BHK (Ted) was rather tired from his ordeal of being inhaled by a whale, so he went to take a nap on some of the piles of rubbish floating around Monstro's mouth. Axel got bored, and went off to a dark corner to look through the trash, perhaps hoping to find a box of Cocoa Krispies. As he was rummaging through the garbage, suddenly, a large pair of yellow glowing eyes appeared. Axel jumped backwards, and the golden eyes simply blinked. "LARXENE!" Axel yelled in a panic. The glowing eyes disappeared as Larxene came over to where he was. "What is it now?..." She asked boredly. Axel pointed over to the pile of trash, "Something over there blinked at me!" Larxene looked at the pile of garbage, "Axel...nothing is there..." Axel glanced over at the pile, "Well...it was there a minute ago..." Larxene rolled her eyes, "Whatever...don't pester me anymore..." she said as she walked off. When Larxene turned her back, the yellow eyes reappeared. When they saw Larxene, they got considerably bigger. The owner of the pair of eyes gasped, "Mewani!" Axel turned around to the garbage, and saw many other pairs of eyes appear. Axel's eyes grew huge, "Yikes! Now there are more of them!" He ran off towards the front of the mouth, yelling all the while. He stopped in front of BHK (Ted). "Ted! Ted! I saw some glowing eyes, Larxene thinks I'm crazy, and then there were more glowing eyes!" BHK (Ted) sighed, still keeping his eyes closed, "Are you sure it wasn't your imagination?" Axel nodded up and down rapidly, "Yesyesyes!" Larxene heard the commotion and went to see what was going on. "Axel! Why are you bothering Ted?" Axel looked at Larxene, "I saw more eyes..." Larxene sighed, "Will you shut up already about the eyes?" Suddenly, from out of the back, a whole mass of Shadows raced towards the group. They spread out in a circle around the three humans. Axel pointed, "See! I told you there were eyes, and now look!" Larxene looked at the Heartless, "Well...this is interesting indeed..." and BHK (Ted) kept on resting. One Shadow, slightly bigger than all the others walked to about two feet in front of Larxene. The Shadow bowed slightly and simply said, "Okopo." Larxene glared at the Shadow, then swiftly moved into an attack position. She summoned her Kunai weapons, and looked at the Shadow threateningly. "Do you want to say that again, punk?" BHK (Ted) opened one eye slowly, "Oh, relax, he just called you 'Leader'." Larxene blinked and looked at BHK (Ted) "...'Leader'...'he'... How do you know what it said and that it is a he? And, why would it call me 'Leader'?" BHK (Ted) yawned slightly, "I learned how to speak Heartless in Twilight Town, and this little fellow has a deeper voice than a female Shadow would... Anyways, your hair kinda looks like a Shadow's antennae…maybe they think you are a giant Shadow…" Larxene glared at BHK (Ted), "How do I know that you are not lying, and you are not a Heartless yourself!" She was now directing her aggression towards him. BHK (Ted) sat up, then hopped off of his perch. He snapped his fingers on his left hand, and the Oblivion Keyblade appeared, with a flash of dark purple light, in his hand. "Is this proof? A Heartless could not summon a Keyblade." Larxene shook her head, "No. That is a dark Keyblade, and a Heartless could perhaps summon it indeed." BHK (Ted) sighed, then snapped his fingers on his right hand, and the Oathkeeper appeared, with a pure white flash of light, in his hand, "There, is that good enough for you?..." Larxene blinked, "Eh...that's a light Keyblade...no Heartless could summon that..." BHK (Ted) nodded, "You think?... Anyways, if the Shadows think you are their leader, then they won't hurt you, or us, if you tell them not to... Now I'm going back to my nap..." He bowed his head slightly, and clapped the two Keyblades together, making them disappear in a sparkle of both purple and white lights. BHK (Ted) then hopped back up on his pile of rubbish and went back to sleep. Larxene then directed her attention back to the Shadows, "Well then...What shall I do with you guys?..." Axel suddenly blurted out, "Shadow-things! Bring me a box of Cocoa Krispies!" The Shadows glanced at Axel, then went back to staring at Larxene. Larxene laughed, "They don't like you!" Axel pouted, "No fair...you got to name Ted...and now you get an army of Heartless to follow you..." Larxene smirked at Axel, "It's because I'm just so much better than you!" Axel grumbled incoherently, then started pouting. Larxene directed her attention to the Shadows, "Loyal followers of me! I am Larxene, your master!" The Shadows looked attentively at Larxene, "Okopo..." they murmured. Larxene continued, "I request that you do not harm in any way me, or my cohorts here. If anyone else comes, you are to immediately bring them to me." The Shadows nodded, "Treui.." they said in agreement, and continued staring at Larxene. "Ummm...that is all..." She said to them, and they kept staring at her. "Uh...you can go now?..." The Shadows continued to stare at Larxene. Larxene sighed, "You aren't a very smart bunch, are you..." The Shadows just stared. Larxene blinked, "Go and wander around this whale you are in, and don't bother anyone." The Shadows nodded, "Treui..." and they melted into puddles of pure darkness, and went about their merry way. Larxene held a hand to her head, "That certainly was different..." Axel nodded, "Yeah...can I play with them some? Pleasepleaseplease?..." Larxene rolled her eyes, "Sure...if you want to play with dangerous Heartless that can kill you..." Axel cheered, "Yay!" then scampered off to see what the Shadows were doing. Larxene sat down, and put her face in her hands, "What did I do to deserve this?..."
