Past Remembrances

A/N: Oh I'm sorry I made a mistake in the last chapter, the "L. at the end was a mistake, so please forgive and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

"You want to know then, don't you?"

Jaocubi sat down, Rico standing close by; Fei watching intently. Citan seemingly amused but interested.

"Well, it all began….here, I was created here" Fei cast a disbelieving glance.

Jaocubi looked at Citan only wanting his eyes to hear his story. There were staring at me, recording my data, seeing when I could come out of that tube, playing with my sense, my reactions,……a tool as you said before Citan" Citan unaffected by the story. "Go on"

"I escaped, I grew quickly, I knew their intentions, and I wasn't stupid" He fiddled with his sword taking his eyes off Citan.

"I got onto a ship, but was discovered; they dragged me to a cell, and threw me in there. We then reached Solaris, and they took me to these people, they kept me there, beating me, made me clean. Sometimes at night, they would do things. They would do many things for torture, cut me, they liked it." Disgust written into his voice as the words spilled off his tongue.

"Then a girl came, around my age, her name was Akia, she's the one who helped me, they did the same things to her, we grew up together for two years…until we finally escaped" Jaocubi stood up. "We ran through a forest, where we ended up getting lost, but people chasing us, while running she fell..." He began to stumble upon his words, hard to get them out, he didn't want to sob. "She told me to go on, she would distract them." Tears began flow slowly.

"We argued" He laughed a little. "She was always stubborn, we stopped when she slapped me, and told me to go on, to stop being stupid. So….I promised her I'd be back one day."

"And you called me a coward" Fei said his words cold as steel, with a hint of poison.

"Shut up, Fei" Citan snapped. "Continue Jaocubi" Citan crossed his arms leaning back against the counter.

They heard a faint banging on the door. The door was strong the Reapers wouldn't be reaching them any time soon.

Rico's eyes were transfixed, but incapable of reading any emotion through them.

Fei looked coldly at Jaocubi then turned his attention back to Elly.

Jaocubi gulped then continued on with his story. "So I ran, I ran not only for me but her as well. I never heard from her again till I got here"

"How did you get here?" Rico asked speaking for the first time since they got into this lab.

"After I escaped from them, I came back here to look for answers but only to be caught again" Citan put his hand to his chin rubbing it gently letting out a small "Hmmm" Jaocubi looked up at Citan like he had a solution to all his problems.

"So that explains why you can use fire, you're not an element, you were a test subject, probably to be used for military tactics, you escaped, they thought of you as defective, so…" Jaocubi continued Citan's sentence. "They used me for a new test; they put me here while the gas spread through the destined ventilation systems infecting us."

"After I walked through the building I was still clueless of what they were using me for then…..but that's when things started to happen, people started changing, the ruptures of their spinal cords twisting popping up from their backs, their hands extending. Their bodies contorting claws, some killing each other, but it didn't hurt me" He stopped fiddling with his sword and sat it down on the ground.

Citan got up from the counter, walking over to Jaocubi, extending his hand. Jaocubi accepted and stood up picking his sword up along the way.

(Flashback)

Jaocubi wondered through the halls his eyes widening in shock of the hurricane of destruction wept through the building turning people into the damned, suffering Jaocubi hiding as people ran at him viciously trying to kill him.

Jaocubi turned the corner and a girl fell in his arms, her curly red hair bounded over his arms as he caught her mid-waist. She blinked her green yes weakly and smiled when she saw who caught her. "Jao…c...bi" she uttered helplessly and fell limply in his arms breathing rather rapidly for being held closely in someone's arms when you should be feeling safe.

"Akia" Jaocubi whispered and brushed the hair from her face.

Thoughts rushed through Jaocubi's head, "How'd she get here? What happened to her?"

He carried her half-dragged he felt rather weak, from this whole meeting, he didn't know what to feel, hate, rage, love, confusion. Two girls and a guy ran by, paying no attention to Jaocubi and Akia.

She opened her eyes and looked at Jaocubi observing him with a small smile. "Your not the only one who escaped that day" she put her hand to his face nudging it gently back and forth with her palm. Jaocubi closed his eyes and rubbed his cheek against her hands.

"I don't want to lose you again Akia" She removed her hand from his face and looked at him stubbornly. "Don't talk like that Jao-" She grimaced in pain, Jaocubi felt something warm slither onto his arm, he lifted it and saw a crimson liquid and then looked at Akia sullenly. "You didn't tell me you were hurt" He said angrily but softly at the same time. She smiled again. "There was no point" She spoke softly to conceal her pain, but Jaocubi was no fool he sensed it.

"You got to learn to move on" she turned her head. "You'll never lose me Jaocubi, I'll always be right there" She pointed to his heart, touching his chest. "Will you kiss me, I've never been kissed before, just think so little time but it's felt like we've been together forever…J…just remember that when there's a will there's a way, keep your head up" she leaned up even though it hurt her so. A small red river flowed onto the ground streaming slowly. "Stay alive for me, and to think we'll be together again one day" She kissed him, both their cheeks and eyes filled with tears, as the kiss contained every amount of emotion the two had been hiding.

She pulled away. "Please...d...don't leave me, not now, so many questions I want to ask you" She put her hands to his lip, and in her other hand she held a little silver amulet and pushed it into his hand.

"Keep this problem like you did the other one, stay alive, think about for me" She closed her eyes, and her breathing faded away along with the warmth of her body her heart sapped of strength, and there Jaocubi felt it again, being alone. "I love you" He whispered, and kissed her on the cheek. He stood up putting the amulet in his pocket. "Bye, I'll keep that promise, I swear it Akia" He walked away leaving her again, but with a question and a wish and a promise that stuck to his mind and heart.

(End of Flashback)

"And then for the next two days I hid and ran for my life as horror was all around me" He looked at Fei then the rest of the group. "Then you guys came"

"Fei" They heard someone whisper. They turned around, Fei's face lightening up a little.

"Hey Elly" He replied.

"Welcome back" Jaocubi said walking over, her blue eyes, just a glimmer through the darkness.

A/N: Well I hope you guys liked this chapter; I put a lot of work into it, please review and I'll have chapter 6 up soon, sorry I've been slow just been bustled with a lot of work lately.