These chapters are short due to not having much going on and I am working up to another longer chapter.
Xion waited but saw no signs of the four willing to leave the house. The windows allowed her to see inside. The four were in the living room. Often, she saw the wolf or hunter looking out the window. The building made it hard to know what got said but she couldn't focus on that. It was gonna be hard to know when the princess would even be alone. Since two of the four knew she had been listening and had been hiding the entire time they returned to the main base. They would be staying indoors. Taunting her by sitting near the windows, actively looking out and being smug. Instead of staying though, she left early and heads to the docks. Where Larxene and Vanitas were waiting.
Lay Low
Chapter 23
"About time, Placeholder. What took so long?"
Xion crossed her arms, "I was gathering Intel, as my master dictated. Listen, we have a situation I didn't think would happen. They are now inside the alpha's house next to the window. They know I have been listening to them. So much so, they are looking out the windows."
"Maybe if you hid your scent better, then they would have never caught wind of you. They are dogs. Now we do this my way. Since this princess is among the pack, we have to play it safe. We back off, let them relax. Think it is safe." She pats Vanitas on the head. "We then send him to have a…'family' reunion when they go for...walk."
"And you are going to get them to go on this walk, how?" Xion leans close to her. "It isn't as if you can mind control one to suggest it."
"It is why we back off and lay low. Once they feel safe, they will leave. Allowing us to take that stink bug out, grab the royal baby and wound the wolf. We then grab the princess when she is alone. If we can't grab the baby, we can nab the princess and come back for the baby. In the meantime, you'll be here in her place. Getting the baby across the ocean. We can turn that child when they are old enough." Larxene pulls Vanitas close and cooed happily at her puppet. "And my favorite boy won't fail me, unlike you."
"That is because you simply broke his mind inside and out. You made it so he wouldn't dare disappoint you. That is dangerous but did you listen? No, you just made it so that if he is ever caught by hunters, he'll just be killed after exposing you and all of us." Xion grumbles out, one hand on her head. "But hey, what do I know outside of how stupid you are."
The vampire moves on, Vanitas walking to keep up with her. They had charms to help with the sun but knew to take cover since they didn't always work after a few hours. She helped them get a hotel room to hunker down and wait. Once there, it was just her having to deal with Larxene fondling her favorite minion or crooning at him to let her drink from him. It is sickening, even for her to see such a sight. She could get behind Marluxia and Namine. He treated her well, probably even saved her from a hard life. Not that she knew the full details but Namine was the weakest thrall among them all. Marluxia always took too much and often had her resting more than doing any meaningful tasks. Xion always saw her at his side during meetings yes but what no one else saw stunned her. Each meeting would have him supporting her with one hand on her back.
"Do you have to fondle him so much? You make Marley look like a saint." Xion sighs.
"If Marley chose a better thrall than a sick child then I would have long since cared but Vani here was just too perfect to pass up. His blood is so enticing and his looks just too handsome." She held onto him. "Besides, Marluxia was too soft in his early days. The first thrall he chooses and its some sick girl that could barely walk, let alone even leave a bed. Pfft, he was an idiot for picking her. Unlike Axel, she was able to be turned and didn't smell."
"Namine was sick as a human?"
"God, how stupid are you? She was dying of leukemia. I told him not to bother but noo. He just had to save her." She waves a hand in the air. "Just so stupid."
"Either way, stop fondling your dead thrall. If you can't, get a room and do that." Xion begs. "Bad enough I have to wait this out with you."
Larxene stood and with a wave, had Vanitas follow her to one of the rooms. Leaving Xion to just lean back and grumble. Now she has to wait out the next few days with these two.