“Triskix,” the Leader started. “Now your report.” And if you lie to them I will see too it you will have a lot more pain in your future….
I closed my eyes and started calmly.
“I…..went to Wonderland,” I started. The was a somewhat hushed laugh. I knew everyone was thinking the same thing. Triskix in Wonderland??? Order Triskix to Wonderland??? “It was my mission to learn if the Queen of Hearts held any information on Organization Zero, but as I pressed for information, the Queen denied it to me, and I left. As I was starting to go back to the castle, Minx appeared and…..”
“Tell them about Minx,” the Leader smirked. And if you lie………….
I felt the sudden pang that came with talking about such subjects. The Leader had been to every part of my mind, but I thought I had managed to hide Minx’s identity from him. I took a breath and continued.
“Minx is a nobody whose original name was Nim. Nim’s full name was Nimra Heartnet. She had one brother who tried to protect her at all costs, but he failed in the end. His name was Kristian. Now if you take a look at my name…..” This was the painful part. My skin almost itched with the knowledge. “I am Kristian’s nobody…..”
There was a long pause, but the sound of clapping echoed in the nothingness. The Leader was clapping. I felt a sudden burst of rage, but I dismissed it as quickly as I could. The Leader stopped abruptly and crossed his arms again.
“Now then,” I continued. “I quarreled with Minx, but the Leader sent RaXi soon after the fight began.”
“Why did I send her?” the Leader’s sharp voice asked so full of malice it was almost seen throughout the room.
“Because,” I started trying to fight off the wave of anger running through me. “I was engrossed in such rage that if I continued to fight in the way I was, I would have destroyed Wonderland.”
“Continue,” the Leader said calmly.
“Then as I came back with RaXi to speak with the Queen again…..I found Zero had beaten me to her and had killed her in the end,” I answered coldly. “………I decided to keep moving to the next world…….which was the Land of Dragons…..in which……Minx appeared again….with Verex…..RaXi and I defeated them again, but I deemed that the world needed more protection…..so……invoking part of the Leader’s and my pact…..I used the Leader’s power to seal up that world from the shadow portals.”
“So if you sealed up the shadow portals that means that we can no longer access that world,” Lexian said sharply.
“Yes,” I answered.
A murmur went through both Ximh and Kyxsha. I closed my eyes again and tried to find the words to describe what next…..
“Then RaXi and I continued onto the Country of France where a corrupt butler sold out a Madame for Organization Zero. It turned into a trap that ended in my capture. I was intoxicated with a substance that broke any train of thought as well as nullified a bulk of my power. Then I was tied up and beaten for information that I refused to give. In the end I was freed by RaXi and we returned here.”
I felt my voice shake for a second as I said the last part. After that I leaned back in my chair. A chill had moved through the room, but it remained silent.
“Then it appears we are done,” the Leader said calmly. “Now then, Triskix you will be sent with Lexian to pursue the matter of these apprentices. I don’t care where you look, but I want information and quickly. Kyxsha and Ximh your job is to control the castle and once there are enough people, attack Citadel Abyss. Make them pay for attacking and entering Castle Oblivion. That is all.”
With that the Leader vanished from his chair. I opened a portal and entered with Lexian following. Kyxsha opened another portal and Xihm followed. I sighed looking around……the Library…….