Shiloh sat in the hospital bed rolling back and forth in the dark doing her best to try and get to sleep. After an hour of laying there staring at the ceiling she grabbed the remote and turned on the TV that sat on a small dresser across the room. She sat and channel surfed for awhile before discovering that nothing was on at two in the morning and settled on a late anime marathon that was showing. She sat there watching the characters on the TV run and fight with larger than life swords a bright flash of colors lighting the room every time the two opponents clashed. The one thing that the feline had learned from her anime fetish was how to speak Japanese rather fluidly. She sat there her eyes constantly wandering to the door each time she thought she heard something. He was supposed to visit today he usually always made good on his visiting hours whenever he didn't visit was usually because he was laid up in the room across from hers. She sighed it seemed like he wasn't going to show up at all. Shiloh reluctantly turned off the TV and laid her head down on the soft pillow brushing her silver hair out of the way of her eyes. She was about to pass out when she heard the lock on the window click and the sound of it sliding open. Shiloh sat up instantly her heart lifted by the sight of her canine brother sneak inside. Shiloh sat up instantly.

"I began to think you weren't going to show up Blade." She told the hooded figure as he took a seat next to her.

"You know me sis always have to show up at the last moment." Blade said back

Shiloh flipped the switch to turn on the lights she looked at him for a minute before noticing the brown paper bag he held in his hand.

"What's that in your hand?" Shiloh asked her brother.

"Just a little gift I got yah for showing up so late." He handed her the bag.

The bottom was warm to the touch; she smiled at the thought of what was on the inside. She pulled apart the top and looked inside she couldn't help but laugh as she pulled out the chicken sandwich and curly fries.

"I know how much you hate the hospital food so I figured I'd bring you something you like. You have no Idea how hard it is to find a fast food place that's open at two in the morning."

Shiloh snatched a quick mouthful of the chicken sandwich and smiled as her taste buds jumped with glee. Blade sat and watched as his sister finished off the meal. It reminded him of how hungry he was. A small splotch of mayonnaise landed on Shiloh's lip staining her blonde fur white. She used her finger to clean it off.

"Thanks for that little bro. Don't you want to take your hood off?" Shiloh asked

"Uh no… I'm uh kind of cold." He replied pulling down on his hood to hide his face.

"I can tell when you're lying Blade. What are you hiding?"

Shiloh reached over ripping off his hood, it revealed a group of bruises his eye was black and he had a swollen lip. She gasped at the beaten face of her brother.

"You've been fighting again, how many times I have told you not to do stuff like that for money." She grabbed his face and examined the bruises.

"I'm not a little kid anymore I can handle myself." Blade retorted while pushing her hand away.

"I don't care how old you are or what you want to buy being a mercenary isn't the answer."

"Damn it quit babying me I'm not your son and I'm doing this for you!"

"W…what do you mean doing this for me?" She recoiled at the sudden change of tone in her sibling's voice.

"I'm working up enough money to get you the medicine you need to get you out of this room."

She looked away; she didn't know what to say. So Blade spoke instead.

"Listen I'm sorry I just don't want to see you cooped up in the hospital for the rest of your life." Blade put a hand on her shoulder.

What he said gained no response. For a longest time Shiloh sat there. When he heard Shiloh mumbles something followed by a raspy breath.

"The nurse is going to take me out to the park next week. I want you to come along." She looked up and smiled.

He recoiled from the sudden change of topic.

"Uh sure I'll be there. I better get going, you need some sleep." He stood up and moved toward the window.

Before he climbed outside he heard Shiloh say something.

"Be careful brother and thank you."

He smiled and leaped out the window.

Blade's alarm clock was screeching in his ear. He lazily moved his hand motioning for the off switch. The incessant screeching ceased when he finally found the button. He leaned up out of bed yawning and stretching at the same time. He went into his bathroom and turned on the shower he undressed and hopped in. The sudden change in temperature woke him up a little bit. He lathered his hair with shampoo and rinsed. He turned off the shower and stepped outside shacking himself dry. He walked to the closet put on a white tank top he thought the red hoodie suited him today. He grabbed the suitcase and walked out of his house. When he turned the corner there was a surprise waiting for him. He smiled as he walked around the familiar sight of his motorcycle sitting in the alley. He walked over to it a yellow piece of paper sat on the seat it read. Hey Blade got your bike fixed told you I'd have it done by Friday. The paper was signed Doc

"Ah Doc I knew you'd come through you always do." He said out loud as he climbed on to the motorcycle and sped off. Heading for downtown;

He no longer had to deal with cars splashing water on him. Or nosey bystanders for that matter as he just sped passed them. He stopped at a busy street parked his bike and walked over to the payphone on the side of the street. He looked around aimlessly trying to spot his contact for about ten minutes. When the payphone rang, Blade looked around for a second the silver suitcase still in his hand. He hesitantly picked up the phone.

"H…hello" Blade talked into the phone

"Ah Blade I was wondering when you would show, I regret not being able to meet you in person but seeing as your being followed I really didn't have a choice." The voice on the other line told him.

"Milo what do you mean I'm being followed? I didn't see any cars on my way over here."

"Jees I thought you were smarter than that."

"What do you mean by that!?"

"Look up einstein."

Blade did, using his free hand to shade his face from the sun. He noticed a familiar bat flying in circles far above his head.

"So Rouge is the one that's been following me this whole time?" He said more to himself than to Milo.

"Precisely now if you don't mind getting rid of her we'll get you started on the second part of your mission." Milo got ready to hang up.

"Whoa hang on second part of my mission? I was hired to get you a suitcase nothing more." Blade said an angry tone in his voice.

"Fine what do you want?" Milo said putting the phone back to his ear.

"I want fifty five thousand." Blade demanded

"Deal, now hurry up and get rid of that chick."

The line went dead on the other side. Blade hung up the phone and hopped back onto his bike. He drove around the block and took a right turn into an alley. He stepped off the bike and walked forward.

"Mister L I'm here." Blade figured using Milo's real name wasn't a good idea and tossed his arms up in fake anger hoping to attract Rouge. He heard her land behind him. He sneakily pulled his pistol out of his pocket and inserted the tazzer attachment into the barrel.

"Okay Blade hand over the suitcase." Rouge said her arms crossed as she walked up behind him.

"Nah" Blade responded while quickly whipping around and firing the tazzer into her chest.

She convulsed a couple times as the electricity jumped around her body before she collapsed to the ground. Blade smiled as he walked over to her unconscious body and handcuffed her to pipe a few feet away. He flipped through the small mission briefing pamphlet she had in her pocket. He walked over and started smiling as he read through the pamphlet. Rouge looked at him without actually seeing him; she was still dizzy from the shock.

"So Rouge you were sent here to spy on me and locate the blueprints for project Wunderwaffe. I guess you know that means wonder weapon in German. And to eliminate codename Wolf." He looked at her with a sly grin.

"Wonder who that could be?" He said as he closed the pamphlet and threw it at her feet.

He walked over to her and bent down and got right in her face.

"Tell your commander he's screwing with the wrong guy. And that I'll kill him and his whole organization if he comes near my family." He grabbed her communicator threw it on the ground and crushed it with his foot.

Rouge had finally come to her senses and was staring at him with a penetrating gaze as he sped off down the rode.

"Jerk could have at least left me the key." Rouge said to herself as she rubbed the side of her pounding head.