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Chapter 8
"Alright, everyone! Zexion and I have discerned a plan for thickening our numbers more efficiently!" The chilly academic stood up in the dining hall as everyone ate. "We will make better use of our assets, so to speak. Thirteen, Fourteen, you two are to go to worlds where no real lure exists, as your Keyblades will attract heartless on their own. The land of dragons for Roxas, and Traverse Town for Xion. Superior, your Sorcerers should be more than apt if we send them across the worlds, no need to bother you. Xigbar, find Jasmine in Agrabah, and bait the heartless against the citizens. Next, Xaldin, you are to go to the Beast's castle. Use Belle to lure the heartless, and have them attack the cursed servants there. I shall go to one of our more recently discovered worlds, Arendelle, there is a monarch there in ill repute, I can have the people all march to her, and then set the heartless on them. Lexaeus, head to the Pride Lands, toy with Scar. Zexion will go to Wonderland and make use of Alice. Saix, to the Enchanted Dominion. Axel, Destiny islands. Demyx...you can go to the Castle of Dreams, try not to break anything. Luxord, make your way to Port Royal, where there are some cursed coins. You know the drill there, lure the Somebodies, let the heartless get them, convert them to your Gamblers. Marluxia may go to the Dwarf Woodlands and Larxene can deal with Captain Hook in Neverland." All of the members nodded, except for Dalynx. The fifteenth member spoke.
"Excuse me, but where do I fit in this plan? You neglected to mention me."
"Oh? Hm...well, you think of something, you are probably best suited to this kind of operation anyway." Vexen replied, sitting down. Everyone then ate in silence, as was usual.
Once everyone had eaten their breakfast, some Dusks came in and took away the dishes, as the members of the Organization left through corridors. Xemnas walked up to the Altar of Naught. Dalynx still sat, contemplating where to go. Then it clicked with him. Vexen had said that the Keyblades acted as a beacon for the heartless, and there was one other Keyblade wielder he knew of. Dalynx opened a corridor to Twilight Town, and concealed himself with shadows. He slipped into the woods, and leapt over the gate to the mansion. Then, he waited, watching. This was a risky gamble, if Sora had left in the night, he'd find nothing here. If he hadn't however, then Dalynx had himself a beacon. Soon enough, the doors to the mansion opened, and Sora came out, followed by Donald, Goofy and Riku. Dalynx followed them as they went into Twilight Town. Riku left them, saying he had "Business to attend to." Good, very good. This left Dalynx with only Sora and the two unfamiliar animals to deal with. Soon enough, some heartless appeared, and skulked towards the Keyblade wielder. Dalynx put up his hood, then revealed himself, stepping out of an alleyway holding two random people. He whistled, getting the attention of both the heartless and the Keyblade wielder.
"Dinner time my pretties." Dalynx said, as he shoved the two people towards the heartless. They started to tear at the people, when Sora drew his Keyblade and hacked one of them down. Dalynx jumped over the heartless, directly in front of Sora. "No thanks, I don't need you ruining my recruitment drill." Dalynx summoned his rapier, and pointed it at Sora.
"Who are you?" He asked, confused.
"Oh? You don't know of us yet? Well, that is probably for the best. En garde!" Dalynx thrust at Sora, forcing him to block him. Meanwhile, the heartless returned to removing the hearts of the two people.
"Donald, Goofy, save them!" Sora shouted as the two animals ran over to the heartless. Dalynx chuckled and clicked his fingers. Two shadowy appendages burst from his back, and threw the animals aside. The two people's hearts had now been consumed by the heartless. Sora froze, as he saw them change, two forms emerging from their corpses. Dalynx jumped back, and tapped what he recognised as newborn Nobodies with his rapier. Just as Vexen had said, they changed into Duellists. Dalynx sent them back through corridors, to the castle, and ran, breaking into more houses, feeding more people to the heartless. Sora and co tried to stop him, but only succeeded in saving a few people. Soon enough, Dalynx had converted the majority of the townsfolk into Nobodies, and he stood at the base of the clock tower.
"Why are you doing this?" Sora asked, as he ran into the area.
"Self defence, Sora. We know what will happen if we leave ourselves undefended." Dalynx said, his hood still up.
"Who are you defending yourself from? These people certainly had no reason to have their hearts taken for it!"
"Oh really? We are defending ourselves against you Sora. You and Riku are the biggest threats to us right now, and so we all headed to different worlds. Even as you slow me here, countless other worlds are having the same thing done to them." Dalynx opened a corridor behind him. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to be going." Dalynx stepped backwards through the corridor, laughing.
He re-emerged in the castle, and clapped his hands twice. Around two hundred Duellists appeared, some from the heartless attack, some Dusks that Dalynx had converted. He looked them over, and then ordered them.
"Now, go through any worlds you find without a member of the Organization in. Convert as many as you can, but if there is any threat to your life, return here." The Duellists left, and Dalynx sat down in a nearby chair. "Sora was much stronger than I had anticipated, I have to keep that in mind for next time."