Hey guys, here you learn a little more about Alex. And I feel that Riku and Alex's relationship progress a little. Anyway, enjoy!
I don't own any of the characters. Alex is mine.
"So. What do you want to know?"
'Damn, that kid caught me off guard. And I don't even know why I even bothered to bring him here. I'll just lie to him and shake him off. But I can't lie. I promised myself I wouldn't…. I'll just…I won't talk too much. That'll work.' While Alex had this internal battle inside, Riku was sort of gazing off into the distance, thinking of what to ask her. Then he began,
"So, you can fly."
"Yup."
"And you can clone yourself."
"Uh-huh."
"And you can heal people."
"Mhm."
"And I assume you have more powers?"
"Oh yeah."
"…Who are you?"
She sighed from the overused question. "I am Alex."
Then Riku sighed in frustration from the vague answer. "Well, yeah, I know that. I meant, who are you and what are you doing here?"
"I am Alex," she repeated, "and I am here because I am."
'This way,' she thought, 'he won't get the answers he wants.' She smirked lightly. Through her blindfold, she could see him clearly. Since he couldn't see her, she gave him a once over. He was dressed in the Organization's black attire. His silver hair was choppy but fell evenly over his broad shoulders. But what were most striking were his eyes. They were a combination of green and blue, but more green. They were captivating. Even Alex had to admit that. She shifted her position before he had asked,
"You know, you're not really giving me direct answers, here."
"That's the point."
"Okay, okay, um…how 'bout this. Let's start from the basics. Last name?"
"Nope."
"Okay…age?"
"Physically?"
"…Sure."
"Around 15, I guess."
"Alright…um…birthday?"
"Don't got one."
"What do you mean you don't have one? Everyone has a birthday." He said accusingly.
"Okay, how 'bout this? Have one, just don't know it."
"Why not? Didn't your mother tell you when you were born? I would think that that topic would have come up sooner or later." He joked lightly, but watched as the atmosphere grew darker. Riku almost automatically figured it out.
"Something happened with your mom?" he said gently, so gently that is surprised her.
"No, that's not it. I've never met the woman before." Then she smiled that fake smile of hers. It could fool everyone she knew, and make them believe that she was alright. Somehow, it didn't work with hi.
"So it's problems with your family, then. You do have one, don't you?"
"Oh yeah, but I'd rather not talk about them, if you don't mind." She started looking a little grim, so he felt that he better drop the topic.
"Alright then, where you from?"
"Everywhere."
Riku sighed. 'Back to this, huh?'
A black portal appeared a cut through the silence in the room. Axel stepped down, pulling off his hood.
"So?" commanded Xemnas.
"Dead. Goldilocks kicked the bucket." He joked lightly, but the situation was to grave.
Xemnas shouted out in anger and punched the wall in frustration, leaving a considerable mark in the wall.
"Who did it?" the words dripped like venom out of his mouth.
"Dunno. My guess is that it's the same guy Xaldin was tracking."
"Find him." he said menacingly.
"Aye-aye, sir." Axel then disappeared once more in a black portal, this time, with a destination in mind.
Riku let out a sigh of frustration. The most he had gotten out of this girl was that she was 15, she was very powerful, and she had a lot of problems with her family.
"You have no idea…" muttered Alex quietly rubbing her forehead.
"What?" Riku said questioningly.
"Nothing, nothing." She brushed him off, just like she was doing for all his questions. Then it clicked to him.
"You read my mind!" He pointed accusingly.
"Yup." She said indifferently.
"So do you always tend to go through strangers minds?" he said coyly.
"Not unless I don't want to."
"So you wanted to read my mind, then." He smirked.
"…" Damn, he got her again.
"Ha! Got you!" He shouted at her.
"Che." She turned away.
"…So you can control which mind you want to read?"
"Um, yeah dude! Have you seen some people out there? You don't want to know what's going on in their head! It took a frickin' long time to block out those thoughts, y'know!" she shouted out, and for the first time, she sounded her age. Riku couldn't help but laugh hard. Then Alex realized what she said, and then she started laughing. When Riku stopped, only Alex's laugh could be heard, and he thought it was a beautiful noise. He smiled at her, realizing that this wasn't some creature in front of him, waiting for questions. This was a young girl, searching for herself, just like him.
"Oh, man…I haven't laughed like that in years." She managed to say between the giggles. After the giggles subsided, only her smile was left on her face, and this time, Riku could tell it was real, and it was beautiful.
Then, as quickly as the smile came, it left, leaving a grim look on her face. She quickly scanned the room.
"Hey, remember when I told you that none of the Organization members knew of this place?"
"…Yeah…"
"Well, one of them just found out."
"Wha?"
A large black portal opened out of one of the wall in the room.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" the Organization member stepped out. Alex growled lightly, her stance fierce. Riku stood behind her. Then Axel removed his hood, taking in the two intruders.
"So you're the two who've been causing…wait…Alex?" he looked at Alex, ignoring the other boy. Then Alex let down her stance, but then said,
"Axel?"
"It is you! You're the only person who can blindfold themselves and still know where their going!" he jumped and went over to hug her, forgetting the real reason he was here. But just before he could grab her, he was blocked by Riku, who had his Keyblade out in front of her. There was something in his eyes that Axel could see. Then he smirked widely and started singing.
"Oooo, someone's jealous!" he laughed and watched how Riku's face turned red in a second. Alex even laughed at that.
"It's ok, Riku." She placed her hand on his shoulder. "Axel is an old friend."
"Old?! Who you callin' old!" he said accusingly. "Don't you remember how old you are?! Your frickin' - !" He was cut off by Alex's hand plastered over his mouth.
"Alright, Axel. We don't need to hear that." She smiled lightly.
"But, seriously," Axel said when his mouth was free, "what are you doing here?"
"Mission." Alex stated simply.
"Oh, right. Of course." Axel replied. And as if remembering the silver haired boy seething in the back, he pointed to him and said, "Wait, who's that?"
Riku, sighed and expected Alex to say 'Some kid I have to protect.' I'm not weak, dammit! I don't need her to protect me!'
"That's Riku. He's a friend of mine." Shocked Riku looked up at the smiling Alex. "Come on, man. Stop lying around. We need to get you out of here."
"Right."
"Wait, Alex," Axel started, "don't tell me you're the one that destroyed Goldilocks…?" he stared.
"Goldilocks? Like the character in the book? I only remember the guy with dreadlocks. If that's who you're referring to, then yes. That was me." she said easily. Riku paled.
'Does she realize who she's telling this to?'
"…Ah whatever. Never liked the bloke anyway." Axel said easily. Riku fell backwards (not literally, but mentally).
"But, I was instructed to kill whoever killed him. I don't really want to kill you, Alex…" his entire mood changed, and he had a small glint in his eyes.
"Oh, don't worry, Axel. You could never kill me." Alex replied, her voice changing with the mood.
"Ah, I figured!" Axel laughed, the tense air dropped. "So how about this. Just kind of lay low for a little, okay? He's really mad, and he's ordered everyone to kill you on sight. I'll go down and tell them I've killed you. That way, they'll leave you alone and you can complete your mission in peace. I'm a genius, huh? Got it memorized?" he gloated.
"Perfect." Alex replied. "That works."
"Oh, wait, um…give me something of yours so that I can prove to them you're dead, okay?"
Alex thought for a second, and then looked at her shirt. She grabbed the hem and ripped off half her shirt, revealing her muscled, pale, scarred stomach. Now, the black shirt covered the top half of her body but ended right about her stomach.
"Will this work?" she asked, holding out the cloth. Axel grabbed it.
"Perfect." And with that, he disappeared into a black portal. "Catch you later, Alex!" his voice echoed in the dark room. Then Alex sighed.
"It's great that I have friends, everywhere, huh?" she said, turning to Riku. "I've just avoided a dirty situation."
"Yeah…right." He was uninterested. Right now, for some reason, he was insanely jealous. 'How come that red head knew more about Alex than him? And how did they met? How did she get all those scars on her…wait, why am I so protective of her?'
"Don't worry," Alex whispered in his ear, blowing air lightly into it, "we're only friends."
Riku jumped up in surprise. 'When did she get there?' Then Alex laughed.
"Sorry, sorry! You were just so out of it, I couldn't help it." She chuckled lightly, digging her hands into her pockets. Riku couldn't help but smile.
"Don't read my mind, anymore!" he said lightly.
"Alright, alright."
"Promise?" he looked at her, waiting for her reaction. He was surprised when she looked at him seriously and then smiled lightly.
"Alright. I promise I'll never read your mind again. Come on, let's get out of here." She held out her hand, and he took it without hesitation. But Riku couldn't help but think about the smile she had when she made that promise to him, and he was happy to know that wherever they went, she was with him. Together, they disappeared into the darkness.
A/N: Well, no one answered my question that I had in my last chapter...so I'm gunna do what I want, ok? And don't ask why I called Xaldin Goldilocks. When I first looked at him, that was the first name that came to my mind :)
As always, please review! (seriously, do you guys even read this?)
-Hybrid