Deep Darknee ch. 4

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Deep Darkness
Chapter 4
Toumen Meiun

Saix and Xemnas raced down the hall, not wasting any time to get to the two they deemed trustworthy; even when Vexen got in the way, the Superior shoved him out of the way and kept going. Growling, Vexen yelled out, "Where are going in such a hurry that you can't even listen to what I was going to say?!" As always, though, everyone ignored him.

Brushing himself off, Vexen got up and went down a corridor to his lab. When he got to the door, he stopped. "What the...? Something feels...wrong in there..." He quickly decided to go to Luxord's room, to play some poker. He was always up for a game or two.

His eyes scanned the floor, looking for some trace of evil on the tiles. When he looked back up, he noticed someone. "Oh. Hey, Xephono." Xephono smiled at him, then took out his microphone stand. The smile changed into an evil sneer as his eyes lit up. His appearance began to change.

Vexen backed up, a look of true fear etched on his face. "Oh dear God..."

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With a swift kick, the door slammed open. Xaldin looked up from his Hellsing manga and noticed Xemnas and Saix, leaning against the door and panting like dogs. He dropped the book as he rushed over to them. "What happened to you two?!"

"Xephono..." Saix breathed out. Xaldin didn't answer at first. "Xemnas?"

Xemnas nodded. "We need to go get Xigbar...Immediately! We need to terminate Xephono! He is a threat to the entire Organization!"

Without complaining, Xaldin pushed by them and led the way to #2's room, down the hall. He sprinted to it, trusting what Xemnas had said. Without even thinking of knocking, he body-slammed it, smashing it into tiny pieces.

Xigbar looked up from his target practice, to see Xaldin huffing and puffing in his doorway. He dropped his laser guns and ran up to him. "What's the matter? Why the rush?!"

Xemnas and Saix came into the room exhausted it. "How convenient," Xaldin joked. "I'll just let Xemnas explain it."

~~~Later~~~

Xaldin had his lances, and Saix and Xemnas didn't have theirs. "Go...Xigbar, get your guns..."

Xiggy ran to his closet, where the guns always went when he wasn't using them. "Hey..."

He turned around; he had a grim expression. "My guns are gone!"

Xaldin swore under his breath, then out loud. “Dammit.â€

All four ran towards the Comms room.

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Roxas was lounging, listening to Jesse McCartney when he heard a knock on his door. Sighing, he turned off his iPod, and went over to it. He swung it open, saying, "I'm kinda-†He stopped mid-sentence. "Oh my G-"

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The Comms room was completely empty. It seemed that Zexion was once again shirking his duties. Not like Xemnas cared much at the moment. He began to rapidly type on the keyboard, and cameras came up with all the rooms and hallways in the castle.

"Hey there."

Everything went to static. Suddenly, the screens merged into one large one. It slowly came back into focus. All four's eyes widened. "No way..."

Samcyxk was standing there, with Roxas; although, Roxas didn't look in the least way happy. A single rope tied his arms to his sides, right on the elbows; he couldn't move them at all, and summoning his Keyblades wouldn't do any good. Samcyxk also had one of Xigbar's laser guns pointed slanted up his chin; if it was shot, it would be an instant kill. One of Samcyxk's arms was curled around Roxas's body, making sure it wouldn't move. "Having fun, Xemmy?"

"Sh-shut up!" Xemnas yelled.

Chuckling, Samcyx said, "Alright, let's cut the crap. I'm already sick and tired of this. I was stabbed through my head by your BOYFRIEND!"

Xemnas's face grew even redder. "Oops...did I hit a nerve?

"Oh, well. Listen, Xemnas. I'm high up. I just happen to have a visa from hell, and the secret to immortality, so you never have to go back there. And they can be yours. All you have to do..." He grinned evilly. "Is tell me I can shoot him."

Everyone stopped breathing. Was Samcyxk serious? Xemnas fell to the ground. "What are you thinking...?"

"I don't have all day," Samcyxk said in a matter-of-fact tone. "Choose."

Xemnas felt his stomach churn. I don't know. I want to be free, but I don't want Roxas to lose his life in the process.

"Choose!

"1 minute."

"H-Hey!" Xemnas shouted. "This is the toughest decision I've ever had to make!"

"Choose now, or I'll shoot him and you won't get anything!" He began to squeeze the trigger.

"WAIT!â€

Samcyxk stopped. Xemnas had spoken up; he had also gotten to his feet. “I’ve made my choice.â€


End of Chapter 4

HAHAHAHAHA! Cliffhanger! So, will Xemnas save Roxas? Or will his craving for freedom take over? Find out in the next chapter!