I actually finished this chapter immediately after my last. Sorry for the possible heart attacks I was getting in my reviews. I just had to give you guys a little scare, but come on, I can't kill Break! Well, maybe. I am a devious writer, you'll see that in my next twisted chapter.

-Relic White

p.s. perhaps its cliché to thank you guys for reviewing, but I'll give in to the urge anyway. I was especially pleased with DGtnsl('s multiple reviews as they not only guessed towards the ending, (not saying it's correct) but they also left reviews from the first chapter being funny, to oh no, to guessing towards the end, and then to "WHAT?!" You made my morning!

"Oz! Alice! Gil! You can't be in there!" Came a familiar nervous voice. Reim darted to Oz's side and offered a hand to help him stand up. Oz made no indication of wanting to move.

"Reim….I…..He's….Break is….I'm so sorry…..Break….is….." Oz stuttered.

"Dead? No. It may look that way with such a gruesome scene, but that is precisely why Doctor Gray didn't want the 3 of you, or Miss Sharon, in here. Besides, Xerxes isn't awake just quite yet, and after I heard from Shelly and Oscar the ordeal he went through I don't blame him. He's strong but not invincible, no matter what egotistical thing he may boast about himself," Reim said as he pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "Now let's stop all this shaking and crying and have ourselves some tea in the next room. I think we all need some peace." All three nodded at this and followed.

"Has there been any news on the chain we encountered?" Oz asked as he sipped his warm, soothing drink. It was nice to sit and calm down after the scare that had occurred just a few minutes before.

"Not that I have heard of personally, but of course Lord Barma is the one who tends to catch me up on things and he's in a mood," Reim smiled slightly at this. Alice's hand tightened around the cup she was holding.

His smile is so stiff…..He's staying so relaxed even when his friend was so….so bloody. She thought. Despite her uneasy feeling that he wasn't letting on as much as he knew she sighed. Soon enough they'd be able to see Break for themselves once he was awake and cleaned up.

Reim shifted awkwardly and looked at his watch. "The Pandora Members and Rainsworth staff should be done cleaning up the blood by now," Reim said softly. Perhaps we should all just head off to bed. Who knows when he'll wake up!"

As if on queue, a well dressed Pandora member opened the door and peered at Reim. "He has just woken up," the man said seriously before taking his leave. Reim jumped to his feet and lunged out the door before anyone else could utter a word. Oz and Gil prepared to follow, when Alice caught Oz by the wrist.

"Something's wrong Oz….I…I'm getting a bad feeling about this. Reim was acting so strange. He gets an ulcer every time Break uses Mad Hatter but he almost died and Reim is perfectly relaxed. He said Break would be just fine, but the way he lunged out the door like that…." Oz nodded in agreement and Gil bowed his head as well.

"You weren't the only one to notice. I was sitting closest to Reim and could see him trembling while we talked. He's nervous, about what, I don't know. We can't really know until we find out ourselves. One thing's for sure though, let's go see Break!" said Oz as he sprinted in the direction Reim had gone.

It turned out that the Rainsworth servants had moved Break 2 rooms down from his original bloody one and that's exactly where they followed Reim too. As they approached they were met by the door opening and the 3 men from Pandora's Threat Identification that they had met earlier stepped out. One turned his head and met Alice's eyes, completely ignoring Oz and Gil, the ones he had so heartily greeted before.

"Filthy chain scum," he said with a look of disgust before all 3 walked away. Oz, Gil, Alice, and Reim all stared after him in shock.

"WHAT THE HELL? What just happened? Things were fine a few hours ago? Alice what did you do?" Oz said as his face flushed red in anger.

"Nothing!" said Alice with a sincere innocence. Reim looked away nervously before waving his hand.

"Let's forget all about it," he swallowed before continuing. "I'm going in to see Xerxes, you 3 stay out here."

With that, he turned into Break's room. Just another weird thing Reim's said so far today. Thought Alice, as Reim had almost seemed to EXPECT that treatment towards her from his colleagues. She looked over at Oz questioningly and he grinned stiffly.

"Like hell were going to wait outside," he said, before turning the handle and entering the room.