Eyes

Pathetic

Arc: 7/42 [Continued]

April 7- Day 7B

"You recognize them...?" the voice asks me.

I grab my head, and close my eyes in attempt to concentrate. "My memory is still weird, but I feel like the thing I'm looking for is in this picture." I grab the picture, and sit against the table leg. "Hey Desirée..."

"Hm?"

"You know...." I chuckle. "It's so stupid.. I came back.... To fulfill as certain duty, yet... I can't even remember a single thing. How am I supposed to protect anything if I can't even remember what I'm supposed to protect?" I sigh.

"...... It's okay..." The voice pauses for a couple of seconds, then continues. "Everything that has happened to your memory is completely normal. They'll come back... very soon. Trust me."

"Desirée..... Can you... re-explain to me the contract?"

There is a pause before the voice answers. "It starts out simple. Both of us, who have died, want to complete one final promise we have set out to the world. Both of our promises coincide with each other. Hence you being the controller, and me being the host. Despite you using my body, you're the one who's supposed to be in control, according to the contract."

I pause, recollecting my newfound information. "Why.... why do I have to be the one in control?"

"Hm.... It was a decision made by the higher-ups... Perhaps it was because you were the first who decided to speak up to them." The voice chuckles. "I've never been the one to speak out.... perhaps that is my only regret..."

"I see... Desirée, what is the promise that you are trying to fulfill? What is your regret? Perhaps it'll help me remember..... my regret." My back begins to slide down the table leg.

"I- Show me the person you believe you recognize."

I point to the girl standing closest to Ken. She was quite short, a little over half his height. She wore a red dress and bow. After a second, I move my hand over the edge of the paper, and point at the guy to the farthest left. "And him," I say. "Those are Echo and Xear." I examine his features, and notice his hair had white strands, and notice that he wore a collar.

"W-Wait! The one who is wearing that collar..."

My eyes widen. "Do you recognize the collar?"

"David..... I've seen those collars in his laboratory."

"Laboratory...? David?"

"Back when I was alive, he was Kai's right hand. He handled the Elites, I believe."

"Kai.... Kaiden talked about him, right? The FBHE head...?"

"Yes..... it's been years since I died. So I don't know how things are now."

"So you mean..... This guy right here, Xear... Is who we're looking for? The person that we were searching for.... is him!" I lift my arms up, as a sign of relief.