~CHAPTER ONE~

"Antonio!"

"What is it, Lovina"

"I... I just wanted to s-say..."

"Si?"

"That... I-idiot! D-don't you know t-that... that I lo-"

And the world went white in their eyes.

...

The lobby was filled with beeps from telephone calls and monitors from the rooms, when someone in the rooms needed something. Gilbert stood by drinking his morning coffee as he looked at some of the patients wandering around with some of the orderlies, looking around as if they were lost or trapped. He sighed in defeat and looked back at his brother who was typing new information into the database.

A typical day in the institution. They just recieved a bunch of people who were "marked" or caught with a strange disease that resulted from a radioactive explosion a few months back. These people Gilbert was watching on were people prepped to be either experimanted on or being "terminated". This reminded Gilbert when the German tried to get rid of all of the Jews in their country.

"Well, how was your morning, Luddy? Not as awesome as mine?" he chuckled, drinking the last of his coffee and put off his side. Luddy rolled his sharp blue eyes and kept them on the screen. "My morning has been fine," he responded bluntly.

"Tch. Any news about her?"

Ludwig shook his head. "Calm as ever."

Suddenly there was a commotion and a rush of security guards running down the hall.

"Well, now there is..." murmured Ludwig as he stood up, looking down the hall. Gilbert grumbled under his breath before hurrying down the hall and into the room. The door was wide open and they could hear a girl screaming and cursing against the grip of the guards.

"Son of a duck, Lovina..." Gilbert giggled as he entered the room and looked at the patient. The patient stood shakily, held up by the guards. She hid her amber colored eyes under her brown bangs and had her hair cut short around her neck and a strange curl floated above her head, which shriveled and twitching in agitation. She squirmed in front of him. Gilbert tapped her nose playfully.

"Now what is wrong with you this time, Lovina?" he smirked.

"Nothing, you fucking bastard... I don't belong here! Let me out!" she screamed, her eyes dilating.

Gilbert sighed and stood back. "Just give her the medicine. She'll calm down in a bit." He moved away from the guards and saw a someone who stood outside, staring at the scene through the tinted window. Gilbert approached her carefully.

"Mind if you tell me what happened?" he asked.

The girl's faded amber eyes met the doctor's crimson ones. "She just had a bad dream," she murmured.

Gilbert cocked his head. "How do you know that, Feliciana?"

Feliciana walked up slowly at the window that displayed her sister's room. "I just saw that she was rolling on her bed before waking up and screaming for help. Then she attacked the door and walls. I just stood here and saw the whole thing." She smiled sadly at Lovina who was still cursing at the guards. "She always has nightmares..."

"Mmm. Danke, Feli," Gilbert thanked the small patient who nodded in response.

"Say Ciao to Ludwig for me..." Feli called to the doctor. Gilbert turned and smiled.

"I'll make sure I will..."