Luxord blinked in frustration as he shielded his icy blue eyes from Agrabah's bright, harsh sunlight; Thank Kingdom Hearts he was almost done with his mission... Suddenly, two weeks ago, Superior Xemnas asked him to collect a certain type of plant that grew in the desert, and again, two days ago; It took forever to find the damn little leaves... He was grateful he remembered where to find them, or else he might have wondered the desert aimlessly trying to find the little buggers. It was quite odd... Why would Xemnas need plants? Especially such weird ones, pure snow white with a pitch black strem that only grew undernearth the sand around Agrabah's only oasis, which was convienently far... far past the Cavern of... secrets, or something, and the city; He didn't bother to remember the names of the landmarks, this had only been his third mission to Agrabah. Maybe Vexen needed the plant and had requested Xemnas send someone on a mission to get said plant, but wouldn't Vexen have come with him to show him where the plant was? That didn't make sense either... He had never seen or heard reports of Heartless past the cavern, not even Shadows; Vexen could have gone himself... So here he was, trudging through the desert, ankle deep in yellow orange sand, but he was only a few minutes away from the oasis, he could clearly see it in the distance. Agrabah was odd, only during sandstorms would mirages appear, but then again, all of the worlds had some sort of quirk to them.

Luxord gave another sigh; This strange mission was just the beginning of how unusual the last month had been.. He had barely seen any of the members after Xigbar disappeared, and after Lexaeus vanished, it was like the castle was a ghost town. Before that, everyone's behavior had been so... erratic. He had expected some absence because they were searching for them, and some members were just busy, but now, it was quite disturbing to him. He hadn't talked to anyone except for Xemnas in the last three weeks, hadn't seen Saix which meant no one had been given missions, and no meetings had been called in more than a month. Could... everyone be simply avoiding him, or maybe be on long missions... but that wouldn't make sense; most, if not all of the members being on long missions wouldn't make sense. It was possible everyone was just extremely busy with Xigbar and Lexaeus' recovery, but... would all the members need to help? From what he knew, only Vexen and Zexion had any experience in the medical field; Xaldin might, but he wasn't sure.

He was a few feet from the oasis, wiping his sweaty hair as he approached the large pool of crystal clear water surrounded by a few sparce emerlad palm trees. The water was clean, so he figured he would take a drink and then start digging-

"Hello there, Luxord."

The gambler jumped and whirled around at the high, grating voice that belonged to the Organization's only female: Larxene.

"Ah, Larxene.. Were you pursuing me?" He answered back with a question, crossing his arms.

"Not at all, Luxord," Larxene giggled. She dug around in her pocket briefly before bring a plastic bag out of her pocket; it was filled with the plants Luxord was searching for. She smirked, dramatically dangling the bag in front of Luxord's face, but all he did was raise his eyebrows, reaching out for the bag. It was placed in his hand, and he nodded. Inwardly, Larxene scowled, wishing she could have made him work for the bag, but Superior Xemnas wanted the gambler on his side, and violence or ill-humored intent wasn't nessecary yet, and she didn't want to anger the silver haired man by turning Luxord off; not obeying the rules meant punishment... harsh punishment, and she wasn't keen on recieving any. Cruelty and sadism was her passion, but Xemnas.. was worse. He was even worse than her, devoid of remorse or any other emotion... but they had no hearts, that was a given. She wasn't keen on getting her heart back, all it did was horde all her past emotions and present, and it would get in her way, but she didn't want to dissapoint Xemnas; he wasn't on her list of favorite people, but he was a good connection and betraying him was deadly. She had already seen what he had did to that idiotic sniper and Hero. She couldn't wait until she got her chance at those traitors... She could just imagine forcing Xigbar to watch as she tortured Roxas in from of his eye... She was getting glee from the thought, but she kept it to herself.

"Thank you, my dear. Now, why are you here?" Luxord asked another question as he slipped the bag into his pocket.

"Xemnas told me all about your little mission and I decided to help you out since I knew this plants were sooo hard to find," Larxene laughed sweetly, twirling a lock of bright, almost yellow, blonde hair around her index fingers. "So... what do you think about how... quiet the castle has been? About Xigbar and the other members?"

That was a odd question; How did she know he was concerned about the other members, more specifically... his few friends? It was suspicious.

"How exactly do you know what I'm thinking? I haven't said anything." Luxord raised a eyebrow as he pulled his deck of cards from his pocket.

"I can tell, Luxy. Alot of us are... worried." She siddled up to Luxord, who watched with suspicion as she walked around him slowly. "Xemnas... Saix... a few rumors going around about them... Bad ones."

"Like what... exactly?"

"Not sure, Xemnas is investigating. Said they were trying to do something bad, really bad." Larxene made a exagerated hand movement across her neck, indicating a slice mark. "Said Xigbar might be in with it..."

"Xigbar? I doubt he would do anything.." Luxord paused; His friend was known for pulling pranks like there was no tomorrow."Diabolical. What do you mean... bad?"

"Not too sure, but he said something about.. anarchy." She whispered the word in his ear seductively, but she wheeled away with a giggle."But it could be nothing, so don't worry. Xemnas just wanted to make sure you knew."

She smirked and giggled, a usual. She was baiting him: making him ask what was wrong, but he had to remember to go slow, only let a little slip; Make it vague. She wanted to keep himk coming back for more information as she released it, adding more and more until he finally decided that it would be safer or join Xemnas, though he may be tempted to betray them as well... but if he didn't agree, it would be time for a little... fun.

"Well... that's amiable of you.. But anarchy? I highly doubt Xigbar would be part of anything, he's allegiant to Xemnas. But, I'll retain that in mind. Thank you for the plants as well. If you'll excuse me.."

"Ah, ah, ah.." Larxene giggled, stopping Luxord with a finger. "We can always talk later if I get more info, okay?" Putting on a concerned and sweet ruse was difficult and irritating, but if it kept Xemnas off her back, she would do it. He did promise her power..

"Alright then..." Luxord muttered, still having suspicions peaking in the back of his mind; Why on earth was she being so nice? Larxene was never this nice to anyone, even Marluxia and Axel. The woman waved seductively before she turned and left through a portal, hand on her hip. All Luxord could do was furrow his brow in confusion at the... odd scene. Anarchy? He would expect that from Marluxia, Larxene, or to the extreme, Vexen... but Xigbar? And by other members she must mean Lexaeus, Zexion, Vexen, Demyx, Roxas, Xaldin, and Xion... Speaking of Xion.. No one had seen her in nearly two months. Xemnas had last said she was doing good in collecting hearts... but that didn't mean anything. She might have been on a long mission, but everyone hadn't seen her on any of their current worlds. Fantasia was out of the question; Fantasia hadn't been discovered and she had no idea of it... This talk of anarchy was incredulous... He shook his head and opened a portal; He needed to talk to Xigbar...

II~XIII~II~XIII

Larxene smirked as she looked in the mirror, applying fresh lipstick as she awaited a meeting with Xemnas; He was busy looking into something and he didn't like ro be interrupted. She didn't have alot of progress, but Xemnas requested that they check in as much as possible to make sure their plans didn't go awry. Luxord seemed confused, but convinced, at least enough to make him suspicious of the traitors. He would probably ask someone, they would become suspicious of him and make him think they were lying, then he would come running back to them for answers... hook, line, and sinker. A portal openede behind her, and she turned.

"Xemnas is ready for your report." Saix announced, stepping to the side as Larxene stood and sauntered through the portal into Xemnas' office, smirking.

"Ah, Number XII." Xemnas acknowledged her presence, looking up with pen and paper resting next to his arm."A report on X, I suppose?"

"Yes, Superior," Larxene giggled."Gave him a little hint hint towards there being something wrong. Trying for making the traitors be suspicious of Luxord, thus he'll be suspicious of them, and come to us."

"Good, good..." Xemnas said, and Larxene watched as he wrote something down on the piece of paper in front of him; She guessed it was the information on Luxord."What else did you say?"

"I baited him. Hinted about anarchy, pinned some of the rumors and blame on Xigbar, and made Luxord think that we really cared and were worried."

"Perfect... If this backfires, then you know what to do. Team with Saix and find his weak points and if need be, use them. For now, wait and talk to him in a few days or so."

"Yes sir." Larxene exited the room, and then Saix appeared. Xemnas noticed his presence, but didn't look up as he searched his pocket for a key. Rolling the paper into a scroll and slipping a rubber band on it, he pulled the tiny silver instrument from his cloak pocket, moved his hand under his desk, easily finding the secret compartment, and unlocking it, Saix approaching his desk but his yellow orbs were kept towards the wall. He pulled a tiny tab and a doorway opened, slipping the paper inside it and closing it promptly with barely a whisper.

"Putting away reports, Superior?" Saix asked, finally looking down at his superior.

"Correct. You can tell me about your information on XIV now. I want to keep everyone, even Larxene, except you and Xaldin from finding out about Xion."

"Good, sir. It is lost. I am completely certain it is dead. I found blood and pieces of its cloak on Fantasia. If the Heartless didn't finish Xigbar and Lexaeus, it certainly finished it."

"Wonderful. You have done a good job, Saix."

"Thank you.. Superior. I will keep an eye on VIII."