Demyx's P.O.V
Where… am I? What… happened?
My body ached, my throat was dry, my eyes burned, and I had no idea where I was. My senses were still muddled, except for my hearing. But that was no help since it was silent. Wanting to know where I was, I opened my eyes, but everything was blurry, and the crust in my eyes hurt. I tried to rub my eyes, but I had one problem… my arms were being restrained.
I blinked several times, and my eyes became somewhat clear, then I looked down my body. I was on my side, curled up in a ball, and the same rope that had captured me earlier was still wrapped around me. I was able to get a better look at it. It was about a two inch wide, not very thick, black ribbon that wrapped all around my upper body from my shoulders, to my waist, so I could absolutely not move my arms, and barely move my hands. It looked weak, but it sure wasn't. No matter how hard I tried, I could not break it.
Frustrated, I dropped my head, then jerked it back up. Instead of feeling the cold cement I was expecting, I felt a soft, warm, surface.
I was laying on a cobalt blue sheeted bed in a very dark room. The entire room was shrouded in shadows, and I could only slightly make out a desk, some shelves, and the frame of the door. There was absolutely no source of light anywhere. Not from a window, an open door, not even from a crack in the door.
"Where… am I?" I asked myself as I looked around the unfamiliar room.
A click, and a creak, then, a rectangle of light shone on me.
"Oh good, you're finally awake."
My skin prickled, my body tensed, and if I had a heart, it would be beating frantically right now. That cool voice that just spoke to me, it can't belong to who I think it is, it just can't. Please don't tell me it is!
The rectangle light slid off me as I looked to the door. Though the room had returned to its shadowed cave, I could still make out the silhouette of the Nobody I feared the most.
As the Nobody approached, I tried to get away, but because I was tied up, I just ended up flailing around like Axel when he tries to swim in Atlantica. My cloak collar was grabbed, and I was yanked to my knees. Those cold yellow eyes, that blue hair, and that X-scar, all symbols of my hell.
"Good morning Nine." Saix said. "You've slept for such a long time, I was beginning to worry if I might have taken it to far."
My mouth opened and gaped like a fish, unable to form a response. I swallowed, the saliva burning my dry throat, and spoke.
"W… what am I doing here?" I asked.
"Yes, of course you wouldn't know." Saix said. Saix released my collar, and I sat on my knees as I watched him pace in front of the bed. "You're too oblivious to anything other than that Pyro. He's all you think about, all you want to be with, all that you 'love'." He sarcastically said "love", and continued. "That mindless thinking is what granted you this situation."
"W…what are you talking about?" I asked. "Why do you have me here?"
"Two reasons." Saix said. "One," He grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. "as an experiment. And two," He lowered his face close to mine. "to get what I want." he whispered. His cold breath whipped my face, and sent chills through my body.
"W…what?" I was still not clear with what he was trying to say. Saix sighed.
"He's made you too dense, but, I will explain further. You know what I want, right? You know what I'm after. So in one sentence: I am going to keep you here until either I get what I want, or, and I would hate if this happens, you, die."
"Are you crazy!" I shouted as I pulled my head out of his hand. "You kidnapped me so you can… You can't do that! You can't keep me here!"
"Nine, please lower your tone." Saix calmly said.
"You can't keep me trapped in here!" I continued. "Somebody's going to come looking for me! Axel! He's going to find me!"
"Nine, your tone."
"No! I'm going to get out of here myself! You aren't going to take me!" I summoned several water clones around me. "You are never going to get what you-Ahhh!"
A surge of pain. The same pain I felt in the ally before I fainted. I screamed out in pain as the shock coursed through my body. My water clones broke, and formed a puddle on the tile floor. I fell on my back and gave one last cry as the shock ended. I was breathing heavily, panting and sweating.
"I told you to calm your tone." Saix said.
"Wh-wha-what, did you, do to me?" I asked through pants.
"Punishment." Saix answered.
"P-punishment? Wha-the hell?"
He put his hand on my stomach, his fingers spread out. I looked down at his hand, then back up at his face.
"You must thank Four for making this for me." Saix said.
"V-Vexen?" I questioned.
"Though he didn't know what I wanted it for, he still made it. And he made it better than I expected."
"What are you talking about?"
"This." Saix tapped the black ribbon with his index finger. "It's normally used to train dogs, but I'm using it to train you."
"Train me! What are you talking about! What the heck is around me!"
"An advanced version, of a shock collar."
My eyes widened, and I drew in a sharp breath. I was lost for words. I couldn't comprehend what Saix had just told me, and I couldn't process how to react. I didn't know whether to be horrified that I'm being held here against my will, or be angry that I am being shocked like a dog so he can get what he wants.
"You seem lost." Saix said as he leaned down, and put more pressure onto my stomach. "Let me explain it to you a little further. I had Four make this shock ribbon to capture you. I am going to keep you here until you submit to me. I can shock you whenever I want with only a snap of my fingers. You may very well die, but then, you wouldn't belong to anyone." He squeezed my stomach, then pulled his hand away.
What he just said, played over and over in my head. My blood boiled underneath my skin, my eyes narrowed, and I sneered. I was, furious!
"There is no way in hell that I will ever give you what you want! You are never going to-Ahhh!"
My body was being attacked by that shock again. I gritted my teeth and held my eyes shut tight as the electricity was fed into my body. I turned on my side as I cringed, and scrunched into a tight ball. This shock lasted longer than the others, and it was more painful. I heard a snap, and the shock ended. By the that time, I was panting again, and the edges of my sight were darkening.
"One thing I forgot to mention." Saix said. "What is shocking you, is real electricity. I know how elemental oriented we are in this Organization. So, though it seems inhumane, I knew that the best way to make my point clear, was to use your element's weakness against you."
"You…bastard." I said as my senses were starting to fail again.
"Relax Nine, and go to sleep. I have many more things to tell you when you wake up. Now, if you'll excuse me, there is a meeting I must attend. A meeting about…"
I couldn't catch the last part of his sentence as my hearing shut off, and I slipped out of consciousness again.
Axel's P.O.V
Elsewhere~
"I will repeat." Xemnas said. "While on your missions, take time to look around the area for any signs of Nine. Every member is critical to our Organization's goal, whether useless or not."
I frowned at that statement. I know Demyx isn't the most motivated fighter, or the best, but he still tries. I was lucky to even be getting this meeting. If I hadn't convinced Xemnas that Demyx was useful to the Organization because of his control over water, I would have been the only one searching for him. Not like anyone was going to actually search, but it at least added to the possibility that someone would find something that hinted where he was.
I feel so stupid. I should have listened to him when he told me he heard something. If I did, I could have been holding him in my arms right now, nuzzling my face into his super soft mullet, and him snuggling against my warm body. But that was then, and this is now. Now, I have to find him. I have to rescue him from whatever had captured him, and beat the hell out of whoever dared hurt my Demyx.
"If you by chance do find something," Xemnas continued, "inform either myself, Seven, or Eight. You are dismissed."
With that, Xemnas disappeared through a dark portal, followed by several of the other members.
"Man," Xigbar stated. "Who would kidnap the kid?"
"That's what I'd like to know." I said.
"Such a pity Eight, isn't it? Now that you don't have your follower." Saix said. "But perhaps, he is in a more suitable place." Saix chuckled as he teleported away.
My eyes narrowed suspiciously at his comment. Something about what he said, made it seem like he knew something.
"Saix!" I shouted into the Grey Room.
He was standing by the window wall, scanning through the mission files that were just handed in.
"Saix!" I repeated.
"What do you want?" Saix asked.
"Where is he?" I asked, stomping in front of him.
"Who?"
"You know who. Where, is, Demyx?" I emphasized each word.
"What proof do you have that I would know?"
"What you said earlier, 'He's in a suitable place.', You know something. Where is he?"
Saix chuckled, and skimmed the leaves of paper.
"You're to quick to assume Eight. What use would I have for Nine?"
"For what you wanted to do to him before. When you were trying to…"
I still choked when I thought about that night when I found Saix on top of Demyx in the Grey Room. Saix grinned.
"Yes, that night. I can still taste his sweet blood."
I glared at him, my hands balled into fists, the fire within me growing as it was fueled with my rage.
"And knowing that," Saix continued, still grinning. "you should know that if I want something, I take it, not play these silly games of hide and seek."
"You know something." I said, jabbing a finger at him. "You know something, I don't know what, but you know something, and I am going to expose it." I turned, and stomped out of the room.
"Good luck with that Eight. Hopefully, you'll find him before he's broken beyond repair." Saix said behind me, and chuckled darkly.
The papers in Saix's hands burst into flames, and he dropped them.
"Weak." Saix said with a devilish smile.
I bared my teeth, and continued out the room. I stopped at the entrance, and slammed my fist against the wall, causing it to tremble slightly.
"I'll kill him." I growled to myself.
AN: This chapter was brought to you today by the word: "What"
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts
