Deep Darkness ch. 3

Deep Darkness
Chapter 3
Samcyxk

Xemnas immediately summoned his two Aerial Blades. "Just what are you doing here?!"

Xephono chuckled, putting a hand in front of his mouth. "Feeling a little on edge, Xemnas?" He nonchalantly waltzed up to the Superior. He stroked his neck. "You're famous, ya know? The first one to escape. History. You're an idol to the younger ones."

Growling, Xemnas shot back. "Why waste your precious time coming up here?! They could've just hired a merc for that!"

"True, this isn't my favorite assignment, but when you get payed like me, it doesn't matter."

Saix was confused. His face was just turning from bright red. "What're talking about? What's going on?!" No one paid any attention to him, though. Xemnas was still acting edgy, and the way he was sweating ,you could tell he was both furious and nervous. "It's so typical of you to keep hidden messages in any alias you use! NO HOPE. Am I right?!"

Xephono laughed out loud this time. "Correct! No hope with an "x" spells Xephono. I'm actualy pretty amazed you didn't notice it at first."

He began to change before the two Organization members' eyes. His long hair became shorter, although it still reached down to his elbows; the blue streaks diminished, leaving only blackness. His hair reshaped itself to look like Envy; except on one side there was full hair reaching down; the other side had different portions, with two long, thin strands falling into his face. This new person had one yellow eye on the left, and a red one on the right. Two x's were below his eyes on his cheeks: the left one had a yellow mid-section and red lines extending from it. The other was vice-versa. The figure kept the same black cloak. "Heh heh..."

He picked up his microphone stand, and started towards the two. "SAIX!!!" Xemnas yelled out when he realized that was who the new figure was going after. Without really thinking, Saix summoned his claymore and jammed the blunt end through the figure's head. Blood flew out in all directions, and he crumbled to the floor; more blood oozed out there.

Xemnas dropped his Aerial Blades, and grabbed Saix's hand. "Come!" The two ran out of the room.

As they went down the hall, Xemnas used his power of communcication to scream out a messgae across all of the Castle That Never Was. "DO NOT TRUST XEPHONO! I REPEAT, DO NOT TRUST XEPHONO!"

As they turned another corner, Saix stopped him. "Tell me what's going on...NOW."

Xemnas took in a few gulps of breath before starting. "I shouldn't be in this scene, Saix. I should be in hell. You see, I died long ago. But I got restless. I tired of seeing lava and perpetual redness. So, I decided to break out. No one had done it before, so I was the fist. I remained without a heart. I decided to do some research about Heartless. And...you know the rest from there."

Saix nodded. "Okay. That makes sense. Now, who is Xephono really?"

"Xephono is no electrician. You probably already figured that out, though. I didn't recognize him at first because he had changed his appearance so expertly. I did, however, realize who he was when he was shouting at Axel. His hell statement. That's why I left so hurriedly. I knew then that he was after me.

"In fact, Xephono isn't even his real name. He rather enjoys anagrams. He integrates messages into his made-up names. This one was "No hope." His real name is Samcyxk. The guy's a total pyro, and he's real insane. He almost puts Sephiroth to shame."

Saix nodded once again; all of this to take in at one time was a bit much. "So..what do we do?"

"We need people we can trust, and that can defend themselves. Let's go get Xigbar and Xaldin." The two ran down the hall, stll holding hands.

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At the time when Xemnas was explaining Samcyxk to Saix, Xemnas's room was covered in blood. Samcyxk lay on the floor.

But he slowly got up, and pulled the claymore right back out. "How rude." He snapped it in half, and threw the two pieces across the room; there was a tiny "splish" as it landed in blood. Samcyxk wiped his head with the side of his cloak, and the traces disappeared. On his way out, he stepped on the Aerial Blades, crushing them.

He kicked the door open, and walked out. Quickly, he changed back to Xephono; he didn't want anyone to suspect him. Grinning with a fearsome look, he strode off down the hall.

End of Chapter 3


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