Jessica's Point of View
Today, my mission is with Xaldin. We have to do recon in Deep Jungle. So far, it's been nothing but plants and Xaldin is trying to fill my head with plant science that I'll never use in life. I'm not listening of course. I see someone up in a tree. He appears to be running and sliding on the branches and swinging on the vines. I pull Xaldin out of a clearing to a tree and point up.
"Fascinating. Let's follow him and see what we can find out." Xaldin decided. Finally, some real fun. We follow him without being seen. We see a group of gorillas and hide behind a tree. The man walks up to the gorillas and starts talking in some kind of gorilla language. One of the gorillas sniffed and started walking towards the tree we were on the other side of.
"When I say so, we run." Xaldin whispered to me. The gorilla circled around the tree and saw us.
"Run!" Xaldin exclaimed. He didn't have to tell me twice. We tried to run away from the gorillas, but one caught me. Xaldin made a lance go into the gorilla and we went through a dark corridor.
"Are you alright?" He asked me in the dark corridor. "I think so. That was scary." I replied. I was kind of wobbly from it. Xaldin seemed to notice and picked me up.
"Well I'm glad that nothing happened to you. Everyone in the Organization would be devastated if something were to happen to you. Besides Braig of course. He would just find someone else to pick on." He said. "Are you going to make me write the report again?" I groaned. "No. I think you've been through enough for one day. Don't think I'll go easy on you again." Xaldin warned. "Okay, thank you Xaldin." I said as we left the dark corridor. To my surprise, Xemnas was in the Grey Area. Saix was nowhere to be seen. Xemnas noticed us. He looked really tired.
"Lord Xemnas! Did something happen?" Xaldin gasped in surprise. "Everything is fine. Jessica, go wait for me in your room. I'll come by to get you later." Xemnas ordered. "Something happened, didn't it?" I questioned. "Jessica. Room. Now." He stated. "But what happened? Where's Saix? Why are you here?" I demanded. Xemnas looked like he was about to explode. Xaldin stepped in.
"I'll see to it that the child remains in her room Lord Xemnas." Xaldin offered. He grabbed my arm and dragged me to my room. He continued to clutch my arm.
"Ow. Hey, that hurts." I whined. "You should have left when you were told to!" Xaldin snapped. Tears formed in my eyes.
"But Saix wasn't there. Saix is always there. What happened? Why isn't Saix there? Did something happen to him?" I cried. Xaldin didn't say anything. I don't like that. Soon, Xemnas came into my room and sat down next to me on my bed.
"Thank you Xaldin. You can work on your report." He sighed wearily. "Yes Lord Xemnas. He told me "Be good." in sign language- another thing he taught me- as he was leaving. I nodded, showing I understood. Something is definitely wrong. Xemnas never gets stressed. Xemnas looked at me for a long time.
"Jessica, when I tell you to do something, you need to follow my orders. Even you are not above punishment." He said at last, but I know it was an empty threat. If the Organization were a family, I'd be the baby who gets away with everything. I could even break a window and nothing would happen to me. (Of course I wouldn't.)
"Okay." I sighed. "Why don't we go to Sunset Kingdom today?" Xemnas suggested. "Can you tell me what happened first?" I asked. "It's not your place to know." He refused. "But something happened. You're a wreck. I want to know." I huffed. "Fine. If you must know, Saix disappeared. I sent Xigbar and Axel to find him. It's not like him to leave, much less leave and not return. On top of that, we ran out of coffee and Saix isn't around to get us some more." Xemnas sighed. "Why not just get coffee yourself?" I questioned. "Because that's Saix's job." He groaned. Note to self- never drink coffee. It just makes you miserable when you run out.
"So then, you sent Axel out because he knows Saix real well and Xigbar to get him out of the Castle?" I asked, making sure I had it right. "Precisely." Xemnas smirked. I think he's proud of me for reading in between the lines when he mentioned that he sent Axel and Xigbar.
"Can I join them?" I wondered. "No. We don't know what Saix's reasons were for leaving and this could get serious." Xemnas stated. "Oh." I sighed. I should sneak away from whoever I go on a mission with to help find Saix.
"Maybe it would be better for you to stay home from your mission tomorrow. You can take a break." He mused. I grimaced. He knows me too well. He opens a dark corridor. We start walking through.
"Jessica, there's something that I need to do, but I'm not sure I have the strength to do it." He said on the way there. "Oh? What's that?" I wondered. I'm not sure I like where this is going.
"Well you see, there's something I have to do that I don't like, but I know that doing it would be for the best if I were to do it." Xemnas explained. "So... what is it?" I questioned. "I'll tell you later, but the thing I want to ask you is, do you think I should do the right thing, even if it doesn't feel like it's the right thing?" He asked. "Well... I suppose as long as it's the right thing to do, then you should do it even though it's hard." I replied thoughtfully. He stopped right before leaving.
"Then hopefully you can forgive me." He sighed. What? He held his hand out and darkness came from me and went into his palm. He tugged at my necklace that Master Eraqus gave me and broke it and pushed me through the dark corridor.
Oh dear! What will happen to Jessica?! What is Xemnas plotting?! Find out next time on Princess of Light and Darkness in Organization XIII
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