I am very excited about this chapter today, it has a scene that I prewrote months ago! So I hope you all enjoy!

Ch.14

When Saix made his way to the Grey Room the next morning, he expect Axel to give him the necessary paperwork, but Axel was currently busy filling out something else at the time. So Saix decided to wait until Axel was free enough to give him what he needed.

He walked over to the couch and sat down as he began his wait. Time passed quick enough and soon Roxas strolled into the room.

Roxas started the look around, seeing the other members at the couches and chairs, but he started to look a little worried. Once he was done looking around he walked over to Saix. "Hey Saix, how long have you been in here?"

"Not too long. Why? Is something on your mind?" Saix asked, sitting up a little.

"Yeah… I haven't seen Xion at all. I was wondering if maybe she came in earlier for her mission."

"Hm, I am sorry I haven't seen her today. In fact, I haven't seen her at all since returning."

Roxas frowned. Lowered his head he let out a loud sigh. "I actually haven't seen in a while. I think about ten days."

Saix raised his eyebrow to this. "Ten days? That is an awful long time to be gone on a mission. I can assume you don't know where she had gone off too?"

"No, I didn't. But I just wish she was here. I gave her a promise that she could join us for ice cream when you returned. Now you are back and she is missing…"

"That is quite concerning. I do wonder where she could be then."

"I want to ask Axel if he knows anything… but you know… it's Axel. If I try to ask him he will just yell at me again," Roxas replied as he subconsciously started to rub his wrist.

From that small motion, Saix took a guess that Axel may had done a bit of his 'light threatening' to Roxas before hand. With Axel currently in the room, Saix knew he couldn't go and ask Roxas what had happened. It would have to be saved for a later time to see just how much Axel had done since he was gone.

"If you would like, I could try asking Axel for you. I don't know how much I could get from him, but I can see what I can do. Xion is a member of the Organization as well as your friend, so you should get to know where she is," Saix stated.

Roxas's eyes started to lighten up. "Really? You could do that?"

"I shall try my best to," Saix answered. "I can't guarantee I will get a direct answer, but hopefully there will be something."

"Thanks, Saix. So are we on a mission together?"

"Sadly no, I have to stick around to help with some extra paperwork left over from Castle Oblivion. I am just waiting for Axel to be done with what he is doing before I can do it."

Roxas was about to reply, but instead a different voice range out across the room. "Roxas! Get your ass over here! You can sit and chit chat another time, but right now you have a mission to do."

Roxas flinched from Axel's voice. He sighed again before looking to Saix. "I guess we will talk after work."

Saix nodded to Roxas before the boy walked brisky up to Axel, who was giving him a cold and annoyed stare. After explaining briefly that Roxas would be going to a new world, he handed him the papers he needed. Roxas looked to Saix and gave a slight wave before he left through a dark corridor.

Now that Roxas had left and Axel seemed to be free from filling out paperwork, Saix made his way over to him. "So, about that paperwork you mentioned?"

"Yeah, I know. I'll get that to you later today. Need to take care of some other things first," Axel replied, not even looking up from his clipboard.

"There is something I wanted to ask you though," Saix continued. "It's about the fourteenth member, Xion."

Axel finally looked up, narrowing his eyes. "And why would you be wondering about the mask head?"

"Because Roxas said she hasn't reported back in ten days. Have the Dusks not located her yet?"

"She never returned from her mission obviously. The Dusks have looked, but nothing as of yet, not that I'm surprised that she's failed. Suppose to handle her own missions yet just up and vanished. If she ever does come back, I feel I'll have to have a long discussion with her," Axel replied before chuckling slightly.

"Is it possible then that I could go out looking for her? Perhaps tomorrow if I am not going on another other missions," Saix said, hoping Axel would listen.

"Again I ask why you think it is any of your business? What does it really matter to you if she is missing?" Axel asked, his eyes staying narrowed.

"Because Roxas is concerned where she is, and I want to make sure I can help as much as possible."

"Ha! Concerned? That's a laugh. Like he actually could feel concerned," Axel laughed. "Even if he did have a heart I wouldn't understand why he would care for some no face mask head."

Saix straighten up, breathing out slowly before he finally spoke. "He can choose whatever he wants, and if he has made friends with the other one who wields the keyblade, then he may do so. If he wants to pretend to feel concern or have phantom memories of what it was like, there never is anything wrong with that."

Axel sighed and rolled his eyes. "Sure, fine. Whatever. Don't lecture my ears off on stupid explations I don't care about."

"Then what about my request?"

Axel sighed again, flipping through some papers. "If you really want to waste you day on a search, then fine you can do that with zombie boy."

Saix nodded his head in thanks. "And so for now I am free to do as I want until you get me the paperwork I assume?"

"Yeah, I'll get it to you later. You just do whatever you want," Axel said as he started to make notes in his papers.

Saxi took his leave from the Grey Room after that. He wasn't entirely sure what he would do on his free time, but he was sure he could find some. Though he had a feeling most of it would be spending time alone reading or at least wandering the halls lost in his thoughts. Either option left him to be alone, but he didn't really mind. He knew that by the evening he would go out to see Roxas and tell him the good news.

When the evening came, Axel still had not shown up to hand Saix the paperwork. Saix thought to go out and look for where Axel was, but he figured that there must have been more important things happening.

"I suppose I will have to get to the paperwork later tonight or another day," Saix thought to himself as he stood up from his bed, ready to head out.

Just as he was about to leave, a dark corridor appeared in his room and Axel stepped out. "Ah, there you are Saix. I got the paperwork ready for you now." He held a stack of papers in his hand before holding them out to Saix.

"Now?" Saix questioned without thinking.

"Yeah now. Now is better than later and it is best to get this stuff cleared up and out of the way. I would prefer it that way as soon as possible. So here it is, better get to it," Axel stated as Saix took the papers from him.

Saix looked down at the paperwork, no doubt it would take him a few hours to write out what was needed. On top of that, with Axel asking for him to get to it now, he knew he wouldn't be able to do it later. Axel wanted it done now, and that meant now… and that also meant missing his time to go for ice cream.

"Why the somber face, Saix?" Axel asked. "Do you not want to do you job or something?"

There was a taunting tone in his voice, one that made Saix feel a little unsettled. Either way he had to answer Axel. "No, it isn't that, but I just did not expect you to bring it to me this late."

"Why should it matter when I bring it to you?" Axel asked, crossing his arms as he stepped a little closer. A rather sarcastic expression appeared on his face while looking directly at Saix. "Do you have somewhere more important to be?"

Saix's eyes widened. "So he knows that I was going to go out to Twilight Town to have ice cream. Of course he would know… I would hope he hasn't forgotten. But why would he be trying to stop me from going? It feels as if he purposely wanted to come at this time…"

"Work is work, Saix. Doesn't matter the time. Just get it done and return it to me tonight, okay?"

Saix sighed before nooded. "Understood."

"Good. I'll see you later then."

Axel had left the room, leaving Saix to his own thoughts again. He couldn't help shake the thought that Axel had waited all day until this time to give the paperwork to him. It just seemed odd, but the way Axel spoke, with the tone of his voice, it said it all. But there was no use trying to fight that. Saix knew better than that.

"Might as well get started on it," Saix sighed to himself as he went to sit at his desk. "I'm sorry Roxas I won't be able to make it today."

Roxas's Diary Entry: Day 73

After finishing my mission for today, I hoped today could be the day that the three of us could have ice cream. Even with that hope, Xion still didn't show up. It's been ten days and I haven't seen her. Saix said he hadn't seen her either, but he was going to try and ask Axel. I hope that he can find something out.

Speaking of Saix, he didn't come to the clock tower today… I wonder what happened.

Night had come when Saix finished up the paperwork. As he expected, it did take him some time to finish it up. But it was finished now and he hoped that was the last of it. Now all he had to do was turn it in. It was past midnight at this point, but even though it was late at night, Axel would be awake. With being the second in command there were many nights were he had stayed up late working.

But what he didn't know was what was going on over with Axel at that very moment.

Axel opened his eyes to find himself in a black void. There was nothing around him or anything in sight. It was just darkness. It was a dark void all around him, there was no sky or ground, just darkness.

Something was there though, but he could barely see it. Looking closely and carefully, he could see he was standing on a stained glass pathway. Though there was no light coming through it, so it was dull, faded looking, and dark. Axel looked around a little more and after looking for a bit he could see something far off in the distance.

A small bit of light shined far away from where Axel was standing. Something about the tiny bit of light seemed comforting… and familiar. Axel slowly started to move in the direction of the light.

But as soon as he took a step forward, the stained glass pathway beneath him became darkness and his feet began to sink into it. There was no longer the feeling of standing on glass, instead it became soft and liquidy darkness, and Axel was beginning to sink into what felt like black, ink-like, quicksand.

Axel gasped as he tried to pull his legs out of the darkness, but the more he struggled the more he began to sink further into the pool of darkness. Soon it was up to his knees and Axel still was continuing to sink further down. It almost felt like the darkness had grabbed his legs and was pulling him down into it.

Axel frantically looked around, hoping that there would be something, anything, for him to grab onto, but still the only thing he saw was darkness. Axel then noticed the light off in the distance again.

That light, he needed to get to it. He didn't know why, but he knew it was important and that he needed to get over there.

He started to try and wade his way through the darkness, struggling his way through the inky blackness, even though he still was slowly sinking into it. It was now almost up to his hips. He knew he was sinking, but if he could just make it to that light, he felt like everything would be all right. He felt that if he could get there, he could be safe.

As he continued to make his way across the darkness, he started to feel some type of solid ground within the darkness. Axel wanted to figure that it was the stained glass platform again, as he could see some of it just outside of the darkness that he was sinking into. It started to bring a little hope to himself. He was getting closer to the light. He could make it.

As fast as he could, he tried to run, trying to get out of the darkness quicksand.

He managed to get out of the darkness and started to run towards the light. He was getting near when suddenly something wrapped around his legs and brought him crashing to the ground. When Axel looked back he saw that vines of soild darkness had wrapped around his legs, and the vines were slowly pulling back towards the darkness.

"No!" Axel shouted as he tried to stand up, but more vines came and wrapped around his legs, making it impossible to get up. Axel continued to try though, trying to force himself to stand up again. But each time he tried to more vines came and wrapped around his body. Holding him down tightly.

"No! Let me go!" Axel screamed out as he struggled against the vines. "Someone help!"

Axel looked in the direction of the light again, it was getting farther away and now its light looked much dimmer. Axel couldn't give up though. He needed to reach that light. He knew he had to. Axel tried to claw his way out of the darkness as he screamed for help again, but the vines tighten again, making him unable to move.

Axel felt his feet being pulled back into the inky pool of darkness. He tried struggling again against the vines, but it had no effect. Axel began to panic as he feel the darkness reach his legs once more. Axel looked around frantically, pleading for something or anything, but now he couldn't see the little light.

He was now in complete darkness.

"Anyone! Please help!" He shouted again, hoping, pleading, that someone would hear him.

He was now up to his chest in the darkness. As he sunk he almost swore he could hear a faint voice coming from somewhere. He couldn't make out what they were saying though. "Someone sav-" Axel was unable to finish his cry as he had finally sunk deep enough into the darkness that it now covered his mouth.

He tried to hold his breath, but the darkness flowed into his mouth, into his body. It burned as it overflowed him. He tried to scream out one last time, before everything became completely pitch black.

Saix finally made it over to Axel's room and without knocking he headed inside. Now that he was in Axel's room, he saw the redhead fast asleep at his desk, surrounded by piles of paperwork. At first Saix just thought of leaving the papers at Axel's desk so he wouldn't wake him up, but upon walking up to the desk, he noticed Axel's face.

Not only was Axel's face was scrunched up, looking scared and in pain, but he also looked pale and drained. It was hard to tell but he was possibly even sweating a little. Soon his hands began to tremble as his breathing started to pick up and he was now breathing quickly and heavily.

Saix stared with confusion and concern for a moment before calling out to Axel. "Axel! Axel wake up!" Saix shouted in a hushed voice, but Axel didn't wake up, only continued to breathe heavily as he gritted his teeth.

"Axel!" Saix shouted once again, a little louder this time.

Axel's amber eyes suddenly shot open and quickly sat up straight. He stared at the wall in front of him as he continued his deep, heavy breathing. But after about a minute his breathing finally slowed and returned to normal.

Axel looked over at Saix, then at his clock, and then back at Saix again. "Saix. What are you doing here this late?"

"I came to hand in the extra paperwork, remember? But you are okay?" Saix asked as he placed the paperwork on the desk.

Axel raised an eyebrow. "Why wouldn't I be fine?"

Saix remained quiet as he thought over how to phrase his answer. It did make him wonder a lot that Axel didn't seem to know what he was talking about. A moment later he finally gave his answer. "You were asleep when I came and it looked like you were having some sort of nightmare. I was concerned if you were all right."

"Ha, yeah right," Axel laugh as he leaned back in his chair. "Whatever it was, it wasn't very important 'cause I sure don't remember dreaming anything. It's probably just because all the paperwork and stuff. It can be overwhelming at times. Thanks for the 'concern' though." Axel chuckled again as he put air quotes around 'concern', just to emphasize that that they didn't have hearts and 'concern' wasn't something they were actually capable of.

"Now I need to go finish up was I was doing before I dozed off. You can go now." Axel said as he looked down at the paperwork. "Thanks for finishing it up though. Really big help."

Saix opened his mouth to speak, wanting to ask Axel more questions, but the man had already gone back to writing on his papers. Seeing that there was no more point to try and ask, Saix sighed and left, not even giving a goodbye or goodnight. Not that Axel was going to stop him and ask about that or even give one in return. Saix couldn't even remember the last time Axel had ever properly said goodbye or goodnight to him, and he wasn't sure if he would ever hear it again.

Secret Report: Saix

Today did not go exactly how I had hoped it would. It felt like Axel deliberately waiting on giving me the paperwork until evening, the very time that I would leave to go to Twilight Town for ice cream with Roxas. I can't understand why he would do that though, it just seems strange. Maybe… it would have to do with before, but even then I am unsure if asking him about that would really do anything worthwhile.

But on a different note, when I gave Axel his paperwork, there was something odd, He was sleeping and seemed to be tapped in a what I could only assume was a nightmare. Though when I woke him and confronted him, he recalled no such thing. I know it is possible to not remember one's dreams, but forgetting everything about it seconds after waking… I don't know. It isn't my level of knowledge to understand how dreams work. But whatever it was… it really did seem to make him look upset. I suppose in dreams we can remember emotions better and even if we aren't feeling them, they can be displayed. I just wish I knew what it meant.

So the part I prewrote was the whole nightmare for Axel bit. I had the idea long ago and I wrote it down to not forget, and finally I have made it! And I rambled quiet a lot with Saix's secret report there. I know I had a bit of a weird line break in the middle, but I hope it was okay. Let me know if you guys have any thoughts!