Chapter 3 – Memories are Forgotten?

Lucy's POV

Crap. I remembered everything. I had married a guy named Julian and he betrayed me. He had taken Phoenix with him to B/L Ind. He'd even killed our other son, Elliot, because he wasn't strong enough to survive the intense training that Draculoids usually have to go through. Immediately, I remembered all that I had learnt before that involved combat and as I stood up, I disarmed the guys in a flash.

"I remember!" I cheered. Although the pain of it was remembering, it didn't beat the feeling of being normal again. "You're Ray!" I yelled over to Jet Star.

"Welcome back old friend." He said, "It's good to have you here again."

I turned to where Kirsty was still stood, half expecting her to remember too, when another wave of pain attacked my nerves. Stumbling to the floor, the pain entrapped me in its fiery flames. I tried to claw at my temples but Ray leaned over me and pinned me to the floor.

"Don't worry, it's normal. We're just stopping you from hurting yourself." He laughed. It made sense; all I wanted to do was tear at the pain to make it go away. Staring into my eyes, Kirsty looked on in horror. Looking at her caused even more pain and I let out a shrill scream

"Why is she in pain?" Kirsty screamed. The guys turned to her in surprise, looking as if she should remember too. Calming at last, the pain died down. I daren't stand up in case my limbs were still weak. Carefully, I turned my head and spoke.

"When your memory comes back, your brain aches and it wrecks your nerves. You should have experienced it by now; we would have been given the same amount of memory reversal." I said to her. It was strange to think that I had once forgotten all that my killjoy life had involved. So much excitement.

"B..But what about Kirsty." Poison quivered.

"Don't say any of our real names, Lucy." Ghoul stated, "Leave it until you both remember."

Slowly, it started getting dark in the desert. We had all been sat around in silence, occasionally giving suggestions as to why Kirsty still had no clue what she was doing here. Poison looked the most annoyed by it; they were best friends before we had left for Zone 2. Jet Star was my best friend; he was the only one who knew my whole story. He also knew that in my last battle, the one before I lost my memory, I had faced Julian in battle and managed to stun him. This time around, it had been him that had wiped my memory clean.

"What if I'm not the right girl?" Kirsty suggested.

"You are. You definitely are." Poison said, not even bothering to look up from the ground.

"How do you know? I mean, I know it's Kirsty, but what makes you so sure?" I said rather defensively.

"She's wearing a simple black ring with some words engraved on it, it's definitely her. She wore it the day she left."

I sighed. Would she ever get her memory back? I just wanted my best friend with us again. Segregating myself from the group, I began to draw my own symbol in the sand. It was a diamond with a few beads of water dripping off it. On the back of her jacket, Kirsty's symbol was similar to mind. It was a diamond too but with a knife through it as if the diamond had been stabbed. It was rather fitting that we had almost the same, we were the Diamond Sisters. We weren't as well known as the fabulous killjoys but other gangs that roamed these deserts knew that we travelled with them a lot. Turning around, I could see Kirsty sat on the ground looking miserable, her eyes filled with questions and worry.

"Poison, I think she needs the shock." Kobra Kid said, his lips twisting upwards to form a sympathetic smile.

"But we still need to give it time." He replied, slightly scared.

"Look, they were both supposed to start at the same time, one's memory would start the others." Ghoul sighed. The rest of the guys looked panicked, none more than Poison. Silently, Jet Star led me over to his motorbike. This was it, we'd go back to Dr. Death and it would all be okay. He'd fix this mess. I mounted the bike and three of the guys took me in the direction of the diner. It was only a few seconds before I realised that Poison and Kirsty hadn't joined us. Looking back, I could just make out their shadows against the sun set. I screamed.

A blinding light, one that I knew to be a lasers', echoed around them. Before they were out of sight, I watched as Kirsty fell limply to the floor.