Smuggle

[Duo]

"Huh. What an odd place for a delivery drop.." Duo could hear his voice echoing as he muttered inside the old buildings that is the Justice Peak. He had heard much of this place, it's supposed to be a prison, and knowing the country this area is apparently built at is Veyyard, Duo can bet the crimes goes beyond normalcy here...and the criminals were once placed here.

"Damn, this place would be a great place to stash Solo in.." The lad shivered and rubs his palms against the sides of his arms in an attempt to warm himself up from the sudden chills. Solo was unusually quiet at the back of his mind, so Duo doesn't have a good feeling entering this place.

Since the braided man works as a delivery boy most of the time, he was stationed to wait somewhere by a client, pick up a package, and then deliver it to the receiver at the assigned place and time. Duo never knew what he delivered most of the time, he just did the job to get quick money, and also to get some practice with his superspeed skill.

This time, he was supposed to deliver a queer-looking box from Ianne to Veyyard, right here inside Justice Peak. Since Solo is so quiet in his head, Duo doesn't feel to good about this particular delivery. As he ventured more deeply into the building, he spotted a number of life forms in the middle of the hall-like archways.

Duo approached them warily, noting that they're human, they're men, and they're especially shady. Gulping, he has no choice but to approach them and hand in the delivery. The men seemed cooperative enough by signing the paper requirements Duo showed, and in return, Duo delivered the box. They asked him to open the box for them so they could see the contents, and they seem satisfied enough by the good quality of the small statues inside the box. So, they made Duo place the box in a small vehicle of sorts that looks like one of those hovercrafts in Gradia.

Duo eyed the hovercraft with enthusiasm, interested in machinery himself more than delivering items. Distracted, Duo didn't noticed the piece of lone rubble lay innocently on the ground, to which he had ungracefully tripped upon. Of course, the box was sent flying and as fate decides, one of the statues slipped off and breaks into pieces on the cold hard floor.

"AHH! S-SORRY!!!" Panicked, Duo immediately bowed and yelled continuous apologies while trying to pick back up the pieces to see if he can still fix it but.... There's a particular white powdery substance in the middle of the crashed statue...

'..D-drugs?!' Duo immediately stood up, backing away while staring right at the broken statue. He looked back on the box to see a lot more of those same statues, and then it dawned on him. Turning to look back towards his clients, Duo's eyes widened when they all pulled up their respective guns and aimed at him, completely cornering the poor man.

"Ah..crap.."

[Tag Jean, Zero & Mitsuko]

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“Now all of you listen to me. These drug smugglers don’t play around, and in their world they will kill those in the cross fire. PROTECT any civilians, and the first way to do that is to separate into three different groups, one group will be assisting any innocents while another group will be diffusing the situation, and the third group is responsible in providing backup.

Zero, Hunter you are up. Remember you are one team member short because Miki is studying up broad. I expect the two of you to make up that missing link. If the situation looks as if it is about to get out of hand, I want you both to fall back!


The civilians will be protected because of the other group in charge of that part. So don’t feel ashamed to retreat if you have to. There is a difference between being courageous and being reckless. If something were to happen to you Zero or those innocent people it will break Mitsuko’s heart so take that into consideration. And Hunter don’t’ goof off okay? See what you can do until I get there. Look out for each other. You might be one team member short but you are still a team. We will contact Mitsuko if necessary.”

Jean’s voice could be heard on the handheld radio that is used to communicate with bounty hunters that are either far away from the surrounding area or not on the scene yet. Jean had just gotten a call that someone was trying to smuggle drugs in the area, and this is one of the things that the bounty hunter loathed. Ever since he became the head of the bounty hunters, Jean has worked tirelessly to make sure that their line of work is ethical and provides justice and protection, which the innocents desperately need.

He truly was a man of peace and justice at heart, but of course like any other human being there are things that truly made him angry and usually leaves him feeling unsettled until whatever has made him angry in the first place has been resolved. His hand clutched the handheld radio tightly as he spoke to the bounty hunters. His anger could be heard in his voice, and at the same time he was showing his boys that he meant business.

“So just to clarify the three groups once more. Zero and Hunter you both are seasoned bounty hunters so you handle in diffusing the situation, and make the arrests, the second group will protect the civilians, and get them to a safer location. And the FINAL group will be responsible in providing Zero and Hunter backup. We need to take extra precautions.”


With that Jean released the button at the side of the handheld radio and went to go get ready himself. He was going down to the scene to confront the suspects himself. But who will be listed as a suspect is someone he wouldn’t have even expected to be involved in this mess.

[Zero]

"Got it," Zero responded quickly to the handheld radio before chief ended his call. He glanced at his partner, Hunter, and both simultaneously nodded at each other. It's not such a strange case for them to be diffusing a situation, they've done this a lot. The only difference this time is said situation is pretty much threatening.

And they have no Miki to heal them for now.

Zero noticed that Hunter gave him a strange look, almost as if the old man knows what he's thinking of right now. So Zero frowned at being caught thinking about Miki and jerked his head towards the inside of the abandoned building.

"Lead away, Crane. And no reading my mind." That added last part made his partner smiled a bit before moving in through the shadows of the crumbling pillars and walls. Based on their intel, the smugglers are in the center of the hallways, and since Zero is pathetic in reading directions, he followed Hunter as they made their way quietly and quickly to their destination.

"Wait. I just thought of something odd. Are there innocents involved? I mean, drug smugglers usually consists of either the source, the traders and the receivers.." Zero whispered to Hunter as they moved in to a stop behind a wall.

[NPC: Male]

On the job, Hunter's usually pretty serious most of the time. It's like he's a completely different person than his goofy old self. "Hmmn?" He responded to make sure Zero knows he's listening to his mumbling. Though, mumbling or not, the boy has a point.

It must be nice to be that logical 24/7.

"Nil, we won't know that until we see for ourselves. You can tell which of them are innocent with your background check, right?" Hunter teased a bit of Zero's extra effort of studying. They're leaning against a particular wall now, and the fact that the wall is particular because just behind the wall are where the smugglers are standing.

Hunter raised an arm as a signal to Zero to stay where he is and keep quiet, then the bounty hunter quietly peeked through the wall a bit. He could see a whole group of man is apparently cornering a...woman? Their guns are pointed right at the poor maiden with the long braided hair.

It shocked Hunter, so he pulled his head back and noted the rest of the other groups through the handheld device of what he saw. "Alpha to Beta and Gamma. Alpha to Beta and Gamma. An innocent is spotted being cornered right at this moment. We will create a subtle distraction so they won't accidentally shoot the innocent, so Beta is needed to move in when they're confused."

Hunter looks at Zero for a moment to make sure the boy gets what his plan is, and smiled when Zero nodded at him, signaling he agreed of his plan. "The smugglers will move in to attack Beta, I'm sure, so we need Gamma to be close to Beta and protect the group. Basically, Beta your priority is to protect the trapped innocent. And Gamma, your priority is to protect Beta."

Hunter can hear from the other line, perhaps from the Beta leader, asking him what does Alpha has to do. "We're responsible to kick ass, of course. Once the smugglers are distracted with the distraction, we will move in and shoot every last one of them before they can even lay a single bullet to you guys."

Hunter could see Zero chuckling at his words and gave a thumbs up. They could totally do it. "Beta and Gamma, move into positions. Give us the signal when you're ready. Alpha over and out."

[Duo]

"G..Guys, come on.." Duo tries to talk his way out of it, but it's apparent to see how scared he is. He has his hands in the air, completely surrounded. They formed such a tight circle, even if he were to use his superspeed, he can't get out.

Plus, even with his superspeed, he can't dodge bullets. They're too fast for his eyes to catch, thus harder for him to command his body on where to go. "I'm not even aware of what you're up to, honest! I was just innocently delivering your package.."

Duo can almost see where this is going. Even if he didn't meant to see what he saw, he still did see it. And even if he were to say to them that he won't tell anyone of this smuggling conspiracy, they would still kill him.

Whatever he chose to say, he will ended up being killed.

"Am I screwed?" He asked them off-handedly, eyebrows creasing with worry. "Because if you're going to kill me, can I at least--" He didn't even managed to continue his sentence when they all heard a noise a few distance away.

Half of the smugglers turned and pointed their guns towards that noise, while half of them are still about to shoot Duo.

[Zero]

Zero facepalmed. Throwing a rock, that's the best 'subtle distraction' Hunter could come up with?! What's worst is his plan seemed to go into shambles when the Beta group informed them that half of the smugglers are still pointing their guns at the innocent.

"That is the worst distraction ever.." he whispered seethingly at Hunter, who grinned lopsidedly. Zero sighed and then began to take the situation in his own hands. "You stay here. They're still wary about the sound your rock makes, so their reflex is better when they see a moving thing. So since you're slow, you stay back."

The young bounty hunter adjusts himself, readying to sprint towards a pillar a few meters away. He's sure that he's fast enough to run at least that much without getting shot, and the sounds of his steps would definitely distract the whole group of smugglers towards him.

"While they're busy shooting at me, you try and shoot most of them from here. Okay?" And with that said, Zero bounded off from where he stood and ran lightning speed towards the pillar. His footsteps definitely attracted the smuggler's attention, and just as he expected, gunshots began to drum in his ears, all the bullets are flying straight at him.

'Dammit! I should've bring in some kind of shield with me!' He frowned as he ran, and as if something is protecting him, he reached the pillar without even getting a bullet drilled anywhere in his body. Which is rare. ...They're rapidly shooting at the pillar he's leaning on, though.

Zero could see Hunter from the other wall beginning to shoot some of the smugglers while they're distracted with Zero, and he could also hear the Beta group is going in. Within moments, the climax is starting.

'Thank you, divine protection!' As he smiled at his own thoughts, Zero readied his gun and gets in the shooting fray, peeking in and out of the pillar to shoot at his targets.

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Jean made sure that he was well equipped before he headed out in the battle field and just as he was about to head out on his motorcycle, a delivery man had just arrived in the nick of time. Jean had ordered bulletproof vests for his boys however Jean was told that it would take at least a week before it arrived, however the chief knew that they had to continue on without the vests for now because innocent people needed them.

But this mission was the most dangerous one out of all the missions they had embarked on so far, and Jean also knew that he was being blessed today with how the bullet proof vests came in.

As soon as they arrived he quickly took into account how many bounty hunters that were out there right now, and put in a little bag bulletproof vests for each person. The chief understood that it would be hard for people who are in the middle of a shoot out to put them on while focusing on their respective jobs, however he knew that there would always be a spare moment in which they can put them on, but of course they had to be quick about it, and be observant of when that spare moment would be available for them to take advantage of.

Jean put a cell phone earpiece in his ear so he could ride his motorcycle and talk on his cell phone if it rang, and then he set out on his way to the scene of where the crime was taking place, but on his way however his phone did ring and it was a frantic Mitsuko who was worried about everyone. (It was as if she knew something was wrong so that’s why she called) , and Jean of course being that fatherly figure to her began to try and calm her down.

“Miki I promise you that everything is going to be just fine, you know these missions… its just another typical mission.”

Jean listened to what Mitsuko was saying, and well she had already picked up on how dangerous it is, especially since she had some type of connection with Jean, Hunter and Eve, and her connection with Zero was the strongest bond of them all, so she already knew the danger he was in.

“I’m on my way there right now Mitsuko. Please don’t worry, you should get back to class you know? I’ll the situation from here. We’ll call you when it’s all over how does that sound to you?”

Jean soon arrived on the scene with Mitsuko on the line, and he went behind Zero and tapped his shoulder and when Zero got a spare moment to look at him, Jean made a motion with his finger that indicated Zero to not speak, as Mitsuko was speaking to Jean, and if the angel heard Zero’s voice it would put her into an even more panic and he didn’t want that for her.

Jean kneeled and gave Zero a bullet proof vest and whispered to him:

“Put that on, quickly. Once you find a spare moment then do so Zero. I hate the timing in when the deliveryman arrived, but it is here. Make use of it.”

At the corner of his eye he saw one smuggler coming behind Zero to try and shoot him, but Jean caught that and shot the smuggler down and made a formation with Zero, while Zero was focusing on the front Jean was focusing at the back of them while the pillars thankfully were protecting each side.

“Miki can you hear me? Listen honey sing for the innocents! There are a lot of people that need comforting right now and even though you are in France any song that you heard whether on a radio, TV program, movie… Just sing it! Any songs that you sing have a certain comforting effect to them especially since you are angel! “

As the chief spoke he saw Duo up ahead, he had known Duo as the everyday mailman that people spoke about, but here is when Jean’s bad impression of Duo came in, seeing Duo the way he is right now, it looks from the chief’s point of view that Duo had abused his position as a mailman just to help with the smuggling ring.

Jean glared at him but knew that he had to protect him anyway, for one Duo had to get questioned, and Jean had lots of questions that he needed answered.

Jean called out to Eve and Hunter.

“EVE, Hunter! Create a formation around Duo! Keep shooting as you do. Don’t lose focus!”

The chief then spoke to Mitsuko after she picked a song, and put his phone on speaker and had increased the volume to it, after quickly removing the earpiece.

“Go for it Miki! For the children, and for the innocents, don’t worry you have powerful vocals. Help them!

And so she sang, and what helped her be as loud as she could for everyone to hear her was the power of her heart, and her angelic ability and even though she chose to sing it in Japanese, people could tell her heart was in it, and every song that she chose to sing had a meaning.

So while there was a shootout, the innocents were being comforted by Mitsuko.

Yume kara samete mo
Kono te wo nobasu yo

Onaji tsuyosa de yobi au
Kokoro ni nareru no naraba
Nanninbun no kizu demo
Boku wa uketomerareru yo

Mou sukoshi datte ki ga surunda
Kono kabe ga kuzureru
Reimei

Yume kara samete mo mada minai yume no hou made
Bokura wa hitori de hashiri tsudukeru shika nainda
Korogari mayotte tsukuridasu boku no inryoku ga
Itsuka
Kimi e

Sabishi sa ni nagasaretari
Uso wo uso de kakushitari
Nandomo machigaeta no ni
Mata "Saigo no koi" wo shite


Miakita hazu no tasogare ga
Konna ni kirei dato naita


GOORU no tsumori de
RISETTO BOTAN ni tobikonde
Bokura wa guruguru onaji basho wo mawatterunda
Ikioi makase de itsuka wa kinou no inryoku wo
Koeru
Kimi to


Boku wa kimi ni deau


Yume kara samete mo
Bokura wa yume wo noritsui de
Mada minu dareka ni korizu ni
Kono te wo nobasunda
Tari nai kokoro to karada ga ai wo sagasu inryoku ga
Todoku
Kimi ni


Yume kara samete mo
Kono te wo nobasu yo


English:

Even if we wake from this dream,
I will extend my hand...

If our hearts could be called together
By the same strength,
I will be able to
Take on everyone's wounds.

If we just care a little bit more,
This wall will surely crumble
Before the dawn.

Even if we wake from this dream, we have no choice
But to keep running alone toward the next unseen dream.

Even though we are lost, this gravity created between us will
One day pull me
Back to you.


Floating in loneliness;
Lies hidden within lies;
No matter how many times I've been mistaken,
This is the "last time I'll fall in love."

This twilight we should have grown tired of seeing
Is still so beautiful that it makes me cry.

With this goal in mind,
I press the reset button.
We just keep going around in the same place.
With this great responsibility, someday the gravity from yesterday
Will pass over
With you.

I will meet you.

Even if we wake from this dream,
We are still connecting our other dreams.
Still without being seen by anyone and without learning,
I am extending my hand.

The gravity of my heart and body which seek more love
Will reach
you.

Even if we wake from this dream,
I will extend my hand...

[NPC: Male]

“AWWW Zero is concerned for my wellbeing! Hahahaha! Thanks Zero. I got your back don’t worry, I'll be a good boy and stay where you told me too haha!! Even if I have to get shot… I know I’d recover!

With that said Hunter did as he was told and kept shooting at the smugglers as more of them tried to surround him and Eve. Since Eve was a woman Hunter had this part of his heart to protect her, as much as they fought they were all a part of a family at the headquarters. Besides Zero and Hunter would do the same thing if Miki were there, they would protect her with their lives, she already got hurt once by her dad a few months back, and to be honest that haunted him to an extent, and he didn’t want that to happen to another woman ever again.

So in all honesty Hunter was relieved that Mitsuko wasn’t on this mission with them, if she got hurt again then they may not be so lucky and they would lose her for sure. So all of those memories fueled Hunter’s strength to not only to protect Eve, but also to always look out for Zero. He hadn’t admitted to this Zero but he considered Zero to be a little brother that he never had, and it fits because Hunter was good at teasing and getting on Zero’s nerves, but on the other end Hunter was good at listening to the boy whenever they needed a man to man talk.

While Zero was much younger then Hunter was, Hunter was glad to have Zero as a partner in bounty hunting, and as a friend.

Eventually Hunter heard Jean’s voice and nodded at him, and looked over at Duo, the person that they were instructed to protect.

“Hey Missy! Now is not the time to show fear. The smugglers will smell that fear and be even more inclined to take your life… Now… I am not sure what your involvement in this case is.. but for now we will protect you. When you see a chance to head over to Jean and Zero do so! They will take you from there.”

Hunter let out a few rounds with his gun and each time a smuggler tried to retaliate Hunter was quick to send them dead in their tracks. The older bounty hunter hadn’t noticed it but he was bleeding. There was a rip in his sleeve and it was probably from the big shootout that had occurred moments before.

“Ugh. Heh so apparently I did get hit—Shit. Well no pain no gain right?! We must keep going! Take this you sons of bitches!”

Fixing his hat from covering his face, he let out a massive attack with his guns when a group of smugglers came toward him.

“AND SHOOT!”




{Hunter's expression when he succeeds in shooting a whole group of smugglers. Even with being injured he still managed to be proud!)

[NPC: Female]

Eve looked at Hunter’s bleeding arm and placed a hand on his shoulder while pointing the gun to a few more smugglers with her other hand. She didn’t want either of them to get hurt on this mission but because of the level of intensity on this mission someone was bound to get injured. And it happened to Hunter.

“Hunter are you alright? We’ll get you medical attention as soon as possible just hold on there with that arm of yours! It’s almost over! Let’s keep protecting Duo and get him out of the cross fire here, afterwards we’ll help the third team with the innocents.

Soon she heard Mitsuko singing, and as Eve looked around she saw the innocents start to cry. Despite living in dangerous conditions, having Mitsuko sing to them made them understand that life will get better. Eve understood why Jean made Mitsuko sing, and it was because of what these people have to go through and why they are in need of help constantly.

Eve then spoke proudly to the smugglers.

“You may have come here to do harm to the innocents and carry on with your illegal activity, but these people will never lose hope nor will they be living in the shadows of drugs… They have someone that is there for them! You hear that voice? That is the voice of someone that considers every good person a friend, even just seconds after meeting him or her! You are all going down today and justice will be served!”




(To represent Eve's battle stance)

[Zero]

"Ch--" The moment Zero was surprised with the appearance of Jean, he was about to call out for him, but then he caught the signal for him to not speak. It confused Zero at first, but he doesn't have time to question the reason when his teammates are in war right now. Bullets are all over the place.

The young bounty hunter nodded gratefully when he was handed a bulletproof vest, it's exactly what he needed. Slipping on the vest quickly, he didn't noticed he was being targeted, but thankfully Jean got the shooter before he can even shoot Zero.

Then he got back in the fray, focusing on the smugglers near the innocents, since he's worried if they would take one of the innocents as their shield. So while he's responsible to shoot in that direction, the chief got his back for any sneaking snipers.

As he was busy in the shootout, he could clearly see how scared the innocents are, it's not just Duo there. There's a whole group near the corner there, afraid and crying. And suddenly, he heard a familiar voice.

"Miki?" He turned his head to the source of the singing, and noticed that its Jean turning up the volumes, that it's even louder than the sounds of the booming gunshots everywhere. It didn't occurred to him that when he's distracted, someone managed to shot him right at his back.

Though, thankfully, he already got his bulletproof vest on, so the bullet merely sent him down to the ground by the force, yet he's perfectly fine. Or...mostly fine. "Argh..not now..." His right hand is becoming frozen and rigid again, shivering violently.

So Zero took the handgun from his right hand and now wielding with his left hand, it feels awkward, but he has to adapt. Especially now. They are a lot more smugglers than they expected in this abandoned building.

Getting back in the fray, Zero tried his best to aim perfectly with his left hand, while still relying on his speed and reflex if anything were to go wrong.

[Duo]

Although owning a gun himself, Duo was never any good with it. So the sounds of gunshots all over the place made him cover his head and try to run off from the fray. He was cornered either way, he can't really run when bullets are flying all over the place.

Not long after that, a woman and a man rushed around him to protect him. Duo sort of felt degraded that a woman came to defend him, and feels disgraced even more when the male bounty hunter thought he was a woman.

"HEY!" Mustering up the best manly voice he could use, Duo speak out to Hunter in a hurt manner. "I'm a MAN, thank you very much!" This is getting ridiculous... He seriously needed to fix something about his image so that it oozes manliness.

"Er...okay wait. Who's Zero and chief?" Pretty new in these parts, Duo has no idea where he should go. Plus all the gunshots and frantic people running everywhere to find cover is seriously confusing him. So when Hunter instructed him to run to whoever Zero and chief are, Duo held his head in confusion.

"C-can't you just tell me which direction I should take?!" Just when Duo's starting to panic even more, a familiar singing woke him up from his trance. He knew that voice. "Wait wait wait! Wait just one second! Is Miss Mitsuko here?!"

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“Zero! It’s your arm again isn’t it? Fall back Zero. I KNEW we should have gotten you checked out earlier on in the week, but your stubbornness…”

Jean sighed but you could tell that he was worried about Zero’s health, so as soon as they finish this mission he was going to make Zero get checked out by a health professional, whether he wanted to or not. By this time Miki had already hung up the phone and had said good bye to the chief but of course she would call him back later and start questioning on what really happened today.

Jean kept on shielding Zero and assisting him when needed, and watched Zero’s back all the way.

“Get going Zero. Once Hunter and Eve get to you, leave with them as they have the suspect in custody. Hunter has been shot so you and him will have a medical appointment as soon as you get back is that understood? And this works out since it will give the suspect a chance to calm down from the shock, before we start questioning him.


And I’ll get Mitsuko on the line in a conference. We need her expertise in this anyway, despite her being concerned for you. I want to see how she’ll handle this conference, and what solutions she’ll come up with to handle this. Also when you get back we’ll analyze what type of bullet you were shot with. Some bullets are very fatal, and I am thankful you had that vest on. Know why? When you get shot in the back it can be fatal because an artery can be severed. Today’s lesson, keep focused and remain vigilant. I’m still proud of you Zero. Don’t misunderstand me or my words today okay? This is just by duty as a concerned chief and for someone that I consider like a son.”


“Attention I need backup! We have two that need medical attention, and we need extra transportation for the innocents. They cannot stay here. They need shelter so I propose that a lot of these innocents take occupancy at HQ. it maybe a little crowded but we must do this for now. LEAVE no one behind is that clear? It will take a while before this situation is settled. Remember we must pick our battles wisely. If we stay here fighting we’ll run out of supplies and more people will be injured. We must return when we can figure out a better strategy, staying here and fighting endlessly is just foolish!”

Jean was upset that he couldn’t end this problem today, but sometimes missions are better off diffused when, there is a better course of action. Because today was an emergency they had no time to really prepare. So they could only arrest who they could for finger printing and questioning, but the main person that they had was already in their care so Jean and the rest can start their as soon as they get back.

The chief went over to Duo and escorted him to his motorcycle.

“I hope you have good balance because this is going to be a fast ride. And I am jean by the way. I hate to say this to you but from where I stand things are not looking too good for you. I need to ask you a few questions.”

[NPC: Male]

“We’re falling back? Ugh! I didn’t know that gun shot wounds hurt like a bitch. I’ll try not to move this arm too much then. But we are getting this bullet out right? Wait Chief! Before you leave something just hit me. No pun intended by the way. What’s going to happen to Miki’s case? I mean the one with her and her biological dad.?”

It occurred to Hunter that they too had to help Mitsuko deal with this issue, but so much time passed a lot of evidence used against him would be old by now and a little outdated. “That’s one other problem we have to deal with while we take care of this one…”

The shoot out had died down as soon as reinforcements that Jean had called from his medical staff arrived on the scene, and while some of the smugglers did end up getting arrested, a lot of people needed to get treated, and even counseled.

“Zero are you alright? And hey what’s with that sour look? I’ll be fine. Again it hurts like a bitch but what can we do? This is our life. I can tell in your eyes that you are pissed off at how this played out but let me tell you something we will come back when we are much more prepared, and since there will be no innocents since they are at HQ we have more of an advantage.”

Hunter placed a hand on Zero’s shoulder.

“What do you think Eve?”

[NPC: Female]

“Let us worry about all of that in the conference that Jean is planning. We can ask Mitsuko once she is on the phone with us. It’s better to hear about what she wants to do about her case, and what she can do to help us. A lot of our moods are really off balance right now so let us just regroup. Mitsuko will help shed some light on everything, she’s very observant. Even if she’s not here all we have to do is brief her on what happened.”

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Jean looked at everyone, and responded to Hunter’s question, Jean didn’t even smile he just remained serious especially since the mood around them was very tense, and even his voice had a very stern, but serious tone.

“Miki has enough going on already, and there is no doubt that she has been super busy with her studies, I really don’t want to mention her case to her, while I want justice to be served for her sake, since her father has no right to hurt her, I’ll have to figure out a different way to approach the situation. I won’t lie and say that I have completely forgotten that night in which she fell from the window, and the shards following her as she went straight down, I really don’t want to mention her pending case. We will help her but we don’t want to overwhelm her. If we do that then she’ll have a break down.”

“I’m still looking into it, but it’s best if we DON’T bring it up. At least not right now. We do need her to help us with this situation right now, and I know she will, but we can’t over do it and reopen any wounds, that she has worked hard in healing them and trying to move forward. Her heart is still broken you know. We must be respectful about that!.”

“Now, help has arrived Hunter you and Zero head to HQ right away to get checked out, Eve you go with the innocents and make sure they get situated. Anything they may require it’s up to you for you to help them feel comfortable. Hunter and Zero once you guys get some rest come into my office around 7PM. around that time we’ll call Mitsuko. Mitsuko already senses something is wrong so she won’t be going to bed early. She’ll only get to rest as soon as she knows what the hell has happened here.”

With that Jean made sure that the innocents calmed down and left them to his reinforcements, and got on his motorcycle with Duo and headed on their way to HQ. He was going to do this interrogation as soon as Duo calmed down, and his head was a little clearer.