As the pain disappears, Shingetsu is finally able to sleep peacefully for once in six and half years. Ryoken is happy to see her comfortable and out of pain. He closes his eyes and relaxes against the bedpost with her in his arms. Out of nowhere a sudden heavy feeling comes over him and visions play out before him.

"What's this?"

Bits and pieces of a girl being captured and thrown into a cell then being dragged into a lab and painfully experimented on flash before him along with the words "Subject 9-8-1." Then versions of Links Vrains and a gentle touch that causes nothing but pain. Ryoken gasps awake and quickly looks down at his friend who's sleeping comfortably in his arms.

'What that...?' Tears came to his eyes, as more visions flashed before him.

Screams of pain is what he sees and feels then the visions vanish as quickly as they appeared. Ryoken his left silently crying.

'How could they...? How could they put her through so much pain and suffering?' He asks himself as he holds his friend close to him.

"Ryoken...?" Shingetsu looks up at him half asleep, she feels like something's wrong.

"I'm so sorry you were put through that," He say softly as tears slide down his cheeks. He pulls her up into a gentle but tight hug.

"You don't have to be sorry, this isn't your fault Ryoken." She whispers gently brushing away his tears.

They stay hugging for a few moments, then sleep pulls Shingetsu away from the conscious world. Back in Link Vrains Varis and Specter are finally able to pull up the hidden video feed to figure out who took their captive.

"Damn it! I should of been playing closer attention to him," Varis says as he watches the screen. He see Revolver sneaking in and taking his captive.

"Sir, perhaps this is Playmaker's doing?" Specter suggests, not knowing that there's another version of Varis running around.

"That is no program Specter, and Playmaker doesn't know of this place."

"It is possible to make a program that can make a clone appear as you then wonder around Link Vrains until it found this place?"

Varis stops to think about this but he can't think of a program that can do something like that. "It's a possibility." 'Maybe that copy of me is just a clone that Playmaker made to try and stop me.' He thinks to himself. "We'll search the city and Link Vrains tomorrow morning to see if we can find the girl."

"Yes sir."

Specter and Varis log out of Link Vrains to get some sleep. The next morning they long back in. Specter searches the city while Varis searches Link Vrains. It takes only a few hours to find who they're looking for and they don't find Playmaker.

"That's... impossible," Varis says with disbelief as he sees another version of himself with the girl from yesterday.

Ryoken is sound asleep with his dearly beloved friend in his arms. A ringing phone wakes him and he tiredly reaches for his phone answering it when he gets a hold of it.

"Hello?" He says half asleep.

"Sorry to wake you, but Vegeta is getting anxious to know if there's been any chance in her condition." Yuri, the second king asks.

Varis taps his phone to listen in on the conversation.

"Yes, she's woken up but was in a lot of pain. It's strange, and I understand it but when I touch her head all her pain seems to disappear."

"Did she tell you what caused this pain?"

"She was practicing some small spells when something went wrong. She was taken prisoner by some woman and was experimented on; that's what seems to be causing her pain. She's alright now but she's definitely not well enough to assume active leadership of the throne."

"Understood. We'll try to see what we can do to get you both home, but please take care of her."

"I will, I promise to keep her safe."

The call ends and Ryoken puts his phone back on the nightstand, he gently runs a hand over Shingetsu's cheek as she sleeps.