The Superior's Rage
Nexumair awaited Xemnas in his office. As the Superior and Saix teleported into the room, he immediately sat down in a chair before his superiors.
"No, get up, get up" said Xemnas pleasantly. Nexumair got nervously to his feet. The boy's six sabers were piled on one of the chairs. "Now, explain exactly what happened during the battle with Demyx."
Fiddling with the chains on the collar of his robe, Nexumair explained how Demyx had gained the upper hand. This brought a snort of disbelief from Saix, but Xemnas glared at him and he was quiet.
"Then, a guitar was summoned from nowhere, and I felt Tine's aura flare…it was more powerful than anything I've felt before" said Nexumair.
"I cannot help asking a single question" said Xemnas.
"And what is that, Superior sir?" asked Nexumair.
"Why didn't you think to help at all?" Xemnas asked. "Would it have killed you to lend a helping hand to your teammate and fellow member of the Organization?!" Xemnas grabbed the Confident Fencer by the front of his robe and threw him across the office. Nexumair fell into Saix, who pushed him forward again.
"I am sorry, sir" said Nexumair, behaving the part of the sorry subordinate. They were Nobodies; real feeling was impossible for them, only cold reason was left. Xemnas wanted Tine so that they could regain their hearts. He felt that Nexumair had hindered the mission and he was taking the logical course of action: yelling and possibly beating him. Nexumair wished to avoid that as much as possible. So he was doing the only logical thing and acting as if he was sorry. He wasn't sorry, and he wasn't proud of what he'd done. He was just nothing. Likewise, Xemnas was not angry, he wasn't happy either. They were all just nothing. However, that did not change the reality of the situation. Xemnas' fist collided with his face and he flew into the bookcases that were built into the white walls, scattering the books everywhere. "Uhhhh!" he cried out. Even if they could not feel emotions, they could feel pain.
"You stupid little fool" Xemnas spat. "You sat and watched the whole fight from the beginning and didn't do a thing about it?!" he breathed deeply. "Number thirteen, you disappoint me. I thought that you were different from Roxas and…Xavier. But if you do not make improvements, I might think that you are the same as they were."
"No sir!" said Nexumair.
"You left Demyx to die?" asked another voice as Xibar teleported into the room.
"Number two, what have I constantly stressed about using the doors when you enter this office?" Xemnas asked. "And when did this session with number thirteen become open to all who wished to take part?"
"Well, everyone's buzzing about it. So, did Demyx kick the bucket or not?"
"Yes, he did" said Saix.
"What the hell, kid?" asked Xibar, bending down to Nexumair's height. "Well, you know what you have to do, don't you?" he asked.
"What is that?" asked number thirteen.
"We've gotta pay them back!" the Freeshooter declared. "You've got influence in Radiant! Go and kill them while they're alone! Make it look like an accident." Once again, Xibar was demonstrating the Nobody's cold logic. What happens when someone takes a bite out of your group? Well, the logical thing to do it to make them pay for it.
"Nexumair" said Xemnas, sitting down at his desk. "Why did you let the Keyblade Master escape alive?"
"I believe he is useful to us, sir. Especially his silver haired friend."
"Riku?" asked Saix, his voice low with hatred.
"That one" said Nexumair. "If we play our cards the right way, then we may be able to make him into the device which snaps up our Kingdom Hearts. Tine is evidently attracted to him."
"Tine is…attracted to Riku?" Xemnas said. He abruptly sat up from his desk. "Where did you hear this?"
"What is it, sir?" asked Saix, but Xemnas hit him in the head with a stapler and he was silent.
"Tell me where, number thirteen. If you are lying I will be very upset."
"I heard it from his conversations with Sora, and from what a man named Leon and some other people were saying. Is something wrong, Superior?"
Xemnas raised his hands. "Not a thing. Now get out, all of you. I must think." After they had teleported, Xemnas put his head in his hands. This was an unforeseen advantage. Riku was a wellspring of dark power. So was Tine, due to the many hearts contained within her body. If he could get both of them together…then he could perhaps use the Riku's dark powers to harvest the hearts from Tine without the use of Vexen's ridiculous Kingdom Meter. The Superior smiled. From Nexumair's blunder, and the loss of that idiot sitar player, new opportunities blossomed.
"Saix" said Xemnas. The Luna Diviner abruptly appeared.
"Yes, sir?"
"I want you to go back to Aquivale…or what's probably left of it. Escort Morgan le Fay back to the Castle. If she resists, remind her of her debt to me."
"Debt sir? Morgan le Fay? Wasn't she imprisoned with the help of Merlin?"
"Are you questioning my orders, number seven?"
Saix shook his head. "No sir…I will do as you order." He vanished.
Xemnas shook his head. When had he thought becoming a god would be hard?