She was drowning again.

"Have you run away again?"

Blinking crimson eyes stared blankly ahead, shifting slightly to take in the robes beside her. She silently stared at them before she finally dropped her eyes to the floor, her arms tightening around her knees again. She didn't want to look at him... Didn't want...

Gentle hands brushed through her hair, causing her to flinch. A chuckle met her ears. "My, my...you don't need to be so afraid of them... then again that might not be it this time, am I correct? I guess Lacie should have warned you away or locked the door..."

She flinced burring her face in her knees.

A sigh met her ears. "You know Lacie agreed to it. It wasn't against her will, she wanted to help me." He said soothingly.

"But...it sounded painful, looked painful..."

A light laugh echoed in the dimly lit corrider. "I suppose it did. The act itself is indeed painful, however it is none the less natural." The hands tightened for a moment before continuing. "Do you want to forget? I could easily take those bothersome memories away..." The words were whispered in her ear, close...too close...

'Edmund...' She closed her eyes and shifted her head away. She brought her head up and turned to stare at the person beside her.

A cold smirk crossed pale lips, and blue eyes glinted in the darkness as white hair fell into them.

Her lips parted slowly. "Glen..."

Edmund frowned as he sat across from Alex. "Are you sure that's what you remember?" He questioned, his arms and legs crossed his chin resting in his fingers.

Alex, paused hairbrush held mid-air strands of hair slowly falling from the bristles. "I've been...gaining Lacie's memories...and because of that my own I guess. That's the only memory i've recalled on my own. That boy Oz brought it about." She said slowly dropping the brush on the vanity in the sitting room.

Edmund tilted his head in confusion. "But that doesn't make any sense. The Glen you and I remembered had black hair and purple eyes. You're saying he had white hair and blue eyes?" He questioned.

She nodded looking at the ceiling. "He reminded me of Alyss..." She said trailing off.

Edmund blinked his mind spinning in circles. "You once said... That Alice and Alyss were twins. You also said, that Alice was most likely this Lacie's daughter... Which would make sense...the time frame Lacie was killed and how old Alice was. However, you also said that you thought that memory was altered..." he muttered trying to explain things out loud.

"They were born in the Abyss. Alyss remembers that." Alex started as she wlaked toward the window.

Edmund ran his hand through his bangs. "Alright. That could fit since there is no time. I suppose a newborn could come out as a teenager moments later..." Edmund paused and ruffled his hair in annoyance. "Why do I have a feeling that unlocking our memories would be better then figuring it out?" He blinked suddenly and jerked up looking at Alex. "Hey, speaking of. Did he erase your memories, was he the one that did this?" He wondered.

Alex continued to look out the window. "I don't remember..."

Edmund sighed and flopped back on the couch. "That's our whole problem isn't it? We don't remember.." he groaned dropping his arm over his eyes. "There is no truth, for there are no lies. There are no lies for there is no truth. Reality is shattered by illusions and illusions are built on by reality..." He muttered in an almost poetic like tone.

Alex's eyes drifting along to the girl crossing the ground beneath the window. "Are we going to help them?" She questioned quietly. "I told you, the lights of Baskerville's have been on campus for a few days..." She said in a thoughtful tone.

Edmund sighed lightly. "I have a feeling Jack will make an appearance once more... If there are Baskerville's wondering around. However...I am not interested in meetig him right now." Edmund said with a sigh as his arm fell from his face.

Alex looked at him with a confused expression. "Oh? And why would that be?" She asked curious.

Edmund looked at her and smiled widely. "Because I do't want Jack to lie. If he is the enemy he will lie to me. Feeding off of the false memories I have. And I love my brother Jack, so I never want him to lie. I will embrace him no matter the choices he has made and the destruction he has caused. So I shall wait...wait util the truth comes from the illusions, and the lies are no longer reality." He said with a bright grin.

Alex tilted her head and smiled slightly back. "Then I suppose I shall be coming with you?" She questioned, standing up ad walking over to him. "If we find out the truth it will be together. And I hate leaving Alyss so alone. Kira has remained at her side, yes... But I know she misses us. If we remain together with Pandora...then we can take turns visiting her. Besides...Ada needs to start embracing her truths, and stop living with the lies she has given." She said spinning on her heal.

Edmund watched her with a smirk. "You've grown so much. To think you willingly care for another person. And a human at that..." He said an expression of fondness crossing her face.

"She had the same loneliness... The same loneliness I had when I was in the Abyss all alone. When I was searching for you and would do anything to get you back...I can not help but be attached to her." She said staring at him blankly over her shoulder. "That's also why I adore Alice, despite Alyss hatred of her."

Edmund chuckled laying back on the couch. "Very well.. Then enjoy you're playtime...Maybe Jack won't have to come out after all." He said in a sing song voice.

Ada held tightly onto her brother's hand as they walked through the underground hallways of her school. A part of her was in awe that something like this had not been stumbled upon before. However, it did answer some questions she had about how Alex got around. The chain had mentioned the underground tunnels once. Speaking of...she still wasn't sure what she should do. She did not want to lie to her brother... She wanted to tell him everything. Her interest in torture and black magic...even the chain she had made a contract with so she could stand at her brother's side.

Her mind was also going over what had just happened. Watching that woman crawl over her brother had caused a rage she had never felt before. She did not deserve to touch her brother, let alone slid against him as she had! No right, no right, no right...no right! Ada clenched her eyes shut, her hand tightening in her brothers hand. She could hear him saying everything was alright, that he would protect her. She wanted to tell him. Tell him that she already knew who the Baskerville's were. That she knew about the B-Rabbit named Alice, that she knew about Glen and Jack... That she knew the past and the story told was a lie.

Alex... There were times Alex would stand still staring into nothing, and times when tears would fall from her face for no reason. Either a beautiful smile or a confused expression upon her face as they fell. She listened to her humming that song, and would run her fingers through black hair when she woke up shaking and crying from a dream she couldn't remember. It was hard...so hard to remember Alex was a chain. That she was the Black Queen Sable, Guardian of White Alyss and Red Alice. And it hurt...it hurt to know she was so useless. Even the feelings Vincent brought her didn't erase the pain she felt at not being able to help Alex with her suffering.

Ad now...now her brother was finally back. And he had been hurt and...and touched by that thing! That was no way a proper lady should act! The clothing to revealing, and the way she cuddled and nuzzled her brother... She bit back a growl and stepped closer to her brother. She wanted to help her brother, she needed to help her brother... No matter what! A determined expression crossed Ada's face. She wouldn't let anyone take her brother away from her, no one!

She now knew, that following Eliot and Leo had been the right move. This was where she needed to be... Her eyes moved up landing on the two in front of her brother and herself. She had to admit Eliot had been cool...lecturing her brother on his self sacrificing ways. She knew why her brother was the way he was, and could never bring herself to scold him when he did something stupid. She was happy there was someone who could at the very least. And Leo shot tat vile thing that assaulted her brother! Not to mention he punched the two when they were arguing... She could see why Alex was fond of the other now.

Ada held her hands tight to her chest. Her eyes wide and blank as she stared ahead. Listening to Eliot and Oz argue. Listening to how her brother had felt all these years... She had known, always known. One day her brother had stopped questioning things, he just nodded and accepted them with a smile. It had been wrong... There had always been something painful and horrid in that smile. And to hear Oz talking about it...it made a hatred of her father fester from the small wound it had been in the back of her mind. There was something wrong with all of this...and it was more then Chains and Baskerville's.

She looked up when the others started moving forward again. Her brother's expression wasn't as heavy as it had been a moment ago... A smile slid across her face as she moved forward with them. However, it faded when a chill crawled up her spine. 'Chain...' She thought. 'And it's not Alex or that girl Alice...' She thought glancing back at the suddenly black corridor and the growl that came form it. Ada spun around watching as that woman appeared with her chain. Ada's eyes narrowed in disgust as Oz pushed her to the side. She watched as Eliot and Oz were thrown around. Her brother...her brother...

"Call thee, and thou shall appear. No matter which name ye announces."

Oz was standing again and Eliot was pushing himself from the crate... No, no more...she didn't want her brother to be hurt anymore! She wouldn't allow it!

"ALEX!"