Roxas choked and gasped for air as Alphonse walked away. "Al...wh-where is he going?" He was still clutching Lumen's core as he stood up. Digging into his pocket his fingers weren't met with the sharp edge of Xenree's charm. "What the....? It's gone! Xenree's charm is gone! Alphonse must have taken it." he didn't sound particularly worried or angry, only sad. Xenree laughed, stroking Vanitas' cheek, "My, my, you can do well if you concentrate. Roxas' darkness? Oh, I believe that will progress as time goes on. We must all have patience my dear. Now...do you want to see the one thing you shall never forget?" Her silver eyes glowed like silver mercury trapped in round glasses. Xenree waited for at least three seconds before gesturing to the locked door on the side of the castle. "Why of course you do. It's what you work so hard to see. He'll be so pleased to see a being of darkness that I control that's sentinent. I'm so proud of you Alphonse. From the day I met you, I thought you would be useless to me. But you've proven me wrong and I am pleased." She touched her hand on the door and it slowly unlocked and opened in a dark room. The room was at least as large as the main foyer where Xenree sat and played with everyone. Chains rattled in a haunting song from the middle of the darkness and Xenree lit a torch, setting it on the wall, "Alphonse...meet my dear love. Ratatosk." Ratatosk's black hair was tousled as if someone had pet him over and over again and his wrists and ankles were chained with black chains to the floor. His head was bowed and he sat with his legs under him, almost like he was praying. ooc:http://m699.photobucket.com/image/Ratatosk%252527s%20true%20form/BlackCatJaden16/Issac%20Cullen/5721881.png.html?src=www bic: Saix had kept his eyes closed until Xemnas touched his shoulder. A bolt of jagged white and black energy coursed through the blue haired beserker and Saix calmed himself. "Thank you Superior. Where are we headed now?" Xemnas shrugged, taking Ignis' core from Akii and pocketing it. Saphique gave him a pained look and picked him up again, carrying him onward through the dark corridor. "Yeah, well you can tell Xenree all about it when we get there. I'm sure she'll be thrilled to listen. Not that she ever pays any attention to me ever... She just keeps rambling on about some Ratatosk." The ghost or Death Sword flew in a circle around Conker and his friends before stopping and growing solid to strike at them with his large sword.
ooc: (sarcasm) yay, I'm sick! I can't stay for long, I think. Depends when my posts start to not make sense from the fever. Forgive incorrect spelling today. bic: Xenree leaned back on the ground, leaving Xero's Keyblades at her feet and lifted one hand to the sky. Last Judgment flashed into her hand. What a useless blade. Judgment....why would I deal out Judgment. I'd prefer suffering and torment, and I encourage sinful acts. But...Judgment...it's not a Keyblade that should belong to one like me. Without her cloak and her disguise firmly in place, she felt exposed to the world. Already she'd caused pain to a Keyblade wielder, killed an animal and met someone who wasn't even a Keyblade wielder. 'Keyblades of Dark and Light will clash, destroying one and all in a mighty flash.' repeating the lines of the prophecy seemed to make her feel better. Soon....they'd all be gone and she could rest in peace.
Nothing really. Despite getting ready for our MCA math test in school. oh dear lord, I'm going to die from this test.
Nicholi nodded, taking Maria and hurrying into Callen's black car and driving off. He knew he could fix her, and if not, she'd kill him.
Nicholi nodded, already considering the changes. His mind worked ahead of his body though. For now, he was burnt. "I need rest. Lest I run myself to the ground. Maria and I will stay at the farmhouse I was at a before you found me. I shall return when she is fixed."
Nicholi sadly watched his mother ease herself onto the ground and sighed, his wound healed quickly, "I don't think any of the process is correct. The Doctor made Zero and I easy because he had years of time. And he made us weapons. Recreating Maria's personality and her purpose is...harder. I suppose now her purpose is to drink blood of shadows and humans alike. What more could I have done?"
Roxas couldn't manage a sharp retort as he blacked out from lack of oxygen. Zant didn't think he was very lucky. He would be the last to die but he'd give it his all. Saix snarled again, closing his eyes and forcing his temper to cool. He felt the rush of power fade from him and slumped to his knees, feeling exhausted. "The darkness....My name is Darbarus. I am the leader of my Tribe. I remember that woman. She came to us at least a good thousand years ago and told us my service would be needed soon as long as I held that core." He shook his head and looked over at all the humans, "You, little humans, helped me? HAHAHA, now that's a laugh. Good natured you puny ones are. Humans do not help my kind. My kind helps humans because they are weak and small. That woman, she was not human. SHe was strong like me, though small in size." Darbarus stood up and waved goodbye to them before the darkness swallowed him up and the room disappeared, leaving them in the Dwarven Woodlands. Akii was clutching the orb now, her silver eyes alight with excitment. "We have to find X and give this to him. He'll want the Centurion's cores." Zexion and Marluxia sighed as the open breeze cooled their overheated bodies. Lexaeus stood still, like a statue.
Maria hissed at Toji, her fangs bloody and Nicholi held a hand to his neck. He felt betrayed but the process had worked. The woman before him was his mother. "Mom...? Why are you..?" "I don't understand Nicholi. I'm not anything. I'm your mother, please, don't let this man hurt me!" Nicholi shook his head, "You drank my blood." Maria clutched her head, "I don't...I don't know, it just smelt so good. I-I don't even know what's wrong with me!"
Xenree walked along the roads until she came to what appeared to be the center of town. The waterfalls surrounding the small area seemed exceptionally peaceful. Xenree loathed the place. Her silver eyes glowed with hatred for the cutesy area and opened a dark corridor, unleashing several Heartless into the world. Wasn't that the duty of those of the dark? Set Heartless upon the worlds until universal control was hers.
Xenree noticed his unstopping running behavior, considering it odd for someone with no heart. But then again, she had barely what was considered a heart and she still thought minorly peaceful things. Anything other than hate and it wasn't an emotion she felt. Touching Xero's Keyblades Nixck had left behind, she picked them up and thoughtfully ran her finger along the edge. "Xero..." a slow smile spread across her face the longer she held Xero's Keyblades.
Xenree noticed a running Nixck. She couldn't believe he was being so dumb as to run up and down streets shouting Xero's name. Rolling her eyes, she stuck out her foot to trip him as he came barreling down the road she was on.
Saphique looked up at T.K, "Them? You mean someone else is playing a game with us? I don't understand." Roxas laughed harshly, "Join her!? Are you insane!? She'd wipe the floor with me as her slave! You don't trust me? Well I don't trust you!" He waved Oblivion around as he spoke, "Darkness? I don't have any darkness! I am light and this light hates your guts!" As soon as he spoke the word hate, the darkness snuffed out his light and covered him with darkness. Except his body rejected the darkness, causing him to collapse onto his hands and knees, "Wh-what's happening!?" he clutched at his chest as the air was sucked out of his lungs. The rock man groaned and sat up, he wore nothing but a loincloth. His tanned skin had several dark tattooes of some sort of tribe on his shoulders. His hair was completely rock as he rubbed his head, "Ooh, where am I?" Saix panted, fighting for control. Xemnas was standing, looking stronger and Mage was unharmed, but his rage burned on. Zant laughed, throwin up both sleeves, "Aren't you the lucky one! Well First, another creature has fallen to light and the Centurion of Fire has been released. Do you want to know what Centurion I hold?" he leaned forward on his throne as if it were such an important secret. "The last and final key to releasing Him."
Xenree changed her appearance, if only just the clothes. Since no one knew what she looked like, she figured this was the only way to get closer to Xero and the others. Her precious Keyblade Wielders. Stepping out of her dark corridor and into the light of Radiant Garden. Adjusting her eyes to the light, she followed a road, hoping she'd find Xero or someone with a Keyblade to test her new disguise. Her black hair flowed in waves to her shoulders and her skin was pale as snow. Her silver eyes barely added color to her dull features. Her clothes were simple, a pair of dark jeans and a loose fitted black t-shirt. Nothing about her screamed threatening.
Yeah, but hey, I gained muscle yesterday. Our sub pump broke and we had flooding in our basement and my dad was leaving for Fort McCoy and I had...
Saphique remained silent, his mind fighting back against Xenree's mark. All it did was whisper to his mind that Xenree was always right, something he already knew, but mind control wasn't in his favor in this position. Saph stopped, setting T.K. down and rubbing his head, "Listen...she's not...all bad. I've seen her laugh and smile without the hate. She says she remembers everything from before she died, but I've seen her stare at that medallion with the little movie in it and frown. I don't think she remembers who those people are. If they're family, or friends, or even her own family. She doesn't remember them and I....I just want to make her happy. She promised me that doing as she said made her happy, but since I do what she says, I haven't seen her simile since. It's like...all her energy goes into being angry." Saph knew he would've been scolded if Xenree could hear what he was saying, but talking about it made him feel better. He nervously glanced at T.K., hoping he was unconscious or something. Roxas shook his head, touching the little charm in his pocket, it felt warm to his touch and just a bit sharp around the edges, like real thorns had sprouted on it. "No...that's a lie! Xenree kept the corruption off you. Anyways, we're going to use this charm for something good. We're going to summon her when the time is right and kill her. I'll do it myself!" Roxas' light dimmed further, the darkness emitted from the charm threading around him, into his aura. Zant smiled, though it didn't seem much like a smile and more like a grimance, "The Twilt Guardians must be killed by ones of light or else the Centurion's cores will be lost to darkness and of no use to Xenree. At least, that's what I've heard. She tells me very little, but what she tells Him could amount to her entire life's story." Zant dropped his long sleeve to the arm of the chair again, "The problem with dying for me is that...am I really even alive? We are created out of darkness and will be destroyed by light. I don't exactly call that a full lifetime of experiences." Renee's Ice Shard and Parma pierced the gem again. Fyrus staggered around senselessly before Alice grabbed the chain again, using the magnetic floor to keep her bound to the ground and pulled on it until Fyrus toppled over. Saix's Lunatic came crashing down on the gem like a wild beast and broke it apart. The giant darkened and grew smaller. The extra darkness around Fyrus swirled into a red core that fell onto Marluxia's head. Rubbing his head, Marluxia picked up the red core and it opened like a flower, becoming the glittering red orb and the voice that followed, I am Centurion Ignis, Centurion of Fire. My thanks for freeing me from the darkness I was imprisoned in. Now, take me to the one who can use me best. Saix stood snarling at the rather large rock like man left behind. Xemnas gave Mage a small smile as thanks.
Xenree was feeling the rush of adrenaline through her body, despite not actually feeling the excitment. Only when Matt screamed and Xero left, trying to leave her Keyblade behind did Xenree snap out of her blood-haze and snarl, her body lurching toward where Xero had left. "Xero! Nnngh, the prophecy must be fufilled!" Xenree's cloak swirled as she turned on her heel, waving behind her. Always nice to have a backup... she thought and faded into the darkness.
Haha, yeah me too. Thanks, I'll need all the luck I can get. I suck at math and that's what this test is focused on. -_-" I'm 16. I'll be...
Yeah. Mom makes me go to bed early everyday and I'm still not allowed to have any of my things back (Computer, PSP) Even though I'm completely...
Roxas growled again, standing in front of Namine, "Xenree this, Xenree that! All you talk about is Xenree! If you love her so much, why isn't she the one you slept with!? I'm sure the **** has given you openings!" Roxas didn't care how many times he said Xenree's name, if she appeared the better, he'd love to cut her too. Roxas' light was dimmed by his anger and the darkness blooming in his heart. Saph stopped in the dark corridor, "She wants to kill you herself. But I...I don't know why it's so important you die. I dont' think she's thinking with her head on straight anymore..." he looked like he wanted to say more but a small dark spark flicked into Saph from Xenree's mark over his heart and his eyes went glassy and dragged T.K. along again, "But it's not my place to question my Dark Queen's actions." Saix pushed at the chain now that it had been cooled slightly and managed to slide it off his claymore. His eyes landed on the burnt Xemnas, "Xemnas!" He ran to his Superior's side, helping him stand. Xemnas weakly stood, "I won't last much longer in this fight. Saix...finish this thing." Saix nodded and started to growl, his scar widening and his hair becoming frizzy as Lunatic burst into it's Beserk form. Renee cast Ice Shard, trying to help Parma pierce Fyrus' gem again. Alice pushed herself up, scrambling for the chain that dragged behind Fyrus. The masked man laughed, a section of his mask lifting up to reveal his mouth, "Not very friendly are you? I am the Usuper King, Zant. It's funny though that you believe the Dark Queen values these creatures. She could not care any less if they died or not. Her goal is to relinquish the darkness from the Centurions cores to stabilize their power to free a certain someone from their prison that she cares about." Zant lifted a long sleeve to his face, "The only being that she could ever care about, and he's not even human. I suppose it's fitting...Darkness caring about Destruction. Why, I may be one of her "pets" but she does not care for me even though I am a humanoid."
Maria gently touched Nicholi's cheek, whispering, "Mother's home." before she bit into his neck in much the same way as a vampire. Nicholi's eyes sprang open and he choked, "No..." Zain wandered around before finding himself at the entrance to Daieko's mansion. "Daieko lived here... I wonder if he's still around somewhere or if he's dead."
