Tales of a Journey (Private!)

Rauxdi looked over at the robot before going over to her side hugging her, trying to comfort her in some way.

"She... Altessa had hung her up like a chicken ready to be skinned with what looks like rope from the burn left on her skin. I checked her body already and she has more bruises and cuts all over her body, pierced through her chest at least 3 or 4 times. There doesn't seem to be any internal organs missing, except one thing that was bothering me," Rose said as she got up to her feet and stepped away from the body.

"One thing? What was it?" Riri asked as she looked down at the body before looking over at the blonde woman. "She... was stabbed in the stomach, it was around the same area where... when a woman would be carrying a baby, like she could was pregnant in a sense as if Altessa was stabbing the womb." Rose said as she turned to face them.
"You wouldn't think..." Xander looked over at Rauxdi as Scarlett shook her head, "No, she must of been! But... Do you think she really was pregnant?"

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The woman was still looking down writing something when little Audri went over and pulled on the woman's dress, "Miss Hatter? I need you help." The woman stopped what she was going before looking back at Audri with a smile on her face. "Hello sweetheart what do you need," The woman asked, as she looked exactly like the present Audri, except for her eye color being a blood red.

 

"There was also one thing that Blood wanted me to look for, but I couldn't find it," Rose said as she went back to the corpse as she looked down at Lizabeth's pale and dead face. "What was it?" Andre asked as he went by the bed where Kinta was lying on.

"Well, Blood was saying on how there was thing... thing in her eye that is usually covered by an eyepatch, but um... I didn't see any type of symbol at all," Rose said as she pulled the eyelids open one at the time, showing the dead girl's dull blue eyes. "She doesn't have the symbol? That... that can't be possible!" Rauxdi said looking down at Lizabeth's peaceful face as Xenlo looked up curiously at the Nobody, "What's the hubbab dear?"

"It... she was... something is definitely wrong," Rauxdi said as she backed up falling upon the bed behind her.

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"You're not dreaming Monty. As I am... sort of Audri. I'm the part that is locked in here most of the time because of my insanity! That's why my nickname is 'Hatter'. Mad as a hatter, but I can't rhyme these words, or put a book together!" The woman laughed as the young Audri crawled upon the piano bench looking up at Audri. Something in the girl's eye was odd to the young girl, but she ignored it as she talked to the "Hatter".

"Can you help me Miss Hatter? Eberyone can die if Altessa isn't stopped," Audri said looking up at the red-eyed girl as she flickered her attention from the moogle to the little girl next to her.

 

Rose looked at Neli confused before looking over at Rauxdi that looked like she was going to speak.

"No, it was... Ok, this may sound weird, but I had put this "tracker" in Lizabeth's eye so I would know where she is," Rauxdi said as she sat up. "Raux, what are you doing?" Andre said as he walked over to her immediately as she was speaking. She looked at Andre before giving him a kiss on the cheek, "Telling them who we are."

Rauxdi stood up before she let out a sigh. "Ok, this might throw things out of proportion for everyone here but... I'm Audri's Nobody Rauxdi, and Xander is Andre's." Rauxdi said as Xander did a spit-take on the other side of the room. "Rauxdi?! What the hell?" Xander snapped as he walked over to the fellow Nobody fuming.

"I'm.. I'm sorry, but I can't really let this secret slide, mostly with the fact that Lizabeth is lying there dead as a doornail!" Rauxdi snipped as she pointed over to the corpse on the bed.

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"Well, seeing as that a little version of myself, or of my true self is here, that means that everyone is some deep shit and I have to save their whiny asses," Red Eyed Audri pointed out as she pat the younger girl on the head, "Also, you guys have to stop if I get out of control if I try and murder Altessa. I'll tell you guys this secret, but it's on your heads if something happens to me, alright?"

Red Eyes looked at the young Audri and Monty before the little girl held out her pinky, "Pinky promise?"

 

"You two... or er... "you" were not there at the time when I took Audri's heart," Andre said as he put his head in his hands as Rauxdi nodded her head, "From how I remember it, Andre and Audri were fighting about something, something about Audri afraid for her dear life since she thought that Andre was going to try and kill her... again. But this time, he actually suceeded somehow."

"Yes, Rauxdi showed up and before Audri's heart dissapeared, I put it back inside Audri. Rauxdi somehow has this weird... glitch in a way that Rauxdi can feel emotions because of Audri. Not that she can feel Audri's emotions and act them out as Audri's, but as her own.. personal will and emotions!" Andre said as he looked back up.

"Ok, then what does this have to do with Lizabeth, and when does Xander come into play?" Ace asked as she popped the question after being quiet for a while now. "Er, things get more complicated as Lizabeth is me. Well, to be more precise, she had my "shell" as what the Organization calls it," Rauxdi said putting up air quotes with her hands.

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The older woman looked at them both before holding her own fingers out, "Pinky promises to you both." A small light wrapped around the trio's pinkies before they pulled away. "What waz that?" Audri said gasping outloud in wonder as Red Eyed Audri looked at them, "It's a promise link that I create so I remember who I make my promises with. Um, back to the promise at hand though!

"So, why this is important for you two to stop me if I try to kill Altessa is because I'm not 21 yet. There's this... angel gene that if I murder or kill a human or something alive, this gene triggers, making me feel guilt and have myself commit suicide," Red Eyed Audri explained as she looked down at the piano keys in front of her.
Little Audri didn't understand the concept of this 'suicide', but she held the older woman's hand seeing on how she was sad.

 

"Well, yes and no. Tyki was never involved, I just tampered with his memories so he thought it was his own demeanor. That's where Xander comes in. If you can Xan," Andre looked over the the boy as he nodded. Xander pulled his torn trenchcoat on before pulling up the hood. After a few moments, he pulled it off to reveal he looked like Tyki, except a few inches shorter.

"Xander has the ability to transform into anyone that I have ever met before," Andre said as the Tyki look alike put the hoodie back on and changed himself back to Xander, "Xander became to be when I got attacked by hoards of heartless when I went traveling around by myself. So, I used him as an advantage to getting through to Audri."

"Ok, as creepy as it is, how is Lizabeth involved in this all?" Riri asked as Rauxdi went over seeing that the peacock was pacing around the room.
"Well, I... started falling for Rauxdi since I took care of her while Audri went back to the Organization. I came across Justis after my big fight with Audri and I told him how Nobodies don't have hearts. He offered to give his heart to me for Rauxdi since she had felt... incomplete, and then... things went wrong." Andre said as he have a sheepish look on his face.

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"Well, I suppose so," The Hatter sighed as Audri stood up on the piano bench, "Will you help us though?" "Of course!" The blonde Hatter said with a smile on her face as she looked at the papers on the piano, "But I have to finish this before the week is up.."

 

"Well, when we gave Rauxdi Justis' heart, it... changed her." Xander said as Rauxdi crossed her arms annoyed as the peacock looked at her., "It erased my existence of everything that ever happened like a reset button and gave the shell a new personality. It... Well, "I" had become "Lizabeth" and forgot everything I had with Andre. She met Justis later on and fell in love with him. They dated, had sex, etc. etc."

"So, let me get this straight. The heart somehow kicked out Rauxdi's "existence" and created Lizabeth because the shell now had a heart, is that bout right?" Scarlett said as Andre nodded looking up at the ceiling, "I came in Audri's mind and found Rauxdi was wandering out here, so not like the girl I fell for was gone forever, she was just evicted from her first shell."

"Have I ever told you that you guys are completely over your heads in confusing ruckus?" Rose asked as Riri just laughed, "Sorry, but we're usually this confusing on a daily basis. Wether it be looking for cures to diseases or being swallowed by whales!"
"Eh, yeah, I figured you guys were fucking insane since Audri told me of all the insane stories I hear from you all," Xenlo said before Rose walked over to him with a glare on her face, "Xenlo, what aren't you telling me, and who are these people really?"
"Well, if i told you, you wouldn't believe me," Xenlo said gesturing to the group as Rose arched a brow before crossing her arms across her chest, "Try me dad. I've had my dead sister-in-law beat me up, have my little girl run off somewhere because of Blood, and I keep hearing you speak of someone else named Audri!" Xenlo just looked at the woman who was shaking a tad in rage as he put his hand on her shoulder, "I'll explain everything when I take you home earlier, ok?"
The woman seemed to calm down, and she smiled weakly up at the Noah before cracking her knuckles, "I don't think so."
POW!
Xenlo fell back with a dazed look on his face as Rose stood there holding her hand complaining how that was probably the dumbest thing she ever did in her life.

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"Of course not! I mean, this is Altessa we're talking about. She's got nothing on me, but I do get out of hand at times," Hatter said sheepishly as the young girl pulled a piece of paper down looking at the picture with words, "What are yu making?"
"A storybook for Andre. I never got him a present for our birthday, so I decided to pull together a book with all the fairytales we read as kids," Hatter said ruffling the girl's hair as she looked at the picture with a smile on her face.

 

"Errr, what?" Rose said a little baffled by Kinta's(or Ranma's) statment making Riri nodd in agreement, "Yeah, in a way, you're just a memory from Audri's past."

"Why in her past, I mean... I'm still alive in the future, correct?" Rose asked trying to change the subject to a more cheerful one. Rauxdi and Xander looked away while Andre looked up at his memory-mom with a pitiful look on his face.

"...Right?" Rose said a little meekly as she stood there in the silence-filled room. "Rose... I mean, Mom... I'm sorry," Andre said as he stood up going towards her. She just stood there before she growled, "What happens to me?" "Mo-"

"DAMNIT ANDRE, WHAT HAPPENS!" She shouted at the demon, making him cringe before Rose fell to her feet trying to keep herself from crying.

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"Well, I suppose we should," The Hatter said standing on her feet as she bounced herself over to the wardrobe and coat hanger by the door, "I'm going to get my fancy attire for this lovely occasion~!"

"Why Miss Hatter?" The young girl asked as she looked back to the Hatter putting out various styled top hats. "It's been a while since I came out for anything is all dear," Hatter said with a toothy grin back at the two sitting by the piano.

 

Rose grabbed Neli's arm and pulled her into a hug as she started to whine, "Someone tell me what happens at the least!!" "No one knows Rose," Andre said as he crouched down in front of his mother, "I wasn't even there when you died... Can we just put this behind us for now and just deal with getting away from Altessa?"

Rose looked up at him before nodding, "Sorry I've been overreacting a lot lately. A tad bipolar I suppose." "Yeah, true... but your mood swings might be more than just overreacting." Rauxdi said as she looked over at the woman with a curious expression on her face.

Rose looked at the Nobody confused before Andre stood up and looked at the others, "Right, so what type of ideas do we have that we can go and stop Altessa with?"

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"Hah, your siblings are the oddest!" The Hatter said with a smile on her face as she put on a pair of goggles around her neck, "But I do like making an entrance on occasions, but it's hard to when everyone fears you at times!"

"Fear?" Little Audri asked confused before the Hatter nodded as she pulled on a long shredded cloak, "It's a long story I don't wanna get into right now."

 

"Hmm, don't forget the idiot that can travel through time," Xander said as he kicked Xenlo's head lightly as he was out cold on the floor.

Andre paced around the room for a second before snapping his fingers, "I think I got an idea!

"Ok, so we can have Xander disguise himself as Justis and try to distract Altessa. Then, when her guards down, the rest of us can find a way to pin her in one spot and beat her down!" Andre said as Rauxdi raised an eyebrow at the demon, "Ok, but what about Lizabeth? We can't just leave her body unattended!"

"Well, we can have Rose and Blood stay here just incase something tries to take the body," Andre muttered as Rose frowned, "But we're pretty powerless ourselves at the moment! What if someone does come by to look for the body?"

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"Sure thing!" The Hatter said as she went over to another closet which almost every weapon to mankind flooded out of the small door. "Woah! Shiny objects!" Little Audri giggled as she jumped off the piano bench and ran over to the assorted weapons flooding the floors.

 

"Well, guess that's done with," Blood sighed as Rose looked up at the red-eyed man, "Oh, should we show them what we found before we leave?" "Oh... Oi!" Blood went to the end of the room as he pushed something on a rollaway cart in the middle of the room. There was a sheet over it, that is until Blood pulled the white sheet off. What was there revealed to be a glass coffin, and inside the coffin was a sleeping Altessa.

"Holy Shi-" Andre caught himself as his mother sent a glance in his direction as he tapped the glass on the coffin. She didn't move, she didn't even react, or seem to be breathing. "What is Altessa doing in there?!" Scarlett hissed as Blood held up a piece of paper, "It's Altessa's body when she first died 20 years ago. Audri brought it here for some type of tests she was doing on it, the note says for us to not open it since the coffin keeps the body from decomposing."

"So, it's been where these last 20 years?" Rauxdi asked as Blood looked at the note, "It was in the basement of the Noah's mansion... manor... thingy." "That's..... ew," Riri shuddered at the thought of a dead body lying in a basement for many years without anyone knowing.

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"Yea, I keep alot of them here so I can make the weapons form the blood I bleed!" Hatter said cheerfully as she grabbed a few missiles with its own rocket launcher. "What does this do?" The blonde girl asked as she waved a pistol in her hands as Hatter sweatdropped, "Don't pull the trigger."