More Failure

Xemnas looked down on Xaldin, who was kneeling before him. "Tell me why I shouldn't punish you for your failure."

"Number One, the man from the Radiant Garden interrupted. The one with the Gunblade." Xemnas continued to stare down on the Number Three. "If it weren't for him, I would have succeeded." Xaldin looked up to his Superior, still kneeling.

"Very well." Xemnas turned away. "I'll allow you one more chance. Don't come back a failure again." With that, he walked away, leaving Xaldin kneeling.

Xemnas walked into the laboratory, where Vexen and Zexion were working with papers at a table. "What do you have for me this time?" The scientists looked up, then at each other.

"Superior, I think you'll like what we have to show." Vexen led Xemnas over to a steel cage behind a window. "We've discovered a wild Heartless that's to your liking." He nodded to Zexion, who reached into a small refrigerator, pulling out a slab of meat. He attached it to a long pole, extending it out to the cage. Tentacles reached out, flailing through the air. They quickly pulled it in as powerful jaws ripped it to shreds. Xemnas nodded, then turned to Vexen.

"I'm interested, but we control the Nobodies. What makes you think they won't turn on us and join the Heartless?" Zexion smiled and pulled out another cage. He threw the Shadow out into the area. Vexen snapped his fingers, a Dusk appearing next to the cage. The tentacles reached out for the Dusk, trapping the Nobody's leg in its jaws. It quickly released it, and pulled the Shadow in. The Heartless squirmed as it was quickly destroyed. Xemnas smiled. "I told you you'd like it, sir."

"No, you're wrong Vexen." Xemnas responded. "I love it."