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After everyone met up they all head back to the palace to discuss the next move. Erron claimed he had done his fair share of help and just hid in his room for the rest of the day. Ferra/Torr stayed in the out world market to hang around. At the moment Takeda, Jin and Lucia were sitting in the guys room talking.

"Alright guys, I just got a message from the General." Takeda looks at his cell to see the message. "She will be sending a convoy and a couple of soldiers to assist us in a couple hours and she also going to send the list of things we requested as well." Pray tell she forget to pack his suit.

"And what about that cyborg?" Jin asked.

"No word yet." Takeda placed his phone on the table and opens up his laptop. "I was looking at the map of out world and it going to be a two day long travel by vehicle, so I think we should go first thing in the morning."

'Were really going into Shokan territory?' Lucia wasn't really afraid of going, it was just she heard stories from sub zero about the Shokan. Half human, half beast with four arms and really big attitude problems. Though she was always open to learning and discovering new things.

"I mean with the info Erron got from his dealers, it's the only lead we can go on and besides I thought most of the Shokan were killed." Takeda typed on his laptop, bringing up files on Shokan. "According to this file, the last ruler Goro was killed by the Emporer himself."

"And the left over Shokan went into hiding." Jin scoffed, even if they did run into any Shokan he wasn't afraid to take them down. "Now that we have that settled what are you going to do about your girlfriend?" he says looking right at Takeda.

"What?" Takeda looked up from his laptop at Jin, a confused look on his face. It took him a moment to realize who Jin was referring to. "Will you stop calling her my girlfriend, because she is not."

"From what I see I believe she thinks otherwise.' Lucia leans back in her chair and crossed her legs. Takeda shook his head ignoring Lucia comment. 'May I suggest something?'

"Yes?" Takeda replied out loud. Jin was looking between the two feeling completely lost in there silent conversation.

'You need to tell her what she needs to hear or else you will just end up digging yourself in a deeper hole.' Lucia pointed to her ear as a gesture. Takeda squinted at his laptop screen, mostly just in thought. He didn't think he was doing any real harm but Lucia was right he better tell Ferra he was't into her like she was into him. Yet he couldn't bring himself to say anything that could hurt the girl feelings and he definitely didn't want Torr to run over him either. He admits to himself he liked Ferra, she was cute in a psycho chick type of way. But she was to young for him and not the type of girlfriend he want to bring home to his father or Grandmaster Hanzo for that matter.

"I'll talk to her tomorrow but you two have to be at my side and make sure Torr doesn't try to kill me when Ferra throws a fit." Takeda said pointing at both of them. Jin just snickered rubbing an itch on the bridge of his nose. He wouldn't miss a chance to see Takeda get his ass handed to him by the out world hulk. Lucia just shrugged, as long as Takeda did the right thing. Jin stood up and stretched than makes his way over to his bed and laid down.

"Wake me up when it's time." Jin figured it was a good time for a nap. Lucia stood up taking it as a cue to leave, Besides she wanted to check out the Archives that Ermac told her about earlier.

"If you need me you know how to reach me.' Lucia glanced at Takeda who nods in reply. She left the room shutting the door behind her. A few guards were standing along the walls talking quietly among each other in their native tongue. Lucia realized she had no clue where to find the Archives, and she knew she would have a hard time communicating with the Osh-Tekk. 'I should of asked him where it was.' Lucia sucked her teeth and decides to go to her room, which was conveniently right across the hall. She opened the door and steps inside shutting the door behind her. She walked over to the bed were she left most of her stuff. She wasn't much of a neat freak but she always liked to keep things organized, or at least know where most of her stuff was.

Lucia sat down on the edge of her bed and picks up her shot gun, might as well busy herself with cleaning it. Fire arms wasn't something the Lin Kuei specialized in but it was just the feeling of power she had when wielding such a powerful gun. And it always gave her a boost of confidence knowing at the right moment when the enemy gets close enough she can literally blast a gaping hole in them.

The Shotgun was dismantled in a matter of minutes and Lucia placed all the pieces side by side on the bed. She quickly stood up and headed for the private bathroom in her room to grab a fresh rag and a small basin filled with warm water. When she stepped back out she nearly dropped everything when she saw Ermac floating near the foot of her bed. A piece of the shotgun in his left hand as he observed it.

'You know you just can't appear in a lady's room whenever you please, its rude and scary.' Lucia walked over to the bed and stood beside him.

"We do what we want." Ermac hands her the piece in his hand becoming bored already. Lucia just shook her head taking the piece from him and placing it back on the bed. She walked over to a dresser placing the basin and rag atop of it. She than walked over to the small table and dragged it over toward the edge of the bed. "What are you doing?" Ermac asked sounding a bit irritated by the loud noise of the table scraping the floor.

'I'm about to clean my gun.' was Lucia simple reply. She grabbed the basin and rag off the dresser and placed it on the table. She than sat down on the edge of the bed and grabbed a piece of the gun off the bed. Usually cleaning her gun was suppose to be a relaxing time. But when you had a floating soul keeper hovering over you with green glowing eyes watching your every move made this moment completely uncomfortable for Lucia. 'Don't you have some enforcing to do or something?' Lucia looked to her left where Ermac was floating in the air sitting cross legged, his arms crossed over his chest and head tilted.

"The Khan has given us the break so we are free to do what pleases us." Ermac simply replied.

'And watching me clean my gun is pleasing to you?' Lucia didn't know why she thought it was funny to say something like that.

"You intrigue us." Ermac closed his eyes for a brief moment. Lucia heard him say something else but was pretty sure it was just in her head because his mouth didn't move. "How did you join the Lin Kuei?'

'I thought you already knew, since you pretty much know everything.' Lucia resumed cleaning her gun, figuring she wasn't going to get rid of her company. Not that she mind, it was actually kind of nice to have someone she can communicate with.

"We have our ways of learning but we believe you won't ...like the way." Ermac lips curled up into a faint smirk. Lucia wondered what he meant by that but she knew he wasn't lying about it. "Now tell us."

'I was on the job, taking an escort to her next client...that client happened to be Kuai Liang.' Lucia grabbed the last piece to her shotgun to be cleaned. 'It was his way to get to me, he questioned me about my past and what I had planned for the future...honestly I didn't know what I wanted in the future so he asked me to join the Lin Kuei and I declined at first.'

"What made you change your mind?"

'He pulled the trap card, he knew about the agreement I made my with my employer, if a client challenged me and won they can have there way with me and so far I never lost until Kuai took me out in three hits...he helped me escape and I been Lin Kuei ever since.' and that was the best choice she had ever made. Ermac seemed satisfied with her answer as he just lowered to the ground, his feet touching the floor.

"We wish to make a similar request." Ermac took a step forward where he was close enough to to easily grab her. Lucia of course jumped up and took a few steps back, getting into her battle stance.

'What do you want?' Lucia was never one to back down in a fight but she had a feeling that this was no easy fight, the guy had telekinetic powers for christ sakes.

"Simple, if you win we give you a soul." Ermac eyes flashed as if he was showing off.

'And if you win you get my soul, am I right?' Lucia glared at the red ninja, trying to formulate a plan on how to take him down. He picked the perfect time to challenge her since A. her shotgun was in pieces and B. she had a mission to do and was now about to risk serious injury. Ermac quirked an eyebrow at her.

"It's not your soul that we want girl." Ermac took his stance but kept his feet on the ground. Lucia frowned and went for the first strike. She lunged forward while forming a small ice blade, she swiped at Ermac aiming for his chest. He easily stepped back and countered with a overhand right hitting her across the face. Lucia stumbled back and touched her face to make sure she wasn't bleeding, that would be embarrassing. "Come." Ermac hands started to glow menacingly.

Lucia charged forward again and went for a low punch to Ermac gut, when he used his right arm to block it. She used her other hand to punch his across the jaw. A loud echoing grunt was heard as Ermac head snapped to the side. Lucia smirked glad to get one hit in. Ermac balled his fist and stared down at her. That simple look gave Lucia chills down her spine, she was in for it now.

Takeda rubbed his eyes trying to fight the urge to follow Jin lead and take a nap. He was currently on friendships checking and replying messages. He looked at the time to see only 30 minutes had passed since Lucia had left the room. 30 minutes he spent staring at the bright colored screen of his laptop. "Augh." Takeda shut his laptop and stood up , he needed to do something. His mind was scrambled mess all because of one person. One particular short girl who had the biggest crush on him. He was to busy trying to think of how to tell Ferra he wasn't into her. And than his mind would twist up on him and give him images of his untimely demise by Torr.

"Oh that's not..." Jin rolled over mumbling in his sleep. Takeda just looked in his direction wondering if he should look into his friend mind to see what he was dreaming about. When he heard Jin moan he thought it best not to pry in the monk's dreams. He may end up seeing something he shouldn't. A small knock came at the door and Takeda was kind of thankful for the distraction. When he got near the door he froze.

"Damn it." Takeda cursed under his breath. He could sense her on the other side of the door, why did she had to come here now. He wasn't ready yet. 'Better now than never.' Takeda took a deep breath and opened the door. He looked down at Ferra and gave her a smile. "Heyyyyy." he looked around and noticed Torr was no where in sight. "Where's Torr?" he asked, just to make sure.

"Torr taking nap." Ferra smiled up at him. Both of her hands were behind her back making Takeda curious. "Ferra got you something."

"Okay." Takeda looked over at Jin sleeping on the bed and decides to step out of the room and shut the door behind him. "Alright, what is it?" he says. Ferra held the object in front of her. It was a small jade dragon statue with a few chips in it. Takeda felt like running back in the room and jumping off the balcony, she really was making it hard for him.

"Pretty boy don't like it?" Ferra smile started to fade as she lowered the statue down to her side.

"I love it Ferra." Takeda blurts out. 'The hell are you doing Takeda!' the inner voice in his head practically screamed at him. He knew he should be shutting this down before things got worse but damn it he was to nice for his own good.

"Yay." Ferra jumped up wrapping her arms around Takeda neck. Takeda stumbled back and hit the door. The back of his head bangs against the wood knocking him dizzy.

"Yeah alright Ferra." Takeda kept his hands at his sides, fingers twitching nervously. His cheeks must be burning red at the moment and he was glad none of the Guards were looking at them. "Kay Ferra you mmf." he froze as Ferra kissed him on the lips, he was stiff as the statue Ferra had placed on the floor before she jumped. 'The hell, STOP HER!' Takeda inner voice yelled but he was to much in shock to register what was happening.

"Your dead boy."

Takeda grabbed Ferra waist and pulled her away and dropped her on the floor. He ducked as a bullet flew pass, inches above his head. He looked down the hall to see Erron running toward him. 'Oh shit.'

Author notes

I had fun doing this chapter. If anyone has any suggestions, ideas, etc please feel free to PM me. As always leave a review and stay tuned.