Deimos, Phobos, and their group headed one way, Acheron and the others went to the other tunnels. There was no telling where either Jenna or Noir were hiding. If it was Noir at all. It was a complete labyrinth of tunnels.

The walls were jagged and black with a smoothness to parts as if the whole tunnel was roughly carved from obsidian stone. The jagged edges appeared to be sharp as glass. Flashes of memories played like video screens across the larger sections where the stone broke away in smooth panes. Music played from everywhere, all sorts of different songs intermixing into chaotic noise, the vibrations of it all rumbled along the ground.

Vane extended his hand toward one of the memories of a soldier wounded in battle and he could feel the emotions and pain of the memory. He pulled his hand back.

"Does Jenna feel the memories that she absorbs?" Vane asked Deimos as they searched for a direction to go.

"Yes." Deimos looked around emotionless as they quickly looked through corridors.

Shaking his head, "I didn't know. That is a lot of pain to feel from so many tragic life times. I don't know how she doesn't go mad from it."

"That is the beauty of her. Its not that she does not feel it. Its that she accepts it and puts it away. She does not usually give into the negativity of it all." It was Phobos that answered, to let his brother focus.

Then Deimos saw something.

"That tunnel, I saw one of her memories." They all turned and followed.


"Acheron, do you have any idea where you're going?" Dev asked.

"I am following the smell of demon."

With that, they rounded the corner to find a group of a dozen of the bastards. A staff materialized in Ash's hand as the others all produced weapons and armor. The two groups rushed each other.

Ash knocked one demon back and nailed another in the chest where he took a second to explode, then continued onto more. Madoc cut the first ones head off before turning on another. Seth took out his past trauma on two.

Dev and Samia fought side by side as they took down three. Zarek laughed as he took the head of the last demon standing.


One demon rushed at Athena, only to be grabbed up by Maahes who shot a god bolt straight into his chest.

"I am a goddess of war, you oaf. I can fight." Athena scowled at his help.

"I have no doubt about that. But, I won't see Jenna hurt by loosing her grandmother today." Maahes winked at Athena. "And what a lovely grandmother she is."

Athena's cheeks flushed before another demon grabbed her. Athena elbowed him in the gut before sending a god bold straight into this heart.

"Lovely and wily, I see where Jenna gets it from." Then he turned to the rest of the fight.

Athena just gaped at him. There was no time to geld the man over it just then. The nerve!

"Should we leave you two alone for a while?" Zeth asked. Athena zapped him in the backside. "Ouch! That hurts you know!" Athena ignored him.


Phobos cut the head off of the last demon that they had run into that time. This was their third of such group. He was not sure they were really headed the right way, but he trusted his brother. The problem was that all of the memories played around them kept changing. One second it was Jenna's, then another it was someone else's memory.

Now they stood in an area where it split with three different tunnels.

Cade leaned against the wall to catch his breath, until the memory changed to someone's memory of being tortured. He shook it off as he moved away.

"Why are some of these memories so blurry? It is impossible to make out anything." Styxx asked.

"Maybe it is her oath. She swore and oath not to share peoples secrets." Vane sounded like he was guessing, but it seemed right. Maybe.

Menyara agreed with the assessment.

"Which one?" Phobos asked Deimos.

Deimos ran to each one to see what memories he could find. Deimos stopped. He watched one of his own memories.

Deimos had obviously just walked into the dream where Jenna was stretched out reading a book. She was laying across the red sheets of a bed in a blue negligee. Her body was rolled on to her stomach so that Deimos could gaze at her exposed back and legs. Her smile was bright as she enjoyed the book she held. He just watched her for a moment before asking her what she was reading.

"The new weapons catalogue from the Military Surplus store."

Deimos laughed, "There is nothing sexier in the world than a woman who likes her weapons."

"Well you know what they say, you can take the girl out of the Corps, but you can't take the Corps out of the girl."

The memory changed to something else.

"We will find her Deimos." Phobos put a supportive hand on his shoulder.

"I could not protect her before. What if I can't now?" His words shuttered.

"This time, you are here. You will find her." They took off again down that passage.


Acheron was starting to get nervous, he was starting to see his own memories flash around the walls as they ran. So far, they were ones that no one around him would recognize or put any significance in. But, it did not bode well for getting to Noir before he found the wrong ones.

Then he saw it. He had not paid that much attention to the memories as they passed. But, now, he looked. Some of them were blurry. Not many. But, some. They were a hazy field of color and shadows with the same vibration of emotions, but no clear images. Did Jenna's oath extend to here?

Please protect my secrets, he begged.

As they rounded another corner, Azura was there and managed to block the passageway from them.

"How did she do that?" Samia asked.

"This is a dream. Many things can be changed here." Madoc answered.

"So move it again, lets get going." Dev said.

"No, we find another way there." Acheron paused as he saw one of the memories. It was a night when Jenna, Simi, Xirena, Tabitha and Tory all watched a movie together. Jenna even talked to the two demons in charonet. They were gorging themselves on barbecue ribs while they laughed. It warmed Ash's heart. Why hadn't he ever thought of buying a barbecue restaurant before? It took Jenna to think of it. A private barbecue kitchen and staff right next to Club Charonet. It was brilliant. Jenna really treated Simi and Xirena like friends, like sisters. And he loved her deeply for that.

Please Jenna, help me. Regain control.

Shaking his head, he focused to create another passage way, and they all went through. But, once on the other side, all hell broke loose. There were dozens demons already in battle with the soldiers that Jenna's mind had created to protect her.


Remi growled as one of the demons pushed him into the jagged walls that tore into his flesh. He quickly changed into a bear and ripped the vermin apart.

"Damn boy, just a bit of overkill don't you think?" Jericho scolded. Delphine screwed up her face at the sight.

Remi changed back to human form and put clothing back on. "I am a bear. It's kind of what we do." He stalked off.

"OK then."

"Don't take it personal." Chi said to the titan. "He is like that with everyone, except Jenna. That girl has a real gift for befriending the most ferocious of beasts. The more damaged, the better."

Set chuckled. "That boy has issues."

Scorpio came back around the corner to see the shredded demon on the ground. "I see Remi is getting some of his frustration out. Good for him."