Time passed. In the twilight town Roxas knew, nothing changed. He didn't even age. However, he didn't know that. He simply kept running away into the eternal maze they had put him in. She hated that. It was better that he didn't realize it though. They had let him remember once, and that turned out even worse then when the policeman had been programmed to use his gun. It had to be stopped.

Namine sat quietly in her room. She had aged over time unlike her imprisoned friend, without changing too much. She was taller, and looked a bit more knowing then she had but she still carried an innocence that shouldn't have been there. Not with what she had seen. She continued coloring with the red pastel and glanced across the table in her room. It was covered with pictures of people and things she had seen or would like to see. Some were half crumpled up then smoothed out again, like a terrible truth. Roxas in a cage that he didn't look at, a man in a coat leaning over his papers but still pushing a small child away, things like that. Still, despite that she was innocent and pure like her white room. She had to do something.

Carefully Namine put the utensil down with the others strewn about the table, and gentle put her drawing pad down. She then carefully ripped the page out, making sure not to ruin the picture she had just finished. She then took the picture and used a pushpin to put it on the wall. She glanced at it for a moment then went back to the table and picked up her notepad.

"You called, Namine?"

The girl nodded, not even looking up from flipping to the front page of the sketchbook. "Let's go Axel"

Namine glanced back at the wall for a moment before taking her sketchbook and following the man. The picture she had put up was simple, almost childlike despite her. It showed a girl in white following a man with red hair in to a dark portal, quickly sketched. In the room a faint 'whoosh' was heard as a portal closed behind those who entered. The girl in the picture was smiling.

The portal of darkness formed in its new destination and let the black-coated man and the blonde haired girl out. The mist of Rising Falls and the endless rainbows washed over the platform the pair had stepped out on, making the girl smile slightly. The man with long red spikes turned to the girl, radiating impatience. She didn't seem to notice, her fingers moving slightly as if she was resisting getting out a pencil right there. However she turned to the man and looked up into his face. "Do you want to know now?"

Axel raised one eyebrow and said, "Uh, Yeah" He sighed after a moment and added, "I wish you wouldn't keep all this a secret, the only reason I agreed to come at all was that it had something to do with Roxas" He seemed to flinch a little at saying that name, though it didn't surprise Namine. Axel had been his best friend before the experiment began.

"I need you help, Axel", She said passionately, and then turned away a bit hesitantly. She took a breath and said softer, "I need help breaking Roxas out of there"

"What!" Axel snapped to attention at that. "You've been in that pit of darkness for years, and only now you think of helping him? I'll remind you why I got kicked out of that place a few years ago. Remember that? You didn't seem so eager to help out then. What makes today any different?" The red haired man stared down at her with his arms crossed, looking the part of authority. Never the less, Namine held her ground.

"This time I'm ready. I can do it, everything's ready! Well, almost." She looked up at him and said firmly, "All we need is you"

"You've got to be kidding me. You? You got everything ready? This is crazy, in fact I should just leave now", He said, turning around and letting the darkness form to take him away.

"It's your last chance Axel" The man faltered and half turned to the strange girl in white. He had been obviously caught off guard. He opened his mouth as if to say something but was cut off by Namine. "They've almost figured it out. His secret. Only you, me and…you know who know about it so far but they are getting close. They'll use him if they figure it out from the test. I can't believe they don't know it already but…" She clenched her fists and looked at the ground. After a moment she looked up at the man dressed in black.

"No…" Axel was staring at the girl in disbelief, and then turned away to watch the rising falls. He hated this decision. However, he knew what would happen if they found out. "Answer me this, How do you know about that bit of information?"

"Axel, I've lived in that laboratory for most of my life. It's pretty easy to figure it out if you look." She looked up at the sky and smiled. "Those scientists, to figure out anything they need solid proof. Preferably standing in their faces with a sign that says 'Look at me'. Well, they are getting to the point were some suspect, and they are trying to pin down the facts. We have to move now!" She cried to desperately.

"Sometimes I wish he never told me he was Sora's other", the man said softly. If they figured out Roxas they could bring down Sora, and that was exactly what he didn't want to happen. "Fine then", he said turning back to the girl in white. "I'll help, however much good it'll do. I hope you have more then me helping, otherwise we'll be shot down on sight"

"Don't worry Axel, I haven't gone off without thinking this through." She smiled and looked up at the sky. "He should be here soon." Axel tried to open his mouth to ask a question but someone jump down from one of the levitating rocks onto the platform the two others stood on. The red haired man just stared at the new arrival, with a look of disbelief on his face. Namine smiled then greeted the other person, ignoring Axel. "Hey Sora"

Time passed. In the twilight town Roxas knew, nothing changed. He didn't even age. However, this time it would be different. This time something would change. Time waited patiently to see whether its roads would change for the better or for the worse. As Namine explained her plans she hoped it would be for the better.