~Sting's P.O.V.~

        "WHAT?!" I yelled at Mark, not believing what he had just said.  "Why would she do that?!" I growled.

        "Jess wouldn't do that on purpose!" Lexi added.

        "I know it doesn't make sense, but--" 

        "Of course it doesn't make sense!" I interrupted him.  "How can she do that??  She would never--!!"  At that moment Mark clamped his hand over my mouth.

        "Just listen to me okay?!  We might not have much time left!" he half yelled.  That was when I realized that his brown eyes were filled with a mixture of regret, sadness, and anger.  

        "Not have much time for what?" Lector asked the question for me.  I could feel the air around us turn tense, and I did not like it.

        "Jessie's been kidnapped," Mark replied straightforwardly.  My eyes widened and I could feel my heart stop.  

        I pushed his hand away from my mouth and desperately asked, "How do you know??"

        "I just know okay?!" he snapped at me, which took me by surprise.  I may have not known him for a long time, but I know he's the kind of person with a calm demeanor who doesn't usually lash out like that.  "I know because it happened to us when we were young!"  My eyes widened, and I'm pretty sure both Lexi and Lector's did too.

        "Y-you mean that Skull Knights guild that kidnapped Jessie when she was young?" Lexi quivered.  Mark's expression softened but and he was still angry.  

        "Yeah," Mark answered with a low growl.  "That was when we got separated."

        "Skull Knights guild?" I questioned, not following.

        "It was a mysterious dark guild," Lexi explained quietly.  "Jessie told me about it, but only once.  She doesn't like remembering those times because..." she trailed off.

        "Because...?" I raised an eyebrow.  Lexi shook her head.

        "Doesn't matter.  What does that guild have to do with her now?  Don't tell me.." Lexi asked Mark.  He looked down.

        "I fear, no, I know that she's been kidnapped by them," Mark said, clenching his fists until his knuckles were turning white.  "And I know by who.."  Lexi's eyes widened and Mark cursed under his breath

        "Well, what are we waiting for?!  We have to go rescue her!" I said out loud, running towards the door, but I was stopped by Mark grabbing my shirt and pulling me back.

        "I want to go save her as much as you do, but we don't even know where she is!" Mark said, still holding my shirt.  I make him let go of it.

        "She's wherever that Skull Knights guild is right?  Then we go there!"

        "DON'T YOU THINK IF I KNEW WHERE IT WAS I WOULD'VE DESTROYED IT ALREADY?!" Mark yelled at me.  I looked at him with wide eyes when I saw that he looked like he was on the verge of tears.  He took a shaky deep breath.  "I've tried....I've tried to learn all I could about it through any books about dark guilds I could find....but I never found anything.."  

        "Well, why didn't you just try looking for clues with townspeople instead of looking through books?" I asked, softening my tone, but you could still tell I was anxious to go help Jessie.  

        "I did, but I guess I didn't do that here in Magnolia though.." he muttered sheepishly.  "Anyways, point is, how are we going to find the guild?"

        "We could ask Fairy Tail," Lector spoke up.  Both Mark and I rubbed the backs of our neck nervously.

        "I didn't really want to tell them...but since their master already knows, I guess we have no choice huh?" Mark sighed.

        "It would be the fastest way.." Lexi agreed.

        "Then what're we waiting for?  We have to go!"  I ran to the door, but yet again, Mark stopped me by pulling on my shirt.

        "I have a faster way," he said before I could punch him for choking me again.

Meanwhile....

~Jessie's P.O.V.~

        I hesitantly open my eyes, waiting for the bright sunlight to shine on them, but it never came.  When recollection of what happened before I got knocked unconscious came back to me, I became wide-awake and I sat right up, only to be stopped by something pulling my arms back.  "What the.."  My eyes widened to see rusted chains clamped onto my wrists.  I tried pulling them free, but to no avail.

        "Heh, awake are you?"  My eyes contracted in fear as I recognized the chilling cold voice.  My eyes slowly drifted up to see her cold pink eyes glare at me and her lips form a wicked smirk.  "Never thought you'd see me again huh Jessie?" she mocked.

        "Hikari.." I tried to say her name calmly, but my voice betrayed me as it quivered at the sound of her name.

        "It's Lady Hikari to you," she corrected.  "But atleast it's good to know you still fear me."

        "What do you want with me?!" I screamed at her, rage flowing throughout my body.

        "Dear girl, I never left your life," she chuckled.  "I merely just waited until you were ripe for the picking."

        "N-nani?" I stuttered.

        "Haven't you ever wondered what happened to dear Sting?  How he went berserk not once but two times?" My eyes widened at her.  "Or, do you not remember?  Have you Forgotten?"  No words would escape my mouth.  How did she know about that?  Have I really never been free all this time?  "Here, let me refresh your memory for you.."  She reached into her pocket and pulled something out.  When she opened her palm, my eyes widened.  It was a sparkly silver clip that had both Sabertooth and Fairy Tail's mark on it.  My eyes widened as something clicked in my head and a burst of memories came back to me.  Memories of me and Sting together flashed quickly through my eyes and my head was getting dizzy because of it.  When the pictures stopped, I looked down at the ground in shock.

         "No..." I said in a tone barely above a whisper.  Why was I saying that?  Because I remember why I had to lock these memories away.

        "Remember now?" she asked, already knowing the answer.  Despite being scared, I somehow managed a tiny nod.  "Good, now then.."  She placed her right pointer finger on my forehead.

        "Sleep," she commanded.  Almost immediately I grew drowsy and the border of my vision became to turn black.  I tried fighting in, but I gave in and closed my eyes, my consciousness slipping away from me.