I feel like I'm floating and, for some reason, I can't remember the last thing that happened to me. Everything around me is dark so I can't see anything. I try to reach up and feel my face, but I can't move. What's going on, I wonder. Then, I remember that I'm still strapped to the chair in the Facility. My body doesn't feel like I'm sitting, more like floating in space and I wasn't in total control of my body. I'm able to shut my eyes, but the next thing I knew when I opened them again, I felt like a baby girl again. I look up at my mother's face for what felt like the last time.

Her face is covered in dirt and her cheeks are red like she had been running. I watch as she places a necklace around my neck, the one I still wear to this day. A thin silver chain with a signet ring beholding my family's crest and last name on it. Then, she places a deck wrapped in a small sheet of paper on my chest. This isn't just any sheet of paper, it's a small letter just for me. I can still remember what it said.

Dear Kyoko,

My sweet child, I wish I could have always stayed with you. All a mother wants to do is love and protect their child, but I'm not safe and neither are you. I hope you find safety and a new home without me. Your father is gone, and before long, I fear I will be as well. Please do not be angry with me for having to leave you here, this was the safest way.

I do not blame the Psychics for what is happening, I do not blame you father for working on the Momentum project, and I never will place that blame on someone. The only people we have to blame is ourselves and the path we chose to take in life. So, for you, I chose the safest path I could.

I cannot write a will for you, but I leave everything me and your father ever had to you. This includes my deck that I am leaving for you, use it to protect yourself and anyone you may call a friend in the future.

I love you with all my heart and I hope that I won't have to meet you again in the afterlife any time soon. So, do not let fate decide your future, for only you can do that.

With love,

Your mother

These were the only things my mother left with me, but I never forget them and will keep them with me. Just like the ring, I still have my mother's deck and have never worried about looking for new card or modifying her deck. It has always kept me safe. I don't think she ever planned on me becoming a Psychic though. I'm still not sure if she would approve of me using her deck for many of the bad deeds I have done. It's a Laval and Flamvell deck, which is probably why my Psychic powers manifest through fire.

After placing the items on me, she stands up quickly, moving her head from side to side, as if to check if anyone were coming. Once she decides that she's safe for another few minutes, she bends back down and kisses my forehead. This would be the last kiss I would ever receive from my mother.

"I love you, Kyoko. Please never forget me and don't forget where you came from. You are the child of the city and will always find a safe place to stay when you go back, but for now, I have to say goodbye." She speaks in soft tones, and before she finishes talking, I was already crying. After she finishes speaking, a loud bang came from nearby. She jumps up with tears forming in her eyes, looking back at me and speaking for a final time, "goodbye, my love." With that, she's gone, she runs out the door of the building and then down the street. Then, only a few moments later, I hear the one sound I would never forget. The blood curdling scream of my mother as she is burnt alive.

I'm still crying and black fades into my vision. When my eyes open again, a dark skinned man with a buzz cut much older than me stands in front of me. His duel deck is ready to battle. Then, I realized a duel cuff connects us, then it all comes back me. I'm 16 again, the man in front of me is named Dominic and he's responsible for the death of my mother. I turn my head, behind me stood a familiar blond, Jack Atlas. He caught me sneaking out to find Dominic that night and wouldn't let me go alone. Once I turn back, Dominic is speaking.

"You have made a grave mistake and will burn just like everyone else did, just like your mother. I've been looking for you for 15 years, Kyoko Mashimo. You can thank your father and his associates for the painful death you are about to endure. The Zero Reverse took my family, but gave me the power to take revenge on all the people who had any doing in creating that tragic disaster. Your family took away my future, and now, I will take away yours!" His voice is filled with rage.

"You are the one that deserves to burn! My father should not be held responsible for what happened. Now, you are just taking innocent lives of all the people's family who worked on this machine. You have gone too far, you monster! You already took my future away when you killed my mother!" My voice is starting to go dry, I scream as loud as I can with as much force as my voice could muster up.

"If I already took your future away, then you have should have no problem with your life being taken away. I will cleanse the world of the people who turned us into these monsters, and that also means the people they care about. I also don't stand alone, I have an army of people just like me with the same goal. Your mother was one of my first victims after I gained my powers, but trust me, you will be far from my last victim." With this, he begins the duel that was a life or death situation. Not only would I come out alive, but this is the moment I would become a monster.

The duel had begun, and not only do I fight with duel monsters, but I continue to argue with him. He is the real monster, and my family were good people before monsters like him interfered. My father wasn't trying to hurt other people, he was trying to help them. We continued dueling back and forth with no damage taking place.

"I don't care if I dont have the same powers as you. You deserve to die for killing innocent people and I will murder you! Psychics are evil monsters that don't deserve to exist." This was the final moment of screaming when my anger had reached a peak. Then, I took my turn in the duel and struck the first damage of the duel. Of course, my damage wouldn't actually hurt him but I wish it would. I prayed I could take revenge on him and make him feel the pain I felt inside, and that my mother felt at his hands.

Then it happens. A scratch slowly spreads up his cheek dripping a small amount of blood. He wiped it with his sleeve before belching out a maniacal laugh, he almost seemed like he was hoping this would happen.

"Welcome to the world of monsters, Kyoko." He clucked and held out his bloody sleeve, "This is all your doing." He takes his turn dealing damage.

A fire engulfs me and I scream as the attack seems to hit. I couldn't think about how I felt though because Jack jumps in, ripping the cards out of my duel deck and yanking it off my arm throwing it at the ground. He then takes my hand and ran, barely giving me time to think. I just had to run after him. Dominic sorted out his duel disk and ran after us. Jack then pushes me into the dark doorway of a building we were passing. He shoves his hand over my mouth as I try to speak. His eyes glare at me, and my body feels like it's about to give out. We stay like this until Dominic has passed us and is long gone. Then, Jack removes his hand from my mouth.

"It didn't hurt," I can barely get the words out.

"Take your time, tell me what's going on, Kyoko." For once, Jack's stoic behaviour is gone and he seems genuinely worried.

"I'm a monster. I'm one of them. The fire didn't hurt me. I'm a… a… I'm a Psychic." So many thoughts go through my head. I am my own worst nightmare. No matter how many times I had joked about wanting to die, in this moment, I wish I could have just killed myself. That's my final thought before my world faded to black and I felt Jack's arms catching me as I pass out.

I'm floating again, and this time, I just want to wake up. I can't deal with this anymore. So many bad memories I seem to be reliving, and I could only guess what would come next, if I had to deal with any more.

That's when a new scene appears before my eyes and I see someone just as bad as Dominic, if not worse. Jonathan Pearse. Don't get me wrong, he's charming, devilishly charming, has bleach blonde hair and fair skin, and a smirk that could kill a girl. I spent almost a year of my life with him at The Cacoethes Movement while I was still 17. From the outside looking in, you would have thought we were lovers. But from the inside, we were more like friends with benefits. He got what he wanted, sex. I got what I wanted, information about Psychics, along with many of their lives as well. He was the reason I learned where to go if I wanted to strike the Psychics where they gather. The Arcadia Movement, that is my next target and the reason I'm heading back into the city. I also want to track down a powerful Psychic by the name of The Black Rose Witch. If I hadn't been cursed as a monster, I might have stayed there. I could have helped the organization, but as a monster, I needed to do this on my own, without restrictions on the powers I had. Maybe if I had stayed with the organization, I would have ended up marrying Jonathan, rather than murdering him. That was one of the last things that happened before I ran away to get arrested.

That is the moment I arrive in, I was wearing the same backpack I got arrested in with all the important information I needed. Jonathan was laying down in the bed that we share. He makes kissing noises at me.

"What's wrong, darling? Come back to bed." I hear the sleepiness in his voice as he motions in a come here motion.

"I can't come back to bed, I'm never going to share a bed with you again. I'm leaving and it would be best if you just stay in bed and pretend like nothing is happening."

"What are you talking about? Don't be a psycho, you can't leave. Once you are here, the only way out is death." He starts to sound angry and he stands up, moving towards the door. I run towards it, grabbing the handle, but he's already changed his target to grab his duel disk. "Just stop and discuss this with me, baby." He loads his deck into his duel disk. "We are making so much progress in stopping those monsters out in this world, just stay and help me. Don't make me duel you, just because you have won before doesn't mean you are going to get out of this one."

"I'm stuck here and I'm not making enough progress. I have to do this on my own, plus you don't understand the psycho I really am. The psycho you made me. From the cold blooded murder to the endless unwanted sex." I load my duel disk, not afraid to use my Psychic powers and show him who I really am. "You made me more of a monster when I first got here. I will kill you, like I kill everyone else now, in cold blood and without any feeling."

"Everyone knows I'm crazy, but that's what happens when a Psychic ends up murdering your entire family in front of your eyes." He cackled like he was telling some kind of joke. "And don't pretend you didn't enjoy every moment of being here. Every moment you got to spend with me. Alone."

"You don't think I know about having a Psychic murder your family. The same thing happened to me. I started by wanting to take revenge on one person, but you have shown me that all Psychics truly are monsters. So I might as well show you monster that I am. You disgusting perverted piece of shit!"

"Kyoko, you know I don't mean it like that."

"Yes, you do. You don't really care about me and you never will."

"Kyoko, honey, I love you and I just want you to stay. Build a future with me where we eradicate all the Psychics. We can be the king and queen of this new world. Trust me." He holds out his hand to me. I don't grab it. I don't even have to think about it.

"I've never trusted you and I never will. I'm leaving Jonathan and I'll take anyone out that tries to stand in my way."

"What if we go together?"

"You will just get in my way. Either go back to bed, or die trying to stop me from leaving."

"Fine. Then let's finish this the way we started, with a duel. If you win, you can leave, freely, I won't even tell anyone." He crosses his chest with his arms in a x motion as if making a swear. "But, if I win. I either get to kill you for trying to leave or force you to stay here with me forever. I'll just keep you here till I get bored of you, then kill you."

"You are going to regret ever crossing my path. Time to show you the monster I really am." With this we begin our duel, it doesn't take Jonathan long to figure out I am a Psychic. He promises then to win this duel and murder me like the monster I am, but unfortunately for him, his plans are cut short. Before his life points even have the chance to hit zero, I deal a strong blow of fire with all the anger I feel inside of me. All that was left of him after that moment is ashes. As black ashes and smoke filled the air, my dream is gone. But this time, I'm not floating.

The ashes and dust are still in the air, very much real this time. That's when I notice I am surrounded by fire. I'm back in the Facility. Awake.