First, I was chained to wall to be made unaware as to what had happened. Then, I was told a string of lies (then again, knowing everything before being put under, I guess that's to be expected). Afterwards, I realized they had taken my Pokémon away from me. Now, I was forced to wear what everyone else here did. I didn't have a choice, seeing as I was supposed to be mindless of everything. At least with everything happening, they let me change in privacy.

I stared at myself in the mirror with a blank expression. I could care less what clothes these people made me wear, but they had crossed the line as I looked unrecognizable. One of them cut my hair, so my black locks fell well above my shoulders while strings of hair hung over my forehead. My eyes were bloodshot red as I wasn't getting much sleep. It wasn't because of nightmares this time, but the stress of knowing what could happen if I messed up.

All the coloring in my skin had disappeared. I looked a mess, and that was before the cuts and bruises were there on my arms. The outfit I wore now consisted of a short-sleeved black t-shirt, black jeans, black combat boots, and, of course, the black beanie.

A part of me wondered if anyone would recognize me, but then again, Lethe somehow managed to get my glasses. Even with them on, it was almost hard to recognize me. More so, part of me wondered if that was why they worked so hard on making me look so different.

"Sylvia, the bosses wants to see you now," I heard someone call from behind.

I turned around, seeing Lethe standing there. He tucked his hands in his pockets as his head hung down. Lethe was the reason I was here. The boy tricked me. He might have had a picture of him and my mom. That picture was proof that we were related. There was no denying that we were related by blood.

Blood or not, Lethe was no brother of mine.

There wasn't a thing I could say to him, not when that odd vision I had before waking up warned me against it. True, it was Lethe in the vision that warned me, but that could have been for many reasons. All I know was whatever sedative knocked me out, it didn't do its job. Otherwise, I'd be a mindless zombie.

I walked over towards Lethe, not saying one word. Usually, if I said anything to anyone, I kept it to a minimum. I had to have everyone believe this thing worked. If I didn't, more lives would be put at risk. Beyond that, I would probably have been killed on the spot.

Lethe was quiet as we walked through the compound. I wasn't sure how long we'd been here as I started to lose count of the days. Then again, I wasn't sure how long that Visioner had knocked me out for. For all I know, I could've been here for just two days, but it felt longer. Everything just blurred together.

"Sylvia," Lethe whispered, "I hope you're still in there. If you remembered anything from before we had to put you under, please, give me a sign."

Instead of giving him an answer, I kept my head held low, following his lead.

The boy sighed. "Bon sang. I should've known my plan wasn't going to work. Look, I don't need you to remember now, but you have to make sure Team Oblivion's plans fail. If not, everyone is going to be as mindless as you or dead."

Again, I didn't answer him. I just kept looking at what lied ahead. If Lethe really wanted Team Oblivion's plan to fail, he would've sabotaged it himself already. He had all this time to have them be destroyed from the inside. I didn't understand why he needed me.

Neither of us said a word as we came across a black door. Lethe took a deep breath shaking his head.

"Before we go in there," Lethe whispered, so only I could hear, "I want to apologize, especially since you won't remember the things I'm apologizing for. I'm sorry I gave Rudi the threat three years ago to stay away from you. I didn't think he was good enough for you. Everything I did, I did to try and protect you.

"I'm sorry that I didn't give you Musharna right away. I knew you were having nightmares, and thought that maybe Dad's Musharna would help, but now I just feel as if I forced you into this entire mess.

"But most of all," Lethe concluded, "I'm sorry that I didn't come to you the moment Mom died. You should've had the chance to meet her. I should've begged Mom more about meeting you. Maybe things would've ended differently and you wouldn't be in this mess. I'm sorry, Syl."

I could feel Lethe looking at me, as if searching for some way that I could hear him. Hearing his words seemed so genuine. For once, hearing his voice, I could actually tell he meant every word he said. Lethe always seemed to be switching sides for some odd reason, but if he meant anything in those words like the way he sounded then to be, then I just wanted to pull the boy out of here and get him to safety.

There was no way I could do that. Right now, I had to keep this facade up. If there was one thing I knew, it was that I had to make sure no one knew I was actually awake in a sense.

Lethe sighed before opening the door and motioning for me to go in. I tried keeping my blank stare as I walked in the small room.

There wasn't anything in there except a rather large desk and a chair. In the single chair, I could see Shade sitting there. It had been a while since I last saw her, but she still looked the same with her dark black hair pulled in braided pigtails as her purple eyes bore into mine.

To Shade's left stood Dusk. Well, more like she leaned against the wall. I could tell by looking at the redhead that she didn't seem to be convinced at the state of consciousness, or lack there was, I was in as she narrowed her brown eyes on me. She still wore her athletic clothing, which was different than the nice suit and pantsuit that her other two colleagues wore.

The only person I didn't know was Shadow, at least, I didn't know of him until recently. He was the only male leader out of the three. Despite his silver hair, he looked just as old as his colleagues. I couldn't help but want to stare at his black eyes.

It was common that those who had dark brown eyes that looked black, but his irises were completely black, making me wonder if he had them at all, or if his pupils were just dilated that much.

Luckily for me, Nox was nowhere to be found.

"Sylvia, it is nice of you to join us," Shadow greeted as he motioned towards a chair that sat on the wall opposite of them. "Come, have a seat."

Everything he said screamed "don't do it", but I didn't have a choice. I had to make it out of here, alive. If they knew I wasn't a mindless slate, they would've killed me in seconds. Besides, I didn't have any Pokémon to help me out of my predicament at the moment.

I slowly made me way to the chair, laying my hands carefully in my lap when I sat down. I'd seen too many movies with Rudi to know what could happen if you put your hands on a chair's armrests when a villain was present.

Oh Deerling, knowing that was the first thing that came into mind says that I'd been watching way too many sci-fi movies with him. Maybe once this was over, I'd have to have him read a good book or something, though, I didn't think he'd find my books full of medicine and how to heal Pokémon very interesting.

Luckily, none of the leaders took noticed, nor cared. In the corner of my eye, I could see Lethe shifting uncomfortably to the side.

"Do you know why you're here?" Shade asked.

"No," I answered.

The woman smiled before looking back at her other female colleague; however, Dusk didn't look impressed.

"What is the first memory that you can remember?" Shadow asked.

Ponyta crap! How was I supposed to answer that one. Think, Sylvia, how would a mindless person answer that?

"I was chained to a wall," I said, hoping that was the answer they were looking for.

This time, Shadow smiled as he crossed his arms.

"Do you know why you're here?" Shadow asked.

"No," I answered again.

"What are the names of your parents?" Shadow asked.

"I don't know," I lied.

"Did you know you had a boyfriend?" Shade asked.

How was it everyone seemed to know that? Maybe dating my partner in crime wasn't a good idea.

"No," I denied.

This time, all three leaders of Team Oblivion smiled menacingly. It was as if they knew they broke me. Only, they didn't. Just as long as they believed that, I was safe.

"That's probably for the best," Shadow explained, "because he's the reason you can't remember a thing."

"He turned you in," Shade chipped.

"All he wanted was to see you dead, but it's a good thing you aren't," Shadow said. "How does that make you feel?"

It wasn't Rudi who turned me in; it was Lethe. A part of me wanted to yell at them and let them know that it wasn't true, that Rudi would never do anything to betray me, just like I wouldn't do anything to hurt him.

But that wasn't true. Rudi probably thought I was angry at him seeing that I hadn't come back. I wished there was some other way we would've left, especially since I didn't say anything to him after he confessed what he did.

Everything Rudi did was to protect me. Now, it was my turn to do the same.

"I don't know," I said, trying to keep my emotions hidden. "I don't remember."

My answer seemed to please Shade and Shadow, but once again, I realized Dusk didn't seem amused. The red-haired woman looked at me in disbelief.

Why was it I had a bad feeling about this?

"Do you now," Dusk sounded skeptical as she pushed herself from the wall and walked over towards me. I tried not to show any fear as she bent down to eye level, forcing me to look her right in the eyes. "Can you say that again?"

I took a deep breath. "I don't remem—"

Before I could finish, Dusk slapped me across the face. I looked down at the ground, seeing my reflection in the polished flooring. There wasn't one tell sign that I was lying, yet I knew I didn't convince this woman.

"You lie!" Dusk hissed. "You remember something, don't you."

I didn't say a word as I just looked down at the ground. My heart started to beat faster and faster, realizing there was no way out of this. It didn't matter how much I tried playing dumb. It wasn't going to work.

But, I couldn't do anything else either. I wasn't good in hand-to-hand combat. Without my Pokémon, I couldn't do anything.

Sensing my hesitation, I felt the woman grab my chin and stare down at me.

"How is it you're still awake, bird girl?" Dusk asked.

"Let her go!"

Everyone turned their heads to see Lethe standing there with his hands balled up in fists. My mouth gaped open as I realized what was about to happen.

Oh no.

Dusk shoved my head back and turned to look at the boy. I stayed in the chair, only this time, I grabbed the ends of the armrest, preparing myself for anything. As much as I wanted to hate Lethe, I couldn't let him get the repercussions of whatever happened.

"So, you finally figured it out, haven't you?" Dusk asked.

I looked back and forth from Dusk to Lethe.

"Figured what?" Lethe asked.

Someone chuckled from behind. I turned my head to see Shadow with an amuse expression.

"I believe you know exactly what she's alluding to, Gray," Shadow said, before looking me in the eyes. "Since she isn't of much use to us anymore, Shade, would you like to do the honors?"

My eyes widened before I looked over at Lethe. I saw the same fear mirrored in his eyes. I wanted to stand up and run as fast as I could, but I couldn't, not when I looked over at Shadow.

The man pulled out two things. The first was a Master Ball, which only had one goal. My eyes widened as I saw my nightmarish visions flash before my eyes. I hoped I was wrong. I hoped what was in that Poké Ball wasn't what I thought it was.

If it was, then we'd all be dead.

As for the other option, it was a small box with a black button on it. He laid it on the desk while he nodded to his fellow leaders. Shade smirked as she stood up from the chair and walked to the doorway, but stopped as she blocked the door, forcing her other two colleagues to stop behind her.

I looked past her, seeing Lethe standing there with his hands balled up in fists. He wanted to fight, but for some odd reason, he was holding back.

"Oh, I've been waiting to do this since I've first seen her nightmares," I heard Shade gloat.

I snapped my head to look over at her, seeing the dark haired woman give a wicked smile.

"My nightmares?" I asked.

The woman leaned toward me, causing me to slouch a bit in the chair as my way of cowering from her.

"Since the day I've joined this team, I've had my eyes on you, testing you, seeing how strong the Swanna Girl really was. With Dusk's Darkrai, I was able to see what I was putting you through. Very interesting, you know, seeing how you can't seem to shake the feeling of Swanna's death and is now trying to prevent anyone and everyone from suffering the same fate. Now, I finally get to put you through hell," Shade explained. "One that will be worse than before."

"Don't you dare touch her!"

We turned our heads to see Lethe running towards us, but he didn't make it two steps as Dusk pulled out her foot, tripping him.

The boy landed face first.

"You want to help her?" Shadow asked. "Fine, you can die alongside her. The moment I push this button, within one minute this place will fill with a poisonous gas that will kill anyone in seconds."

"Luckily, you'll be too scared to see it happen," Shade taunted as she tapped her fingers on my forehead.

Again, I found myself falling into an endless nightmare.

Author's Note:

Uh-oh, things are looking very bad for Sylvia. Above is how I've pictured her new haircut. It's going to be weird thinking of her with shorter hair, but that's what happens when people get a hair change.

No question for this chapter. Hope you're all having an amazing day. Bye.