The Murder, and Axel's burden.

"What do you think we should do with him? I mean...He's just a kid."

"Kill him."

"Kill him. That's what we do, got it?"

"Okay...I got it."

Form made its way to the boy huddled in the corner. He was going to do just as he was told. Kill the kid. Because he did what he was told, as did the rest of them. As he stood over the purple haired boy, and watched those already big eyes widen in fear, he almost felt sorry for the kid. Heh...almost.

"NO! Not my baby! Leave him alone!"

"Shut up you whore!"

"Leave my boy alone! Don't you touch him, you son of a bitch!"

Xemnas's hand went out as he slapped the filthy wretch of a mother with a little too much force. Smile came into play noting that she was helpless. She couldn't do one thing about it. Tied up, she couldn't do a damn thing accept sit there and watch.

Axel yanked the child up by the collar of his shirt, and pinned him against the wall. The kid's feet were dangling off the ground, and he was face to face with his elder. Knife was held to the boy's throat, eager to feel the spur of hot blood on his face. Growl emerged from his throat as he flashed his fangs. It was always fun to slice and dice just before a meal. But, he never killed a kid before.

"NO! My baby! Stop!" She looked to Xemnas with pleading eyes."Please don't. Take me! Don't let him kill my baby! Take me! Kill me!" She spoke in between sobs. She would sacrifice herself for that of her son, any mother would. She couldn't think of a parent who wouldn't. "Please.."

Xemnas thought about it. Now, there was an idea...but he had a better one. "How bout I kill you...then he kills your son?" Demented laugh was exerted as she screamed at him. " Hey, Axel. Hold on a moment. Set the boy down. . . I want him to witness something."

Axel set the boy down. Why didn't he want him to just kill the kid and get it over with? Axel glanced at Xemnas then to the mother and back to the boy. Oh, he got what his leader was planning. A slight smile appeared on his face. This would be entertaining.

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Zexion stared in horror at this demon who dared to hit his mother. He didn't even see Axel. he didn't care about himself. He was seven years old, and all he cared about in the world was his mother. The same woman who had defended him from the monster that tried to hurt him when he was littler. The same woman who cared for him all of his life. His mother was everything to him.

He didn't know what to do. Fight? How? He was so small. They were so much bigger. And they were different. Eyes scanned over Axel's face as he growled. He had...pointy teeth. Like in the scary movies mommy told him he couldn't watch. He started to shake uncontrollably. What was his mother saying? he didn't want her to die...

As soon as Axel put him down, he started to run to his mother, only to be lifted off the ground by his shirt. He started to cough. He couldn't breathe.

"You aint going anywhere little shit."

Axel took two steps backward and set the boy down, holding him by his shoulders.

"Mommy!"

He tried to make a break for her again, but Axel's grasp just tightened around his shoulders. it started to hurt.

"No baby! Stay back!"

"Mommy!"

Her attention was directed towards Xemnas. She was screaming at him. She was crying. He made mommy hurt! Mommy only cries when she hurts!

"Leave her alone bastard!"

He had heard her say that word to his dad before. Over the phone. She had said a lot of things to him, and that one was one of the mean ones. They both didn't like his dad. He was mean.

"Well, now, your son has quiet the mouth...I think your parenting skills are insulting to all the other whores out there." Xemnas looked at Zexion. " Don't worry. I'll get rid of her for you little guy."

"No! MOMMY!"

He could feel Axel's nails in his flesh, holding him back. Zexion started to cry.

"Mommy, He's hurting me! Mommy!"

He didn't understand. Why were they doing this? What was going on? Why did the bad man hit her? Why was this guy hurting him so he couldn't get to mommy...

"MOMMY!"

Then the screaming came. Xemnas began to hit her even more with something sharp. Screaming. Blood. Screaming. He was laughing. Screaming. more blood. Screaming. He was. . .biting her. screaming. Her eyes were closing. screaming. She went limp in his arms. screaming. He threw her down. screaming. She wasn't moving. screaming. But Zexion could still hear her screaming. She was still alive. screaming. She was his protector. screaming. She was immortal in his innocent eyes. Screaming. He loved her. screaming. She was still here. screaming. He just knew. screaming. She had to be. He could hear her screaming.

But Axel covered his mouth. And the screams were muffled. It was him all along. Her screams had died out. . .and he had let his echo along with hers. He couldn't stop screaming. His eyes were locked onto the sight of his dead mother. But he knew she was still alive. She couldn't be gone. She wouldn't leave him. NO. She was still here.

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"Gah! Make it shut up!"

Axel held his gloved palm over the child's mouth, trying to get the boy to shut up. It wasn't working. Pulling the child close to him, he twirled Zexion around and got on one knee, to look him in his tormented eyes. He hissed.

"Shut the fuck up!"

He shook Zexion, trying to get him to shut his mouth. Hitting him across the face didn't work either. He just wouldn't stop screaming. Axel was about ready to bite him.

" Axel. Step away from him..."

Axel looked at Xemnas with a quirked brow. He just wanted to bite the little fucker and get it over with! What more did Xemnas want to do? Traumatize him even more then he already had? The kid wouldn't stop screaming for God's sake! Sure, he liked his deal of torture, but the screaming was something that really had to go. But he did as he was told. Axel stood up on his own two feet and walked away from the boy. Leaning against the wall on the far side of the room, he crossed his arms and watched this scenario.

Xemnas walked over to Zexion, not even flinching as the boy's screams grew louder. Smile was given as he saw the boy take a step back.

"Come here, child."

The boy just screamed.

" I could kill you at any moment now. I could slice your little throat and think nothing of it."

Xemnas spoke truthfully as he lifted the screaming child into the air by his neck and shoved him against the wall. It took hardly any effort to even lift the fragile boy. He could just snap his neck without even trying he was so small. Xemnas laughed.

" But I seem to have changed my mind."

The boy was still screaming, but as soon as Xemnas tightened his grip around Zexion's neck the boy only let out choking like sounds. He had blocked the air passage to his lungs. And the kid was still trying to scream.

" I want you to live...and I want you to remember this moment."

He let go of the boy and watched as he fell to the floor and started screaming again.

Axel's jaw nearly dropped.

"What in hell? How about I kill him, yeah?"

" No. I'd rather watch him suffer."

" What happened to just killing him and getting it over with?"

"Changed my mind..."

Demented laugh was heard over the boy's screams. Yeah, he had plans. And sometimes he took them pretty damn far. This was in no way good.

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Zexion stared up at this man in horror. This man hurt his mother. He hurt and then he laughed. This boy just didn't have a clue to what just happened. Zexion didn't know how else to put it. But he couldn't put it in words. All he could do was scream... Hoping that the angels up above that he prayed to every night, 'cause mommy told him too, would hear him. And make her wake up.

As soon as Xemnas had dropped him to the floor, the boy crawled away from him in fear. Getting to his feet, Zexion ran to the only person that was near, even if he was scary. Because, he was traumatized. And even though the red head was scary, he wasn't merely as afraid of him as he was of Xemnas. And thus Zexion screamed and hid his face in Axel's black coat, wrapping his little arms around his waste praying for some protection and comfort of some sort.

He didn't care who Axel was. But at the moment, he was the only one to turn to. What else could a seven year old do? His mother was..gone. NO.She wasn't! she was just...well, He had yelled at him...but he sure didn't...hurt... his mother. In the innocent's eyes, he was okay. Little did he know that Axel was sided with Xemnas.

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Axel quirked a brow as the little kid hugged his waste in fear from Xemnas. He was about to shove him away, until he heard the words that bounced off of Xemnas's lips.

" Look after him. I wish for him to become one of us in the future. We need more of our kind anyway."

"What?"

" He seems to like you as well."

" No! Bull shit!"

" Oh, no bullshitting here. Consider this a punishment for your disobedience to me in the past that Iet go without further intention. Now, here's your burden."

Xemnas had plans for Zexion, just as he did for Axel and the rest of them. He always had plans. After all, He was the leader of the vampires anyway.

" I never said you couldn't toy with him. Consider him that of an animal if you will. He's your pet."

" I fucking hate you..."

Axel muttered under his breath as Xemnas faded away into the shadows. Looking down at the screaming little shit he frowned.

" I fucking hate you too..."

Zexion just hugged him tighter, his screams turned into whimpers.

He then glared down at the little shit that just so happened to wipe his runny nose on his black coat that he had just had cleaned.

"You little shit! Did you just wipe your snot on me?"

He glared at the purple haired little thing. Oh yeah. he fucking was going to hate this.

"Xemnas you bastard! I don't wannnnaa! I don't fucking want...it. Put it back! Take him! Eat him! Better yet I'll eat him! I don't care, just get me a fucking refund! NOW!"

"Feed on him if you wish, but if he dies, you die. Remember that."

"Fuck you!"

Axel growled, but it was too late. Xemnes had already teleported to the Clan's head quarters.

He lifted the boy off the ground and held him against him with one arm.

" Well, this will be enteresting...you better be fucking potty trained you little shit. And your fucking sleeping on the floor."

Axel then faded away into darkness along with his new pet Zexion.

" And if your good, I might just let you eat off the floor..."