Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-37184589-20190414001151/@comment-37184589-20190414001300

Tam was walking through the Neverseen’s headquarters, flanked by Lady Gisela on one side, and a tall man with blond hair and cold blue eyes on the other. Gethen. His name was Gethen.

After walking through dozens of drippy tunnels, they finally arrived in a lone, bare room with two chairs in the very middle.

“Sit,” ordered Gethen with a sharp jerk of his head.

“Why did you bring me all the way over here just for me to sit in a chair?” Asked Tam, fighting to keep his voice under control.

Gethen replied with a sneer. “Just do as I say.”

Tam was ready to use his shade powers and escape, but he knew that he couldn’t take these two down. And who knew how many other Neverseen members were hiding around? Besides, if he ran away now, the Neverseen would probably find some way to hurt Linh, Sophie, Biana, Dex, Fitz, and Marella, and, while he kind of hated to admit it, he cared about Keefe too.

So he walked forwards and sat in the chair. Gisela nor Gethen used the chair next to him.

After a minute of silence, Tam spoke. “Well?”

Gisela gestured at Tam. “Wash him.”

That just sounded wrong for some reason, but Tam couldn’t laugh. They were going to erase his memories of the Black Swan. He silently swore at himself. He should’ve known. They wouldn’t have allowed him to be a part of the Neverseen if he knew how terrible they were. They only allowed Keefe in because he was Gisela’s son and they trusted him.

Tam was momentarily offended by the fact that the Neverseen respected Keefe more than him.

Then he was back to thinking about the amnesia that would befall him in a few minutes.

He was jolted back to the present by Gethen’s stammering. “W-well I’m a bit exhausted, I don’t think-“

“I don’t care what you think!” Snapped Gisela. “You were just fine when we arrived here.”

Gethen did some weird hand flapping thing as he scrambled for the right words. It was funny how Gethen was smirking and laughing when he attacked the Black Swan, but was an abused puppy in front of Gisela.

Finally, he walked to Tam and pressed his fingers against his temples. Tam flinched and desperately tried to recall his first memory of the Black Swan, or at least meeting Sophie.

He came up with nothing.

Tam repeated the words inside his head. I’m a member of the Black Swan. The Neverseen are evil. Those weren’t the best words he could come up with, but they helped him remember. Until it became a repeated chant of The Black Swan, the Black Swan.

But even that wasn’t enough.

“It’s done?” Asked a pale woman with ice blue eyes standing next to Tam.

Another man let out a breath. “Yes.”

Tam held out a hand. “Back up. What are you guys talking about?”

The woman ignored him. “His memories will be buried forever, correct?”

“I believe so.”

Tam raised his eyebrows. “Excuse me?”

“Stand up, Tam.”

How does she know my name? Who even is she?

He stood up hesitantly. ‘His memories will be buried forever’? What the heck?

“Do you know what the Black Swan is?” Asked the strange woman.

The Black Swan? “No...? What even is that? Who are you guys?” He raised his hands, prepared to use his Shade powers and run away. But as soon as a sliver of black swept through, he was pushed back by some invisible force. He flew through the air and landed on the ground. When he got back up, he saw that the “invisible force” was a person who was not there before.

“Well, Alvar, why don’t you tell Tam about the Neverseen?”