DCW...IRL?

Misaki-chan · August 27, 2011

Yay! Write Monsi write!

Lia. · August 27, 2011

Go Monsi!

Monsi · August 27, 2011

Wow... No posts for nearly a day... O.o and here's me thinking I missed 20 pages of new stuff during my boring day trip to NY... Remind me not to ever go watch US Open qualifiers again. I nearly fell asleep...

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Aeyra was still smiling the moment the first bullet shattered the supposedly bullet-proof windows, and there was a sinking feeling in her stomach that this wasn't just your ordinary everyday bullet. Also, it probably wasn't good (or healthy- healthy meaning good for your general well-being) if bullets were now being classified as ordinary everyday things. But anyways, Aeyra quickly unbuckled her seat belt and flung herself as far from the bullet as possible, just in time to get out of the direct hit of an explosion.

She heard frantic yells, but realized from the fact she wasn't burned, her hair wasn't singed, and that her skin hadn't been pierced by shards of flying glass, that this wasn't really a normal explosion either. [Damn this stupid Organization...[/i] she thought darkly, coughing in the white smoke-like screen of mist that was spreading quickly through the van. Now bombs are normal too... Another cough, and she felt tears stinging in her eyes. Tear gas. They were forcing them out.

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Nero had nearly been caught off-guard by the bullet. Keyword being nearly. With his bright caffeine-alert eyes directed out the front window, he'd managed to catch a glimpse of a sniping rifle pointed at- no surprise!- the van. Thinking quickly, his analytical mind deducted the possibilities- were the bullets meant to kill? Maim? Incapacitate? Or to lure out the prey, prey being them?

Kill? Well, they have thar memory wiping machine... At the very least, I'm too valuable an asset to lose... he thought, completely honest to himself. Maim... Possibly, but they wouldn't want permanent injuries. Incapacitate? Quite likely, maybe it's one of those gas-releasing bullets. We could be asleep in seconds. Lure out? Anyone in their logical mind would flee the car, and we'd be easy targets for snipers... To kill if necessary, and the incapacitation or maiming is still quits, quite possible. Unfortunately for Neeo, neither his mouth or body could react to the bullet as his lightning-fast mind, and before he could shout "Sniper!" the bullet had already been shot through the window, burying itself in the far side of the car, releasing white gas with a huge bang.

Explosion sound effects for purposes of fear... We're being lured out. This is tear gas. Nero coughed and elbowed Chaos, mouthed the word 'distraction' and ran out of the vehicle stealthily, careful to be hidden by the van while Chaos arrogantly sauntered in plain view of the snipers, spinning his specialty gun around his finger, swinging it into the air and skillfully catching it, taunting the enemy. Their eyes would be locked on Chaos while Nero prepared his own weapon, a powerful rifle designed to fire bullet-shaped capsules that would release toxins, gases, or simply explode on first contact out of the barrel. That tear-gas bullet was his invention after all. And he'd built the gun himself, light, powerful, and easy to assemble and disassemble- but only if you knew it as well as Nero did though. He'd burned all instructions.

He smiled as the final piece clucked in place.

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Chaos was running back and forth, turning flips and mid-air rolls to avoid bullets, a much used skill in his world. When it cams to distraction, his acrobatics were the most useful. What could piss a sniper off more than a snotty, cocky, prancing teenage boy who was obviously making fun of them and screaming "Screw you!" every once in a while? Nothing that Chaos knew of.

Inside the van, Brise fetched Nero's extra bag, sensing the most important item was in it. The memory flash bomb as it had been dubbed. Nero was often requested during the day to join in the research weapons facility... He'd skillfully adapted the memory eraser into a capsule. There were five in the bag- if he aimed well enough, one would do everything. Covertly, she handed Nero the capsule, and he gave her a grin.

"I knew you'd bring it to me," he muttered as he took aim, eyes on the angry faces of snipers. "Looks like they're already dodging hails of bullets. They're wearing protective armor though, guess the bullets aren't find the chink. Luckily this only needs visual contact within a fifty foot radius."

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Too tired to writes more... My sap hath been sucked away...

I don't know why but when I picked up my newly-fixed laptop earlier this day from HP Service Center, I've became inspired to write.

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While the snipers are still distracted, Nero opened the door and threw the capsule to the unsuspecting snipers, then shouted to Chaos, "HEY, GET IN NOW! WE ONLY HAVE 5 SECONDS BEFORE IT EXPLODES!"

As soon as Monsi saw Chaos already inside the van, though his eyes are still stinging due to the tear gas, he floors it and managed to get away just as the capsule exploded, relying on his instincts to stay on the road.

Man, why I am holding this? Who am I? Who are you? Where are we?, everyone in the van heard from all of the snipers who just had their memories erased.

"Nice going, Nero!! ", everyone congratulated him.

"Thank you...thank you..."

Meanwhile, Monsi was looking for the fuel gauge and...

"Guys, we need to top up."

As soon as they arrived at a gas station located at about 10 miles past Tim Horton's, everyone got out of the van to breathe fresh air while they're letting the tear gas exit from the van. While the van's gas tank is being filled up, Monsi approached IU and said, "IU, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Um...what happened to us earlier was a very close call. Of course, I also want everybody as safe as possible. So do you think we should transf--"

"I was also planning the same thing...but how about Grace, William, and Sam?"

"IU, you know that we are the real targets of the organization and we have to protect ourselves as much as possible. Well, I know that you saw those three how well they have defended themselves and us, right? They're thoroughly trained, and we're not, which means that we have a higher chance of being killed immediately. So, we don't have to worry so much about them. We know that they could manage, right? Instead, we have to think of ways to defend ourselves."

"I guess you have a point there. I think you should gather everyone now so that I could tell them our next plan."

"Right away.", and Monsi called everyone to gather around.

IU looked at everyone and told them, "Guys, I have a--Where's Nero?"

"Over here...", everyone turned to Nero while he's getting out of the convenience store and holding five cups of coffee placed in a plastic bag.

"What?", Nero asked as everyone was still staring at him.

"Never mind. Okay, guys...", IU continued. "What happened to us earlier is a very close call. The fact that a bullet filled with tear gas managed to get through the window says it. According to H, that window was just temporary while waiting for the bullet-proof window. So, Monsi and I decided that we have to transfer to his bus which, as we all know, is bullet-proof, bomb-proof, explosion-proof, and rocket-proof. Is that clear guys?"

"Hahaha...are you really serious?", Nero said while laughing. Note: he was the only one laughing.

"She is. What's the problem?", Misaki asked him.

"Well...it's just that...it's very impossible for an ordinary person to own a bus that is "everything-proof"."

"Oh, so you don't believe, do you?", Monsi asked him rhetorically. "Let's have a deal, shall we? If I was able to prove to you that it is IU said, you'll give up drinking coffee for a year. But if I'm wrong, then, I'll treat you with a year's worth of any coffee drink at Starbucks, deal?"

"DEAL!", Nero shouted, with a sure look on his face that he will definitely win.

"Well, now that's settled, we should all get going now. By the way, Monsi, how long before we arrive at your house?", IU asked Monsi.

Monsi looked at the map and said, "45 minutes."

"Okay, then. Let's go."

Everyone got back to the van at once, with Grace, William, and Sam following them. For the whole duration of the trip, Monsi and Nero look at each other from time to time through the rear view mirror, both of them having faces that can be described as "I'm 100% sure that I will win".

After 45 minutes, Monsi stopped the van in front of a house with an imported bus in its garage located at Crosby Avenue in Bronx, NY.

"We're here, everyone.", Monsi said as he rushed inside the house.

Meanwhile, BK, WH, Krev, Nero, Brise, Chaos, William, Sam, Grace, and Lia's friend still couldn't believe what they saw which is the bus.

"Yay! We will be riding Monsi's bus again!", Misaki, Aeyra, Chelsea, Lia, Sayomi, and Tsukiko exclaimed while getting out of the van.

"What??!! You guys sure about that??", Nero asked the girls with a worried look on his face.

"Of course! We rode on it while searching for IU after she was kidnapped for the second time.", Sayomi answered.

"Oh...I...see...", Nero commented nervously.

After few moments, everybody saw Monsi carrying 2 grenades, a launcher, and a machine gun, and he placed it on the door. Then, he opened the door of his bus, started the engine, turned on the air-conditioner, and told everyone, "Okay, everyone except Nero, get inside the bus."

Everyone willingly got inside the bus and looked at both Nero and Monsi through the window. Through a remote control, Monsi closed the door. First, he picked up the machine gun and fired it at the windows, engine, gas tank, and air tank of the bus, and nothing happened. Second, he picked up the two grenades and threw one under the gas tank, and the other one under the engine. After they exploded, still, nothing happened. Lastly, he took the launcher and fired three shots at the same locations as the first one. Still, the bus is intact, with the engine and air-conditioner still running perfectly.

Monsi turned to Nero and said with a devilish smile on his face, "Now, do you believe me?"

"Oh...no...I...I...couldn't...believe...it...", and Nero went to his knees, with a look of someone that seems to have lost in a deal.

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Wow! I haven't written this long in ages.

To help you guys know what my dream bus looks like, it looks like this:

By the way, what is "Tim Horton's"?

EDIT: Since I just found out that "Tim Horton's" is still located in Canada, I have to adjust the time from 20 minutes to 45 minutes.

Edited August 29, 2011 by Monsi

Aeyra · August 27, 2011

It's a coffee store... Except there's practically none on the east coast whatsoever(to date, I've seen zero. My friend says they're all on the west coast.)... We all have Starbucks. I was going to point that out to whoever put it down first, but I forgot. And LOL to the bus. It makes me think of the buses I ride on field trips.

And Nero's favorite coffee is mocha with caramel, chocolate, and whipped cream on top from Starbucks, with a bit of hot chocolate poured in. Irrelevant, but it may come in handy. I bet he likes Dunkin' Donuts too... (we should stop at one of those... I love donuts!)

Wildheart888 · August 27, 2011

xDDDDDDD NICE JOB MONSI-KUN~~!!!!!!!

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Tim Horton's is this popular Canadian coffee store (like Starbucks, but....better~!!!xP) that is mostly in...Canada. Where I live. xP

On Wikipedia, it says it's Canada's largest fast food service.

Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief · August 27, 2011

LOL MONSI!!!!!! NERO!! LOL TO YOU! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD GREAT JOB MONSI! XD

Wildheart888 · August 27, 2011

It would have been more intense if someone lost their memory...... LOL. xPP

Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief · August 27, 2011

And who would that be? :mellow:

Aeyra · August 27, 2011

xDDDDDDD NICE JOB MONSI-KUN~~!!!!!!!

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Tim Horton's is this popular Canadian coffee store (like Starbucks, but....better~!!!xP) that is mostly in...Canada. Where I live. xP

On Wikipedia, it says it's Canada's largest fast food service.

I see... But as a pre-warning, there are basically only Starbucks in the US. *nods* When are we crossing the border anyways? *confused*

Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief · August 27, 2011

When we reach the airport :V

Wildheart888 · August 27, 2011

@KKLT-chan: I dunno.. :mellow:

@Aeyra-chan: I dunno.... :mellow:

hopes · August 28, 2011

...I'm not willing to read 12 pages... <_<

Kaitou Kid Legendary Thief · August 28, 2011

XD lol Chelsea... I would love to do a compilation for you but I'm on my iPhone now and multiquote is not possible... Basically, we were attacked by some snipers, then Nero threw memory wipe bombs at them and we were saved... Monsi the suggested bringing his bomb proof bus and made a bet with Nero which he won. So after that I suppose and assume that we're heading towards the airport now???

Lia. · August 28, 2011

How are we going to pass the airport? (without passports?)

Sayomi · August 28, 2011

Wow, I missed a lot... anyone feel like explaining everything?

Monsi · August 28, 2011

xDDDDDDD NICE JOB MONSI-KUN~~!!!!!!!

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Tim Horton's is this popular Canadian coffee store (like Starbucks, but....better~!!!xP) that is mostly in...Canada. Where I live. xP

On Wikipedia, it says it's Canada's largest fast food service.

LOL MONSI!!!!!! NERO!! LOL TO YOU! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD GREAT JOB MONSI! XD

Oh, I see... and thank you. XDXDXDXDXD *bows*

I see... But as a pre-warning, there are basically only Starbucks in the US. *nods* When are we crossing the border anyways? *confused*

We already did. Read this:

After 45 minutes, Monsi stopped the van in front of a house with an imported bus in its garage located at Crosby Avenue in Bronx, NY.

IdentityUnknown · August 28, 2011

I see... But as a pre-warning, there are basically only Starbucks in the US. *nods* When are we crossing the border anyways? *confused*

Actually...Starbucks is an international company. I've seen more than a few Starbucks in China. :V

Monsi · August 28, 2011

Wow, I missed a lot... anyone feel like explaining everything?

From which part?

Lia. · August 28, 2011

Actually...Starbucks is an international company. I've seen more than a few Starbucks in China. :V

*agrees with twin*

There are tons of Starbucks outlets in Hong Kong. It's all over the place.

Monsi · August 28, 2011

Recap for Sayomi (1st part):

CAUTION: Be careful when you click the "Spoiler" button. Your head might explode...XD

@Misaki- Thanks! ^^

@Sayomi- So you guys are still carrying out that plan? I daresay we'll be out before you're in... I have plans. In fact, I'll write.

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It wasn't until the next afternoon when Aeyra managed to catch Nero alone, sneaking after him when he left to retrieve more of his precious coffee and pulling him into an empty room. Nero gave a slightly annoyed sigh.

"What do you want?" he asked, eyes tight, voice taut.

"Who got you grumpy?" teased Aeyra, rolling her eyes. "Have you figured you sleep is essential yet?"

"It's like vegetables. Unfortunately necessary, but still so overrated. Humans can survive with less than four hours a week- I'm living proof." Nero gestured to himself. "Okay, so what do you want? You didn't push me into a closet just to ask me about my sleeping habits."

"I want to know more about what you said last night. About being confused about your loyalties." Aeyra watched his expression grow darker. Nero was quite a different person when there weren't many people around... He radiated a scary aura, similar to Chaos's, but it wasn't the challenging, 'fuck off' aura that Chaos possessed, but a 'annoy and I'll kill you' kind of thing.

"And why do you want to know? Look, even if I changed my mind about helping this Organization, there's nothing I could do. I'm not stupid, and I know I'll die if I ever did something that idiotic. I'm the planner, and I know how things work around here. I know why Laela died. She betrayed the Organization. I'm not going the way she did."

Aeyra flinched when he mentioned Laela so coldly, as if her death was only meant to justify his reasoning. "But Nero, I think with you, we have a chance. You're a genius, you're talented, and it's wasted here. You know why I'm here, you know I was part of the group we're supposed to kill. I know it's near hopeless, but I'm still fighting. Why? Because I have something worth fighting for." Nero raised his pale blond eyebrows, giving a less annoyed sigh this time.

"Fine, I'll think about it." His tone was flat. "But there's no way I'm leaving without Krev, Brise, and Chaos. It's all or nothing here." He walked out, coffee in hand. He gave a small smirk. "And just so you know, the one who gave me the doubts was Chaos himself. It'll make your job a hell lot easier."

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Nero is definitely smart enough to get us out... So all that needs to happen is convincing Brise, Krev, and Chaos to come along! Personally I find you outside group joining the Org. now would be too repetitive (twice is enough for me... Three times is complete overkill) and kind of darn near impossible. One person we were supposed to kill joining us is enough- Chaos saw photos of you guys. And Nero is smart enough to know that it's not just coincidence. He's got two sides.... The bright, happy one we all know and love, and his dark, menacing side that he uses whenever royally pissed off. Or when he's being secretive. (because nobody wants to be mauled by an angry Nero )

KKLT sat silent through the discussion.

"A spy huh?" She thought... "Not a bad idea but..."

Everyone stayed silent to the question. Nobody wants to be a potential betrayer to the group.

"Well...?" Sayomi prompted.

"I was going to suggest myself, since the organization knows very well my purpose, they might take advantage of it and let me join..." KKLT said, "...but looks like Pyre would never let me do that."

"What?! You?!" Monsi exclaimed to KKLT's suggestion. "That's not possible! They already know how you look like and..."

"Not like they don't know how Sayomi or You look like..." KKLT rebutted. "The reason they would allow me in, is exactly because they know me well... I would be a great resource to them, and they would believe that I wouldn't betray them as long as they've got Misaki and the others."

"I've thought of that KKLT." Pyre finally spoke. "I know that the chances of you being able to join the organization is really high. BUT on the other hand, the risk that you're taking is also very high and-"

"Exactly..." KKLT cut Pyre's sentence, "...exactly. That is why they will trust me."

"No. I still don't agree." Pyre continued. "The risk you're taking is too high. Its a gamble and on two opposite, extreme ends. Either you're in, or you're dead."

"I don't agree either." Monsi added in. "Especially seeing what they have done to you. I really don't agree..."

Ignoring all disapprovals, KKLT continued, "I'm willing to take this risk Pyre..."

"KKLT...Don't try to persuade me... I'll never allow-"

"Pyre! Listen. I'll just-"

"I'LL GO!" came a voice from beside KKLT.

Everyone turned their head to the voice.

"I'll... I'll go... then. Instead of Legend..."

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Wew! XDDDDDDDDD

Okay, I'll write.

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"Aren't you coming?" asked Nero impatiently, waiting outside the closet.

"No, I want to think of how to approach them," said Aeyra sweetly, giving a mysterious smile. "Nero, if you're really going to consider this, can you talk to Chaos? He's probably closest to you- I can tell by the way you interact."

"I'll think about it, just like everything else." Nero paused, taking a huge slurp of coffee. He walked off, leaving Aeyra alone in the closet.

She couldn't believe she had succeeded, that it had been that easy to steal the cell phone out of his pocket. But there was something at the edge of his gaze, something that hinted he knew. Perhaps he had, and had pretended not to notice so she could message her friends outside. She shook her head- sometimes Nero could be so darn confusing.

Whipping out the phone, Aeyra began to swiftly type.

I know you're probably planning to sneak in here, but that's one of the stupidest moves you could make right now. Tsukiko already got in, but I think it was just barely. It's tense enough as it is in here. Right now, we're planning an escape. If all goes well, we'll be out by tomorrow. If it doesn't... Don't expect another text from me. ~Aeyra

She hit sent. Now all there was to do was the persuasion. Please let this work...

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Nero couldn't believe he was doing this. All his life he'd never really taken an escape proposition seriously, but now... He was actually planning to act on it. "Chaos," called Nero, the other blond boy glaring at him. "Remember what you told me the other day? About... how this doesn't feel right? How we should... leave?"

"Yeah, I remember. But I was being stupid, I was being-"

"They all regained their memories." Chaos's eyes widened. "And they want to leave. And take us with them if possible."

"That's crazy-"

"I said I would go with them. If you, Krev, and Brise agreed to go as well. And if you said yes, they would too." Nero's stare was challenging. "This is your chance to escape, Chaos, what will you do?"

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"Guys," whispered Aeyra, as they crouched over a game of Monopoly in their own room, the newbies and the veterans having separated themselves. "Nero said he's thinking about it. Joining us."

"That's good!" exclaimed Chelsea, smiling.

"But he says he won't go unless all of them'll go with him." Misaki grimaced.

"Well... I actually have something I could use to convince Chaos. But I think it would be wrong, and kind of twisted. It would hurt him."

"Let us see," suggested Tsukiko. "We don't have to show him or tell him if we decide not to."

"It's a letter." Misaki pulled the neatly folded paper out of her a pocket. "Laela wrote it to Chaos before she died."

Aeyra snatched it from her hand, and quickly read, quietly handing it to Chelsea with a subdued look on her face.

"Um... I'm slightly confused. Who's Laela?" Tsukiko inquired, attracting nervous stares from all around.

"Who was," corrected Aeyra gently. "Apparently she was the girl Chaos loved with all his heart, and she loved him back. She was in this group, but she was killed for being a traitor. Only Chaos was supposed to know, but I think Nero guessed it. Mark was the one who killed her."

"I think we should show him," said Chelsea, eyes glittering with resolve. "This letter is his by right anyways... Whether he wants to read it or not is a different question."

"Then I'll take it to him." Aeyra took the letter in her hands, walking out into the hallway. "The less people there are, the less people Chaos will maim if it goes wrong anyway," she muttered.

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Chaos's skin was stretched tight over his knuckles, having clenched them into fists for the past five minutes after reading Laela's letter to him. Aeyra thought he was going to explode, that he was going to yell, that he was going to say he was never going to leave and 'get the hell out of here'. But he didn't.

"Laela wanted to take this Organization down. But she can't do it anymore. So I'll do it for her." He stared at Krev and Brise. "Are you two coming?"

"There's no way we're going to be left alone here," chimed in Brise, nodding her head.

"And besides, they'd probably torture us until we told them where you went. It's a death sentence either way and I'd rather get a clean shot in the head then being whipped all over my body," said Krev, drawing a curious stare from Aeyra. "They do whip people here, you know."

"I have the plans for tonight's security," announced Nero. "Nabbed them on the way to get my coffee."

"You do everything when you're getting your coffee," sighed Chaos, slightly amused, though there were tears at the edges of his eyes. "Call in Rin, Jun, and Lunam."

"You should call them Misaki, Chelsea, and Tsukiko. And call me Aeyra," said the girl as her friends walked in. "Those are our real names. You're going to get quite confused otherwise."

"I'll... I'll go... then. Instead of Legend..."

Came a voice beside KKLT.

Everyone turned their head to the most unlikely girl.

Lia.

"Lia..." KKLT's expression showed shock and utmost disapproval. "No Lia. Not you. Definitely not. I won't allow it."

"Why not?!" Lia rebut. "Why can't I? I am also very suitable. They don't know my face, they don't know me. I can infiltrate the organization perfectly and..."

"Just no!" KKLT yelled. "You're too soft Lia! And too kind! There's no way you would be able to take it in there. No. I'll just..."

"I can be strong too you know! I am not a weakling! I can be like Pyre too! Or you?! I can do this! I can!"

"BUT LIA-"

*Bzzzz* *Bzzz*

"Huh?" Pyre realised it was her phone vibrating. "KKLT pick it up for me could you?"

Pyre passed the phone to KKLT.

She unlocked the phone and found out it was a message.

"..."

"KKLT. What does it say?"

"... Big news guys."

Everyone stared hard at the stunned KKLT.

"... Looks like we don't have to infiltrate the organisation after all..."

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THERE! XD

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"Okay, so tonight the security seems to be pretty loose," said Nero, taking out a laptop and quickly making a somewhat detailed sketch of their escape route. "As I've told you all, it would be very unwise to fire on the guards. It'd only send a storm of them after us. Therefore I propose we use these sleeping darts I found."

"Sleeping darts you found?" repeated Brise dubiously, looking at Nero. "Seriously Nero, what rooms do you pass by when you go to get your coffee?"

"Not to go get my coffee. My late-night excursions," answered Nero, taking a bite of a chocolate bar. "So basically, we go by this basic route as an outline. But we'll be separated into groups of two, each following a similar route that connects at the end. Ny- I mean, Aeyra," Nero corrected himself hastily. "Have you told your outside group where to wait?"

"Yeah," replied Aeyra somewhat nervously, wondering when or if Nero was going to reprimand her for stealing his cell phone. "You can have your phone back if you want it."

"I let you steal it for a reason." Nero turned to face Chaos. "Chaos, have you decided on the groups?"

"Each group will be compromised with one of us," Chaos gestured to his group, the ones with more experience, "and one of you girls. That way, you girls won't be hopeless trying to make your way through the crowd, and we can make up excuses if necessary- we know what works and what doesn't. It's simply what happens when you follow Nero out late at night to grab Starbucks coffee."

"How often does that happen?" asked Chelsea.

"About once a week. In fact, I did it so much, breaking in and out of the grounds, that they simply just gave me the password. They even dedicated it to me," he snickered. "The hint is Nero. The answer is coffee."

"This is nice and all, but I believe planning is more important!" snapped Brise. "We're supposed to be preparing for an escape mission in two hours and you guys are talking about COFFEE!!"

"Well, we already charted everything out," protested Nero, looking slightly miffed. "And about the coffee situation.... How am I going to get enough coffee once we get out of here?"

"Maybe you'll actually learn to sleep," suggested Krev, ignoring Nero's glare. "I'm serious Nero, that stuff is not healthy for you. You are addicted to the caffeine and the sugar!"

"I could stop anytime I wanted to," replied Nero loftily. "I just don't want to."

Krev suppressed a laugh, and Chaos rolled his eyes, calling the group back to order. "Okay, the groups are as follows. Nero, you're going with J- Chelsea. Brise, you're going to go with Tsukiko. Krev, Misaki. Aeyra... You're going to come with me. Any questions? No? Good."

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"Chaos," whispered Aeyra as the pair hid underneath a bush, dodging a beam of light that missed them by mere inches. "Nero told me you had your doubts about whether being in the Organization was right or not... What made you think like that?"

"Laela did," he replied, eyes misting over with the fog of memory. "She always told me that killing senselessly was bad even before we fell in love. And once we did, I started to see things her way. When she died... I wanted to just go back to before I knew what loving felt like, but I couldn't forget how Laela lived. Her disgust with our methods, and the way she tried to make our missions do as little harm as possible. Her bravery, her intelligence, her everything."

"Chaos, shouldn't we be moving now?" inquired Aeyra as the guard moved away.

"Quite right." Chaos's eyes refocused on the empty space in front of them. "Okay, we're almost in sight of the exit. See the top of that pointed fence? That's the exit. We're meeting the others in that ditch right there though- I think I see Nero there already. He's the one that's going to crack through the gate though."

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"And...." whispered Nero, quietly disarming the locks, dressed in stark black as to blend in with the night, a hood covering his bright blond hair. "It's open. We'll be able to get out without triggering an alarm."

They strolled through the gates, leaving the huge building behind them. From the outside it looked just like another corporation building... Big, tall, normal. Nothing out of place. Within ten minutes of walking, they met with the other group. They stared at the Organization-trained additions in surprise.

Aeyra gave a heavy sigh. She hadn't exactly told them about their new friends, not wanting to get buried in a barrage of texts. "Guys, these are our friends. They're not dangerous." KKLT put down the gun she'd held up. "This is Nero, Krev, Brise, and Chaos." She pointed to each in turn. Nero smiled and gave a small wave, Krev nodded casually, as if stuff like this happened everyday, Brise murmured a soft 'hello' and Chaos just stood still, completely stationary. "Trust me, we'll be ten times more powerful with them on this team."

"What do you mean... we don't have to infiltrate anymore?" asked Sayomi.

"Its exactly what it means Sayomi." KKLT replied. "It means. We don't have to let you guys pretend to join them anymore."

"Wha-Why? What did the message say? Who was it from?" asked Sayomi in surprise. The rest were also staring and KKLT in surprise.

"Pyre..." KKLT turned to look at Pyre. "I'm not sure whether this is real or fake...but..."

"Go on..." Pyre prompted KKLT.

"Its... from Aeyra."

"Okay... go on- Wait. Who did you say it was from?!" Pyre turned her head in KKLT's direction in surprise.

"Pyre! Look infront!" KKLT yelled in shock when the vehicle started to sway when Pyre's attention was on KKLT.

"Sorry. Lost concentration for a couple of seconds. Please continue. What did Aeyra, or that person who claim to be Aeyra say?"

"She says that she knows we are going to infiltrate the organization and asks us not to do it. She'll be escaping with the rest tonight."

"What?!" Pyre exclaimed. "What else did she say?"

"She hoped we could meet up with her afterwards." KKLT continued. "Shall we trust this message?"

"We have to trust it." sighed Pyre. "If this is fake, we might be headed towards a trap. But if its real and we don't trust it... "

"They will be in danger." KKLT completed Pyre's sentence.

"..."

"So?"

"We'll provide them with aid tonight."

"Right. And I will be going."

"KKLT. How are you to go if your injuries aren't healed yet?!"

"It has. The blood had clot and it wouldn't reopen that easily."

"But it would affect your movements. We don't want you to get caught because of that."

"How would it affect my movements? Pain? I have been taking painkillers. It works perfectly fine."

"You are stubborn." sighed Pyre.

"I am. And its a quality which I take pride in."

"Fine. You're in. If anything happens, don't be stubborn and get yourself caught."

"Sure. Thanks for letting me in this, Pyre."

"Do I have a choice?" Pyre sighed again.

"How about the rest of us?" asked WH.

"Guys... I'm sorry to say but, we can't have everyone go. What if it is a trap? We'll be in danger." Pyre stopped for a few seconds before continuing, "Me, KKLT, BK. Three of us."

"Wha- why?!" Lia questioned.

"BK knows the surroundings best. We'll have her guide us. Aeyra messaged me. So I have to go naturally... and I have to keep an eye on KKLT just in case."

"So... we move tonight?"

"Yes."

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Night had arrived and the group had arrived at the designated locations.

"I hope this is not a trap..." commented BK nervously.

"Me too..." KKLT agreed.

The group hid behind a pillar in the building awaiting their friends.

"I hope its really them... and that they are alright..." BK commented.

"Yea..." KKLT sighed nervously.

Suddenly, they heard some noises and footsteps coming closer.

"It must be them." whispered KKLT, her hands on her gun.

As the figures drew close, she saw shadows... and she realised... that there are more. More than three people.

The faces of their enemies came into view. KKLT immediately raised her gun and pointed at Krev, who was nearest to her. The rest followed suit.

Aeyra gave a heavy sigh. "Guys, these are our friends. They're not dangerous."

KKLT thought for a while, and even though she still has doubts, she put down her gun.

Aeyra did a brief introduction while Pyre and BK and KKLT continued to stare at them. The atmosphere was awkward.

"Trust me, we'll be ten times more powerful with them on this team."

"How do I trust that?" asked Pyre, who is the most paranoid out of the three.

"I knew you'd doubt that we have regained our memories Pyre." Aeyra continued.

"But Kaichou! We really did! And we missed you!" Misaki appeared from behind Aeyra and pounced on the unsuspecting Pyre.

"Whoa!" Pyre let out a cry.

"Well, that's lively." Tsukiko commented.

"Tsukiko." Pyre turned to look at her. "So we have everyone now?"

"How do we trust you?" KKLT repeated the question, ignoring every comment made, her eyes kept staring at Nero and Krev.

"Ah... Legend..." Misaki muttered.

She looked at KKLT with guilt. "I'm... I'm so sorry!" Misaki bowed her head to KKLT.

"Mi-Misaki..." KKLT turned to the bowing Misaki.

"No... wait... its actually us." Krev stood forward and gave a slight bow. "We can't let Misaki take the blame for us. We apologise to you."

Krev shoved Nero forward. "Ye-yea... we a-apo-logise..." Nero said as he looked in another direction.

KKLT gave a slight smile and a sigh of relief, perhaps. "Okay... I trust you guys."

She turned to Misaki, "I never blamed you for anything. Thanks for coming back."

KKLT went forward and gave Misaki a hug.

"I-I'm so glad." Misaki hugged back.

"Right... I'm glad over your reunion..." Chaos cut into the scene. "But now's not the time for that."

"Yes. Remember. We are on the run. We have to get out of here as fast as possible." Brise added.

"Yes. I'm glad that at least we think alike." Pyre agreed. "We have a van waiting for us. Let's go."

"Right." KKLT let go of Misaki. "Let's go."

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>__< How's that? A long list of conversations

Okay. So. Continuing.

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Wildheart sighed. 'When are they coming back?' She thought.

Lia, who sat next to her, turned when she heard the sigh. "I know what you're thinking, WH..." She sighed too.

Wildheart nodded, not saying anything. She was worried for her friends. Yes, a part of her did want to see Misaki-chan, Aeyra-chan, and Aka-chan. But there's no knowing what's true or false anymore. "I just hope that text was real...." She muttered to herself.

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10 minutes passed. IU-chan and them still haven't returned. "What's taking them so long?" Wildheart fretted.

"Gosh, I hope they're not in trouble..." Sayomi trailed off.

"Let's wait for 5 more minutes, and go see if anything's wrong." Lia suggested.

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5 minutes later.

"They're still not here~~!!!!"

"Then we'll just have to go look for them."

The three of them got out of the van and started to walk towards the building.

"Wait..." Wildheart said, squinting her eyes behind her glasses. "What's that?" She was pointing towards the building, which was starting to fog up.

"Fog NOW?" She heard Sayomi say, bewildered(Did I spell this right?).

A moment later, nine figures rose out of the fog and walked towards them.

"It's them! It's them~!!!!" Sayomi squealed. We hugged each other, and ran over.

"Is that really you, Misaki-chan?" Wildheart asked.

"WH!!" Misaki greeted her.

Wildheart smiled fully for the first time in what seemed like forever. She hugged her "long-lost" friend.

Then she went over to Aeyra and Akakata, hugging them as well.

"This is Chaos, Nero, Krev, and Brise." Misaki introduced them, pointing to the awkwardly standing people in turn.

Wildheart nodded. "Nice to meet you." She said.

They each muttered someting like "Nice to meet you too", or "Yup".

She noticed neither of them seemed to want to catch her eye.

"Well," IU-chan spoke up. "Reunion time is over, we have to hurry on with the plan." She walked to the van and opened the door.

"Let's go?" She asked, looking at everyone, smiling.

This time all of us smiled back. "Let's go!"

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There you go. Hope it was okay....and...I have to go soon.

Edit: Byee KKLT-chan....Dx

"So, they've decided to break out on their own, huh. And I've just organized the excavation team."

A sharp pain in his chest reminded Mark that he should be resting as much as possible. He slowly, as if the bed was made up of spikes, laid on the bed.

"There's no way they'll be able to make it far without help." He took a breath, then called, "Grace!"

A girl, about 16, answered the call. Her glasses reflected the light such that her eyes were not visible, and her black hair was coursing down her shoulders like a waterfall. "You rang?"

Mark gestured at the girl to move closer, then whispered in her ear. "There are people trying to escape the syndicate. I need you to drive over and assist them in their escape."

The girl's eyes rose. "The car?"

Mark groaned in discomfort for a moment, then said. "Black Panther. Should be in the garage."

"Will do. Should I bring anyone else?"

"Sam and William."

"I understand William - he's our muscle...but why Sam?"

"Sam's an explosive expert. He can help you prime the Black Panther's missiles. Also...I have a feeling you're going to need a bang."

The girl contemplated this for a moment. "Sure." Then she spun around, and walked out the door.

Mark stared at the ceiling. The pain in his chest receded. He sighed.

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"I can tell you still don't trust them," commented Nero conversationally as he looked at Pyre, who was sitting next to him. There was a cup of hot coffee in his hands- it'd taken begging, pleading, and finally a serious warning of what would happen if it wasn't given to him before he'd manage to obtain his precious caffeinated drink. "Why don't you ask them some questions? I know you want to."

"How do you know?" challenged Pyre, skeptically eyeing her new comrade. Aeyra had said it was okay to trust him, but something about him made her uneasy. "What makes you think I want to ask them questions?" Aeyra flinched as Pyre's finger pointed at her.

"Well, I can tell by your eyes, facial expression, the way you move, and my guess of your thinking process. People are easy to read." Nero shrugged, looking a little bored. He would never admit it even under the threat of death, but without his constant supply of coffee, he actually felt- he shuddered- tired. And he wasn't happy about it, not in the slightest. Before Pyre could respond, he continued. "You're afraid that they haven't regained their memories, that they've been sent here to kill you guys- don't deny it, you know they already tried to- and you'll have to leave them again, or at the very worst, kill them. Your reaction confirms all, um- what was your name again?"

"I get called a lot of different names," hissed Pyre, starting to get seriously pissed off by this boy. "I go by IdentityUnknown, IU, Kaichou, Pyre, Jean, Pipi-chan, lots of names."

"I'll just go with Pyre. It's fun to say," responded Nero. "But seriously, just ask them. I don't lie, at least, I wouldn't lie here. Otherwise you'll never be able to fully trust them." He took the last sip of his coffee, frowning when he drained the final drop. "Goddamn it! I ran out of coffee! Now what am I supposed to do? I knew I should never have agreed to come when there wouldn't be coffee!"

Chaos gave him a light punch on the top of his head. "Nero, shut up. I think you're starting to annoy her," he hinted, looking at the glaring girl. "Are you yawning? That's nice. You're actually getting tired, aren't you, Nero?"

"I need my coffee," Nero mumbled, stifling back a yawn.

"Didn't you say could quit drinking coffee if you wanted to?" asked Krev, looking at the upset Nero with an amused face.

"If I wanted to. Which I most certainly don't! I can't live without coffee!" pouted Nero.

"People can live without coffee. I'm living proof," teased Chaos, turning (one of) Nero's signature phrases against him.

"Just shut up..."

Aeyra coughed. "Pyre, you can ask us questions if you want."

"Don't need to. I can tell from how you're acting. And if you were really sent to kill us, I don't see how he could be of much use," said Pyre, rolling her eyes.

"Don't doubt Nero," warned Aeyra, Chelsea, Misaki, and Tsukiko nodding behind her. "He's quite scary when he wants to be. He's the one who broke us out, he's the one who plans all of the attacks, and he's a genius. I mean, he sneaked out of the Organization once a week anyways to get Starbucks coffee, so he has to be pretty skilled to do it." Nero beamed. "The only problem is his coffee/sugar addiction."

"It's not an addiction," he denied flatly. "It's a necessity of life."

"Humans don't need-"

"Oh shut up Chaos!"

Kay~! ^^

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Before the two boys could start to argue, Misaki intercepted, "Guys.... Let's not fight.... We need to decide what to do next."

Kaichou added, "She's right. So everyone co-"

Before she could finish her sentence, a sound of a engine drowned it out. A black sports car screeched to a stop a few inches in front of them, surprising al of them. A woman stepped out of the driver's door, a grin on her face. Two men, one with bulging muscles and the other being on the thin side, stepped out of the car next. The musclely man yelled, an angry look on his face, "What the HELL Grace! Why can't you drive like a normal person instead of a MADWOMAN!"

The woman named Grace retorted, "Aw William, be the man you are and get over it. It's not like anything BAD happened."

Aeyra cut in, "Um... Can we help you?"

She turned to her and asked, "You the group we've been sent to help?"

"Who were you sent by?"

"Mark."

"Mark?!"

"Is he ok?!"

"He looked like hell, but he'll be ok. It'd take quite a bit to kill that man."

"What a relief...."

"So, I'm Grace."

"I'm William."

"And I'm Sam."

"So... Why were you sent to help us?"

"'Cause. Mark thought you guys would need a little help."

"I see...."

"So, are you going to introduce us to your gang or what?"

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Lots and lots of talking.

Monsi · August 28, 2011

Recap for Sayomi (2nd part):

CAUTION: Be careful when you click the "Spoiler" button. Your head might explode...XD

Wouldn't it be harder to gain our trust? I doubt that any person who says they were sent by Mark can be trusted at the snap of a finger. I'll write and fix that little bit.

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Chaos narrowed his eyes at the mention of the name. Mark? He was on their side? His shoulders tensed, and his fists clenched, drawing curious gazes from the group.

Nero noticed quickly, and tried to draw the attention away from his friend. "How do we know we can trust you? For all we know, you're just another member of the Organization, sent under the false pretense that this 'Mark' sent you." Nero eyed them fiercely, looking like a fox examining it's prey.

"Mark said to give this to the girl called Jean," said Grace, pulling out a slip of paper. "He said it'd prove everything."

Pyre took it, read it over, and sighed. "Yeah, they're trustworthy. But right now we're just trying to escape- even with two new additions- scratch that, make it six- we wouldn't be able to do anything but flee. Do you have any plans?"

"Mark said to have us direct you to the FBI," said William. "And we will."

Great job misaki chan!!!! And Aeyra!!!! XD phew~ we've got so many people now... >__<

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"So NOW, are you gonna introduce us?" the girl with black hair asked again.

"Erm... Sure... " Aeyra nodded, even though she still had some suspicion and pointed to the group individually, "Misaki, Chelsea, pyre, legend, lia, tsukiko, BK, wh, sayomi, monsi, cure, erm... Lia's friend... And this is Nero, Chaos, Krev, Brise. There."

"That was easy." chuckled the girl.

"Easy..?"

"Misaki, Chelsea, pyre, legend, lia, tsukiko, BK, wh, sayomi, monsi, cure, Lia's friend, Nero, Chaos, Krev, Brise." the girl repeated the names in perfect order while everyone stared in awe.

"That was impressive..."

"Nah... It's not... Besides, I had done some knowledge of you guys already... I just have to match name to face."

"Right..."

"Not the time to be impressed guys... " cut Nero. "Let's hurry to base, or headquarters or wherever we're going now before the syndicate realizes we're gone and sends some serial killer and get us all killed... Besides, I need my coffee..."

"Oh right..." Aeyra sighed. "We'd better move before we get murdered by Nero."

"Agreed." krev nodded. Brise nodded in response.

"Right let's go then. Grace. We'll follow you."

"Right."

Everyone climbed aboard the van again. This time, Pyre signalled to Monsi and he took over the handle. "Follow them."

Monsi nodded and started the engine.

"where are we going, Pyre?" asked KKLT.

"We're going to the FBI... I think. Grace will be leadin us. Let's have some interaction during this time..."

"Yea! Let's!" cheered misaki.

"How about we have the new comers introduce themselves!!!" Sayomi joined in.

"Yea!!!" wh cheered too.

"That sounds like fun!" lia and BK also joined in. Cure and lia's friend moved an inch closer.

KKLT still sat, silent.

"How about we have the lady first!" cheered sayomi. "You're Brise right? Say something about yourself?!"

"Wha- erm... " Brise choked. "I- I'm... Err... Brise... I-I...I'm... I'm not used to this..." she blushed and turned her head away.

"What?!" laughed Nero and Krev, together with giggling misaki, Aeyra and Chelsea. "Can't believe you actually blushed!" laughed Nero.

"wha-What's so funny about it?!" retorted Brise, folding her arms displeased.

"No-Nothing's wrong Brise..." misaki assured her, while still giggling. "How about let Nero Start?"

"Sure." Nero grinned. "There's only one thing you need to know about me... That is... "

"COFFEE!!!!!!!" the rest of them replied in unison.

"I... See..." lia and wh nodded in awe. The rest... *sweatdrops*

"yes. So can I have another cup of coffee now?!" asked Nero.

"Gah.... Boooooo..." the people boo-ed in response. Nero suddenly went all sad and puppy-eyed and everyone started giggling at the reaction. But not before long, the sadistic aura started to shroud Nero, and within a few seconds, he turned all black faced with everyone stunned.

Everyone was affected by Nero's presence but only KKLT sat there silent. Strange enough, Krev inched a little closer to KKLT. "You don't seem to enjoy this like the rest?" Krev asked KKLT amidst the noise and laughter.

"What's that got to do with you?" was KKLT's answer.

"There's no need to be so paranoid. We're not planning anything strange, or trying to get information out of you, or trying to take control over you guys or anything at all." he continued, looking at Pyre as well. "We really intend to leave the org for good. We have had enough of the life we had up til now." his eyes showed sadness while he spoke.

"All the things we've done, we really feel guilty and we hope to be able to make up for what we did... And put an end to the organization." this time, his eyes were looks of determination.

KKLT's glance softened and she thought to herself for a while and nodded.

"Alright!" everyone turned to look at her. "How about we continue the introductions with Krev now then!"

"Yea!!!" "great!!!" "Go Krev!!!" "Gooo!!!"

The guy looked at KKLT and Pyre and smiled, "I take it then that you trust us?"

"Maybe, maybe not." KKLT replied with a straight face. "I still won't forgive what you have done to me..." Krev returned a disappointed look. "Stop looking like that and start with your introduction." KKLT reminded him as the rest of the group stared at him enthusiastically.

"Right." he turned and started to talk.

KKLT continued to replay what Krev had just said.

maybe I should just stop being so paranoid and trust them for once... KKLT thought.

She gave a heavy sigh and looked up at the new guys. Don't disappoint us...

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Some miscs

Nice! I'll write Chaos's introduction. Though it has the chance of getting messy.

@KKLT- I write on my iTouch too! Right now actually. ^^

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"Your turn, Chaos," called Krev, giving the limelight to him. Krev's introduction had been quite short... Just his name, and his age- 16, same as Chaos. Nero and Brise were a year younger.

"This is stupid," muttered Chaos, looking away darkly, looking monstrous with his death glare and snarl. Nero looked at him in dismay- he had noticed his friend flinching when Mark's name was mentioned, and had already harbored previous suspicion. He connected two and two, deciding it would be wise to keep Chaos from talking before he either exploded and strangled everybody or simply exploded and had to have Nero pick up the pieces.

"He doesn't want to do it," said Nero, giving Aeyra a warning gaze. The girl nodded softly, knowing she couldn't let Chaos see her pity... She'd have to tell the others as soon as possible though. Chaos was a hard person to understand, and if you didn't, life was a thousand times harder with him around.

"Why not?" protested LIA, having thought that Chaos's dark aura was related to nervousness. "It'll be fun!"

"This isn't fun!" shouted Chaos, snapping. Nero quickly moved to restrain his friend's arms, holding him back as Chaos's eyes flared like blue fire. "What's with all of you? Treating this like it's some game! You don't get it. This isn't a game, if you lose this battle, you hand over your lives to the winner. You don't know how hard the battle is, you couldn't possibly understand how much it hurts! So why can't all of you just shut up?!"

Everybody was frozen, except for Nero, who was dragging Chaos to a secluded corner of the spacious van. "Chaos, let me tell them. You can't expect them to figure out why you got so upset by themselves, can you?"

"But I don't want to hear a word about her... I don't want to hear a word about him either."

"I could knock you out," suggested Nero helpfully, raising a fist. "You look like you need a lie-down anyway."

"Please," replied Chaos. He vaguely felt something crash onto his head, having him drift off into darkness...

"Oh my god, Nero!" exclaimed Aeyra, staring at Chaos's slumping form. "What the heck did you just do?"

"He said he didn't want me to tell everyone about Laela and Mark unless he was knocked out. He didn't want to hear it. Knocking him out will do him good. He's been having nightmares and I think a good punch lessens the chance of that, seeing he's not really sleeping."

"Who's Laela?" asked Pyre curiously. "And what does this have to do with Mark?"

Nero cleared his throat. "There used to be a girl in our group named Laela, she was about Chaos's age. They used to be arch nemisises, but then they fell in love with each other after Chaos saved her life. I can't even describe how happy he looked then- it was magical to look at really, two people that fit so perfectly together that it was like they were two adjoining pieces of a puzzle. And then," Nero's wistful voice became flat. "There was the mission." There was an eerie hush- it wasn't too difficult for anyone to guess what happened to Laela. "Laela was killed. But she wasn't killed by the enemy- I believe she was killed by Mark, our leader at the time, for being a traitor. I'm pretty sure Chaos witnessed it, and he- he kind of wants to kill Mark for her. You would understand if you saw him," added Nero hastily, defending the unconscious Chaos. "It was so heartbreaking, seeing him there in the heavy rain, sobbing into her hair, holding her body as if he would die if he loosened his grip. He wouldn't eat anything for a week, he didn't talk, he did almost nothing."

"I see now," murmured LIA, frowning. "I'm going to apologize once he wakes up."

"Don't," warned Nero. "Pity only makes him angrier. Chaos is like a sleeping dragon- harmless unless you poke it. And pity is the equivalent of poking. Same goes for any mention of Laela or Mark. Unless he's in a good mood, or if he's talking to me. Any questions?"

IdentityUnknown was quiet. She had forgotten that Mark had had a life in the Organization and had done work there. She shouldn't have been too surprised that he had done something like this, though she couldn't help feeling...off.

"Alright, enough," she said, standing up, preventing her group from getting too hyped up about the former Organization members. "We need rest and need to move out. So go. Now. Sleep. I want 2-3 people on guard, switch every 2 hours. For tonight, let Chaos get his rest. There's no need to mention any of this to him."

Everybody settled down and nodded. IdentityUnknown took first watch, insisting that the others needed more rest than her. Aeyra quickly stood up, saying she'd join her. IdentityUnknown nodded and hustled everyone else off to bed.

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Brief, but we need to start a new day somehow.

"I have had a vision." The eldest man was sitting cross-legged on a simple mat on the floor.

Ares and the other man walked in the room. "And what is that...vision?" Ares inquired.

The eldest man took a deep breath, then said, ominous shadow hanging over each word, "The shinagami will rise again."

"That is impossible! He is dead!"

"Or perhaps...that is what he wants you to think." This remark immediately shut up Ares. "If he," placing disgust on the pronoun, "returns to fight us again...there will be major consequences on our side. We cannot afford this."

"Then what should we do?" the other man spoke.

"Of course, we will place a tail on the DCW members. As for him..." the man paused and thought for a moment. Then he spoke. "Mark will find him. We simply need to find him, and follow him."

"That...may prove harder than expected. He escaped our organization, he won't be sloppy as to get himself followed."

"We know this. What we need to do is..."

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Krev snickered as he was on watch, observing Nero. Why snickering? Because Nero had done the unthinkable, the impossible, the overrated. He had fallen asleep.

Kind of like Chaos, a lot was washed away from his face as he fell asleep, but it was kind of funny. Nero looked older as he slept, calm, like he had seen the evils of the world and were handling them find, seemingly the opposite of his usual jumpy self. Krev sighed. It seemed you could see how a person really was when asleep.

Nero could try to hide it all he liked, but he couldn't fool Krev. Nero had always been strangely mature, acting like an older brother to Chaos instead of the younger brother he probably should have been. He had taken just about sole responsibility taking care of Chaos in the days after Laela's tragic death, the details of which Krev hadn't known for sure till now. It had always seemed strange how Mark disappeared the day after Laela died... Nero was the only person who could talk to Chaos without risking the chance of serious injury, was the only one Chaos truly talked to, and was the one who Chaos leaned on if he needed help. Nero carried a lot on his shoulders. But the way he acted it would be almost impossible to detect.

Krev shifted his gaze a foot away to find Chaos, frowning, but not sobbing, which was definitely a good thing, looking vulnerable as a child as he slept. Chaos was Nero's opposite. He hid his weakness in intimidation. Nero ashrouded his strengths with cheerfulness. Strange, unlikely, but fitting friends.

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You know what? I was going to type more, but I fear Ill fall asleep doing so. Good night all...

KKLT and the girls lay in the van for the night. The guys had agreed to let the girls sleep in the van and the guys would rest outside. She had taken the last painkiller than H had given her during the ride and now the pain is gradually coming back, preventing her from sleeping. She glanced at Misaki chan, Chelsea and Tsukiko fast asleep beside her. They were just enemies a day ago, but now they are back, sleeping peacefully beside her.

Unable to sleep, she got out of the van and saw Pyre and Aeyra outside chatting. Slowly, she walked towards the girls.

"Legend..." Aeyra spotted the girl walking towards them.

"You're supposed to get to sleep." Pyre told her.

"Can't." KKLT replied.

"You've not fully recovered. You should be resting."

"Air is not circulating. Can't breathe properly." KKLT replied.

The pain and the air was not the only thing, or the main reason that kept her awake. Many thoughts flooded her mind and was preventing her from sleep.

"Aeyra..." KKLT muttered under her breath.

"Yea? Legend?" Aeyra responded.

"... Nothing." KKLT replied. "...Just... Glad that you guys are back."

"Haha... me too." Aeyra replied.

"Did they... tell you guys anything about the syndicate? Or get hold of any information while you're working for them?" Pyre asked Aeyra in a low tone.

"Eh..?" Aeyra was a little surprised by the question. Not because she did not know how to answer, but it was a little too straight forward and she did not expect Pyre to ask it so directly.

"Pyre... should we ask this tomorrow instead...?" KKLT was surprised by the question, afraid it might hurt Aeyra.

"Its okay Legend..." replied Aeyra. "We can tell you how the syndicate function for newcomers like us, also, how they train people... But the higher ups never told us anything about why we are doing what we do. As for all those, you'll be better asking those guys." Aeyra pointed to the direction of Chaos and team.

"Or maybe Mark." KKLT added in. "Im sure he will know best."

Pyre nodded in agreement.

The three girls fell silent. Everyone just stared at the grass infront of them.

"Ae-Aeyra..." KKLT finally spoke. "How was your life... in the syndicate? I mean- I mean, how did you live, or spend your days after you joined?"

"Well..." Aeyra continued to stare at the grass infront of her. "When I woke up, I had no memories. It was a scary feeling. This is a feeling which cannot be shaken off, even after a while."

Aeyra continued speaking. "But it was thanks to those guys that we didn't fall into depression..." Aeyra turned her head to the guys again and continued, "They actually took good care of us. And even protected us... instead of thrashing us like underlings."

"I see..." KKLT responded. "I guess everyone has two sides of themselves then..."

She had thought of them as cold blooded murderers who has no compassion whatsoever lingering in their hearts...

"I heard they hurt you during you and Misaki's talk..." Aeyra told KKLT. "Im sure they didn't like it either. Do forgive them."

"I understand." KKLT nodded. "I never blamed them in the first place."

"But just now you..."

"That's because I still don't trust them fully..." KKLT replied. "I didn't want them to ... nevermind..."

"Legend..." Aeyra smiled at KKLT. "You're weird..."

"She's always been weird." Pyre joined in. "Did you just know her today?"

"What..?!" KKLT choked.

"I've always thought so too..." added Aeyra, nodding.

"Hey you guys!" KKLT retorted.

"Well, like I never thought KKLT would be so reckless at times..."

"... or so emotional at times..."

"Well, I am human..."

"...well most of the times you are like a block of wood..."

"What?! Pyre! I believe you're more like a brick than Im like a block of wood."

"At least I make responses all the time during discussions..."

"Pyre..." KKLT said softly. "What do you think will happen now?"

"... I don't know." she replied. "But we do know that we now have everyone back together."

"Yea." Aeyra said, smiling. "We have to stick together from now on."

"Now that the FBI are on our side, things would turn out for the better."

"I hope so Pyre..."

From behind them, Lia and Misaki appeared and sat down beside the three girls. "We're here to take over the shift! You guys can take a rest!"

"Thanks Misaki, Thanks Lia." Pyre motioned for KKLT and Aeyra to head into the van. "Shall we get some rest?"

"Yea."

KKLT climbed back into the van with Aeyra and Pyre. She leaned onto the cold metal and slowly, she fell asleep.

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Pyre, Aeyra... you need sleep... too.

Listening Hatsune Miku... Why I am mentioning that!?

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Tsukiko yawned. She couldn't sleep. Somehow she felt uneasy and couldn't fell asleep. Someone else was also up. Shannon.(You are always forgetting her!) She sat opposite Tsukiko and read some papers with a help of her flash light.

"Oh, you are still awake." She said without rising her gaze from her papers.

"Umm, yes..." Tsukiko answered.

"I'm glad you all are fine. Like everyone else." The woman continued.

"Yeah, but Iram..."

"I know. He is quita horrible person. I knew his personality but I still contacted him... I'm deeply sorry about that."

"But why...?"

"Why I contacted him? Because he was so damn good doctor and I thought he had stopped his stupid experiements. Now I understand why he had stopped them for a year. He hasn't any... toy to play with." Shannon didn't seem very happy when she said those words.

"I see... So he planned to continue them with me."

"Yeah, I bet he had planned to use memory wiping that you hadn't ask any questions..."

"How do you know this much?" The girl suddenly asked. "It's impossible you to know everything what he had planned. You weren't there."

"I know his personality... I just happen to know him pretty well." Shannon answered quietly.

"But..."

"He was my bigger brother but I met him at the first time when I joined to FBI."

"Ah... I'm sorry."

"That's okay. I never really liked him." Shannon smiled. "But you have to sleep now. We might have a long day tomorrow."

"Okay."

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"Uh, I finally slept some..." Tsukiko thought and looked around the van. "It seems others are already up."(yes, I'm just too lazy to think who were in the same van with me...) She rose up and checked the floor of that van. There were some stuff under the seats. "My bag, it's here!" She took it and checked was everything still there. "Hmm... the message that IU wrote when we all were together at the first time. It feels like it have been forever..."

"I can't believe how I could forget this... Hmm... Maybe now is a good time to tell others what I know..."

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Well, think this is quite short but I have to search one part to write more. So I'll write later a next part.

Yeah!

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Misaki sighed as she sat with Neechan. It was their turn to keep guard and she was bored. The elder girl spoke out of the blue, "So what do you think is going to happen?"

She turned to her and asked, "What do you mean?"

"You know, since we're going to the FBI and such."

"Oh, that. Who knows? I just hope nothing bad happens."

"Yeah, me too..."

"So, what did I miss while I was on the other side? Anything?"

"Nothing much."

"I see."

The conversation entered an awkward silence as the two girl just sat there. After a few minutes, Misaki began to think. I do wonder what's going to happen... Also, why are we going to the FBI? I get that they can help us, but why is Mark sending us there? What connections does he have there? Which reminds me... We still need to ask why he kidnapped kaichou in the first place.... Her mind wondered back, back when everything was normal. And to think I had wished for exciting stuff to happen..... That was stupid of me. But I wish I was back home... With my family and friends... So I best try to stay alive! I still got a lot of things in life to do! Though I do fear what will happen to me once I get back... I'll probably get scolded......

A poke brought her out of her thoughts. She saw Monsi and Cure-kun standing there. "It's our turn now girls. You can go back to sleep," he said.

She smiled graciously before getting off the ground and walking back to the van. After getting in, she laid on the floor and slowly drifted off into Dreamland.

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Ta da.

Oh yea! That! The one I mistaken you for Aeyra! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD WHooooops sorry! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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KKLT woke up just in time to see the sun rise. She cannot remember how long it is since she had seen one. She realised that some others have already awaken. Apparently, the guys have all woken up while some of the girls were still sleeping.

"Its a beautiful morning today..." Pyre commented.

"Yea..." KKLT replied, climbing out of the van. KKLT shivered a little. It was a cold morning and they had spent the entire night without a warm room.

"The guys had brought back some water. Use those for wash up." Pyre told KKLT.

"Thanks Pyre."

"Once everyone's done, we're continuing with the journey."

"Sure."

"Let's wake the rest up."

"Let them rest for a while more Pyre. They must be tired."

"I guess you're right."

KKLT turned to look at everyone sleeping peacefully in the van.

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Its the next day! XDDDDDDDDDD

Monsi · August 28, 2011

Recap for Sayomi (Final part):

CAUTION: Be careful when you click the "Spoiler" button. Your head might explode...XD

Wildheart blinked her eyes open. The sunlight came flooding in from the window. 'I don't think I've had such a good sleep since....forever!' She thought, getting up and stretching. She let her gaze sweep around the room.

Her friends lay on the floor of the van, most of them asleep. 'I'd better let them sleep a bit more...'

She got up as quietly as she could and went outside.

"Hi WH-chan!" KKLT-chan greeted as he finished washing up.

"Hey KKLT-chan!" Wildheart replied.

"Here's some water, get yourself ready."

"Okay!"

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"So we're heading to the FBI Headquarters now?" Lia asked, when everyone had woken up and gotten washed.

"Yup." IU-chan nodded. "Monsi, let's go?"

Monsi nodded, looking up from a map. "Let's go." He said, getting in the car.

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Sayomi sighed. "How far left to go?" She asked. "We've been driving for the past hour!"

"Sorry, Sayomi," Monsi replied, looking back from the rear-view mirror. "We still have about two hours."

That had gotten some comments from the group.

"What?"

"That far?"

"Where is this FBI Place?" Nero whined. "I have to get some coffee!!" He said, holding up an empty coffee cup that was full only 5 minutes ago. "I can't last two hours without it!!"

"Don't worry, Nero," Monsi laughed. "We'll stop by Tim Horton's soon. But after that, you'll have to live without it for a bit."

"What?!?!?!?" Nero's cry could probably have been heard from a mile away.

After the ruckus died down, Wildheart brought the subject back up.

"So...where is this place?" She asked.

"It's in the US," IU-chan spoke up. "We have to get out of Canada." She explained.

"Oh...."

"Yup."

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While the group waited for the arrival, with Nero consistantly whining for coffee, Chaos looking a little bit better than yesterday, IU deeply in thought, and Monsi driving silently, we played cards, hand games, and every kind of entertainment we could think of.

"We're here~!" Monsi's call rang out, slicing through out thoughts as he stopped his car in front of a big building.

"FINALLY!!! MORE COFFEEEE!!"

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You can guess who said that, can't you? xP

So..how was it? Okay?

Edit: I'll have to go now. Bye guys~! x)

**********

"Enjoying that coffee?" teased Chaos, watching Nero gleefully drain the last, sweet but bitter drops of his beloved caffeinated drink from the bottom of the large cup. "Or enjoyed rather."

"Of course! I've been separated from it for much too long... In fact last night, I actually fell asleep." Nero visibly shuddered, whether for dramatic effect or true horror was unclear. "Can you believe it?"

"Well, seeing is believing, and I was knocked out by a certain green-eyed blond, so I must say I find it rather difficult to believe," said Chaos wryly, giving a cheeky grin.

"It was quite shocking really," commented Aeyra with her brown eyes laughing. "He actually looked like he was enjoying it. I should've gotten a picture for you to see! I remember how on the way to my science competition one of the boys fell asleep and we all took photos."

"Why?" asked Misaki, looking somewhat amused at Aeyra's off-topic conversation addition.

"Simply because it was funny," stated Aeyra in a matter-of-factly manner. "I think we're all overdue for some real laughs, aren't we?" Aeyra's brown eyes glittered with unrestrained mischief. "How about we go around in a circle and tell about one really funny incident that's happened to us. Or we could sit and listen to Chaos and Nero and their ceaseless banter."

"It's not ceaseless banter!" denied Nero, looking almost insulted. "It's friendly debate on the most important topic in the world- coffee. Chaos here just doesn't appreciate it's true worth."

Chaos simply rolled his eyes. Aeyra took this oppurtunity to cut in.

"You know Nero, you remind me of a character in a story I read. A question for you- what would you do if I gave you an espresso machine? One that you could have and use at your leisure?"

"Well, first I'd protect the box to make sure nobody damages my precious espresso machine. Then I'd open it, place it gently on a countertop, and make coffee."

"Of course, he'd also manage to pull it off with the drama that can only come from him," muttered Chaos, though it was obvious he wanted everyone to hear him.

Aeyra was looking quite, quite amused. "That's exactly what the character in the story did. He was hugging and cooing to it and fiercely protecting it. Quite hilarious actually, seeing the story was dark in it's own way. Kind of like what we're going through right now," said Aeyra wistfully. "Makes me wish I could just be sitting next to the computer with nothing better to do than read fanfiction."

Everybody shared the same thoughts- how'd life become so complicated? They were all just teenagers, teenagers that had somehow managed to get themselves wrapped up in this web of danger and terror, with the knowledge each moment could be their last. It didn't help that at that moment, the van suddenly veered off the road, and Aeyra noticed snipers on a bridge not too far ahead. Her stomach twisted in fear.

**********

I don't honestly think the Org wouldnt manage to find us. Something tells me Chaos, Nero, Brise, and Krev probably have trackers imbedded in their bodies... Luckily it doesn't have the capability to make them explode like they do in some stories... And the character I was talking about was Draco Malfoy. Seeing all Misaki wrote was their names, I sort of based Nero off of the Draco Malfoy of 'Underwater Light' and 'Draco Malfoy, the Amazing, Bouncing... Rat?' in which Draco is a total drama queen, and is absolutely addicted to coffee. Ex. "More coffee, I have too much blood in my caffeine system." So in essence, I left a cliffy and managed to not rant about Draco and Nero. (almost...)

"I thought this was an easy job," William grunted from the back seat of the Panther.

A high pitched laugh came from the other person in the back seat. "This IS an easy job," Sam countered. His eyes glittered with delight, as if he was glad there was opposition. "You need to try the harder jobs. You end up knee-deep in bullets and blood."

"Oh, shut up, both of you." Grace was trying to dodge the incoming bullets. Those bullets they're firing....they're armor-piercing. A few hits, and we're history.

"I'm sorry, mother," Sam mocked. "Anyways, can I launch the missiles?"

William grunted again. "That's overkill. Launch a missile, you could do unneccessary damage."

Sam pouted, then crossed his arms in anger. "Fine."

William slowly reached for the window button, and pressed it. The window went down with a slow, smooth, motion. From the floor of the car, William picked up a huge machine gun, and loaded it.

Sam glanced over the machine gun, and sarcastically remarked, "And that isn't overkill?"

"Nah, I'm good." And with that, William opened fire on the snipers. The snipers immediately dived for cover.

William stopped firing for a moment. Two moments. Then a sniper's head popped up, and he started firing all over again.

Sam began pouting again. "At least let me have a turn!"

Without speaking or losing his focus, William pointed at the floor of the car on Sam's side. Sam hesitantely reached, then pulled out a large tube-like weapon...a launcher. "Oh, yeah. This is more like it!" From his belt, he pulled out a clear bottle of purple liquid, then stuffed it into one end of the tube. He poked his head out the window, then fired. A streaking purple flare shot out of the cannon, and landed near the snipers, where it exploded with a huge bang.

"Yeah, baby! Burn!"

A/N: Truthfully, I'm going with Aeyra's idea.

Wow... No posts for nearly a day... O.o and here's me thinking I missed 20 pages of new stuff during my boring day trip to NY... Remind me not to ever go watch US Open qualifiers again. I nearly fell asleep...

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Aeyra was still smiling the moment the first bullet shattered the supposedly bullet-proof windows, and there was a sinking feeling in her stomach that this wasn't just your ordinary everyday bullet. Also, it probably wasn't good (or healthy- healthy meaning good for your general well-being) if bullets were now being classified as ordinary everyday things. But anyways, Aeyra quickly unbuckled her seat belt and flung herself as far from the bullet as possible, just in time to get out of the direct hit of an explosion.

She heard frantic yells, but realized from the fact she wasn't burned, her hair wasn't singed, and that her skin hadn't been pierced by shards of flying glass, that this wasn't really a normal explosion either. [Damn this stupid Organization...[/i] she thought darkly, coughing in the white smoke-like screen of mist that was spreading quickly through the van. Now bombs are normal too... Another cough, and she felt tears stinging in her eyes. Tear gas. They were forcing them out.

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Nero had nearly been caught off-guard by the bullet. Keyword being nearly. With his bright caffeine-alert eyes directed out the front window, he'd managed to catch a glimpse of a sniping rifle pointed at- no surprise!- the van. Thinking quickly, his analytical mind deducted the possibilities- were the bullets meant to kill? Maim? Incapacitate? Or to lure out the prey, prey being them?

Kill? Well, they have thar memory wiping machine... At the very least, I'm too valuable an asset to lose... he thought, completely honest to himself. Maim... Possibly, but they wouldn't want permanent injuries. Incapacitate? Quite likely, maybe it's one of those gas-releasing bullets. We could be asleep in seconds. Lure out? Anyone in their logical mind would flee the car, and we'd be easy targets for snipers... To kill if necessary, and the incapacitation or maiming is still quits, quite possible. Unfortunately for Neeo, neither his mouth or body could react to the bullet as his lightning-fast mind, and before he could shout "Sniper!" the bullet had already been shot through the window, burying itself in the far side of the car, releasing white gas with a huge bang.

Explosion sound effects for purposes of fear... We're being lured out. This is tear gas. Nero coughed and elbowed Chaos, mouthed the word 'distraction' and ran out of the vehicle stealthily, careful to be hidden by the van while Chaos arrogantly sauntered in plain view of the snipers, spinning his specialty gun around his finger, swinging it into the air and skillfully catching it, taunting the enemy. Their eyes would be locked on Chaos while Nero prepared his own weapon, a powerful rifle designed to fire bullet-shaped capsules that would release toxins, gases, or simply explode on first contact out of the barrel. That tear-gas bullet was his invention after all. And he'd built the gun himself, light, powerful, and easy to assemble and disassemble- but only if you knew it as well as Nero did though. He'd burned all instructions.

He smiled as the final piece clucked in place.

***********

Chaos was running back and forth, turning flips and mid-air rolls to avoid bullets, a much used skill in his world. When it cams to distraction, his acrobatics were the most useful. What could piss a sniper off more than a snotty, cocky, prancing teenage boy who was obviously making fun of them and screaming "Screw you!" every once in a while? Nothing that Chaos knew of.

Inside the van, Brise fetched Nero's extra bag, sensing the most important item was in it. The memory flash bomb as it had been dubbed. Nero was often requested during the day to join in the research weapons facility... He'd skillfully adapted the memory eraser into a capsule. There were five in the bag- if he aimed well enough, one would do everything. Covertly, she handed Nero the capsule, and he gave her a grin.

"I knew you'd bring it to me," he muttered as he took aim, eyes on the angry faces of snipers. "Looks like they're already dodging hails of bullets. They're wearing protective armor though, guess the bullets aren't find the chink. Luckily this only needs visual contact within a fifty foot radius."

****

Too tired to writes more... My sap hath been sucked away...

I don't know why but when I picked up my newly-fixed laptop earlier this day from HP Service Center, I've became inspired to write.

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While the snipers are still distracted, Nero opened the door and threw the capsule to the unsuspecting snipers, then shouted to Chaos, "HEY, GET IN NOW! WE ONLY HAVE 5 SECONDS BEFORE IT EXPLODES!"

As soon as Monsi saw Chaos already inside the van, though his eyes are still stinging due to the tear gas, he floors it and managed to get away just as the capsule exploded, relying on his instincts to stay on the road.

Man, why I am holding this? Who am I? Who are you? Where are we?, everyone in the van heard from all of the snipers who just had their memories erased.

"Nice going, Nero!! ", everyone congratulated him.

"Thank you...thank you..."

Meanwhile, Monsi was looking for the fuel gauge and...

"Guys, we need to top up."

As soon as they arrived at a gas station located at about 10 miles past Tim Horton's, everyone got out of the van to breathe fresh air while they're letting the tear gas exit from the van. While the van's gas tank is being filled up, Monsi approached IU and said, "IU, can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Um...what happened to us earlier was a very close call. Of course, I also want everybody as safe as possible. So do you think we should transf--"

"I was also planning the same thing...but how about Grace, William, and Sam?"

"IU, you know that we are the real targets of the organization and we have to protect ourselves as much as possible. Well, I know that you saw those three how well they have defended themselves and us, right? They're thoroughly trained, and we're not, which means that we have a higher chance of being killed immediately. So, we don't have to worry so much about them. We know that they could manage, right? Instead, we have to think of ways to defend ourselves."

"I guess you have a point there. I think you should gather everyone now so that I could tell them our next plan."

"Right away.", and Monsi called everyone to gather around.

IU looked at everyone and told them, "Guys, I have a--Where's Nero?"

"Over here...", everyone turned to Nero while he's getting out of the convenience store and holding five cups of coffee placed in a plastic bag.

"What?", Nero asked as everyone was still staring at him.

"Never mind. Okay, guys...", IU continued. "What happened to us earlier is a very close call. The fact that a bullet filled with tear gas managed to get through the window says it. According to H, that window was just temporary while waiting for the bullet-proof window. So, Monsi and I decided that we have to transfer to his bus which, as we all know, is bullet-proof, bomb-proof, explosion-proof, and rocket-proof. Is that clear guys?"

"Hahaha...are you really serious?", Nero said while laughing. Note: he was the only one laughing.

"She is. What's the problem?", Misaki asked him.

"Well...it's just that...it's very impossible for an ordinary person to own a bus that is "everything-proof"."

"Oh, so you don't believe, do you?", Monsi asked him rhetorically. "Let's have a deal, shall we? If I was able to prove to you that it is IU said, you'll give up drinking coffee for a year. But if I'm wrong, then, I'll treat you with a year's worth of any coffee drink at Starbucks, deal?"

"DEAL!", Nero shouted, with a sure look on his face that he will definitely win.

"Well, now that's settled, we should all get going now. By the way, Monsi, how long before we arrive at your house?", IU asked Monsi.

Monsi looked at the map and said, "45 minutes."

"Okay, then. Let's go."

Everyone got back to the van at once, with Grace, William, and Sam following them. For the whole duration of the trip, Monsi and Nero look at each other from time to time through the rear view mirror, both of them having faces that can be described as "I'm 100% sure that I will win".

After 45 minutes, Monsi stopped the van in front of a house with an imported bus in its garage located at Crosby Avenue in Bronx, NY.

"We're here, everyone.", Monsi said as he rushed inside the house.

Meanwhile, BK, WH, Krev, Nero, Brise, Chaos, William, Sam, Grace, and Lia's friend still couldn't believe what they saw which is the bus.

"Yay! We will be riding Monsi's bus again!", Misaki, Aeyra, Chelsea, Lia, Sayomi, and Tsukiko exclaimed while getting out of the van.

"What??!! You guys sure about that??", Nero asked the girls with a worried look on his face.

"Of course! We rode on it while searching for IU after she was kidnapped for the second time.", Sayomi answered.

"Oh...I...see...", Nero commented nervously.

After few moments, everybody saw Monsi carrying 2 grenades, a launcher, and a machine gun, and he placed it on the door. Then, he opened the door of his bus, started the engine, turned on the air-conditioner, and told everyone, "Okay, everyone except Nero, get inside the bus."

Everyone willingly got inside the bus and looked at both Nero and Monsi through the window. Through a remote control, Monsi closed the door. First, he picked up the machine gun and fired it at the windows, engine, gas tank, and air tank of the bus, and nothing happened. Second, he picked up the two grenades and threw one under the gas tank, and the other one under the engine. After they exploded, still, nothing happened. Lastly, he took the launcher and fired three shots at the same locations as the first one. Still, the bus is intact, with the engine and air-conditioner still running perfectly.

Monsi turned to Nero and said with a devilish smile on his face, "Now, do you believe me?"

"Oh...no...I...I...couldn't...believe...it...", and Nero went to his knees, with a look of someone that seems to have lost in a deal.

However, Monsi went back inside and brought out two boxes, with a smell that is super-duper familiar to Nero.

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Wow! I haven't written this long in ages.

To help you guys know what my dream bus looks like, it looks like this:

By the way, what is "Tim Horton's"?

EDIT: Since I just found out that "Tim Horton's" is still located in Canada, I have to adjust the time from 20 minutes to 45 minutes.

Sorry for posting the recap in 3 parts. It seems that there is a limited number of quoted posts allowed per post. In my case, I've placed at most 10 quoted posts per post.

BTW, guys, take note that we've already crossed the border and we're now in New York. Our next destination is the FBI. XD

Tsukiko · August 28, 2011

Hi everyone! I'm surprised, I was off only two days and you have written "only" two pages(less than that). Last time there were at least ten!

But anyways, great job everyone!

Tsukiko · August 28, 2011

I think I'm gonna write now...

Tsukiko · August 28, 2011

Tsukiko sat on the back seat of Monsi's bulletproof bus. It felt good to be back in States with her friends and that familiar bus. She was deep in her thoughts while others were conversating about everything. Maybe someones thought she was too quiet but right now she didn't feel like talking with anyone. She was pondering the information Mark had given her about a week ago.

"Hmmph. You seem too agreeable. But if I can't trust you," the man said with a sigh, "then who can I trust?" His hand reached out for Tsukiko's face, and pulled it. Of course, Tsukiko didn't like this, but she understood the action once the man said, "Not a mask, huh? OK."

He relaxed against the wall, and said, "Well, it seems I can trust you." He stretched his arms out, then returned them to his pockets. "Like I said before, you can't tell this to anyone. You will die if you do." He looked around warily.

"This information I'm about to tell you is the syndicate's most protected secret. It is the heart, it's motive to live. The syndicate is a group of bright teenagers close to my age, led by a criminal mastermind. The syndicate has ears everywhere, in every country, and silently pulls the strings. And the members are sworn to secrecy on pain of death." He pulled down his shirt collar, revealing a scar on his neck. "They implant trackers into us to monitor us at all times. They also function as bugs, allowing the syndicate to literally have ears everywhere. Of course, I removed mine during the plane crash."

"But enough background. Here's the heart of the syndicate. The goal of the syndicate is world domination, as you may have suspected, but the method it intends to do that is far more sinister then people can dream of. They plan..." and he paused there, staring at the door. After a few seconds, he resumed, "They plan to anger nations, and turn them against each other in complete world war. Once the war ends and the survivors are badly scarred, they plan to take over and siege the world in their iron claw." He studied Tsukiko's face for a little while, then said, "There is a reason why I sworn you to secrecy. By learning this, you have most certainly placed yourself in grave danger. And if you tell anyone, and I mean ANYONE this, the syndicate will find you, erase you and any connections you have from the books. You will merely hasten destruction, as the syndicate's operations will quicken once they learn an outsider knows of this. And you will bring no good to anybody. In fact...there's a spy within your midst right now."

Tsukiko's eyes were wide. "Who?"

Mark glanced around suspiciously again, then said, "That is not for me to say. But I will give you a hint." He paused for a moment, then whispered, "Have you heard...of the hanging tree?" And with that, he vanished.

IU turned her head and watched Tsukiko who sat quiet and observed everyone else in the bus. She sighed and said to KKLT who sat next to her: "Tsuki is doing that again..."

KKLT looked confused: "Doing what?"

"Observing everyone, like suspicioing that something is not right..."

"When was the previous time she did it?"

"When we were on a way to that Inn we stayed. And there she said that she had promised to someone not to tell something to anyone. I wonder what that is..."

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