All the characters from Elektra and DOA are not mine, thank GOD

Chapter I: What the F**k?

Warning! Five seconds to demolition!

"Go! I know another way out of here." Weatherby shouted, as the computerized voice reminded them of the impending detonation of the bomb they were all practically sitting on, before running back into the lab accompanied by Max and Hyabusa.

Kasumi spared a glance at the other girls and knew what they where thinking. As one, they ran to the edge of the balcony and dove off into the sea.

For the few seconds that they were falling, time seemed to almost stand still, before the inevitable collision with the ocean's surface brought them back to reality. As soon as their downward motion had slowed sufficiently for them to fight it, their survival instincts kicked in and they began swimming for the surface and away from the island as fast as they could.

When they where a substantial distance from the soon to be demolition site, Kasumi turned and looked back at the STILL perfectly intact Buddha head.

"What the fuck…" a voice with a southern accent snapped behind her. She turned to see Tina scowling at the pagoda balconies they had so recently vacated.

Treading water, she turned back to look at the island. Silence was the only answer she received for her trouble.

No explosion. No flash of light. Nothing. Abso-fuckin-lutely nothing happened. The scene was as blissfully quite and peaceful as you could get while treading water almost half a mile out to sea.

"The computer said five seconds when we jumped." Christie frowned at the island.

"What do you suppose could have happened?" Helena asked quietly with just a hint of worry.

"At this point? Your guess is as good as mine." Kasumi answered as best she could through the mouthful of water that she received from the wave that swept past just at that point.

"Kasumi are you alright?" another voice broke through her thoughts, a voice she had been longing to hear for over a year.

Craning her neck, she saw Hayate, accompanied by Ayane, swimming towards her as fast as he could.

"Hayate!" she cried, overjoyed, and began swimming to him.

"Where's Ryu?' he asked while holding her so her head was a little higher above the water.

Kasumi gasped as she recalled the last time she had seen her brother's best friend. "I don't know!" she cried, "Weatherby said he knew another way out, so Ryu and Max went with him!"

"Shit!"

Kasumi looked at her brother in surprise. She could not remember the last time the occasion had caused him to swear, so she figured the situation had to be…bad.

"Why hasn't the place blown up yet?" Ayane asked, slightly put off that Hayate was ignoring her.

"That is just what we we're trying to figure out Miss ninja-with-the-freaky-hair-color-hormones." Tina snapped with a slightly peeved tone, glad for a chance to annoy Ayane in revenge for ruining their volleyball game by attacking Kasumi.

"Huh." Ayane snorted, "Your one to talk with your pathetic fighting techniques."

"Excuse me," Tina snapped. "What kind off stupid assed horse crap is that?"

"OK guys, that's enough. Come on break it up." Helena had decided to intervene before the two antagonists decided, despite the fact that they were floating almost half a mile from the nearest land mass in the middle of the world's largest ocean, to start a full out fight.

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Ayane all but shrieked at Helena who was now backstroking in order to put more distance between herself and the now ragingly furious woman without turning her back.

"AYANE! That is enough." Hayate ordered. "Calm yourself. We have enough problems as it is without you starting a fight. Right now we need to figure out what to do."

Ayane bowed her head in submission. But as soon as Hayate turned his head, she shot her fiercest scowl at the two girls. Tina simple smiled, scrunched up her nose, crossed her eyes, and stuck out her tongue. While Helena muttered something about anger management.

"It seems something must have gone wrong with the destruction procedure." Hayate commented thoughtfully, breaking the stare down between the three women.

"What do you intend to do?" Kasumi asked tentatively, cringing at what she was sure was going to be the answer. She was not disappointed.

"I need to go back and find out what happened to Hyabusa."

Kasumi sighed. Figures he wouldn't sit tight and trust Hyabusa to take care of himself.

"Then I will come with you." She said casually.

"NO!" Hayate turned to stare her strait in the eye. "I will not put you in unnecessary danger."

"Hayate," Kasumi exclaimed exasperated, "I almost lost you a year ago and I am not letting you out of my sight any time soon if I can help it."

"Kasumi…"

"Enough!" She glowered at him, "You can either let me come with you, or you can continue to sit here and argue the point and we get nowhere. Either way, I win."

She couldn't hold back a smirk when she saw the look on Hayate's face at being challenged like this. Normally Kasumi trusted his decisions.

Obviously he had been gone for a bit too long.

Not long enough to forget she was just as strong willed as him, and a daredevil. Arguing with her would only waste time and energy they could be using to find their missing companions. Even if he did simply leave her here, which he would never do in a million years, she would simply come after him. Plus, in all honesty, he was no more eager to let her out of his sight then she was.

Sighing in defeat he loosened the grip he had been using to hold her up and gazed into her eyes and saw the determination glowing in them. Nope, there was no way he was gonna be able to not let her come with.

"OK then, let's go." Without waiting for a response, he turned and began swimming back the way they had come.

Kasumi turned to look at the other girls.

"I guess that means we follow the big brother huh." Tina drawled.

Kasumi turned to face her friend. "You do not need to come with. Hayate and I can handle it alone." She pointedly ignored Ayane when she said this, knowing the ninja would be seething at her.

Tina started laughing, but stopped when a wave rolled by. "No way," she grinned, "I'm not staying out here and missing out on a chance to kick Donovan's butt again."

The other two girls were quick to voice their protests at being left behind and Ayane scowled at Kasumi for daring suggest she stay behind.

With that settled, the four of them began swimming after Hayate back too the island.

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