake, but the others were still unconscious- he walked over to one of the computers and had a look. He frowned, something felt strange, he paused for a moment, trying to work out what was missing. Then he realised something, that feeling around his neck that had come to be familiar and comforting in the knowledge that it was around his neck and not around that blonde's. It was gone.

He reached into his shirt to check, just in case. It wasn't there.

Slowly a smile crept up onto his face, an evil, devious smile, he turned to Xemnas, "oh… I wouldn't worry if I were you. He's alive alright."

And lo and behold... basically, set it up like this so that a sequel is possble... which is why Xigbar realses that they were still alve and... stuff.