Yay. Chapter NINE.

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Pandemonium Ensues

Chapter 9

Don't Tread The Flower

(VexenMarluxia)

Larxene raised an eyebrow, sighing. "Okay... Seeing as Zexion has left, the member you shall test on will be...?" She trailed off, staring pointedly at Vexen.

"Hmm... Superior?" Vexen said, staring at the crumpled form of his commanding Nobody. "He is in the room after all..."

Larxene nodded. "Fantastic. Get him out of here and get to work," she ordered.

Vexen stood up, but didn't move forward. "I'll need an asistant," he said, sneaking a look at the wide-eyed Marluxia standing frightened behind Larxene.

"Not Marluxia," Larxene snapped. "Pick someone else."

Vexen sighed and cast a look around the room before walking over to Luxord, grabbing him by the arm, and pulling him out of the room with him. He stopped at the door, looked over at Xemnas and paused. "Xaldin, if you would please bring the Superior to my lab for me." With that, he left. Xaldin sighed and teleported lazily over to Xemnas, picking him up and throwing him over one shoulder, scowling, and started after Vexen and Luxord.

With Vexen gone, Larxene turned her head and glared at Marluxia, who was still hovering behind her and staring after the scientist. She cleared her throat loudly. "Marluxia. He's gone," she said sharply. "You can move away from me now."

Marluxia blinked, then stepped away from Larxene. "Right. Now what do we do?"

"Whatever you want," Larxene said, walking towards the door. "Until Vexen is finished, it's free time."

There was silence as she walked out of the room, then several members disappeared instantly. In no time at all, Demyx and Roxas were left standing beside Marluxia. "What?" Marluxia said after a while, tired of the silence that came from the two of them.

"Axel's too weird right now to talk too."

"So is Zexion."

"So why me?"

Roxas shrugged. "You're the most normal...which is kind of scary..."

Marluxia rolled his eyes. "So, what? You're both going to follow me around now?"

They nodded.

He sighed. "...I hate both of you..." he growled, walking out the doorway.

"Feeling's mutual," Roxas muttered, following.

Demyx, grinning, skipped out the door after them. "Aww, Mar!" he said cheerfully. "I like ya!"

My life is a living hell, Marluxia thought bitterly, trying his hardest to ignore Demyx's hyperactive self prancing in circles around him.

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Xaldin, ignoring Vexen's requests of lying Xemnas carefully onto one of the lab tables, merely dropped his Superior on one and turned for the door. "Wait, Xaldin," Vexen said, stopping the other member. "If you leave, I'll have to get a new assistant to help me with this."

There was silence for a while. "I'll get you Marluxia," Xaldin said, reaching for the doorknob.

Vexen grinned giddily at the thought of having Marluxia as his lab assistant, but it faded quickly. "Wait, Xaldin!" he repeated.

Yet again, the other Noboy stopped, just short of opening the door and leaving. "What now, Vexen?"

"If Marluxia is my assistant, then Larxene will..." he trailed off, knowing very well that Xaldin knew where he was going.

Silence, yet again.

"I'll distract Larxene for you," Xaldin said finally. Anything to get out of helping Vexen do an experiment.

...On the still naked Xemnas.

Vexen's grin returned, and he giggled as Xaldin left. To think... I'll have dear Marly... All to myself... Heaving a sigh, Vexen started humming to himself as he gathered the materials he'd need for his experimentation.

Both on the Superior, and Marluxia.

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"Will you shut the hell up?" Marluxia shouted at Demyx, stopping the musician mid-skip and causing him to stare dumbly."

"W-What'd I do?" Demyx stuttered, still not to keen on finding out if Marluxia could still lift his scythe.

"You're annoying," Marluxia growled. "Shut up."

Demyx pouted, but before he could say anything, a portal opened beside him. Stepping out, Xaldin wasted no time in whapping Demyx in the head with a spear. "Ouch!" Demyx yelped, rubbing his head. "What was that for?"

"Just in case you were about to say something stupid," Xaldin said calmly. "Marluxia, you're needed."

Marluxia cocked an eyebrow suspiously. "For what?"

Xaldin reached for Marluxia's arm. "Just come with me."

Marluxia jumped backwards, nearly knocking Roxas over. "No," he said shortly, turning and running back down the hallway. Xaldin sighed, rolled his eyes, and sent his spears after him. Catching him, the spears carried Marluxia back to Xaldin, who calmly snatched him off of them and dismissed his weapons. "Let me go, Xaldin," Marluxia ordered.

Xaldin raised one hand and promptly punched Marluxia in the top of his head. "Respect those who are higher ranked than you," he said, dragging Marluxia down the hallway. "You will come with me. And you will do it calmly."

Marluxia remained silent as Xaldin pulled him down several hallways, though he was still angry. His thoughts - mainly death threats, revenge threats, and many curses - were halted as he realized where they were headed. "Oh.. Fuck..." he muttered, his eyes going wide.

Xaldin snorted laughter. "Fuck just might be correct," he laughed.

Marluxia's face was instantly pale.

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Demyx blinked. "That was odd," he said as soon as Xaldin and Marluxia were out of his sights. "What do think he wanted Mar for?"

"Probably to have sex with Vexen," Roxas muttered. Ignoring Demyx's suddenly shocked look, he continued down the hallway. "C'mon, Demyx. Let's go find Larxene."

Demyx nodded slowly, shuddering slightly. "Sure..." He started after Roxas, shaking his head violently. "But can we find that Namine' girl first? The image of Mar and Vexen screwing each other has poisoned my brain..."

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So it took a while to get it up.

So it's not as long as it probably should have been.

So what?

You're still going to have to wait until the next chapter comes.