Larxenes face lit up at Vexens statement. Was he sending yet another cheesy experiment after her?

"You want me to trash this thing? I'll gladly do it for you Vexie."

Larxene let a grin appear on her face as she stood up. She winked and let her knifes slide into her hands.

"Let this one entertain me, Riku Replica was a joke."

Vexen gave a smirk of his own and shrugged.

"Who knows, maybe you'll be in for a surprise."

The experiment walked up calmly. Her eyes seemed transfixed upon Larxene.

"I suggest that we move to someplace else, we're in danger of hurting your precious witch…"

Namine glanced up from her drawing pad. Looking at the weapon she knew that this was the one that would be called "Lorenzo" This hodgepodge of evil beings gave her the shivers as well. Without orders she got up from the chair and sought shelter behind Vexen. Vexen stepped forward and pointed at his creation.

"You may begin."

Larxene jumped at her clone and brought her knifes down upon her. The weapon merely took the blow head-on. The knifes cutting into her shoulders. Larxene looked up with a shocked look on her face.

"But how?"

"How what?"

The weapon smiled and grabbed a hold of Larxenes wrists and threw her back. She then held out her arms and the thunder kata thatl Vexen carved for her appeared, each strapped to the back of her arm. She then got down into a fighting stance and taunted her attacker.

"Come and get me inferior one."

That did it. If there was one thing Larxene had, it was a short temper. And she let it get the best of her as she let out a long drawn out attack of thunderbolts upon her adversary.

Namine shut her eyes, she'd seen Larxene when she was angry, and usually her foes never lived to tell the tale.

The weapon only held up the katal shields in a defensive stance. At first the lighting stuck with a terrible force, but to Vexens delight his strategy worked perfectly. His creations katal suddenly began to absorb Larxenes thunder attack. They began to pulse with the crackling energy of lightning. The weapon then held up the katal and pushed the lightning force of Larxenes. Larxene was flung back as her powers were sent flying. But she kept her ground and growled at her attacker.

"You damn cheep shot!"

The weapon merely brought its weapons up and aimed them at Larxene.

"This is a cheep shot!"

At once a huge current of electricity shot out of the katals and hit Larxene dead on. She was flung back an even greater distance and slammed against the wall with a sickening thud. There was silence.

Vexens creation had won.

Larxene could barely move, it was insane, she was accustomed to lightning attacks. But this, what WAS it? There was no way a normal thunder attack could have done that to her.

Vexen was getting out of hand. This thing, whatever it was… its power was incredible… it had her powers, that was all she knew.

Larxenes train of thought stopped as she saw the weapon loom over her. It's blank yellow eyes looking at her with no interest.

"Go ahead, kill me, if that's what the Organization wants…"

The weapon only made its katal dissolve into thin air and she held a clawed hand out to the defeated unknown.

"Get up, Vexen only wanted to test me, not to kill you, if he wanted you dead you would have been before you even attacked me…."

Larxene scowled and slapped the weapons hand away.

"You're the one to talk, I'll always be one step ahead of Vexens pathetic experiments."

She shakily got up and phased away from the room. Leaving Vexen, Namine, and the experiment.

Vexen was assured now, seeing the weapons display of power against Larxene was the exact thing he was looking for. Perhaps the weapon would indeed have the power to do with both Marluxia and Sora. Perhaps it would even enable him to rise to the top of the Organization.

"That was a perfect display, you're on your way to making an effective force."

"Please…. If there's one thing that I want to be referred to it's by a name… "

The weapon only looked over her shoulder; her eyes now concentrated in an angry stance. Vexen was alarmed… was his own creation showing arrogance to him? Well, the only thing he could do was please it for the moment. But before he spoke.

"Lorenzo…."

Vexen and the weapon looked at Namine. She had remained quiet for the whole fight, but now she stood, confident in her words.

"We should call her Lorenzo."

"And why should we?"

"You want to get rid of the weed in your group. That weed is called Marluxia. A long time ago there was a weed called Savonarola under the Kingdom of Medici. The one who defeated Savonarola was one by the name of Lorenzo."

Vexens eyes beamed. Namine had a point, and it was so deep. The weapons name was verified. He looked to his creation and shut his eyes.

"If it pleases you, you shall be referred to as Lorenzo."

"Lorenzo" remained silent for awhile, before nodding her head in agreement.

"I appreciate the name. You can call be that if you want to."

Namines eyes lit up. The Lorenzo she had visions of. It was the creation of Vexens. Perhaps it would all work out in the end… hopefully.

Vexen then brushed aside Namine, wanting to return to his lab and start to plan out his strike against Marluxia. But Lorenzo did not follow him. Curious as to why he asked aloud.

"Why do you not follow?"

"It is Larxene… she is a wild card; we cannot allow her to fall under Marluxias wing. If she does Marluxia will only be harder to do away with, as will Sora."

"So you want to kill her?"

"No.. just council her."

"Fine then. But if she attacks you, don't hesitate to do away with her."

"Fine then."

The two phased out of the room to their own destinations. Leaving Namine to herself. Sighing she sat back down in her chair and held her drawing pad in her lap.

She didn't know what would happen. With Sora climbing the castle, Marluxias plan against the Organization, and Vexen trying to use Lorenzo to deal with both threats, they were all overlooking one thing.

There was an unspeakable evil growing in the castle. Born from Soras memories, it would only continue to grow and become more powerful. Whatever it was she knew that it already had a physical form and that it wouldn't be long until it could leave the room in which the world was. She couldn't exactly tell the future, but all she knew was that someone had to stop it, or else it would accomplish what Ansem didn't.

It would plunge the whole universe into darkness.

Namines attention suddenly diverted as she heard footsteps. Looking over she saw that it was Riku Replica. The look on his face was ghastly. It was as if he saw a ghost, or worse. Coming to his side Namine held him up as he teetered dangerously, his strength giving underneath him.

"What happened?"

"I'm not too sure myself."

But Namine knew, Riku Replica had faced the darkness of the corrupted world. And fortunately he made it out alive, the beast was not yet powerful enough to kill.

But time was running out, for all of them.