Note that the teaming of Roxas and Luxord was kind of random on my part. But it did give me an idea for chapter titles.

Disclaimer: I don't own Detroit or Kingdom Hearts, but I do love both games greatly.

Warning: Potential spoilers if you haven't fully explored the options offered in Detroit and/or if you haven't but intend to play Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.

Nobodies: Beings lacking a heart, incapable of emotion and only able to recall the memory of emotions from their Somebody lives. They do not truly feel however, despite all appearances.

Androids: Mechanical creations that imitate the living, the closest they have to a heart is a thirium pump. They do not feel, only simulate emotions.

Right?

"Roxas. You and Luxord will be going to a world that has experienced some... interesting changes. In the past the world was lacking in heartless and use."

"Sounds like there was no point going before. What's different now?" Came a surprisingly brazen question from the gambler. The Nobody had seemingly resigned himself to being a pawn in recent times. Luxord like most in the Organization stood considerably tall. He had short platinum blonde hair and a goatee that matched. Eyes an electric blue and shining on his ears were a few small rings and an odd stud on one ear lobe. But that's where any differences ended, as his attire consisted of the Organization's black coat that hid just about everything else.

Looking out of the corner of his eye, Roxas looked towards the platinum blonde Nobody. Someone he had worked with before but not extensively. The Gambler of Fate they called him. Already Roxas knew this world was likely to be weird then. Previously, most missions with Luxord took the blonde to Wonderland, which was perhaps the strangest place Nobodies had ever been to. It wasn't that Roxas had anything against the other Nobody, in fact if a term had to be used one might say Roxas liked Luxord.

But liking someone would suggest emotion. Something Nobodies lacked due to the absence of hearts.

Roxas honestly couldn't help but associate Luxord with weird however. Wonderland was definitely a bizarre place where the cards would try to kill you. Not mentioning the fact Luxord looked at everything as though it were a game. Axel, another Nobody who Roxas would dare to call a friend in the past had forbidden the young blonde from playing games with the older blonde. The young blonde didn't particularly understand it, but he did trust Axel. Well, he had trusted Axel anyways.

The young blonde in question had a darker blonde shade of hair that leaned to the side slightly. His eyes a shade of ocean blue. That was all as far as descriptive traits went however before another black coat came in to play. Although one might note the younger's oddly large shoes.

"Machines called androids may be developing hearts of their own." The one doling out a mission was the Organization's second in command, Saix. The Luna Diviner, also probably the most temperamental or the Organization's members. A man with blue hair that went a bit past the shoulders and was spiked on the top. His more recognizable features however were the dark golden eyes and the scar shaped like a "x" that seemed in perfect alignment with the bridge of his nose in the crosshairs of the scar. Just like Roxas and Luxord, he also wore a black coat. "We want the two of you to check it out. If these androids are truly developing hearts of their own, they may yet be of some use to us."

That statement alone brought both the gambler and the youth into full attention. After all, gaining hearts of their own were a part of the goal of the Organization. If these androids were developing hearts of their own, then there may yet be hope for them.

Seeming satisfied that he had their full cooperation now, Saix turned away from them to the window. His golden eyes gazing upon a form in the dark sky that was not quite a moon. But a large glowing heart that seemed to bear some resemblance to a moon. That was Kingdom Hearts... or the start of it anyways. It was far from being completed yet. "Make your final preparations and leave immediately. I expect a full report once you both return."

Roxas made a mental checklist of things to gather for the trip. Potions and elixirs naturally, because things could always go bad. A few different gears for the Keyblade would be a good idea as well. Before going to gather his things the young blonde hesitated. "Where are we going exactly?"

"Detroit."

With everything that had happened recently, saying anything to his friends Axel and Xion seemed meaningless. The three's dynamic had been completely thrown out a window. Xion kept to herself and while Axel had tried to make amends with Roxas, the blonde wasn't having it. So the plethora of tension had kept the three apart since Xion's return.

But that didn't mean they never saw one another.

On his way back to the Gray Area to meet with Luxord, Roxas found Axel in the hall. Seemingly waiting.

Axel was one of the taller Nobodies in the Organization. His mane of fiery red hair was a mess of spikes. A pair of sharp forest green eyes that was hard to miss. Beneath each eye a small purple triangle tattoo. Even with the Organization coat, the man stuck out all too well.

At the sight, Roxas immediately considered turning around or opening a Dark Corridor away. Despite this however, the young Nobody continued on his way, fully intent on ignoring Axel.

It was too bad Axel wasn't good with being ignored. "Roxas, I hear you have a mission...?" When he got no reply however and the blonde was walking past him the red haired Nobody grabbed his shoulder. "Hey, Roxas. You can't just keep ignoring me." His forest green eyes narrowed, hinting at his own annoyance.

"Watch me." Came the flat retort as Roxas shrugged off his friend. He was very intent on meeting Luxord at the Gray Area so they could go. But before he could get far from Axel a figure in an Organization coat appeared.

They had their hood up, but there was only one Organization member as short as Roxas.

"... Xion?" The name escaped him without resistance. She'd been so scarce since being brought back by Axel. He was surprised to see her moving about the castle.

A small curse could be heard from Axel, but from there the trio remained silent. The tension was worthy of cutting through with their respective weapons. Xion was the first to make a move. She raised her hand and a large disk of shadows seemed to open up before her, creating a Dark Corridor. Without so much as a word she stepped through and disappeared.

Roxas glanced over his shoulder at Axel, offering only a glare before making way to the Gray Area.

What first greeted the blonde Nobodies after exiting the Dark Corridor to Detroit was rain. They were on a mostly abandoned street, a few rundown buildings mixed with a few small businesses. Roxas could only assume it was night with how dark it was. Despite all that however, they weren't the only ones out. There were a few figures down the street just a little ways from them.

None of them seemed to have noticed the Nobodies however.

One of the strangers left on a large truck, a garbage collector was an easy assumption. The man was in what appeared to be some kind of uniform, largely green in color except for the bright blue band on his arm. But what was most eye catching was the strange circle of light on the man's temple that shone with a tint of blue. As the garbage truck went past the strange man seemed to notice them as his gaze rested on them. If he had a problem however, he did nothing about it as the truck went on it's way.

"We should get out of this rain." Luxord stated, watching the two that had been left behind. A woman and a young girl by the looks of it.

The woman was in an eye catching white outfit with a blue band of light over the right bicep, much like the garbage collector. From where the Nobodies were at they could make out brown hair. Most notably however was the circle on her temple like the garbageman. She was talking to the young girl and the two seemed ready to move as the girl stood up from the covered bench and took the woman's hand.

As for the girl, she looked soaked to the bone. A clear contrast to woman who seemed unaffected. Her hair was in a brown ponytail and her pink sweater clung to her body. Roxas couldn't stop the thought of helping the little girl. But he knew Luxord wouldn't agree to the idea at all. With any luck the woman with the girl would be able to get her out of the rain soon though. Seeing the pair go into what looked like a store eased the young blonde's mind slightly.

"Any ideas?" Roxas questioned, turning his attention to the other blonde Nobody. Long term missions weren't common and Roxas himself had never been on one that kept him out for more than a day. He'd only ever heard of long term missions, most notably the one to Castle Oblivion where the Organization lost some considerable numbers. But he was sure Luxord had done a long term mission or two before, the older Nobody would be missing for days at a time often. Not to mention he likely had memories from life before becoming a Nobody.

Luxord looked about the empty street. For a moment his gaze rested on the motel sign but he sighed and shook his head. Then he turned towards the row of condemned buildings. "Don't suppose you've ever done some breaking and entering?"

"Huh?"

Under the hood Luxord had a cunning smile. "Think it's time you learned how to survive Roxas."

The cryptic Gambler of Fate led the way towards a chain link fence. Beyond the fence was a house all boarded up with no sign of life. Luxord glanced around for a moment before taking out a deck of cards that had a stretched hexagonal shape to them. The backs of the cards marked with crisscrossing purple marks. "If you see anyone coming our way, shout."

Roxas frowned before turning to keep an eye out. He watched silently and witnessed the woman and child rushing across the street towards what he believed was a laundromat. Absently he wondered what they were running for but said nothing of the occurrence to Luxord. He doubted the older Nobody would dredge up the memories of caring to so much as imitate the emotion.

Glancing out of the corner of his eye, Roxas absently watched as the Nobody's playing cards flew up and down along the side of the fence seemingly on their own accord. He still wasn't fully certain as to what it was Luxord did with his magic. Axel had once told him it was time-based magic, but that Luxord used it in weird ways. But all he had seen of the Gambler's magic involved killer playing cards. Nothing to really do with time.

A siren sounded suddenly, rather distant but rapidly approaching.

"Luxord!" The younger Nobody hissed, suddenly alert and ready to summon his weapon.

"Right." Out of nowhere Luxord grabbed Roxas by the wrist and pulled him towards the house. Just in time as red and blue flashing lights were almost upon them and the siren sounded just around the corner. The moment they were past the fence line the older let go, allowing Roxas to stumble in shock.

Confused, Roxas looked about, noting they were much closer to the house. Looking back towards the fence, the blonde was surprised to see no such thing. It was as though there had never been a fence.

With a flick of the wrist, Luxord sent one last card flying along where the fence had been and the missing obstacle had suddenly materialized. Roxas' stunned look seemed to amuse the gambler because he let out a chuckle. "Turned the time back on the fence for a quick spell."

A blank look was sent the other blonde's way before Roxas turned his attention to the old looking house. If it had been the first decrepit house he'd ever seen, the young Nobody might've been intimidated. But with all his missions in Halloween Town, structures didn't have much of an affect on him anymore. Even so, there was something about it that kept the youth on guard. "This is your plan?"

"Just for the night." Luxord said dismissively before walking towards a boarded up window and peering through a crack in the boards. "Come on, we'll need a fresh start in the morning." Without even leaving the option the blonde gambler moved toward the door and tried the handle. The door didn't budge but after seeing what the gambler did to the fence, the resistance probably wouldn't last long.

Roxas felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise and summoned his Keyblade, whirling around out of pure instinct. There was a sound of metal hitting metal.

The Keyblade he had summoned was called Rejection of Fate. It had a dark green handle framed by a bladed black guard that sprouted from the rain-guard but didn't quite complete the circle by meeting at the pommel. For the pommel in question was only a black spike with a chain coming from the end connecting a charm that resembled a small version of the handle and guard. From the rain-guard on was a silver shaft that was sharpened on the lower sides giving it a pair of jewel shapes on the lower half of the shaft. From the sharpened jewel patterns the shaft went on to narrow to a point like a lance. From the lance tip were two fin-like outlines crafted from the same dark colored metal as the guard.

What the summoned weapon had blocked was a simple knife. It was the one attacking with the knife that wasn't so simple looking.

A man with blonde hair and hazel eyes. He wore a green colored jumpsuit that was partially covered by what looked like a makeshift poncho. Like the woman and the garbage man he had a circle of light on his temple, however unlike the previous two, the light in his temple was glowing an angry red. Yet, that wasn't the most eye catching thing about the newcomer. No, it was the scars on the other side of his face that startled Roxas. They looked like burns, only cracks seemed to reach out from the burns and cover the whole side of the face. Also, he couldn't be quite sure in the next to nothing lighting, but he would swear the burns looked blue.

The attacker seemed stunned at the sudden appearance of the weapon. Then the shock turned to rage and he pressed down harder with the knife. "Ralph don't like visitors!"

His feet slid back a little from the added force of the knife, surprising the young blonde Nobody. Because despite the bladed appearance, Rejection of Fate was an inherently defensive Keyblade and most full grown people would struggle against the youth's strength in the first place. Glancing at the knife would reveal a cleft forming in the small blade from where it was pressing against the Keyblade.

Gritting his teeth Roxas pulled back before swinging around with his summoned weapon. "Back off!" The blow didn't make contact but it did force the stranger back.

"Making a new friend Roxas?" Questioned Luxord, stepping up beside his comrade while shuffling his deck of cards from before. The older Nobody turned his focus to the strange man. "Sorry my friend if we startled you. You see, we only just arrived in Detroit and find ourselves a touch lost. We were hoping to spend the night and get our bearings come morning."

"Friend? Ralph has no friend." The stranger twitched a little, his eyes going from Roxas to Luxord. "Ralph no like humans! Go away! Humans hurt Ralph!"

"Easy now Ralph, we're not here to hurt you." Assured the Gambler whose calm face appeared to have been etched in stone. "Tell you what, how about a game?"

"Game?" Echoed Ralph, tilting his head, a deep sense of confusion on his face. "Ralph don't know any games."

"Alright then, how about a deal then?"

"Deal?"

Luxord sported a crafty smile and held up his deck of cards. "I can teach you how to play a game or two Ralph. In return, you let us stay for one night?"

The morning was off to a rough start. Although he supposed his chosen phrases may have been too much. No, he did not feel guilt over what he said. That would imply emotions, something that he definitely shouldn't have. Because that would suggest he was a Deviant. He hunted Deviants, him becoming Deviant would be a cruel joke to humanity.

His name was Connor, an android prototype designed to assist in police investigations. Particularly those involving androids that had turned Deviant. His designation was RK800, the most advanced android developed by CyberLife yet. He wore a suit and tie, the suit having a bright blue band on one arm. It was also marked with the CyberLife logo, his make and serial number and on the back was the word android. Making it clear to all he wasn't human despite appearances. Eyes and hair were both brown, with an odd cowlick that would seem odd to anyone that knew a little about android appearances. On his temple was a ring of light that displayed a blue coloring, his LED. Every android had one unless removed.

After a dispute with his police partner Lieutenant Hank Anderson, they'd received a tip. An AX400 android that had turned Deviant was found to have held up a convenience store late last night. It had taken the money and ran off along with the same little girl it had taken after turning Deviant. A quick review of camera footage and one could see the holdup taking place. It wasn't much use in learning where the android ran off to however. All the footage showed was that the little girl was cooperating with the android without much struggle, and the android seemed to be making decisions on the fly. That much was evident as it wandered the store, periodically looking to the cashier and the little girl. Processing choices no doubt. The one notable thing was the Deviant grabbing some wire cutters when the cashier wasn't looking.

As the Lieutenant spoke with Detective Collins, Connor observed their surroundings on the street. Considering where the Deviant and child may have run off to. There was a fair bit of foot traffic, however most didn't go much farther than the coffee shop before stopping. Almost every other building in the relative area was condemned making it ideal for squatters.

It seemed likely the Deviant hadn't gone far, given how the little girl had been drenched and shivering. The wire cutters gave Connor some ideas as well, bringing his gaze to a condemned house just across the street. It was closed off with a chain link fence but it would offer shelter for a night certainly. So, while the Detective and Lieutenant discussed possibilities, the android decided he'd investigate the old house.

Going into the abandoned old parking lot next to the house served to raise Connor's suspicions. Because part of the chain link fence had been cut, just enough that the AX400 would've been able to get in. There was even a bit of blue blood on the cut edge of the fence.

Bringing a finger to the blue blood he brought a bit of it to his mouth and licked it. One of Connor's unique features was that he could sample evidence such as blood on the spot. Both human and androids. The sample confirmed it was the blue blood of an AX400 android.

Pursuing the trail, Connor circled around the house to the front. Peering through a gap in the boarded up window two figures could just be made out sitting at a table. Two larger figures and no small figures like a child. Could the Deviant have gained an ally? Taking this information into account, Connor braced himself for a potential fight before trying the door. Which swung open without a fight.

What greeted him was a peculiar sight. A damaged android and a man, playing some game of cards by the look of it. Certainly not a sight the deviant hunter had been expecting. Closing the door behind him, Connor observed the odd pair as they played their game and paid him no mind aside from the android glancing up at him from time to time. The android would twitch oddly, probably an affect of the damages that had been inflicted at some point.

Taking in the surroundings, Connor noted a knife embedded in the table near the android. A potential weapon. The cards had an unusual look, being hexagonal in shape and with a black and purple pattern crossing the back of the cards. Then the pile of crumbled dollars in the middle of the table. Gambling?

The rest of the room for all intents and purposes however still carried the abandoned look. Not even the fireplace showed signs of use.

His attention shifted back to the pair playing cards. The android had a poncho covering his make, but the uniform jumpsuit he wore suggested a park maintenance android. Detroit had ordered five thousand androids for park maintenance, all of them being WR600's. As for the man, he had platinum blonde hair and a goatee, several ear piercings. His clothes consisted of all black, namely a long black coat.

Deciding not to waste anymore time Connor approached the pair. "Excuse me?"

In answer the man held up his hand, gesturing for Connor to wait just a moment before placing his cards on the table. "A royal flush!" He chuckled before pulling the money towards himself.

As for the android, there was a twitch and a lowering of the head in defeat. "Ralph cannot beat magicians."

A laugh came from the man before he turned his attention to Connor. "Right then, how can we help you? Would you like to join us for the next hand? I'll let you cut the deck."

"Don't!" The android that seemed to call itself Ralph quickly spoke up. "He's a magician!"

Connor raised a brow at the android, wondering what method the man had used to convince an android that magic was real. Ignoring that matter for the moment however, the detective android turned his attention to the man. "I'm looking for an android turned deviant. An AX400 model, it's with a little girl. Have either of you seen them?"

The man rubbed his chin thoughtfully before shaking his head. "Can't say I have. Been playing cards with this chap all night." He jabbed a thumb towards the android.

"I found blue blood on the fence. I'm sure it came this way." Connor furrowed his brow at the two. The android had no signs of reacting and from the way it twitched and referred to itself in the third person, it was an easy read if anything had occurred. But the android tried to tilt it's head, the small movement causing it to twitch as it did so. No, the android was giving no signs.

"Hmm... maybe they heard the little scuffle that occurred outside last night?" There were no signs of a lie coming from the man. He was calm and composed, shuffling his odd deck of cards.

"... Scuffle?" Questioned the investigative android, trying to understand the general situation.

"Ralph tried to attack little magician." Spoke up the android this time, to it's credit, the android did have a guilty look on it's face.

A deviant probably. But not the one Connor was focused on at the moment. "Is there anyone else in the building besides you two?"

"My ward is somewhere upstairs." Offered the man, tilting his head towards the staircase. "Maybe he saw something through those dusty windows?"

For a long moment Connor studied the man, trying to tell if the man was lying or not. But for all appearances he appeared to be telling the truth. After considering the possibility that the man was just a professional gambler and may exceed at telling lies, the android nodded. "I'll go ask him then."

As Connor moved towards the stairs he couldn't help but hear the man and Ralph talking once more.

"So, up for another game?"

"Ralph has no more money."

"How attached are you to that knife?"

Decidedly ignoring the poker game, Connor proceeded up the stairs and didn't have to go far before spotting a young man. Likely the ward and little magician the pair downstairs had spoken of. A young teenager sitting on the stairs, dark blonde hair and bright blue eyes wearing a black coat similar to the gambling man.

It was clear to Connor the teen had heard the conversation downstairs as he appeared focused on the android. "Have you by chance seen an android and a little girl?"

The boy was silent a moment before nodding.

Noting the boy seemed a little tense, Connor decided to try and make friends. "My name is Connor, what about you?"

Again, the boy was silent a moment but he did speak this time. "Roxas."

Registering the name, Connor found that the name seemed rather odd. But didn't comment on it and instead focused on the matter at hand. "I'm looking for an android and a little girl. They were involved in a robbery at the store across the street last night."

Those blue eyes widened slightly, flickering with surprise. Roxas glanced out a nearby window towards the convenience store. "They robbed it?"

Success. The android nodded, knowing there may well be a real lead now. "Yes, the android held the cashier at gunpoint. Did you by chance see where they went?"

Again the boy was quiet but he did answer. "I saw them run to the laundromat. I'm not sure about after that though... thought it seemed weird."

Nodding Connor recalled from the reports put in by the police that had initially scouted the scene. They'd questioned anyone they happened to see, including a young man whose clothes had went missing at the laundromat. So the Deviant had probably changed it's clothes. Something that could hide the fact it was an android and a change of appearance after robbing the convenience store.

But that didn't tell him why there was blue blood on the fence. Recalling what was known, the RK800 thought about what Ralph said about attacking the "little magician." The boy appeared completely unharmed however. Connor figured it had something to do with why Ralph referred to the two humans as magicians. "Were there any loud noises or fights around here last night?"

"Well... Ralph tried to attack us last night before Lux made a deal to teach him some card games." Roxas admitted, looking a little thoughtful.

Lux must be the man's name. But if Ralph had attacked either human someone should have at least come out injured. The park maintenance androids were supposed to have a fair bit of strength so as to be capable of dealing with things such as toppled trees, lifting garbage cans and the like. Something wasn't quite adding up as far as the group in the condemned house were concerned. But they weren't his prime focus at the moment. After the search for the AX400 was done, he'd be sure to circle back around however.

It wasn't like Connor had forgotten that Ralph was a Deviant after all. But the twitchy android didn't seem suspicious and in fact seemed rather calm playing cards with Lux. The chances of it leaving the house didn't seem like a high risk. Regardless of whether the WR600 stayed or left however, the AX400 was a bigger concern. Because a man was dead in the case of the AX400.

So... fun stuff. I've been playing a lot of Detroit since getting the game. Then I got to see the trailers for Kingdom Hearts III and got all excited and almost forgot about Detroit. Then I looked back at the TV screen and started playing more Detroit. Now, the Kingdom Hearts III trailers have had me buzzing with excitement. Couldn't help but think of my favorite Nobody characters while I was playing Detroit. Gradually an idea formed, I started wondering. Do Deviants have hearts? I'm not talking thirium pumps and beating hearts but the hearts that Nobodies lack and Heartless hunt for.

Which brings us here. I think this'll be a six part story, I already have chunks of it written. So, while I'm trying not to get sidetracked from my other stories this already kind of had a life of it's own before I knew it.

Getting any form of feedback, be it follows, favorites, reviews or PM would be greatly appreciated. I like to know what others are thinking.