Axel stared across the room at the sleeping girl. She had gone to sleep crying. Almost broke his heart.

He chuckled to himself. It caused her to stir a little in her sleep, and he quieted instantly.

"Sora?" she mumbled drowsily. He rolled his eyes and shifted a little in his pure white chair.

"Kairi? C'mon. Wake up." he murmurmed.
"Huh? Wha's going on?"

"C'mon princess. We gotta go." He rolled his eyes again as Kairi sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Sora?" she mumbled again.
"Uh, yeah. No. Try 'Axel', princess." He smirked.

"Ok...Wait, WHAT? GO WHERE?" Kairi yelled, jumping to her feet. She collapsed as a horrible pain lashed through the back of her head, and managed to arrange herself in a sitting position before she hit the floor. "Just tell me what's going on." she whispered, looking up at Axel with big blue eyes.

"Okay, princess, but first you gotta come with me." He smirked again.
Kairi set her jaw. "No. You have to give me some answers first." Axel rolled his eyes again and grabbed her arm. He yanked her to her feet and opened the door, pulling her along behind him.

"HEY! Let go of me! Help!" Kairi screamed. She kicked and dragged her feet; she hit Axel in the arm, she tried to get away, and it was all to no effect. He was just too strong.

So she quit trying. She just went limp. Axel looked back for an instant, smiled as if he was pleased that she'd given up futile resistance, and continued walking.

Another head hangs lowly, child is slowly taken.
And the violence, caused such silence. Who are we mistaken?

"You were right to stop trying to get away, princess. I'm always going to come out on top." Kairi glared at the back of Axel's head, trying not to drag her feet, trying not to scream. She simply gritted her teeth and turned her head. "I'm not going to do anything for you." she said, her voice wavering, as if she weren't quite sure how to use it. He simply turned around and smirked at her. "And that's where you're wrong, princess. You'll do anything I want you to do, got it memorized? Anything I want..." His smirk grew more pronounced as he tucked a stray strand of red hair behind her ear and rubbed his gloved thumb across her cheek. Kairi reddened. She wanted nothing more to do with this evil man, however frail he had seemed to her in Hollow Bastion.

Axel stopped suddenly. Kairi had to drag her feet to stop herself from running into him. "What's your problem?" she shrilled, ready to chew him out for dragging her along, only to stop short where he would probably force her to go back to her horrible excuse for a room. She glanced around her and shuddered. All this white was giving her a headache.

Footsteps sounded on the impossibly white, almost invisible floor a little way away, and Axel groaned. A black glove, contrasting deeply with the white background, wrapped around the corner, only to recoil immediately. Axel lauged, then sighed. "You can come out now..."

AN: Okay, once again. 2.0 pwns. The lyrics are from Zombie by The Cranberries.