The loud clang of metal woke her up. Aloysia looked around. Bloodstained walls, bloodstained floors, a heavy metal door without a window and chains all around. Aloysia then tried to move her head. She couldn't. Another clang of metal echoed the small room. When her groggy mind was finally pieced together, she realized that she was chained and muzzled like a dog to a pole. In this case, she was chained to the walls of the room. A tight metal collar was round her neck and connected to all the four walls. Her wrists and ankles were in the same state. A barred metal mouth covering was strapped on firmly and a metal bit held her tongue in place. She then tried to at least twitch her ankle. Pain shot through her and she did a silent yowl. She glanced down and noticed the back of her ankles were pieced and the hoop was attached to a heavy weight.

"Looks like you woke up," a rough voice sounded from outside. Aloysia recognized it immediately.

"Randall? Coming for your revenge?" she scoffed, haughtily, trying her best to ignore the pain in her legs.

"Nope, I'm here to watch you suffer. Those ankle thingies… they're hurting aren't they? They're especially made for SS rank and above," he smiled, closing the door behind him.

"So that man wasn't joking about putting me is the SS rank huh," Aloysia smiled bitterly. "I'm honored."

"You should be," Randall grunted, delicately hugging his torso. "You really did a number on me."

"Be grateful I didn't kill you. Neither did I kill your partner, Kenji," Aloysia retorted, her pronunciation limited by the gag piece.

"How did you know he was still alive?" Randall questioned folding his arms in front of Aloysia.

"I can smell him," she muttered. "All humans stink."

"You have a good mouth there," another officer entered the cell, carry a baggage which Aloysia deemed to be a quinque.

"That quinque… my death sentence?" Aloysia asked curiously but felt a little fearful that it really was.

"Nope," the same officer replied. "Sadly. I'm leaving for another ward. And I think that mouth gag should really be tightened," he added as he drew near Aloysia. His hands fumbled with the clasp and fastened it much tighter than it was before, making Aloysia choke and vomit what seemed to be water.

"You've got an empty stomach there," Randall cringed before walking out.

"Relax," the remaining officer murmured, gently patting Aloysia on the head. "We are not allowed to give you a death sentence until your turn eighteen and we aren't allowed to give you more pain than you deserve. You're perfectly safe under the law at the moment."

Aloysia glared at him as he walked out whilst he struggled to regain composure. The gag felt agonizingly tight around her head like it was crushing her skull. She had to find a way out of here. Remembering about her kagume, she attempted to move it but jolts of pain scored up her back. Her face contorted in anguish and she bit down hard on her tongue to stop her from screaming. Blood soon oozed out from the corners of her mouth as her eyes darted to see each of her tails clamped down hard with multiple of rods inserted into the tail and chained against the walls. Although she had enough strength in each tail to pull it from the wall, the pain was tremendous.

"Someone… help me…" she whimpered as tears slid down her cheeks.

"But we have to save her!" Touka cried. "She needs us! You know what torture the ghouls go through in the detention center!"

"She choose to be locked up to protect you. Her pride would most definitely be hurt if we go and save her. It is up to her to save herself," Yoshimura replied gravely and closed his door on Touka.

Steaming with rage and hopelessness, Touka stormed off into her room which was opposite Aloysia's. Before closing the door, Touka stared despairingly at the room at the other side of the hall. The door was nothing special besides the carved in letter 'A' in cursive on the front. Aloysia was the one that craved it in last year, claiming that she was bored. Letting out a long sigh, Touka slid down the door and lay in a collapsed heap on the floor. Silent tears glistened as they rolled down her face.

"I'm so sorry, Aloysia. I'm sorry!"