He felt a sharp pain in his temples, ricocheting through his mind. He let out a soft groan in pain, starting to slowly come to consciousness. finally, Zero opened his eyes. Strangely, he was only met with darkness. he weakly lifted his head, glancing around, though quickly regretted it. His head went spinning, it felt like his brain way doing somersaults in his skull. When he tried to pull his hands to his head, he finally registered something tight woven around each wrist. His skin under the wraps were pressing against something cold. Come to think of it, so was his back. His arms were wrapped around something metal behind him. He sighed softly, trying to ground himself and his mind. When he felt himself slowly calm. he tried to faze his wrists out of the rope. No luck. "what the hell...?" he muttered quietly "ah, you're awake!" a familiar males voice started happily from somewhere in the dark. dread quickly filled Zero's chest. "Xylin,,," he muttered with his realization. it was the damned