Chapter 21

Xemnas sat in his office, deep in thought. What could this possibly be? One person, decimating his Organization members with almost no effort? It All started when Larxene went on am mission a week ago. It was just a scouting mission to a new world, and it was going pretty well. That is until somebody suddenly shimmered in front of her. For a moment she thought it was another organization member, but was soon proven wrong. The figure raised a hand to her, and summon what looked like a sword, made of pure blue energy. She may not have been friends with most of them, but she knew for sure that no one in the Organization had a weapon like that.

She summoned her knives to her hand, "What are you doing with our Organization coat?" she asked him.

The man didn't respond in the slightest, instead, he seemingly vanished completely. Larxene stared dumbfounded, and then, felt a sharp pain in her back, then her stomach, then her arm. The person had stabbed straight through her back, through to her stomach, then slashed her arm, nearly cutting it off.

She screamed out in pain, she was in so much pain that she could barely register what he was doing next. Then, wordlessly still, he punched her into a building, making her crash through a window. At that, he simply vanished completely, but by that time Larxene was no longer conscious.

A few days later Marluxia had gone on a mission to the same world. He suddenly felt unusual, like another presence was right next to him. The pink haired nobody turned around, to see the figure, weapons drawn. He would have thought that it was another member, if it wasn't for the weapon that none of them had. "Who are you?" he asked.

The figure didn't reply, same as with Larxene, and Marluxia summoned his scythe. The figure seemed to vanish, then reappeared directly in front of Marluxia. This was not in the range of his weapon, as the sickle of the scythe couldn't cut someone right in front of him. Marluxia was immediately stabbed, straight through to his back. Blood poured from his mouth at the wound. Then he was kicked so hard in his chest, it felt like his lung collapsed, due to how hard it was to breathe. He flew above the ground from the sheer force of the kick, and then landed flat on his back.

Marluxia rolled onto his stomach, trying to crawl away. Without a doubt, he couldn't win this. But then, the figure landed with the force of a boulder on his back. Xemnas shook his head, the way Marluxia looked when he was brought in still made him cringe. It wasn't until Xigbar and Luxord had gone over to that world, that Xemnas realized this was a problem.

They had been sent to very carefully go and figure out who this organization imposter was, and come back if they had any trouble. Unfortunately, they found their mission mark. Or rather, he came to them. Both summoned there weapons and the figure did the same, and then vanished. By the time they were found hours later, both were barely recognizable.

Xemnas felt it necessary to warn the organization about this. This man was clearly a force to be taken seriously, so he called a meeting. Soon, everyone was in the meeting room, sitting in their chairs. Well, almost. The people who were attacked obviously couldn't attend. Everyone was wondering what this could be all about. What had happened to four of there members had been kept under wraps pretty well. "Organization..." Xemnas began, and then looked around. "Wait, where is number nine?

"He's still on his mission," Xion told him. Xemnas began to sweat, hoping that Demyx wouldn't be the next victim. He would have trouble keeping that under wraps.

"What mission is he on?"

"To gather Intel on a new world."

He hoped it wasn't the world the guy kept appearing on, "Which world is that?"

"Hm… I think it was Hollow Bastion."

Xemnas had to fight not to sigh with relief. That would show emotion, Hallow Bastion wasn't the world everyone was seeing this guy. "Carrying on... There is someone, who bares our coat, though he is not an ally. He has struck down four members, without any effort whatsoever. From now, if he is seen while on a mission, abort mission and immediately. RTC unless it is not possible, avoid fighting if possible, and flee on sight."

Everyone stared. Xemnas had never giving orders like that. It sounded almost cowardly, for the organization. "Don't attack, Superior?" Neox voiced the question everyone had on their mind. "I'm not sure I heard you correctly..."

"No, you heard me right number fifteen. He is two powerful to fight, so if you see him don't attempt to combat."

Murmurs went around the room as they thought about what enemy could possibly be so strong that they're ordered not to attack it? "Dismissed," Xemnas announced.

Neox, Calixa, Roxas and Xion were in the grey area, talking about what just happened. "I wonder what happened to them, to get Xemnas to make such an order," Xion asked.

"Probably decimation. I haven't seen Xigbar in awhile... here I thought Kingdom Hearts was just smiling down on me." Neox said, sighing.

"Kingdom hearts hasn't been smiling on me since she arrived," Calixa said bitterly nodding over to Bàli who was sitting on the couch reading a book.

The Scottish girl had only been with the organization for two weeks, and she was already the most hated member. Even Calixa didn't have that many members hate her; the only two members that seemed to like her at all were Roxas and Axel. The more mature members only tolerated her, and everyone else hated her. Not only that, Bàli had been dubbed the most useless member. She was just as cowardly as Demyx as far as fighting goes, and after a few training sessions she managed to summon her weapon which was nothing but a remote that distorted space. And to top it all off, after two weeks and she hadn't shown any indication of an element which led them to believe that she didn't even have one.

Saïx walked over to Bàli and handed her a mission assignment. She nodded after a moment and walked through a portal. "Not now, Cali," Neox sighed, he was tired of her always harping on how much she hated the blonde girl.

Calixa just growled, "At least she's going on mission. Perhaps we'll get lucky and this mysterious imposter will find her and actually take her out."

Roxas flicked the back of her head, "Back on topic!" he said. "Should we do something? What if the guy comes here next and just takes us all out." The three looked at him like he was crazy, "What?" he defended himself, "It could happen."

"Yeah, but do you really think ANYBODY in existence could take on the whole organization at once? It's impossible Roxas!" Xion laughed.

"You still never know..."

Later on at lunch time, Xion had left for another mission earlier so Neox, Calixa and Roxas sitting around eating sandwiches. "Numbers thirteen, fifteen and Sixteen," Saïx's voice said from behind them.

All three turned around to look at him. "We didn't do anything," Calixa said out of instinct.

"I didn't accuse you of anything!"

"Sorry," Calixa laughed nervously, "Force of habit."

Neox rolled his eyes. "What is it, Saïx?"

"We need you to go find number seventeen. She was due to RCT and hasn't yet. Normally we would wait longer before sending out a rescue team but given the new circumstances I feel the need to act sooner."

Xion came in at that moment. "What's up, everyone?"

"Bàli's missing," Calixa said rolling her eyes.

"So?"

"So we have to go find her." Roxas said.

"She probably just got lost, knowing her," Neox said with a smirk.

"Let's just go find her," Roxas sighed

"Well Saïx never said I had to go," Xion said smirking.

"Number fourteen, can you go with them? Thank you." Saïx said, walking past. Roxas, Calixa and Neox started laughing.

It didn't take long for them to find Bàli. She was sitting at a table inside a bakery, "There you are what happened?" Roxas asked her.

"There's nobody haur! Thes whole warld tis sae weird!" Bàli sighed, leaning on the wall.

"…Then why didn't you just abort the mission?" Neox asked, after taking a minute to figure out what she said.

A pinkish tint flushed Bàli's cheeks, "Ah cooldnae remember whaur th' portal was." Neox rolled his eyes. They were right she just got lost.

"Oh brother! You're a loser!" he sighed, then held his hand up. For a few seconds, nothing happened, and then he held his head, like he had a sudden headache, hissing in pain.

"Neox what's wrong?" Xion asked worriedly.

"I can't..." he panted heavily. "I can't open a portal to the castle for some reason... something's interfering... the portals are probably malfunctioning..."

The boy suddenly collapsed, and Calixa caught him before he hit the ground. "Neox!"

A very bad feeling fell over all of them, and someone suddenly shimmered into the cafe. With a pathetic squeak Bàli ducked under a table. Neox slowly sat up and glared, "Your the one interfering with the portals, aren't you!"

Just like all the other times, the figure did not speak. "Answer me, you bastard!" Neox yelled, charging at him with his keyblade. He leapt in the air, intending to strike the man, only to have the man disappear. His eyes suddenly widened as he landed on the ground, then threw up blood, a large wound opening up on his side. He collapsed, unconscious from loose of blood.

"Neox no!" Xion squealed as Roxas and Calixa both summoned weapons. Bàli remained cowardly under the table.

Calixa drew a javelin once the man reappeared, though he cut it in half before she could even use it, then gave a harsh punch to her abdomen and kicked her through a wall, knocking her out. Roxas pushed Xion under the table with Bàli, while he tried to make an attack at the figure. The stranger didn't have time to vanish before Roxas struck, but retaliated by throwing his sword at Roxas, that stuck in his shoulder.

With a cry of pain Roxas landed on the ground but didn't pass out. Xion jumped out from under the table to help. She threw her keyblade at him, and he easily blocked it. Though not the ball of light that she threw at him next. It visibly hit and made him recoil, but he vanished, reappearing behind Xion, before a huge gash appeared on the left side of her abdomen. Xion fell down next to Roxas who had finally passed out from blood loss. She herself was quickly losing consciousness from the blinding pain.

Bàli whimpered as he walked toward her, slowly, and backed further under the table, "Dailic oy' scesecie," she pleaded in her first language.

Words flashed through her mind... Telepathy. "Cando volver ... estar preparado" it spoke, in Gaelic.

After that he suddenly disappeared leaving the blonde girl completely unharmed. Bali was visibly shaken, but went over to Roxas. She tapped his shoulder, "Roxas?"

There was no response whatsoever. "Oh deus" Bàli said terrified. She looking around, unsure of what to do. Everyone was unconscious. She tried opening a portal to Xemnas's office. It worked, probably because the stranger wasn't there anymore. She quickly ran in, and reappeared inside his office, frantic. "Axuda superior, hai toda a mágoa, non morrer! Precisan de axuda!" she frantically said in Gaelic waving her arms around.

"..." Xemnas just stared at her.

If Bàli hadn't been so terrified and thinking more clearly, she probably wouldn't have made such a risky move. She ran over, grabbed Xemnas's arm, and pulled him though a portal. Xemnas's eyes widened at the action, but more so when he saw three keyblade wielders and a pen wielder sprawled out on the ground, bleeding heavily.

He briefly wondered why, there most useless organization member, who had no magical element, was still standing unscathed, while everyone else was lying half dead. "Wait here Number Seventeen," he ordered and left to get help.

Bàli took her jacket off, trying to stop Roxas's bleeding. Xemnas came back a few minutes later, with Vexen, Zexion, and Lexaeus. Their eyes widened as well, "Neox! Calixa!" Zexion yelled, a bit uncharacteristically. But those two were like kids to him, so it was understandable. He ran over to Neox and picked him up.

Vexen helped out by taking Calixa, while Lexaeus dealt with Roxas and Xion. All of them went back to the castle. Roxas woke first, then Xion, then Calixa and Neox. But for some reason, Neox was in a bad mood. "What's with you?" Calixa asked grimacing as she downed another potion bottle. "You're usually happy when we have to take more then one potion to get better?"

"Yeah... But that's not really a comparison to the fact that all of us got beat to a pulp, then the damned Bàli beat the guy without even trying! You heard Xemnas! Even he was shocked bout it! We got one-upped by a freaking' new-b!" he ranted, falling back into a lying down position and pouting.

"I'm wondering how she managed to fight him off. I mean she was hiding underneath the table like a coward. Not to mention she has the worst weapon out of everyone and no element?" Xion wondered.

"Well... so far as we know anyway," Roxas sighed. He couldn't help but be a bit angry at that too.

"Maybe she just scared him off with that bad accent. I mean I want to run away every time I hear it," Calixa added.

Neox and Xion burst out laughing. Roxas didn't find it all that funny, "It's not her fault her accent is so deep, I mean look at where she grew up?"

"Calixa grew up in England," Neox stated, pointing to her.

"No I didn't, I was from Neverland, no accents on that side." Calixa corrected.

Neox shrugged and sat up, "I'm hungry... Why am I the only one who's not allowed to eat?"

"Ask Vexen, he's the one that wouldn't allow you," Xion said.

"It's probably because that guy took half your stomach away," Roxas started, pointing to the bandages on Neox's left side were the figure pretty much slashed right through him.

Neox sighed regrettably. "Let's just put an effort towards recovering, ok?" Xion sighed, eating her cereal. The other three agreed, with grumbles, hopefully they would never encounter the organization imposter again.

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