Xerxes led Evan firmly but not harshly by the hand to his 'manor.' The 'manor' looked more like a rundown mansion more than anything else, with mildew covering the floor and vines twirling up the sides of pillars… Evan began to question Xerxes sanity. He led her to a chapel sort of building. Inside was a round tea table; flowers, pastries and teacups with a teapot sat on it. Xerxes released her wrist grabbing a tea cup and pouring tea into it seating himself on a fine upholstered seat. "The twittering of birds, sunlight shining in… myyy-! This certainly is the most idyllic setting for sipping tea, wouldn't you agree?" Evan was about to answer when a man and a girl entered the chapel. The girl shook her head annoyed, "You said that yesterday, just before Oz- sama escaped from the abyss." She looked at Evan, "Who is this Break? She feels like an illegal contractor." The man who wore a large black floppy hat and a black suit to match pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at her. Aamirs' reaction was instantaneous, he lodged himself between the gun and his subordinate, "If you wish to keep your hand, I suggest you put that weapon away." Aamir growled. The man kept the gun pointed at her, "Break you better have an explanation for this!" Xerxes put his hand into his sleeve and pulled out a piece of candy, placing it on his tongue he began to chew it, between swallows he replied, "Sharon, Raven, stop this foolish argument, this is miss Evan, and she means us no harm… her Chain does not require human flesh, not only that but it can take on a very convincing form, wouldn't you agree?" He finished the candy off the rest of the way.
The man named Raven slowly lowered his gun. Sharon, the girl, walked towards Evan grasping her hand they stared into each other's eyes. "Break… you mean to say…" she trailed off. Xerxes came up from behind Evan and pulled her from Sharon's grasp, to the surprise of everyone, and held her fast. "Yes Sharon, she is one of the keys." Evan strained against Xerxes hold, but he only tightened his fingers digging them into her soft flesh, his cool touch caused her to shiver. Raven noticed and pulled her from Xerxes, "God Break, do you have to act like such a freak?" Raven demanded, Xerxes glared icily at him. "Quite the contrary, anyway let us go inside of the main manor. Shall we miss Evan?" He extended his hand for her to take, she was about to take his hand when Raven intercepted it. "I will escort her Xerxes." Xerxes stared at Raven for a moment before waving them off and placing another piece of candy in his mouth.
Raven pulled her roughly along until they were ahead of both Xerxes and Sharon before he turned her towards him and glared scathingly at her. "I don't trust you. Why did you sign the contract with that… that thing?" Raven said pointing a finger at Aamir who was currently on the ceiling beams which crisscrossed overhead. Aamir landed gracefully next to Evans feet before wrapping himself around her leg. He looked at Raven with a bemused expression. "She signed the contract to escape from the darkness that was surrounding her." For the first time Raven seemed to show a bit of understanding. He looked at Evan, "By darkness you mean the abyss?" Evan remained silent, so Aamir answered for her, Aamir got a bored expression, "You could call it the abyss… you could call it lonesomeness or you could even call it insanity. It truly depends on how you look at it." Raven acknowledged the monkey with a nod before he turned to Evan. "How long were you in there for?" just as the question escaped his mouth the footsteps of Xerxes and Sharon joined them. "Yes, I have been wondering that for some time as well Miss Evan, ever since I found you in the street I could tell that it had been a very~ long time since you had seen the sun." Xerxes leaned in towards her with a curious expression on his face. Raven pulled him back, "You pervert." Xerxes was perplexed, "What? Me? I am merely worried for our dear Miss Evans well being." Sharon sighed, Raven snorted, and Emily giggled.
"Its fine, I think it was about 10 days… something like that." She trailed off uncertainly. There was a deep silence before Emily broke it with a giant hammer. "Then you've been in the abyss for over 80 years at least!" Xerxes pulled her off of his shoulder and scolded her silently, but in good nature. Evan nodded slowly. "Yes, I knew it would be a big number like that… ever since my father, gods damn him to hell, opened that path that night… I knew there was no going back. I never agreed with him…" she stopped looking up at the faces that stared in at her. "What?" she asked. "Miss Evan… what is your maiden name?" Sharon asked gently. Evan answered immediately,
"Blantern."