Note from forevermagik13: DUUUDE, I want Dirge of Cerberus. Not like any of you actually really care, but I felt like saying that. Welcome to the murder of Larxene Replica C. I have fondly called this little escapade (the last chapter and this current one): "The Questioning and Killing of Larxene Replica C". I don't particularly think I'm spoiling much... you all had to figure she was gonna die... her and her big mouth.

Note from rarmaster: (has nothing to say.)

"Was 6 bothering you?" 29 asked, poking his head in.

"19 took care of him, it's no problem," 23 muttered.

"Are you sure?" 29 asked, glancing over at Larxene Replica C. He frowned. "Ah… she's still around. I thought you finished questioning her hours ago."

"Sadly, no," 23 replied.

"What is going on?" Riku asked, opening the door.

23 winced.

"I thought I heard-" Riku began, but paused, noticing Larxene C. "What is she doing here?" he demanded. "When I said take care of her I meant get rid of her! Not keep her around!"

"We are, uh, doing our best to question her, sir," 23 explained.

"And how's that working out?" Riku asked.

23 muttered something under his breath.

"That's what I thought," Riku said. "Can we get rid of her now?"

"Well, uh, about that, sir. 19 requested that I make sure she isn't destroyed," 23 muttered. "We have yet to manage to get her to tell us anything important, and I think he wants to try again… or… something."

"What about maim? Can I maim her?"

Riku's question was received with silence.

"Would you stop knocking me out?" Larxene C shouted as she returned to her senses. "It's getting really old! And I'm starting to get a headache…"

Riku twitched slightly.

"Was that a yes or a no to my question?" he asked after a moment.

"What question?" Larxene C snapped.

"It's not your business," Riku replied.

"Well, sir," 23 said quietly. "I'm sure it is her business, considering-" he stopped, receiving quite the glare from Riku. "Never mind," he muttered.

"What are you talking about?" Larxene C asked.

Riku casually drew his blade.

"But, sir-" 23 began.

"I'm not going to kill her," Riku said. He turned to Larxene C. "So… I hear you're not telling us anything. Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Why does it matter to you?" she asked.

"The sooner you answer their questions, the sooner I don't have to look at your face ever again," Riku replied simply.

"That's mean!" Larxene C shrieked.

"I don't care."

Her response to that was chucking a knife at him.

"Weird… she hasn't done that before…" 23 mused. He paused, glancing over at Riku, who seemed to be in pain. "Are you alright?" he asked.

Riku groaned. The knife had hit him right around that nasty bruise. "That arm hurt enough already…" he muttered. After a moment he carefully pulled the knife out his arm. The newly created wound immediately started bleeding.

"Are you sure about not wanting to use the Repair Program?" 23 asked.

"Yes," Riku replied firmly. "I don't need some stupid Repair Program to heal my wounds. My wounds heal just fine on their own, thank you."

Larxene C burst out laughing. "Are you stupid!" she laughed. "Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? Who would want to-"

"Shut up!" Riku snapped, interrupting her.

"Is Riku too independent to have something fix his owies for him?" Larxene C teased in a sing-song voice.

"I said shut up!" he snapped again.

"Hmph," Larxene C muttered. "Why don't you stop being so childish?"

"Why don't you shut up?" Riku replied.

"Why don't you shut up?" Larxene C mocked.

"How do you put up with this?" Riku asked 23, putting pressure on his arm to get it to stop bleeding.

"Put up with what?" 23 asked over his notebook and pen.

"Her..." Riku paused, trying to find a way to describe Larxene C's annoyingness, cruelty, rudeness, crudeness and everything else in one word. He couldn't think of one.

"Of her being her," he said finally.

"The mocking's pretty new, actually," 23 said with a shrug. "Obviously you seem to be able to elicit different responses from her."

"Well, I'm not gonna lie," Larxene C said, casually leaning back in her chair-quite the feat since she was still tied to it. "His face is quite the break from yours."

23 frowned, unsure whether to resent that or not.

"Why haven't you said anything?" Riku asked, turning to 29, who was leaning casually against the wall (much in the way Axel would) and glaring at the Larxene Replica.

"Anything I say wouldn't be appropriate to say in front of Joseph," 29 said finally.

"Joseph's not here…" Riku said slowly.

"I know."

"Who's Joseph?" Larxene C asked. "Is he that stupid little-" she paused, noticing the glare 29 was giving her. She swallowed whatever she was going to say and remained quiet.

"Alright, I'm going to go…" Riku said after a moment. "I should probably bandage this thing up." He shot a glare at Larxene C and then headed for the door.

"Is Namine here?" Larxene C asked before he managed to leave.

Riku stopped dead in his tracks.

"What did you say?" he asked quietly.

"I only asked if Namine was here," Larxene C replied.

"Why?"

She shrugged. "I figured since you were here, she might be, too. I mean, I thought you and her were-" she trailed off.

"What?" Riku asked.

Larxene C bit her tongue and shook her head, refusing to answer.

"Oh please keep talking," 23 said, his pen scribbling across his paper. "This is excellent data."

Larxene C stuck her tongue out at him.

"What about Namine?" Riku asked, all pain from his arm now gone.

"Is she here?" she asked.

"Even if we weren't just going to kill you after this, I wouldn't tell you that," Riku spat.

"Why, would that risk endangering your precious Namine?" Larxene C said, her voice sing-songy again.

"Hey!" Riku snapped, turning to glare at her. "That's not- that's-"

"Did I hit a sore spot?" Larxene C teased.

"Shut up!" Riku spat.

"You know, Namine's actually quite famous, even on our side of the Rebellion," Larxene C continued, refusing to shut up. "'The Un-catalogued Replica' she's called. I think Saix is planning on fixing that problem, eventually. Though I don't know why he'd bother. I heard she was defective."

"That's it!" Riku shouted, drawing his blade again and getting ready to strike. He was, however, restrained by 29.

"You do realize she's letting at some valuable information for once," 23 said, scribbling in his note book.

"I don't care!" Riku shouted. "Just let me at her!"

"You do realize I restrain Joseph all the time," 29 said calmly. "He's a bit worse than you are."

"Let me go!" Riku continued to scream.

"Wow," Larxene laughed. "If I known the results were going to be this amusing I would have mentioned Namine sooner."

"You're lucky I'm restraining him," 29 said. "Though, I'm beginning to have second thoughts…"

"I'd be scared if I were you," 23 warned. "He never takes kindly to Namine being called defective."

"I wasn't talking to you!" Larxene snapped, shooting a lightning bolt at 23.

23 casually raised his shield. The lightning bolt bounced off the shield and hit Riku. And it hit the same shoulder where the rest of his wounds were. He let out a gasp of pain.

"Dangit! That hurts!" Riku shouted. "And I hate lightning. Hate it!"

29 frowned, not quite liking restraining Riku anymore. Larxene C was starting to bother him again.

"Really now?" she taunted, subtly charging up another lightning bolt.

29 noticed this, and his frown turned to a scowl. He let Riku go.

In one swift strike, Larxene Replica C was dead.

"19's not going to be too happy…" 23 muttered.

"She was bothering me, too," 29 said. "If Riku wasn't already upset I would have… seriously injured her myself."

The door opened, and 19 walked in. He paused, noting the distinct lack of a Larxene Replica. "I was only gone two minutes!" he exclaimed, and then turned to scowl at 23. 23 just shrugged apologetically.

"She had it coming to her," 29 said with a shrug. "She called Namine... well…" he glanced over at Riku, who still looked rather upset. He hadn't taken the lightning bolt well. "The d-word. Well, not the d-word, the other d-word."

19 turned to 29, not quite sure if 29 was insane.

"I'm used to doing this," 29 said after a moment. "Joseph, you know."

19 was ignoring that, and trying to figure out what exactly 29 had been referring to. The first d-word was probably disabled. Though… the second… Well, based on Riku being upset, and the fact that it was bad enough that 29 didn't want to say it, and the fact Namine was involved…

"Ah," he said, getting it. The other word was most likely defective. Which would explain… a lot.

"Well, we can always just capture someone the next time they infiltrate," 23 suggested.

"Who say's they'll infiltrate again?" 19 asked.

"They will," Riku muttered, looking at his smoking shoulder. "Well, at least it's cauterized."

"What makes you say that?" 19 said.

"From what I gather, Saix is too determined to let this go," Riku said.

"Do you think he'll use the same strategy though?" 19 asked. "Considering this particular one failed."

"My bet is that he'll just send more people," Riku said. "And we can take them. Especially if they happen to be of the Larxene variety. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go bandage this up."

"There's always the..." 23 began.

"Not using the Repair Program," Riku said, storming off.

"Boy he's touchy," 19 said.

29 smacked his forehead. Then the sound of crashing sent him running.

What had Joseph gotten himself into this time?