"Luxord!"
"Nuh…?"
"Luxord! Wake
up!"
"Whunnn…?"
"Zexion's gone! They've got
Zexion! They stole our win!"
"What…--Aaaaauchhh!" The
Gambler was rudely awoken by a large amount of electricity being
passed through his body. Larxene snarled down at him, her palms
crackling.
"THEY. HAVE. STOLEN. OUR. WAY. TO. WIN." She
hissed, each syllable cold, clear and pronounced. Luxord blinked a
few moments, still gripped by sleep- he had obviously fallen asleep
over his cards again; one was stuck to his cheek. Peeling it off, he
narrowed his eyes at Larxene.
"They…?" he asked warily.
Larxene gave an exasperated huff.
"Well who the hell else?"
She growled. "Gunbutt and Fuzzfeatures!"
"Oh…" Luxord
said slowly. Larxene growled at him, sparks flying off of her gloves;
a sure sign that she was angry.
"You assured me that we wouldn't
lose, Luxord- if we lose to those two then I swear to all nothingness
that you're going to regret it…" She hissed. Luxord slipped
into his poker face as inwardly, he screamed.
"So what
fantastic plan do you have now?" She asked sarcastically "Because
I hope it's better than your last one, for your sake…"
Luxord
considered this for a moment.
"…We are going to get Zexion
back."
"I was hoping you were going to say that." Larxene
purred, grinning maliciously, clenching her fists.
"Had
enough yet, Zex?" Xigbar snickered.
"Never!"
"Ooooh!
Can I Xald, can I!?"
"Go ahead." Xaldin smirked. Xigbar's
face split into a grin as he slapped his hand over Zexion's exposed
stomach, making the Schemer yelp.
"Pink belly!" He crowed,
cackling. Zexion scowled at him, gritting his teeth against the
throbbing of his sore skin. Held by Xaldin's lances up against the
wall, beside Demyx, Zexion shook his head.
"I'm not doing it,
you two!" Zexion hissed. "I won't!"
"You disappoint us,
six. Xigbar?" Xaldin sighed with theatrical weariness.
"Pink
belly!" Xigbar shouted again, striking Zexion's stomach in
exactly the same spot- and true to the game; the slate-haired
Nobody's pale stomach was pink and throbbing from repeated slaps.
"Leave him alone!" Demyx whined. Xigbar grinned at Demyx and
slapped Zexion again.
"Want me t' do it to you as well as
him?" He challenged. Demyx whimpered and shut up, holding Zexion's
hand tightly as the Schemer was subjected to another blow.
"Come
now Zexion- be cooperative; we'll make it worth your while- much
more than Larxene and Luxord ever could." Xaldin said idly,
stretching out and yawning. Zexion whimpered as Xigbar raised his
hand again.
"…Fine." He muttered, squeezing Demyx's hand
tightly as a way of apology; but sweet kingdom hearts- his stomach
hurt.
"Excellent…" Xaldin purred. "I think you'll find
working for us to be so much more rewarding, VI…"
Xigbar
snickered darkly and gave the Schemer's stomach a light pat for
good measure, making Zexion wince. The lances were withdrawn and
Zexion found himself lying on a heap on the floor a second or so
later, before being yanked up by Xigbar.
"C'mon dude- be
cool." Xigbar smirked. Zexion rolled his eyes and muttered
something incoherent, which Xigbar chose to ignore.
"Xald?
Ya brought the camera, right?"
"Of course I brought it."
Xaldin said irritably, polishing the lens with his sleeve. Xigbar
turned to Zexion.
"Okay dude- you know what t' do. Get t'
work!" Xigbar grinned, hands on hips
"Who am I being?"
Zexion muttered angrily, shoulders hunched.
"You, first off."
Xaldin smirked. "We'll be needing everyone except for Demyx,
Marluxia, Saix and Vexen."
"An' me an' you, obviously."
Xigbar added. Xaldin frowned.
"Why?"
"…No reason, dude-
I just thought it'd be safer…" Xigbar said guardedly. Xaldin
gave him a suspicious look, which Xigbar countered with a toothy
grin. Shaking his head wearily, Xaldin raised the camera to his
eyelevel.
"Alright, Zexion." He nodded. Zexion grimaced, but
caught sight of Xigbar cocking one of his guns and smirking at him.
Sighing, the Schemer began to pluck at the buttons of his trousers
and kick off his boots.
This was going to take a while…
Larxene was the first one to hear the
click of the camera shutter, followed by Xigbar's manical laughter.
Dragging Luxord along by his hood, the Savage Nymph wasted no time in
hurling kunai in all directions before she even reached the turning
to look wherever she was going. After a few rounds of knives, she was
rewarded with a satisfied scream of pain- which turned out to be from
Xigbar, who had a small throwing knife now imbedded in his
backside.
"Fuckin' bitch! Watch it!" He hissed
angrily, firing a shot back, before realising who the hell it was.
Larxene dodged the shot easily and growled- startling Xaldin who was
photographing…herself…?
A long, hideous moment passed.
"Hiya Larx…" Xigbar grinned nervously. Larxene stared
back into her own eyes, before she raked them over the reflection of
her own body, seeing herself, but nude.
"Zexion." She
growled; it wasn't a question. The slate-haired Nobody reverted
back to his original form instantly and whimpered, cowering behind
Xigbar.
"He's the one you want!" Zexion said quickly,
pushing the gunner forwards. "Take him!"
"Scumbag!" Xigbar
spat angrily, but then yelped as another fistful of knives was flung
at him.
"Retreeeeeeat! Run awaaaaaay!" Xigbar hollered,
dashing into a portal and dragging Xaldin along with him by his
dreadlocks, pulling a snarl from the Lancer. A furious scream from
Larxene echoed out into the darkness with them as Xaldin narrowly
avoided a deep gash in his leg.
Turning back to Zexion, Luxord
glared down at him.
"I hope you're going to do for us what you
did for them, Zexion- because if you don't, then rest assured that
I will divert Larxene's anger unto you…"
The Nymph was
currently screaming blue murder at Demyx, who was too petrified to
speak or even blink. Zexion was surprised that Demyx hadn't burst
into tears. They were both Larxene and Luxord's superiors…but
there was no way that they were going to try to enforce
that.
"Luxord- you know as well as I do that I can only do it
five times in twenty four hours…" Zexion said quietly. Luxord
narrowed his eyes at him.
"And who did they request?"
"…Lexaeus,
you, Larxene, Axel, the Superior and they also took a picture of me
before we began."
Luxord scowled and was about to say something,
before his face became a mask of sunny realisation.
"They did
not request themselves?"
"No." Zexion confirmed.
"Why?"
"Larxene!" Luxord shouted, grinning. "Don't
kill them yet- there's still hope!"
Xigbar and Xaldin had
every picture now…but they were missing one of each other…and
Luxord knew them both very, very well; neither would be willing to
share a prize as big as the one they competed for…
"So what do
you intend to do?" Zexion asked idly, trying to conserve his
modesty.
"Hmm?" Luxord replied, watching Larxene threatening
Demyx and call him every name under the sun. "We don't intend to
do anything."
"Then won't you lose?" Zexion frowned.
Luxord chuckled ominously.
"Oh no- I said that u we /u
don't intend to do anything…I didn't say anything about those
two…they'll be each other's downfall, and Larxene and I will be
there to salvage the wreck of their partnership…"
Zexion
shrugged.
"…Sounds like fun all around, then."
