The night passed uneventfully, but that's what I had hoped for. When I had woken up from the cold ground, Aaron proffered some clothes he had somehow acquired for me. I quickly changed into them after finding a secluded place outside behind the giant abandoned warehouse we had stuck up. I gave him some credit for finding some cute stuff. The top was a single shoulder strap, and flowed with my curves, accentuating them. The bottom was a matching mini skirt, with black leggings to keep myself properly covered should I need to fight. I had decided to wear my hair down.
Walking back inside, I shouted orders to my subordinates, wasting no time. While I did so, one girl, who used to aspire to be a doctor, unwrapped my dirty bandage. "Rahzel, write down the directions to where Fumikazu's being held." The Doll came over to me, starting to scribble on a piece of paper.
"Boss, I'd like to wrap it again, but we don't have any gauze. Please," she stressed the please," keep it clean."
I looked down at it. It was a gnarly sight. Stitches stretched the full length of the wound, keeping an otherwise open wound closed, but I could still see small parts where it opened up enough to see the red muscle beneath. I made a mental note to jack some gauze while I was out.
"Aleister, Cassiel, you'll be coming with me as back up. We'll head out after she's done with the map," I stated, singling out the two brothers.
"Right," they said in unison, coming to stand beside me while we waited for Rahzel to finish her appointed duty.
After a minute, the Doll held it out to me, which I grabbed and studied it. "You've got to be kidding me," I said flatly, disbelief wrote across my face.
"What is it?" I knew it was Aleister who had spoken, because his voice was very deep, unlike his brother's average one.
"The house is just down the block," I glanced at their green eyes, seeing the same stupid look cross their faces. "I suppose that makes this easy, right? We just have to be absolutely sure that no one sees us entering or leaving this place. Rahzel, keep an eye on us." Turning to the rest of my party, I said, "Let's go."
I flipped around, knowing that they'd be right behind me, and went out the back way, where I had changed. As I crept around the weed ridden corner, I glanced around. There were people walking to do their day's errands, or off to work. Cars zoomed along too quickly along the roads, their owners choosing the luxury of modern technology over hard work. A few birds chirruped to each other from among the green leafed trees.
I glanced back down at the map real quick, and then looked back down the street. There, that'd be the house. I pinpointed a nice looking, well-kempt house. It had a perfect yard, with perfect flowers, with a clean set of stairs leading up to a nice looking door.
"Cassiel, you come with me. Aleister, stay here, only come if you notice signs of a struggle," I told them, a plan forming in my mind.
I moved out into the crowd before they could say anything, grabbing Cassiel's hand so we wouldn't be separated. We immediately fell into the flow of the people; walking so that we wouldn't be in someone else's bubble so as to be noticed, but not too far away from the crowd as to stick out. As we got to Sky High's house, I strode up confidently, pulling a confused Cassiel behind me.
As I knocked loudly on the door, he asked hurriedly, "What are you doing?" His green eyes flashed with worry.
"Getting us in, of course," I stated. He'd open the door, I'd claim we lost something in his back yard, and when he went to go get it, we'd snatch Fumikazu up and run. Easy peasy. But the door never opened. "Hello!" I yelled at the door, but was met with silence.
My mood fell as a thought came over me. Were they even here? I quickly marched back to the headquarters, seeking out Rahzel. "Rahzel, is there anybody in the house currently?" I shoved my face in hers.
"No," she said.
I felt my power flow throughout my body, warming it, as I slammed her against the wall in my anger, denting it slightly. Everyone immediately stilled their conversations that had just been going on. "Why wasn't I told this?" I snarled.
Rahzel just coughed and wheezed, trying to gain back the breath I had knocked out. After a moment, she said, "I wasn't asked."
I felt a sudden urge to harm her, but quelled it. "That's why I like Fumikazu better. Where are they now?"
She looked at me with the dead eyes Dolls possessed. "The giant building shaped like a man. Top floor."
"Aleister, look outside. Do you see that building?" I demanded. I saw his eyes glow red as he looked through the wall of our temporary housing to the outside.
"Yes, it's deeper in the city," he said quickly.
After etting what I needed to know, I let lose my earlier urge. Glancing behind me, I saw a long, thin pipe lying flat on the ground, forgotten. Picking it up was no problem for my ability, and I flung it at the helpless Doll, piercing her head and ending her pitiful existence while pinning her to the wall, an example to the others.
I looked into each pair of horrified eyes that stared on at me. "It seems that you've been getting a little lax in our new environment. Let me make this clear," I addressed everyone. "This is not a vacation. It's a race. A race of who can gather their Syndicate first, a race of who will wipe the other enemy Syndicate's out, a race for dominance. We have no time to be sent on fool's errands," I pointed dramatically at Rahzel's body. My mind being said, I flipped around to Cassiel and Aleister, smiling. "Now, let's go get our Doll, shall we?"
