The night was cold and chilling. Rae met the two shadowy figures in the darkness of the grounds. Persona suddenly slapped her, she stumbled at the strength of his blow. Natsume's eyes flickered towards her behind the cat mask he wore.

"That was for you being late" he said, whispering in her ear. She swallowed. She was about to say something but Persona interrupted her.

"Silence, girl, you are not worth my attention. Natsume, or Black Cat, is his name, shall order you from now on. You will do what he says, no matter how high the pain is" Persona said, giving a black mask to her. She put it on, rubbing her cheek to ease the pain.

"What is her code name, Black Cat?" he asked.

"Cold Lament" he said, Persona nodded in agreement. She hated that name, it made her feel inhumane, like a born killer.

"Very well, Black Cat, protect her. I'd rather see you die than her. Oh and if she doesn't obey you, you can slap her" he said, with venom. He seemed to look at her once more, with kind eyes. It must have been a trick of the light as his eyes narrowed again. He was about to leave when Rae said, "Goodbye Persona" under her breath. He was about to turn round and give her memories back but then he remembered. He remembered how she called him a monster. She disgusted him. But underneath all that new hate, he still wanted to protect his little sister. He wished she never came to this place and never met him. Because he was a monster here.

Natsume was quietly thinking. Rae was just a classmate of his, someone who he had used so he could get what he wanted. Another thing, Persona seemed wistful as he said his last sentence to would he rather see him dead than Rae? After all these years, it wouldn't have made sense. There was still a piece missing from Persona's logic. He sighed, shaking his head and called out, "Let's go Cold Lament, otherwise…I'll hit you…" he added, dangerously. She followed him. She was not going to enjoy tonight. They went to the school's main entrance, where a limousine was waiting for them. They both went inside it, and the limo drove off into the night.

"Cold Lament, we're going to a warehouse by the docks. We need to get an important document but there will be people who will kill us. Kill them before you give them the chance" he voice droned on. Rae nodded, hating this side to Natsume. Ah, she got it. This was a different side of Natsume.

"Also give me your Control Devices, we don't have ten seconds to waste. You need to be in contact with them and then run" he continued. She nodded again, not trusting herself to say anything. She took out her devices and gave them to him. They sat in silence for the rest of the car journey. A couple of minutes later, the limo stopped, and they both got out, the limo drove off again, leaving Rae and Natsume all on their own. They turned round coming face to face with a huge, ugly warehouse. All was quiet. They edged towards it, ready for any noise. The doors suddenly, and in front of them were several men with machine guns. Rae and Natsume hid behind a bush.

"Search everywhere! Black Cat must be here!" someone shouted with authority. Natsume used his Alice to create a fire circle, entrapping all the men, he urged Rae to go in the warehouse, unnoticed. The men in the circle tried to shoot but the fire became scorching. As Rae stepped in, a further few men were inside, guarding a folder which had classified information stamped across it.

"Ah, no Black Cat? Who are you?" he edged forwards, the men were all unarmed. She stepped forward and didn't answer. She didn't want to kill them…But she had to. Wisps of black air appeared again, holding onto all the men. They tried to escape but none succeeded. Her red eye glowed beneath her mask.

"I wonder what your worst nightmare is…" she wondered, holding out her hand and placed it on the man's head. He suddenly shook violently, his eyes manic and he was screaming. His nightmare was seeing his family killed. She replayed that image in his head. She ignored him, she went onto the next man, he shriveled, shaking on the floor, also screaming. His nightmare was being in darkness completely forever. She quickly touched the other five men, as they all screamed, as they all screeched for help, as all they shrieked for revenge…She suddenly ran, getting the folder and joining Natsume outside. He suddenly threw the entire fire circle of men inside the warehouse. He increased his flames until every part of this warehouse was covered. Rae just looked on, feeling empty. It was her fault as well. Natsume put on her Control Devices for her. She hardly noticed, looking on to the horror of what they accomplished.

"Rae, let's go…" he murmured, putting his hand on her shoulder. She seemed in a daze, not noticing tears rolling down her face…Natsume said nothing and came closer to her. She held onto him, as if trying to believe this was real.

"Why do we have to do that? Do we always have to see everything end up in smoke?" she whispered, her tears flowing onto Natsume's shoulder. He said nothing, hugging her back.

"They all said they were going to kill me, they said I was a monster, they said I was the scum of the earth…"she whispered in his ear. He still said nothing. She was shaking of shock, of horror, of coldness...Neither of them were counting. Eleven seconds Natsume had been holding her…Wisps of black air appeared around the two, consuming both of them…Rae realized and was scared.

"Natsume, I'm sorry…My Alice…" she said. Natsume still held onto her.

"Don't worry about me. Just please don't cry…" he whispered.

"But you'll get hurt! I don't want to see you gone as well!" she said, trying to push him off her whilst trying to hide her tears. He held onto her. She didn't know what going to happen next. Her red eye lit up, as she had inevitably held onto him…There was no difference to him, he wasn't shaking like she was, he didn't wither in pain…His eyes behind the mask got smaller and more innocent. His worst nightmare was always happening. He was always worried about her, about Aoi. The one thought that was continually in his mind was…His sister was kept captive somewhere, by Persona. His only family…

Rae gasped as her red eye dulled once more. He wasn't affected by her because his worst nightmare wasn't in his head, it was already happening…

"I stopped crying" she whispered, shocked, scared, relieved…

Natsume let go of her and held the folder. He started to walk ahead of her as the last twenty seconds did not exist to him.