Silverwolf: god… I'm so sorry! I have a perfectly good excuse for not updating…well, for the last two days anyway…but the other days, I was either sick or fluffy wouldn't lemme on. I couldn't get on this weekend before, cuz me and my parents and fluffy were out of town… o.o;

Kai: …-Watching Darkness with a bored look on his face-

Silverwolf: -smirks and sneaks up behind him.- BOO! –pushes his shoulder-

Kai: -boredly turns and looks at her.- …. –goes back to movie until Tyson comes in.-

Tyson: Kai! You stole dragoon!

Kai: no I didn't.

Tyson: Grr…yes you did! You're so stupid!

Kai: …at least I'm not the one named after a chicken company… -crosses arms and goes back to movie-

Silverwolf: O.o okie dokie, I don't own them, and I never will. Wah.

Rei sighed, walking down the hall again with Bryan. "Sometimes I wonder why they even bother. I obviously am not a good test subject since they have to keep on doing it…." Rei grumbled, crossing his arms and looking angrily to the floor. "I dunno… but they seem to disagree with you…" Bryan muttered thoughtfully, his hands in his pockets. "But why!" Rei wailed, a distressed look on the twelve-year-old's face. "I don't even like the stupid tests!" he added, ripping at his hair. Bryan blinked at him.

"I don't know why you're asking me…." Bryan muttered bluntly, looking up as they approached the testing lab door. "Good luck…" Bryan muttered, glaring at the door and leaving. Rei groaned, pushing it open and looking around. Same old lab. Boris was leaning against the wall, his arms crossed and the testing kit next to him. "…I wonder why all you use is needles…. Is it because you can not afford anything else? I'd understand if that was the case…you're a terrible employee…" Rei said, looking down and examining the veins through his hands. He never had even a glimpse of daylight, so he was as pale as porcelain.

"If I were you I'd keep my mouth shut." Boris growled, walking over to him and pacing around him. "Tell me, Kon…. how do you manage to still insult me after so many years of punishment?" he asked, glaring at the shorter one. "Hehehe…" Rei chuckled dryly, looking up, "Disrespect for you. It's that simple, and you're just to stupid to see it." He said, hissing. "Hmm….witty, Kon…but insulting me isn't going to get you anywhere here and you should know it by now." He stated, ceasing his pacing. "Besides….it's rude." He added, smirking. "I know…it's exactly why I do it." Rei said nonchalantly.

"Be quiet." Boris said, his voice eerily calm. Rei shut his mouth immediately. "Now…we have a new test today…" whatever Boris said after that, Rei didn't know because he stopped listening. It was always the same thing, the only change was the name and effects of the test, and Rei had gotten to the point that he didn't care, as long as they finished the test and let him go back to his room. "…and when you are finished, we're sending you to Voltaire so he can dispose of you." Okay. That caught his attention. "Can you repeat that? I wasn't listening." He said boredly, wondering what Boris meant. He hadn't heard that term before, but he was sure it wasn't anything good…

After the test was over, Rei was sent to his room to wait for Boris to take him to Voltaire. Bryan had stopped by shortly after he had returned, leaning against the door frame. "..Hey, Bryan? I gotta question…" Rei said quietly, looking up. The slightly older kid raised an eyebrow. "What's that?" he asked, crossing his arms and yawning. "Well, I wasn't really listening when Boris was talking, again, and at the end he said something about, ' And when you are finished, we're sending you to Voltaire so he can dispose of you.' … what does that mean?" he asked curiously, tilting his head. Bryan's eyes widened and he shook his head. "Rei, you gotta get out of here…" he said seriously.

"Why?" Rei asked, his eyebrows furrowing. "I don't get what is so important about it…" he said quietly, confused by what the other meant. "Rei…they're gonna kill you if you don't leave. I'm gonna help you escape, but you cant tell them it was me who helped you, or else I'll end up taking your fate for you…" he said, an angry look on his face. Rei's eyes widened. "K-kill me? But why? I haven't done anything to them!" he said, shaking and leaning on the wall. "That's just it Rei…they think you're getting weak because you aren't fighting back anymore…verbal abuse doesn't harm them at all…" he growled, punching the wall.

"…" Rei didn't say anything, but nodded, sitting on the bed and trying to think of a plan with what little time he had left.

Kai paced his room, his arms crossed behind his back and his head up. He was thinking, since he had nothing better to do. He had just had an experiment run on him, and all of his memories were scattered, lost, or broken up… he knew a few things, such as the fact that he lived in the Abbey, he hated Voltaire and Boris, Tala was his only friend, and well…that was about it, he didn't know anything else. "Grr…what the heck were they trying to do!" he growled, leaning against the wall. He had a terrible headache, and his eyes had spots in them from trying to remember. He growled for the umpteenth time, flopping down on his bed.

He sighed and looked up as the door opened and Boris and Tala walked in, Tala sending him a look that said 'I'm sorry, but you did this yourself, and I cant really help you…'. Kai nodded at him, looking at the taller person that obviously wanted something from him. "What?" he asked, crossing his arms and sitting up. "I didn't do anything wrong, you're the one that screwed me up…" he grumbled, glaring at him. Boris just smirked. "You are coming with us so we can restore your memories…" he said, walking in and grabbing Kai by the arm, leading him out of the room. Tala followed quickly behind them, deciding to have a conversation with Kai.

"Kai…who all do you remember?…" he asked, frowning. Kai turned to him. "Hm…you, Boris, and Voltaire…and I think some weird kid with violet hair, but I don't remember anything other then his appearance, and even that is vague…" he muttered, slipping his hands into his pockets. "..I knew you wouldn't remember him…" Tala grumbled, shaking his head. "Remember who? I don't know anyone else…" he said thoughtfully, racking his brains. "Don't hurt yourself, Hiwatari… and you don't need to know if you don't remember him…" he said quietly, leaving the other to his thoughts. He didn't want to get in trouble, because obviously Voltaire didn't want Kai to remember Rei…

-Just a few minutes later-

They finally made it to the lab, where a small, strange little machine was, sitting on a desk. Kai looked at it incredulously. "…what the heck is that!" he exclaimed, his face almost comical. "It's a memory retriever." Boris said simply, not wanting to talk to his boss' grandson anymore then necessary. "We are going to restore your memories." He said bluntly, almost as if he didn't want to. Oh well, at least he got to do one task that wasn't helpful to the brat…he was going to leave out all of the child's memories of Rei Kon.

Boris put the machine on the back of Kai's head, pressing the button on the back and watching as it glowed, the light transferring itself into Kai's brain cells and restoring the memory chamber, all except for one little space where the memory of the boy's friend resided. "Now. Get back to your room." Boris said coldly, kicking Kai out of the room with Tala. Kai grumbled, heading back to his room and brushing past the redhead.

Tala sighed, shaking his head and walking down the hall again, pausing when he heard conversing. "…And that kid that Boris hates, you know, Kon or something, they're going to inject him with the new formula…" "…But isn't that for the disposal of prisoners?" "Yep." The conversation ended as the two went back to their work. Tala, on the other hand, was horrified, and he rushed towards Rei's room in hopes of helping him. He made it there, only to find Rei gone. "Oh no… I didn't make it…" he said quietly, growling angrily a himself. He couldn't believe this! If only he had been sooner…

Rei gulped as he looked down from the ledge he was climbing down from. "Bryan, this wall is too far up!" he exclaimed, looking down and squinting his eyes shut, clinging to the wall. "No it isn't! just go down slowly, you'll be fine!" Bryan said, trying to console the younger, terrified boy. It seemed to help a little as Rei moved down a few more spaces. Bryan had decided that he couldn't go with the younger, as it would make it easier for him to get caught. If they were both leaving the grounds, it would take longer and Bryan didn't think he could waste anymore time.

Rei sighed, letting his eyes slide open slowly before he dropped to the ground, landing on his feet. "Thank you Bryan! I wont forget this!" he said as he ran from the wall, sneaking through the gate and running out into the road. It led to a nearby city, where everyone's later adventures would begin and end.

He looked around, sighing as he slipped his hands into his pocket. Well, he was out. Now what? He didn't know anything besides life in the Abbey, or anything else for that matter. He growled, putting his palm to his forehead. 'How could I have been so stupid! I left without knowing anything about this place… then again…didn't get much warning did I?' he thought, looking around again. A few houses, a couple apartment buildings, a bunch of other buildings he didn't know the name of… too much stuff he had never seen before.

One thing was for sure though. He was going to get used to it, and he was going to make it until Kai and Tala were out of the Abbey. If not for himself, he should be strong for them.

Tala growled at himself for the fifth time, walking around. He couldn't tell Kai, as the other still didn't remember anything about the black-haired neko-jin. He couldn't tell Bryan, because he barely knew the kid. What was he supposed to do? It was his fault, or so he thought. Just then, a familiar violet-haired kid walked up to him, panting. "Hey…Tala…" he said in between breaths, leaning against the wall. "What happened to you?" Tala asked, his usual sarcastic manner taking over. "He…I uh… you cant tell anyone, but I helped Rei escape… they were gonna-" he was cut off as Tala finally got over his shock. "Kill him." He finished, crossing his arms.

"…thanks…" Tala said, an immense feeling of relief washing over him. "I thought I was too late myself…you really don't know how thankful I am that you helped him, he was the one who basically helped me my first few days here…" he said, looking down. Bryan nodded in understanding. "Yeah…he helped me too…he didn't deserve to be here, Tala…he wasn't like us, yet he was here longer then the almighty Kai!" he exclaimed. Tala nodded, letting a smile occupy his features. "Yeah… but it's over for him…he's free now… all we gotta do, is wait for us to be free…" he muttered.

Things were looking up.

Silverwolf: I didn't look at page length, so I just hope this is longer then the last chapter..lol.

Kai: …yeah… -glaring at Tyson-

Silverwolf: you guys get over it! –shoves them out.-

Kai: FREE! –runs-

Silverwolf: hey! Get back here! –chases- -looks back in- by the way, read and review!