Exsor kicked open the door to Axel's room and pulled him in. He had collapsed on the way, on the verge of being unconscious again. Dragging him by the arms it was all Exsor could do to get him onto his bed. He groaned slightly and rolled his head to the side.
"I'll get Xemnas." Exsor said stiffly, leaving when Axel nodded ever so slightly.
Walking through the halls of Castle Oblivion Exsor didn't rush, she knew Axel would live, Xaldin would make sure of that… In her mind Exsor laughed, it was amazing how things could change so quickly. Earlier that day she had been holding onto Axel, sure as anything that she loved him, that she had a heart to love with. But now… she couldn't lie to herself, she still loved him, but she would never be allowed to love him, and where she had thought there was a heart earlier, there was only an empty void, hollow and dark. All of a sudden she was aware of a presence behind her, and almost as quickly she knew exactly who it was. She stopped walking and waited for the person to catch up with her.
"What do you want, Saix?" Exsor turned her sad eyes to Saix, her new 'master'.
Saix leaned against the wall, his lips set in a slight smirk. "Now, now, Exsor, that's no way to talk to your superiors." When Exsor didn't say anything else Saix continued. "You needn't worry about Axel, I'll take care of him."
"Why do you care about him?" Exsor asked, her voice carefully set in an unemotional, level pitch.
"We wouldn't want to draw unneeded attention from Xemnas. You can go on and tell him your back, but keep Axel's condition to yourself." Saix crossed his arms.
"How do you expect me to explain to him that we're back?" Exsor asked, also crossing her arms.
Saix waved his hand as if what she said was unimportant. "You're a smart little Nobody, you'll think of something." He paused. "Oh, by the way Exsor, I have your first mission."
"What is it?"
"It seems Xemnas has taken on another member, Riku I believe he's called. Find out as much about him as you can, am I clear?"
"Crystal." Exsor muttered sarcastically.
Saix chuckled then disappeared without a sound. Frowning heavily Exsor continued on her way to Xemnas's room, she didn't bother knocking, she knew he was in there, and she wasn't in the mood to be cordial. He was there, as expected, staring out of that window of his. When she slammed the door behind her he slowly turned around, a bit of a confused furrow in his brow.
"And what brings you here in such a foul mood?"
"We've finished the mission." Exsor said, surprised at herself for lying so well, her voice was strong and didn't waver, it was cold and dark, but it was strong.
Xemnas raised an eyebrow. "Really now? I thought I asked you to follow Roxas, not just confront him once."
"He's headed to Olympus Coliseum, I figured Demyx could take over the mission." Exsor looked Xemnas straight in the eye, practically begging him to ask her a question she couldn't lie about.
But her silent plea went unheard. "Yes, I guess you're right. Better to have one member on a planet at a time. Good job Exsor, I'll probably send you on missions more often now."
"Wonderful." She said sarcastically, turning her back on him and preparing to leave the room.
"Exsor, I'm not going to ask you what's happened."
Exsor turned her head ever so slightly so that she could see Xemnas out of the corner of her eye.
"It's none of my business, and, quite honestly, none of my concern. But don't think you'll be given any leniency if I catch you defying me. Xaldin and Xigbar are already dealing with their punishment."
"Thanks for the warning." Exsor had her hand on the door knob.
"Go to Olympus Coliseum, inform Demyx of his new mission."
Not bothering to answer Xemnas Exsor left, walking silently down the hall, her strides long and purposeful. It was when she was headed down the hallway in which Axel's room was on that Exsor noticed someone ahead of her. He was walking on the opposite side of the hall, heading her way. He was shorter then Saix, and Exsor knew Axel wouldn't be able to walk like that for some time, there was only one other person it could be. When they passed it seemed as if time slowed. Exsor saw his head turned her way, long silverish hair falling over the eyes, eyes that she couldn't see because of a black blindfold. But she paid him no mind, she simply walked by, but then she closed her eyes and let her mind tell her what she needed to know. It was Riku, no doubt about it, he had stopped in the middle of the hallway and was watching her. He then shook his head slightly and pulled up his hood, turned and walked away.
Exsor opened her eyes again and saw Axel at the door of his room, looking back at Riku, then her. There was a fresh bandage over his eye and he looked to be in a sleepy haze.
"Exsor? Where are you going?" He made a move to reach out and touch her but Exsor moved out of his reach and kept walking.
"Go back to bed, before you hurt yourself." She said stiffly, calling up a dark portal and disappearing into it.
Did I just say that? Exsor asked herself as she walked through the darkness. Yes, you did, made you sound just like a bitch too. Exsor shook her head, what was she turning into? A pawn, that's exactly what you've become… a pawn between two different groups. Exsor sighed. There's nothing I can do now… Jamming all of those thoughts to the back of her mind Exsor exited the darkness and entered Olympus Coliseum.
