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Noticing the blonde had stopped again, Ienzo took him by the hand and kept running, stumbling from Myde's extra weight. Zexion turned around to see the situation behind them was, and saw hundreds of dogfaces pouring out of the Lab.
"Get behind the trees, I'll put up the illusion we aren't here." Ienzo had to pull Myde, who was still in shock, into the forest and Zexion crouched down beside them. The air shimmered around them, but it didn't look as if anything had happened. The only way Myde could tell the illusion worked was the fact the dogfaces ran right past their hiding place without a second glance their way. Once they were sure the cost was clear the illusion was dropped and Zexion stood up, turning to the blonde.
"We will explain later, right now we have to get back to our old house. Then we'll explain everything to everyone at once. Alright?" he said, to which Myde nodded dumbly. The journey back was tense. They almost gave themselves away many times, each time barely stopping from walking into a clearing filled with the creatures. About halfway there Ienzo asked, on a sudden whim if there were any bears in the forest. Zexion sighed,
"Ienzo…This is Florida. I don't think there are bears in the forests of Florida. The younger boy had pouted, but looked around cautiously just in case. Myde, a few hours later, wondered aloud how they were going to find their way back when Zexion had been knocked unconscious prior to the trip to the Lab. Ienzo smirked and jumped onto the older boy's shoulder as a cat, draping himself across Zexion's shoulders. Using his tail to point the way, he guided the other two through the woods.
When they finally got to the house, there were police cars stationed all down the street, and there were figures standing out on the front lawn. Zexion internally panicked, thinking something had happened to his adopted family, until he saw the signs being posted up: Missing Person. He heard Ienzo snicker and Myde was trying to hold back laughter. The only thing he could think to say in his defense was;
"My friend tends to over-react sometimes." Just at that moment, they left the woods, and a second later a loud yell was heard from across the yard. Zexion watched in surprise as one of the figures dashed across the yard and hurled themselves at him. A chain of events followed this action. Ienzo sprang off his shoulder, hissing, and landed in Myde's arms, who took a step back in alarm. Zexion found himself flung to the ground, and looking up into the very worried eyes of Demyx.
"Ienzo! I thought you were gone, that I'd lost you forever! You're not hurt are you?" Demyx lifted himself off the small boy beneath him to begin checking for any injuries. Myde coughed to shed light on his presence, but Demyx ignored him. Ienzo jumped down to rub his head against Demyx's cheek, purring lightly.
"Fox! I was so worried about you too!" He picked up the cat in an awkward hug, and then pulled Zexion against him as well. Zexion rolled his eyes, and lay limp.
"Demyx, it would be lovely if you let me go. Oh, and the other guy is Myde. Myde, this is Demyx, my best friend." He pointed to each of them in turn, quickly detangling himself from Demyx. Myde's expression turned from one of confusion, to one of recognition, Demyx just stayed confused. Just as Zexion thought he would have to do damage control, Myde stuck out his hand and smiled,
"It's nice to meet you." Demyx returned the smile, and said,
"Thank you for bringing Ienzo back!" Myde's smile faltered and he look at the cat in confusion, before turning to the bluenette.
"Why does he call you Ienzo? I thought," Zexion cut him off,
"I will explain everything inside." He'd been hoping to put off the explanation for later, but Demyx was giving him an identical confused stare, so he guessed he'd have to start sooner than he expected. Inside, Demyx's mother was waiting to give him the same treatment as her son, only shorter. She let them have some time to talk to each other before the cops were to question him. This gave him a short time to think up a story, in between telling the true story to Demyx. As soon as his audience was seated, Ienzo still as a cat, the door closed and locked, he began.
"Demyx, do you remember the stories we were told about the old lab that blew up six years ago?" The blonde nodded, not unsure of where his words were going.
"Do you remember hearing about the experiments? And how they were illegal and that's why it had been destroyed. To stop them. Well, all of that's a lie. Lab 13 was government funded. They took normal people, like you for instance, and cloned them. The clones, they mutated, so that they had special powers, like mind control, or the control of some element.
The clones were called Nobodies, the people they were made from, their Somebodies. The rate at which they created them was astounding. In four years they created thirteen Nobodies. But eight years ago, two years before the explosion, they brought in a four year old boy as their sixth experiment. Known as Experiment VI obviously. Something happened during the mutating process which cause both the Nobody and Somebody to gain powers.' Demyx cut in looking horrified,
"A four year old! That's terrible!" Zexion nodded impatiently.
"Yes, now let me finish please. During the two years before the explosion experiment six was planning a massive escape. But, the escape plan went wrong and the lab exploded, killing many scientists. Most of the Somebodies and their Nobodies got away; some were re-captured and didn't get away. Experiment six got away, and was on the run for almost a week, the Somebody hiding, a part of its power, until the Nobody passed out from starvation. He was found a few hours later. By you." He ended his speech, looking at Demyx, waiting for his reaction. The blonde was wide-eyed in shock.
"You're a Nobody! But who's your Somebody?" he asked, looking wildly around the room. He pointed at Myde and motioned between them, making Zexion smirk. Before he could say anything however, Ienzo rolled his eyes and became a human crying,
"No silly! I'm his Somebody! I'm Ienzo."
Demyx jumped about a foot in the air and stared at the young boy suddenly sitting beside him. Then his name sunk in,
"Wait, I thought you were Ienzo." He got out, pointing at Zexion. Ienzo shook his head, sighing,
"No. His name is Zexion, he's my Nobody. He had to use my name so the scientists at Lab 13 wouldn't know who he was. Of course, it didn't work and we got caught again. That's where we were, Lab 13, we broke out again. And Myde here is your Nobody." He said all this very fast and with a large smile on his face. Demyx stared before turning to Myde in awe. Zexion took him by the hand, seeing the disbelief in his friend's eyes.
"Come here Dem, I'll prove it." He took the blonde over to his mirror and pulled up the little bit of hair hanging over his neck to show a tattoo of the roman numeral nine, then gave him a hand-held mirror.
"Do you see that? Myde has an identical one on his neck." Demyx turned to Myde and gave him a huge goofy grin, then ran and hugged him tightly, surprising the Nobody.
"I may not remember any of what you're talking about, but this is awesome! I have a twin!" the crazy blonde bounced into the seat beside his calmer counter-part. Ienzo and Zexion shared look.
'Should we tell him how dangerous this situation is?'Ienzo asked. Zexion shook his head,
'Give him some time.'
A nock on the door surprised them all, causing them to jump, then Demyx's mom called in;
"Ienzo, honey, the police would like to speak to you now." Zexion realized he hadn't come up with a story yet and started thinking quickly. He was saved, however, by Demyx getting up and telling his mom that the bluenette needed to rest a bit longer. He then sent Myde out, telling to tell them a good story. Myde winked at Zexion, signaling he had a good idea. The cat Ienzo crawled into his lap to bat at his head, his way of telling him to get some sleep. So he obeyed and slowly teetered over to Demyx's bed and climbed in. Said blonde smiled and patted his head.
"Sleep well!" were his parting words, before turning off the lights and closing the door behind him as he walked out. Ienzo snuggled up beside him,
'I think today went rather well, don't you? Demyx understood why we hid our true identities from him, and wasn't mad about it.'
"Yes. Yes, I think today went as best as we could hope for. Now to wait for tomorrow."