The Hunter, or the hunted

(TIME-LINE) - LATE FALL / 7:21am

(He watched as Lenn, and one of his guards escorted her out the door, towards the second floor bedrooms. Leslie looked back into the room, turned around and flipped the switch to the lounge, then both he and his guard walked out closing the door behind them. Once out of the room he leans back on the door, checks the watch on his wrist with the cigarette now in his hand and smoke leaving his nose)
"Damn...30mins after 7....*sigh* Oiji....go up and give Lenn the guest toiletries, then tell Laura's (she being one of the dancers) two boys to head to bed."

(Oiji the guard looks towards him and bows respectfully)- "Yes Madame. Right away."
(then he heads down the hall towards the laundry room)


(Leslie finishes his cigarette and snuffs it on the heel on his slipper. He then speaks to himself and uses his fingers in a counting motion)- "She's now taken care of....the girls are settled in, the boys asleep...Nessa....I better check up on her after I eat....Good! Things seem to be settling down a bit...*rubs his hands together* Ooo.. I wonder what the cook has prepared!"

(He walks swiftly from the narrow hall away from the lounge, and into the main entrance way in lieu of the kitchen. All while this is happening he starts to go over the events of the day in his head)

[[Flashbacks]]

(he reads the card)
"Xias Corp........(he takes a deep breath and turns his back to Nessa)...My god...what do they want with this place..."

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(female bartender)- "Wait...WAIT!"

(He turns around towards the female bartender and noticed that her face was pale)
"Hmm..?"

(Nessa the bar-mistress)- "A..uh...there's..another one..uhm..here"

"Damn..any other night and it's a client...Now we have..them."

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(Nameless male)- "Luminados oilda te' juin."

"The prisoner of the moon."

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(He looks at Nessa and places the gun in her hand and whispers in her ear)
"Don't say anything to him that would scare him off. We may need his help. Understand?"

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[Lenn stands up straight from the stool and walks at a quick pace to him] "excuse me sir..."
[she takes out a black-leather wallet with an ID and badge embedded in it]

[Madame Leslie takes a closer look at the badge] "a universal agent....."

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(His eyes shoot open, and his own heart begins to race as he hears what he knows is a gunshot. Closing his eyes and praying, he slinks his body along the open door and peeps inside. What he sees brings him the greatest relief.
"You can't shoot for shit love...."

[[Back to reality]]

(He walks into the kitchen, sees a small plate of deviled eggs with red wine on the side laying on a white oriental floral print place-mat. He cocks his head to the side in dismay at the meal, tantrums)
"Um....excuse me?!...what in the hell is this?"

(The cook looks at him without fear)- "Madame I'm very sorry to inform you but the stove broke down while you were at work...So....I went to the local market and purchased boiled eggs and such....And deviled eggs is all I could think of at that moment"

(Leslie fumes slightly, picks up a deviled egg with his forefinger and thumb and plops it whole in his mouth, and makes an agreeable sound)
"You always did know how to make the best of things...Thank You."

(The cook smiles and nods respectfully)

*1:12am, The night before. In a heavy-like stance, stands on the top of the building next to the tavern's.*

"Damn, this won't stop bleeding."

*Digs deep at his side, past the inside of his leather jacket. Pulls out a quarter-of-an-inch hollow-tip bullet*

"Now that didn't have my name on it, but I'll be sure to return the favor."

*Picking up the sounds of running footsteps upon the rooftops in the distance he faces. He moves quickly and silently towards the sounds. Reaching the fifth rooftop, he stops to find that this one held an empty bullet casing*

"You're a pretty good shot, but you need to start learning not to underestimate your targets."

*He continues to the tenth rooftop from the tavern and stops to see the shadowy figures make their way down the fire-escape ladder. He stays to watch them get into the black vehicle awaiting down below*

"Well, hello there, long time no see. I've missed you."
*Watching the doors of the familiar vehicle close*

"I'll see you later."

*A strange dense cloud of mist appears from behind. Hovering around in place, dark, but a dim glow of red blend from within*

*Voice within the mist* - "Nameless..." "...Nameless..." "The one they call Nameless."

*He looks around, as if seeking out the source of the voice*
"I am."

*Voice within the mist* - "You must protect the key..." "...The Key...."

*The mist suddenly thins and fades away within the cold air*

"Wait! Who, or what are you?"

*He takes off in the direction of the north star. After awhile, questions himself on where he is heading. No reasonable points of interests comes to him, but he feels as if he should continue this course*

"...The key..."

*Its like there was no control of his own free will to move his feet, he moves like the harshest winds throughout the rooftops. Soon comes to a stop, as if just realizing he had control of his legs once again. In the distance, he could see an orchid-like Villa. A carriage is pulled away around to the back*

*With a grin* "Found you."

*He leaps down to the tall grass below. Here the line of rooftops end so he must continue low, within the grass. Moving through the grass and finding a dirt road. The road would change to stone, and finally brick, newly placed down to add*

"Leslie, I swear you can't be discrete if you tried."

*Making it to a tall, solid steel gate, A guard, the size of a professional large wrestler stands before him*

*Gate Guard* - "You there, what are you doing here? What business do you have here? Do you have any idea what time it is *looks at wrist watch as to wanting to know the time himself* "It's almost 7:00am. Now be off with you, the Madame of the house is too tired to do any meetings today."

"I am a familiar face to the Madame of the house."

Gate Guard* - "What is your name then?"

"I am nameless in these pa..."

*Gate Guard* - "That is what I thought, leave now!"

*Turns his back to the gate and walks away. The gate guard returns to his posting position, but suddenly hears the sound of something running up towards him. He peeks out from the wall to see what is coming and soon as he looks through the steel gate, nothing appears to be out of the ordinary. The sounds had stopped."

"What are you looking for?"

*The gate guard turns to the sound of the voice. A foot with a forceful thrust is placed at the gate guard's stomach. Coughing and bent over, a last backwards flip kick was initiated to the gate guard. The gate guard lay unconscious upon his back*

"Sorry, but I don't have the time to play around."

*He feels an entity deep from inside the large house, one he had felt strongly before*

"Its close."

*He makes his way towards the large house and like a cat that's light on it's feet, scales up the wall to the high roof above*

"I'll standby here for the time being, keeping out of sight and to keep a look out for anything else."

- "I know you are hiding something."
(Holds a young corner girl in a short skirt and a deep-blue top)

(Grim) - "Well I tried to get some kind of information out of her."

- "She knows, I can smell it. The fear from her breathe alone."

(He lifts the young corner girl off the floor, one hand grips her throat. She dangles off the ground, like being hanged)

- "Tell me where they are."

(Young corner girl) - "I---- re--ally --- don't---- (cough)--- know."

(Grim) - "You're making this worse for yourself girl."

(He grips tighter around her throat and with such force, hurls her against the concrete wall. Slamming against the wall, a breathe escapes her)

(Young corner girl) - "----(gags----coughs----- I---just know that I saw a boy running after something."

- "That something my dear is what I want, which direction did it go?"

(Young corner girl) - "It went---north I think."

(The young corner girl braces her neck softly with both her hands)

(Grim) - "See, that wasn't so hard now, was it?"

(With a harsh look one second and then a scared one following it, she sheds tears as the tall man turns his attention to the other man, Grim)

(Grim) - "North it is, I'll go and prepare the car."

(Grim leaves the room. Stepping into the silver elevator and proceeds upwards to the garage. The tall man faces the young corner girl and tells her to stand up. Grim makes his way to the car and takes out a cigarette from his black suit. As soon as he emits a flame from the lighter, a loud, almost the sound of A tank going off echos throughout the complex)

(Grim) - "Heheheh, hmph, He still got it in him. I see why he was picked."

(The elevator returns to the garage. The doors of the elevator opens up and the tall man walks out. walking towards Grim, passing him, continuing to the black car and stepping inside. Grim enters from the other side and motions the driver to move)

(Grim) - "Just like old times right?"

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[raising her head off the soft pillow, she looks to the huge window shielded by the curtains. takes a look at the time only to find out it has only been 20 minutes that she had rested. the sounds of the morning sparrows flock outside, the thumping footsteps out side the door. the sound of a piano playing a soft tune downstairs]
"this is quite the place, like a dream. i wish that it was."

[not able to continue her rest, she walks over to the dresser where lay her katana. she looks at it and pulls the blade out just far enough to see the base of the silver steel blade. slides it back in and straps it back in place behind her. she walks to the mirror and stares at the person in it. looking at herself, still in the clothes that she wore from the other night. walking back to the bed, she sits down and reaches deep under the pillow and pulls out the semi-automatic pistol and places it in her holster.
"guess dreams alone dont last do they?"

[she stands up and heads to the thick, hand-carved door. from outside she sees the maids cleaning and dusting. one of the guards notice her and greets her a good morning. she nods back]
"is madame Leslie awake and around?"

[indoor guardsman] "he is and very much tired. he tries so hard to stay awake to watch over his girls."

"then i shall speak quickly to him and be on my way."

[indoor guardsman] "even after you speak to him, are you sure you would like to leave? the calamity of last night must have been frighting to you."

"believe me, i have seen worst and been in worst, now please take me to Madame Leslie."

[indoor guardsman] "right away miss, this way please."

[the guard leads her to the piano room, which is near the kitchen. Madame Leslie walking out with a handkerchief in his hand, tapping the outside of his lips]

[Madame Leslie] "i would have thought you would still be asleep since you had cut our conversation short from before."

"i got enough rest. now, the questions and answers i seek."

[Madame Leslie] "oui oui."

"that man came to your tavern, who is he? what is his name? what did he want? why did he specifically come to you?"

[Madame Leslie taking out a cigarette and lighting it. takes a moment to think from all the questions asked onto him and sighed] "you are persistent and love your job... yes, he did come to my tavern, i honestly have no idea who he is, all he said was that he was nameless, so i refer him as Mr. Nameless. he was after a key and i was trying to resolve a near busted injury to my beautiful face before getting anymore information from the man. finally, i have to be frank with you, but i have no idea why he specifically came to me."

[taking in all the info of madame Leslie, she walks in a circle and thinks to herself]

[Madame Leslie] "who are you?"

"i told you who i was."

[Madame Leslie] "no, no my dear. who are you?.....really."

"i am...."

[just before the rest could come out, a guard comes rushing in, carrying a young boy by the back of his robe-shirt]

[Madame Leslie] "WHAT is the meaning of this?"

[outdoor guardsman] "madame, i am truly sorry to barge in like this, but we found this boy hanging about in the great horse shed."

[all staring at the young boy in a dirt filled robe shirt]

[the young boy] "hmm heh heh. hi.... there."

*From the roof of the mansion, he hears yelling and fighting coming from the horse-shed. Out comes a huge guard dragging a young boy, a very familiar looking boy*

"Well now, what do we have here? Isn't that the boy from the temple?"

*The boy is carried along the ground and into the front door of the house. He eases over the edge and looks down, but only catches them just entering the house and shuts the door*

"What did you do? Why are you even here?"

*He backs up away from the edge and moves along the top to a nearby large window to see through it. He only finds blind spots or windows covered by the huge curtains. Looking towards the rear of the house, he finds a window that has not been covered and left open. Crawling through to the inside he finds himself located in one of the second floor guest bedrooms*

"This place doesn't have a speck of dust. What is this... Heaven?"

*Making his way through the room, the door to the bedroom bathroom opens and in comes one of the maids. He holds out his right hand towards her, his palm faces up and releases a crystal-clear orb the size of her head. The orb makes it's way to her. Before she could release any kind of distressed call from her mouth, the orb shatters upon her face and she is rendered unconscious to the tiled floor of the bathroom. The shattered pieces of the orb dissolve away, eliminating its own traces from the site, on and around the maid. All that lay there is the maid, a scene of plausible deniablility*

"Sleep for now miss."

*He opens the door to the bedroom and walks out to the huge curling stairs. Hears a commotion from down below. The voices echo throughout the house*

*Guard* "He was trying to steal your horses!"

*The young boy, Kai* "No I wasn't!..."

*Madame Leslie* "Will you lower your voices, there are others trying to rest and you are giving me a migraine. Now, let the boy speak."

*The young boy, Kai* "Listen lady, or sir..."

*The guard slaps him on the back of the head* "That is Madame to you, ungrateful and disrespectful peasant."

*The young boy, Kai* ".... Madame.... I am looking for a man that might have visited you. He was wearing a..."

*Madame Leslie* "A leather jacket, olive-colored pants, and carrying a silver double-edge sword."

*The young boy, Kai* "... Well, yeah. That's exactly who I'm looking for."

*madame Leslie* "It seems that this one man is very popular, especially a man with no name. Who are you and..."

*The Agent, Lenn* "Where did you come from."

*Madame Leslie looks at the agent that had just interrupted him* "Agent Lenn I was getting to that one."

*Madame Leslie looking back to the young boy with a frustrated look*

"His name is Kai, and he is from the temple... You have been following me haven't you?"

*All look to the top of the stairs and finding a man within the shades of the light. Watching him walk down and joining in the middle of Madame Leslie and the agent known as Lenn. He stares at Kai. The agent keeps a hawk-eye on the nameless man, while Madame Leslie looks past the man, to the base of the stairs and finally his eyes reaching the top. Looks back at the nameless man with a squint of his eyes*

*madame Leslie* "How did you get in here?"

(He takes one more look back at the nameless man, then turns to look at everyone else)
"Now ...Look! This is really getting ridiculous. I've had strangers come into my bar and cause hell before...but this is just way out of proportion. I've got nameless over the appearing and disappearing without warning, This...*motions with hand* This girl pestering me, and now this boy...I want to know what the fuck is really going on! Because I'm this close to kicking everyone out of here."

(Everyone in the room goes quiet except the gaurd pestering the boy. He turns towards him and justs stares for a moment)
*clears throat*" Scuse mee.... EXCUSE ME!"

(Guard ignores him- "Hold..still...You'll show respect you little..."

(Leslie storms over towards the guard and gives him the hardest smack on the cheek you'll ever hear)
"Dammit when I'm talking to you....You WILL listen and like it!! Now put the boy down!

(The guard drops the boy, and watches as he runs off to the side)

"Disobey me again and I will make you remember just who you're dealing with! Do.You.Understand?!"

(The guard looks dead into Leslie's eyes with the side of his face still burning from the pain of the slap. Finally he mutters as if at the brink of tears)
"Yes....Madame..I'..."

"Don't apologize to me. Just go back and mind the door."

(The guard bows, walks off towards the main entrance, and gently closes the door behind him)

(The nameless man had his attention elsewhere, while the young boy Kai rubbed the back of his head, and looked towards the ground. Lenn took a step forward and looked between everyone)

(Leslie purses his lips in anger, and rubs his temple with to fingers on his left hand)
*sigh* "You ok...Kai?"

(Kai looks up suddenly and blinks)
"Uh..yeah..yeah I am thanks Madame."

(He nods gently, then motions for everyone to sit down)
"I apologize for that...I'm really out of it right now.*rubs his temple once more and holds his fingers there* I want all of you to just sit down so we can ...discuss this....)

(Nameless reaches a hand up to his right shoulder for a moment then let's his arm rest at his hips)- "I prefer to stand...If you don't mind"

"Do whatever you want...at this point I really don't give a damn."

(Leslie looks back and walks over to a chair where he would sit down resting his head on the back of it. Kai would follow his lead and went sit on the big white sofa adjacent to the chair. Lenn would turn around and look at the nameless man and whispers to herself)- "Hmm...this guy looks different..but it is him..I'm sure of it"

(Leslie would look at the pack of cigarettes on the table right next to him, but this time does not reach for them)
"Mr....Nameless..I think you better go first..It seems you are the cause for this extra commotion."

(Lenn)- "Yes I have questions for you and...uh..Madame there...but now I might want to question that boy too"

(Kai lifts his head up to look at the woman, then nods)- "..Ok..sure..I guess"

(All eyes now fall up the nameless man, waiting, and anticipating his response)

[with one hand on the hand grip of the pistol, she stares hard at the nameless man. she would like to share some words, but something inside her mind holds her back. after awhile she speaks out]

"we need to have a long chat mr. nameless!"

[the nameless man] "and we shall. you have been following me as well. you might be...."

[holds out the black leather wallet and shows him the ID inside] "my name is agent Lenn from the universal intelligence agency. i.... we, as in my office department has been looking for you for some quite time."

[the nameless man] "im a very wanted criminal then right agent?"

"i have received information that you are being hunted down and i have come to escort you out to safety."

[in the conversation between the agent and the nameless man, madame Leslie had a confusing look on her face, she continued her drags of the cigarette and tries to be in the state of awake]

[the nameless man] "what department are you specifically from?"

"the department of the UFT." [unidentified field targets]

[the nameless man] "well then, i guess i have some explaining to do right before we take off then."

"thats right, you do. now lets move over to the lounge area."

[the nameless man] "okay, lets discuss this and see where it leads to."

"first i want to know why you are here, madame Leslie had informed me that you are after a key. what key are you after?"

[the nameless man] "it is a key that your eyes would never figure to be one in the first place. it consists of three parts to make it whole."

"what are they. do you know where they are?'

[the nameless man] "the three consists of a cross, a golden medallion, and a pure blood willing to sacrifice a part of him."

"so where are the three."

[the nameless man] "you're really persistent arent you?"

[Madame Leslie] "i keep telling the poor girl that."

[the nameless man] "i think there is more to you than meets the eye agent."

[she stares at everyone in the room and sets her sight back to the nameless man]

[the nameless man looks to the others and then back to her]

[ the nameless man] "you're not an agent at all are you?"

[Madame Leslie and the boy Kai look closer at the girl with deep confusing upon their faces]

"what are you..."

[the nameless man] "you are an assassin yourself, but not of any known hands of the job. you're from a hired clan."

"how did you know?"

[the nameless man] "when you send a messenger, next time dont have him pull out a weapon in a restaurant. secondly, the sword you carry is a weapon of the ca-budda- sai clan, i remember it the first time when you got off that bus stop. last, you should lie better... the UFT department was destroyed a long time ago, not a single soul survived the killing spree of the Xias Corp."

[she walks over to the seat that madame Leslie had been in and before asking, madame Leslie pulls out a cigarette for the girl and grins] "i know, i know. we have our days."

[Kai] "so you're not an agent or cop at all?"

[silence is all that passes throughout the room]

(As silence surrounds the room, the boy gets up and walks to the nameless man)

-"Are you going to find the objects?"

(Nameless man) - "the objects are close."

-"We need to find them then."

(The nameless man looks hard at Kai) -"Who is we?"

-"We, as in you and I."

(Lenn) -"Whoa there, you have some answers for me as well, he is not going anywhere alone without me, and don't forget that there are people, very powerful people out there trying to kill him and probably all of us as well!"

(Madame Leslie drops her unfinished cigarette to the floor and braces the arms of the chair she had been in) -"Oh no no no no, NO! Not in this house, this beautiful house with all the beautiful girls in it!"

(Lenn) -"Okay lets just calm down and figure all this out, I have to make sure that you are kept safe Mr. nameless."

(Nameless man) -"Are you planning to babysit me?"

(Unknown voice) -"Hah, good luck!"
(A voice from the top of the stairs. a young girl in a blue top and skirt walks down."
(Unknown voice) -"He is fast and mysterious, gets away from you without you ever knowing."

(The woman had walked into the middle of the group and it revealed to be the young bar-mistress of the tavern. She bows to everyone in the room and walks over to madame Leslie and stands next to him)

-"All I know is that I will be sticking with Mr. nameless here."

(The nameless man had the looks of both the faces of frustration and acceptance) -"I hope you can keep up. I have to get those pieces and hold the key. To keep it out of the hands of the Xias Corp."

-"We should get those as soon as possible and find another safe spot!"

(Lenn) -"He's right, we need to get out of this place, Madame Leslie here has probably had enough for one day."

-"Yes, I am sorry, we must have over-stayed our welcome."

(Looking around for something, he notices something is missing)

-"Oh no, I must have left it back there."

(Lenn) -"What?"

-"My staff!"

(Nameless man) -"So the old man put it back together."

-"His name is Master Gon!"

(Lenn) -"Alright, here's what we are going to have to do. Mr. nameless and I will be heading to the Inn north-east from here. Go and get your staff and meet us there."

-"Okay, but you both better be there!"

(The three stayed in the same room for awhile to check their equipment and supplies)

(Leslie stares at the group, then sees Kai getting ready to leave and snaps his finger at him)
"Come back here a moment...Please?"

(Kai stops and heads slowly towards the Madame)- "What's wrong Madame...? I have to hurry..and"

(He stops him mid sentence)- "Where is it you need to go sweetie?

(Kai shifts his weight to his left foot)- I have to go back to the Tavern..Master Gon had entrusted me with his staff I need for this journey"

(Leslie nods gently)- "I'll have my guards escort you there...I don't doubt you can handle yourself, but in a situation like this one..You can not be too precautious."

(He turns towards the night-stand, opens the drawer, pulls out a sheet of note paper and a pen and begins scribbling on it)
"Take this note to the guard so that he knows I sent you..Tell him to make haste"

(Kai takes the paper handed to him, reads it, nods, then runs out through the front door)

(he looked at everyone and gave a light but loud cough, to which everyone would turn towards him)
"If you need some fire power, or any other supplies I would be more than happy..(he mumbles)"considering the circumstances"(then speaks up) to show you to my underground weapons..cache.."

(Lenn look at him with a cocked head, then turns around)
"I'm sorry..but..How in the hell can you afford *motions with her arms in different directions* ALL this...stuff? Maybe you aren't being too honest yourself...?"
(she folds her arms and the others turn towards Leslie, who looked her up and down)

(Leslie shakes his head, and whispers into Nessa's ear with a hand on her shoulder)
"Go and get changed and call Ted..Tell him to meet me at the Inn he'll know how to get there...and if he gives you lip...Tell'm he gets no play for a week! *He gives her a gentle push* Now go."

(Nessa nods, leaves the lounge and runs off towards the kitchen to make her way into the basement of the manor.

(Lenn walks towards Leslie and looks at him with her head tilted at an angle)- "You didn't answer my question you know! Where'd you get the money for this stuff?"

(He takes a step to the side away from her, and scowls)- "Don't do that you are in my personal zone... Now to answer your question..It's quite simple really. I am a whore plain and simple, no illegal stuff, just a plain street walker, and entrepreneur. The girls you see? They are all from various backgrounds, but what they have in common is that they needed work and money. Plus me being...absent of a certain anatomy at birth...well...I'm the most marketable one here. Me and the girls? We all built Les Misérables from the ground up, and what money had spilled over helped create a safe haven *motions with his hand with his finger pointing to where he stood* HERE where all of you are standing. The guards? Homeless men who were laid off or fired from good paying jobs.. I came to their rescue when everyone else passed them by, I fed, clothed and paid the bills. And a damn high one. THAT is how I can afford all this..STUFF as you call it!"

(Nessa reappears from the kitchen entrance, runs into the lounge and stands in the doorway in a catsuit with heeled boots, circle ring belt, and a pair of Nun-chuks holstered on both her hips. She stands center stage with a cheesy grin on her face)- "Hehe.. I'm better with these babies!..Guns..not my for te"

(Leslie smirks slightly with a hand over his face, then regains his composure)- "Nessa can you show everyone to the basement?..*was about to turn around and stops suddenly* Oh make sure you take them down the other way..*gives her the signal brows* Hmm?"

(Nessa stands there for a moment with a blank expression looking here and there)- "uh.......OOOH...the girls...right..Yes Madame!"
(She motions for all to follow and leads them out of the lounge and down towards the laundry room hall. While Leslie went off to change into something more...appropriate)

*Following Madame Leslie's guards to the downstairs basement. They come to an empty room and stand still for awhile behind the guard. He nods to one of the other guards nearby standing against the wall and he moves what seemed to be the only broken candle holder on that wall*

"Well I see that this place is just one giant cube of secrets."

*Lenn* "Then it is a good thing that I'm not really associated with the law."

*The two walk through the secret passage and find their way down some concrete stairs. The stairs seemed to turn into a downward spiral. At the bottom, a room filled with marble hand-carved statues. Around most were thick chains that would start from the neck to the waist*

*Lenn* "What is this place?"

*Guard* "This is where Madame keeps her... art."

*They come to a steel-bolted door. The guard takes out a huge metal ring filled with a large number of skeleton keys and unlocks the door. A loud click and the door swings open*

"................"

*The two walk into a dark room. The guard lights a huge fireplace in the middle of the room and illuminates the entire room. From left to right, cases filled with ammunition and weapons. The wall to the right had weapons that were not even suppose to be in anyone's hands. The left had more of the marble statues, but wrapped with ammunition belts and within the hands of them lay explosives, not armed yet of course*

*Lenn* "Holyshit!"
*Lenn covers her mouth* "I mean crap... holy crap, cow... ... ... oh forget it, holy shit!"

*Looking at Lenn with a grin. He walks forward deeper into the room*

*Lenn looks closely at the crate to her left, next to one of the statues* "Oh wow, this is something that I have never seen before."

*Lenn looks at a pistol that is slightly smaller, but longer than hers. Silver with a laser sight attach to the bottom. She then looks closely at the ceiling* "What is that?"

*Moving towards the middle of the room and climbs a small step ladder. Reaches up high just pass the hanging candle chandelier. He brings down a silver and black-plated sword. Something seemed odd about this one*

*Madame Leslie walking down the stairs and through the steel-bolted door with Nessa along side of him* "Please do be careful with that one, I won that one from an auction, but never had a chance to use it, so I just stored it here*

*The sword was a standing 4-foot, one-sided blade. The handle was a material that was not familiar to the nameless man and the rest around him*

"This has something written on it, I can't make it out here and now, I'll take it."

*Lenn* "I just need this pistol and a lot of ammo. My sword is my blade of assault."

*Madame Leslie* "Wait, wait... that's it? I was hoping this place would be half empty!"

"We are here for what we need, not to start a war Madame Leslie."

*Madame Leslie* "Fine, fine. If that is all you need, we should get a move on out of here*

*Both Lenn and the nameless man* "We?"

*Madame Leslie* "But of course! I shall do my part and assist you as much as I can. Also a chance of reimbursement. You see, they have cause trouble for my girls and I. My Tavern lost some fine clients!"

*Lenn* "Are you sure, we aren't dealing with normal people here, they're some killers to the blood and bone in our path."

*Madame Leslie* "Silly girl, I am not as helpless looking and defenseless as you think."

"Alright everyone, lets just get going."

*Outside a carriage had already been prepared for extraction. Madame Leslie gives some details to his guards and kisses his dancers and maids away. Lenn had entered the carriage first, then the nameless man, and finally Madame Leslie had been hoisted up by his guard into the carriage*

*Madame Leslie* "we shall take the old orchid road to the west. It's a bit of a round way, but safer and we will be unnoticed by anyone. Mr. Nameless, you will be needing this right?"

*madame Leslie moves his silk collar-scarf from left to right and loosens it. Removing it completely revealing a golden medallion upon his neck. He unchains it and hands it over to the nameless man*

*With a quick nod* "Thank you."

(Grim) -"Are you telling me that we can't find a damn clue is to where his is?"

(Black suited man) -"I'm sorry sir, we think that he may be aided by others."

(Grim) -"Of course, why else can't we find him at a hotel, a restaurant, or even under a god damn bridge?"

(Black suited man) -"Sir, my team is trying and will find..."

(Grim looks at the black suited man, pulls out a gun and open fires at the man's head. The black suited man's body falls to it's knees and slumps over to the right, slapping the ground upon impact)

(Grim) -"I hate failure, I really do. You over there, you have just been promoted!"

(Black suit man number2) -"Yes sir!."

(Grim) -"Please learn from this mistake, and we won't have a problem."

(Black suit man number2) "Sir, yes, yes ,yes, yes... yes, sir."

(This second man dressed in a black suit was too frighten and had soiled himself)

(Grim) -"Hell, this is pathetic."

(Grim walks a couple feet away from the second black suited man and turns around)

(Grim) -"Damn it!."

(With so much frustration, grim pulls out a short blade, no bigger than his hand and hurls it to the man. It passes the man and embeds itself into the solid concrete wall behind the man. Grim has a sadistic smile on he face. With a pull to the near invisible string that had followed the blade, it hurls back from behind the man and pierces through his upper back, making its way through to his chest. He throws four more past the man and tugs the strings of those. All impaling him in all limbs. The man screams before he is dismembered by the pulling blades)

(Grim) -"Now this is what I signed up to do! Lets go see if our special pet is ready for action. Victor should be back soon, good thing we got a nice tip from the street that a young, hot chick had walked into that Inn. Good to see that others have known not to cross us.

(Grim walks into the elevator, it opens on a floor. A floor filled with test tubes and experimental tests. Some disfigured, others burned to the deepest tissue)

(Grim) -"Have we made any progress?"

(Scientist) -"Yesh, this is a beautiful progress. It is good that we were able to find a living soul that would not reject the treatment. especially a soul such as this girl."

(Grim) -"She will carry out her purpose?"

(Scientist) -"Yesh, she is a perfect weapon. We can keep her at a stable state of her human self."

(Grim looks up and down upon the subject) -"What is the name of my beautiful perfect weapon?"

(Scientist) -"Her name was Tanya. We have giving the full name for this one, which is Tatiana."

(Grim) -"Tatiana, where was she found?"

(Scientist) -"She was found not too far from here. She under went a lot of changes since her first test treatment. Her bones have strengthen, her eyes went from the Natural Green to deep Red. The hair color had changed as well. Let's see, ah yesh, to a Dark-blue from what it was. She can't be majorly harm either."

(Grim) -"Can't be harmed?"

(Scientist) -"Correct, as soon as we tested her blood and went over the body with test samples, such as acid and fire, Her body would heal itself in a matter of seconds! We had nothing to do with such ability either! Remarkable for a girl just of 20 years old!"

(Grim showing a pleasing look to the scientist and looks back to the girl in the huge test tube. Something escapes him, something more than a grin. The biggest smile he had ever shared)

[she sits next to the nameless man within the carriage, while madame Leslie had taken the seat with the bar mistress, Nessa across from them. She is handed a thick metal crate filled with ammo by one of the guards. the nameless man looks at her with a face of amazement.]

"what? i like to be prepared is all. crazy people all around here and in our path."

[looking straight at madame Leslie with a curious look]

[madame Leslie] "what, what is it rude girl?"

"oh, sorry its really nothing, but weren't you going to assist that young boy Kai to where he needed to be?"

[madame Leslie] "he is taken care of. my boys are watching him. Dimitri! where by chance did the boys and this Kai head off to?"

[the driver coach] "yes madame, they all had left to your tavern."

[everyone had taken a nervous look at each other for a moment]

"you think that he will be okay? that is prolly the first place that they will check."

[the nameless man] "he will know the dangers of going back. i had him retrieve something for me as well."

[Nessa the bar mistress] "the cross right?"

[the nameless man] "that is right, where did you get that cross and the medallion if you dont mind madame."

[madame Leslie] "the cross was giving to me by a very handsome client and his wife. we had our fun together if you get my drift..."

"i really wish not to."

[madame Leslie] "well anyways, he handed me a check and a cross that was at a digging site from a temple hidden up in the mountains. he and his wife wanted to show their... appreciation."

"and that medallion?"

[Madame Leslie looks out the window of the carriage for a second to think about it. the carriage continued to move along the gravel road along side a river] "it was giving to me by my grandmother. she had died when i was just but a boy. i just kept it as a personal trinket, never knowing there was a key in it]

[the nameless man] "not inside, it itself is the key. the cross and the medallion will merge with one another and the last piece can be only placed with them at an ancient temple high up into the peaks of Fusha."

"then we shall figure out what to do at the inn. i have some friends outside of Tiana that will get us to this place. as long as you are safe is all that matters."

[madame Leslie] "why is this man so important to you? he seems like he can handle himself. you may have not noticed with your yet-still-young eyes that he is not bleeding, he is not in pain."

[she looks to the nameless man] "thats right, i found blood at the tavern, you were hurt!"

[the nameless man shares nothing]

[madame Leslie] "he is what you call an ancient himself. a healer."

[the nameless man] "you knew what i was as soon as i mentioned the ancient language."

[madame Leslie] "mr. nameless you dont go without knowing some things when it comes to my clients. a young lady had giving me her bank account for christ sakes."

"so thats your case."

[madame Leslie] "I plead the fifth."

[the driver of the carriage taps the top of the roof]

"what does that mean?"

[madame Leslie] "he is letting us know that we are close. stay on your toes."

(Leslie shifted to the left to cross his leg with his purple go-go boots gleaming, and would tug at the bottom of his bright white one piece dress that stopped quite a ways above the knee)

(Lenn would stare as he crossed his leg and would blink at just how short the outfit really was. Snickered slightly and then suddenly held it in)

(He looked up at her over his white rim, but dark tinted sunglasses)- "What now?"

(Lenn)- "Was that...outfit all that necessary? Your dress..is too..too..short...And those sparkling boots...Well they are abit much.."

(Leslie would take a white gloved hand to lift off his glasses, and folded them neatly into his lap. He used his left hand to fluff his hair in the back, then to caress his brow gently with an air of."oh..no you didn't)

*clears throat* "I don't know what...women your age wear...and by the looks of it...it's quite boring...but I...happen to like what I'm wearing..*crosses his leg in the other direction*..And you will too.."

(the nameless man's face didn't show it, but he didn't like the tension he just felt)

(Nessa looks over at Leslie then to Lenn as she witnesses an awkward staring contest.)- "Um...Guys guys!!...Madame...I think we're...um..Hello?"

(Leslie...finally breaks his gaze, reaches his body across Nessa (to which his glasses fall out of his lap), and looks at her side of the carriage's window)- "You're right it's...just beyond these next two streets"

(He sits back down, reaches down for his glasses, and recrosses his leg in defiance. He was about to pull out a cigarette when he suddenly remembered)- "You did...call Ted right? *he looks towards Nessa*

(Nessa looks back to him, and looks towards the carriage roof)- "Uh.....*mutters as she remembers what she was supposed to do*...Um..No...Madame.."
(She returns her gaze to his and gulps slightly)

(Leslie rolls his eyes, reaches down near his foot and retrieves his clutch. He opens it and starts searching through it, until he pulls out a cell phone) -"Ted...should be home...*he starts dialing the number*

(Lenn)- "Who is Ted?"

(Leslie with the phone to his ear)- "I'm not going to talk to you.....*whines* insulted my outfit"

(Nessa)- "Ted's...ano"

(Leslie shushes her, once the phone picks up on the 6th ring)- "Hi is Ted in?..........Ok i'll wait.....*stares at his nails* ..Hmm.. Hi Ted...I'm great... I need a favor...*fumes*..Don't give me that!! *he turns to the side* I'll stipend your "pay" if you don't do this....*turns back around* That's more like it.....Now...I need you to get off your butt, get on the roof and see if you can see the inn.....What Inn?..Um.."

(Lenn huffs)- "Shinji Inn"

(Leslie continues)- "It's the Shinji Inn Ted...yes..*waits*.....You see it? Good...Look for my carriage.....This one with the two black horse...Yes..Good..Keep an ey....What's wrong with the Inn........WHAT?! Dammit...Keep an eye out, use force if you need to.....Thank You...Fine you'll get it!! *hangs up abruptly*

(Nessa, Lenn, and the nameless man look at Leslie and speak in unison)- "WHAT HAPPENED!?"

(Leslie looks between them all, his face as pale as a sheet of paper)- "There seems to have been an accident at the Inn....)

(Silence)

(Sitting in a solid-black car, staring out the window)
-"Stop driver!"

(The vehicle comes to a screeching halt)
-"Turn the car around and head back."

(Driver) -"But sir, we are almost to the...."

-"I said turn the car around."

(The driver right away knew how foolish it was to even speak back to the man, hit the gas peddle and made a sharp turn around the corner) -"Yes sir."

"I feel something... something I have not felt for a very long time. The feeling of a perfect and worth my skills soul. This one is worth fallen under my blade."

(Reaching for a button on the back of the passenger seat, a screen slides up and the Xias logo within it. A pulsing tone comes from the screen and Grim shows his face)

(Grim) -"You're late, you know how the boss ain't going to like that."

-"The Inn, they're at the Inn."

(Grim) -"Didn't you just come from there?"

-"I did, but..."

(Grim) -"You sensed the man right?"

(A silence is all that is returned)

(Grim) -"I'll let the boss know."

-"Is the weapon ready?"

(Grin) -"Well that's what the good scientist here says."

-"Get a team to send it to my location."

(Grim) -"You going to have some fun without me? I'll be there as well!"

-"Fine, just be here and make it fast!"

(turning off the screen monitor and patting the large weapon laying on the seat next to him)

*He looks to Madame Leslie and then over to Lenn next to him*
"We don't have time!"

*Lenn* "Oh no the front desk man!"

*Madame Leslie* "When we get there, we shall not fret. I will send someone in just to be safe."

*The Carriage had made it to the Inn and Madame Leslie motions the carriage driver to go and look around*

*Madame Leslie* "We shall make sure everything is fine and dandy first!"

*The driver returns after a few minutes with just news that the place has just been ransacked and bodies lay around inside*

*Lenn* "No, not the old man!"

*Lenn takes off, rushing past the nameless man, Nessa, and Madame Leslie. Without any effort of struggling to get past, she already makes her way into the inn*

*Madame Leslie* "Well I must say, she is quite the snake to just slide past us like that!"

*The nameless man makes his way out of the carriage, passing both Madame Leslie and Nessa without returning a reply*

*Madame Leslie* "How rude! Just...my word."

*Lenn, already inside makes her way to the front desk and sees the old man laying behind it* "Mister Dae-Jung!"

*The front desk man, Dae-Jung* "Oh it.... it... is... you. I...I am... glad... that.... you are.... safe."

*Walking in and seeing the front desk man named Dea-Jung and Lenn talk*

*Lenn with tears in her eyes and anger behind them as well* "Who did this!"

*The front desk man, Dae-Jung* "They... were men in ......black suits. They were asking about...... you and .....a..... man. I am .....happy that ......you did not listen to ....me."

*Lenn looks sharply at the nameless man* "Please save him!"

*Walking over to Lenn and looking down to see a deeply injure man*

*The front desk man, Dae-Jung* "No, please.... don't.... try to save.... me!"

"I am an ancient healer, please stay..."

*The front desk man, Dae-Jung* "I still .... do...not...wish to....be...healed."

*Lenn* "Why, he can help you!"

*The front desk man, Dae-Jung* "I... am...ready. Ready... to go.... go...to...my...daught..."

*Lenn covers the man's eyes and stands up* "This is all my fault."

*Turns away from Lenn and walks back outside to see Madame Leslie and Nessa just step out of the carriage. Sensing something, a presence of a large amount of hatred*

"Quick! Move!"

*Up the street, a fast-moving black vehicle drifts around the corner and speeds towards the carriage. Madame Leslie and Nessa hastily move into the inn behind the nameless man*

"What do I feel?"

*Lenn runs to the side of the nameless man and both watch as the vehicle charges at the carriage, demolishing it to pieces. The horses in front are dragged along with the broken bits and pieces of wood and get up fast to make a run for it*

*Madame Leslie* "My Beautiful horses!"

*The black vehicle stops and the right-side back door opens up. A huge black-buckled boot steps out and a tall man followed. Standing completely up from the vehicle, the tall man looks with a face of satisfaction*

*The tall man* "We meet at last! My name is Victor! You must be the one with no name!"

*Stands ground and stares blankly at the tall man named Victor*

*Lenn* "Did you do this? Did you?"
*She rushes at the tall man and as she comes to near striking distance, she pulls her sword out, but a flash of light emits from the tall man*

"Lenn!"

*As the light dissipates, she is brought down to her knees by the tall man's huge weapon*
*Victor* "You are not worthy to die under my blade. Lenn on her knees, holding her left shoulder of the deep wound that was brought upon her gets a final blow by the blunt-side of the weapon and is whipped back to the entrance doors of the Inn*

*Victor* "Now, without interruptions lets try this again."

*Both the tall one named Victor and the nameless man stare at each other*

- "Two great warriors are finally in one place. I have been dying to see you. I've heard so much about you and I had to be the one to add you to my collection."

(The nameless man) - "I won't be added to your collection of fallen souls freak!"

- "Now are you sure that you want to test my blade? I was told that you were fearless. I want to see if you are the one to break me."

(From off his tall back, pulls out his large-bladed weapon and lets it shine in the light. While the nameless man unsheathed his silver-blade and brought it to the ground. The sun's light beam hits the nameless man's blade and reflects off, hitting the eyes. The nameless man makes a rushing lunge)

- "You're too slo..."

(Watching the nameless man rush towards, a blur follows close behind. The nameless man vanishes and suddenly reappears from behind. Trying to block the next move, the nameless man vanishes again)

- "What!?"

(The nameless man drops from the sky and blocks the on-coming attacks)

(The nameless man) - "You trust your eyes too much!"

(The nameless man strikes with lighting speed. From the left, the right, from above, and from behind)

- "They said that you were not an average warrior, good..."

(The nameless man make an appearance from above once again, but is caught)

- "....But you're predictable."

(grabbing the nameless man by the neck, watching him hang and dangle from the grip. Trying to escape the grasp.)

- "I'll make sure to make this slow and painful."

(Madame Leslie's driver comes from the the inn and charges at the tall man. He is tackle by the large muscle-bound driver. Throwing punches from left to right, the tall man catches one of the large driver's hand and flips him over)

- "You dare get between me and my prey?!"

(The large driver throws another right hook and is caught by the tall man. The hand is snapped back. He then kicks behind the large driver's legs, bringing him to his knees. The left fist is thrown now and caught by the tall man. Breaking that hand as well. Taking his large weapon and with one big swing, decapitates him.)

(Madame Leslie) - "You son-of-a-bitch!"
(Nessa holds him back as much as possible)

(The nameless man comes back from the tall man's left side. Blocks the attack and as a heavy swing is made, the nameless man slides under between the tall legs. Turning around just quick enough to block the next attack. The blades come face to face, colliding. Sparks emits from between them)

- "You are the one, I must have!"

(Just then another black vehicle approaches with a huge van trailing behind. The small distraction was enough for the nameless man to make a blow)

(The nameless man) - "You trust your eyes entirely too much!"

(The nameless man finds his way past the large weapon, parrying the next attack of the tall man and being cut down from behind by the nameless man)

- "NOOOO...Aarrrghh"

(Falling face first to the pavement. The nameless man returns his blade to his sheath. The two black vehicles come closer and out from the small one, four men in black suits appear and aim their fully-automatic weapons towards him)

(An unknown voice in another vehicle comes from the left side of Madame Leslie) - "Madame!!!"
(The vehicle was a deep-purple color, and very wide)

(Madame Leslie) - "Ted!"

(The nameless man vanishes once again and appears behind one of the black-suited men and cuts him down. One by one each was cut down by the silver blade. He returns to his place, away from the vehicles and wipes the blood off his blade)

(Madame Leslie) -"Hey! Mr. nameless, Come on, get in the car!"

(The nameless man runs to Lenn and picks her up, still unconscious by the blow. Carries her to the car and places her in. He follows after. Madame Leslie and Nessa already in, both yell to the one named Ted to drive out. The huge black van, late as it was had the large rear double-doors open wide and out walks Grim)

(Grim) -"Oh shit, we missed the party, I wanted to slice and dice something! Victor?!...Victor?!"

(Grim finds the body of Victor bleeding throughout the ground. He signals for something coming out from the back of the huge black van. A young girl, Long dark-blue hair and Deep-fiery eyes. She was wearing an all pearl-white suit. Not walking towards Grim, but hovering instead. She had a blank facial expression. Hovering closer she is ordered to revive and heal the man named Victor. The large wound on his back closes up, but not before all the blood was returned to him. The puddle of blood which surrounded him soaked back into him, as if put into reverse)

- "I am... alive?"

(Grim) -"Well welcome back big man, I take it he made the blow? Shall we go after them?"

- "No, I must return to the office. Our paths shall cross again, it is fate. Is this the weapon? She is a great asset then."

(Looks towards the direction that the car had taken off to, seeing the dust that had been picked up)

- "We'll meet again Mr. Nameless!"

(TIME-LINE) - Late October / 1:14pm

(While in the car both Nessa, and Leslie were huddled together crying, while the nameless man sat across from them keeping an eye on Lenn while she remained unconscious)

(Ted looked in the rear view mirror at the two sobbers, and when he approached a cross section he told the guard which sat next to him to take over driving as he headed to the rear door of the limo)

(Madame Leslie looks up from the huddle with his nose, eyes and cheeks flushed red from crying)- "Why in the hell did we stop?"

(Ted opens the door next to Leslie and motions for him to move over. Once Madame Leslie and Nessa shift over, Ted swings a leg in and sits down while closing the door. Soon the car took off again)

(Ted)- " I..wan.."

(Leslie yells to the new driver) "Head to my Tavern immediately...and don't argue.!"

(Guard)- "Yes sir!"

(Ted, Nessa, Leslie and the nameless man yell)- "MADAME!!"

(The guard looked confused for a moment)- "But...your...uh nevermind..Yes MADAME!"

(Leslie chokes back tears)- "What a smartass...He reminds me of when Dimitri first started...*sobs* He grew to be the best competant guard I had..Why'd that bitch kill him?!!! "

(Nessa begins crying again and huddles closer to Madame Leslie)

(Ted wraps an arm around Leslie's waist and the other wrap around to both him and Nessa to try and calm the tears.)- "Now come....stop that you two...come on..*he pats them* He risked his life for everyone here. You're out of the clear. Be greatful of that..Now here *he retrieves his arm and grabs the hankerchief in his shirt pocket and starts wiping at Leslie's tears* ...isn't that better?"

(Leslie holds the hankerchief in his hands resting it on his lap, then leans his head on Ted's chest closing his eyes)

(Ted wraps his arm back around Leslie's shoulder once more)- "Now tell me...What happened from the beginning"

(Nessa yawns and rests her head on the arm/cupholding divider)

(Madame Leslie keeps his eyes closed and chokes back the urge to cry once more)- "Everything...happened so fast...Like yesterday..I.Nessa had just came in for her shift, and I just got ready to change, when not long after She tells me a strange man came in. She handed me his card. It had Xias Corp on it and his name which was...*he scrunches his brow while thinking*...Grim..then when I was almost out the damn door he *Leslie points to the nameless man*..barges in. He met with me for a moment and talked about the objects he saught out.."

(Ted raises a brow)- "Objects?...What kind of objects?"

(Leslie readjusts to get more comfortable)- "A cross, a medallion and...."

(Nameless man)- "A sacrifice...."

(Leslie)- "Thank you..A sacrifice.."

(Ted works this over in his mind for a moment)- "Cross....cross.. You mean from the one couple Jo..."

(Leslie pinches Ted's calf)- " Hush Ted!...Remember my client's names are confidential......Unless I say them."

(Nessa snickers)

(Leslie lifts his head from Ted's chest and flicks Nessa's ear playfully)- "I thought you were asleep...Silly"

(Nessa starts to giggle)- "Ow...Hehehe"

(Leslie smiles for a moment and returns his head back to Ted's chest once more)- *clears throat* "Yes that cross...and the * tapers his words as he rubs his own chest where the medallion had been* necklace I always wore?..happened to be another item he needed."

(Ted remained silent for a moment and started stroking Leslie's hair as he thought)- "So that's... that.... but what about the sacrifice?"

(Leslie opened his eyes and looked around with them for a moment before he lifted his whole head back up)- "Now..well shit *clears throat*...pardon me, but... I actualy....don't know. *He looks to the nameless man only to find him nodded off from exhaustion after only a few minutes* Wow...poor thing..I'll ask him about it abit later..."

(Guard up front catches sight of the hidden sign under the shadow of a bush, no-one ever notices, that points in the direction of the tavern and reads it to himself)- "Les Misérables..*then speaks up* Sir?..*Leslie looks up with a frown* Not you.the real Sir...

(Leslie glares at him and mouths "You little bitch")

(Ted reprimands him immediately)- "WATCH *Leslies shushes him and points to the sleepers* ..Sorry...You watch your tone up there...Or you'll see my mean side *Leslie croons at his display of bravado* MMhmm...You got that up there?

(The guard nods)- "Yes Sir *hears Ted ask what he wants* Sir...we're a block away from Les Misérables Sir"

(Ted looks at Leslie and whispers) "You didn't change the name? *Leslie shakes his head* Oh..*looks back to the guard* Good! step on it...and don't argue!"

(Leslie turns and looks at him in impressed shock)- "You stole my line..."

(Ted sticks his tongue out at him and smiles)- "I learn from the best"

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[[At the Tavern]]

(Kai looks at the 4 guards and blinks for a moment)- "Um....*a guard looks down at him* ...How..long do we have to wait?"

(Guard #1 checks his watch)- "I'm hoping not too long...*looks to Kai*..You...hungry?

(Kai looks up at the guard)- "Well....*looks at his stomach and sighs* No..."

(the guard nods)- "Aright then..."

(Oiji looks up at the crooked and worn out sign)- "You know....this sign REALLY needs to be fixed."

(Guard #2 stands next to Oiji and they begin idly conversing about the repairs of the tavern)

(Kai looks at the long red staff, and continously does the occasional weight test out of boredom. He looks at the tip which held the dragon and water symbol)- "I wonder what this is really for...I don't know how I'm going to fight with this thing...it weighs a TON"

(suddenly the guards jump to alert, Oiji and guard #2 stop their chatter, pull out their F90 Sub-machine guns and aimed straight ahead at an approaching car)

(Oiji leads the group)- "ready yours gun but do NOT shoot!!"

(Kai gets up off the bench and grips his staff tightly unsure what else to do with it)

[[The merge]]


(Madame Leslie and Ted watch as they round the corner only to be met with Leslie's own guards locked and loaded in there direction)- "Shhhi-it...Stop the car right here"

(The car comes to a halt)

(Oiji stares as the car stops and mumbles)- "Purple...diamond grill....Is it you Madame.."

(Madame Leslie wiggles over Ted and opens the door. One sparkling boot after another he exits the car)- "Don't SHOOT ME DAMMIT!!"

(Oiji watches the door fling open)- "Ready!!....*hears at the last minute "don't shoot!" and screams NO!!!!!"

(Guard #1)- "?...Go...? GO!
(Guards 1 2 and 3 start shooting)

(Kai screams in fear)- "HE SAID...NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

(Madame Leslie hears guard 1 )- "Oh shit!!...."

(Just as they pull the trigger Leslie disappears into thin air)

(Guards stop shooting when they realize their target is gone)- Huh...? The...hell?

(everyone in the car had dropped down to the open area of the limo)

(Oiji)- "MADAMMMMME!!!!!!!........MADAAA..."

(Madame Leslie reappears next to Oiji without a sound)- "Stop...Yelling!!"

(Everyone jumps back startled except Oiji)- Ha ha haaaa...Sorry Madame...I thought that maybe you saw them too late...Incompetant...fools!!"

(Madame Leslie)- "It takes more than that to keep me down love. *looks towards Kai* Sweetie get in the back seat of the car...The rest of you guards take the carriage and head back to the manor..I'll deal with you...when I get there!"

(Kai stands then moves back and forth in one spot unsure if he should move or stay. Finally his feet obey and he runs with the staff slung over his shoulder towards the car and hops in)

(Everyone in the car lifts there head up and were about to settle down until they heard footsteps)

(Kai gets ready to jump in when everyone including him scream)- "AAAHHHHH ...Wait it's only me!!"

(Finally everyone got comfortable...as they could in the car and watched Leslie head back)

(Madame Leslie talks with Oiji)- "What happened here? Anyhing?"

(Oiji)- No Madame..everything luckily was straight forward. *He pulls out a cigarette for Leslie and another for himself then lights Leslie' and chain lights his* Mmm...haaaaaa...good...What about your side?"

(Madame Leslie)- "A lot....a WHOLE lot.. I'll tell you when we get back home. *He rubs Oiji on the back before they part ways* Meet you there!!"

(Oiji)- "Yes Madame!! *he waves off as he runs for the carriage"

(Leslie hops into the back seat then falls back out the car)- "Ow...what...every...Someone sit on the other side!!!"

(Kai gets up and squishes next to the nameless man)

(Ted hops out, helps Leslie up and into the car, followed by him and closes the door. They both speak in unison)- "TO THE MANOR!!"

(Guard up front still stunned)- "YESMADAMESIR!!!"

(the car pulls forward behind the carriage, and they follow the hidden route back to the manor)

(Nameless man looks towards Madame Leslie)- "Um...sorry to ruin the party but..You know they might head to the Manor first....Right?

(Madame Leslie and Ted stare at each other, then finally Ted speaks)- "You ...could come back to my place...."

(Madame Leslie looks at him his face turning a bit more red)

(Nessa then speaks up)- "Maybe we should leave town...I...don't think I feel safe here anymore...."

(Madame Leslie turns his head to looks at her)- "...Like..where?"

(Nessa)- "The place we grew up..."

(Madame Leslie's gaze became bare for a moment, then he reaches for his clutch, and pulls out a cell phone. On it he would dial Oiji's number)- ".....Oiji?...No everything is fine, but we have to make a change of course....Weilder Village...Thank you love."*hangs up*

(Ted)- "To Weilder it is then"

*Traveling along the riverside in the limo, examining the medallion that was handed to him by Madame Leslie. Looking over to Kai and nudges him awake*

*Kai* "hmmm, oh Mr. nameless, is there something you need?"

"Kai, were you able to get the cross?"

*Kai* "The cross?... Oh yes, I was able to get it."

*Kai hands over the gothic-looking cross with the jewel embedded in it and examines it as well. At the same time, trying not to move Lenn too much, or to wake her as she lies on the laps of both the nameless man and Kai*

*Kai* "She is badly wounded, and needs medical attention."

*Ted* "Don't worry for your friend, she will receive medicine and recove..."

*Taking Lenn's right arm and holding it tight, a blue glow travels from the nameless man to her arm. The blood disappears and the wound slowly closes up*

*Ted* "What... the... hell... just... happened?"

*Kai* "Mr. nameless here is a healer."

*Ted* "So you're one of the ancients, I heard that you all had been wiped out. A war broke out betwee.."

"I would appreciate if you didn't talk about it."

*Ted* "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring back anything."

"......................"

*Madame Leslie and Nessa resting on the opposite side of them. Ted stays close to both, staying quiet for the time being*

*Kai* "Miss Lenn?"

"She still needs her rest."

*The limo comes to the boarder line of Tiana, where the tall as a skyscraper glass ruby walls stand around. The driver shows his identification to the ID checking terminal and a green light emits from above the limo.

"The boarder walls have not been checked yet. It'll just be only time when they find out that we are not within Tiana anymore."

*Kai* "How do you know?"

"The guard that was near the terminal, holding the very large M110EA. Did you see what was on his hand?"

*Kai* "No, I was more worried about the gun than anything else."

*Ted* "He had a tattoo. I believe it was just a common symbol of a snake wrapping around a large bird."

"That symbol is the mark of the first committee that had established the Xias Corp."

*Kai* "I thought that was the second one."

"No, the second committee had one man leave and disband from the first. He took what he alone owned and made it much more powerful. He was never trusted again and was made a target to the first committee. This one man was too powerful and had followers that would throw their lives before him to protect him. The first committee forgot about him and let him be, but from that day on, he is still wanted by them."

*Kai* So there are two Xias Corp.?"

"Not two, but one that shares different ideas with each other.?"

*Kai* "I don't get it?"

"In other words, The Xias Corp. is one major corporation, and has two different branches. One that controlled the laws and loyalty to the public, while the other controlled weapons and manufacturing. Sadly the weapon one was the strongest and most dangerous."

*Ted* "How do you know about all this?"

".....Because I was an experiment, regrettably a volunteered experiment."

*Ted* "My god man, how did you survive?"

*The nameless man looks down to Lenn still sleeping, turning his attention to Kai, moves his sight to both Madame Leslie and Nessa sleeping, and then back to Ted*

*Kai* "... ... ... *Gulp*... ... ... You didn't. Even after being a healer?"

"...................................."

*After quite some time had passed, the limo had entered a small village. Glorious stone buildings surround the village. Completely different from Tiana. There were no laws, there were no violence, there were just people that stood around and working, cleaning, cooking. Was this Validia? The question that sparked in young Kai's mind.

*Kai* "It is beautiful, its like..."

*Madame Leslie* "It isn't young man, just a village that is not tainted by the Xias Corp.

*Madame Leslie just waking up, Nessa following afterwords and briefly smiles at Madame Leslie. Nessa falls back asleep*

*Madame Leslie* "Poor girl, funny, she has worked two days in a row and still never this tired."

*All share a brief laughter, something they had not done for awhile*

*The driver yells back and sends notice that the destination is close by*

*Madame Leslie* "Oh Hush up a bit! I said that there are others here trying to rest."

*The driver is silenced and keeps to his driving. All around were old houses, still wonderful and warm-looking. After looking around Madame Leslie had the driver stop*

*Madame Leslie* "Wait! That's it!"

*The girls Nessa and Lenn wake to the sound of Madame Leslie's outburst. As the limo makes its way up a dusty red-dirt road, an old stone and wood building sit at the end of it. A tall, two story structure with a beautiful red and white rose path led to the front door. A middle-age woman came out and waited. The Limo comes to a complete stop and Madame Leslie steps out, he stretches for a moment. Nessa would wake and follow behind*

*Madame Leslie* "Well hello there sleepy."

*Kai would step out, then the man named Ted, and finally the nameless man carrying Lenn, which still was weak and needed her rest. The middle-age woman and Madame Leslie seemed very fond of each other and closely Acquainted. The nameless man took Lenn to the middle-age woman and she had navigated him to a bedroom for her to rest*

*Madame Leslie* "Thankyou, thankyou."

*Middle-age woman* "You very well know that you always have a home here, you and your friends. Now come, come... all of you get in this house and park the car around the back."

*All follow in an orderly-fashioned row into the house, one by one all bow to the middle-age woman with great appreciation*