Note from rarmaster: i wish Alpha had heard them wrong, too... because they are absolutely DISGUSTING (and yet oddly interesting) to write! Like, seriously, I thought Sora's Shadow was bad! heheh... nope, not anymore! I'd rather be writing for him than them! *shudder*
Note from forevermagik13: I am excited for all of these chapters to post. And I'm ignoring the grossness.
"Why can't you just turn the computer back on?"
Joseph stopped, filling with dread. Very, very quietly, he peeked into the Computer Room. Sure enough, there stood 37, accompanied by Larxene L. He winced, noting that both 19 and Alpha were unconscious. However, the most surprising part of this scene was how much 37 and Larxene L were bickering.
"It's more complicated than it looks!" 37 replied, casting an annoyed glance over his shoulder at Larxene L. Joseph made a face. That annoyance wasn't anywhere near what he had seen 37 have before. "Alpha unplugged the darn thing!"
"Just plug it back in!" Larxene L said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
37 cast her a 'no-duh' look.
"I wish it were that simple," he muttered. "But it was unplugged during a critical part of the data initiation, I will be very surprised if-" he paused, and made a face, realizing that Larxene L probably wasn't following him at all. "You know when a computer tells you not to turn it off because it's in the middle of something?" he said instead.
Larxene L glared at him. "I'm not five!"
Joseph snorted. Luckily, neither of them noticed.
I really should do something about them, he thought. They probably are responsible for… no, they ARE responsible for Alpha and 19 being unconscious.
But…
He grinned.
Their bickering is amusing…
"So you're saying that getting the files might be impossible now?" Larxene L asked, and then laughed. "Saix isn't going to be happy about this!"
"Saix isn't going to find out about this," 37 replied, as he quickly entered a few commands on the computer. It beeped at him. He swore.
"Ooh! Naughty mouth!" Larxene L giggled, placing a hand on 37's shoulder.
Joseph nearly puked.
Just what is it with them! They're acting like-
Riku and Namine…
Oh my gosh!
He actually did puke slightly.
This is disgusting! I'm not going to stand here and listen to them anymore!
And, that decided, he pulled his star shard out of his pocket and did what he had considered doing to Riku many times, but never actually had the guts. He reached forward, still unnoticed, and grabbed the edge of Larxene L's cloak. He waited a split second, until 37 had his hands off of the computer, and then activated the star shard-
They appeared in a completely empty room of the Castle. Joseph quickly distanced himself from Larxene L, merely out of reflex, but partially just to trick her into-
"You little-" she shouted, charging up a lightning bolt.
Or trying to charge up a lightning bolt.
It flickered in and out of existence with in the span of a half second. She frowned, and then tried again, but with the same results. She swore.
37 raised his eyebrows.
Joseph grinned.
"All abilities of every Replica are offline while remaining in this room," he informed them, trying his hardest not to laugh as he did so. "We typically put 6 in here so he can't hurt himself."
"I don't need lightning to hurt you!" Larxene L shouted, and lunged forward. 37 thought about restraining her, but then thought better of it.
Joseph quickly dodged out of the way, and her fist nearly missed his head. He quickly pulled out his wooden sword, and this time when she attacked he hit her hard in the side. It probably didn't hurt much, but was enough to make her miss.
They went on like this for a bit. She only managed to punch him once, but it was right in the nose, and hard enough to make him bleed. He didn't stop though, and continued to whack her with his wooden sword, harder and harder each time. He doubted it was actually hurting her, but was surprised when she doubled over in pain at one point.
Grinning, Joseph rushed forward, blade ready to strike. He knew it wouldn't do him much good, but it would definitely be fun.
However, before he could actually hit her, 37 had picked him up by the collar of his shirt and held him back. He kicked at the air for a bit, as if it would make 37 drop him. Larxene L finally straightened and stalked forward, glaring.
Joseph glared right back.
"You can' kiw beh," he declared, though the sentence came out rather mangled due to his nose. He grinned a crooked grin-
-only to have her snatch his sword away from him.
"Hey!" he shouted, struggling against 37 again. "Giffat back!"
She raised her eyebrows, completely un-amused. "Oh, you really think I will?" she sneered. And then, right in front of him, she snapped it in half.
"Hey!" Joseph shouted.
Now she grinned, cruelly, and tossed the broken pieces aside.
"Let's see how well you can fight now," she laughed.
Joseph made a face and then kicked 37 as hard as he could. Thankfully, this caused 37 to drop him, albeit flat on his face. He rolled to the side before Larxene L got any ideas of pinning him there, and quickly fished his star shard back out of his pocket and activated it.
He landed on his hands and knees in the middle of the Main Room, which wasn't in a very good state at all. Tulip was nowhere to be seen, but that was about the only good news.
"Joseph! What happened to you!"
Joseph turned, and sure enough, there was 29, rushing over to make sure that he was okay. He rolled his eyes slightly.
"Larkfene anb firdyseben," he explained, grimacing at how bad he sounded. "Gowt dem out udda compudder oob…"
"Are you okay?" 29 demanded.
"Yah! Imb find!" Joseph exclaimed, pushing himself to his feet and pocketing his star shard. He dusted himself off. "Losht by sword, doh…" He sighed and made a face. He had grown fond of that sword, and had no idea where he could possibly replace it.
"Where did you take them?" 29 asked.
"Dat abiwity pwoof oob," Joseph said with a wave of his hand starting off.
"And what do you think we're going to do with them?" 29 called.
"I dond know," Joseph replied. "Bud sumbfink before Riku gebfs back."