Ansem The Wise Preparatory Boarding School
Chapter Eight – The Organization
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters.
Axel told himself it was to finish what he started and finally fuck that cute little blonde, but deep down he knew he just had to see him again, sex or no sex. He had just finished up with one of his frequent clients Seifer, turned out the wannabe bad boy had a one last summer blowout this weekend on Daddy's yacht and he needed a little pick me up. Right. Now.
After the exchange of cash for the cocktail of coke, adderall and oxys, the redhead was planning on just heading back to his dorm when he spied Sora and his 'girlfriend' sitting in the stands watching the boy's lacrosse team. Axel smirked and could only guess that if he looked over to the field, he would see at least one player with long silver hair.
Scanning the rest of the crowd, he didn't see Roxas. Frowning, he placed one foot after the next up the rickety metal bleachers until he reached the brunettes row. He smirked, Sora hadn't noticed him yet, his eyes too busy following a certain someone up and down the field. His girlfriend looked bored, she was staring at her nails.
Pleased with himself for successfully sneaking up on the pair, he plopped down next to Sora earning himself a high-pitched squeal from the brunette and a surprised look from the redhead.
"Hey kid, what's shaking, who's your friend." He waggled his eyebrows at the girl who blushed and giggled. Sora looked scared to death of him. Oh well, nothing new there…
"Oh h-hi Axel. Um... This is uh, this, this is, um…" Sora fumbled over his words and quickly glanced between the two redheads, he was too cute. The girl obviously had enough and bravely reached out her hand over the brunette's lap for a handshake.
"Hi, I'm Kairi, your Axel Heart, right?" She batted her eyelashes at him. He smirked, reaching for the hand offered to him, but instead of shaking it, he turned it on its side and placed a gentle kiss on top.
"Kairi?" He looked eyes with her, lips hovering just above her warm flesh. "It's a pleasure to meet you." He drew out in a low voice watching her gulp. He just couldn't help it, he knew the affect he could have on people and absolutely loved the power, the control of having everyone always eating out of the palm of his hand. He released the now speechless girls' hand and turned his attention back to the twin.
"So, where's your brother at?" He used his most charming smile on the boy hoping to coax him out of his shell. It seemed to work slightly, and the brunette was finally able to string together a complete sentence.
"He's probably still in our room, I invited him to come with us, but he said he was going to start on his homework." Sora wrinkled his nose at the work 'homework' like it was offensive with Axel quickly following suit. What kind of person did their homework right after school?
Rising, he smiled at the freshmen below him before bidding them a "Thanks kids" and loudly traipsed back down the bleachers. A couple of students turned to stare, but as soon as they saw Axel they turned right back around. It was about a 10 minute walk from the athletic fields to the boy's dormitory and he decided to light up a smoke to keep him company on his journey.
"You know this is a no smoking area?" a familiar voice called behind him. A wild smirk came over his face as he turned to face the familiar blonde giving him a no-nonsense look.
"Strifey! Good to see ya man, it's been a while! How was your summer?" He took a long drag of his smoke, blowing it in the other man's direction. Cloud fanned the smoke out of his face with a sour look.
"It was quiet and relaxing, although it looks like my peaceful days are over." Axel swore he almost heard the joke in that sentence, but the older man was completely monotone. Typical Strifey.
"Nah, don't worry about me, I promised I would be a good boy this year." He winked at the blonde who scoffed in response.
"I know your not going to put that out, but could you at least do me a favor and dispose of your trash responsibly?" Cloud crossed his arms over his bulletproof vest. Axel never understand why the head of security had to be dressed like a goddamn SWAT member, but he guessed this school always way a little extra.
"Whatever you say Strifey. you're the boss, right?" The older man just rolled his eyes. "Anyways I hate to run but I have an adorable little blonde I was on the way to see, unless you would like to be my little blonde instead?" he raised his eyebrows and Cloud turned on his heel walking away shaking his head.
"OH C'MON!? YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT!" He yelled, just to be ignored. As he watched the blonde walk away, he was even more convinced that he had to be related to the twins, the resemblance was uncanny.
He made quick work of the rest of the walk to the dorms and disposed of his cigarette butt in the trash near the door, he owed it to Strifey after all he put him through last year. Riding the elevator the one short floor, he felt a strange tightness in his chest. Furrowing his brows and placing a hand over his heart he laughed as he realized he was actually nervous. He couldn't remember the last time he felt this way, it was almost… nice.
Stepping out, he took the few steps needed to reach the twins door, he was surprised to hear the familiar voice call out "Door's open" so nonchalantly. He felt his heart skip a beat, wait what the fuck is that about? Pushing open the unlocked door he was greeted with the sight ofthe petite blonde almost entirely engulfed in a black bean bag chair, 100% focused in game of Call of Duty.
Quietly, as to not break the boy's concentration, Axel crept over the other bean bag and slowly sunk down into it. Roxas was pretty good, he watched in silence as the blonde was lost in the fictional world. He couldn't stop the small laugh from escaping as the blonde lost and literally threw a fit, complete with kicking legs. The blonde seemed to remember he had company and slowly started turning his head. He watched the boy's eyes start at his shoes and work their way up his body, he got about halfway up and bit his lips earning a grin from the redhead. By the time cerulean eyes locked with his own, Roxas' was as red as a tomato, face so sexy and screwed up while biting his lip in embarrassment. Axel loved it.
"Hey Roxy, so how was you first day?" He threw out casually, the blonde looked at him like he was insane.
"Um… it was okay I guess." He replied unsure of himself, he reached up and grasped the back of his neck. Axel was loving this, he was just so adorable.
"Oh yeah? Anything exciting happen?" He said in an almost sing song fashion, attempting to sit up straighter in the bean bag, but to no avail.
"What are you doing here?" The blonde asked in a serious tone. Axel was slightly taken aback. What is with this kid? Why won't his Axel charm work on him?
"What does it look like I'm doing? I came to see how the rest of your first day was!" He didn't let his confidence drop as he beamed a smile at the boy who gave him a questioning look.
"So, you're not just here to try and get into my pants again." Roxas finally spoke, his face slowly turned the color of a tomato. Axel thought about this, it was the same question he has been asking himself on the way over here. He didn't lie to people to get them to sleep with him, he didn't need to do that he had plenty of willing participants. There was just something about Roxas, he couldn't put his finger on him. Yes, he wanted him so badly, but he had to admit he liked the kid and just wanted to be around him.
"Well, it definitely would be a bonus, but no Roxy, I'm not just here to 'try and get into your pants'. I really did want to check on you and see how your day was, is that so hard to believe?" As soon as he said it in his sickeningly sweet voice, he wanted to laugh at how ridiculous he sounded. Roxas must have been thinking the same thing because he let out a whole-hearted belly laugh. He knew he should be offended, but that laugh was too contagious and soon they were both rolling on the floor in laughter.
Clutching his side and wiping a tear from his eyes, Axel was finally able to choke out "What's so funny about that?" He couldn't help the absolute joy from spreading through him at Roxas' laughter, it was so pure, so genuine, he'd never heard anything more… beautiful.
The blonde was now sitting on the floor leaning against his bed. His smile was radiant. Axel didn't think he could look away if he tried. Slowly, the laughter dissipated into cute giggles. Finally, he spoke;
"I'm sorry, it's just," the blonde giggled again, "I guess that just wasn't what I was expecting from someone like you." His smile was too much for Axel, he felt like he was going to burst.
"Someone like me huh? And what exactly is that supposed to mean?" He could only assume what he'd heard, gossip at this school travelled fast. The blonde looked away slightly embarrassed. He decided to push his luck a bit further and reach out his with his long leg and tap Roxas' foot playfully. "C'mon Roxy what do you mean?" A smirk on his face as the boy seemed to struggle with an answer.
"I-It's just, I mean, yo-you can come across pretty intimidating, plus from what I've heard you your pretty popular, so why are you wasting your time with me?" Axel was pretty sure that the blonde just called him a slut, but he wasn't wrong… He just laughed.
"I take it by 'popular' you mean I get around," He locked eyes with Roxas and made sure to throw some fire behind his stare, "Which I do, so stop being so concerned that my only interest in you in sex, because believe me, if that's all I wanted I'd have it." Roxas swallowed his arms and his eyes widened, far evident in the swirling blue orbs.
Axel just rolled his eyes and stood up, extending his arm to the frightened freshman beneath him, who accepted the outstretched hand with only minimal hesitation. He pulled the blonde to his feet a little harsher than intended, he was just so light. Only about 2-3 inches apart, Roxas stared up at Axel with questioning eyes and a quivering lip. God, it would be so easy to just slowly lean down and capture those pert, pink lips…
"Roxas." Saying his name correctly for the first time hoping to convey trust and seriousness to the younger boy. "You don't have to be afraid of me, I will never hurt you, and I will never make you do anything you don't want to do." He ran a finger along the blonde's jawlines letting it rest right under his chin. "No matter how tempting it is." He winked as he joked to lighten the mood and it seemed to work as the blonde visibly relaxed and smiled.
"You know I'm still not gay right?" Roxas said almost breathlessly. Axel wasn't going to point out that they were still inches apart, Axel holding his chin… If Roxas wasn't gay he would have been half way across the room by now. Instead he just leaned forward and whispered into his ear.
"Well we will just have to see about that won't we Roxy?" He felt the blonde shiver at the warm breath that was undoubtably tickling his ear and neck. When he pulled away, he could have sworn he saw a look of lust and disappointment in the other's eyes.
"So, you never answered me, anything exciting happen on your first day?" He stepped back and collapsed once again into the white beanbag. Man, these things were so not comfortable. He watched as the blonde's face changed from stunned to snarky as he opened his mouth to reply.
"Well, there is this weird red headed guy who keeps following me everywhere, I think he's stalking me!" A mischievous smile dawned that perfect mouth and it set Axels heart on file. He didn't think he had ever been this attracted to anyone in his entire life.
"Ah, so he makes jokes!" Axel exclaimed happily and Roxas laughed collapsing in his own black bean bag chairs. Suddenly Axel remembered what he was going to ask the blonde.
"Hey, I meant to ask you, are you related to Cloud Strife, the head of security?" He watched flicker of fear flash across the blonde's eyes before he shook his head slightly, he didn't look Axel in the eye as he answered.
"Yeah… he's my brother, but please don't mention it to anyone else." He seemed to further sink into the chair.
"Your BROTHER?" He couldn't help the volume of his voice. Why would his brother be working here? This school was for the children of the elite of society, the kind of place that Senators and people like Bill Gates would send their kids to. Roxas nodded weakly and began to explain. Hell, Axel didn't even know what his dad did, just that he worked for with the government somehow.
"Yeah, you see Sora and I, we aren't like the rest of you guys here, we're just normal kids, from a regular family. See, my mom, she's always done humanitarian work, it does pay a lot, but it's ya know fulfilling." The blonde smiled as he thought of his mom and it was so sweet. Oh, my gods what is wrong with him? He didn't think things were sweet.
"Anyways, she raised the three of us on her own, Cloud is 14 years old than us so he kind of raised us too, got a job here working security and 10 years later is now Chief Security Officer." Axel frowned, that couldn't be the whole story.
"Okay but that doesn't explain why you are going here." He prodded for more details.
"Over the summer, my mom got her 'job offer of a lifetime' travelling with a great organization curing night blindness in third world countries. Don't give me that look it is a real thing look it up." Axel had turned his questioning look into just a slightly raised brow.
"Anyways, she was going to have to turn it down, but Cloud offered to talk to the school and see if they would give him a discount and apparently it was enough that my mom was able to afford it, but we still had to sell the house and basically everything we have, to do it. I don't even have a home to go back to anymore. I'm literally just stuck here for the next four years with a bunch of rich kids who think they are better than me…" Axel could see the sadness in the boy's eyes as he spoke and immediately wanted to reach out and hold him, but he forced himself to stay put.
"Hey, we aren't all bad." He tried to joke but Roxas only scoffed.
"Please you're literally the only person who has even tried to talk to me since I've been here." He rolled his eyes at the redhead.
"What about those kids you had lunch with." Axel questioned.
"You met Riku last night, not really my friend, him and Kairi are Sora's friends, and Namine is Kairi's roommate.
"Oh, so you don't like them?" He didn't blame the kid Riku seemed kind of like an asshole and that Kairi girl was a little annoying.
"It's not that, it's just…" Roxas stared out the window at the sky that was beginning to streak red. It was Axels favorite time of the day.
"Everyone always likes Sora more than me. It took me my whole life to find 3 people how actually liked me more, Hayner, Pence, and Olette. But they all got to start Twilight Town High School yesterday, and I'm, well, here." The blonde hung his head and let out a melancholy laugh.
"Four." Was all Axel replied. Roxas face contorted in confusion and Axel's signature smirk snuck on his face. He leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees.
"There are four people who like you more than your brother." He clarified, and the look that graced the blondes beautiful face set Axels heart on fire. He glanced to the alarm clock on Roxas' bed that read 5:23. He knew Lacrosse was over at 5:30 (He fucked a midfielder last year) and if he stayed here, he knew he chanced running into Sora or worse, Riku, he had a bad fucking attitude. He preferred to keep Roxy to himself…
"Hey, I was going to dump my backpack in my room, do you want to come with me, then we can go to dinner?" He watched the blonde ponder his invitation for a moment before nodding, popping up from his seat and wordlessly followed the redhead out the door, making sure to put his scarf back on to conceal his marks. As the pair entered the elevator Axel snickered and Roxas popped an eyebrow at him.
"I guess you probably know by now that it's an unspoken rule that the stairwell is for hook-ups only." The redhead laughed, earning him a glare from his blonde companion.
"Oh, you don't say…" Roxas mumbled as he followed Axel to his dorm. He placed his key in the lock and once it had clicked, he swung the door open. He attempted to make quick work of dropping his backpack off, but a gasp from the freshman behind him made him whip his head back to look at him. Roxas was just staring agape at seemingly nothing.
"This is your room?!" The blonde exclaimed Axel only chuckled he guessed he should have anticipated that considering how plain the twin's room was.
Maybe that wasn't the right word… It sounded meaner that he meant, but it definitely made more sense now why they are using the furniture the school provides. Most students have their own furniture brought in, some even hired decorators and designers. Axel hadn't sprung for that extravagance, but he could admit he had pretty sweet room. He was pretty sure that Roxas was unaware, but there were different levels of rooms, depending on the tuition the parent paid. There was Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Axel's was a Gold and Roxas' was defiantly a Bronze.
Gazing around the room he tried to see it from the 'normal' boy's eyes. It was rather large, though probably half the size of his own room at home. It was able to fit both their king-sized beds, Axels an intricate black wrought iron four poster canopy bed while Demyx's had a more modern white square frame. There were also 2 desks, 3 guitars, a keyboard, a 54' inch mounted tv complete with huge entertainment center with every gaming console you could think of. They also had a black leather L shaped couch and 2 gaming chairs. It was funny, the twin's room all sort of went together, but you could see a clear definition of the teens distinctive styles on their halves of the room, though it all just kinda clashes together in their 'living room' set up.
Roxas was still standing in the doorway, just staring at everything like a kid in a candy shop. Axel chuckled and made quick work of stashing the backpack that rattled slightly in his closet before returning to the blonde.
"What's the matter never seen a room before?" He joked, Roxas just walked over to the entertainment center and started looking through the games.
"OK, now that I know you have Brawl, you are so going down!" Axel faltered for a moment when ecstatic cerulean orbs connected with his, a devilish smile playing on the blonde's lips. Not willing to give up the upper hand he countered back;
"I dunno Roxy, I think I've seen you cry enough for the week" He winked to make sure Roxas knew he was kidding around, but that didn't stop the spread of pink across the younger boy's cheeks. "C'mon let's get some food, I'm starved"
"Really? I thought for sure that the ridiculous amount of food you ate for lunch would hold you over until tomorrow at least." The blonde tried to shake off his embarrassment with a laugh. Axel's heart skipped another beat. Seriously, what was up with that?
"Is that a challenge?" He cocked his eyebrow and plastered a smirk on his face.
"Oh God, no!" Roxas shook his head laughing, waving his hands in front of him "You might explode!" Axel could think of more than a few jokes he could make about 'exploding' but he decided to keep those to himself. Things were going so well he didn't want to scare the kid.
The pair spent the trip to the dining hall arguing over the best brawl characters; Roxas preferred Link, while Axel was more of a Princess Peach man. The blonde really got a kick out of that. Axel again loaded up his tray with his normal amount of food that was overflowing off the tray, Roxas gaped at him over his single plate of spaghetti and meatballs. He didn't even grab a dessert!
"Sorry kid, but this is where I leave you again." His heart sank at the sad look that couldn't be disguised in cerulean eyes, the waters were too blue, they revealed too much. Axel smirked and reached out to ruffle the others hair almost dropping his dinner in the process.
"Don't make me feel bad! It's not really up to me... Let me make it up to you babe, meet me at the clock tower, after dinner? I'll bring the ice cream." With that the blondes face absolutely lit up and Axel couldn't help but think he looked so much prettier when he smiled. He took the smile as the boy's response.
"Perfect it's a date then!" He waggled his eyebrows at the already-scowling-again freshman before he left him standing there. Oh, how Axel wanted to look back at him so bad, but that would ruin the dramatics.
He was once again last to join the gang, but this time Larxene was too busy whispering into her boyfriends' ear to verbally abuse him. That didn't mean he was off the hook…
"Alright, now that all attending members are present, I have some urgent news from Superior." Saix looked right at Axel as he spoke, the redhead rolled his eyes in response and took his seat next to Demyx.
"Alright, alright, don't blow a gasket, I'm here." He replied flippantly taking a bite out of his diner roll. The blue haired teen didn't address this directly instead jumping right into his message from Xemnas. Superior has been informed of a shipment of over 500 Glock 19's that will be held overnight in a warehouse in town. We are to obtain the cargo tonight at midnight exactly, during the change of the guards. The goal is to get in and out undetected, however in case this proves more… difficult than anticipated, we will need to destroy all evidence of our presence there." Saix spoke in a hushed serious tone and Axel now realized why his presence was needed for this discussion, destroying all evidence was his specialty.
"Oh yeah? Sounds like a good time, count me in." He added animatedly, little pieces of roll flying out of his mouth. Demyx made a grossed-out face and flicked a piece off his plate.
"Your enthusiasm is appreciated as always, but please try and remember the goal is to be undetectable." The blue haired man gave him a pointed glare. "Xaldin and Marluxia, your presence has also been requested." Marluxia rolled his eyes and groaned while Xaldin simply grunted in response.
"Man, do we always have to do my missions when I should be sleeping?" The pinkette groaned.
"Yes." Was all Saix had to answer, informative and to the point, so Saix.
"So three of us for 500 guns? Seems a little undermanned." Axel added, he was finished with his roll and had moved onto shoveling meatloaf into his mouth.
"Xigbar and Lexaeus will be joining you, they will pick you up from the side gate at 11:30 sharp, do not be late or the entire mission will be in jeopardy." The bluettte finished, all eyes were now staring at Axel. Why did they always have to do that?!
"Yea, yea I'll be there." He replied, the meatloaf now gone he moved onto his baked ziti. He was rushing and he knew it, but he couldn't help it, he just wanted to see his precious blonde again.
Sneaking a glance, he saw Roxas in better spirits then the night before. He still looked slightly ridiculous in his oversized scarf, but it was actually kinda cute. It made Axel just want to cuddle the boy, and he wasn't normally one for cuddling. He was talking to that blonde girl next to him. She seemed elated that he was paying her attention, always laughing at what he said, even being as bold as to reach out and touch his arm. Axel narrowed his eyes slightly before he caught himself and forced his head to turn back to the rest of the group and engage in conversation for the rest of the meal.
Once Axel had put down the rest of his ziti, some fried diced potatoes, 4 potstickers, a bag of sunchips, an apple, and a chocolate pudding cup, he finally allowed himself to steal another look at the blonde, only to realize he was no where to be found. Very similarly to yesterday, Axel sprang to his feet, tossing a quick 'catch you later' to Demyx before he bolted for the kitchen. Inside he was pleased to be greeted with the sight of Ida, the head chef, kneading an incredibly large ball of dough.
"I'd offer to help, but I've got a hot date." At the sound of Axel's voice, the woman turned around, a beaming smile caused the skin around her lips and eyes to wrinkle. Her silver/white hair was twisted into what was probably a tight bun at the beginning of the work day, and she wore a simple old-fashioned floral housedress and a large white apron.
"Axel, It been too long, how are you dear?" She said in her thick German accent. He had met her his freshman year, she was always busting him for sneaking into the kitchen and stealing extra food. Eventually she took pity on the boy with the never-ending appetite and basically gave him free reign of over the school kitchens. Over the years he has come to regard her as the Bavarian grandmother he never had.
"I'm good thanks, how about you? Did you get a chance to visit your daughter in Heiligenhafen?" It had taken him forever to learn how to pronounce Ida's hometown.
"I did, I did, you say you have date? Come, I give you cake, I make last night, taste like heaven." She went to take the glass lid of an amazing looking chocolate cake, but Axel covered her small veiny hand with his own large calloused one.
"Thanks Ida, but maybe another day, we've kinda got our hearts set on the sea salt ice-cream. He moved quickly to one of the large fridges, grabbing two of the sweet and salty treats before. "I'm sorry to cut our visit short, but I've really got to run. I'll come back and see you tomorrow!" He called over his shoulder and he raced out of the kitchen and to the inconspicuous doors that he knew led to the clock tower.
He noticed he was taking the steps two at a time and forced himself to slow his pace. Can't have him showing up out of breath, that defiantly wouldn't fit his bad boy demeanor. Finally, he reached the top, and was unprepared for what he was waiting for him.
It was like a scene out of a movie, the ethereal blonde perfectly perched at the edge. The sun was setting a beautiful blood red him, illuminating the blonde like an angel. Axel swore that everything was moving in slow motion as Roxas turned his head, his perfectly tousled hair bouncing in the breeze. Cerulean eyes popped cool tones against the warm landscape behind him. That damn smile that lit up his face when he saw Axel was almost too much. He didn't think he had ever seen a more beautiful sight in his entire life, and it caused his throat to completely dry out.
He managed to finally swallow against his scratchy esophagus and tossed out a "Sup Roxy baby?" His heart was beating wildly, a sort of fear was prickling up the back of his neck. Forcing himself to move, he strode over to the boy sitting beside him. Roxas reached over to grab one of the popsicles in his hand and Axel had to repress a gasp when the blondes hand brushed against his own, the contact burned. With a quick glance to his own skin to make sure it wasn't really singed, his eyes soon connected with those cerulean orbs, swirling and twirling at him, like a storm over the sea.
"Thanks Axel." Was the innocent response from the blonde who immediately took a bite out of his dessert. Upon hearing his name on the other's lips, Axel felt a sweat break out on his forehead, and it was then that he knew, he was in so much fucking trouble.
Rattling around in the back of the blacked-out van, Axel almost got to third base on Marluxia, entirely by fault of the old dirt backroad they were on. The pinkette cursed and knocked the redhead back against the opposite wall.
"Fuck Axel, get the fuck off oh me, I'm not one of your little whores!" His friend spat at him and he just laughed along with Xigbar in the driver's seat. He didn't think Xaldin and Lexeaus knew how to laugh.
"Do you want to be?" He called out and laughed even harder at the look the younger boy was giving him, Nevertheless, the tried to steady himself as best as possible as they bounced down the road.
"Ha, wow Ax you really took his breath away" Xigbar added when Marluxia never defended himself. Another bump and he clutched at the slick metal side of the empty cargo van. It didn't even have any benches to sit so the high schoolers were trying their best to stay seated on the ground in almost comical fashion if it wasn't so uncomfortable.
"You know he has a point." Xaldin decided to learn to speak if only to mock Marluxia. Axel narrowed his eyes, he hadn't forgotten that this guy was fucking one of his best friend's girlfriends, he was just still working out his plan on exposing them without Roxas taking the fall. He needed Marluxia to catch them in the act, but he just hadn't figured out how. He rarely saw Xaldin outside of Organization business, and he hated Larxene and had spent the last year ignoring her the best he could. He was pissed when he heard Xemnas has invited her to join the organization last year, even if he knew she was defiantly good material. She was the perfect person they needed to branch into the girl's dorms, one of their own to sell to with less suspicion and more opportunity. Plus, she was a fierce fighter and raging bitch, she fit right in.
He was about to finally make some snarky reply when The Organizations number two man cranked the wheel sharply to the left causing all 3 teens in the backseat to go flying again.
"What the FUCK Xig, a little warning next time will ya?! There is absolutely nothing to hold onto back here!" Axel roared his shoulder slightly sore from where it hit the wall.
"Oh calm down youngin's, we'll be there in a minute so get ready to get off your asses!" The older man barked back and the trio was silent. Adrenaline shot through Axel and his signature smirk crept on his face, he was almost hoping something would happen so he'd be able to play with a little fire tonight.
Soon enough the van crept to a slow hault. Lexeaus hopped out of the passenger seat and came around back to let the out-of-sorts teens out of the back of the van. Axel quickly jumped out ready to burn off some energy.
The plan was to cut the chains on the side entrance and sneak in during shift change. The guards were supposed to do this in a different section of the warehouse accessible though doors located in the warehouse. They'd have exactly a 3-minute window to get in and out before they would come back through the doors and they needed to be gone. The Glocks were supposed to be kept in the back-right corner near the manager's office. Now they just had to hope their information was correct and everything went according to plan, but as long as it did, they'd be walking out with about $100,000 is their van.
Holding a large pair of bolt cutters Lexeaus began to walk towards the bleek, almost abandoned looking building, the teens quickly followed, leaving Xigbar in the running van. He was currently on getaway driving duty, just got shot about 4 months ago on a mission and was just now getting back into the field. Axel checked his iWatch, 11:59pm, they needed to wait until exactly midnight to cut the chains. He quickly prepared a stopwatch to begin exactly at midnight. Despite the teasing of the gang, Axel could be very calculated and meticulous when it came to his work. He watched the seconds tick by tensely with the others, and finally when the clock finally struck midnight, he gave the signal and the chains hit the ground with a clang.
Axel pulled out his gun, removed the safety and instinctively held it up in front of his chest as Marluxia kicked the double doors with a little more flare than was really necessary, the guards were only on the other side of the doors. The four quickly descended into the dimly lit warehouse taking a quick sweep of the perimeter before deciding that they were in fact alone, though none of them let their guard down.
His head snapped left at the low whistle that came from Xaldins mouth, it seemed he had located the managers office. The other three swiftly and silently made their way over to the corner it was located in. Great, now all they needed was to locate the cargo and transport all of it successfully to the van before the guards re-emerged at 12:03. It was now 12:01. All of them moved as the trained criminals they were and in no time at all were in the corner searching for any indicators as to what was in the many, many identical crates.
"Well fuck, how are we supposed to know which ones have the Glocks?" Lexaeus whispered harshly, Axel nerves began to prickle and he harshly ran his hands over the cheap wood in front of him looking for something anything to indicate the contents within, but he felt nothing, not indentations or raised writing anywhere. He checked 4 or 5 boxes and checked his watch again, 12:02.
There was too much left to do for them to leave unnoticed with the guns, and leaving without $100,000 that Xemnas was expecting wasn't an option. His eyes searched for the doors that lead to the other part of the warehouse were the guards supposedly were. Finally finding them, he flashed a wild smirk to the other 3 before calling over his shoulder "Don't leave without me!" and ran like hell for the doors.
He would have to be careful to make sure and not go overboard with the fire, if there are guns in this place there is probably ammunition and he planned on everyone leaving alive. Behind him he heard the tell-tale sound of wood splintering as the other three starting breaking open crates to find which ones held the guns. He pressed himself flat against the wall next to the door and watched the seconds come to exactly 12:03 when right on cue the door swung open and Axel pistol whipped the first guard before he ever knew what was coming. The stunned man fell backwards into the other guard and Axel took the moment to deliver a harsh kick to his stomach knocking both men back through the doors. He stole a quick glance back at his team who seemed to have located two crates of guns and Xaldin was quickly making his way out to the van with them. It looked like he didn't have much time to play.
Now that the guards were back on the other side of the door he took out a small vile of gasoline and a cheap lighter from his jacket, he smashed the vile on the ground right in front of the door, lit the lighter and threw it into the flammable substance to create a fire wall, that should at least stall them for a minutes.
"We got an ETA gentlemen? He called to the others and saw that a third crate had been located and Lexeaus was now hauling that one off.
"Looks like we need two more!" Marluxia called back and kept hacking at different crates. So much for easy mission...
The bang behinds him caused his head to whip back to the door holding back the guards, it seemed they had attempted to come after him but were not expecting the flames they were met with. He pulled out his gun and fired a few warning shots at the door. He needed to keep them behind the barrier for their own good. So far, he had been able to keep the guards form seeing his face, and if they wanted to live, he needed to keep it that way. This was going downhill fast.
"Got them Ax, let's go!" Axel turned his head to watch his friend struggle to carry the his mangled, hacked open crate. He gave the fire covered door one last look and fired a couple more shots for good measure before he bolted to grab his own cargo. They ran and finally leapt into the back of the van with the busted up crates when they finally heard gunshots behind him.
"Fucking go!" Roared Marluxia and Xigbar stepped on the gas with the back doors of the van still wide open. The vehicle lurched forward sending all the contents in the back of the van towards the opening. Axel and Marluxia braced themselves against each other and the side of the vans and let all the crates smash right into them. It fucking hurt.
Xaldin, who was fortunate enough to have grabbed onto the sill of the small window in between the cab and the back., clumsily made his way over the mangled crates and their human barriers. Axel could hear the bullets zooming around them, but none had made their way in the van. Somehow Xaldin managed to reach out and grab ahold of both doors, pulling them closed just in time to hear the sharp sting of bullets hitting the bulletproof surface.
Axel's heart was pounding, his whole body hurt, and he was pretty sure that he was covered in splinters. Sweat stung his eyes as he finally stopped pushing back against hid friend and turned to look at him. His friend simply collapsed, panting. He wasn't used to doing missions like this, last year when he joined The Organization he was in distribution, he wasn't used to being on the muscle side of things, but he was a junior now and needed to start pulling his weight. He'd only been on 2 or 3 of these types of mission but none had gone quite as haywire as this.
"Yo, dudes, what the fuck happened in there?" Yelled the one-eyed getaway driver, he took a sharp turn and once again Axel was assaulted by one of the busted boxes. He swore and did his best to hold onto this one, to fend off any other crates that decide to take him as their victim.
"The crate's were unmarked, and we had to… improvise." Axel yelled back. 'Damn'he internally cursed, maybe leather pants weren't the best idea, he was so sweaty now. No, fuck that, leather pants were always a good idea.
"Yeah, we were lucky we knew where they were kept, otherwise, we would have never found them. Marluxia groaned, finally sitting up.
Axel gave a 'hm' in reply and allowed his eyes to close and his head to fall back against the wall of the van. The darkness before him was comforting. He managed to tune out the rest of the sound around him and just concentrate on the rocking of the van, and the occasional bump in the road. He felt himself drifting off when a ribbon of brilliant blue flashed before his eyes, he gasped, but couldn't bring himself to open his eyes.
The ribbon floated around, the familiar cerulean shining so brilliant against the still of the darkness. It twirled around, eventually forming into perfect circles that soon became the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen, and he knew he had seen them before. The pools were then surrounded by stark white and quickly Roxas' entire face was before his eyes, his hair was somehow shining brilliantly, though there was no light around him. Axel's eyes dropped to the boy's perfect pink lips, that parted so beautifully as he opened his mouth to speak.
"Axel" the blonde said breathlessly, And Axel's eyes shot open.
The van was stopped, and the doors were being opened this time by Xigbar, Lexeuas was already over the door no doubt unlocking it with another grand antique key. Axel hopped out of the van rubbing his eyes, stretching his tall lanky frame. He watched the elder boy open the door and the five off them began hauling the busted splintery boxes up the 3 flights of stair directly to their right once they got inside. Fuck this old school with no elevators.
Finally, they all stood in front of grand mahogany double doors that stood about 8 feet tall. Xigbar, the most senior of the group reached and creaked the door open. The crew entered the large office and sitting at a rather extravagant desk in the middle of the ornate room was Xehanort, sitting, writing at his desk. He didn't bother to look up as they entered. Like usual they congregated over by his bookshelf, and Xigbar pulled back an old fairytale book to reveal the secret passage behind. Inside the vault like room the men put the crates down, glad to be free of the weight and the aggressive splinters to had dug into all of their bodies everywhere.
"What no hello to your brave foot soldiers?" Called Xigbar sarcastically when they reemerged into the Dean of Students office. The old man finally looked up with a sour face.
"Thank you gentleman, that will be all." He instantly looked back down and was writing who knows what is that journal of his. Axel just scoffed and shook his head, he just busted his ass for this Organization and this is the thanks he gets? Whatever… He turned on his heel and walked out, ready for a much, much needed night of shut eye.
AN: Wow. Sorry guys, I was doing so well posting updates every couple of days and this one has been a couple weeks in the making. I'm getting married in 4 months and planning the wedding is pretty stressful and does nothing for my anxiety.
I was excited to finally get into some action w/ The Organization, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. I promise some serious Axel/Roxas progression in the next chapter as well as a charming incident involving Sora that I hope all of you will love.
Also, Heiligenhafen, totally a real town in Germany. It is located on the coast of the Baltic sea, it's known as a fishing village.
Please review if you can, they mean so much to me