Year X784
"And that's my story..." After Rai had finished telling his tale both cells 102 and 103 fell completely silent. Until Rebeka broke it: "Liliana," her voice was quiet and gentle, "How come you've never told us about your past?" Liliana sighed. "It never really came up: besides, I never want to remember what happened back then..." Suddenly Fuyu looked up staring at Rebeka, an angry expression smeared across cold face. "I could ask the same of you burning brat! You never told the rest of us about that citrus village incident!" Rebeka scowled a hard dangerous fiery scowl.
"Watch it you frosty fingered cold-hearted moron!"
"Looking at the burnt remains of that miserable place, the one who destroyed the place was obviously you pyro. You burn everything you touch!"
"You don't know anything! Just shut up! If there weren't bars between us right now you'd be dead you Icy Idiot!" Tears of rage pricked Rebeka's dark violet eyes. "Fuyu," Liliana spoke calmly, "Don't be so nasty. You've changed haven't you? I'm sorry we have to be stuck here but we need to stay calm. Otherwise we'll never be able to break out." Leonel nodded in agreement while placing a warm hand over his sister's shaking shoulders. Fuyu turned towards Rai. "So lightning, how'd you escape last time?" Rai looked up. His face seemed melancholy, as if this place had really broken him in the past. "If I knew I'd tell you," He sighed, "I told you - my memories are still hazy so I can't remember how I escaped the first time. Suddenly, the door towards cell 102 opened to reveal three masked guards. "Subject Number 28," One of them spoke, "We're here to collect you for your magic check up in lab 2.5." Rai got up. Fuyu groaned. "Come on Rai," He said, "This is your chance to break out! From the outside you can set the rest of us free! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!? JUST DO IT NOW!" Rai sighed as he turned to face his team mate. "There's no point resisting them. Do what they say. Otherwise they'll kill you or worse. If you need proof:" Rai pulled up the right sleeve of his carmine red jacket unveiling a long, deep, white scar stretching from his hand all the way up to his collarbone which was covered by his T-shirt.
Two of the guards left with Rai while the other remained outside the cells. Silence clouded the room like heavy fog. Nobody knew what was happening to Rai at that moment. The other 4 members of team moonlight fairy waited for their comrade to return while hoping he was OK. Liliana was first to drive away the fog of silence in their cells. "Out of all of us this must be hardest for Rai," She contemplated, "Who knows what sort of things they did to him in this dreadful tower..." Leonel nodded in agreement. "I know what they did," a voice spoke from the outside of the cell. It was the guard who'd remained. "Tell us" Leonel replied sternly. "Fine" The guard reluctantly began to speak - though he didn't put up much of a fight - "I was 28's cellmate back in the day. I was subject number 27."
"That's impossible!" Fuyu Remarked, "Rai said that he didn't know any of the other prisoners here! Rai would never lie!" The guard gave out a cruel sadistic laugh. "I know he'd never lie to his friends, He'd never do a thing like that - But I know what the tests were about because He went through a different set of tests to me!"
"What sort of things did the DMI do to him?" asked Liliana in a voice so stern and serious it didn't sound like her own. The guard laughed again. "I like this girl! You're so loyal. Maybe if you stay here you could become my wife!" He laughed louder now. Louder and nastier than before. Fuyu snarled. "Shut your ugly metal face about Liliana! Now tell us what happened to Rai." The guard carried o laughing before eventually coming to a stop. "Fine I'll tell you. Just don't insult me again." Fuyu nodded agreeing to the guard's terms. "As I said I was his cell mate. I got to the DMI before him. I was being experimented on for my magic power and memories. Same goes for 28. Accept there were a few differences. My memories before I arrived at the DMI were completely erased. I wasn't given any false memories as a side affect of that id Hazy memories and forgetfulness. In fact I have one of the best memories here! 28 on the other hand had his memories before he arrived at the DMI erased as well as his memories at the DMI altered. It would have only taken him a week or so for his memories to function as normal again after leaving. The reason he doesn't remember how he escaped is because of the side effects. If you were his friends, you would have noticed that he has a terrible memory. Those were the long term side effects."
"Wait," spoke Rebeka timidly, "So Rai can never remember my birthday because you awful people experimented on him?" The guard nodded and laughed "That's your priority here! Your birthday!" The guard laughed even louder. The four remaining members of team moonlight fairy all gave the guard a look as equally terrifying as Leonel's satan soul. "OK, OK. I'll carry on with the tale: Another thing they experimented on was our magic as I'd already said. In fact, I was actually taught my magic here. I use memory maker magic you see. The boss requested that someone be taught that magic for her great army that shall someday rule across Fiore. Anyway, unlike me, 28 wasn't taught any of his magic here. He could already use lightning dragon slayer magic. He already had that lacrima implanted inside of him. Like I said, the only thing that was altered was his memories." The shock brought back the fog of silence that had lay clouding the atmosphere.
All of a sudden, an alarm sounded throughout the tower. A voice sounded on a loud speaker. The voice was just as shrill as the alarm ringing that it was almost impossible to hear. "CALLING ALL GUARDS! SUBJECT NUMBER 28 HAS BROKEN OUT OF LAB 2.5 I REPEAT SUBJECT NUMBER 28 HAS BROKEN OUT OF LAB 2.5!" Rebeka let out a small laugh "This tower's voice is the most annoying voice I've ever heard!"
"No time for joking around Fire Head! We need to be ready when Rai comes to save us!" Fuyu yelled among all the commotion. "What makes you pathetic wizards think that 28 will come back to save you!? When he escaped the first time he left me behind! He ended up burning me with his magic when he escaped! He wont save any of you!" Just at that moment there was the sound of running footsteps along the corridor. Small droplets of blood spilled out from the guards mask as Rai kicked him hard in the face. "I don't remember you and I hope I never do after what you've done to my friends! Come on guys!" Rai said turning towards his fairy tail comrades, "Let's break out of here! We can even destroy this retched tower while we're at it!" Liliana laughed. This was the Rai they all knew and loved. "What are you waiting for then!" Yelled Fuyu "Aren't you gonna break the rest of us out first!? If so JUST DO IT NOW!"
