Dylan Rhoades was never scared. But now he was. If someone had figured out why Ariadne could perform her illusions, it would kill her. She couldn't know. "Are you alright?" Alma asked. It pained her to see her fiancée so anxious.

"Do you remember what I told you? About the chemical? The facility? The labs?" Dylan asked. Alma nodded. Poor Ariadne. "Someone found out. Someone found out, that she doesn't have projectors. Someone found out that it's a hoax, that she's been hypnotized to believe it. Someone's going to pull the hypnosis and she'll be able to remember."

"But didn't you say that she had amnesia, at one point?" Alma asked.

"She did, but it was only temporary and by the time it wore off, she was already under the hypnosis. Her friend Spice Dolby was part of The Eye. Miss. Dolby's cousin Gracie is also an agent of The Eye. When Miss. Dolby passed, I was afraid the Ariadne would find out. But she was clever, she didn't let the boyfriend find her, he would have killed her."

"But... when she called. She said that someone made a chemical. She doesn't know anything about her chemical, does she?" Alma asked. The story of Ariadne's childhood was horrifying but it was important now and it had pained her when Dylan told her.

"She doesn't know. But the chemical she had when she was a kid... That was powerful. It almost killed her then, and she only got small doses. She... can create illusions, so powerful... they'd seem so real. But only if she kept taking doses of the chemical. I think... the chemical they made for her... it's going to reverse the effects of the first chemical, only... that's if she'd taken it for the past 19 years. She's nine years behind on her dosage and I think they know that."

"Are they going to give her missed dosages, all at once?"

"If they do... that might drive her crazy or kill her. That chemical was supposed to be like... like in that movie Hanna. Only... this one works. It's not a movie. It's real. She's going to learn that fleck in her eye is where I had to remove the tracking chip, not a projector. She's going to learn that everywhere she thinks she has a projector, that was where she got the chemical injected. She's going to learn, her entire life has been a lie. Only the past month or so, is actually true. She's going to learn why the Nielson's, Tresslar's, and Thaddeus Bradley want her dead. She's going to find out, Alma. She's going to find out she was sold to that place and they tried to turn her into a mutant and succeeded. Alma, she'll learn about her eyes, she'll learn about healing rates, everything that seems not the norm about her, really is not the norm. And when she does, it's going to kill her.

Jack and Ariadne both sat in the lounge Sunday and watched movies all day long. "I like this scene." Aria commented. Currently, they were watching 'The Host' and Saoirse Ronan was currently was trying to not get killed by Ian and Kyle.

"Are you afraid?" Jack asked.

"Afraid of what?"

"You, know, the letter. The people. Raven Keepers."

"No. I think they're just trying to scare us." but she didn't sound very sure.

"You know, Wanderer's eyes remind me of yours. Shockingly beautiful." Jack said softly, pecking her on the cheek.

"So, what are we now?" Aria asked.

"Well, I assumed you were my girlfriend but... I'm not sure. You are an amazing kisser though." Jack smirked.

"Alright then boyfriend." Aria laughed. "Hey, where's Henley?"

"Oh, she and Merritt went out shopping at like seven this morning and not surprisingly, it's been twelve hours and they aren't back yet."

"Wow. Atlas!" she called. A light padding sounded in the room and Atlas appeared at Aria's feet. "Come here you." she said, leaning over to pick up the cat. The doctor had called just that morning and said that Aria healed much faster then expected and could now do vigorous activity. Aria didn't mention she punched a man in the face.

"That cat is just like a dog." Jack chuckled as Aria pulled her feet up and leaned into his side, Atlas under her arm.

"I wonder if dogs hate Danny." the two laughed. Atlas had patted Danny's foot that morning and he just grabbed his wallet and the keys to the Quattroporte and ran.

"Probably, not many things like Danny."

"I think I'm going to buy a phone tomorrow." Aria announced suddenly, just as Jared and Melanie/Wanda were about to kiss.

"Really?"

"Maybe."

Henley woke them up. Aria had fallen asleep in Jack's lap and Atlas was squirming to get out of her grip. She had been hanging on to the cat like she was a teddy bear. When Aria put Atlas on the ground, the cat shot out of the room. "Wake up lovebirds!" Henley cried, throwing open the curtains on the window behind them. "Aria, I got you a present!"

"What?" Aria mumbled, moving slightly so she lay on her back.

"iPhone 4S." Henley said simply, tossing the box on Aria's stomach. Aria gasped, and jolted awake. Jack, surprised by the sudden movement also opened his eyes as well.

"Thanks, Hen." Aria replied. "What else did you get?"

"Some bags from Vuitton, shirts at Kors, some jewelry, some makeup, some shoes, I got you a hat Aria, a lot of gloves, and some new jeans."

"Wow, thanks for the hat and the phone."

"Oh, it's fine. Merritt paid for all of it." Aria simply sat there and looked over at Jack before looking back at the grinning Henley.

"Where is Merritt?"

Henley really didn't get back until that morning so Merritt was currently sleeping in the car. Aria went upstairs to take her contacts out and put on glasses. Jack went to find Danny and Henley carried all her purchases into her room. Ariadne was brushing Atlas with a tiny comb when the doorbell rang. "I got it!" she called, straightening her shirt slightly and sticking the tiny comb into the pocket of her jeans. She unlocked the door and saw Dylan standing there.

"Aria, is Danny there?" Dylan asked.

"Danny? I think Jack is looking for him. Why?"

"I need to talk to him."

"I could tell him for you."

"No, Aria. You can't know about this."

"Why not?"

"It's not... good for you to know."

Aria returned to brushing Atlas when Dylan found Danny. Currently the two were arguing on the front doorstep, their voices muffled by the glass. Suddenly the door burst open and Danny stormed inside the house. "Ariadne!" he shouted, "why didn't you tell us?"

"She doesn't know Daniel!" Dylan shouted. Atlas leaped into Aria's arms when the shouting began.

"What don't I know?" Aria asked.

"How do you not know? This was ten years of your life!" Danny shouted.

"Ten years of my life? I lived in a tiny apartment for the first ten years of my life. I ran away at ten."

"Danny, she can't know." Dylan said quietly.

"What can't I know Dylan?" Aria asked coldly.

"Eastwood." was all Dylan said.

"Eastwood..." Aria whispered, "No, that place is... awful Dylan."

"Aria, you remember? Merritt!"

Merritt found the hypnosis on Aria. He, couldn't break her of it however. As Dylan explained Aria's life story to the other Horsemen, Aria was up in her room. She petted Atlas and pushed her glasses up her nose. She only remembered the name Eastwood and she only remembered that is was bad. So the reason she couldn't be hypnotized was because she already was. She bit her lip, went to the open her window and screamed.

A/N I do not own any of the movies mentioned in this chapter.

I got the idea of Aria's life being a lie by listening to Marina and the Diamonds. I really feel like I'm running out of ideas. Anyway, what do you think happened to Aria? What's up with her eyes? What's up with her chemical? Note, I never actually said Aria and Jack were official BF and GF, but we know they have feelings for each other. Love it, hate it? Post a review in the box... thing. Tell me more!