"Okay," Riku said, grabbing a pen and flipping open his notepad, "What do you remember about a girl named Memphis?"
"Aaaah…" Wakka said, thinking "She was that weirdo who said she could talk to dead people, right?"
Riku sighed.
"Yes. She was. Now, do you remember any details of her attempted suicide?"
Wakka tucked his volleyball under his arm.
"Ummm, well, I remember that we all woke up one morning to see her covered in blood, half-dead on the beach…We thought she had been murdered, so we called the police. Turned out it was just a suicide attempt, and that she was still alive, so she was sent off to some looney bin in some old-fashioned town…It was one exciting day, ya?"
Riku nodded as he scribbled down notes.
"Yeah, it was…Anyway, thanks for you're help, Wakka," he said, closing his notepad.
"Ya, anytime," Wakka said, grinning and tossing his volleyball in the air, "Up for a game of volleyball?"
"No thanks, I have some sleuthing to do…"
Wakka shrugged.
"Suit yourself."
Riku headed back to the beach to meet up with Sora and Kairi. He grinned a little. He would finally see Memphis again, after all these years…
A very long way from Riku on his quest to find Memphis, Alice was carefully eyeing the face of her doctor. His eyes slightly glazed over, and a tired look on his face made it so any fool could easily guess that he was lost in thought.
Alice gripped her sooty, ripped-up rabbit tightly. She didn't want him to take him away again…Rabbit still needed to help her…
Something gold shone in the corner of her eye. She looked over to see the golden chain of her doctor's watch, hanging out of his pocket. Something clicked in Alice's head.
"Rabbit's watch…?" she muttered uncertainly, "He must miss it dreadfully, considering he's always checking the time…"
She checked the leather straps that were holding her down. The doctor had been careless and didn't tighten them as much as he should have. She ripped herself of the bed, and silently leaned over to grab the chain. She gently tugged on it.
A strong hand grabbed her wrist. Alice lifted her head, and her green eyes met the doctor's blue ones.
"Good try," he said, forcing her back down on the bed and tightening the straps.
Alice silently stared at him and didn't struggle when he made the leather straps extra tight.
"Nurse D," the doctor called to the nearby nurse, "Increase the dosage."
The nurse who he called "Nurse D" came over with a green vial in her hand. Alice let her open her mouth and pour it down her throat. It burned as it went down, and her vision burned.
"Come," she heard the doctor say to the nurse, "Memphis needs a higher dosage too, she was unusually restless lat night."
The name echoed in her mind. Memphis…
"Memphis!"
"What's wrong, Alice?"
Alice looked about, to see that she was in the same town of trolls she was in before she found herself in the Rutledge Asylum again. She sighed.
"Nothing. Come, we must hurry after Rabbit."
Memphis quickly followed Alice down the wooden platforms of the town…
The same name echoed in Riku's mind. Memphis, Memphis…
He looked at the setting sun over the ocean. He was getting closer. He would find her. He quietly whispered under his breath.
"When will I see you again?"