FOOD COURT "Well if they're gonna end up anywhere, it'll probably be back here. Place has more security than ten prisons...." He looked back to his soon and leaned back in his chair before being hugged by a small boy around his knee. "Hey it's Zeke! Howdy bud!" He tussled the little boy's hair as Kel was immediately embraced by Aislinn. "Hah! I knew you had a girlfriend! If that's your missing friend though, she's been here for a bit of a while." MAXIMUM SECURITY Aux sat with his elbows over his bent knees. "Just because he's stronger now doesn't mean he's won y'know..." He looked at his own hands realizing just how much fighting he's been doing. "When my grandfather was training me, every day was 110%. I was always taught that there as no room for failure... and that to be strong I needed to destroy all the darkness. And now years later I'm strong and what did it get me?... I miss my family and my home... I haven't seen them in almost 5 years now." He turned back to face Karina. "But even with all the power I got, I'm still losing. And after I lost that power, I'm still losing." He scooched a little closer to her cell to try and get his message across clearly. "But I haven't lost. And neither have you. You only lose when you give up... I threw you into darkness, but you didn't give up. You lost your keyblade, but you didn't give up. And now your dad is trying to destroy your spirit by throwing you in prison without your friends...." He tried to feign a smile. "You're too stubborn to give up after all that."
MAXIMUM SECURITY "What I do is no longer any concern of yours... It's almost as if you're a broken record sometimes," Xares sighed. "You become dreadfully predictable once you decide to rebel against something. It's as if you're trying to convince yourself that defeating me will somehow give you new purpose..." He looked over to the floor ridden Aux. "You there... what do you make of my daughter?" Aux was confused at the sudden question. Make of her how? As a friend? As a love interest? "I uhh... don't think I'm her type. But from what I can tell, she's got a lot of rage, she thinks I'm trash, she hate's you-" "Not that you imbecile..." Xares sighed. "She has this ridiculous notion that she is strong enough to overpower me. What do you say to that? You were once on the opposing side." "Yeah... but given the current circumstances-" "Is she on par? Yes or no. It's that simple." Xares interrupted. "Your collar will shock you if you're lying..." Aux sighed as he looked to Karina. He then turned to her father. "If my daughter were able to fight for herself, would she defeat me?" Xares repeated. "In a fair fight?" Aux asked. Xares nodded. Aux looked to Karina and back to her father again. Why did it matter what he thought? Her father was clearly a strict military type. And Karina was... Karina. "No... She wouldn't beat you." Aux solemnly replied. Xares turned to Karina. "You see? Even your enemies can tell clear as day." "She would actually destroy you," Aux added. Xares scowled as he shocked him again. He put away his device and turned to leave them. "I have a summit to attend to. Have fun amusing one another..." Xares left the two in their seperate cells. Aux was left breathing heavily, recovering from the last shock. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD COURT "Truth be told, your mother and I were kind of dragged into this whole thing. It's only by chance that we found you really... But believe you me, your mom was worried sick. I would not wanna be you when she finds out where you've been," he chuckled. the elevator stopped at the food court level, as he guided his son through droves of people to find the vendor he was looking for. "Two cobblers please." He handed the vendor 500 munny and took his son to an available table. He sat with his legs spread out and stretched his arms. "Because of my battle experience, I was promoted to one of the captains for a few squadrons on the ship. You wouldn't have believed the face I made when I found out they black bagged you and your friends..." He took a few large bits of his cobbler before looking to his son. "What's wrong? Not hungry?"
LEVEL 6 His father looked down at the door. "Ah. So I did..." He unlocked the door and opened the door. "Let's see yer fancy key sabre do that," he chuckled, guiding them out of the room and locking the door behind them. He walked his son towards the elevator and looked around their surroundings. "Y'know this year has been a crazy ride without you son. Turns out there's this whole order of people and governments outside our own world making the big calls...." He looked back to his son and didn't want to bother him further with the politics. "But let's forget that noise for a minute. What about you kiddo? Got a brigade on your back? What worlds have you explored? got a girlfriend yet?" he nudged playfully. ----------------------------------------- MAXIMUM SECURITY "No... Just more trash to roll around in," Xares replied dragging in Aux by his collar. He was in the same cuffs as Karina. Aux looked up to find Karina in a torn dress. Quill was at least right on his intell. "Hi Karina..."Aux awkwardly waved with his cuffed hand. "Nice dress." Her father shoved him into the adjacent cell with angered force. As he hit the wall, Aux turned to Karina. "Your dad's a treat by the way." Xares activated his shock collar on the hgihest setting, causing him to fall to his knees. "Do all the trash you associate with talk back this much?" he asked his daughter. "You have your daughter's temperament, sir..." Aux was shocked again with a straight faced and unimpressed Xares. "Before I leave I'm curious about this Remnant was discussing.... Some sort of greater power? If you got rid of it, I want to know where it is... " Aux looked up. "You want an all consuming force of darkness to make you stronger?" he asked. "Power is power, son... doesn't matter where it comes from. With some testing, I can eventually weaponize it. Co-operate and who knows... maybe your life sentence turns into 40 years with probation." Aux stared blankly before he burst out laughing. Xares scowled at him. "You think you're in any position to mock my offer?" Aux tried to wipe away tears of laughter from his eyes with his shoulder. "Heh, it's not that... it's you... I almost turned into you. Getting stronger by any means necessary. That was me in a nutshell a year ago... If I didn't have a change of heart, I would've ended up like you." "A powerful, authoritative tactician?" "A weak, scared old man that doesn't want to lose the power he's been hoarding." Xares glared at him. "I've achieved greatness you could never dream of." "Lucky me," Aux smirked. "To think this pathetic boy gave you so much trouble for so long," he said as he addressed his daughter.
COURT ROOM A Aux was dragged in front of Judge Campball who stared at him with disdain and disgust. He looked around wondering if this was how the trial was supposed to work. "What?" he asked. "For similar charges as your blonde friend earlier, you have on top of that; assault, kidnapping, and a mess of other charges. Just who the hell do you think you are?" Unsure if it was rhetorical or not, Aux quietly replied. "Faust the travelling magi-" He was shocked by Karen before he could finish. "You giant turd, you don't get to sass me in my own courtroom. I swear the nerve of the inmates today... It's like you want me to give you the max penalty!" Annoying as this woman was being, max security was where Karina was being held. At last according to that Quill character. He wasn't given a lot of options to exactly doubt his words, so he decided to just try to get sent out as quick as he could. "Your defendant will be-" "I'm good," Aux interrupted. "I'll defend myself." "Excuse me? Did you just interrupt me in MY courtroom?" "Yes. But... is there maybe someone else who could take my case." "I'm srry, do you have a PROBLEM with the way I run things?" "No, I just have a problem with you. I don't think you're going to do a good job with this case." "Such an arrogant man... You think you have the right to dismiss me because I'm a woman." "No, I'm dismissing you because you're old and won't get the facts straight." A large vein began pulsing on Karen's forehead. "I've already made up my mind.." Her fingernails began scratching her desk on top of marks she had already left there from previous cases. "Give me one... good reason... why I shouldn't send you to max." She looked like she was going to burst. Aux took a long sigh. "Because I'm trying to be better. I did alot of things I'm not proud of. Things I thought would help me become stronger and give me more of an identity. But none of those actions helped me. It's only when I started traveling with this group of peple that I started to improve. I mean... I still mess up at being a good person but... I'm somewhat accepted. For the longest time I was against them and now it's just in the past... It no longer defines me. What I do now means more than who I was." Aux had a strange epiphany as he was saying everything out loud. He was silent for a few seconds. "Is that all? No even an apology or reasonable defense for your actions?" Aux still remained silent as he thought more. "ANSWER ME WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU!" He snapped out of it and realised he was supposed to try and get himself sent up the river. "Sorry... I was just thinking how that haircut makes you look fat." All of Karen's nails scratched against her desk in a loud screech. ~ONE KAREN FREAKOUT LATER~ "-AND HE WILL ROT THERE UNTIL HE DIES!" She banged her gavel as Xares ascorted him out. LEVEL 6 His father nodded as he went on. "Well... even though part of my is steaming with unyielding rage.... I can't exactly be mad at a boy trying to follow in his old man's footprints." He chuckled a bit. "Well now that you're here, I'm not letting you out of my sight." He quickly shut the door behind him and locked it as he took his son by the shoulder and patted him on the back. "Sure we got a lot to talk about, but first- Let's get some grub. I'm starving... Y'know there' a place here that has a pretty mean cobbler I've been meaning to try on the food deck.
LEVEL 6 Kel's father stood there for a few seconds, still unsure if it was actually his son. Without even thinking, he quickly grabbed him and pulled him in for a hug. He gripped his hands into a fist around his son. There were no words, only a deep sigh of relief that his son was finally returned back to him. The feeling of relief, didn't last however, He let go of his son and grabbed him by the shoulder. He took his hand and smacked his son upside the head "Where the hell have you been!" His emotions kept switching between joy and rage. "You got so much taller..." He switched back to anger. "Why didn't you say anything!" He smacked him upside the head again as his hand trembled , unsure of what to feel next. "Start talking!"
PRISON BLOCK G As Kaida was brought in, Aux still saw the darkness beginning to stir inside her. He had never seen darkness stir in her like it was now. Something Vanitas did or maybe something in the trial. Either way, the second his cell was let down he quickly ruhed forward and threw his arms around Kaida. He used the opportunity to quickly sneak the tin plate from Quill into her pocket. "This anger doesn't define you," he quickly said before getting a harsh shock. Two guards pulled him away from Kaida and pushed her into her cell alon with Vanitas into his. Aux was then slowly dragged away.
COURT ROOM A Karen leaned over her desk and glared at Kaida. "Excuse me?" The courtroom fell silent. "You do not come in here- YOU DO NOT COME IN HERE AND TELL ME THAT MY SYSTEM IS FLAWED. It's little punks like you that are ruining this system. If I want you in bars, it's because you deserve to be in bars. I am not being prejudice and you are disrespectful for even thinking so. The system is only against you, because it's so obvious you're guilty. I would love to talk with the rest of your order members but unfortunately they aren't here right now. It's just you and him," she motioned to Orion. "He is the adult, you are the child. Do you understand that? Look at me when I'm talking to you. You don't get to talk to me like that and question my bias like that. I have been doing this for longer than you've been alive. Since you've come to this court room, you've been disrespectful, disinterested, and to be frank, just rude. You don't get to claim Kangaroo court because things aren't going the way you want. That is childish and you are being a child. If I wanted to deal with a child, I would be running the ship's daycare centre. But no, I'm a judge. I deal in the law and sentencing of punishment on this ship. If you think you can do a better job, then by all means, study law, work hard for once in your teenage life, and be appointed or elected as a member of the judicial system. But that won't happen when you go around yelling kangaroo court whenever you think the court is being unfair to you. That, missy, is what is known as a bias. It's taking your own subjective opinion and implementing it into a session that is meant to discover the truth through fair and legal process. But I suppose you don't know much about the law, do you Ms. Kaida? You have no last name, you have no courtroom etiquette, and you have NO RIGHT to claim my system is unfair. I mean WHERE THE HELL do you get off telling me what I'm doing an what I'm thinking. I thought by appointing you a defender and providing you legal council was a generous act on my part, but you still have the GAWL to call me out on how I treat this system. You know I can't even say I'm surprised with the way you carry yourself aroudn since you stepped foot in this courtroom. If you don't care about the court hearing, why the hell should I right? I could sentence you to death or send you off floating in space because who cares, right? It's all stupid DUDE. This thing was rigged, MAN! You don't get to just eject yourself from your own judgement just because you don't feel it's worth your time. It's worth Mr. Krowley's time, It's worth Mr. Xares time, and it's just barely enough to be considered MY time. If you weren't a minor, I would send you to the most ruthless, maximum punishment I could. But seeing as how you are just barely saved by the fact you are under eighteen, I'm forced to give you leeway in providing a more lenient sentencing. You say master Shiro is still alive in well, then FINE. I sentence you to stay in that cell block G and stay there until Shiro crawls out from his grave as a reanimated corpse, gains the ability to fly off to the realm between and somehow make it to the sanctuary during that time." She banged her gavel to finalize her sentence. "Get this girl out of my sight." The guards took Kaida and began leading her back to her cell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRISON BLOCK G Aux read the notes that Quill had been passing to him. He thought that Quill was just throwing trash his way butafter reading the notes, things were starting to make a bit more sense. He opened his mouth to reply, but guard started to trail in one after another. He quickly hid away the plate. and watched as they brought in Kaida. from her trial. "How'd it go?" he asked. As the guards brought her in.
COURT ROOM A "Kaida made him mad," Vanitas replied. Xares turned to Karen. "That's enough ms. Campbell. Vanitas can't be trusted Kaida has been answering everything fairly and-" "EXCUSE ME!" Karen yelled. "Is this your judge plaque?" She lifted her plaque that had her name on it. "Is this your gavel? Is this your courtroom? No, it's mine. My court. My rules. My say. You don't talk unless you're addressed to. If you didn't have the leeway that you do on this ship, I would not be taking any of your crap. I ask the questions and she answers. You provide HER council. Not mine. If you even think about trying that again, I won't hesitate to remove you Mr. Xares." Orion raised his hand. "If a more trustworthy witness is requested, I have one on standby." "Proceed," Karen waved her arms. Orion turned around and waved his hand to one of the guards. The guards brought in a young black haired boy that was roughly Kaida's age. "Name?" She asked. "Kaizo Yūrei" he replied. It was the young man that Kaida ran into in Neverland.
Aux watched in confusion continued tapping in a weird pattern. He had to get out of here before he ended up like that guy... "You uh.... y'aright there?" Aux asked in concern. ------------------------------------- COURT ROOM A "And where is master Shiro now? Or any other order member for that matter?" Orion asked. "Lea, Yue, Shiro, Mizu and DJ are nowhere to be found. How convenient for you..." The guard brought in Vanitas who stood next to the judge. "Another kid? Seriously... THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS GENERATION!" She angrily sighed. "Anyone under eighteen with a keyblade thinks they can just run around and do whatever you want! I pity your parents!" She took a breath and started again. "Now... Vanitas. Please explain every action you took during the fall in Central Haven." Vanitas shrugged. "Sure. I got nothing to hide..." He turned to Kaida. "I saw lemon head over there with DJ take down the shields allowing us to invade with heartless. Then Aux tried to fight Orion. He lost of course... Nequa took Yue and Lea into the realm of darkness, and Kaida and DJ took out master Shiro. Mizu was kidnapped prior to the invasion... That should all the order folks I think..." Judge Campbell turned to Kaida. "This doesn't look good for you kid. As a sign of good faith, even though you barely deserve it, I will ask you three final questions. If you're lying, your collar will shock you." She pressed a small button on her consol an waited a few seconds. "Question one; during the fall of central haven, did you abandon your post and leave your allies behind? Question two; After you left Central Haven, did you at any point try to contact your former members of the order. Question three; Have you been in contact with the masked menace known as NO HEART any time during the fall of Haven and now?" The tapped her long fingernails along her table waiting for her answer.
COURT ROOM A "Bring in this Vanitas she's gping on about," Karen instructed one of the guards. The guard nodded and left to fetch him. "It's true, that's not a crime..." Orion interrupted. "But as the leader of our council, you should have tried to contact me first. Even if it was DJ who helped to disable everything. The friends you claimed to help stayed behind to fight- one of them losing his own arm, and you? You left everyone behind." Xares raised his hand. "But how was Kaida meant to find one of her fellow order members during the chaos?" Orion sighed. "The witness claimed he saw she and DJ striked down Shiro. He claims the both of you struck down our most loyal member... I wish it weren't true but there's very little saving your claim right now Kaida." "Why on earth, would she betray the order?" Xares asked. "I thought about that myself. Perhaps she was upset from the limitations we gave her. The seclusion she was left in may have caused her to find other allies." He turned to the judge. "Your owner, the former leader of our order selected Ms. Kaida... quite randomly. To that point we had little faith in her." He turned back to Kaida. "And after this incident, I can see why." "Ms. Kaida, are you denying that you were in fact a well informed and respected member of the order?" Karen asked. PRISON BLOCK G "He's lying..." Aux sneered in reply to Quill. "I don't know Karina that well, but she never runs. She just fights until the thing in front of her stops moving... Why is he lying though..." a guard marched in and took Vaitas from his cell, lowering the bars. "Hey, wha are you-" Aux was shocked again before he could finish his question. "Prisoner is called on as witness." Vanitas waved smugly to Aux as he was dragged out of the prison block.
COURT ROOM A "Of course she doesn't plea guilty, and you wanna know why? Because she doesn't care that she's wasting the time and energy of everyone on this ship who's still working everyday! You can plea not guilty even though you clearly are, and all your doing is delaying the inevitable. Testimonials and evidence are stacked against you, but hey! If you want to be a disrespectful little hood than by all means... Prosocutor," she looked to Orion. "Please commence with this so we can call it a day and move on to the next case." Orion stood towards the bench and looked out. "As head of the order, I tried to do my best to ensure my students were kept safe and well trained. Nearly one year ago, Central Haven was attacked... And fell to a large swarm of heartless as well as the malicious terrorist; No Heart. As much as my allies and I tried to keep the world safe, we were thwarted by No Heart's accomplices. One of which, is still in the prison cell aboard this ship." He turned to Kaida. "Before I was left incapacitated by the one called Aux, I tried to have as many students as I could evacuate before the worlds went into lockdown.." "You brave man," Karen sighed. "It's men like you that make that are actually helping today's worlds instead of destroying them! No please... tell us how Kaida factors in." Orion looked to Kaida. "While I was not present, one of my students informed me she saw both DJ and Kaida disabling the school's defenses before the two of them fled. Karen narrowed her eyes back to Kaida. "You still wanna play innocent sweetie?"
PRISON BLOCK G "Hmm?" Xares lookedto Kel before recalling the story he gave them. "Ahh yes, my daughter. The search continues still. I sent some scout ships to look in any nearby worlds. If she's out there, we'll find her." Xares escorted Kaida and the rest of the the SOS group away from the cells, as everything was locked down once again. Aux remained silent, knowing his friend was in good spirits. His eyes narrowed on the closed doors. He had a gut feeling that something didn't seem right. It was just him, Stratos and his friend, Vanitas and Castur left in the cells. "This oughta be good," Vanitas smiled. COURT ROOM A Kaida was brought onto a podium in an intimate courtroom that could only seat roughly fifty people. On the judge council sat a woman with short blonde hair done in a very 'karen' haircut. On each side of her was armed guards, and next to the podium Kaida was on stood two smaller podiums. One for the defendant and one for the prosecutor. Beuce, Luna, Kel, AJ and Ananta all sat in the public seats as the trial was beginning. "Judge Karen Campbell presiding," one of the guards spoke. The judge waved her hand. She looked at the papers in her hand and shook her hand. "Case # 253... Ms... Kaida? Your defendant?" The general raised his hand. "General Alexander Xares your honor." She looked down at the blonde youth and rolled her eyes. "Young lady, do you have any idea how much trouble your in?" Xares lifted his hand. "Your honor, if I may-" "You may not!" She interrupted. "I've been in this profession for over 20 years, so don't you dare try to tell me when and when not to speak." She looked around. "Where's the prosecutor?" "Present, your honor!" A british voice called from afar. "My apologies, I couldn't seem to find the room." The voice trailed as a man with white hair strolled down the aisle towards his podium. It was Orion. The man no one had seen since the fall of Central Haven. "Orion Krowley. Head of the order. Present," He nodded. "Waste any more of my time Mr. Orion and I'll be sure to assign you a case myself." "Of course, " he bowed his head. Her eyes narrowed sharply back to Kaida. "Now you... You stand here accused of desertion and homicide to the former members of the order. How do you plea?"
PRISON BLOCK G After Prompto and Noctis were dismissed by Luna, they headed for the elevator. "See you at thte summit," Noctis nodded as the both of them departed. As they left, General Xares passed them, arriving from the elevator. He approched the rest of the SOS group as he looked at his watch. "Sorry to break up the tearful reunion, but I\m afraid visiting hours are over." He looked to the SOS party members that weren't imprisoned. "If your friends aren't guilty, I'm sure you have nothing to worry about," he reassured. He looked to his tablet and then to Kaida."Ms... Kaida? Your trial is scheduled in the next five minutes." He pressed his tablet and de-activated her prison cell. "Come with me, please."
PRISON BLOCK G Aux, back to laying down on the floor, shot a sarcastic 'thumbs up' as Faust departed. "Let's just say, I don't like spoiling the surprise. Any hate, fear or sadness any of you experience only gives me more power," Vanitas spoke. As Ananta asked her question, his attention turned to her. "Why is it harder for you to not believe it? Maybe there's more than one? You think your so called 'friendship' with each other is legitimate to last? All it takes is one bad move. Just one. And everyone turns on you. Your failures are nothing if not consistent... Central Haven fell. you were all dragged into darkness. And now you're all stuck here. How do you think you keep losing? How do you think we keep finding you?" "How do you know when Vanitas is trying too hard?" Aux interrupted. "Trick question. He's always trying too hard." "And you... You gave up the remnant. One of the strongest powers of darkness ever created. You're the dumbest of all." Vanitas scoffed. "At least I come with a personality..." Aux replied, still looking at the ceiling. Vanitas shook his hand. "I'll never understand you... You switched to the losing side just as you were peaking to your highest potential. Now you're stuck with these losers." "We'll see," He replied. Prompto leaned over towards Noctis. "And I thought WE went through a lot," he whispered. Noctis looked around the room. "I don't see either of our friends. Maybe we should try another cell block." Prompto looked to Luna. "That alright with you your highness?" He bowed.
QUADRANT V "Akray vo m'lady" Prompto said, giving a slight bow as they went to the elevator. "Apres vous," Noctis correct. "Gesundheit." The three of them headed to the elevator and were brought to the lower levels of the ship. PRISON BLOCK G "Doesn't feel good, does it?" Aux said as Kaida lay on the floor. He felt bad that she was shocked but somehow almost thankful that he wasn't the only one getting shock therapy. She seemed to be in a lot of pain though, causing him to grow more concerned. "Kaida... you okay... Kaida?" He stood up and watched as she writhed in pain. "Aww... your friend doesn't seem to have much shock resistance as you do, huh?" Vanitas smirked. "Do you have an off switch?" Aux barked. While waiting to see Kaida's well being, his head turned to Faust when he began asking what their course of trial action would be. "You guys'll be fine. I'll be locked up for life on my part... I doubt 'darkness made me do it' qualifies as a legitimate defense." THE PA system turned on in the prison block. "Releasing Prisoner G-06 and G-07." As he spoke, the bars on Faust and Ven's cell were released. A few guards came in to gather Ven's unconscious body. "This one still hasn't come to... put him in the med bay." He turned to Faust and put a small braclet on his arm before releasing the device around his neck. "You're welcome to explore the granted levels of the ship." The guard carrying Vanitas took off the collar and put on a braclet. Carrying him out of the prison. Aux stood and looked to Kel. "Kel! That's Ven! One of Eraqus's students.... Make sure one of you keep an eye on him..." he instructed. "Who will keep an eye on all of you though... After all, your traitor is still among you. I'll give you a hint... thery're in this room..." Vanitas replied with a coy attitude.
V Quadrant "See! Short and sweet!" Prompto smiled to Noctis after Luna's introduction. He turned back to the ivory haired princess and bowed. "We were actually headed to the detention center before we bumped into you! You're welcome to tag along if you wish your highness!" Noctis looked to Prompto. "I said that you MAYBE would go. I still don't think Ignis would end up being arrestedfor anything." "Yea, but Gladdy-o totally would! Man's a loose canon!" Noctis turned back to Luna. "We haven't been able to get into contact outside the Sanctuary much. "All we can do is venture around day by day. You don't have to come if you don't want to." He glared back to Prompto. "It's very rude to ask a princess to go sigh seeing in jail." "Maybe she's got some missing friends of her own," he turned to Luna. "Am I right?"
XARES QUARTERS "My honor is something I will not wager on my daughter of all people. Your little friends are accountable to trial. If they are innocent, you have nothing to worry about. But if they're guilty, well... I have no problem locking them up like the scum they are." He turned and was about to leave the room. "Be ready in 30 minutes. I will have Scott brought in once you're ready." He reached fro the handle but stopped. "Oh, and one more thing... If you ever try to assault your father again, I will not hesitate to send you down the aisle with bruises.... For too long I've had faith you would be an obedient daughter. Now I have to resort to blackmail. Like you were a criminal. Keep it up and I won't mind letting you rot in a lone cell with no contact." He left the door and closed it behind him.
XARES QUARTERS Xares inhaled taking a deep breath. "Your persistence is your strongest, if not- most infuriating trait... Half your friends are bhind bars, and lest you want them to stay in their forever, I suggest you fall in line. Aux. Kada. Faust. Castur. Stratos. I have no problem leaving them to rot for their miserable lives."
V QUADRANT As Luna approached the spot where her compass was leading her, a firendly young man's voice called out. "Yo Luna! Princess?" He walked closer to her as he tried to get her attention. He ran directly in front of her and his smile quickly dimmed. He had a slender build,who at first glance looked like a street punk. He had blue eyes, light freckles and short, unruly blond hair. "Aww man... wrong princess... Yo Noct! It's not her!" He looked at his compass. "Stupid thing sent us the wrong lady!" Another brooding man with dark spiked hair approached her as well. He seemed a bit saddened, but not surprised. "Sorry we made you came all this way... I didn't know Lunafreya was such a common name...." he awkwardly shrugged as he scratched the back of his head. "Looks like your Fiancee is still M.I.A bud..." the blonde man sighed. "So are Gladio and Ignis it seems..." the brooding man said, trying to think to himself. He quickly looked up at Luna and shook it off. "Oh, sorry... My name name is Noctis... this is my friend Prompto." "We're homeless!" Prompto said with a smile. "So uh... what kingdom do you hail from miss...." XARES QUARTERS II Xares fell back out of the way, and grabbed Karina's wrist. She twisted it behind her back and pressed her face against the dresser. Xares put a small comm on the table and hit play. "Well, you're the most well equipped to find her. I'd be more than happy to search, but we'd essentially be running around aimlessly. Please, let us know if you find her." He stopped the recording device. "You wouldn't believe the technology my association with the Sanctuary has given me." He tightened his grip on her wrist. "Your fake fiancee believes you've run off. As will the rest once they receive the news. You aren't needed anymore... So for once in your emotional life, stop being an embarrassment to the family.... Your mother will be bringing you a dress. You will wear it, you will be presentable, and you will say yes when Scott proposes to you. Are. We. Clear?"
XARES QUARTERS II Xares inspected his watch. "I suppose I could allow an early visitation seeing as how we have the summit this afternoon..." He looked back at the two boys. "You and your friends can visit the prison block in the basement levels.... They're located in Prison Black G... 2nd Base Floor." He pulled out a communicator and gave confirmation to the rest of the ship. A small intercom was heard in the halls and main floors of the sanctuary. "Attention all citzens aboard the sanctuary... Visitation time has been moved. You may now visit any detainees in the next five minutes." He turned off his comm and turned to Kel and Beuce. "That should give you all access now... I'll be trying to locate my daughter in the meantime" He pressed a few buttons on his tablet. "I've arranged for Faust's release as a sign of good faith, but the other four will have to stand trial." Once their hearings are complete, I would be more than happy to arrange a departure vessel for you... I understand you've all been doing your hardest, but provided you are given the proper channels, there may very well be some official partnership in your future." He shook Kel's hand. "You've been doing this alone as a group, but if you don't mind being more democratic and following a protocol, we could provide many resources." He walked them out of the door and towards the elevator. "We can discuss more at the summit, but you should consider the offer," he said as he shook Beuce's hand. "You never know when you need a hand," He gave a small salute as he watched them go down the elevator with the two of them going down the elevator. He turned to the destroy room and closed the door. As he walked down the hall further, he opened another channel on his communicator "Channel S4," a voice replied. "Is the line secure?" "Yes sir... About those instructions you gave us..." "What about them?" "You asked us to destroy a room and say your daugter escaped... Why go through it all Why didn't you just detain them?" Xares sighed. "Too much noise. Noise creates panix. Panic creates loss of faith. And loss of faith loses allies... This is a simple measure to make sure everyone gets what they want.... Oh... and make sure that room is cleaned up." "Yes sir," the soldier replied. PRISON BLOCK G Still in his talk with Kaida, he didn't take note of the item that Quill discretely threw to him. Aux watched her humble friend and felt a little better. "I didn't mind the teasing so much. It was like a confirmation that I actually had friends. Back in Central Haven, you were one of the few people that I actually bonded with. I rarely.talked to people and all I did was train. I only talked to you and..." He couldn't think of the name again... "-The teachers..." He tried to recover, but he still couldn't get another silhouette out of his head. He chuckled to himself as a quick memory came to mind. "I remember the first time I met you, all I thought was... 'wow, she's small.' But you kept training and fighting and here you are now. One of the few members of the order still around. That's something to be proud of too. No matter what happens when you get out, you'll always have my respect." He gave a small fist of power as if giving her props. Kaida's Friendship level is maxed. "Besides, not like it can get any worse..." XARES QUARTERS II Xares unlocked the door and stepped in "Well I'm afraid your cavalry will not be arriving to save you." He closed the door behind him as he approached his daughter. "I decided to double back on my original tactic and go for a more diplomatic approach." He reasjusted the lining of his jacket as he looked in the mirror. "I managed to convince your 'friends' that you ran off again... Surprisingly not a lot of doubt from them. I suppose it's not out of the realm of possibility to imagine you overreacting... Is it?" He asked her in a condescending tone.
