Chapter 21: Toxicity

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What do you mean you lost track of him!?

I looked away only for a second, I heard someone else coming down the hallway and went to go check! You know we had an intruder in the city recently, I was doing my job!

Well some castle guard you are!

-Xigbar and Vexen were furiously shouting at one another, how could this have happened? How could there leader have been injured like this?-

If he dies 2, I will never, ever forgive you.

That makes two of us, stop bitching and make sure he keeps breathing you half baked twit.

What's going on in here?

-Came a soft voice, slowly coming from a near by branching hallway to the labs basement was Zexion, rubbing his eye tiredly. The yelling had awoken him. Vexen, Zexion, and Lexaeus all kept there bedrooms directly connected to the lab. It mostly was for convenience. Vexen scoffed, hugging himself in agitation, as well as severe stress.-

Our "castle guard" screwed up and almost got Xemnas killed!

For the last fucking time 4 I was doing my job! For all I knew it was an illusion and seeing Xemnas go outside was a trap to let someone else get in.

-Xigbar never shouted, it was such a waste of energy, and a head ache, but this he refused to be scolded for. If Xemnas were conscious even he would agree that Xigbar's decision to check the other noise out and lag behind was the safe one. Xemnas was a competent fighter, and this whole thing was merely a freak accident. Vexens sharp greens leered at Xigbar's piss poor excuse, well piss poor in his opinion. He snarled out with Venom, those daggers in his eyes prepared to nail the man to his wall and tear his throat out.-

If, my best friend dies 2, I will tie you down to my lab table, and do things to you that even 12 would find distasteful and inhumane.

-Zexion shivered, composing himself before murmuring softly.-

Vexen... go take your medication.

-Vexen seemed to snap from his anger like outburst, tensing. He turned on his heels, and marched right to his desk for his Rx.-

...Excuse me? What medication?

Its none of your business Xigbar, leave Vexen alone.

Its for Anxiety.

-Lied Vexen, as he sat down in his chair with a sigh. He reached for two pill bottles on the desk each with "Even" on the label. An implication that he was required to seek external assistance for medication, he did not make it himself. One bottle was labeled Seroquel, the other Zoloft. While these medications could be used for anxiety and several related or connected disorders, anxiety was merely a symptom of Vexen's actual problem, and Zexion knew if he continued yelling and growing agitated, something most unfortunate could happen.-

How the fuck do you have anxiety? We don't have feelings and--

Xigbar! Leave Vexen alone!

-Zexion was not one to raise his voice, but he was not going to allow Xigbar to cause exactly what Zexion was trying to prevent. Vexen sat at his desk taking his medication and ignoring Xigbar, he knew what Zexion was worried about, and he wished not to burden the younger male with such things. "Pretending" to be angry, was not worth that. A soft sound was heard from the other side of the room, and everyone turned to look and see Xemnas shifting in the bed, cooing softly in his slumber, he then made a sound of discomfort, causing Xigbar to be at his side within an instant, no longer bothering with the book worm or scientist. He planted himself in a chair right next to Xemnas's bed, Xemnas mumbled something in his sleep.-

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