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Tom was in darkness. Xana's voice was haunting him; his words were almost a living entity then. If he could feel anything physically, he'd have been nauseas. He had been serving the one who killed Sarah. With a jolt of guilt Tom remembered what he had done in his service. 'Was that really me?' Tom asked himself as he remembered the night he stabbed Jeremie.

The looks of hurt and anger also appeared in his subconscious. It was as though Tom was remembering things that he had missed before. He should have known that Xana was using him, but part of him chose to ignore it because of Xana's promises of Sarah back and the power Xana pumped into his being.

"My God…Sarah…Jeremie… I am sorry," murmured Tom at last. It was as though those words had turned on a light for things seemed brighter. No…The light was coming from a being that was approaching him. It was strange but awfully familiar, as though Tom had seen it so many times before. At last the being came into view and Tom gasped when he recognized it or rather her.

"Sarah," gasped Tom, "How is it possible."

"God?" suggested Sarah with a voice just like what Tom remembered only with something different, "Love? I missed you Tom. Especially when you were enslaved by Xana."

"I'm sorry," he apologized, "I don't know what came over me. I was just so angry and…it hurt so much with you gone. Xana promised me he'd bring you back."

"It's okay," said Sarah softly touching Tom's cheek gently, "You are already forgiven. You are free of him now, but someone else is about to suffer the same fate as you did."

"Who?" asked Tom desperately as he remembered what it felt like to have Xana dwell in you.

"You will have to figure it out yourself," Sarah replied simply. After a second she smiled, "You're as impulsive as ever Tom, even now you seem to be coming to the decision to help that person."

"You know me too well," smiled Tom, but he almost fell down as everything seemed to start to fade away.

"You're waking up now," stated Sarah, "You must remember that someone else is being tempted by Xana, even if he doesn't know it."

Tom frowned as things seemed to fade even more away, "I am not surprised you contacted me in a dream. I assume you got God to help you with that." He said this last part like a joke though he thought that was true, "Will I see you again?"

"Yes," replied Sarah and when she kissed him, Tom woke up.

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The gang watched with mixed feelings of what could only be feelings of uncertainty as Tom started to stir. It was Saturday morning so the gang didn't have school.

"What do you think we should do with him?" asked Aelita at last.

"I don't know," answered Jeremie.

"Personally, I'd want some answers," stated Yumi and Ulrich together. The two blushed when they realized they said the same thing. Odd merely rubbed his wrist instead of saying some wise crack about the two of them being lovebirds. That voice had talked to him again when he woke up and the mark burned even more than it ever did. Jeremie noticed Odd didn't make a wisecrack when Tom finally awoke fully.

"Where am I?" asked Tom, for once talking not with anger or deceit like had previously.

"You're in the factory Tom," replied Ulrich, "And we want answers."

"Like what?" asked Tom simply with what the gang clearly identified as surrender in his voice.

"For starters, what is Xana planning next?" asked Yumi.

A pained expression crossed Tom's face.

"Very well then," he said after a moment of silence.

A/N. Please review guys! Once again, I am sorry for not updating! God bless!