"You alright, Roxas?"
"Drop dead, you dirty snitch."
"Got it, still got it." He then closed the slot. He looked down. What had he become? The senses. Heightened. His aggression, amplified. His intelligence, increased. His clothes…he wasn't wearing his normal clothes anymore. He was in some sort of black cybernetic super suit. As much as he didn't want to admit it, the suit felt good on him, almost as if it were apart of him. It was a very comfortable piece of clothing, even if he was wearing it for a totally evil reason.
Before long, they stopped. By this time, Roxas had gotten used to being hauled about by two very big people. This time, the destination was a…an abandoned warehouse.
"I hate warehouses," Axel said.
"Yeah? Well I'm not too crazy about them, either," Roxas replied.
"You over it?"
"It doesn't matter. God damn it, I feel so apathetic, it hurts."
"You'll get used to it. Trust me."
They stepped into the warehouse and into a large grey space. There were computers everywhere. People's homes, businesses, bathrooms, everyone everywhere could be monitored in some way here.
"What are we? Big Brother?" Roxas asked, perplexed.
"No," said a deep voice. Another man stepped in.
"Xhehanort?"
"Xemnas."
"Right."
"Anyways, this is the room in which we control the actions of certain citizens through simple suggestion. We'll put more than a few army ads in some 18 year old's email, and four out of five times, he goes off to get killed for his country. Really nasty business."
"Wait. So Shinra put a fucking computer in my head to make me stick ads in people's MAIL?"
"No. This work is reserved for another member of the sector."
"Let me guess, Ienzo?"
"You know me too well," said Ienzo from behind a desk, without looking Roxas's way. "Of course, with the extra 'X' in my name, it's Zexion. If you have trouble with these names, try adding an X somewhere. It'll get you what you need." Zexion was still the brain. Without hesitation, he walked to the location of the communications geek.
"Zexion, can you explain things to me? Like, why everyone is a fucking CPU? And why everyone has an 'X' in their names?"
"I suppose I should start from the beginning. When our group originally formed, as an Organization, Shinra took an unnatural obsession with us. He wanted us on his side. One by one, we fell into this trap. Like you, we were picked apart, given hightened senses, and our own abilities. We're the super humans of our age. The thing is, according to our glorious government, none of us exist. They call us 'Nobodies' which is exactly what we are. We're part of the reorganized Section 0000, which is now known in the black ops as Sector XIII."
"That's deep," said Roxas, "But if that's the case, what can each of us…do that no one else can?"
"Well," began Zexion, " Xemnas was given the experimental power of matter manipulation, which is accomplished through the rearranging of atoms. Really complicated stuff. Braig, or Xigbar as he's now known, is armed with a portable high-speed teleporter, allowing him to go anywhere on the planet in a matter of seconds. Dilan, or Xaldin, can use generated wind to create cyclones. Even or-"
"Zexion, I can figure the names out."
"Right. Vexen can change the temperture of any indoor area in a matter of seconds, usually to an extremely cold temperature. Lexaeus, or Lex, can create seismic waves using a giant tuning tomahawk, and his incredible brawn. I am a illusionist by nature, but my senses have been amplified to that of smelling life scents. Saix is a strange one. He is a bit of a lunarphile, gathering power from the Moon and then going absolutely ballistic on his adversaries.
"Let me guess, Axel's a pyromaniac?"
"You've got it."
"Figures…"
"Anyways, Demyx's sitar allows him to control any nearby water in an area, though he cannot pull it out of his ass, if you'll excuse the expression. They took Luxord's gambling habit to a bit of an extreme, as gambling is his fucking power. Marluxia, if I can get his name out of my mouth without butchering it, uses um…flower power.
"Nice."
"I'm just the messenger. Anyways, Larxene uses her ability to manipulate lightning to supercharge her throwing knives into super tasers. " Zexion paused for a moment. "And then there's you."