My dreams were tortured as was expected. So many times I had woken up after failing to save Ya'uta, or I would wake up right as that mutant burst from his chest. Adrasta looked at me and for once her eyes weren't blank, but filled with concern. I must look absolutely psychotic right now rocking back and forth with my eyes wide open. I stopped mouthing nonsensical words and looked at her.

"Are you all right?"

"I don't think so."

"I had to kill him. He wasn't really Ya'uta. Only a figment. It was there to confuse you."

"Confuse me?"

"So you wouldn't attack."

"I see."

I chewed on my thumb for a moment.

"So I did see Ya'uta in there for a split second. I wasn't imagining it."

She nodded. That doesn't make me feel better at all. The fact that he was reduced to just a figment in the end made me feel worse, in fact. He deserved a lot better than that for putting up with me for as long as he did. It would have been longer if we hadn't nearly killed each other. Wouldn't it just be peachy if I had never gained my memory back?

I wish I could go back and change everything. I wouldn't have even gone after Ya'uta when we were on Earth. I would have stayed away from him so he would have never lost his honor, would have never been nearly killed by me. Thinking back though, he was stalking me. He wanted to fight me, I just refused to do it until it was a very bad time. If he had gotten his way, we would have battled for as long as necessary and then he could have set off his little handy dandy self destruct and KABOOM we would have went.

I pressed my palms into my eyes and held back a few tears that were just dying to come out. I didn't feel like crying. We were getting near the end of our journey.

I never realized how much could happen in a week. As creepy as she was and for how awkward it had been most times, I would miss something about Adrasta. Perhaps it was the fact that she seemed to have an awareness about everything that most every other creature lacked. Or it could be that she was with me during a very traumatic experience or two and had saved my life We were nearing Orpheous. It would only be another half day. As much as I didn't think I could, I should try to get some sleep before having to drag Adrasta to the settlement. I'm pretty sure she isn't going to want to go, and will not go easy. I heard Adrasta humming something just before I fell asleep.

I was in the middle of a large room hovering in mid air. The chamber was lit by torches with green flames. There were blurred faces surrounding me, there were 7 of them and they were speaking to me.

"Lena, open yourself to us. Let us in."

"We are a part of you."

"Embrace us."

"Embrace us and you could be unstoppable."

"Where. . .am I? What's going on?"

"Don't fear us."

"Yes, take us in."

"Use us."

The faces started spinning around me, slowly at first, and then picking up speed with every rotation. Eventually they were all just a blur and I felt a chill start in the pit of my stomach and then spread to the rest of me. The faces were now diving through me like I was an apparition. I couldn't move and couldn't speak anymore. The faces stopped going through my middle and began to fade. Just before the entire place faded out I heard one last sentence.

"Time itself will be yours to command."

There was, of course, no time for me to recount that dream and try to sort it out. I woke into a state of panic. My ship was screeching horribly and the lights were blinking on and off. The sirens were going off. This was definitely my ship being broken.

"Don't do this to me."

"Memories. . ."

"Not now Adrasta!"

This was definitely not a good time to be ironical. In just a few minutes we were going to be splattered on Orpheous as opposed to landing. I was slightly mesmerized by how fast the ground was getting closer and the rocks and trees getting bigger. I closed my eyes tightly and clenched my jaw.

"No!"

I only had the intention of blinking, but when my eyes opened again I was lying on a bed in a strange, but familiar place. This room. . .Holy shit! This used to be my room. I'm in my old apartment on. . .

"Earth. You've got to be kidding me!"

I jumped up and ran over to my mirror. I was still wearing the cloak I stole from Lord. I stripped my clothes off quickly and looked at my back. The black marks were still there from all the time I had been whipped. That doesn't make any sense being that all those things happened after I left Earth and after it was destroyed.

My dream came back to grab me in a headlock. Time. . .I can control time? I looked at my hands for a moment. How did that happen? As I put my shirt and cloak back on, I thought of that day in the temple when Fahu had died. He was the sacrifice to a statue. The statue had then supposedly imbued me with powers. And hadn't that weird trinket Borgos wanted been an hourglass? It's all so clear to me now. Time itself is indeed at my command apparently. I brought myself back here.

I heard a chortle to my right and turned my head. I was happy and relieved to see Sponge Guy on my dresser. I walked over and gave him a pat.

"This is really weird Sponge Guy."

I heard a weird noise in my living room and my blood ran cold. I picked up Sponge Guy and opened my bedroom door to go investigate. Of course, if it was a robber, he's going to get a nasty surprise when I don't go quietly. As I left the safety of the hallway and looked into my living room I was stunned into inaction.