The Meaning of Existence
Chapter Six:Tension Arises:
Haunted by memories, plagued by visions of the past. One's true self, faded within darkness, a replica remains. Standing alone, a shadow strides forth, walking the path of the life before. A stronger connection assembles, of darkness, and of light. Enemies may not be enemies, and hope will seem to vanish. New meaning will arise and a new battle will be fought, one like never before.
"I see you have completed your task." Xemnas said nonchalantly, his golden eyes watching Morix as she sauntered in. "Tell me of the keyblade bearer's actions." He commanded, looking down upon Morix.
Morix nodded once, and got on a knee. "Superior, Sora has not strayed from his path. He is headed to the Beast's Castle next. Everything is going as you predicted." She explained.
"All is well... you are dismissed." He stated, leaning back into his seat.
Morix rose from the ground and made her way past the large white doors, down to the Proof of Existence. She glanced over at Axel's portal and decided to check if he had completed his assignment. As soon as she entered, the temperature rose rapidly, however she was used to the heat since she had spent a lengthy amount of time with Axel in his room. She sighed in boredom, much to her disappointment, Axel had not returned. Suddenly a shroud of darkness appeared before her.
"Man that was boring." Axel yawned and looked down, jolting in surprise "Whoa!"
"I see you took your time." Morix chuckled softly.
Axel smirked, "What are you doing in my room?"
"It's boring. There's absolutely nothing to do." Morix stated flatly, leaning against a wall.
"I know you well enough to tell there's more than just that." Axel retorted, smirking.
Morix let out a dry laugh "You're right. That isn't all there is." Morix admitted, walking over to Axel.
"What is it?" Axel queried, taking a seat on his bed.
Morix shifted her eyes to the ground, not knowing how to tell him.
"You plan on betraying the organization?" Axel asked, his smirk disappearing.
"As of now, no. But I have a feeling I will soon. I trust you won't speak of this to anyone?" Morix inquired, looking up at Axel.
"Morix... you can't..." Axel warned, a rush of panic clear in his eyes. "Don't pull a stunt like Roxas! The organization won't hesitate to destroy you!"
"There's nothing to worry about as of now." Morix stated calmly.
"But... Morix... why...?" Axel asked, confusion evident in his voice.
"Ever since I saw Sora, I felt a connection between him like you did. But my connection is slightly different. I feel like I've known him somewhere before, like he was a friend of mine... possibly before I became a Nobody... and for that reason I feel an urge to aid him however I can..." Morix explained, looking as though she wasn't very sure herself.
Axel's gaze fell to the ground "Fine... I won't tell anyone..." he rose his head to look up at her.
Morix let a small smile curl up her lips, her first true smile. "Thanks... I promise I won't die on you..." she whispered, walking out of his room.
There's no way I'll let her end up like Roxas... I lost him... and I'm not going to lose her too... Axel thought while lying on his bed. And she better not break her promise... Like Mori did... He sighed, the memories of the past beginning to come back to him.
Morix summoned a portal of darkness and stepped through it, finding herself at Hollow Bastion near the bailey. She glanced over at the ruin of the castle; the restoration committee had done a great job at repairing it. Somehow, this place seemed the most familiar; as if it was calling to her.
Pretty soon all of these intuitions of mine will lead to my death... Morix thought bitterly, heading to the crystal fissure.
The crystals gleamed in the light, sparkling beautifully, creating a feeling of calm. The wind blew gently, causing Morix's hair to sway gently with the wind. She raised her gloved hand and gently touched one of the crystals.
Somehow... I feel like I've been here before... Morix closed her eyes and tried to remember. Nothing.
She sighed and dropped her hand, knowing how foolish she was acting. It's been a while... since I thought about the pain of not being able to remember, but I assume it's for the best. I'm my own person, with my own memories. She concluded, walking out of the crystal fissure.
As she made her way back to the bailey, a ploom of darkness appeared behind her.
"Morix. It's time you returned. The Superior is giving new orders." Came the Saix's monotonous voice.
As soon as the message was delivered, he returned into the darkness. Morix sighed and ran a hand through her ebony hair, summoning a portal of darkness. In the meeting room, the organization members slowly filed in, each taking their respective seats. Xemnas's cold stare gazed at each one of them. Then he began to speak.
"I see everyone has arrived..." He started, glancing around the room. "Xaldin. You shall go to the Beast's Castle, and acquire the Beast's heartless and Nobody. Demyx, you shall go forth and obtain the Hero's Crest, as well as attempt to gain Roxas back. If the subject fails to respond, use aggression to liberate his true disposition."
Demyx's jaw dropped. "B-but! You're sending the wrong guy for this mission!"
"No buts." Xemnas retorted.
"BUT!" Demyx whined.
"You will go..." Xemnas commanded "Now. And stop with that childish nonsense." His eyes narrowed at Demyx.
Demyx's pout faded and his whines ceased. Axel chuckled at Demyx's behavior, then quickly regained his composure so as not to anger the Superior even further.
Demyx sighed and shrugged it off "Fine..." He muttered.
Xemnas eyed him in warning and opened his arms, as if summoning something. After a few moments, a white door appeared in the center of the meeting room.
Xemnas's arms dropped and he continued to speak "Morix you shall go through this door and bring back the Cornerstone of Light which protects Disney Castle. Without the Cornerstone, Disney Castle will plunge into darkness and more hearts can join into our Kingdom Hearts..."
Morix sighed and crossed her arms "Understood."
"That is all for now, everyone report to their respective jobs." Xemnas commanded, disappearing into a shroud of darkness.
Morix rolled her eyes and sighed, leaping out of her seat and striding towards the white door. Demyx groaned and placed a hand on his forehead, sulking out of the meeting room to the dark city. Xaldin smirked and followed soon after, knowing him, he most likely had an idea to gain the Beast's Nobody.
"Where do you think it goes?" Axel asked, as soon as the meeting room was emptied out.
"I'm going by intuition again... most likely it leads to the past of Disney Castle, possibly before it was made." Morix guessed, shrugging.
"Your intuition's always right" Axel chuckled, crossing his arms and leaning back into his chair.
"And that's what I don't like about it..." Morix muttered, straining to open the white doors.
Axel eyed her and chuckled "Need some help?"
Morix shook her head and gripped onto the door handles, jerking it open. The door shone brightly, making Morix shut her eyes in discomfort. She pulled the hood of her cloak over her head, turned to Axel and forced a smile.
"Goodbye..." She whispered, walking through the door.
Black and white everywhere... A colorless world. Morix glanced around, she appeared to be near a river of some sort. She looked at the sign above her labeled "Waterway." Sighing, she walked up a hill to the "Hill of the Cornerstone."
This is too easy... she thought, walking towards the glowing Cornerstone of Light.
The inhabitants of the town were staring at her suspiciously, the black cloak had indeed made her look very suspicious. Morix sighed at the unwelcoming glances and mentally shrugged it off, walking next to the Cornerstone. She reached her gloved hand to touch it, but was instantly repelled by its power. She glanced at her now, burning hand and swished it off, walking back towards the waterway. The residents of the town stared at her in fear.
What's she trying to do? They all thought, watching as she left the Hill of the Cornerstone.
At the waterway, Morix slid the glove off her hand and glanced at her hand. There were slight burn marks from the Cornerstone.
So... beings of the dark cannot touch the Cornerstone... hmm... this may be harder than expected A small smirk curled up Morix's lips as she cooled the burning of the Cornerstone with the water.
"Now where's dat steamboat?" A voice asked, approaching closer and closer to Morix.
Morix concealed herself in the shadows and waited for the figure to appear. Pete stomped over to the riverside and placed his hands on his sides, laughing triumphantly.
Well well... if it isn't Maleficent's lackey... Pete was it? Morix chuckled softly and watched the goof waddle over to a steamboat.
She slipped out from the shadows and began monitoring his movements.
If I can't touch it... maybe he can... Morix smirked, tailing behind Pete.
Pete stumbled onto the steamboat and began to sail downstream. As soon as he departed, an older fashioned looking Pete jumped up and ran after him.
"Dat's my steamboat! Why you little creep! Get back here!" He roared, chasing after the steamboat.
Morix lifted her eyebrow They really are something... She sighed, continuing to trail after the Modern Pete.
After a long while of tailing after Pete and getting absolutely nowhere, Morix almost snapped.
That stupid idiot... running around in meaningless circles... She twitched in annoyance and almost struck Pete on the head with a shard of ice, if he hadn't ducked in time.
She clenched her fist in an attempt to restrain herself from beheading the oaf, grumbled, and sped off to the Hill of the Cornerstone. She was tired of waiting and decided to do things her own way. Unexpectedly, Sora, Donald, and Goofy shot out of the same styled white door, making Morix jolt a bit. Quickly without being seen, she slipped into the nearest shadow and hid, never taking her eyes off of the keyblade master. The group got up and shook the dizziness off.
"Hey look! There's the Cornerstone of Light!" Goofy announced, pointing at the glowing Cornerstone.
Sora strode over to it and looked down at himself "What's going on? Everything's black and white!" Sora exclaimed.
Morix watched the keyblade bearer carefully, softly gripping the spot where her heart was. Somehow... something's telling me to help him... strange since I have no heart to tell me anything... She sighed and gently shook the thought out of her mind.
She focused her attention back to the keyblade master and saw that he was conversing with the old Pete.
"Bah! I don't have time to waste on punks like you. So I guess I'll go easy on ya!" The old Pete announced and ran towards the Pier.
"Well, there's our villain!" Sora proclaimed triumphantly.
Morix let out a soft chuckle How naïve... a smirk curled up her lips as she saw them pursue the innocent, old Pete to the Pier, leaving the Cornerstone unguarded.
She sighed and stepped out of the shadows, walking towards the Cornerstone. She stared up at it for a moment and smirked. She had an idea to achieve the Cornerstone of light.
-Skit time-
Demyx: He's sending the wrong guy! I'm telling him!
Morix: Uh... Demyx?
Demyx: huh? Oh! Hi Morix! -grin-
Morix: um... what were you mumbling about?
Demyx: The Superior's sending the wrong guy for the Coliseum!
Morix: Ah... well, the Superior must have his reasons...
Xaldin: -walking by glaring at Demyx-
Demyx: Xaldin! Wanna go for me? -grin-
Xaldin: It would be my pleasure; however I have my own task to perform. –glare- And I believe I still owe you for that repulsive thing you snuck into my room.
Demyx: umm... hehe... -RUNS-
Morix: ...right. What exactly did he sneak in your room?
Xaldin: Nothing of your concern. -walks off-
Morix: ...hmph... interesting...