Organization XIII's Rivals

Larpex's eyes widened, hearing Toxcst's words. "Y-you mean... he's... faded?!" Larpex rushed back to his side, blinking rapidly and heer voice shaky. "But, how?"

Reixa appeared in Vexen's lab, stretching her arms forward. She noticed Roxas there, acting a bit nervous. Looking over at the casket, she saw a flaming wall of fire, and her hopes were raised. But then she saw Xangel, and it could have been from her... "I-is he... okay?"

 

"Don't know," he said frowning, "But if I can't pick up his scent, then he must have faded." Toxcst began to wonder, "How is Reixa goimg to react to all this? It must be kil- I mean horrible."

 

Larpex gasped, shocked. "How is Rei gonna react when she gets there when he's not?" She wrapped her arms around him again, but in a more terrified way. "Poor Rei..."

 

Toxcst put one arm around Larpex and pulled her in close to him. He sighed and said, "Agreed. Guess we'll have to wait here for her. It's probably not best that we visit over there. We might start something."

 

"Yeah, I guess you're right... we should wait." Larpex leaned into Toxcst's side, resting her head on his shoulder. "I hope Rei is calm enough to come back in one piece."

 

Toxcst looked over to Abexecca, "What's up with you? Not one word," he smirked. To have not heard a word out of her seemed almost too peaceful. "Aren't you somewhat worried about Reixa?"

 

OOC: Reixa's stuck in time. Twilight! xDD

 

Abexecca didn't hear Toxcst at all. She was staring forward, her eyes wide. F-Faded...? she thought. Does that mean... dead?! Abexecca had no clue what was going on. She started to panic inside of her head.

 

........

She raised her arm that was cloest to the wall of fire up to shoulder height and then closed her hand. The wall extinguished immediately leaving the remains of the coffin thing for all to see.

 

Roxas noticed the new addition briefly, before paying his attention back when he heard the sound of fire diminishing, and he snapped his head to look at the flames disappear in front of him gazing at it in ancipation to see his redheaded best friend. He was met with a Axel free machine,however, the object itself being a bit broken. A compass was shattered, the monitor was broken, the lid was off its hinges, and the inside...Roxas walked steadily towards it. There was also glass pieces too, but otherwise, the machine was very clean. But there was...no Axel...

So where was he?

Frowning deepily, his eyes shfited between Vexen and Xangel...resting more on the girl as she had her head down, noting that it was her fire....or maybe Axel was hiding. He felt a sudden ache on his chest for some reason, knowing very well that Axel wouldn't make him go through this if it was this serious, a certain agony flowing through his veins and his body, tearing him at the conclusion he was slowly perceiving, a certain horror convulsed inside of him harshly. His hands beginning to shiver, Roxas looked questionably at Vexen, almost pleading and desperate, feeling his eyes grow hot. This had to be a joke made by Axel...which he'll give a piece of his mind when he appears. Breathing unsteadily, his voice barely able to be heard, but was forcing to speak, he asked low and brooding, "W...where's Axel? This isn't funny..."

Vexen had to look down from the kid's eyes, seeing the sudden turmoil he was in, and he himself had to prepare for the upcoming uproar that was about to occcur. He didn't particular care about the other girl butting in, yet, he said this to all in the room, the truth put out in the open, a bit of apprehension in his tone. "He's...nowhere...except perhaps nothingness, Roxas..." He sighed there, closing his eyes. "Axel...Axel's gone."

 

Reixa ran forward towards the casket, peering inside frantically. She became angry, her eyebrows coming together. Putting her hands at her sides, she shot two auric beams from her hands, infuriated. "Where is he?!" she yelled, denying that he was actually gone.

 

She tensed in case this was going to get ugly.

......it's not my fault I'm bound to Zexion......and why does Reixa care so much for him?

OOC-....-_-......it takes you quite a while to post doesn't it?........oh.....and I kind of ahve to go.....don't post too much now.....

 

Vexen narrowed his eyes at the damn impudent girl, who didn't even belong in this conversation or in this castle in the first place, not to mention the unneeded destruction and beams that didn't solve anything. That pissed him off. "He's gone. Get it? Poof. Faded. He's nothing now, alright! The thing malfunctioned, with no outside interference, you can see that well! The wires are fine, everything else is fine, the only clue is the pressure compass, and from the monitor that also imputated from the action. Nobody was responsible except time. The machine couldn't handle the pressure, and it short-circuited!!" He glared at her, a bit infuriated, because this wasn't only directed at the intruder. "Why don't you leave? You shouldn't even be here in the first place, and you have no right to butt in what matters aren't yours!"

Roxas just stood there, not even feeling the slight shove of the unknown girl as Vexen's words spiraled around in his head, taunting his every being as if laughing at him, and for a moment he couldn't breath, or even utter a sound. A certain chill crawled up his spine, his eyes wide, a mixture of sudden melancholiness and shock enveloping his body slowly. He smacked with the sudden realization, his vision getting blurry all the while, dread and anguish taking over his senses as he just listened...

Gone....? He can't be gone...he's Axel...he was going to be alright...everything was going to be alright...why?! He was going to make it...

He clenched together his trembling hands, his short fingernails cutting into the skin, a chocked sob finally escaping his lips as a sign that he wasn't a robot. He gritted his teeth, feeling tears spilling from his eyes as it set in. It was like a rampage of upset, anger, resentment, sadness, emptiness was swirling in a hurricane, and he just...couldn't move...or say anything, he was numb. Axel can't be...he just couldn't...

Vexen confirmed it by explaining, but no...

 

Reixa felt the hot tears forming in her eyes, one succeeding in sliding down her cheek. Quickly wiping it away, her voice was low and shaky. "H-how can you say that?! Axel... he can't be gone! He can't..." Reixa choked. She could feel her throat begin to dry out as she was lost for words. She looked back at the machine, seeing that all Vexen had said was true. She just didn't believe it, she couldn't believe it. Wrapping her arms around herself, she began to shake and sob uncontrollably. She thought of how angry he had been with her...

 

Vexen couldn't handle all the drama and tension for now, and after he had explained his part, he decided to leave everyone here, for the first time not minding that they were all in his lab. Portalling off to clear his brain, he went to Zexion's room to explian to the Cloaked Schemer about the current news, thinking that he should know, but not sure whether he was going to be glad, or something else. However, when the darkness dispersed, he raised a eyebrow when he spotted both Larxene and Zexion sleeping together, the Nymph closer than she should have. Vexen blinked. Was Roxas right? That perhaps Larxene didn't really love Axel....

Not that it would matter anymore.

He would leave them alone, but he need Zexions confirmation with his scent, since this might be all a act that Axel came up with, even though he wouldn't play such a cruel trick on everyone. Vexen was uncertain on asking Zexion, though...should he just let them be?

 

Abexecca blinked and looked at Larpex confused. "F-Faded...?" she asked in horror. "Does that mean... he's dead?" she covered her mouth. She hated to say that word... but she needed to know. After all, she had just found out that she was a nobody, and was still pretty bummed about it.

Abexecca closed her eyes and felt for Rexia's presence. She then opened her eyes once she found her, but her eyes suddenly grew wide when she felt her sadness within her. "Wow..." she said. "She's REALLY sad..."

 

You're the Proof of my Existence, Larxene...
Larxene half-opened her eyes, that thought ringing within her mind. That was something Axel had said to her before...and it warmed her inside, remembering that. Shifting slightly, she felt her fingers brush someone's cloak. Tilting her head up, she could see Zexion, sleeping close to her...too close...
Quickly sitting up, she gasped, drawing back.

Hearing a sound of a gasp, Zexion groggily opened his eyes, blinking to clear his vision. Shifting back as he sat up, he ran a hand through his silver, light blue-hair, looking at the startled expression upon Larxene's face.
"Well good morning...Vexen?"

Tilting her head to the side slightly, Larxene turned, to see the Chilly Academic, staring at them with an expression she couldn't read.
"Vexen..." she murmured, almost uncertain of what to say about Vexen, standing right there, staring at them.

 

"Well, I wouldn't say it's morning, is almost 12 in the afternoon, but otherwise, good morning, lovebirds," Vexen replied dryly, spatting the last word, however, not paying attention to Larxene, but more on Zexion. He couldn't exactly eye the female at the moment due to the circumstances, and he didn't expect her to be here in the first place. Sighing, he gazed at Zexion sternly, his tone grave. "While I would like to question certain people's priorities, I need to speak to you, Zexion, on a very...I wouldn't say important, but a affective manner. Alone."

He added this serisouly. He already had a saddened horror strucked Roxas, some girl who was also affected crying, and the least he needed was Larxene to put the cherry on top.

 

Calling them 'lovebirds', Zexion groaned inwardly, knowing Vexen was definitely getting the wrong idea.
Sliding off the bed, he whispered to Larxene, "Stay here..."
She probably wouldn't listen but it was worth a shot. Walking over to the Chilly Academic, he asked, "Where would you like to speak at, Vexen?"

Lovebirds? Did the scientist just call them lovebirds? Larxene would've said something to retort back, but the graveness of his tone alarmed her...and the fact that he wanted to speak with Zexion alone...something was definitely wrong.
The Cloaked Schemer had asked her to stay here but the moment the two left...she was leaving...

 

"Just let me guide you," Vexen replied swiftly, and looking at Larxene warningly, he portalled both him and Zexion out of his room, only to transport them to his own. Vexen didn't know where else to talk to with privacy, and since the lab was filled at the moment, his bedroom was the nicer spot.

Taking his hand off, he quickly placed them back, and gave Zexion a look, explaining it right of, not wasting any time, his tone all business. "Some thing had occurred, Zexion, when I woke up to check the lab this morning, Very recently. Basically placed, the pod, or machine, quite malfunctioned. I checked, and there was no outside interference, it was clean except for a few aspects, the monitor was broken, all the light bulbs were shattered, the compass where it showed the pressure was also broken, the needle on the highest point. My guess is that the pressure or power was too much and it short-circuited while healing our comrade." Then he eyed the Cloaked Schemer sharply. "In other words...Axel is gone, permanently."