Looking around, Sachael wasn't quite sure where she'd ended up. It wasn't like a real place, more seeing things with a sudden extreme self-awareness. As for what this 'place' looked like, the best way she could recognise it was a forest of willow trees, each one with hundreds of long strands flowing to the ground. Except that the strands seemed to be glowing with light, all of them different colours.

She ventured forward slowly, though the forest seemed to fly by a thousand miles far with just one step. Suddenly she was at two much larger trees, both shining like the others but all silver in colour.

"Hello Sachael. Ready to get to work? There's a lot to be done here." She turned around quickly, to see herself stood there, though somehow different. Her attire was the first thing different, while Sachael herself was wearing bright colours as she usually liked to do, this 'mirror' was wearing darker colours, brown leather and black skinny pants, things she'd never normally go near.

"Is this… did I die? Is this the afterlife, are you judging me? My judgement- look, I really didn't mean to get that cat trapped in the shed when I was 13-" Sachael started to question.

"Yes Sachael, you are dead. Everything you ever believed was wrong, there is a God and he's very pissed off with you." The second Sachael spoke, the first backing up a step with a half confused, half worried expression… then the second broke into laughter. "I'm sorry, I just had to see your face when you were told that!"

"Wait, so… is there really a God?" Sachael asked, still confused as to what was going on.

"Well, you're still alive so technically… who knows? You just asleep. We're just asleep. This…" The second answered, extending her arms outwards. "...is our mind. And right now, it's very stressed. See those trees? Shouldn't be two, two of us in the same mind isn't gonna work without us going mad so… we need to merge."

"Merge… you mean… both of us become one? That would… change me, right? But… I don't want to change, I was always happy as I am!" Sachael replied, the darker one stepping forward.

"You can't, it's already starting, it did the moment you dropped your innocence for Seth, I was created… well I say created, more like released, the moment that happened. Now we have a choice. We both change, we work together… or we stay split and go to madness as we are." The second Sachael explained, the first looking down and then around the forest of her mind as she considered it.

"Okay… I get it. Where do we start?" The original answered after a few moments. The new one raised her left hand and clicked her fingers, the two trees suddenly shattering apart.

"Let's build a new tree."

Waking up once again to foggy streets outside, Seth looked up and around, finding Sachael no longer laid beside him as she had been when he'd climbed alongside her an hour and a bit after she fell asleep herself. Instead, he found her by the window, right hand under her left elbow as she gazed down at the streets below.

"Hey… you okay there?" Seth asked quietly, shifting across the bed to sit on the side across from which Sachael was stood. She turned around after hearing him speak, Seth turning startled as he saw that tears had run down her cheeks.

"I don't even know why I'm crying, why am I doing that now?" Sachael responded quietly, reddened and bloodshot eyes looking at him.

"I think you're finally processing it." Seth replied as he stood up and walked to her, the two hugging each other.

"Maybe… I think… who I was, I… don't want to go." Sachael responded, closing her eyes afterwards.

Seth picked her up into his arms and put her in the bed, lightly rubbing her back.

At the same time, Finn opened his eyes… but it was to Amanda unintentionally digging her fingers into his shirt and Finn knew it was from the pain and held her, Amanda opening her eyes.

She looked around, startled… and Finn got her to look at him, feeling how badly she was shaking.

"Where is she? Something's wrong, I can…" Amanda responded, Finn lightly brushing her tears away.

"She's in the hotel still, and she's with Seth… it's a moment of forced trust here, that he's taking care of her." Finn answered, pulling her closer towards him.

"I've got that feeling that something's gonna happen that'll hurt her." Amanda replied, burying her head into Finn's right shoulder as they held each other… and Amanda's phone rang, her picking it up and answering it. "Immy, good morning." She responded, Immy noticing the shakiness in her voice.

"Mandy, what's wrong?" Immy asked.

"Sachael's not herself… after she had hooked up with someone, she's gotten this new side to her." Amanda explained, Immy turning startled at that.

"Well it's natural that some people change but… if you're so worried then it's more than just a dulled down innocence that's different in her." Immy responded.

"Maybe. I wasn't like that after because what I was feeling was more physical than emotional." Amanda replied.

"Seems like it's hit her mind a lot. She's a lot later than us… no offence mean by it but it seems to me like innocence meant more to her than it did to you or I." Immy responded after a moment of thinking it over.

"Yeah, true… I had already been thrown into a world where things like this were second nature." Amanda replied, trying to sit up but Immy her "Ow, son of a bitch!" slip out of her mouth and Finn helped Amanda lie onto her side.

"When Sin Cara crashed onto her and me, Mandy landed wrong and broke her tailbone." Finn explained, Immy letting out a sympathetic yell.

"When will people in your profession learn to be careful?!" Immy responded.

"You've been watching how Alexa is in her matches, haven't you?" Amanda asked.

"I have… and for advice, keep an eye not only on Sachael but whoever it was that she was with and watch for anything that you'd consider a red flag. And take it easy with that back." Immy replied before they hung up.

September 8th 2015…

Amanda walked into the hotel… and her eyes narrowed when she saw Seth and Zahra.

And Seth saw her walk towards the elevator, knowing she was going to find Sachael.

Without a second glance at Zahra, Seth took off down the hallway.