Discovered
"Operation is a success so far.As long as that Sora shuts up, I should be able to study him more and get the information I need.It'll be hard with them around though...", Rixa said to herself, having woken up before anyone else, "I have to get away from here!"
"Good morning, Alexa.You sure like to wake up pretty early.", Sora yawned, stretching out his arms, "Did you have a good sleep?"
"None of your business, boy.What I do is up to me, and I could care less what you think."
"Geez, so aggresive.Alexa, I'm not a bad person.I won't do anything horrible to you, so you can trust me.", he said, smiling at her like he always did, "I promise."
God, he's such a knucklehead!How in the world did Riku and him become friends in the first place?
"Whatever.I'm leaving.This place is too crowded anyway.", she said, opening the front door, "And I hate crowded places."
She went outside and felt a cool breeze in her hair.The mansion she had seen near the cliffs captured her attention and she thought a closer look might give her some answers.Walking down the path with silence as her only companion, she began to review the many things she had learned from her encounters with Sora.She had yet to be impressed by him, even if Riku said he's more than he appears to be.Appearances didn't matter to her, but Sora...
Psh, such an uninteresting toy!
Once she was near the path that headed directly to the mansion, she let out a sigh.She had a feeling that going inside would be a bad idea.She tried forcing herself to enter, but her legs refused to move.She cursed at herself, but something moved close by.Tap, tap, tap...Step by step, the figure approached as Rixa kept her cool.The presence didn't seem to be dangerous to her, even if she could sense the power emanating from whoever was getting close to her.All of a sudden, Sora jumped out and surprised her, scaring her near death.
"Hey, Alexa, what are you doing out here?"
"You nincompoop!You scared me near death!What's the matter with you???"
"You shouldn't be out here, Alexa.The Heartless gather around here and you could get hurt.It's better if you come back with me and-"
"I'm not going back there, no matter what you say."
"Alexa...Hollow Bastion is too dangerous for a girl like you to be roaming around!I'll protect you, but you have to go back before something happens to you."
"Hollow Bastion...You don't scare me with names like that, Sora.I am going inside, so if you'll excuse me..."
"Hold it right there, Alexa!"
Alexa turned around and saw Leon staring right at her with his gunblade in hand.He was glaring at her, prepared to drag her back to the base if she didn't go willingly with him.He looked at Sora momentarily and nodded.Sora understood what he wanted and let him pass by to reach Rixa.
"Your lame attempt at trying to stop me won't work.But fine, if it's a fight you want..."
"Alexa, please...", Sora whispered, "Stop..."
"Let's go, Leon.You can't possibly-"
Someone had appeared out of nowhere and hit Rixa behind her neck, knocking her out.She fell to the ground and the figure stared at her.Sora realized that Cloud must have heard them talking and decided to do something to stop them.Cloud didn't smile, just stared at Rixa and groaned a little.He scratched his head with his left arm, covered with cloth, and ran his hand through his spiky blonde hair.
"Try to keep it down next time...", Cloud groaned...
