Where Am I? ,(Rick, Organization 13 Only)

[lex]

A black portal opened up and Lexaeus walked out of it with Rick. Well, he was carrying Rick. Suddenly, he just dropped the boy on the ground and took a couple of steps back. Slowly, his energy was restoring back to max. This boy was going to be rather helpful to him. Not only the boy would be used as a pawn. Though he could find out another way of gaining his heart back. Which he would inform Xemnas of.

So how was he going to do it exactly? Once Rick wakes up would he fight back still? Alternatively, would he be accepting just because he is at a weakened state? At the moment, everything was going rather smooth. Lexaeus summoned five dusks and told them to go scout any organization member. The closest members would most likely arrive sooner. Obviously, he would have to fill them in on everything that has happened.

In a moments noticed the Dusk's vanished and were now looking for a few of the other members. Lexaeus eyes looked all around the area. The main thing that popped out was the large Skyscraper in front of him. The area was very dark and looked like it was going to rain. In addition, this area was filled with Neo shadows. At the moment, none of them were around which was a very good thing. Maybe soon they will be moving about.

It could be multiple reasons why they would be moving around. First off, it would either be that Rick ran off. Or another organization thirteen has arrived to help him. He figures the boy was going to be very useful. He let out a small breath and stood completely still. His eyes slowly closed. Now he was going to focus on his hearing skills. Even if his eyes are closed, he can still tell what is happening.

[rick]

Rick’s head was killing him, after trying to defeat Lex, he felt like he could sleep for days, if not weeks. But he couldn’t do anything now. He slowly opened his eyes, and it felt like he was some-where completely different. But, he couldn’t move.

He could open just manage to open his eyes. And so he did, a floor. Great, well that was a lot of use in telling him where he was. But he had next to no energy, why was he so drained? Had the fight really destroyed that much of him. He couldn’t even stand up.

But he refused to give into this feeble state of mind. He forced all the energy into his arms as he moved them and pushed them in front of his chest, raising himself a bit, but then it was just go good. He fell back down to the floor, he was exhausted, his breathing was short, sharp and painful to say the least.

”What….. Happened?” He asked weakly.

[lex]

Lexaeus looked to the boy who was trying to slowly get up. In the end, he just fell right back down. The boy was not a very smart fighter now was he? To use all your energy up all at once takes a big toll on your body. "You fainted." He said softly. Rick was not going to be able to get up and walk about for a while. On the other hand, the boy could probably gain energy back fast. So it was just a matter of time before he finds out.

What would Rick do next? Well, after he can get back up on his feet? Lexaeus felt he should not even train the boy. If a weak person has that much ambition to win. There might be no stopping him if he gets stronger. Alternatively, that could be bad for the organization and well many other beings. So first he was going to try and get some information out of Rick. Just maybe the boy might tell him how he got his heart back so early?


(Sorry short post. I could not think of much.)

[rick]

What could Rick do? He was stuck here, and it was still with Lex, but there was very little he could do. He just needed to wait, recover his strength. But he knew he couldn’t beat this guy, so what else was there.

But then an idea was ‘placed’ into his mind. There was always a way to defeat some-one whilst you were friends with them. Stab them in the back, and if he knew any Nobody, it was the fact that they wanted to learn as much as possible about people. Even use them. But what would happen if a Nobody was using some-one who was using them. He would just have to play it carefully. He didn’t need to seem too weak so that he would be killed. But he needed to seem not strong enough that he needed Lex. The balance was hard, but then he had a thought.

”Please… I just… want to be strong…” Weakness and submission, easiest sign of some-one being dominated by another.

But hopefully it would spark Lex’s interest, surely this one would know the wish to become stronger and be able to survive in this world.

[lex]

So he just wants to be stronger? Lexaeus was not going to help this little one at all. Right away his Torn Heaven appeared in his right hand. "Your tricks will not work." Lexaeus was the type to never fall for some mind games. After all he was just too smart for any of that. A lot of times everyone simply judged him on his looks. Mainly, once they saw his physical appearance they thought he must be slower. In addition, that he must not be too smart.

Which all the people who believe that are very wrong. His eyes looked down upon Rick. He was simply showing no emotion to the boy at all. Maybe this was his time to go now? He had to get back to castle oblivion after all. Rick would need to recover his strength before he finds a way out of this world. Until then he would just be trapped wandering around forever. Alternatively, he could be smarter and actually find a way off.

Maybe Rick could portal off the world? Kind of like himself? Anything was possible in this universe. Lex stood still and looked down on the boy. Nothing was happening at all. Soon he should go. After all he could just track the boy down if he wanted to. It would not be that hard to track him down. So the information could come later. Either way this was a good situation for the nobody.

[xigbar]

As if by the thought of the corridors, another Corridor opened up. It wasn't, however, Rick's, nor Lexaeus' for that matter. From it appeared a hooded man that walked slowly towards the two. "As if." The man said as he looked over the two others there. A Dusk floated by his side. He had moved rather quickly from Archipelago to there. He still wasn't certain on how to lead Riku and Mickey around to nowhere. It would've been best to just feed them to the Heartless or something. Leading them on a 'dead cold trail'. How does the Superior think I'll do that? He wondered himself annoyed. The fact that he and Axel had to do such a thing, bothered him greatly. Though, the first move would probably be to actually get the two following him.

Xigbar snapped back to reality and looked over the boy, Rick. "Gee, well if it isn't some stranger." He turned to Lexaeus, slightly confused on why the big guy summoned him there. The boy seemed very weakened and he was sure that Lexaeus could handle the single infiltrator, if the boy had tried to break into the castle. They were still a bit away from the castle there. Or did the boy ask him something whereas Lexaeus summoned him. Perhaps the boy had some question, similar to the dark-hearted remnant back on Archipelago, though, he asked for Roxas, not him.

"So, what's going on?" He asked Lexaeus and turned to the boy again who wouldn't be much of a fight in his current state. Perhaps he'd be fun for a few moments in battle, but after a while he'd be full of holes.

[rick]

Rick looked up and the feeling of another presence and he didn’t like the way this was going. He wasn’t able to handle one of the Organisation let alone two of them. This was becoming a bad move the more things started. Why didn’t he just run. Oh yeah, he couldn’t.

Panting slightly, he slowly managed to move his body moving to actually stand up, his breath was still rather short, but he wasn’t going to just lay there and be killed within an instant.

”The names… Rick Dawn…” Rick said, it was still fairly difficult for him to even speak like alone focus, but he needed to start taking his energy and recovering or else this was going to get a lot worse before things even slightly got better.

His eyes darted around and he noticed just behind Lex was his sword, the idea that he sword was nearby completely baffled him, but at the end of the day, it was maybe a good thing, he could blink over there, grab his sword and then hopefully get out of this place without much trouble… he just need to keep them talking whilst he recovered his strength. It was going to be a nightmare to pull off, but what else could he do?

[lex]

While standing there Lexaeus herd another portal opening up. Another organization member had walked out. It was number two, Xigbar. From the looks of it Xigbar was slightly confused. Then he asked what was going on. He watched the boy slowly rise to his feet and say his name to Xigbar. Lex knew the boy was now steadily gaining his energy back. Everyone wants to be strong. First that person must learn how to control their abilities.

"This boy has information that would very well help the organization." Lex gripped the handle of his mighty sword. "Earlier he tried to fight me." It was quite obvious he used up all of his strength. To be honest Lexaeus was quite surprised that Xigbar was the first to show up. He had a feeling, he might be the only one who was going to be here. Though Lex cannot predict the future so anything could really happen.

His eyes then went back to Rick, and he was completely focused on him. Every action that Rick would make Lex was going to see. He was not just going to let the boy get away. Especially get away on his own turf. "This one knows another way of getting our hearts back." He said with absolutely not emotion. Sometimes Lexaeus had to just wonder what it would feel like to have his heart again.

On the other hand, even what would happen to him? However, that very day is both far off and very near. Soon he was going to head back to Castle Oblivion. That was, in fact, going to be later. After all he does need to clean up this mess.

[xigbar]

The boy introduced himself quickly, which pleased Xigbar. He hadn't heard of the name before and there were no questions it seemed. Then Lexaeus started to speak. Information that could be useful. He thought to himself, wondering what valuable information was doing to lay around here. It should be kept in the castle, not left in a Heartless dominated street. What if the boy's heart was taken while he was there? Gone information! Surely Lexaeus knew what he was doing.

Rick seemed to be regaining strength in Xigbar's eyes and he studied the sword for a second when Lexaeus told him the two fought. "So he tried to fight Organization XIII. How ridiculous." He said amused. "You really shouldn't be doing that." He told Rick as he turned to him again and seeing how he was trying to form some plan. At least he appeared to be thinking. Perhaps finding a way out.

The next words Lexaeus said behind him got him completely silent. For a moment Xigbar stood entirely still. Another... way? He turned abruptly to number V. "What..?" He asked, showing confusion in his voice. "How... what...?" He had studied the Heartless with Lexaeus, or Aeleus, and the other apprentices. Surely Sora was able to turn from Heartless back to a Somebody, but in what way could a Nobody get back the heart without Kingdom Hearts? It confused the former apprentice Braig greatly.

[rick]

Rick smirked. This other Nobody was on the wave length that he needed to be. But he kept his smirk there, he wanted them to know that if they killed him, there hope would be shot back just that bit more. It was easy for them to do, but at the same time, the clock was against them.

”Another way… Like I found.” Rick paused for a moment, he raised himself fully, his strength was coming back, but he couldn’t seem confident or else Lex would surely slice and dice him without a second thought, and sure Lex would get in trouble for it, but Rick would be dead and that was not something he favoured.

His energy was still low, and he needed to at least do two blinks to get out of his place, but with the tone in the other’s Nobody’s voice. Well, it made him curious about what was coming. He looked from Lex to this other one, it was hard to think of his next move, he just stood there, pondering. How could he convince this other Nobody to see that keeping Rick around was a good idea, rather then a bad one.

”And… For the record.” Rick said as he rubbed his right wrist, he must have fallen funny when he fainted ”Lex attacked me, I defended. I wished no harm on the Organisation until one of your people tried to attack me. For one moment I thought me and Lex made a good team…”

[lex]

"As I call correctly. You threatened to kill me and then went about antagonizing me." Lexaeus took a step closer to the boy. He simply ignored Xigbars short questions for now. How as he going to play this out? The boy looked ready to leave. "I have no idea how he got his heart back. Though he knows a way."

Lexaeus was getting tired of this little chat. However, he was going to make no sudden movements at this point. Sure Xigbar was number two. Though Lexaeus only takes orders directly from Zexion and Xemnas. This was his situation to deal with. However, he managed to get Xigbar here to quickly work things out. He did not wish to kill the boy. Even so, the boys persistence and mocking were not helping his cause.

To add on the boy was trying to get his own teammate against him. Organization thirteen does not really need that now. Lex was good in all situations even the boring kinds. For now he needed to thinking about a lot of things. He knew he needed to hurry as fast as he could to. Hopefully, Xigbar would not listen to the childs foolish words. Why did everything have to happen in such a sloppy fashion?

Lexaeus was ready to beat down Rick again. The boy was starting to seem more annoying than the Hero of light.

[xigbar]

It took a few moments for Xigbar to recover, but then he looked at the boy. Apparently he had regained his heart while being a Nobody. Xigbar ignored the kid's comments entirely, he wasn't tricked that easily. "Gee..." He started half-amazed by the boy's ability to regain his heart, half-amused by how he ended up in their hands. "The Superior would need to know of this." He told Lexaeus. He was rather bored himself and his mission has been troublesome so far. Somewhere in his head he had an idea. Perhaps it would set the boy to good use as well. He was certain the boy wouldn't escape him easily.

Number II, Xigbar the Freeshooter, controlled the attribute of Space. If Rick would run, he would catch up in a second without making much of a movement at all. "I'm sure you have your duties, Lexaeus." He continued, wondering if number V planned to wait even longer for others to appear. "Shall I take the kid and find Xemnas?"

He turned to Rick. "Be a good boy now."

[rick]

Rick looks up at the hooded man. Well this was going slightly better, he wanted him to himself, either Rick was a dead man or his luck was changing, hopefully the latter, but that was about it.

”Erm… Yeah, like I’m really going to run with two guys, one who already kicked me ass and his ‘boss’ by the looks of it…” Rick said lowly, but just enough for at least one of the two to hear, if not both. He wasn’t that stupid. Nor did he have a death wish…

[lex]

Lexaeus nodded after Xigbar said everything he need to say. It as true He needed to get back to his duties. Lex had to make sure Vexen and the others at Castle Oblivion were staying on task. "Yes I do." Lexaeus simply ignored what Rick had just said. The boy truly knows nothing about the organization. Well, he knows really little about the group. Know little about things is rather dangerous.

Suddenly, Lex's Torn heaven vanished in thin air. As though it had never been summoned. A black portal slowly opened up on his left hand side. "Xigbar. He is a tricky one." Lex slightly shrugged and then faced the portal. Before he would take his first step into the portal, he conjured up some thoughts. "Later we must meet up. Under different circumstances." Slowly he walked through the portal and was gone. As he entered it the portal closed as well.


Lexaeus Left thread~

[xigbar]

Xigbar watched number V leaving while not exactly paying that much attention to Rick's words, though, it sounded ridiculous that he was called the 'boss'. Perhaps he should keep that in for now. "Good, Rick was it?" He said awkwardly, but then dropped the entire act all together. "Oh, it seems like we got some tour ahead of us." His name had already been fallen by Lexaeus, but he wasn't all too certain if the boy had heard it.

Number II would be meeting Lexaeus again at some point, he definitely should be meeting up with Xemnas, wherever he might be. "Ah!" Suddenly both Rick and he vanished from the front of the skycraper and were inside The Castle That Never Was in the room he battled Sora. It was currently empty and deserted without all the Heartless.

"I'm Xigbar, as you might have caught from the conversation earlier." The Freeshooter said with a grin, hidden underneath his hood. "See, I would bring you to the Superior right now, but he's busy and elsewhere, so we're stuck here together." He continued all freely. "Since I've got a mission, I'll drag you along for now." He ended.

[OOC: I'll move us out of the thread whenever you like, Rick. xD;;]