X had always found the lanes between kind of boring. They were colorful, sure. And the lights would blur in a kinda cool way. But it was all the same kind of thing, over and over, and over. The only mildly interesting thing X had was Terra. But Terra had been quiet the entire time they had been in the lanes between this time. X supposed Hades had shaken him, somehow.

X glanced at Terra to see him looking at an orange star shaped charm. X leaned forward to get a better look at it. He guessed it was important to him, but he couldn't remember seeing it before. But it looked something like a Thalassa charm that people in X's world would make when they were at the beach. Wayfinders, according to some.

"Are you ok?" X asked. Terra jolted from his thoughts, lowering the charm. He glanced over at X. The blonde Heartless had his head tilted to the side in question.

"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine." Terra replied. He looked forward again as X frowned. He was obviously not fine. If Terra wasn't careful he would lose his heart before it was time. He'd turn into a Heartless. That wouldn't be good.

X was jolted from his thoughts when he saw a large swarm of Unversed. X blinked a few times to be sure he was seeing things correctly. When the swarm didn't vanish with a blink he decided it wasn't a hallucination.

"All the way out here?" Terra asked in surprise. X only shrugged before carefully positioning himself on the back of Terra's glider. It would difficult for them both to fight out here, but they had to try. A group of Unversed that large wouldn't let them pass without a fight.

X had no idea how they managed the fight. Even more, he had no clue how he managed to remain on the back of the glider during the fight. The jellyfish-like Unversed were more obnoxious than anything. They were easily killed by the glider running into them. X was throwing his daggers at them. Even such a weak attack one shot the Unversed. X could only assume Vanitas was just making these Unversed to be annoying.

Once the Unversed were gone X and Terra looked around to ensure there were no more hanging around. X froze seeing a spaceship of some kind above them. They were pulled toward the ship suddenly. X tried to fight against it, but he couldn't get away. X lost consciousness before they reached the ship.

X woke up in a small cell laying across a bed. He sat up slowly, calmly looking around. He seemed to be pretty far up off the ground. He approached the edge of the cell where a clear panel acted as the door. X didn't know what the panel was made of. He tapped at the panel as a strange pair walked past. X didn't how to describe the two of them. He guessed the really big one reminded him of a whale. The other one was nothing like X had ever seen before.

X sighed and sat down beside the panel. He tossed his dagger into the air and watched it flip before catching it. He repeated the motion several times trying to relieve his boredom. After a few moments X heard the sound of gunshots. He glanced off to the side to see the whale guy shooting at a hoard of Unversed. X watched for just a moment before returning to throwing his dagger.

Soon after the whale guy left the holding area Terra stopped in front of X's cell. X looked at Terra from the floor calmly, continuing to toss his dagger. Terra smirked a little looking down at the Heartless.

"Comfortable?" Terra asked. X rolled his eyes as he caught his dagger for the last time.

"Now is hardly the time to be patronizing me. We have Unversed to kill." X said sarcastically. Terra laughed.

"Right." Terra agreed. He pointed his keyblade at the cell. In a flash of like the cell opened. X stood and twirled his dagger in his hand.

Terra and X took out the Unversed quickly clearing the cell bay of the creatures. Terra and X stopped in front of a cell with a very fat alien life form with four eyes. He wore what looked like a prison uniform. That seemed likely as they were in a prison.

"Very impressive display." The alien said. Terra turned to look at the alien before looking at X. X raised his eyebrows calmly. Without a word, they turned to walk away from the cell. "Wait! You help? I have been imprisoned on ridiculous charges!" The alien demanded. Terra frowned and turned back to the cell. X sighed in disbelief. The alien was in prison, he was clearly lying. Why was Terra even bothering to listen?

"Is that so?" Terra asked.

"I am an innocent scientist who created the galaxy's most destructive--uh...constructive species of all time." The alien said. X rolled his eyes, no wonder this guy got caught. He was terrible at lying. Terra, however, allowed the alien to continue. "Why, my experiment could annihilate creatures you fought so hard! He is bulletproof, fireproof, and can think faster than super computer. He can see in the dark and move objects 3,000 times his rather diminutive size. And for reasons preposterous, the federation council fear him. They take him from me and throw me here in small, stuffy, rather badly lit cell." The alien continued. X saw multiple reasons to fear that creation. But it also could be of use.

"Because he's so powerful?" Terra asked. X looked at Terra in disbelief.

"You're not actually buying what this guy is selling are you?" X asked. Terra ignored X and waited for the alien to continue his explanation.

"Exactly. Everyone always get antsy in pantses when somebody more powerful is in the neighborhood. You understand, perhaps?" The alien said. Terra didn't speak but looked down to his keyblade. X frowned looking at the blade himself. The alien must not have been as stupid as X had originally thought. "We must make to rescue him, or he'll be banished to far reaches of space!" The alien pleaded.

"Ok then. Take me to him." Terra said, looking up at the alien. X sighed heavily.

"Oh my god, you actually are," X muttered to himself. Terra didn't acknowledge if he heard X. He only pointed his key at the cell and freed the alien.

"Experiment 626. Is name I give to adorable, fluffy creature you are helping for to rescue. And I am genius scientist who created him, Dr. Jumba Jookiba." The alien introduced.

"I'm Terra. He's X." Terra said as he often did in new worlds. X nodded as his name was said, but otherwise didn't respond.

"Pleasure is all ours. 626 is this way. Hurry!" Jumba said.

The alien led Terra and X through the spaceship. X didn't know how he knew where anything was. A prisoner shouldn't have so much knowledge of his holdings. If he did he really wasn't a prisoner anymore.

The room they ended up in had a small container sort of thing with a small blue creature wearing orange clothing. The blue creature was growling and snarling at the three of them. He had six legs and antena like protrusions along his back. X slowly approached the creature in interest.

"Amazing, is he not? Such, tremendous power in such itty-bitty package. Truly, he is the one and that's the only- the mightiest creature in all of galaxy. And his only, singular instinct- to destroy everything he touches! See?" Jumba said as he worked on a panel of some kind. X assumed he was going to release the little creature. X didn't like the idea of calling him experiment 626. It made it seem like a belonging rather than a living creature.

"What?!" Terra demanded. X glanced over his shoulder at the brown haired keyblade wielder.

"Told you." X said calmly looking back to the creature. Jumba released the creature from its containment. The creature jumped onto Terra's arm quickly and crawled around the keyblade wielder for a time. It soon jumped off of Terra to the ceiling. It was holding a charm that X had seen before. The very same one Terra had been looking at moments before they had seen the Unversed that led them here.

Terra searched his pockets desperately, hoping that wasn't actually his wayfinder X guessed. He looked up at the creature with panic.

"When did you-- give that back!" Terra ordered.

"Too late, is already marked for destruction." Jumba said off handedly. X frowned looking up at the creature. X decided he'd have to come up with something to call it. He didn't like calling it a creature anymore than he liked calling it a number.

"No, stop! My friend gave me that!" Terra demanded. He looked down at the floor in defeat. The creature, Blue X decided, looked at the wayfinder in interest. X supposed he had never heard the word friend before.

""Friend"? Are you joking?" Jumba asked falling over in laughing. X resisted his urge to walk over and step on the alien. "Such concept is totally lost on 626!" Jumba continued. Blue however decided to drop the wayfinder and scurry off. X went over to the wayfinder and picked it up before handing it off to Terra. Terra looked at the orange charm with a smile.

"Funny... This whole time I've been telling myself I want to be stronger, more independent... But the second I let my heart do the talking... I find out how little I really know myself. And how much I miss them." Terra said. X didn't know if he was talking to himself or X. He decided to play it safe by not saying anything. "That experiment of yours... You sure about him? Maybe, in his heart, he wants friends just like the rest of us." Terra asked, turning to face Jumba.

"Impossible! Pshah! He has no actual feelings- only destructive instincts I have carefully chosen for him. Or perhaps you need another demonstration of my evil geniusness!" Jumba said, almost seeming offended that they were doubting him. X decided that he really did not like the fat alien.

Jumba pulled out a flask of water and something that looked like a yellow marble. He dropped th marble into the flask of water and looked away as a bright flash of light filled the room. The marble shifted forms becoming a yellow creature somewhat similar to Blue. The creature sparked and laughed before dashing across the room, lightning trailing after him.

X stood back and let Terra handle the creature. He didn't have it in him to fight something like this. He just couldn't justify it in his mind. X did act as support for Terra, using healing and buffer spells he had learned from his sister. It helped a little bit, but X wasn't sure how Terra was managing to keep up with the little thing. It was moving quickly, like the electricity it controlled.

Terra did manage to beat the yellow creature, turning it back into its marble state. The marbled rolled over to Jumba who fell to his knees to pick up the marble, acting concerned for the creature.

"Oh, you'll be all right, little one." Jumba said softly to the marble. X glanced to Terra in question. He didn't think that was normal behavior. But he could have been wrong.

As Terra crossed the room to Jumba Blue returned, approaching Terra from behind. Jumba looked around Terra to the blue creature. Blue stood up and looked at Terra curiously, his ears falling back. Jumba stood and looked at Blue curiously.

"What is it? Why have you returned?" Jumba asked. Blue made a growling like sound that X assumed was him trying to communicate. What it meant X wasn't sure.

"Did either of you get that?" X asked, glancing at Jumba and Terra. Terra looked at Blue with interest.

"Maybe he's wondering what a friend is." Terra suggested. Jumba scoffed.

"Ridiculous!" Terra ignored the fat alien and walked over to Blue, kneeling in front of him.

"My name is Terra." He said calmly. Blue tilted his head to the side.

"Ter...ra..." Blue repeated. Terra smiled and nodded.

"Yes. I can't explain friendship. When you feel it, you'll know it." Terra explained. Blue seemed to be captivated by what Terra said.

"Not if I have any say in matter! You are only meant to think about what it is you will destroy next. Now, I fix what is wrong with you." Jumba objected. Blue started growling and brisling at Jumba. Without thinking X stepped in front of Jumba, preventing him from getting any closer to Blue. Realistically X knew Jumba could push him out of the way. Jumba vastly out weighed him. But X wasn't going to allow that.

"Don't think you have the right to decide what another does with their life. That choice is theirs alone." X said with a deadly calm voice. He got a curious look from Terra, but he ignored it. He'd probably just have to explain himself later.

X was saved having to fight with the fat alien by an alarm going off. A panicked voice came on over the intercom.

"Red alert. Red alert. Experiment 626 and three prisoners have escaped from the cell bay. Security, locate the fugitives immediately. Repeat. Experiment 626 and three prisoners--"

"Took them long enough to notice." X commented looking up at the ceiling. Blue quickly ran off, heading to the door to escape and find a hiding place. Or possibly an escape route.

"Not so fast!" Jumba objected. X let him go. He wouldn't get very far as it was. The ship had to be on high alert at this point.

"Well, we can't stay here and get caught." Terra said looking to X. X smirked with a shrug.

"We could, but it's probably not in our best interest." X said. Terra rolled his eyes before summoning his keyblade armor. The two escaped with ease. In the lanes between X heard Terra mutter.

"Ven, Aqua, Y... I'll find some way to make things right." He said.

"I'm sure they want that too." X said, smiling briefly. Terra glanced over his shoulder at X. X couldn't see his expression but he could guess it was questioning.

"What was with you and 626 back there?" Terra asked looking forward again.

"Blue?" X asked, though he knew who Terra was talking about. Terra nodded in reply. "I can't stand the idea of your life falling in the hands of someone else. Of being controlled. Being nothing more than a number, or a letter." X explained calmly. Terra gave a shocked gasp. "I never wanted any of this to happen. But they took away my freedom. I was nothing, just something that had to be dealt with." X continued.

"They?" Terra asked. X ignored the question and looked at the lanes between around them.

One day the ones who did this to him would pay.