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Chapter 7

Dalynx, Roxas and Xion emerged from the corridor, in the grey area, right in front of Saix.

"So, the runaways return." The luna diviner sounded disappointed.

"All more, how would you put it...alive, than you expected?" Dalynx asked, his voice sharp.

"What do you mean? Once you left, you become none of our concern."

"Oh, I'm not talking about me. I'm talking about Xion here. Or Roxas, hard to tell which one your bet was placed on."
"Hm?" Saix's face showed a slight sign of worry.

"Oh, don't play oblivious. I heard you and the Superior. Planning to pit Xion and Roxas against each other, so you'd only have to deal with one of them."
"Why were you eavesdropping upon our conversation?"
"I was actually going to announce Zexion's findings, but after hearing your murder plot, I decided fleeing was the better option." Some other members started to gather in the grey area, listening to the conversation.

"He already told us, you are weak, you became too emotional because of your broken piece of heart, and so you ran."
"That's in the past, my heart has now truly left me. However, I do find it interesting that two of the higher ranking members of the Organization were actively working to have another member killed. I wonder, who is next? Me? Axel? Maybe Demyx over there." Dalynx pointed at Demyx, who instantly looked worried. Dalynx may have wanted to return to the Organization, but he still sought vengeance for what Saix and Xemnas had planned. Better to sow distrust for them amongst the Organization than to fight them or to do nothing.

"You have no proof of your claims. What reason would we have to want to kill one of our Keyblade wielders?"
"Maybe because both of them would have been the key to waking up a certain enemy of yours. Ah, what was he called? Oh yes, Sora." Dalynx glared at Saix, who still stood firm, unmoving.

"Why do you know about Sora, who told you?"
"Please, I can get information easily. Anyway, you seemed to be completely oblivious to the fact that if they both died, then Sora would get up. Might I add however, what a good job you did there, abandoning Namine while you ordered the other members in castle Oblivion to retreat. Now she's working with Riku and some intolerable fellow in red." Saix started to show genuine signs of worry.

"What? The witch is with them? Then that means..."
"Yes, Sora will be waking up sometime soon, and quite frankly, given what Riku was saying, they're coming straight for us."

"How did you find all of this out?"
"I use shadow magic, hiding and eavesdropping isn't exactly difficult." Xion looked relieved as Dalynx shifted any suspicion from her.

"Where are they? We must act now before Sora is awakened."
"You may be a bit late for that. The only reason I returned is his awakening had begun shortly before. Funnily enough, so had Roxas and Xion's little death battle."
"I must inform the Superior immediately." Saix said, turning. However, just as he did, Xemnas walked into the grey area.

"That will not be necessary, number seven." As Xemnas entered, all of the members who were watching Saix and Dalynx argue stepped back. "As you seem to be aware of all the events surrounding this Dalynx, may I enquire as to how Sora is awakening whilst his Nobody still draws breath? The witch is only able to do so much, a part of Sora's heart would be missing, he should not be able to awaken." Dalynx's eyes widened, as he realised the hole he had dug himself into. He decided that Xemnas would most likely have to keep him regardless of his transgressions, if only to aid with numbers when fighting Sora. However, it was still risky, so the truth had to be twisted a little.
"I had removed my fragmented heart, in order to become a full Nobody, regardless of how painful it was. It just so happened that Riku caught me when I was at my weakest, whilst I was recovering from removing my heart. He took it before I could destroy it, that is what led to me following him and finding out about this entire chain of events. My heart was used to awaken Sora." Dalynx sighed internally, he had dodged a bullet there.

"Oh? So now you're heart is inside Sora, yes?" Xemnas asked.
"Yes Superior." Dalynx responded.

"Hm...Then I have a plan. All members, convene in the round room immediately!" Xemnas opened a corridor and went through it, as did everyone else.

Once all fifteen members were gathered in the round room, Xemnas began.
"So, now that we are all aware, Sora has been awakened. However, given that we have more than our full complement of members, I believe defeating him is a distinct possibility. Firstly, we will require a larger, more organized set of minor Nobodies. This may seem like a rash decision, but all members who do not currently command a minor Nobody sub-type are to be authorized to make them. Four, Six, I assume the pair of you are up to the task?" Vexen and Zexion nodded. "Good. Once we all have our forces, we will reconvene. Until then, all missions are on hold. Dismissed." Xemnas opened his corridor and left. Dalynx, Roxas and Xion went to the grey area, where Axel approached them. He patted Dalynx on the shoulder.

"Nice one, you did my job for me. Looks like there's two of us no, who'll always be there to bring you two back." Axel said, laughing. "So, Dalynx, Xion, you two don't have any minor Nobodies do you?" Xion shook her head, and Dalynx replied.

"No, I take it you and Roxas do then?"

"You bet we do!" Axel clicked his fingers, and an Assassin Nobody appeared. "Here's one of my babies, they're called Assassins, and Roxas has...what were they called?"
"Samurai, Axel, and I bet one of my Samurai could beat your Assassin in a fight easily!" Roxas clicked his fingers, and a Samurai appeared beside him.

"So, what are you two thinking of having? I've seen Zexion and Vexen working together, there's pretty much nothing they can't do." Axel said, dismissing his Assassin.

"Well, I was thinking about having one similar to me, you know, fast little thing with a rapier, what about you Xion?"
"Um...I don't know...maybe something to go with Roxas' Samurai?" Xion seemed confused.
"Hey, why not have one similar to the Samurai, but with one big sword instead of two smaller ones!" Axel sounded proud of his idea.

"Ok, I'll do that then Axel." Xion said, happily." Lexaeus walked into the grey area from the direction of Vexen's lab, following him was a rather bulky Nobody, carrying a large shield in the shape of the Organization's logo.
"Nice one!" Axel called out, "What do you call them?"
"They are my Defenders." Lexaeus was quick, and to the point, as always. He walked off to his quarters.

"So, shall we head down to Vexen's lab and see what's going on?" Axel asked.

"Sure! Sounds like fun!" Dalynx said, as they started to head down to the lab.

They were stopped outside the lab by a Nobody that appeared to have a lab coat on. It's head was covered by a surgical mask, in it's right hand, there was a scalpel, and in the pockets of it's coat were syringes.

"That'll be Vexen's I'm betting." Roxas said, as the four friends sat down on a convenient area of the wall, sticking out. From within the lab, they heard the sounds of machinery and magic going off. Then, they heard Vexen laugh maniacally. Dalynx's eyes widened.
"That's going to give me nightmares." He said, and the others laughed.

"Yeah, everyone says that the first time they hear him laugh. I swear, he was born to be a supervillain." Roxas said. Out from the lab doors floated a robed Nobody, carrying a large book, similar to Zexion's.
"That's the bookworms, so next up will be...ha!" Axel laughed. "Flower boy will be getting his next! Let's see what he makes." Marluxia walked into the lab, giving Axel a death stare. Shortly after, he emerged, with a Nobody, thin, with flower petals adorning it's body. In it's hands it carried a double ended scythe.
"So, Axel, is this sufficient for the 'flower boy'?" Marluxia asked sarcastically. "They are to be my reapers, second only to me in ability."

"Ooh, fancy." Dalynx said, mockingly, "So, next up is Larxene, right?"
"Yes. Her Nobody should be...interesting." Marluxia said, walking away. Just as he had said, Larxene entered the lab. When she emerged, it was with a very small Nobody, about the height of a Dusk. In place of arms, it had knife blades, crackling with electricity.

"Go on kiddo, you're next." Axel said, patting Xion on the back. Xion walked into the lab.

Vexen and Zexion were waiting inside. A line of Dusks were arranged behind a large, cylindrical chamber, hooked up to a machine of Vexen's.
"So, fourteen, what do you wish to have?" Vexen asked, as he fiddled with the controls of the machine.
"I'd like to have a Nobody like Roxas', but with a single greatsword instead of the two katanas." She replied. Zexion flicked through his Lexicon, and then settled on a page. Vexen ushered a Dusk into the machine, and shut it as he began pushing buttons. Zexion held out his arm and muttered some words that Xion couldn't hear. The machine started to whir, as Zexion continued his spell. There was a flash, and the machine opened. In it, was a Nobody exactly as Xion had specified, it was identical to the samurai, but it held one large sword in a scabbard on its back instead of two at its sides. Xion walked out with the Nobody, and Dalynx went in.

Later, once all of the Nobodies had been produced, Vexen gathered all the people with new Nobodies in the grey area.
"Alright, to get more of these, you just find a new Nobody, and you convert them, as you would a creeper to a Dusk. Now, however, they should turn into your unique Nobody. So now, we go out to the worlds, and we wait for the heartless to take people, then expand our ranks with the Nobodies created! Is that clear?" Everyone nodded. By now, it was night time, and people were starting to go to bed. Dalynx headed off to his chambers, and filled in his diary, then went to sleep.