I woke up in a red dress.
I don't own a red dress.
I woke up in an unknown room.
I'm in pain, but I don't know why.
I look at my hands, my arms.
I see my cyborg components again.
How is this possible? I wonder.
I feel something.
It bites my flesh. It is... evil. I can feel it.
I run out of the room and find a large mirror.
I see a woman. A woman with long black hair and violet eyes.
That's me, I think, surprised, but I'm older. I must be 30 years old.
Like when I became Mistress 9.
I shudder at the thought of her again, then gasp.
My reflection in the mirror now has barbed wire all over its body. They are digging into its flesh.
I look at my arms again. I'm not bleeding, but the barbed wire has appeared.
I start to breathe harder and harder.
Fear is getting to me.
NO! I say mentally. I don't know what's going on, but I have to get out of here!
I raise my right hand towards the sky or rather the ceiling.
"Saturn Crystal Power, Make Up!"
Nothing happens.
I breathe in and out slowly.
I mustn’t panic.
"Saturn Crystal Power, Make Up!"
Still nothing happens.
I can't transform!
Suddenly, I hear a laugh.
The laugh seems to be in my head.
"Who's there?"
<Love...> Suddenly a male voice resounds in my mind. <Is it... love... or hate?>
A cold, dark, dead voice.
He is already dead, I thought before trying to talk to him.
<Who are you?>
<You already know my name. You look... so beautiful... in that dress.>
<No, I don't know your name. Where am I? Why do I have this barbed wire on me?>
<Like Laura. Even better than Laura.>
<Who's Laura?>
<Ho...ta…ru… you are mine.>
The way he said my name makes my blood run cold.
Something blinds me and I find myself in a room. The same as before.
I try to get out, but the door is locked.
<Love... or hate?> The man's voice is back. <It doesn't matter. You are mine forever.>
<NO, I am not yours!>
<Yes, you are, Ho…ta…ru… I'm already in you.>
An intense pain comes immediately to my head.
My body crashes to the ground.
<We are already one.>
Memories flash through my mind. Terrifying memories. Memories that aren’t mine.
I scream, I cry and then the memories cease.
I get up painfully.
"Ru...Ruvik."
Anger fills my heart.
"Ruvik, Ruvik, RUVIK!"
<I will never be yours!> I continued mentally. <I could never love someone like you! You’re a monster!>
<NO! So... is this hate?>
But I manage to control it. My anger.
<No, I will never let hate consume me. Ruvik, no matter how you feel about me, I’ll never let you win.>
Ruvik chuckles.
<I'm going to leave... this STEM.>
He keeps laughing.
<I will find my friends. I will LIVE. If I have to defeat you, I will!>
Ruvik is deaf to my words. He continues to laugh and sometimes he says my name. I try to provoke him.
<Laura too! I'll kill her again and again!>
<To hell with Laura! You are better than her. Much, much better.>
I didn't expect him to say that. Ruvik loves his sister. No?
<How can you say such a thing? Laura is your sister, Ruben!>
I called him Ruben this time. It didn't change anything. He continues to reject and trash his sister.
<THAT'S ENOUGH! I am NOT your love! Nor your new Laura!>
After all, I am wearing a red dress, like her.
On these words, I rush on the room's door to break it down and, I don't know how, but I succeed.
I start to run. Ruvik's voice keeps haunting my mind.
He says sweet words to me.
He tries to seduce me.
I keep running, I explore the whole mansion to find an exit, but I blush at his words.