well everyone here's chapter 14 some of this may be remembered from my previous Lonex story. it's been altered a lot. i hope it's enjoyed. =D
Chapter 14: Reawakening
Selvix sat at on his seat in another room separated from Salix’s experimentation and research facility. His music blared loudly emanating from a pair of large headphones that Selvix wore over his ears. Listening to the music Selvix tapped his right foot away to the steady beat very much enjoying the music while he now had some time off. While he had been a Nobody his taste for music had somewhat vanished. But now that he had a heart again it was quite different. Salix had left him in charge of the stronghold while both he and Xishn had left. At this point Selvix could have been doing just about anything he wanted to. But somehow he felt a bit unnerved now that Salix had released it. But regardless, there wasn’t much that Selvix was capable of doing at this point. Suddenly a portal opened up on one of the other seats in the room as Salix appeared with his hood up covering his face.
“What happened,” Selvix asked as he turned off his music and pulled his headphones so they were now around his neck rather than on his ears.
“They know what they need to know now. Although they might be catching on a bit too much now,” Salix replied.
“So then what do you suggest we do now,” Selvix asked.
“We continue with the plan. If they catch on too much, Daxic should be able to handle things with the Order by himself. We should continue to deal wit h the plate we have now rather than thinking about seconds,” Salix answered.
“How should we go about dealing with Rextanse and Sora then,” Selvix asked.
“…Rextanse is a bit of a problem. We need to separate him from Sora. But in order to do that we’ll have to wait for Xaneth to wake up. Once that happens I’ll have the plan move into its next stage of action,” Salix explained.
Selvix suddenly felt something change in the atmosphere of the stronghold as he turned his attention to his left side and stared at the wall.
“Hmm, it appears that Lonex is awake,” Selvix replied as he blinked and turned his attention back to Salix.
“Then perhaps, I shall allow a slight change of plans. You know what that means, right,” Salix asked as he gazed over to his right side at a person hidden by the shadows of the room.
“Yes,” the person replied.
“Good then go and defeat Sora. Afterwards bring him back here. As for Rextanse, you may deal with him as you please. Just so long as he can no longer speak after the battle,” Salix explained.
“Ok,” the person said after a short pause.
Suddenly a black portal enveloped the person and then disappeared leaving only Salix and Selvix in the room. Selvix who had earlier turned his attention to the person hidden by the shadows now turned his attention back to Salix again.
“Is it really wise to be sending him out so soon? He could become corrupted,” Selvix warned him.
“It doesn’t matter. Regardless of whether he wins or loses he’s going to have to perish eventually. After all, he was only created so that I could see what he was truly capable of,” Salix replied.
“I see so, what if he fails to defeat Sora and Rextanse,” Selvix asked.
“Then we eliminate him. One who can no longer serve their purpose, does not deserve to exist,” Salix answered.
“And Xishn,” Selvix asked.
“I told him he’d get the chance to fight Sora again, if it was necessary. However as of now I hardly find any reason to allow him to do so,” Salix replied.
“Ok then,” Selvix replied as he slipped his headphones back on his ears and began to tap his foot repeatedly to the beat of his song again.
Slowly the vague image of a beautiful landscape came to mind, it was filled with lush green grass and a beautiful blue sky. Its beauty was unparalleled and it shone like the moon did every night. A vague blur appeared clouding the image of the beautiful village but then slowly disappeared. As the image came back the village appeared in flames one of the windmills was set ablaze and fire danced upon it as the once beautiful village turned into a giant candle.
“No, Stop it. Stop it,” a voice suddenly screeched.
Lonex’s eyes popped open as he struggled around in the tank. His sweat slowly began to mix with the odd liquid in the healing tank that he was currently occupying.
“Still having that dream I see,” a voice said as a portal opened up in front of the healing tank and Xishn walked out of it.
Lonex suddenly began to bang his fists up against the glass as he began to panic.
“Hey hold up a minute. If you break the glass for the tank again I’ll be the one in trouble,” Xishn said as he walked over and placed his left hand lightly against the glass tube.
Slowly the liquids drained and Lonex landed lightly on the floor as the tube began to open until he was released from its containment. As he tried to stand his legs suddenly gave out from under him as he fell to his hands and knees and stared down at the floor. Lonex’s vision was blurry from just awakening and he felt a bit odd since he was also breathing rather heavily. Suddenly he felt an odd feeling building up in his stomach. As it began to build up it edged slowly up his throat until, chunks of food blew forward onto the floor staining it with his digestive juices and pieces of half eaten food.
“…I guess I can take that as a yes,” Xishn said as he stared down at Lonex.
Lonex slowly wiped his right hand over his lips and then quickly flicked his wrist throwing his digestive juices that had been on his lips from his right hand.
“Did you really come here just to insult me,” Lonex asked.
“Naw, I actually came for other reasons. But since you’re awake, I might as well help out,” Xishn answered.
“…Do you think, you can return to the way you were? Before you became this,” Lonex asked.
“Beats the hell out of me, I’m not really into that scientific mumbo-jumbo like Salix is and to tell you the truth, I honestly don’t care. I was screwed over before I became a Nobody and now I’ve been screwed over again. But perhaps, I guess if I had to have an option, I’d choose to be whatever I would benefit from more,” Xishn replied. “But don’t forget, if Selvix became a full being again it shouldn’t be impossible for the same to happen to you.”
“I see. Then maybe, there’s still hope,” Lonex said as he slowly stood up wobbling a bit as he made his way to his feet again.
Lonex slowly lifted his left hand and touched the white mask he had on the left side of his face gently making sure that the mask was still securely fastened to his head. Xishn stared at him for a second and then burst out laughing.
“Hope? Damn, you must really wanna become a full being again,” Xishn said halting his laughter as he smirked at his ally.
“I intend to become a full being, no matter what it costs along the way,” Lonex replied.
“Bah whatever, a heart just holds you back with fear, sadness and all those other petty emotions. In truth the heart is powerful, and yet worthless at the same time. I just don’t understand what you’d want with one anyways,” Xishn said.
“To remember, to feel, what it felt like,” Lonex answered.
“Yeah whatever you say. I guess you can have fun with your toy if you want to,” Xishn said as a portal opened up behind him. “Oh yeah and remember to see Salix when you’re done cleaning up here.”
“Ok,” Lonex replied as Xishn slowly disappeared into his portal leaving Lonex alone again.
Lonex slowly reached his left hand up as he removed his mask slowly, making sure not to injure himself. The entire left half of his face was burnt scared and had minor bits of torn tissue. Slowly Lonex walked over to the pod he had been in and stared at his reflection. His wounds still looked fresh but it had been years since he had received them. The wounds themselves didn’t hurt it was more the realization that they would never truly heal that really hurt. As Lonex stared forward he reached his right hand up and gently touched the flesh on the left side of his face. The feeling was almost intolerable. As the pain shot forward he bit down hard with his teeth and shut his eyes tightly until the pain had vanished. Lonex slowly removed his right hand and then placed his mask in his left hand securely back on what was left of the left side of his face.
“Hope, just hope,” Lonex muttered as he stared up at the pale white color on the top of the ceiling.