FEBRUARY HORROR MONTH | Introduction of the Bad Guy

[masteroftheletterx]

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A hooded figure appears in the Complex today, stepping out of a portal. The figure smirks and there's a thrum of power in the air, eerily familiar to some. It's almost like… But that couldn't be right. What would the Superior be doing here? Still, it's enough to put everyone who can sense it on edge. It isn't a nice power. There are no warm and fuzzy feelings brought to mind when it's felt. No, it's cold and suffocating and dark. So very dark, as if it's trying to drag everything and everyone down.

The figure doesn't wait to see how anyone will react to his announcement of his arrival. He lets his powers grow, looking, searching, sensing the hearts in this place… He's been looking, searching for so long. Where is he? Where is he? He has to find him, find him and then break open the flood gates he's so carefully holding back. All to accomplish his master plan. Everything for Kingdom Hearts…

"Where has my worthless apprentice gotten to?"

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[chronicbackstabdisorder]

When he feels that power he's convinced the Superior has tracked him and Saix down. It wasn't like it was their fault they've been stuck here. But would the Superior even listen to reason?

He prepares himself to fight if it comes to that. No way does he plan to lay back and die if the man is here to destroy him. But when he sees the man, he's only confused. Who is this guy? That power is definitely like that of Xemnas... but he doesn't look like Xemnas.

Who then?

[masteroftheletterx]

He barely spares Axel a glance. He's already been claimed by the Darkness. Perhaps later, he will make a good ally. For now, though, he doesn't mean much to him.

He moves, heading toward Axel's apartment. After all, he can sense his apprentice there. It will be good to see his apprentice again. Perhaps he can drag him off for more training before he rips the X-blade out of him. There's still a chance that he can convince him to give into the Darkness, to join him. His cruel smirk is hardly reassuring.

[chronicbackstabdisorder]

He can tell where the stranger is headed and he doesn't like it. Not with Saix and Ven still there. He suspects Saix must know he's coming. There's no way his friend would have missed that power. But if that's the case, he'd rather Saix come to them than have him meet the stranger at the door.

"Oy. Old, bald and ugly. Looking for something?"

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[saixwannabeisa]

Trust Axel to pick a fight with the one man who has such a frightening power signature. Saix had made sure that Ventus remained safe, who, surprisingly enough, seemed to be sleeping peacefully. Then again, what would he know of the power signature? Then he carefully made his way out of the apartment to find Axel, to stop him from recklessly picking a fight or doing something stupid.

And of course he gets there too late. He suppresses the urge to groan but edges around the strange new threat to take his place beside Axel, alining himself with the fiery tempered redhead. He shot him a questioning glance, as if asking what he had gotten them into this time.

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[masteroftheletterx]

He paused to look at Axel when he was called a name. He only tilts his head to the side, as if contemplating a rabid dog and how to put it down. It's a clinical, cold look. Calculating. And deadly.

"I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting, young man. For a being so steeped in darkness that you would even willingly cast aside your heart... You are a rare, unique find. However, you are not my chief concern right now."

His eyes catch Saix's movement and despite the numbers increasing against him, he's still relaxed. He merely eyes Saix, as though taking in an interesting creature. He shows a little more interest in him than Axel but it's still not much. He glances at the redhead. "We can discuss our differences another time. For now, I merely wish to retrieve what's mine." And then he turns, still heading for their apartment. Which can only mean one thing...

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[sleeping_heart]

Ventus is sleeping, completely unaware of the danger he's in. He recognized the signature, of course. How could he not? Yet even though his body tensed, his mind didn't immediately grasp what it meant.

He stirs slightly, shifting in his sleep. He knows he should wake for some reason, that it's important, but he can't remember what.

[chronicbackstabdisorder]

He wasn't about to hang back and let something bad happen to Saix or Ven. He may complain about being 'stuck' with Ven, but he wouldn't actually let any harm come to the boy if he could help it.

He runs, looping around at a distance so that he's standing in the way, keeping a good fifteen feet or so between them.

"Oh yeah? Can't imagine what business you think you have in my apartment old man."

[masteroftheletterx]

"As I have already stated, I am here to retrieve my apprentice. You have no right to keep him from me. You, who knows nothing of his power or how to help him, what could you possible hope to accomplish by keeping him by your side? Nothing. You can gain nothing from him, just as you are nothingness, already ensconce in the darkness as you are. He is pure, uncorrupted, of the Light. You would only drag him down. Leave him to me," His voice switches from authoritative to coaxing. He's explained why Ven staying with Axel is no good, although it's mostly lies. If he truly thought Axel could corrupt him, he would leave Ven with him. He wants him to accept the darkness.

"I understand that you wish to protect the boy, shelter him. However, you can do nothing but harm to him, even if you mean well. He belongs with me. He knows me, knows I can help him in a way no other can. Let me help him." His tone changes again on the last line, the or else hinted clearly in his tone.

[chronicbackstabdisorder]

Axel's not an easy one to sway with words. Promises and threats are equally unimportant in his eyes. And as to trying to break him down by pointing out his flaws or trying to say he's only hurting those he wants to help... well. Axel's pretty aware of his flaws already and accepts them, even embraces them.

It's be a lie to say he doesn't find that power a little alarming. But he's not the type to back down. Even if he gets snuffed out, he'll go down swinging and try to leave his enemy something to remember him by.

"Not very polite to just barge into someone's home, you know. And you talk about me dragging him down when I can practically feel the darkness you put off?"

It's like Xemnas in that regard as well as in the power itself. The way this guy wears the darkness like a second skin. Natural and absolutely terrifying.

"Might as well drop the act, pops. Been there, done that. What do you really want with the kid?"