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Well, here it is. I updated and this is the second chapter and I can't tell if it was better or worse than the last. But I got reviews and they made me so happy. My first reviews ever! Thank you very much! So, here you go...
"What is the meaning of this Ienzo? I have far too much to do, can't this wait?" Ansem asked, his annoyance was increasingly apparent as Ienzo led him down to Ansem's familiar laboratory. Ansem waited impatiently for Ienzo's response, but when none came he practically shouted, "Ienzo, I order you to tell me what this is about!"
"You order me?" Ienzo repeated in the form of a question. Even though his mentor couldn't see it, a smirk spread across Ienzo's usually emotionless face. "Well, in that case, let's hurry. I am now quite excited to show you what my colleagues and I have been working on these past few days."
Ansem marched passed Ienzo as the door to his own laboratory opened and he stepped through. He looked around with an air of arrogance. "What's this Ienzo? I see no one at all? Is this some kind of a joke?"
"No sir, no joke at all," Ienzo said quietly as his gaze lingered on the broken containers and spilt potions; neither had been cleaned up yet. His eyes traveled higher to the huge glass box that use to contain some of their more…dangerous experiments. It was now completely destroyed, courtesy of Ansem's anger. "Let's go, we have to hurry."
"Why haven't you cleaned any of this up yet? Surely you cannot work or study in such a messy environment," Ansem complained as he followed his apprentice over the broken glass and strange liquids that littered the ground. "Where are we going anyway?"
"You'll see soon enough," was Ienzo's curt reply. He led Ansem to the trapdoor in the ground, the entrance to the secret lab. "It's just down here."
"What's this? I never knew such a thing was here," Ansem said offhandedly as he pushed Ienzo out of the way and descended down the ladder first. The smirk returned to Ienzo's lips. This was perfect; the fool had no idea.
Ienzo silently followed after Ansem, hoping he didn't laugh. Not only would that give him and his fellow scientists away, but it would also be very out of character. Ienzo just didn't laugh, not anymore.
"What in the…" Ansem muttered before turning to face Ienzo, an expression of complete and total anger on his old face. "I thought I told you no more of this! Keeping hearts in those infernal containers makes them weak and then the darkness takes them! How dare you go against my wishes! May I assume that the others are behind this as well?"
"Assume what you will Ansem, but I have one last experiment to carry out. I was hoping that you might help me," Ienzo stated, walking past him into the large room. He was over at a small machine now, a keyboard with a small circular platform to its side. "All you have to do is stand on that platform."
"No, I refuse!" Ansem spit at Ienzo, obviously disgusted by Ienzo's work. "I cannot believe this! What ever happened to my young, eager assistant?"
"He grew up," Ienzo said, his face unreadable. He pressed a large red button and a door near Ansem slid open quickly. His other four assistants, Elaeus, Braig, Dilan, and Even came out of it, grabbing Ansem and binding him with strong, sturdy ropes. He fought the four, but they quickly overpowered him, dragging him over to the platform next to Ienzo. "I'm not sure what you're about to do, but you must stop. The hearts are not something to be controlled, nor is the darkness that you are all so infatuated with. You must stop this madness before it becomes out of hand."
"We know what we are doing old man," Xehanort said, entering the room. A smile crossed his face at the predicament of his longtime teacher and a laughter laced with malice was heard passing his lips.
"Not you as well, Xehanort," Ansem said, shaking his head with disappointment. "I would have thought better of you. You of all people know of the darkness of the heart and how seductive it can be. You mustn't continue with this research, it will only destroy you in the end."
"I've heard enough," Xehanort said, making a gesture to Ienzo. The raven-haired boy nodded and hit a few buttons before the machine came to life. The platform below Ansem turned to a complete black, darker than any black before. Tendrils of this shadow known as darkness snaked around the elder man's legs, slowly engulfing him. The last word that he managed to choke out echoed through the otherwise quiet room.
"Mistake."
Xehanort sighed as the darkness completely swallowed Ansem; content that the day's important deed had been completed. "Good. That will be all Ienzo. You may turn off the machine now."
He turned and began walking toward the door. Now that Ansem was gone, the real experiments could begin. It was lucky their research lasted as long as it did under Ansem's hawk-like eyes. But his thoughts were soon cut off by a strained voice that belonged to Ienzo. "I can't! Xehanort, the machine isn't responding!"
"What!" Xehanort cried, spinning around. The five scientists were struggling with the machine, trying to find anyway possible to turn it off. But all they did had the same effect; it failed miserably. He hurried over to the machine, pushing buttons and kicking it furiously. This was not how he had planned it to go, not at all.
"It's going to explode!" Even exclaimed, backing away from the machine. "We have to leave now! With that much darkness, there's no telling what will happen!"
"Get out of here!" Xehanort ordered his colleagues. "It's too dangerous!"
They all gave up, ready to leave immediately. But just as they started on their way to the door, a high-pitched whine came from the machine and it started violently shaking. As they looked back to marvel at the darkness forming, the lights of the room suddenly went out. There were cries of shock and outrage from the scientists. In a wave of panic, they all started running to the door, tripping on equipment and on each other. Suddenly, a sound, like gunfire, rang throughout the room and that's when the nightmare began.
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