Before You Remember

Chapter 21 - The Marriage Announcement

Sans had to figure out how to use her ability without using blood. In the memories and visions, she saw Ayla being able to use her ability freely. Nevertheless, Sans also felt that her ability got stronger every time she used it. The last infusion showed that she could pull out of someone's mind and memory when she wanted to.

The first thing Sans did was to bake some cookies and offer them to the servant who came by to clean up her level. The servant apologized profusely, saying he was too afraid to take anything related to Sans, especially if Jax found out about it. Sans apologized repeatedly and instead offered water. She told the servant how she knew he had been working hard to clean the area and she would be sad if he didn't accept any kind gestures. The servant reluctantly accepted the drink and finished the water in one go, which made Sans's smile twitch slightly. She had dripped blood on both of the items offered.

Sans took the opportunity to delve into the servant's memories and quickly understood that he was relatively new to the federation and that he had only been there for a few months. That was a perfect tool for brainwashing. "Let my consciousness stay with you as and when I want to and let me see what you see." "Yes." "Am I with you?" "Yes." "No," Sans said. "I am not with you. You're just living life as a normal housekeeper. You don't remember what I just fed you. Right?" "Yes." "There are cameras on this level. Wouldn't it be good if you could help erase the moments when I offered you the food and spoke to you? Like now?" "Yes, I will speak to security." The servant then turned away and left the residence.

Sans used her infusion ability to see where the servant was heading. The servant used his eyes to scan and off he went down the lift all the way to the security level. He walked towards a female security personnel in front of the multiple CCTV security. Sans scoffed. Jax must have been so possessive that he didn't allow male security personnel to re-watch the recordings on her level.

"Nothing happened during this 10 minutes," the servant said to the female security. "Nothing happened during these 10 minutes," the female security replied and said to the rest of the security personnel in the room. Sans realized that her infusion spread across the room just like that, and just like that, the 10 minutes across all the different cameras vanished after the security personnel removed them. The recording of the servant walking in and out of the security room vanished as well, and they continued to resume their day as if nothing had happened. Sans began to understand why she was highly valued in Crescent. Her wishes were carried out swiftly just like that. Now, her consciousness was latched onto the security personnel as well as the servant. She entered the consciousness of the security personnel and asked, "Where are the Crescent prisoners of war?" The security personnel replied, "They're being tortured in the basement." "Who has access to the basement?" "The doctor. The doctor has access as he needs to heal them. There are others, but I don't know who they are."

Sans was slightly annoyed. She stayed connected to the security personnel's consciousness and stayed in the security room the whole day to memorize the various levels and maps as much as she could.

At night, Jax came over and they had their sweet cuddly moments, with the usual of him professing his love for her and how pretty she was. Then, he revealed his grand plan for marriage.

"Remember when you said you wanted marriage? I got it all worked out. Just give me 1 more week and everything is going to be done." Sans's eyes widened as she didn't expect this to happen. Marriage was an excuse not to have sex with him. Why would she even want to marry this sociopathic guy?

"Wow, Jax, you're amazing. You got things done pretty fast. What did you do exactly?" Jax smiled brightly, revealing his perfectly symmetrical white teeth. "Multiple mental possessors at our service. They are trying to erase society's remembrance of your existence, and the majority have been cleansed. You are no longer a terrorist by name and data. We can marry publicly with no one to stop us." A shiver went down Sans's spine and she couldn't control her facial expression. She forced herself to refocus, but she could not show joy on her face. Instead, she showed a horrified expression, which caused Jax's brilliant smile to drop.