SPOILERS! I use Unknown's real name in this one.

Visual Novel Mode

I could hear her voice. It was so calming and so inviting. Yes, that curious spunky girl, the one I've come to find very intriguing. And, she also seems to be able to keep the brainwashing techniques from affecting her. She's strong. Strong minded. But even I know that can't last forever. I've seen it happen. They were so strong fought the system as much as they could and now, I can't help but laugh, now they had beaten me to a pulp. I could't feel it but I'm sure they were just getting their frustrations out on me. Heh heh, well who cares?

_13 hours prior_

I think I'm passing out. My body is spasming on its own and I can't control the tears and snot flowing out of my face. I hear her scream, I want to get up and help her but the Priests keep me down. So useless! Useless all the time! I hear another person fall. That loud mouth Melody. She just sort of popped up a week ago. They caught a Descendent and then she was here in Paradise. I don't remember hearing about her but I guess that means she was brought in specifically by a Priest. I guess. I mean I sent out invites and some of the Arc Members bring in recruits. I don't know but she's friggin' annoying. I think she likes Melody. If she can handle her fine.

I hear the Arc Members drag them away. What are they going to do to her? It pisses me off because she's mine! She's part of my plan and if I can't have her then no one will. They know this. I'm in charge of her. Not them. I feel a pair of arms pull me up. I can't see, I think my right eye is swollen. It'll heal. I can see that brain dead woman's body. She's just sleeping away unaware of what happened. Unaware of what happened to that husband of hers.

I see that fuckers body. I kick him hard and his face twists the other way. Oops? The Priest smacks me across the face and mumbles something but I can't even register what they're saying. Maybe if they took those damn masks off I could actually understand their damn gibberish. Am I going to get re:REJUVENATED? They'll make me remember physical pain. It's okay I guess, I can handle it. Plus they must've worked out all the thinks so I probably won't die. I see the Mortician walk by. You know it's him because his mask is splattered in blood, he smells like blood, and he looks like death. Too eager to get to killing that Defector if you ask me. Someone stops the Priests.

"I want him."

I know that distorted voice. He was with me when we were first brought here. A first generation Priest. Hyun I think his name was. I think he was a arsonist back in the outside world. I feel my weight being shifted. I feel my feet drag against the floor and I almost want to put all of my weight on Hyun and make him work to move me but I just don't have the energy. I see through my good eye, though everything is all blurry, the stairs leading to the Restricted Ward. I look at the dark red carpet and listen to the other Priests talk amongst themselves. They're masks are off.

"He's going to need more time." A woman says.

"Should we really leave the boy their? Out in the open?" this one must be a man, kind of girly sounding though.

"Yes. The Flock need to be shown what happens when they let this greed go to head. They must know that they're still living under Paradise. Behavior like that is frowned upon by the High Priestess."

"Perhaps we need to change our training methods and take away their devices. They've been to eager to inflict pain lately."

"No. The device should stay. However I do think that it's best to change our methods of teaching. Although I still believe we should allow them to watch the re:REJUVENATORS methods. They must know what will happen to them if they deflect from Paradise."

"They will lead their children well."

I can see we're descending downstairs again. This is why this place is restricted. In the far back of this room for the Priests there are these set of stairs that lead to the outside world. It's basically the backdoor to this place. Hyun struggles a bit to keep me in balance as he takes me down the stairs. He places his golden, metal claw, onto a scanner. I installed that system. There's a certain alloy in their gloves that the scanner searches for. Once it senses it, it opens the door.

The door swings open. We're outside, well sort of, this place was somewhat closed off. It used to be connected to The Underground but after that explosion the pathway has been blocked off. So where are we going?

I see a familiar beaten up path. Oh god no….

We walk for nearly ten minutes until finally we reach a little building. I see my security systems installed all around the doors. There is a sign that says "If you don't answer the questions right, the gun right here will shoot you in the brain." I put that there. Hyun types in the passwords into a green keypad. I feel a sense of relief when the door beeps and clicks open. We walk in, Hyun's shoes echo against the metal walls and floors. This is…where we keep Hell Spawns. Hyun sets me down in a chair and closes the door behind him. He reaches into his cloak and forces me to eat three blue pills. It takes effect almost immediately, and I know I'm going to have one hell of muscle spasms once they're completely digested.

Hyun takes off his mask and sighs. "So…you got beaten up trying to protect a girl?" He chuckles. His tired eyes barely even look alive anymore. His face is a bit sweaty from the mask but all in all he looks the same he did four years ago.

"She was being stupid. She took off her sash and nearly got raped."

"Ooo." He winces and I know it's not because of what I just said but because of the word 'rape'. Those are outside words. They're not in the Paradisian dictionary. Something the High Priestess has been working on to incorporate into our new lives. Something to keep the thought of the outside world as a scary and ugly world. It is an ugly place and I hate when I have to go out there….I think it is. I almost can't even remember anymore.

"That's…not good."

"Nope. So I got beaten for…well because they couldn't just let me go free."

"No. You were somewhere you shouldn't be. Plus that action of yours was too…it was wrong to have those thoughts."

I don't even know what the word is. Indi…No I can't remember for some reason. "So why are we here?"

"I think all the work that you've been doing to bring in our honored guests has clouded your mind." He looks around as if anyone would be in here. "You need to protect yourself Saeran."

I wince at that name but I keep it together. "What are you talking about?"

"The brainwashing…it's…something's gone wrong."

"What else is new?" I stand up. With those pills taking their full effect.I can now move like I was never beaten to a pulp. "Wait…are those people out there in danger?" Her face pops into my mind. I need her she better not be dying or turning into a Hell Spawn on me.

"Not them. Us."

"….What are you talking about?"

"Us five, you remember right?"

"How could I not. We were the second experiments that were showing good results."

"Yeah…well of course you were given the best of the best, High Priestess Rika didn't want you to end up like the others. But the problem is that there is a side effect she didn't foresee that has been arising."

"What side effect?"

"Come." Hyun grabs his mask and we delve deeper into an underground jail cell. It's almost medieval looking. I remember this place, I remember something about not trusting my brother. But didn't I already know that? Now this place was being used to harbor Hell Spawns. They make low guttural noises and I watch as one tries to claw out its hair. Sickening. They looked human just like you or me, but their minds were deteriorated. There was no human left in them and now they were monsters walking around in human skin.

We walk deeper down the hallway. I let out a gagging sound. "What the hell is that smell?"

"It's…it's us."

"What?"

"You remember Jae-Sun?"

"Yeah." I widen my good eye. "T…that smell is-"

Hyu reaches into his pocket and pulls out a flashlight. He shines inside one the cells. I nearly fall over from the sight. That…that looked like a true Hell Spawn. It smelled like rotting flesh, it had pieces of its skull hanging loosely by its skin, it was in a straight jacket and its legs were shackled to the far back of the room. It's eyes were red with brown irises, it roared like a monster upon seeing us and banged its head against the wall.

"What is that?!" I finally find my voice.

"That's Jae-Sun." He shines his light in the next cell, "And that's Tai over there." A crouched figure was sitting on the floor rocking back and forth muttering something in some incoherent language. He was missing a leg and I could see maggots crawling on the exposed flesh. I felt sick.

"W-what happened to them?"

"I don't know. They don't know which technique or serum or drug they used the caused this but… Saeran I'm scared. Jae-Sun started showing the side effects when he was getting more and more angry. Remember that? They re:REJUVENATED him but it completely backfired. Eventually he was too dangerous to have around so we put him here. Saeran…he tried to eat himself…"

"W-why are we keeping them alive?"

"Just like regular Hell Spawns the other Priests and Arc Members think it's best to just let them die on their own. But…but!" Hyun started to look crazed. "They can't find the source. And it's only showing in second generation experiments like us! Now there's only three of us left! Wh-what if…What if something."

"Hold on!" I shook him. "It's okay, maybe it's not even that. Maybe it's one of the other brainwashing techniques. I mean we have at least ten Hell Spawns all 's nothing wrong with us!"

Theres a step. "Saeran." I turn to the distorted voice and see another one of the second gen experiments. I don't know his name I just know he carries a golden cane with a red gem in it's handle. "Have you forgotten so easily?" Hyun puts on his mask. The Priest rests his hands behind his back. "We found the source to these Hell Spawns. They were to weak to our more stronger methods. But these men…" The Priests shakes his head. "I suppose it's only a matter of time. Whether it's next week or next year. Something inside of us is going to snap."

I shake my head. "Ridiculous. It won't happen to me."

"Maybe not…You are a favorite." Hyun says, his voice now completely distorted.

"Yes, High Priestess Rika will not let this happen to you."

"She knows about this?"

"She know's of it. She does not wished to be informed of sad things you know. Besides she has other things to worry about. Is this," the priest I don't know eyes me up and down, "going to be a set back?"

I look at the Hell Spawn of Tai. "Why the hell are you acting so nonchalant about this!? The fuck is this?! The fuck happened to them!?" Hyun winces but the other Priest just shakes his head.

"Pay back I suppose." The Priests looks at Jae-Sun. "He won't kill himself and I want to do it myself. But I've been restricted from doing so. It's as if the fact they can breathe keeps them moving."

I shake my head. "What have we done?"

"We've made mistakes. That's what happens when you search for perfection. You make some mistakes along the way." The Priest turns around. "Hyun. You shouldn't have brought him here."

"I just thought-"

"Perhaps a re:REJUVENATION will stop these 'thoughts' of yours."

Hyun let's out a strange sound, a moan of agony by the sounds of it. "What if…what if that makes me go insane?"

"Oh and Saeran." The Priest stops and looks back. "Do try to keep that girl in check. You've been so preoccupied with her and the special guests, that a Hell Spawn escaped to The Underground. That means that thing was walking around on our grounds. It's your responsibility to keep these things in check, and because of your mistake you've rendered The Underground completely useless."

_Present time_

I roll over and slowly I open my eyes. My leg kicks the wall and I feel my hand shaking. Damn those blue pills. "You're awake." The Priest, the one from before, says. He's sitting next to me holding his cane in his lap. "That woman was just here. She was touching your hair and seemed to be spouting nonsense."

"What…?" I sat up. "Yeah…yeah I think I remember some of the stuff she said." I rub my good eye.

"We did not give you a re:REJUVENATION Saeran. I've convinced them otherwise. Also…there seems to be increased activity in the Descendent's. Your absence has caused us a lot of problems."

"Is that how you treat everyone who first wakes up?"

"Get it fixed. And get that girl moving. We're done waiting for you to convince the Special Guests to join paradise." He gets up and leaves the room.

She was touching my hair? Why? I touch my hair. It's just hair what's the big deal? Weirdo.

I walk into my office, it's nearly 2 in the morning. I look at the RFA chat as I start upgrading and resting system passwords. 'We are independent…'