#16

Bastet threw her head back and laughed loudly. The horribly shrill and gloating nature of her cackle reverberated around the walls of ice.
"You're not in a position to be requesting anything." she said to Aphrodite, wagging her finger as if she was reprimanding a disobedient child. "But go on, I'll humour you."
[i]"Behind you, Bastet. One of them is trying to escape."[/i] growled a voice in Bastet's head.
"Before I do that, however, I'd advise you to stop your friend. If she manages to get through that wall, what's waiting on the other side will not be pretty." she warned, eyes still on the trio before her.

#17

[i]"I wish you did."[/i] thought Carolyn sourly.
"Have you never wondered about who you are, or where you came from?" demanded Carolyn, pocketing the bracelet for examination at a later date. "Well, stay still."
Carolyn put her fingertips on Cancer's helmet, closing her eyes and feeling her essence suffusing with Cancer's. She now had full access to his mind, but it was all for nothing. Instead of seeing flashes of memories, she only saw distorted squares of black and white, oscillating and swelling but never receding. A strange, crackle-like sound was all she heard and it was hard not to compare Cancer's mind with static from a television set.
"Someone's tampered with your mind." she finally said breathlessly, now fully out of Cancer's mind. "I've never seen anything like this. You've had your memories wiped, not repressed."