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Adult ++
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Interlude 03: Don't Hold It Against Me
Interlude 03: Don’t Hold It Against Me
“Do you have to go?”
Axel finished pulling up his pants and turned to look at the berserker lying sprawled out in all his glory on their bed. As much as he wanted to, Axel couldn’t tell the Watchers ‘screw you’ and crawl back in bed with Saïx to pretend none of this was happening.
Axel nodded. “Yeah. But I won’t be gone long. I just have to take them and then I’ll be back.”
Saïx’s golden eyes narrowed. “I suppose you’ll have another task then.”
“Probably. But as soon as it’s over, we can live normally again.”
“Define normal.”
Axel heaved a sigh. “I don’t want to, Saïx, but I have to. Just like you have to defend Sunrise. If they get past the automated defenses and the Emblem Zeroes, you guys are the defense.”
“It won’t come to that.” Saïx rumbled. His eyes roamed over the bruises on Axel’s chest. “We’ll keep them back.”
“Most of all,” Axel turned to pull on his shirt, because if he didn’t, he’d jump right back on top of the berserker and go another round or three. “You need to protect Xemnas.”
Saïx sat up and rolled off the bed, slowly moving up behind Axel. “I said we’ll keep them back.”
Axel’s emerald eyes closed as Saïx tilted his head back and dominated his mouth. Two hours and three showers later, Axel stepped out of his quarters and walked down to the Palace lobby.
He was afraid. Who wouldn’t be? He could very well die on the trip there or on the trip back. The Watchers’ plan could go awry, fail, or succeed with great casualties. Axel felt like he was going to be leading the teenagers to their doom. Axel hit the outside courtyard as refugees trickled in, moving into the Palace one family at a time. It was a slow but thorough process, but they had the time to spare. The Door to Sunrise Town hadn’t been forced open yet.
Axel paced outside the gate and watched the residents of Sunrise Town filter into their sanctuary. By noon, his stomach began to twist in knots because Saïx had accompanied Tseng and Rude down into the city to look for stragglers and word had it that pockets of fighting had already broken out. The people weren’t panicking yet but then, not every resident was safe yet. More teams of former Organization XIII and the remainder of the Order went into the city, and when a red flare crackled to life, the fighting was on in full.
Among the refugees, Axel finally spotted the teenagers and sighed in relief. He closed his eyes and thought of Saïx to give himself strength.
When he reopened them, Axel looked right at Sora.
He couldn’t think about what would happen. Axel couldn’t afford to. He had to hold onto hope and fight.
“Saïx.” He whispered as he moved forward to meet the Keyblade Masters, the Princesses, and the Creator. “If I die, don’t hold it against me.”
“Do you have to go?”
Axel finished pulling up his pants and turned to look at the berserker lying sprawled out in all his glory on their bed. As much as he wanted to, Axel couldn’t tell the Watchers ‘screw you’ and crawl back in bed with Saïx to pretend none of this was happening.
Axel nodded. “Yeah. But I won’t be gone long. I just have to take them and then I’ll be back.”
Saïx’s golden eyes narrowed. “I suppose you’ll have another task then.”
“Probably. But as soon as it’s over, we can live normally again.”
“Define normal.”
Axel heaved a sigh. “I don’t want to, Saïx, but I have to. Just like you have to defend Sunrise. If they get past the automated defenses and the Emblem Zeroes, you guys are the defense.”
“It won’t come to that.” Saïx rumbled. His eyes roamed over the bruises on Axel’s chest. “We’ll keep them back.”
“Most of all,” Axel turned to pull on his shirt, because if he didn’t, he’d jump right back on top of the berserker and go another round or three. “You need to protect Xemnas.”
Saïx sat up and rolled off the bed, slowly moving up behind Axel. “I said we’ll keep them back.”
Axel’s emerald eyes closed as Saïx tilted his head back and dominated his mouth. Two hours and three showers later, Axel stepped out of his quarters and walked down to the Palace lobby.
He was afraid. Who wouldn’t be? He could very well die on the trip there or on the trip back. The Watchers’ plan could go awry, fail, or succeed with great casualties. Axel felt like he was going to be leading the teenagers to their doom. Axel hit the outside courtyard as refugees trickled in, moving into the Palace one family at a time. It was a slow but thorough process, but they had the time to spare. The Door to Sunrise Town hadn’t been forced open yet.
Axel paced outside the gate and watched the residents of Sunrise Town filter into their sanctuary. By noon, his stomach began to twist in knots because Saïx had accompanied Tseng and Rude down into the city to look for stragglers and word had it that pockets of fighting had already broken out. The people weren’t panicking yet but then, not every resident was safe yet. More teams of former Organization XIII and the remainder of the Order went into the city, and when a red flare crackled to life, the fighting was on in full.
Among the refugees, Axel finally spotted the teenagers and sighed in relief. He closed his eyes and thought of Saïx to give himself strength.
When he reopened them, Axel looked right at Sora.
He couldn’t think about what would happen. Axel couldn’t afford to. He had to hold onto hope and fight.
“Saïx.” He whispered as he moved forward to meet the Keyblade Masters, the Princesses, and the Creator. “If I die, don’t hold it against me.”