She scowled in her sleep. Her image was planted firmly in his head, and it stained his eyes. Why did he take his mask off? He could smell her now, he saw her with his naked eye, he touched her. She was there, in his mind, and she wasn't leaving. She had left a taste upon his tongue that he was craving. She had left a mark on his face that put him to shame. She and her traitorous friends had taken everything that he and his Master had built and destroyed it. His dignity, his power, his leadership. It was nothing, and it was because of her. He needed to find her.
He could still see her sleeping. He could still see her awake, scowling at him with a confidence he knew she didn't have. She was afraid of him, yet she did not show it. How intriguing. He could still see the desert, the island, the ocean, her dreams, her fears, and himself. He saw himself through her own eyes--
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!"