Chapter 6

Months passed and Xrnay kept training. He would train all day from morning to night. Lynxad managed to juggle the heartless generator and the heart redeemer.

The weird thing was, Xrnay noted a few times to Lynxad that the members of Organization 13 started to go missing. First, it was Roxas.

Xrnay never did get to talk to anyone about Roxas and who he was. Roxas disappeared about a week after Xrnay came that is when the manhunt started.

There were whispers of a young boy named 'Sora', but nothing could be confirmed. Soon Lynxad and Xrnay were the only ones left; even Xemnas seemed to disappear.

"Hmm…" Lynxad said sadly, "another day alone…"

Xrnay looked at the empty tables and sighed. He sat at their usual table. A lesser nobody came and served them pancakes.

Xrnay wasn't feeling hungry. He pushed the plate aside and looked over the silent hall.

"Don't worry to much," Lynxad said, carefree. "They are probably on an assignment or mission."

Xrnay tried to believe him, but it was just a feeling he had. They weren't coming back, any of them.

Xrnay looked down at his pancakes and sighed sadly. He stood up and started to walk away.

"I'm not hungry," Xrnay said without stopping or turning around. "See you back at the lab."

"'Kay," Lynxad said, his voice was hollow.

Xrnay walked along the hallway, emptiness seemed to close in on him. He was losing something, something important, but he didn't know what.

Xrnay stopped at Lynxad and his room. He wondered what he would do once he was inside.

"Xrnay," a weak voice whispered.

Xrnay spun around prepared for an attack. It was Xemnas, his robe had changed; it was now black and white.

"Xemnas?" Xrnay asked.

Xemnas looked like he had just gotten out of a battle, and he didn't look like he had won. He was out of breath and was breathing hard.

"Give it to me," Xemnas said quietly.

"Give what?"

"Give me your heart!" Xemnas yelled, his yellow eyes flashed in rage.

Xrnay backed up. He remembered what Lynxad said. 'Don't tell anyone about your heart.'

He didn't, he hadn't.

"Give it to me! NOW!" Xemnas was losing his patience.

Something was stirring in Xrnay's soul. His breathing quickened and he could feel his crystal heart in his pocket pulse faster and faster.

"No," Xrnay said defiantly. "My heart belongs to me!"

Xemnas lunged at Xrnay and pinned him up against the door. Xemnas's hands were wrapped around Xrnay's neck. Xrnay tried to break his grasp, but Xemnas wouldn't let go.

"Now your heart is mine," Xemnas said deranged. "With your heart, not even Sora or Riku can stop me."

Xrnay tried to call out, but Xemnas was squeezing his neck to hard. Xrnay became very dizzy and lightheaded.

"Where is your heart!" Xemnas yelled. He pulled Xrnay away from the wall and then slammed him back against it. Xrnay felt a hot, sticky liquid run down his neck.

"Some things are to important to let go!" Xrnay said, fury entered his body and he kneed Xemnas in the stomach.

Xemnas let him go and sank down to the floor. Xrnay turned and opened Lynxad and his door, then ran through slamming it behind him.

Xrnay put his back up against the door, bracing for Xemnas to start kicking it down.

Minutes passed, but Xrnay never moved. Then a fist came smashing through the door, missing Xrnay's head by an inch. The fist went back through the hole it made.

"Come out Xrnay, or Lynxad returns to nothingness," Xemnas growled.

Xrnay took a tentative peek out of the hole that Xemnas's fist made. Xemnas was holding Lynxad in a headlock.

Xrnay slowly opened the door and put his hands up to show he had nothing to defend himself.

Lynxad struggled under Xemnas's grasp, but like Xrnay, Xemnas was to powerful to break free.

"Let him go," Xrnay ordered.

Xemnas snickered. "No, give me the heart and then will take it from there."

"Don't give him anything," Lynxad cried. Xemnas looked down at Lynxad in disgust, and then he squeezed Lynxad harder and made him cry out in pain.

"Don't!" Xrnay slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out the crystal heart. The heart glow black and very dark green.

Xemnas smiled and grabbed the heart with his free hand. Xrnay could see small puffs of smoke rise from Xemnas's hand as his heart burned his flesh, but Xemnas refused to let go.

"Your heart is very pure," Xemnas noted as he watched the smoke disappear into the air.

"So," Xrnay said angrily. The heart pulsed red and the flesh smoke increased.

"Ha, so it is connected to your emotions."

"Let Lynxad go!" Xrnay yelled. "We had a deal."

"Well, I was never good at keeping promises," Xemnas said with a wide grin.

"What!" Xrnay glared at Xemnas, he prepared to attack that foul being.

Xemnas pushed Lynxad forward with little effort. Xrnay had to back through the doorway so Lynxad's struggling body wouldn't hit him.

"Now, I want you to put this heart in me with that machine of yours."

Lynxad stopped struggling for a moment and looked up at Xemnas. "How do you… have you been spying on me?"

"You need to carefully watch your investment, or else they might get out of hand," Xemnas laughed. "That's how I found out that our friend here has a heart.

Lynxad looked wide-eyed then turned to Xrnay. "I am so sorry, Xrnay. I didn't know."

"Don't worry about it," Xrnay said never taking his eyes off of Xemnas. "Its in the past, we cant change it now or ever. We can only look ahead."

"So true." Xemnas laughed hollowly. "Now turn around Xrnay."

Xrnay didn't move so Xemnas squeezed Lynxad harder. Lynxad ground his teeth so he wouldn't cry out, but Xrnay knew better. Xrnay slowly turned around, hands still in the air.

Xemnas dropped Lynxad. Lynxad coughed violently as he fell to the ground. Xrnay turned to see what was going on, but Xemnas was right behind him. Xemnas raised his hand and brought the crystal heart down on the back of Xrnay's skull.

There was a hollow thump and Xrnay fell to the ground, unconscious.