"Wake up!" A voice commanded. "I want you to show you something."

Aomi struggled to open her eyes. Her eyes felt heavy and her body ached. As she finally managed to open her eyes she found herself staring into a pair of dark eyes. She blinked several times before pushing herself up to look around her. She looked up and saw that the dark eyes that had been staring into hers belonged to a woman. It was the woman she recognized from her troubled dreams she had on the plane. Aomi looked around to take in her surroundings. Her pulse quickened as she looked about and was not able to recognize where she was. It was an artist's studio that was bare except for an easel with a canvas propped on it and an empty chair next to it. Aomi noticed a table against a far wall with pots of paint and brushes scattered uselessly across the table. She looked back at the woman from her dreams in confusion and only received an expressionless look in return.

"Where am I?" Aomi asked nervously.

"My memories," the woman answered.

"Who are you? And why am I here?" She was scared. The studio gave her chills and a dark aura filled the room.

"I am Vitoria. I want you to see what happened to me. Then maybe you won't stop me next time," Vitoria said menacingly looking down at Aomi.

"B-but, you were about to kill Eden and David. I couldn't let you do that," Aomi cried standing up to face Vitoria when she realized what she meant.

"They would have deserved it," Vitoria retorted through clenched teeth. "Look at what he did to me."

The room instantly disappeared and Aomi found herself in another room with Vitoria. This one was a bedroom with a bed in the middle covered in satin sheets. She recognized it immediately from her dream. The one Vitoria was on with the red velvet covering but this time there was a man lying next to her weeping as he stroked her face. Aomi gasped and place her hand over her mouth as she saw a knife had pierced through Vitoria's wrist and deep down into her heart. Vitoria's warm red blood had seeped through the wound and stained the satin sheets. Aomi watched the scene before her in stunned silence as the man continued to cry and caress Vitoria's face. He was muttering something that Aomi couldn't hear. She wanted to turn away but she didn't when a glint of gold caught her attention. It was from a gold bracelet and it had been split in half by the knife through Vitoria's wrist. It was the very same bracelet that Dark had given Aomi that she still wore on her own slim wrist.

"Why did he do this to you?" Aomi asked finally able to find her voice as she looked away. She looked toward Vitoria who stared at the man with pure hatred in her eyes.

"He was a jealous fool," Vitoria said with contempt. "The more he fell in love with me he became possessive and suspicious that I was not faithful to him. He would start fights with any man that would look at me. Eventually, I was not allowed to go anywhere alone. If I were alone he would spy on me. He didn't trust me. He couldn't believe a woman such as me had completely given myself to him. I gave him my soul and he took it away from me."

Aomi could see tears glistening in the beautiful woman's eyes. Aomi felt a deep sadness for her tragic end. To give yourself to someone only to have him betray you by taking your life. Aomi could understand why she was bitter and angry. But just because she understood didn't mean she would allow Vitoria to take revenge on this man by hurting Eden or David. The sadness she felt for Vitoria soon turned to caution as she wondered what else this woman planned to do as she occupied Aomi's body. She hoped David had gotten a hold of Rio. She knew he and Dark would be able to do something but she also knew she couldn't just depend on the two of them to help her.

"I can't allow you to use my body any longer," Aomi warned her. "I'm sorry for what happened to you but you can't take the life of the ones I care for."

Vitoria looked down at her amused. "Oh, really?" She questioned lifting an eyebrow. "Do you think you can stop me? I'm consumed with hate and my only desire is to betray all men. I'll be doing you a favor. I will destroy all those that have hurt you."

"Don't do me any favors," Aomi told her. "I'm not so innocent. I'm just as bad as those that have hurt me." She had to get back into her body. She needed to let Rio and Dark know what Vitoria was going to do so she could be stopped.

"Doesn't matter," Vitoria spat. "I will use your body no matter what," she threatened as she jumped on Aomi pinning her to the floor. Aomi yelled out in surprise at the suddenness of Vitoria's attack. She had not anticipated her to react so quickly and had not prepared herself to repel Vitoria.

"I will destroy your soul so I can completely take your body and I will do as I please," she muttered as her hands wrapped around Aomi's neck and began to squeeze.

Aomi struggled as she tried to pry Vitoria's fingers from her neck gasping for air. She fought to breathe, despite the bone-crushing grip, determined not to give up and allow Vitoria to take her body. Aomi reached up desperately and grabbed a handful of Vitoria's hair pulling down as hard as she could. Vitoria cried out loosening her grip on Aomi, which was enough for her to roll away.

Aomi picked herself up catching her breath as she rubbed at her neck keeping an eye on Vitoria. She watched as Vitoria stared at her with madness in her eyes and before she could attack again, Aomi ran for her using all her strength as she barreled into Vitoria slamming her into the wall. Vitoria's head hit hard and she slid to the floor unconscious. As Aomi looked down upon her she felt a tugging at her insides that caused her to gasp in shock as the room faded away into darkness and she opened her eyes to find herself on the floor of David's office.

She caught a glimpse of David jump up from where he had been sitting against the wall watching over her until Rio came.

"Aomi," he asked cautiously as he searched her eyes not coming any closer to help her.

He sighed in relief when he saw her nod as she picked herself off the floor. He then quickly walked over to help her up.

"Rio is on his way," David said as he helped Aomi to her feet. "Aomi, what happened? That wasn't you was it?" He questioned nervously looking into her eyes.

"No, it wasn't," Aomi quickly explained. "Are you alright?"

"Yes. What about you?" He asked clearly worried for her.

"For now but I don't know how long I'll have control," Aomi told him looking past him realizing she needed to get away from David before Vitoria came back.

"What do you mean?"

"Promise me you'll stay away if that happens again, if I look or seem different," she said sternly.

"But Aomi," he started to protest.

"Just promise me. I don't want you to get hurt," she said shaking his shoulders.

"Yeah," he finally agreed reluctantly.

A second after David agreed Dark appeared in the doorway.

"What happened? Is everyone alright?" He asked as he looked around the office.

"Dark!" Aomi exclaimed blushing slightly remembering what Vitoria had said to him through her.

David stepped to the side in disbelief wondering what the Phantom Thief Dark was doing there. He looked back and forth between Dark and Aomi wanting to ask but could feel the tension between the two of them so didn't.

"Dark, I'm sorry…" Aomi started to say but before she could finish Dark rushed in and enveloped her in a huge bear hug. He held on to her so tight Aomi couldn't breath. But she didn't complain. She was just happy to have his arms around her again.

"Don't apologize," he whispered in her ear. "I should be the one to."

"No," she said pulling away. She looked into his eyes and gently placed her hand on his cheek. "You don't need to either."

He gave her a lopsided grin and bent down to gently kiss her. As he pulled away he looked at her more seriously.

"Aomi, who is she? Have you spoken to her yet?" He asked worriedly.

"Yes. Her name is Vitoria. She was killed by her lover and she's a little bitter," Aomi added a little sarcastically.

"I'm sure she is," Dark agreed.

"But, Dark," Aomi said seriously. "The bracelet you gave me. She was wearing it and it was split in half."

"It was?" Dark asked with a look of fear creeping onto his face.

Aomi nodded not liking the look on his face.

"Dark, that's not good," Rio told him. "If it's split, then the two bracelets probably need to be reunited."

My thoughts exactly, Dark agreed so only Rio could hear.

"We should let Eden know about this and see if he's dug up any more information," Rio said hesitantly.

Yeah, I guess, Dark sighed. He didn't want to see Aomi and Eden together again. He hated the way it made him feel weak with jealousy. He knew he wasn't completely in love with Aomi but she was different from any of the other girls he had ever been with. She was fun to be with and she could put him in his place and not take him seriously. He wanted her all to himself for the remaining time he had left. He didn't to share her, especially not with Eden Hikari. Just thinking about it stirred up his jealousy and old memories. Two things he didn't need to distract him from helping Aomi.

Rio, I'm going to place a spell on Aomi. It should help keep Vitoria subdued for a while.

"Okay, just be careful," Rio said quietly knowing it was for the best.

"Aomi," Dark said placing his hand over her eyes. "I'm going to put you to sleep for awhile."

"Okay," Aomi replied completely trusting him.

A bright light formed around Dark's fingertips and Aomi's eyes began to slowly close. As she lost complete consciousness her body went limp and Dark caught her lifting her in his arms. Turning to leave he was stopped by David grabbing hold of his arm.

"Is there something I can do to help?" He asked finally able to get over the shock of having the Phantom Thief Dark standing in his office.

"He might be able to," Rio told Dark before he could refuse David.

I don't want to involve anyone else. Vitoria is dangerous, Dark argued.

"He should be okay. Besides, I'm sure he has some connections that might help us out if we need to search for the other half of the bracelet."

"Sure," Dark said going along with Rio's advice reluctantly. "Meet us at 80 east Maple."

Not wanting to waste any more time Dark quickly left with Aomi.