Chap.4 The Agreement
Back at the house Lichene and Rose were back in Rose's room. Lichene was making sure Rose understood what she had agreed to. "You can not at all costs let your feelings interact with your job." Rose only looked at the floor. Lichene grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her. "Are you listening to me?" Rose's eyes flashed and Lichene was flung against the wall hard. Lichene got right up. "I thought you would do that. As you can see I'm unfazed by your psychic blast." Lichene walked up and grabbed Rose by the collar now. "Listen and listen good. I'm not a bad person but when you interrupt the mission we have a problem. Keep it up and you will end up just like us." Rose looked her eye to eye. "What do you mean end up like us?" Lichene's body went transparent for a second. "Empty shells. That's what happens when your feelings get in the way." Rose backed up. "What happened?" Lichene sighed and turned for the door. "The Boss takes your heart," she said as she left the room.
Rose was in a state of shock. She sat down at the foot of the bed and though about what just happened. "If I get emotionally involved I lose my heart. I can't help it though he's so cute." Rose flopped back on the bed. "What am I going to do?" A knock came at the door and then it opened. The one with the blindfold and the short one walked into the room and locked the door behind them. Rose sat up as the blindfolded one sat beside her. The short one sat in a chair by the mirror.
The blindfolded one spoke first. "I heard you let Sora go." Rose looked at the floor. He patted her on the head. "Thank you we would be lost without him." Rose looked up to see that he was smiling. "We've gotta stick together since we are the only three left here with hearts." Rose looked over at the short one then back to the one with the blindfold. "Who are you guys?" The one with the blindfold smiled again. "I'm Riku a personal friend of Sora's and this is his Royal Highness, King Mickey." Rose smiled. "So you two are undercover?" Mickey spoke this time. "Yes we are and you are just like us, trying to protect Sora. The thing is you gotta follow the missions or else." Rose nodded. "I understand. I'll do what I am told. "Rickey and Mickey both got up. Riku took the floor again. "We know where Sora will go next and the Boss wants us all there together. We are leaving soon so you should head down to the study, Lichene is waiting for you there." With that said they left.
After a moment of thought Rose left for downstairs/ She remembered getting a glimpse of the study from when she was downstairs earlier. As she approached the doorway she could hear a conversation.. As she peered into the room she could see Lichene and Axel arguing. Axel was angrily yelling at Lichene. "How could you have let him get away!?" Axel was pacing pack and forth. Lichene stayed calm as she spoke. "I had to see what she was capable of. I didn't expect her to fall in love with the guy." Axel got up in her face again. You were supposed to be watching her. Where were you while this was going on?" Lichene glared at him. "Doing what I was told to do, scavenging for parts of the heartless machine.
At that moment Rose decided to walk into the room. Axel upon seeing her left the room, glaring as he walked past her. "He really doesn't' like me does he?" Lichene watched the fire dance in the fireplace. "Don't pay him any mind he's always like that." Rose sat in a chair across from Lichene. "So what's next? Lichene pointed to a picture of a castle above the fireplace. "We've got to meet up with the others." Rose nodded. They both got up and left.