Axel sat silently at the table, slouching in the grey chair. His lips were curled to form his usual sassy smile, and he glanced to the other side of the table, where Marluxia and Larxene sat. Marluxia was twiddling with his fingers, lost in thought. Axel raised an eyebrow. He was curious about what Marluxia was pondering on, and why it took so long for him to share it with him and Larxene.
"Well?" Axel said as he sat up straight in the chair. He clasped his hands together and awaited an answer.
Marluxia just looked to Axel for a moment without replying. Axel huffed and looked away, soon becoming lost in his own train of thought. Marluxia spoke of a plan, a plan to take control over the Thirteenth Order, but it was obvious that he alone could not succeed. That's why he had Larxene and Axel. But even that wasn't enough.

"We'll convince someone else to join in," Marluxia mumbled. "But who…?"
Axel looked back to Marluxia, then to Larxene. "How about…Demyx?"
Larxene shook her head. "He doesn't look strong enough to handle the situation with us." Axel only shrugged.

"Saïx then?" Larxene looked to Marluxia. "No, he'd immediately tell Xemnas about it. He's too damn loyal to him."
"What abou-"
"Hush!"

The three of them stopped speaking when they heard the sound of footsteps outside the room. Axel stood up from his seat and walked over to the door, then slowly placed his hand on the doorknob.
"Axel, sit down, you idiot," Larxene said, but Axel didn't listen. He opened the door slightly and peeked out. He snickered, and covered his mouth to hide the smile. "Saïx has a girlfriend… and she's pretty."

Larxene and Marluxia glanced at each other and walked towards the door. Larxene shoved Axel aside and she and Marluxia looked out the door. Axel was right. Saïx was with some girl with long blue hair.
"Who's she?" Larxene whispered to Marluxia. Marluxia didn't reply. He was as silent as death as he watched the two, mostly the girl. She looked depressed, the gloomy, hazy greenish-blue color of her eyes blended with the languid expression on her face.

"She can help us, Mar," said Axel.

Marluxia acted as if he wasn't paying attention to Axel, but he heard him clearly. His eyes were still fixated on that new female. She suddenly looked to him, and Marluxia quickly pulled back into the safety of the room. He closed the door and headed back to his seat. He looked a bit flustered.
"What happened?" Larxene asked and went to her seat as well.
"Eh, nothing."
"I think Mar-Mar has a crush…" Axel snickered.
"Shut up, Axel," Marluxia scoffed, "I don't have a heart. How can I love?"
"Well, you have to admit she's pretty. That's probably why you were reaching for your-" Axel was interrupted by Marluxia, who was ready to slug him. "Finish that sentence, Axel," he snarled. "I dare you."

Axel smirked and looked down at Marluxia. He knew that Mar couldn't do much damage to him, but he'd rather not start anything negative between the two. At least for now.

"So are we gonna ask her to help us or not? We need as many allies as we can get," Larxene sighed and crossed her arms.
"Sure… why don't you go get her, Marluxia?"
Marluxia glared at Axel. "You go do it since you're the one picking on me."
"Well, you're the brains of this little plan and you know how to handle this situation better than I can. I would think you should do it."
"Fine, I'll do it."

Both Axel and Larxene chuckled as Marluxia teleported out the room. "Shall we watch him, Axel?"
"Sure, this should be funny," Axel said with a smirk. He and Larxene teleported out of the room and continued to snicker to themselves.