A/N: I actually wrote this late, late at night. My niece was keeping me awake because she WOULDN'T stop laughing and when I told her to stop laughing, she would start crying. So yeah...I haven't been sleeping at all. I'm sorry if I wrote down that I'm sleepy, too much.

Anyway, I actually really worked hard on this chapter, like, usually the idea just pops into my head && I write, and I usually end up hating the chapter, despite all the reviews. It's something to do with being an artist; you hate your own work (it's cause we only see the mistakes.) I actually liked this chapter.

Hope you like it too!

I fluttered my eyes open. I raised my hand to my temple; why did my head hurt so much? Oh yeah, I fainted and fell.

And more importantly, where was I?

I sat up and looked around. I was sitting on one of those jade green recliners that are usually found in therapists' offices. Actually, not only did this recliner felt like it belonged in a therapists' office, this whole room looked like a therapist's office.

"Oh. You're awake," I heard a muffled voice say. I immediately turned to the source of the voice. He was sitting lazily in his chair, a few feet from me---Head Seeker Rivers Soothing. Head Seeker.

My eyes narrowed and my hands clenched. "What happened, why am I here, and why are you here with me? Answer those questions."

Rivers had his head propped lazily on his elbow and he was staring at me with sleepy eyes. Was it just me, or were all the seekers sleepy now-a-days?

"You fainted," he answered, as he blinked…slowly.

"I know," I said, as my eyebrows crumpled a bit.

"And you're here because you fainted."

I was getting a little frustrated. "I already know I fainted. I mean where am I and why?"

"You're in my apartment and you're here, again, because you fainted. And I couldn't just leave you in my office," he said, as if the answer was so obvious.

"What about my friends?" I asked firmly. The firmness, amazingly, hid the anxiousness I was feeling right now.

"I set them free," he said with his face still on his elbow and his eyes still closed.

Of course, he couldn't see my gawking, but he must've already known. I couldn't even voice the question as to why.

He opened his indigo eyes. "Why, you ask? Because I found what I was looking for; I don't care about the rest," he said as he looked away.

I felt a little nervous; I shifted on my recliner (but if I was sitting on it, would it still be called a recliner?). "…Does that mean I gave you the correct answers?" I asked quietly.

He turned to look at me and gave me this big smile; "Yeah. You gave me the right answers."

I gulped. "So…now what?"

"Now I don't let you out of my sight and wait for your memory to return," he said with humiliating obviousness.

"My memory to return?" I asked as I shifted closer to him.

"Yeah. You're clearly confused and you don't seem to respond the way I thought you would…" he said with that observing-glance. "I know that you hate me…but I also know that you don't know why…"

My eyebrows were crumpling. All I knew was that this man used to be Silver Flames' love, that they had been separated, and that she now hated him. But this man seemed to know something about me…something that could answer all my questions!?

I jumped up and pulled him by the shirt collar. "Do you know!? Do you know what it is that I simply can not remember!? If you do, then tell me now!!" I screamed.

"I…can't…" he said, as he looked everywhere but me.

"Why not!?" I screamed. "Don't you want your Silver Flames to be free or know how she even got inside my head or…or…"

I gritted my teeth and did my best to not start crying. I was so, so close to losing…

Rivers grabbed my hands and loosened them off his shirt. Then he held my hands…tightly.

"Listen…" he said as he tried to meet my eyes. I knew my eyes were getting watery and I didn't want some stupid seeker noticing. "If I tell you…and I find out you can't remember, then that'll be bad news for me!"

He let go of my hands and glanced off remotely. I looked up at him in confusion. "Besides, if I find out you're not her, or that you don't have Silver Flames captive in your mind…I wouldn't want you knowing our terrifying life and how we nearly died…Even if you don't turn us into the other Seekers…," he turned to look at me with a smile, but his eyes were far passed depressed as he said, "…you shouldn't be burdened with such horrifying secrets."

I had a big lump in my throat. Was you life really so bad, Silver Flames? I asked.

No answer.

Silvers? Are you there?

I searched for her. She was still in my head, but she was hidden tightly behind the wall. She must've spend quite a bit of time on this wall, because it was impossible to get through. I gave up and returned to the real world.

"So…I just have to wait for my memory to jolt back?" I asked him, just to be sure.

He nodded. "Either yours or hers, I don't know," he said and then gave me one of those big smiles. "But you should know that I'll be following you, from today on."

I almost groaned. "Why!? Wait, wait, wait! I know the answer; I do," I said as I bobbed my head up and down. "You're in love with Silvers, you think I'm her or I have her captured in my mind, and you're also an egotistically annoying seeker. Correct?" I asked as I did the one-eyebrow thing (Mel taught me that!)

He chuckled. "Correct. But I'm not an egotistically annoying seeker; in fact, I hate them. The only reason I got this job was because I wanted to find Silver Flames. I'd need to be looking through masses and masses of both souls and humans just to find her. If I were a seeker, I wouldn't get in trouble for doing that."

I crossed my arms behind my back as I walked out the office. I didn't know where I'd go, but I knew it'd be somewhere. "So that's why all the seekers are tired? Geez…would you seriously check every single person, just to see if they were Silvers?" I asked, knowing he'd be right behind me.

"Yeah…wouldn't you?"

I skid to a stop. I turned around to stare at him with wide eyes. He raised an eyebrow at me. Should I check every single person for…him…? Wait a second…

"Rivers…you've seen a lot of people…both souls and human a like…" I slowly whispered.

"Yes…" he said, wary of my sudden expression change. "I just checked them and let them go. The tracking bracelet doesn't really work. It's mostly decorative."

I nodded. I looked up at him with a hopeful expression. I was so afraid to hope…but this man might have my answers…If he didn't…, then I'd be crushed.

I'd be crushed.

"So…you wouldn't have happened to see an…Ian O'Shea?"

He hesitated before answering. "Yes…I did see him…"

My hand flew to my heart. I couldn't even say anything; I knew I couldn't. My eyes were frozen wide and my heart may have just stopped. So Rivers filled in the blanks for me.

"…He was the soul I had inspected…just before you…" he said slowly.

What!? He was there and I didn't even notice!? My mind raced back to that day. I remembered my plan of hiding behind the most recent soul…I was inches from reaching him…I was just a few inches away…

Oh my god… I fell to my knees. After that, the gears in my mind moved a tiny bit.

I slowly looked up at Rivers with a horrified expression. Please tell me he made a mistake. Please tell me he made a mistake!

"Did…did you just say…soul?" I whispered.

"…Yes…" But before he could add any more heartache, he quickly reassured me. "But he said he had a resistant host!"

"A resistant host…you mean…there's a chance that…Ian's still fighting?" I whispered, on the edge of probably fainting again.

I could tell Rivers was feeling a little anxious. "But you do know there's a chance he won't be able to survive. That soul inside of Ian…he's strong. He might subdue him. And he also said he would be leaving soon because he was off to search for someone. And I'm guessing that someone…would be you…"

My eyes widened even more. If that were possible, I'm guessing it was.

"What do you mean?" I quietly asked.

"I mean that we need to get going if you want to catch him before he leaves!" Rivers shouted as he yanked me to my feet.

And next thing I knew, we were running down his apartment stairs. He opened the door to a blue Acura and told me to do the same. I did.

As soon as we were in, he pulled out a pair of blue sunglasses and put them on. He had one fingertip to the side of his glasses and started scrolling…

"What're you doing?" I quickly asked.

"Checking my files…" he said, just as rapidly. He gave me a sideways look and noticed my confused expression. "Our technology is much more advanced then you remember…"

"A-ha. 105 Cornell Street," he said as the car started by itself and started…running. Okay, the souls' technology is much more advanced. "Apartment complex 11567. We need to get there rapidly."

The car shifted gears and the speedometer was nearing the red zone. It made turn after turn, and I held onto my seatbelt tightly. Amazingly, no one pulled us over as we neared our destination. A large light blue apartment complex. It was the same one that I used to live in.

I undid my seatbelt as I asked "Which number?"

"3," he answered, while stepping out. Of course, it had to be my old number.

I ran to my old apartment and tried the door. Locked. I knew that.

And so, I started pounding on the door, with all the tiny might I had. Rivers caught up and placed his hand over mine, while he said "Allow me."

He stuck a black key through the key slot. "Universal key. It makes breaking in easy for us. For seekers only," he said as the door swung open.

I didn't care whether that key could break into every house in the world. It opened the door and I ran through it.

"IAN!!!!!!" I screamed. And then I got a good look at the place…It looked so…

Empty.

I ran through the single bedroom. Empty. I opened the bathroom. Empty. I raided the closets. Empty. Kitchen; empty. Living room; empty. My heart…

Gone…and hollow.

I collapsed. But, no, I didn't faint. I was just lying there on the floor that Ian used to stand on.

There's a chance he won't survive…And if I don't find him…, then he won't survive! But now he was gone! He could be anywhere on this planet!

It was strange that those thoughts didn't make me feel anything. Nothing. I was gone.

I couldn't hear, feel, or see anything. Well, I could see the carpet. I felt my tears slowly seeping. I heard River's shouting. But I didn't comprehend anything. I didn't understand what was going on.

I had angered a God, hadn't I? Because just then, the wall inside my mind had been obliterated . I saw what Silver Flames was thinking…I saw it all.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

A/N: DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD, WHAT'S GOING ON!! WHAT'S GOING ON!?

Well, don't ask me. I'm just the author. The only thing I know is this::

--River's sunglasses. I so need to get those!! It kinda works like GPS. Well, that's what it's mostly used for. But River's managed to get all his private information on to it. Yep, he's a genius. The glasses are available to the public.

--The Universal Key. Now…, I'm pretty sure EVERYONE wants this key. Sorry, Seekers only.

Anyway, that's all I can say. I AM SOOOOOOOOOO tired so if you sent me a ton of reviews, I might get off my lazy a** and start writing again. Seriously, I'm unbelievably exhausted, and reviews actually do keep me going.