Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Archangel ❯ The Biginning ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Lighting illuminates the sky as thunder crackles. A purple haired elf man carries a baby, not much more then two days old, in his arms. Blood drips off his face and from a large wound on his stomach, forming a trail behind him.

“Don’t worry. We’ll be there soon.” He says softly.

He runs into a hotel lounge and falls to his knees clutching the baby to his chest. A clerk spots him and runs over hurriedly.

“Sir! Are you all right? Do you need a doctor?”

“No. Get me Randy Faust, and hurry!” The man shouts painfully.

The clerk hesitates for a minute then runs over to his phone The man looks down at the baby as it looks up at him with its two different colored eyes.

“My precious baby. They won’t hurt you ever. I promise.” The man says softly.

A drop of blood drips down onto the baby’s face, and it begins to cry. The man stops breathing but still has a hold on the child.

FOURTEEN YEARS LATER

A woman with brown hair is sitting on a bench, with her arms slung over the back and her legs crossed, looking up at the sky. She sighs and moves the sleeve of her jacket up to look at her watch.

“Where the hell is he?”

“KIRA!” A voice yells.

She looks over to see a young boy with purple hair and two different color eyes running up to her. She gets up and turns to him when he stops next to the bench to catch his breath.

“What took you so long to get here Mil?” Kira asks. “Randy give you a lecture again?”

“Yeah.”

“He just loves his damn lectures.” Kira says with a snicker.

“So where are you taking me today oh great baby-sitter of mine?” Mil says sarcastically.

“Hmm…maybe to McDonald’s or something. I don’t know, I just want fries.”

“Ok let’s go. I’m starving.”

“Jeez. You don’t look like you’re starving.” She chuckles while walking off.

“Are you calling me fat!?”

Kira keeps walking and doesn’t answer. The teen groans and runs after her. On the planet Alpha, high classed looking Canine and Feline’s are having a civilized discussion on a very important matter.

“You’re a fucking fool Juddecca.” An orange haired Feline man snaps hitting his fist against a table. “ Those fascist bastards are just waiting for us to trust them before they screw us over like before.”

“Don’t you dare speak to our emperor like that! What he’s doing is the best plan for our future.” A brown haired Canine retorts back.

“But we don’t even fully understand what the hell they’re planning to do.” A female Canine says. “Shouldn’t we at least get more information before we decide?”

“The information I gave you is all we are allowed to know. We have to make a decision based off of it.” The Emperor tells them.

A black haired Canine looks to him and sighs. “But sir. All the information we got was that they need our help in developing some new weapon that we will have access to if we need it. But what kind of weapon is it? Is there a treaty saying we can’t use against the other worlds? That’s what I want to know.”

“And you will know when you sign the agreement.” A female voice chimes in. Everyone turns to see an elf woman with blonde hair step forward.

“You must be the crazy bitch who’s trying to corrupt our leader with your lies.” The orange haired Feline grumbles out.

The woman forces a smile and laughs. “My name is Natasha. And I understand how you all feel. But you must understand the reason we can’t supply any more information is because this project is top secret. And if you wish to now more then you must accept our offer.”

The council begins to laugh hysterically which takes the elf woman, Natasha, by surprise.

“Do you here what she’s saying. This is shit. Like we’d ever agree on that condition.” An unknown voice laughs.

“The only reason she’s still here is because she’s fucking the emperor’s son.” Another one chortles.

Juddecca places his head in his hand and sighs while Natasha looks at them in shock. Behind the door a young red haired half breed boy laughs.

“Take that you slut.”

Back on earth, a small airship docks onto a landing pad as a red haired military officer watches while grinning. Five people wearing space uniforms exit the ship and are greeted by the officer.

“So you finally made it. Welcome to Earth.” The man greets them. He extends his hands to the pilot who removes her helmet before shaking his hand.

She’s short with a chunky build, black hair, and blue eyes. He looks amazedly at her while she just smiles.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you.” The girl says.

“A young woman. That’s quite a surprise they would have someone so young lead a squad to hunt and kill a demon.”

“Actually sir I’m the leader.” The biggest of the group says and removes his helmet. He’s tall and muscular with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. “My name’s Ron Morris. And this here is Shylah Beckon, our pilot. Let me introduce my other comrades.”

Two of the three left remove their helmets and smile. One is a tall slender elf woman with blonde hair tied neatly in a pony tail and kind blue eyes while the other is a young man with a medium build and long black hair and black eyes.

“That’s Elijah Wong, our sniper.” He says pointing to the black haired male and then turns to the blonde woman. “And the other is Sophia Rene’, our medic.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you. But…” He says and looks at the one who hasn’t removed his helmet. “What about that one?”

“Oh him?” Ron says and looks annoyedly at his last comrade. “That’s our tactician, Brooklyn Epson. He’s shy…and a little slow.”

“Ah I see.” The man says and gives boy an odd look. “Epson?” He thinks to himself.

Brooklyn removes his helmet slowly and blinks oddly at the man. He’s the shortest of the group, and is also very petite with messy silver hair and half lidded magenta colored eyes. The officer looks at the boy and raises an eyebrow.

“Is something wrong sir?” Sophia asks.

“No.” The officer says shaking his head. “Well if you’ll follow me I’ll have my chauffeur take us where you need to go. We located the demon.”

“Wait, we just got here and you want us to go after it already?” Ron says shockedly

“Of course. We can’t wait any longer.” The officer says and starts to walk off. Four out of the five give him stupid looks or flip him off while the fifth looks confused. Mil and Kira walk down the street, contently, after just getting done eating. Mil rubs his stomach and groans painfully.

“Hey Kira, can we get ice cream?”

“Can’t you wait til you get back to your apartment? You just ate.” Kira grumbles.

“I don’t have anymore and dad won’t take me shopping until Wednesday.”

Kira sighs. “All right but…HEY!”

Mil begins to run towards the store eagerly Kira chases after him. She goes into the store and finds him looking at the freezer with all the ice cream.

“You know, the way you ran off like that makes you seem like a fat person.” Kira teases.

“Oh shut up.”Mil says and opens the door grabbing a gallon of Mallo Cup ice cream and an ice cream sandwich.

“No, you’re only getting one.” Kira tells him

“But this is for now and the gallon is for the rest of the week.” Mil whines.

“You complain you’re getting fat and this is why.” She says making Mil scowl at her before going to the clerk. Kira opens the door and grabs an ice cream sandwich.
The clerk cashes Mil out and then Kira pays for hers. They leave the store and Mil opens his quickly, taking a big bite. Kira looks at him and snickers.

“Oh shut up.” Mil hisses.

“Yeah, yeah. So are you ready for me to take you home?”

“Yeah. I guess.” Mil says and finishes his ice cream while eyeing Kira’s. He grins, snatches it, and runs. “MINE!

“Hey you little bastard give that back!” Kira yells.

She chases after him as a mysterious person in a jester costume watches them with a giggle, as his crimson eyes glow in the night light. Everything goes black. A soft humming noise echoes through out a small padded room inside a lab. A young girl with long platinum hair sits in the middle of the room with her head placed on her knees gently rocking back and forth. Eleven dolls surround her in a circle each with their own “distinguished” features. Someone opens the door and steps in drawing the girl attention to them. A woman with cherry red hair, carrying a bag, walks up to her and smiles. She kneels down and reaches into the bag taking out another doll, placing it with the others.

“It took them awhile to get all the blood off of her clothes. So please don’t sick them on the guards D.” The woman tells her.

“But he was bad mouthing me Cindy.” The girl whines.

Cindy shakes her head and sighs. “D…please promise you won’t harm anymore people. You complain you want to go out but you keep doing bad things. So please stop.”

“All right.”

Cindy smiles at her and takes out a pill and water bottle from the bag. She hands them to D who opens the pill bottle and takes three out placing them in her mouth. D opens the water bottle and takes a drink then shows the red head she swallowed them. Cindy takes the pills but leaves the water bottle. “Keep the water in case you get thirsty.”

“You spoil me you know that?”

“Well I raised you for eight years so you are practically one of my kids now.”

“Do you miss your sons Cindy?” D asks.

Cindy smiles tenderly. “Yes I miss them so much. I wish their father would let me see them again.”

“You will someday. And I’m sure they’ll love you.”

A young girl with brown hair knocks and then enters the room getting looks from the other females.

“Aunt Cindy?”

“What is it Tannya?”

“You got a call from a woman named Natasha.”

“I’ll be right there.” Cindy says and then looks back at D with a smile. “Remember what I said.”

D nods her head and Cindy walks out. Tannya shoots D a glare then closes the door and walks away. D looks at the door and grins as Eleven of the dolls look over as well in unison.

“No. Cindy said not to hurt anyone.” D says as they turn to her. She looks at them and smiles childishly. “If we be good we can go out and play.”

The dolls grin at her and giggle. In another room, Cindy sighs with relief and looks back at the picture phone she is using.

“So they agreed?”

“Yes.” Natasha tells her.

“So when will you be unveiling this new weapon.” Cindy asks. “My father contacted me and said he hasn’t heard a word since he agreed.”

“We have scheduled a meeting for the four worlds next week. Everything will be presented to them then. Also Cindy, I’ll be paying a visit to you sometime this week to see your work.” Natasha tells her.

“You mean D?”

“Yes. I’m quite interested in what you’re doing.” Natasha says.

“How did you here about her?” Cindy asks curiously.

“Wolfe told me.”

“I see. So you and Wolfe have been talking?”

“Yes…talking.” Natasha says with a sly grin.

Cindy scowls at her remark. “Well I wish you the best and a safe trip.” Before Natasha can reply Cindy hangs up on her and then gets up. “Nasty whore.”

Back in N.Y.C, Ron and the others sit quietly inside a van being driven to a hotel. The officer takes out a mini computer and half smiles.

“This computer will show the location of your target. It will be shown as a white dot, yours will be blue, and everyone else will be red dots.” He says and hands it to Brooklyn.

“So you want us to commence the assassination tonight?” Ron asks.

“Yes.” The officer says as the car stops in front of the hotel. “This is where you’ll be staying. Also this is where you can find the target. Good luck.”

They get out and the van immediately drives off before any of them even realize it. They look at the speeding vehicle confusedly except for Brooklyn who is focused on the computer.

“This is bullshit! I was hoping to get something to eat.” Shylah says with a groan.

“I know but we were given an assignment and we must complete it.” Sophia tells her.

Elijah looks to Brooklyn who is staring at the computer confusedly. “Hey what’s wrong?”
“I…don’t have a dot.” Brooklyn says in a lazy monotone.

“Well of course you don’t, you’re an android, and this machine only tracks humanoids.” Ron tells him.

Brooklyn blinks confusedly at him but then goes back to looking at the machine.“.....Someone’s coming.”

They all look at it and see two glowing dots, one red and the other white.

“Oh yeah.” Ron says with a grin.

Kira is still chasing after Mil but she begins to slow down before completely stopping to catch her breath. Mil turns and laughs boisterously at the gasping woman.

“You really need to quit smoking.”

“Shut…up you…little…brat.” Kira gasps out with a hack and a wheeze.

Mil laughs again as Ron and the others look out from behind one of the large shrubs.

“What the hell? He’s just a kid.” Elijah whispers shockedly.

“That’s awful. How could he expect us to murder a child?” Sophia says disgustedly and then looks to her leader. “Ron we can’t.”

“We don’t have a choice. We already accepted this and have been paid. So lets finish this quickly.”

They all look to him oddly and then nod. Kira huffs a bit more then snarls at the teen.

“Give it back!” Kira yells adamantly. “ You have that whole gallon of ice cream to yourself, so give me mine.”

“This is payback for stealing my fries you wench.” Mil says evilly.

He begins to unwrap the ice cream as Kira glares at him and Elijah reaches into his bag. Thus beginning a standoff. Elijah takes a small box out of his bag as Mil moves the ice cream closer to his mouth and Kira takes a step forward slowly. Elijah then takes out his silencer and assembles it while Kira takes another step forward. Mil opens his mouth and grins as Elijah aims the silencer at him. Mil moves the ice cream closer to his mouth, Kira moves forward, and Elijah puts his finger on the trigger beginning to press on it. Just then a man with dark brown hair and a mustache grabs the teen’s hand.

“Look at the two of you. You act worse then five year olds.” The man grumbles.

Kira walks over and snatches the ice cream sandwich back with a grumble. “Well the fat ass wouldn’t give me my ice cream.”

“Quit calling me fat!” Mil yells.

“You are fat.” Kira snaps. “You’re fourteen and you have bigger tits then me.”

“Well there’s a reason for that.” Mil says annoyedly.

“Will you two knock it off?” The man says and scratches his forehead. He then looks down at the bag Mil is holding and scowls. “ And didn’t I tell you no ice cream?”

“What do you mean no ice cream?” Kira asks.

“He’s grounded from snacks.”

Kira gasps and looks to Mil inhumanely. “You little shit! Why didn’t you tell me this?”

“Oh here damn it.” Mil groans and hands Kira the bag with the ice cream in it and walks into the hotel.

Kira looks to the man questioningly. “So what did he do Randy?”

“He got into a fist fight with some kid who called him a cross dressing fag.”

“I see.”

The two of them walk inside the hotel talking to each other while Ron and the others stay hidden behind the shrub.

“Damn! That guy got in the way.” Elijah complains.

Shylah places her hand on her chin and thinks of something. “Hey, did that woman look familiar to you guys? I thought I seen her somewhere before.”

“Kind of now that you mention it.” Sophia says.

“She looked like Sis.” Elijah says. “But why would she be here? She’s a detective not some brat’s caretaker.”

Ron sighs and stands while stretching.

“Where are you going?” Sophia asks him.

“I think it’s time to call it a night and get some rest.”

“It’s about time.” Shylah wines.

On the planet Alpha, Natasha and a silver haired Canine man walk up to a ship inside a loading dock. Natasha watches some crew members check the wires and load cargo on board before she sighs. Some of the workers notice her and begin to chuckle making her scowl.

“So Wolfe did you talk to your son about what he did?” She asks the silver haired man.

“I didn’t talk to him I beat his ass and locked him in his room.” He tells her and folds his arms. “So you’re leaving tonight?”

“Yes. I wish I could stay longer. But I most go and report to my bosses.”

Off in the distance a blurry figure sneaks on board the airship as Natasha puts her arms around Wolfe’s neck.

“Why don’t we go somewhere and give each other a proper good bye?” Natasha whispers into his ear.

Wolfe grins. “Sure.”

The two walk off as the red haired boy from before hair makes gagging noises as he peeks out. “Nasty ho.” He says and goes to sit behind one of the boxes. He touches his black eye and cringes. “I hope I can find mom.”

A bell dings and a voice comes over the intercom drawing the boy’s attention. “The ship will be departing in a half hour. I repeat the ship will be leaving in a half hour.”

“Well…” The boy begins and stretches. “Might as well take a nap then.” He says and curls up against the box.

The boy drifts off to sleep quickly and a bit later Juddecca walks into the back of the ship. He looks around and spots the boy laying on the ground. He walks over to him and kneels down causing the boy to fidget but not to wake up. Juddecca looks at the bruises on the boys face and sighs. He gently covers the boy with a leather jacket and sets a gun down next to him along with a note. “Take care of yourself Julius.” He says and leans down kissing the boy’s forehead before leaving.

Back on Earth, D is being strapped to a table with electrodes attached to her skin. A male doctor walks up behind her holding a cord and looks to a tinted window curiously.

“You ready?”

People standing on the other side of a glass window nod as Cindy walks to the window and watches. The doctor inserts the cord into a small hole on the back of D’s neck carefully and then gives them an ok. He walks to a door, bolts it shut, and joins the others as another doctor presses a button on a consol. An electric wave shoots through the cord and into the back of D’s neck making her lurch forward with a gasp. Everyone turns to a large monitor and watches it with anticipation.

“Lets see what we can find out today.” One of the doctors say.

The screen lights up and shows three blurred figures talking to each other but the sound is gargled.

“Just the same as before.” Another doctor says and then looks at Cindy annoyedly. “I thought you said you found something new?”

“I did, just wait.”

They watch the screen patiently. Eventually there’s glitch and for a second faces are shown.

“Wait, replay that!” One of the doctors demands.

They rewind the scene and stop it when they show the peoples faces. One is a young boy with black hair smiling at a young woman with white hair who is holding up a picture book. Behind them is an older boy, with the same color hair as the younger one, leaning against a wall and scowling.

“Who are they?” A female doctor asks Cindy.

“From what I can tell the two boys are Blitz and Panzer, two of the Archangels, and the other is the sorceress Fayette.”

“This is quite intriguing.” The first doctor says with a smile.

Just then the consol short circuits and explodes. They look into the other room to see D convulsing violently. Cindy gasps and tries to run in but one of the doctors stop her. Some guards run in and hold her down while one of the doctors tries to inject her with a tranquilizer. She stops and everyone stands in silence. D’s hair turns black, her skin tans, and blood red eyes fling open. She breaks free form the restraints, jumps on the doctor, and snaps his neck around. The guards try to restrain her again but she knocks them away and then lunges at them. Cindy rushes in and grabs her just as the girl rips one of the guard’s throats out.

“D calm down.” Cindy says softly to the struggling girl.

The girl slowly stops struggling and rests her body against the older woman’s. Cindy takes out a weird looking gun and sticks the needle part into D’s neck before injecting a liquid into her. D’s eyes turn back to their normal cerise color, hair platinum, and skin white. She closes her eyes slowly and lays her head on Cindy’s chest who shushes her soothingly. Back in the other room, the remaining doctor’s look at the scene with devious grins on their faces.

“Well that was an enjoyable event, I’m sure Natasha will be pleased.”

The next day arrives and Mil is still in bed. His phone begins to ring but he just lays there. It continues to ring. Mil covers his head with a pillow but the phone resumes to ring. He lets out a hearty growl and finally gets up to answers it.

“Hello?”

“Jeez lazy ass. Bout time you woke up.” Kira says on the other end.

Mil scratches his head and groans. “What do you want?”

“Randy wants you ready and down stairs by noon. He said he’s taking you to your nut doctors.”

“They’re not nut doctors.” Mil retorts.

“You’re seeing both a psychiatrist and a psychologist. You’re nuts.”

Mil hangs up on her and sighs. He looks at the clock which says it’s eleven twenty in the morning. He heads to the bathroom and shuts the door. An hour later Mil walks down the stairs and into the lobby. Randy looks over at him and groans.

“You’re late.”

“So.”

Randy sighs and the two walk out in silence. They go to the car lot and get into the older man’s car. Randy looks to his son who still looks a tad sleepy.

“So how was your night with Kira? Besides that little skirmish in the front of LAZULI.” He asks.

“Horrible. She murdered five small animals to appease her pagan gods. And then she tried to convert me into a she beast man hater again.”

Randy snickers at this. “So what you’re saying is she was playing target practice with the pigeons and rats and then gave you her feminist sermon?”

“Pretty much. I think it’s that time of month.”

“Speaking of that. Do you need anything?” Randy asks and Mil shoots him a look of “shut up”. “What? It’s not like anyone can hear us.”

“I know I just don’t like to talk about I.” Mil says and takes a long pause. “…Hey dad?”

“What?”

“Am I as fat as Kira says?”

“Well you are a little pudgy but that’s just how you’re built. Your mother was a little on the chunky side too ya now.”

Mil sighs deeply and lays his head against the window. A gigantic airship slowly descends down to the ground and lands. After a while, Natasha walks off the airship and is greeted by a very unenthused Cindy.

“Welcome to earth Ms. Natasha.”

“It’s a pleasure.” She says boredly and they shake hands. “I can see what Wolfe told me about you is true.” She says with a snide grin.

“Oh really, and just what did he say?” Cindy asks.

“Oh, nothing worth mentioning.” Natasha says aloof and the two of them exchange glares.

Inside of the plane Julius, the red haired half breed, wakes up. He looks at the jacket covering him confusedly. “How the hell did I get this?” He says and shifts himself which causes to hit the gun with his hand. “Huh? A gun?” He says and sees the note.

“Julius, I hope you are able to find your mother and have a better life with her. I’m really sorry how everything turned out but I wish the best for you. Also there is a prepaid card if you need money. The card is in the right hand pocket along with a picture of your mother and an address to find her at. Good luck and stay safe. Love Grandpa. P.S. Use the gun to protect your self if need be.”

Julius reaches into the pocket and takes out the picture. He looks at it and sees a woman in the picture with red hair just like him standing with his father and ten other people. He then flips it over to find the address. “Thank you grandpa.” He says with a smile. Julius puts the gun in the front of his jeans and puts a hat on his head then sneaks out of the plane.

Cindy and Natasha walk to a limo exchanging snooty looks along the way. Cindy gets in first and when Natasha begins to she catches something out the corner of her eye making her scowl.

“Is something wrong?” Cindy asks.

“No, it’s nothing.” Natasha says and signals some of her body guards to follow it.

Julius walks into the waiting hall and looks around in amazement. He spots a customer service representative and decides to ask her for directions. “Excuse me miss but I was wondering if you could tell me where this is?”

She looks at him and turns red as he smiles at her pleasantly. He hands her the picture and she slowly takes it not removing her gaze from him. “Sure thing cutie. Lets see. Oh this is Reeves Hospital. Would you like for us to call a cab to have them take you there?”

“You can do that?” Julius asks amazedly.
The woman looks confusedly at him making the teen fidget. “What you didn’t know that?” She looks at him more closely and then gets her cheerful expression back. “Yes, we can do all sorts of things.”

“Could you tell me where a Cindy Reed lives?”

“Are you a relative?”

“Yes. I’m her…son.” Julius says uneasily.

The woman gives him an odd look but begins typing on her computer. “Name please.”

“Julius.”

“That’s cute.” She says types on her computer. “Ah here we go. It says she doesn’t have a permanent residents here, but at the moment she is staying at hotel LAZULI. Would you like a taxi there instead?”

“Sure. Thank you for all the help miss.”

“Anytime for a little cutie like you.” The woman giggles.

Julius turns red and fidgets as four guards watch him. Back at LAZULI, Mil has gotten back from his doctors and is now going out to the park with Kira. He puts on his coat and walks out to the elevator. He exits it on the bottom floor and sees Kira standing by the door.

“Ready to go get some exercise?” Kira asks with an evil glint.

“Can’t we take your car?” Mil whines.

“No we’re walking to the park. Now shut up and let’s go.” Kira says and walks out.

Mil gives her a dirty look and pretends to kick her before following after. Ron puts down the newspaper he was reading and takes out a cell phone.

“Sophia. Tell everyone to meet me down stairs. We’re going to finish this tonight.”

Later that night, Kira and Mil are walking across a long deserted bridge. Mil looks to Kira wanting to say something but doesn’t. He fidgets and then finally speaks.

“Kira?”

The brown haired woman stops and turns to him. “What’s wrong Princess?”

“Am I a freak.”

“What brought that up?”

“Well the kids at school are always making fun of the way I look. Like my eyes and the color of my hair.” Mil says pointing to his head.

“Hey don’t listen to them. Those people are just insecure assholes. Like the guy who called you a homo. Ignore them k?”

“Ok. Thanks.” Mil says and smiles before running ahead of her.

Kira scoffs and shakes her head. “Damn, I’m being to nice to him lately. He might start clinging to my hip again.” She says and follows behind.

Mil is already half way across the bridge when his klutziness kicks in, in full force. He trips over a stone and falls landing hard on the sidewalk. “Ow.” He says and sits up.

A figure walks up beside him and smiles as the teen grumbles, rubbing his forehead.

“Are you all right young man? You took quite the spill there.”

“Yeah. I’ll live.”

There’s a low snicker. “Well, not for long.”

Mil hears a gun click and goes wide eyed. “K,Kira?”

Kira struggles to walk faster as she takes a drag off her cigarette. She flicks the butt and hacks before sighing. “Maybe I do need to cut back smoking.”

“NOOOOOOOO!”

Kira stops dead in her tracks and trembles. “That sounded like....MIL!” She says and then runs as quickly as she can.

Mil tries to run from the man, but he grabs the teen by his hood holding him in place. Mil kicks back hitting the person hard in the crotch and then turns around quickly to see his attacker. To his surprise it’s a young man, not much more then a couple years older then him, with black dread locks. The young man looks at him and tries to stand as Mil begins to back up. Suddenly someone grabs his shoulders roughly and holds him in place.

“Jeez Elijah You should have just shot him instead of talking to him.” A boisterous male voice chuckles.

Elijah cringes but forces a smile. “Sorry Ron. Just being a nice guy.”

“Who the hell are you people and what do you want from me.” Mil shouts while fidgeting in Ron’s grip.

“You see brat, we were sent to kill you.” Ron tells him.

“What!? You’re out of your fucking minds! I didn’t do a damn thing!”

Ron covers Mils mouth with his hand but the teen bites him. He lets him go but quickly regains his composure and punches Mil severely in the face knocking him to the ground. Sophia and Shylah run up to them as Mil struggles to get up.

“What little man you want more?” Ron laughs at him.

Mil quickly darts between his legs and begins to run off but Brooklyn suddenly appears in front of him and shoves a blade into his chest. Mil gasps in pain and drops to his knees as tears run down his cheeks. Brooklyn leans down and removes the blade making Mil yelp and cry. Ron and the others walk up to him and stare at the sobbing teen. Brooklyn grabs Mil by the back of his hair and pulls his head back pressing the blade to it before looking to his leader. Mil looks at the five people frightenedly and then shuts his eyes tightly while sniffling.

“Please stop. I didn’t do anything.” Mil pleads tearfully.
“Likely story demon.” Ron says

“I...don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Sophia looks uncomfortably at the bloody boy and then to Ron. “Maybe he’s telling the truth Ron.”

“Yeah right. He’s just trying to weasel his way out of it.” Ron snaps. “Brooklyn, do it!”

Brooklyn stares at the crying boy and blinks confusedly. He suddenly gets a vision of a white haired woman reading a book and smiling.

“Brooklyn! What are you waiting for!? Kill him!” Ron orders.

Brooklyn snaps back to reality and presses the blade closer as Mil chokes out a sob. Just then someone jump kicks Brooklyn in the head sending him hurdling through the air but he manages to land on his feet. He looks up quickly to see who it was as Ron, Shylah, Elijah, and Sophia all gasp.

“Kira?” Mil says weakly and holding his bleeding stomach.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing Brooklyn!?” Kira yells angrily at the stoic boy.

“Well, well. Long time no see Sis.” Ron says jovially.

Kira looks over to see some more familiar faces but just scowls. “What the hell are you idiots doing here?”

“Jeez is that anyway to treat your friends after not seeing them in over four years?” Ron chuckles.

“Shut up! Tell me why you’re trying to kill him?” Kira says and sees Brooklyn come at her. She grabs Mil and jumps out of the way, but before she can turn to face them Elijah shoots her in the back. Kira falls over and coughs up blood as Mil latches onto her and cries. She looks back at them fiercely and with a sense of pain.

“Sorry Sis, we would have loved to hear what you’ve been doing all these years but we have a job to do right now and your not making it easy.” Shylah says.

“What job?”

“We were sent to kill a demon child called the Gate Keeper. And that child is it.”Elijah says pointing to Mil. “So please get out of the way so we don’t have to kill you along with him.”

“Like fuck I’ll get out of the way!” Kira yells. “I don’t know what this Gate Keeper thing is but I know it’s not Mil!”

“That’s really to bad Kira. It seems we’ll lose you as a friend again.” Ron says with a sigh.

Elijah points the gun at her again and sighs. Kira grabs Mil and hugs him tightly against her while the teen cries into her shirt. Just then, something hits Elijah’s hand knocking the gun out of his grip. They look at the object, which has stuck in the ground, and discover a small staff with a creepy jester head on it. The mouth opens and gray smoke billows out of it making everyone cover their mouths and cough, besides the unfazed Brooklyn.

“What the hell is it?” Shylah says with a gasp.
Out of nowhere, a person in a black and purple jester costume jumps down in front of Kira and Mil. The brown haired woman gasps and looks to the figure who looks back her and nods.

“Take Mil and go. I’ll handle this.”

“Who are you and why are you helping us?” Kira asks.

“No questions. Just go!” The jester tells her.

Kira nods her head, grabs Mil’s arm, and the two of them run back towards the hotel while the jester watches them. Brooklyn jumps out from the smoke with his spear and lunges at him. The jester somersaults out of the way and Brooklyn hits the ground causing a small dent in the bridge. The stoic silver haired man stands and looks him with an unyielding disposition.

“Well what do we have here? A weirdo in a clown costume.” Ron says and laughs before coughing. “Isn’t it a little early for Halloween?”

The jester doesn’t reply and just keeps focused on the boy before him.

Shylah pulls out a pair of fingerless gloves and begins to put them on. “ Who cares, lets just kick his ass and go after Kira and the kid.”

The jester begins to snicker getting a glare from the brown haired man.

“The fuck you laughing at!?” Ron grumbles.

“You idiots think you can stop me?” He says and quickly appears in front of Ron, unnoticeably. He punches him in the chest, jaw, and then kicks him upside the head sending him tumbling across the bridge. “Then try!”

Ron gets up gasping in pain as the jester snickers and dashes towards him again. Brooklyn appears in front of Ron and wedges his spear into the jester’s stomach. He then pulls the spear out causing the jester to drop to his knees as blood drips from the front of his mask. Brooklyn begins to swipe the spear at the man’s head but he dodges it and somersaults back. Elijah tosses a couple of grenades where the jester is supposed to land, causing an explosion that sends the jester across the bridge lifelessly. They all wait to see if he gets back up again, but when the smoke clears the jester is no where to be seen.

Elijah gasps. “That’s impossi-AHH!” The jester jump kicks Elijah and then does a spin kick sending him flying through the air and over the railing.

“ELIJAH!” His teammates yell.

Elijah plummets towards the water below at great speed, but Brooklyn jumps on the railing, pulls up his sleeve, and shoots a grapple from his palm which wraps around Elijah stopping his decent. The jester then turns his attention onto Shylah who darts towards him and throws a punch. The jester catches her fist and blocks the kick she sends at him effortlessly. Shylah grins and kicks him in his wound with her free foot making him recoil back in which time she punches him in the head repeatedly. She then jumps on his chest and kicks upwards, then quickly kicks downward on his head making him crash to the ground. She lands on the ground but as soon as she goes to turn the jester grabs one of her ankles. Shylah yelps as she falls forward but is quickly swung around and thrown against a streetlight causing it to indent. She drops to the ground and groans in pain unable to stand. Ron scoffs and charges at the jester, successfully landing a couple hits on him before throwing him against the railing. Ron proceeds to bang the man’s head against the railing but he retaliates by harshly back handing Ron and kicking him in the crouch. The jester then kicks the smaller man against the railing and stomps hard on his chest causing a loud cracking noise and Ron to scream in pain.

“Damn.” Sophia says and prepares a spell. “Thunder arrow!” Electric arrows appear in front of Sophia and fly towards the jester.

The jester looks back and snickers before putting up his palm. “Reflect.”

The arrows bounce off an energy field and are shot back at Sophia. She tries quickly to put up a magic barrier but is unable to and is electrocuted. She yelps and quivers before slumping to the ground lifelessly.

“You son of a bitch.” Ron gasps out.

The jester turns to Ron and walks towards him while chuckling. Three blades emerge from the jester’s hand as he stops right in front of the shaken man. He pulls back to stab Ron but Brooklyn thrusts him against the railing just as the brown haired man darts out of the way. The jester slices Brooklyn’s arm open deeply but is met with the spear through his stomach again. Brooklyn holds him there with all of his strength and signals for his friends to escape. Ron and the others get themselves composed enough and finally retreat. Brooklyn lets his death grip on the spear go and gives a hard stomp on the end wedging it into the jester and railing deeper. He then dashes after his comrades leaving the jester there struggling like a pinned animal. Kira and Mil continue there mad dash towards Lazuli while panting from pain and lack of air. Mil looks back at the trail of blood following them and then looks to the older woman.

“Kira we need to stop and bandage you.”

“No.” Kira gasps. “We have to get back to the hotel and find Randy.”

“But you’ll bleed to death.” Mil says.

“I’m more worried about your wound. Besides, mine will heal on it’s own, remember?” Kira asks. Mil nods his head and the two continue to run before Mil begins to slow down and then drops to the ground. Kira turns and runs to him. “Mil what’s wrong?” She says and looks at the puddle of blood forming on the ground. “Damn it.” Kira looks down at her own wound and sees it has already healed. She removes her jacket and presses it to his stomach while placing his hands on it. “Hey. I need you to hold that down for me ok?” He nods to her slowly and she picks him up, beginning to run again.

Inside the hotel, Julius looks around confusedly before walking over to the receptionists desk. “Excuse me sir?”

“Yes?” The man behind the desk answers.

“Do you know what room Cindy Reed is staying in?”

“I can’t give that information but let me see if she’s in.” The man says and looks on his computer. “She’s not in right now, but if you would like we can leave a message for her.”

“Oh, never mind then.” Julius says with a sigh. “Do you have any rooms available at the moment?”

“Why yes. Let me see.” He says and types on a small screen. “Here we go. Floor ninety-seven room forty-one. Would you like to rent it?”

“Yes.” Julius says and hands the man his card.
The receptionist takes the card and swipes it through the machine. “Ok. Your purchase was $187. Your balance left is…” The man begins and then goes wide eyed. “$1,907,432,467,372,627.”

“Damn grandpa. Why did you have to give me that much?” Julius thinks to himself.

The receptionist regains his composure and hands him the key and his card back. “Take the elevator over there up to the ninety-seventh floor and just follow the numbers on the doors.”

“Thanks sir.” Julius says with a nod and heads to the elevator.

The receptionist then faints as Kira runs in carrying Mil. She sets him down against the desk and looks for the receptionist.

“Mike get the hell off the floor and contact Randy for me!”

“What…who?” He says and slowly gets up. “Oh Kira. Sorry I just…”

Kira growls and grabs his collar and snarls. “Damn it, I don’t care! Get me Randy NOW!”

“He hasn’t returned yet.”

Just then Cindy, Natasha, and Tannya walk in. Cindy spots Mil laying on the floor with blood on him and runs over with a gasp.

“MIL!” She yells.

“Dr. Reed?” Kira says shakily.

Tannya follows her while Natasha eyes Mil and grins. Cindy lifts the teens face and inspects his pupils before checking his pulse.

“Kira what happened?”

“We were attacked on the bridge. They called him the Gate something and tried to kill him.”

Cindy gasps. “No, it can’t be.” She thinks to herself.

“What should I do? Randy hasn’t returned yet?” Kira asks worriedly.

“Lets take him to his room and get him patched up. Then we’ll contact Randy.” Cindy says and looks to her niece. “Take Ms. Natasha to our room, I’ll meet with you later.” She says and Tannya nods. Cindy looks to Natasha giving her an apologetic look. “I’m sorry but this child is a very dear friend of mine and…”

“I understand. I hope he’s going to be all right.”

Cindy nods and carries Mil to the elevator with Kira. Tannya looks to the elf woman who stares at the elevator oddly.

“Are you ready Ms. Natasha?” Tannya asks.

“Yes I’m ready.” She says. Tannya heads to the elevator but Natasha stands there and grins. “Good. I see those stupid bastards failed. Can’t have them mess up my plan when it hasn’t even begun yet.” She says to herself.

“Are you coming?” Tannya groans.

“Yes I’m sorry, just thinking for a sec.” Natasha says and joins her in the elevator.

Back on Alpha, a brown haired Canine man and a blonde Elf man run down a long hallway. They stop in a corridor and meet up with a very angry Wolfe.

“Any sign of him Oren?” Wolfe asks the brown haired man.

“No.”

Wolfe then turns to the elf. “Maurice?”

“I’m afraid not Wolfe.”

“Damn it! Where the hell did he run off to now.” Wolfe growls and punches a wall.

“Maybe he finally decided to run away from you.” Another Canine with brown hair says and walks up to them.

“Shut up Stefan!” Wolfe snaps. “If he did and I find him, I’m gonna kick his half breed ass.”

“Now Wolfe, don’t be hasty with things. We still have a lot of places to look.” Oren says trying to calm his younger brother.

“Right. I’ll check the garden. Oren check the study, Maurice go to the launch bay and Stefan go see if he didn’t sneak into the High Council meeting area again.”

“Right.” The three men say.

Wolfe, Oren, and Maurice run off in different directions but Stefan stays. Juddecca walks up to him with a grin on his face.

“I take it Julius disappeared again?”

“Like you didn’t know that already, eh father?” Stefan says giving him a questioning look.

Juddecca chuckles. “I know nothing.”

Stefan shakes his head and snickers. “Well I think I should give “her” a call.”

Back on Earth LAZULI, Ron and the others have all survived their fight with the jester and are now patching themselves up.

“Ah fuckin bloody hell!” Ron whines holding his side.

Sophia sighs and holds up a syringe with a pink liquid inside. “Oh shut up and hold still.” She says and injects it into his arm. She then places a bandage over the gash.

“My god he was tough. I thought we were gonna die for sure.” Shylah says.

“Yeah but thanks to Brooklyn we were able to escape.” Elijah says looking to the boy sitting in the window.

“That’s our little tactician for ya. Always thinking a step ahead.” Ron says.

Brooklyn ignores them and continues looking out the window.

Sophia walks over to him and puts her hands on her hips. “All right young man, it’s your turn.”

“My body does not require medical attention. It’ll heal by itself.”

“Well at least let me bandage you up.” She says.

“There’s no need.” He says in his monotone making Sophia scowl at him.

“God just let her put a Band-Aid on you so she’ll stop.” Ron grumbles.

Brooklyn extends his arm and Sophia puts a bandage on his cut. “Thank you.”

Everyone gets quiet and tries to think where they went wrong with the mission. All of a sudden, there is a ring. Ron takes out his cell and looks questioningly at it before her answers.

“Hello? Yes sir…No sir we weren’t able to. A man wearing a jester outfit attacked us…Yes sir… What? I…yes I understand. Thank you sir.” He says and hangs up. Everyone, besides Brooklyn, looks to him expectantly. Ron sighs and shakes his head. “He said they made a mistake. The boy we were sent to kill isn’t the demon they were looking for.”

Everyone goes silent and then groans can be heard.

“Are you shitting me!?” Shylah yells and Ron shakes his head no.

“That’s horrible.” Sophia says.

“Oh that is just grand.” Elijah grumbles.

There’s a knock at the door drawing there attention to it.

“I wonder who that could be?” Ron says.

Elijah takes out his gun, gets up, and walks to the door. He opens it slightly but immediately closes it while pressing his body against the wooden door.

“What’s wrong?” Ron asks curiously.

“It’s it’s…” Elijah says trembling.

The door gets kicked in sending the black haired man to the floor. They look at the figure standing in the doorway and three of the remaining four gasp while retracting back. For there stands an irrate Kira with a bloodthirsty look on her face.

“Just what the fuck were you idiots doing!? I want answers now!” Kira snarls.

Ron laughs nervously and backs up. “Oh that, well you see that was all a misunderstanding.”

Kira points a gun at his head making him scream. “You almost killed the kid I was baby sitting.” She says and looks at him homicidally. “How about I put a bullet in your head and call that a misunderstanding?”

“Kira stop. We were hired by some big top officials to kill this demon called the Gate Keeper. They dropped us off here and told us the kid would give off a white aura and we were told to kill him. But then we just got a call to stop.” Shylah tells her.
Kira glares at her and she backs up. “Fucking idiots.” She says removing the gun from Ron’s head and putting it back in the holster.

“We’re sorry Kira. We had no…” Ron begins but Kira punches him.

Kira turns to Elijah and puts him a headlock. The teen smacks her arm but she won’t release him.

“What the hell are you doing?” He yells.

“This is punishment for shooting me you little shit. I’m gonna snap your fucking neck. ”

“KIRA!” An deep male voice yells.“Enough. There’s no reason to treat your old comrades so badly.” Randy, who is standing in the doorway, snaps.

“They almost killed Princess. So I’m giving them a little payback.”

“I want them alive. They’re no good in helping me if they’re dead.”

“Huh?” Shylah says confusedly.

“I contacted your employers and they explained the situation to me. So to make up for their mistake they assigned you five to me to use as I please.” Randy tells them.

“Wait, why are we being punished for their stupid mistake. What if we did kill him? What then?” Ron asks him.

“Then they would have been put to death for murdering an innocent child and you five would have been sent back to HEAVEN where you would have been put in confinement.” Randy tells them.

Kira scoffs. “So you hired these immature children to help me? After what they done?”

“Yes, so play nice. I’ll explain the rest to you all tomorrow. Later.” Randy says and leaves.

Kira, who still has Elijah in a headlock, stares in disbelief. “The hell?”

“Great.” Ron bellows. “First we were assigned to kill this so called demon child, then we fight a freak in a clown costume, and know we’re being forced to baby-sit some brat with our psycho ex-leader.”

“Well would you rather me gut you then?” Kira threatens.

“No thanks. I think I’ll stick to the kid.” Ron says frightenedly.

Brooklyn stands up and walks over to Kira who gives him an odd look.

“What?” Kira snaps.

“It’s my fault the child was harmed.....And since I’m not human, I should die for it.”

“Shut up Brook. I’m not killing anyone, ok? It was an accident as he said. And besides, Mil’s still alive.” Kira says and then grins. “So I’m going to put you guys through hell like I did back at the academy.”

“I’d rather die.” Elijah groans. He struggle to break free but she holds tighter and kicks him in the stomach.

The next day, Mil is laying in his bed. He opens his eyes and looks around. “What? Where?”

“How do you feel Mil?” A soft female voice asks.

Mil looks over to see Cindy smiling at him. “Aunt Cindy? What are you doing…” Mil says and then sits up quickly while looking around the room “Those people they…”

Cindy puts her hand on his shoulder. “It’s ok. They’re not going to hurt you ever again. Ok? So relax.”

Mil sighs and lays back down. “How’s Kira?”

“She’s all right. Her wound healed on it’s own.” Cindy says and gets up. “Well I must be going now. I told my guest I’d meet with her last night but I was here with you. She’s probably pissed off.”

“Ok, thank you Aunt Cindy.” Mil says.

“Sure thing. You’re father will be in to check on you later.” She says and kisses his forehead before leaving.

Mil smiles and pulls the covers up to his face and snuggles in them. A few minutes later someone comes in and jumps on the bed waking him up in a startle.

“Hey Princess.”

“Damn you Kira! I was sleeping.” Mil whines to his babysitter.

Kira grabs his head and hugs him while snickering. “Awe poor thing. But I have some people I’d like you to meet.”

“Oh? More of your bull dyke friends?” Mil teases and looks to the door as Ron and the others walk in. Mil looks at them and turns pale.“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!” He screams while jumping off the bed and scurrying into the bathroom. Mil locks the door and pants. “Are you fucking nuts!? They tried to kill me last night!?”

“Well I guess that was all a misunderstanding. And now they’re here to help us.” Kira tells him.

“Bullshit!” Mil retorts.

“It’s true Mil.” Randy says while walking in.

“I don’t believe you!”

“Mil, come out of the bathroom and we’ll explain everything.”

“Hell no!”

Randy bangs on the door. “MIL, GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE NOW!”

“Jeez he’s scary.” Ron thinks to himself.

Mil unlocks the door and comes out giving Randy a glare.
“Now. I want you to behave yourself.” Randy tells him.

“Yes daddy.” Mil groans.

“That a boy.” Randy says patting his son’s head.

Mil smacks his hand away and growls. “I’m not a dog!”

“ All right.” Randy says and looks to Kira. “Well Kira he’s all yours. I have to get back to the station. Meet me there later.” Randy says and walks out.

Mil looks at Ron and the others with a glare but Kira just flicks him on the head.

“Oh stop it. Let me introduce them to you.” Kira says and points to Ron. “His name is Ronald. But you can call him Ron or stupid.”

“Hey!”

Kira ignores him and points to Sophia. “That’s Sophia.” She says and then points to Shylah. “And Shylah.”

“Hey cutie.” Sophia and Shylah say with a smile.

Mil gives them stupid looks and grumbles.

Kira turns to Elijah. “That’s Xiangsung, but we just call him Elijah.” She says. Elijah waives and smiles as Kira points to her final member. “And finally, the stoner look alike is Brooklyn. He doesn’t say much, so don’t try talking to him.”

“How do you know them Kira?” Mil asks.

“You see dear.” Sophia begins. “Kira was our leader before she left Heaven.”

“Oh you mean that colony in space where they train Super Nazi’s like Randy and Kira?”Mil sniggers.

“Yeah I guess you can say that.” Ron says grinning at Kira.

“Shut up. And stop calling me that.” Kira snaps at Mil.

“Well it’s true.” Mil says.

Kira swats him on the head and turns to her crew. “All right you idiots, time to go. We got work to do.”

“Huh? Like what?” Elijah asks.

“Well I still do cop work ya know.”

“Wait. I thought we were to help you watch the kid?” Shylah asks.

“That and aid me in my police work.” Kira tells them

Ron groans. “Aw man.”

“Bye Princess. I’ll see ya later.” Kira says and walks out.
Ron sighs and follows her. Elijah, Sophia, and Shylah waive to Mil and exit as well but Brooklyn just turns to Mil and blinks at him confusedly.

“What!?” Mil snaps.

Brooklyn cocks his head to the side and looks at him through half lidded eyes. “…Sorry.” He says and walks out.

“He’s weird.” Mil says and then shakes his head before going into the bathroom.

At the lab, D is strapped to a table again with electrodes attached to her head. She looks around the room and watches the doctors fiddle with random knobs and switches on the councils.

“Just what the hell are you planning?” She asks.

“Well my dear. We were so astounded by what Dr. Cindy discovered we decided to go ahead and try to find more of those memories.” A male doctor tells her.

“But Cindy said…”

“I know what that woman said and I don’t care.” The doctor interrupts her. D scowls at him and he just laughs at her. A weird machine rises from the ground and sticks a weird plug into the back of her neck. “Get ready to upload.”

A nurse nods her head and presses a button. A shock is sent into D as she arches upward, violently screaming in pain, before dropping down slowly. D’s eyes dilate rapidly and then roll into the back of her head. Everything turns black. She slowly awakens and finds herself laying on her stomach. She gets up and looks at her surroundings, but all she sees is an eerie darkness.

“What the hell?”

“Sanja.” A soft voice says.

D turns to see a hooded figure and gasps. “What did you call me?”

“So you really don’t remember. That’s to bad.”

“Hey answers me.” D demands.

The figure doesn’t say anything as a white light engulfs them. D shields her eyes until the light diminishes then reopens them. She’s in a small cell with the smell of death lingering around thickly. The teen spots someone laying on the ground, covered in there own blood, and holding a small bundle in their arms. D palaces her hand on the person an rolls them over. To her surprise the figure is a young girl with long purple hair, but sadly she is dead. D touches the bundle and feels it move making her gasp. She takes it from the girl’s arms and unwraps it, finding a baby with violet-red hair. D looks at the young girl sadly and then something catches her eye. “What the hell?” D says and looks at the girl more closely. “She looks oddly familiar to me.......Like someone from long ago.”

“It’s sad isn’t it?” A soft voice says. D turns around and sees the hooded figure. “Even after all I have went through to prevent this it still is going to happen.”

“What are you saying? Prevent what?” D asks

The figure gasps and holds her head. “No. Stop.”

D gets up and walks towards it but the figure drops to its knees and disappears. D stands in awe as a woman laughs. The platinum haired teen looks around the room but no one else is there. The baby coos and D looks down at it noticing an eye in the middle of its forehead.

“The hell?”

Someone emerges from the wall behind D, chuckling lowly. She turns quickly but his stabbed in the side of the head with a blade. She drops the baby to the ground and it begins to cry loudly. D looks at the attacker and sees it’s a man with black hair and cold, blood red eyes. He pulls the blade out and she drops to the ground. The man grabs the baby and holds it in his arms just as D was going to reach for it. He looks down at D and grins demonically.

“Such a vile creature. It doesn’t deserve life.” He says while grabbing the babies head and snapping it’s neck. He grins while eyeing the teen and tosses it to the ground.

D stares at the baby as tears stream down her face and quivers. She grits her teeth and stands up as a black aura engulfs her. “How dare you hurt that child! I’LL MAKE YOU PAY!” She lunges at the man but crashes into wall and falls back.

D groans in pain and looks around, discovering she’s back in the lab but something is very wrong. The emergency lights are on and the doctors are no where in sight, also she can hear electricity spark somewhere off in the distance. She gets up and walks back towards the table she was once strapped to which is now a mangled ball of metal. On her way, something warm and liquidy drips on her face. She wipes her cheek and looks at the substance oddly before looking up and screaming. Splattered on the ceiling are human remains. She moves back but slips on a puddle of blood and lands on her back. She turns her head to the side and comes face to face with the mutilated head of one of the doctors. D darts across the room and hides underneath one of the councils.

“What the fuck…who did this?” She thinks to herself while quivering in complete terror.

Just then she hears a loud creaking noise and looks out to see the mechanical door being pride open. What emerges from the other side is the man wearing the jester outfit. He looks around the room in disgust and tries not to get sick. D spots a scalpel on the floor near her and grabs it before going back into hiding. The jester regains his composure and walks around the room.

“I know you’re here little girl. So just save me the trouble and come out.” The jester says but D doesn’t reply. The jester snickers and walks over to the council D is hiding under and sits on top of it. “Well? I’m waiting.” Still no reply. The jester sighs and hops off. “I guess you leave me no choice then.” He takes a step forward but then quickly spins around and busts through the council grabbing D by the throat and pulling her out from under it.

D tries to pry his hands from her throat but his grip is too strong. “Let go.” D says struggling.

“I don’t think so. You’re coming with me.” He tells her.

“Fuck you.” She yells and kicks him in the crotch. The jester lets go of her and drops to the ground holding his crotch. D then runs out and down a hall where she sees guards, doctors, and other patients dead. She turns a corner and comes to a dead end. “Oh shit.

“That was a stupid move.” A deep male voice says.

D turns and comes face to face with the jester. “Who the hell are you and what do you want from me?”

“That’s none of your business little girl.” He steps towards her and she backs up against the wall. “You have no where to go. So just come along.”

“Like hell.”

“All right then. Have it your way.” He says and steps forward again while pulling down his face mask slightly.

D backs against the wall and screams. “No don’t rape me, I’m just an innocent little girl!”

The jester stares dumbfoundedly at her with an eye twitching. He just sighs and takes something out of his pocket. The jester quickly darts towards her and slams her head against the back wall knocking her unconscious. D groans and slumps to the floor as he lights the object, which is a cigarette. He then picks her up and throws the unconscious teen over his shoulder and begins to walk out. The man stops and looks at all the dismembered bodies laying around.

“What the hell did this?” He thinks and then continues out.

Later that day, Julius walks out of the elevator and puts on a beanie while sighing. He starts to walk out but someone grabs his wrist .

“Excuse me.” A voice says as Julius looks back. “You dropped this.” Mil says and hands Julius the picture of his mother.

Julius turns red and takes it .“Umm…thank you very much.”

“You’re welcome.” Mil smiles and walks out.

Julius watches Mil, his butt actually, then goes out as well as four men in black suites follow him. Julius keeps waking aware of his pursuers and just chuckles. He goes into an alley and stops as they run up behind him.

“Let me guess, Natasha told you to take me back home right?” Julius asks.

“Well she didn’t exactly say it in those exact words.” The man chuckles.

Julius hears a gun click and grins. “I see. But just so you know…” He says, grabs his gun, and shoots the guy’s hand blowing it off. “You won’t get me that easily.” Julius says and runs off down the alley.

The guy clutches his hand in pain and falls to his knees. The other three take out there guns and chase after Julius. Eventually they catch up to him and one of them shoots hitting the teen in the thigh. He collapses and tries to get up as they walk up to him.

“We were told to make sure you lived. But if you gave us trouble would could use force.” The second man tells Julius and kicks him in the head with a laugh.

Just then a brick hurdles through the air and cracks the man’s nose. Julius gets up and grabs one of the men by the face and slams him against the wall knocking him out. The last one tries to attack him from behind but Julius turns and gives him a swift kick to the head hitting it against the side of a building. Julius looks over to see the purple haired teen from before standing there.

“Come this way.” Mil says and grabs Julius’ hand.

They run out of the alley and into a crowd of people. Julius staggers a bit but manages to keep up with Mil.
“Where are we going?” Julius asks.

“Back to the hotel. I’m Mil by the way.”

Julius smiles at him. “Julius.”

They manage to escape back into the hotel where Mil is now patching Julius up.

“OW!” Julius yips.

“Hold still.” Mil says and wraps the bullet hole tightly with a bandage. He gets up and removes his bloody gloves, throwing them into the trash. “So what did you do?”

“Huh?”

“Those guys.”

“Oh that. I ran away from home and the person I followed sent them after me.” Julius tells him.

“Jeez. They were pretty harsh.” Mil says.

“Yeah well it doesn’t matter.”

“What are you like a mafia bosses son or something?”

“No...I don’t want to talk about it.” Julius says lowly.

“Ok. Sorry.” Mil says and helps Julius stand.

“Thank you.” Julius says grabbing his jeans and starts putting the garment back on.

Mil looks down and spots the fluffy red tail extending from above Julius’ rear and blushes. “Umm…is that thing real by the way?”

“Oh this? Yeah it’s real. You wanna touch it?”

Mil reaches out cautiously and pets it. “Oh how cute, it’s so soft!” Mil giggles making Julius turn red. “Hey would you like something to drink?”

“No thanks. I should probably be going. I caused enough trouble for you.”

“Not really. I’ve been in worse situations. “

“Really?” Julius asks raising an eyebrow.

Mil nods and leads Julius to the kitchen. “Yeah. Being the son of a cop can be a real pain in the ass.” Mil says and looks at Julius. “You sure you don’t want something?”

“I guess I’ll just have a soda.”

Mil takes two cans from the fridge and hands one to Julius before sitting down. “ Julius right? Do you need a place to stay?”

“No I have a room. And once I find my mother I’ll have a permanent one.

“Oh so you’re looking for your mother?”
“Yeah I never met my mother before cause I’ve always lived with my father.”

Mil looks down sadly. “I’ve never seen my mother either....or my father for that matter.”

“Adopted?” Julius asks.

Mil nods and slouches. “Yeah and whenever I ask my dad he always changes the subject…Well that’s enough of the sad talk. How would you like to stay for dinner tonight?” Mil says and smiles.

“Umm…we just met and you’re inviting me to dinner?” Julius says and turns red.

“What? There’s nothing wrong with that.” Mil tells him.

Julius smiles. “Ok. I’ll stay for dinner.”

“Great. Do you like Chinese?”

What’s that?”

“You never had Chinese food?” Mil says shockedly and Julius shakes his head no. “Well what do you like?”

Julius shrugs his shoulders. “Anything really.”

“Well then I guess we can have Chinese.” Mil says, gets the menu and hands it to him.

“Is this even in English?” Julius says looking at it confusedly.

Mil snickers and turns it over. “You were reading the wrong side.”

Julius gives him an embarrassed smile and looks back at the menu. Randy, Kira, and the others are at the bridge, or what’s left of it, from the night of the attack.

“Jeez you guys, it looks like there was a war here.” Kira says astonished.

“Well it practically was. That guy was like a frickin tank. No matter what we done he just wouldn’t go down. Hell, Brooklyn jammed his spear through that guy’s stomach and he still had no trouble kicking our asses.” Ron tells her as Randy walks up to them.

“Well?” Kira asks.

“It’s being labeled as a gang war. So you guys are off the hook. But be careful from now on.”

“Great. Thanks Randy.” Kira says.

“Mmm hmm. You guys can go then. Make sure to check on Mil.” He says and walks off.

“Wow, he must have a lot of friends in high places to get them to believe that.” Shylah says.

“That he does.” Kira says and turns to them. “Well explain everything to me that happened. You said you stabbed him and he still fought?”

“That’s not all we did. Elijah tossed like three grenades at him, I slammed his head against a couple of times, Shylah did that weird kung fu shit she does, and Sophia used a lightning spell to try to electrocute him. But he just got back up. He was like one of those slasher movie villains.” Ron tells her.

“Oh, and what did he do to you guys?”

“Well he threw Elijah off the bridge, broke some of my ribs, threw Shylah against a streetlight, breaking it, and he repelled Sophia’s spell back and shocked her.”

“What about Brooklyn.” She says and looks at the silent boy.

Brooklyn blinks a bit. “.....I got cut on the arm. Then I pinned him to the siding with my spear....and we escaped.”

“Wow Brook. It seems you’re the only one in the group who has improved.” Kira tells him.

Brooklyn cocks his head to the side and blinks. “Thank you.

“What!?” Shylah yells angrily. “We’ve all improved.”

“Quit your bitchin. When we go back to the station tomorrow your asses are going to train.” Kira tells them.

“You can’t do that!” Ron barks.

“Yes I can. Brooklyn doesn’t have to though.”

“I...want to train too.” Brooklyn says looking at the ground.

Everyone looks at him oddly but the stoic boy just blinks. At Lazuli, the jester sits on a chair looking out the window as D slowly walks up to him clutching something.

“Drop it.” The jester says adamantly and D stops throwing the scalpel aside. He looks back at her and scowls. “Thought you could kill me? Well I won’t die that easily little girl.”

“Quit calling me a little girl! I’m 17 years old damn it so treat me like it!” D yells.

“I’ll treat you how I damn well please until you can obey orders.”

“Like hell I’ll obey your stupid ass, dude.”

“Dude?” The jester says annoyedly. “I have a name you brat.”

“Well you haven’t told me it you asshole.”

The jester gets up from his chair and snarls. “Why you little…” He stops and shakes his head with a sigh. “Why the hell am I arguing with a brat like you anyway.”

“Hey! You still haven’t told me your name yet old man.”

A vain pops out of his forehead and he growls. “My name is Hyde all right!? Did you comprehend that or do I have to spell it out for you?”

D salutes sarcastically. “Loud and clear mister Hyde sir.”

“Why the hell did they send me to get her.” He says under his breath.

“What was that!?” D yells.

“Nothing. Now, go get in the shower. You reek of blood. And when your done meet me up on the roof.”

She scowls at him before going into the bathroom and locking the door. Hyde sighs deeply and goes back to looking out the window. Mil walks down a street carrying a bag of Chinese, when a person calls out to him.

“Yo Mil. Over here.”

Mil looks around and then walks into the alley. He sees a man with brown hair leaning against the wall smiling.

“Hey Jordan. Got anything new?”

“Oh yeah. Check it out.” He says and takes out a bag removing a marbled colored pill. “It’s called the Mordred Delight, it gives you a feeling like you’re on acid but it’s 10 times better.”

“Sounds neat. How much?”

“Hmm. Well since you’re my best customer I’ll give you six for half price.”

“Sure.” Mil says and hands him his credit card. Jordan takes out a machine and swipes it. He hands Mil back his card and then hands him a bag of pills. “Thanks Jordan.”

“No prob. By the way, you have a date or something? That’s a lot of food for just you.”

“I have a new friend over.” Mil says and giggles.

“Oh I see. Well have fun kid and be careful. There are weirdos out there.”

Mil smiles and waives to him and exits the alley. A while later he walks into his apartment.

Julius turns around and leans over the couch. “I could have gone with you to help, ya know.”

“Well it’s not a good idea for you to walk around outside because of what happened earlier.” Mil tells him. Mil goes into the kitchen and Julius follows him. Mil begins to take the food out of the bag and sets it on the table. He goes and grabs two forks out of the drawer and sets them on the table as well. Mil looks at Julius who is standing there staring at him. “Sit.” He says and points to a chair.

“You sure you don’t need help?”

“Yes I’m sure. You’re my guest and it’s my job to make you feel comfortable. Besides, your leg is injured and you shouldn’t be moving around too much.”

“All right.” Julius sighs and sits down along with Mil and the two begin eating. “Hey this is pretty good.”

“Yeah.” Mil says and wolfs down some noodles.

“Hey Mil.” Julius says and Mil looks at him. Mil looks at him. Julius blushes a bit. “Thanks. For being so nice to me.”

“No problem. It’s great to make a new friend.” Mil say chipperly.
Julius smiles at him. Later that night, the two have finished eating and are now in the living room. Julius rubs his eyes and yawns.

“Tired already? It’s only eight o’clock.” Mil says.

“Well I didn’t fall asleep til after midnight and I was woken up at four. The couple next to my room were...” Julius says and clears throat. “Loud.”

“Oh.” Mil says and giggles. “You poor thing. Would you like to stay here tonight then?”

“No I don’t want to intrude anymore then I have.”

“Really, I don’t mind. I don’t get to hang out with kids my age much. So I thought maybe you could spend the night and we can play a game or something.”

Julius raises an eyebrow and grins. Mil looks at him and blushes.

“I’d love to but I really should go. I mean I paid for my room for another night and I don’t want it to go to waste.” Julius tells him.

“Well I guess you’re right.” Mil says disappointedly but smiles. They get up and walk to the door. “Will you be all right getting there? With your leg being hurt and all?”

“Yeah it’ll be fine. Thanks again.”

“Any time. Please come to visit me again.”

“I will.” Julius says.

They smile at each other pleasantly and nod.

Mil extends his hand to him and Julius takes it. “Bye Julius. It was a pleas…”

Julius pulls him close and takes hold of the side of Mil’s face. Julius kisses Mil who stands there in shock. They then pull a part and Julius smiles.

“See you later.” The teen says and leaves.

Mil puts his hand on his mouth and blushes fiercely. “Oh my god! He just kissed me! What the hell!? Did he think I was leading him on?” Mil thinks to himself and shakes his head. “Great. My first kiss and it was with a guy I just met today on the street.” Mil slumps to the floor and sits there for a few minutes thinking. He then puts his hands in his hood pocket and feels the bag of pills. He takes them out. He takes one out and pops it. Mil shakes his head and cringes. “Eww. These things are nasty.” Mil says getting up and starts wobbling. He places his hand on the wall to support himself. “Holy shit. Maybe I should lay down for a bit.” He says and heads towards his room. Before Mil can get to his door his phone rings. Mil stumbles over to it and answers. “Hello?”

“Hey Mil its Jordan. I need to talk to ya. Could you come see me?”

“What’s wrong? It better not be about the pills you gave me.”

“....Yeah that’s it.”

Mil sighs. “I’ll be down.”

“Ok. Meet me in front of SUPER CHINA BUFFET.”
“K.” Mil says and hangs up.

Outside someone hangs up a cell phone and walks away giggling. Laying on the ground is Jordan with part of his head smashed in against a wall. Inside the hotel, Cindy walks up to the elevator while talking on her cell phone.

“You mean he’s here? I hope he’s all right. Maybe I should put a look out for him. Do you have a recent picture of him?” She asks. A second later, her phone beeps and she looks at a picture that just popped up. Cindy looks lovingly at it as the elevator door open. Julius begins to step out just as Cindy begins to step in. They stare at each other for a second until Cindy gasps, dropping her phone. “J, Julius?”

“Mom?” Julius says teary eyed.

He then lets out a sob and latches onto her. Cindy wraps her arms around him and begins to cry. Mil grumbles while walking outside the hotel until Kira sees and stops him.

“Where do you think your going?”

“I’m going out for a walk. Got a problem with that?” Mil snaps.

“Go but don’t stay out to late.” Kira grumbles.

She walks past him and Mil stumbles off. Hyde sits on top of the roof looking at the night sky. D comes through the door and grumbles.

“Took you long enough.” Hyde says to her.

“Well I had to scrub the blood off me.”

“Well you shouldn’t have rolled around in it like some little piglet.” Hyde teases her.

“I didn’t roll in it, I fell!” D snaps.

“Whatever brat.” He says making D glare at him and walk up to him slowly. She stops right behind him and stares. He turns around and looks down at her. “What?” He asks. D grins and pushes Hyde off the ledge. He quickly grabs the side and hangs on for dear life. Hyde looks up and sees D smiling down at him with bright crimson eyes. “What the hell is wrong with you!?” Hyde yells and hears laughter. He looks around and to his horror are eleven porcelain dolls with assorted cuts and bruises on them. Hyde goes wide eyed and looks up at D who is holding another one. “D?” He asks frightendly as the dolls laugh again. One takes out a gun and points it at him. Hyde goes wide eyed as the doll smiles sadistically and shoots him in the hand. Hyde cringes in pain and lets go of the ledge but D grabs his hand and pulls him up. Hyde falls to his knees panting and begins to glare at her. “You freaking psycho! You could have killed me!”

“Oh stop. I’m not gonna make them hurt you.” D says with a cutesy smile.

“They shot me!” Hyde says pointing to his bleeding hand.

“You big baby it was just a BB gun.”

Hyde looks over at the grinning dolls and glares. “I thought they were destroyed. No…these one’s are different. I better play stupid about them for the time being.” He thinks to himself. Then his cell phone rings. He reaches into his back pocket and takes out his cell. “Hello?”

“Who is it?” D asks nosily.
Hyde covers her mouth. “Yeah…What!? They’re sending it now!?…Ok. I’ll go.” He says and shuts it off. “I have to go. Behave yourself.”

“Go where?” She asks but he ignores her and jumps off the roof. “HEY!” D yells as she looks down and watches him jump from building to building. “Where the hell is he going?” She says. One of the dolls giggle. D looks down at a doll, with a broken neck, wearing a tattered ballerina dress, and scowls at her. “I was not staring at his ass. I was just trying to see where he was going that’s all.” She groans and folds her arms as the dolls giggle and make obscene gestures.

Mil walks down the sidewalk unaware of the dangers that await him while Hyde tries his hardest to make it in time to rescue the teen.