So, I kind of forgot I had this chapter sitting around on my computer, and just put it up now. Sorry. Anyways, I'm not dead, and this story is still on!


Yukari wandered around the mansion for the third day in a row. No one had given her any jobs, and she was quite bored. So following the butler as he went about his day seemed like a pretty good idea, until he turned a corner and vanished into thin air. Now more bored than ever, Yukari decided that staying inside, while it would be following orders, was far too boring and wandered out onto the grounds of the giant estate. She eventually found a shooting range and a series of small hand guns, easily identifying them as she walked past. She grabbed a random gun and started shooting, choosing not to wear safety gear. The gun handled well enough, and it was comfortable for her to hold…

"You handle that well for someone who was born only recently."

Yukari nearly screamed as an exceedingly tall man appeared behind her; she calmed down quickly though once she realized it was only Allucard, the man who had saved her from that creature. "Well, I know just about anything and everything used in war. Tanks, armor, boots, rations, aircraft, guns, ships. Everything!" She chirped happily, placing the gun back where she had found it.

"Oh? And what about your friend? Does she know anything about war?"

"Umm…Not really." Yukari blushed. She knew Erwin wasn't exactly the most reliable when it came to historical facts, even concerning the German military in world war II, but the blond always tried her best. "She gets a lot of the details wrong sometimes, but she's not stupid. She's pretty…"

"Cunning?" Allucard cut in, filling in for the word the tiny girl was looking for.

"Yeah. She's also a pretty good partner to have for scouting missions. She also likes the supernatural, just like the rest of her team…it's funny, they like to hold a little get-together with everyone where they tell spooky stories."

"Oh? Do they now? Then perhaps they would serve as good allies…" The tall vampire muttered ominously as he stalked away, leaving Yukari to contemplate his words.


Erwin punched one of the four walls in her room, cursing loudly as she essentially broke her hand.

"Damn-it!" She screeched, her tail lashing furiously. She had been cooped up in her room for two weeks straight, and it was beginning to wear on her. Was it actually five days? She had no idea. She had no idea of anything! As far as she knew time no longer existed. "Stupid cat, stupid wolf, stupid…CREATURES!" She slammed her other fist into the wall as hard as possibly, completely oblivious to the sickening crack that it made as the small bones within it shattered like glass.

Erwin collapsed onto the floor, gasping as she tried to get control of her emotions. This wasn't like her, she was normally calm, like the rest of her team. Where were all these weird emotions coming from?! She felt so sad, and hollow. She didn't feel like doing anything, not eating, not sleeping, not…Erwin's eyes widened. She had never wanted to stay asleep before now. Now, she couldn't care less if she woke up or not; heck she felt happy thinking about sleeping forever.

"Oh Erwin, what has happened to you?"

"What has happened to me?" Erwin whirled around to face the all-too-familiar figure of Caesar. "If you must know what has happened to me, Taka-chan I was kidnapped, experimented on, and then left alone in a locked room all by myself!" Erwin's tail lashed about angrily, her ears nearly disappeared they were pinned so far back.

Caesar just giggled, smiling gently as she approached her blond teammate. "Silly, that's not what I meant."

"Then what do you mean?" Erwin asked, tilting her ears back up.

"You know what I mean, Riko-chan~." Caesar suddenly vanished, leaving no trace of her behind.

"Caesar? Caesar, please come back…" Erwin reached out, patting at thin air. Caesar was never here, and never would be.

"Well, technically yes and no. I am a figment of your mind Riko-chan."

Erwin spun around to see Caesar sitting on top of her bed-side table. "What? How did you-?"

"I told you Riko, I'm a figment of your mind. I can do anything. I can go through walls, sass the cat boy, disrespect those guys for you. Whatever you want me to do; within reason. I mean, you did model me after the real Caesar of your group, so." The apparition stated, crossing its arms and legs.

"Okay then…Then, how come Saemonza and Oryou aren't here?"

"I have no idea."

"But you just said-"

"Let me take this moment to point out that you are talking to me as if I am a real person, physically here with you. You are crazy."

"Thank you captain obvious; now-"

"At any moment now, someone will walk in and be like: 'Riko, why are you talking to yourself?' and you will have no response."

"Will you let me finish?!"

"I don't know. You're the one who created me. You decide if I ever let you finish what you're asking."

Erwin smacked her hand over her face, groaning in agony. Despite looking like Caesar, this was still not Caesar. "Alright. So, let me get this straight: You are a semi-separate entity, that looks like Caesar, kind of acts like Caesar, but is still not Caesar?"

"Correct! Wow Riko, you're really smart when you try!"

"Now that's just insulting." Erwin muttered crossing her arms. She knew she was probably the least bright person on the tankery team, but she always tried, and that had to count for something…right?

"Well, you are the one that made me." The imposter pointed out, shrugging as if she herself did not understand the situation. Which she probably didn't.

"Regardless of that fact, why are you here? What purpose do you serve other than to torment me?"

"To keep you company."

"Seriously?"

"Seriously!" The imaginary Caesar stated, in a voice that was far too perky to ever belong to the real Caesar.

"Alright, let's pretend for a moment that I believe you. Why am I so okay with this then?" Erwin asked, crossing her own arms with a huff.

"Well, is it really so hard to believe you're going insane after being kidnapped, experimented on, then isolated?"

"Objection!"

"This is not a court-room Riko-chan. You cannot object to what is fact."

"Well I don't have to like it either!" Erwin growled, turning away from the apparition.

A knocking at the door drew Erwin's attention away from the fake Caesar. "You may enter." She stated, turning to face said door. She was not surprised when The Doctor walked in with a bag of likely medical equipment, and looked around the room in confusion.

"It's only been five days. How are you mad as a hatter?"

The invisible Caesar burst out into laughter, causing Erwin to grind her teeth. "What can I say? Lock up and isolate a social butterfly and they will likely go mad. Ignoring that fact though, you're lucky it wasn't an hour. Five days is a record."

"And you would know this how?" The tall man inquired, opening the bag and pulling out a few needles as well as a blood pressure cuff.

"Well, I used to have quite a few friends in my hometown; all of us were pretty social. We all got curious one day and basically locked each other in separated rooms to isolate ourselves and see what would happen. We had someone supervise us of course. Miyuri only lasted 20 minutes, Kyo lasted about 30, Lye lasted almost the whole day, Rika lasted into the next day, and we quit on the end of the second day because I was the only one still partaking in the test. So my sanity limit is five days it seems…"

"In a room with no windows or way of telling time." The Doctor added, wrapping one of Erwin's arms in the small cuff.

"That's true…we still had windows when testing…"

"Speaking of windows, why doesn't Riko-chan have any? I mean, are you guys trying to make her loonier than a hoola-hoop on a slinky in a padded room?"

"Caesar that makes no sense."

"Who is Caesar?"

Erwin turned back to The Doctor, momentarily having forgotten about the man to address her delusion. "Caesar is one of my friends back at Ooarai. And the one I currently see sitting on top of my bed-side table."

"Hmm, that's interesting. Does the Caesar back home normally do such thing?" The man asked, finishing up with the blood pressure cuff.

"Not really. Hey, what's in those needles by the way?" Erwin responded, glancing at the sharp syringes filled with a mysterious clear liquid.

"A little mixture for people like you. You don't need to worry about it." He answered, dodging her question.

"That doesn't help me. Just because you all are weak, doesn't mean I am." Erwin looked to where the man's eyes should have been. He was looking right back at her. They maintained eye contact for a few more minutes before he looked away and left.

"Your curiosity will get you killed. You're not Schrödinger you know." He commented on his way out the door, closing it softly.

"Unlikely." Erwin replied to her now, mostly, empty room. She lay down on her bed and picked up the attack plan manual; flipping to a random page and reading from it.

"Curiosity killed the cat Riko-chan~."

"But satisfaction brought it back." Erwin countered, crossing her legs. She stayed like that, glossing over the manual, and listening to imagined-Caesar rant about random topics that just so happen to spring to mind at odd intervals.