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Chun's POV

He should have been with the kid back at the apartment. He should have been waiting for the call that said the mission was a go. Instead he was waiting Bae Yoonji. The blond was giving him a second chance after the last failure. Chun had forgotten about her completely. Shiho arriving unexpectedly was not part of his plan and he had to deal with it.

For most of the evening his phone was turned off. Knowing Shiho she would try to call him over some stupid crap like she always did. He didn't understand what her problem was. Couldn't she tell he wasn't interested?

He growled into the glass of wine that was in hands. In his other hand he turned on his phone. A frown marred his face. There were four missed calls. All of them were from Shiho and within a few minutes of each other.

That wasn't like the woman even for a joke. She might call once or twice but never so many times. Not so close together.

With an exhausted sigh he hit her name to dial. The first ring was barely finished when she answered, "Chun, thank god! Where are you?"

That had every single one of his senses on high alert. She was never relieved to hear from him. Happy, excited yes. Never relieved. Something must have happened.

Chun answered moving to stand by the window, "I'm across town in the hotel by the theatre. What happened? Where is the kid?"

Shiho's answer chilled him to the bone, "He's with Alex where you should be. They are going after the princess while I'm stuck trying to hunt you down!"

He winced at the tone. Then the words hit him. Shioon was with Alex completing their mission. Alex who's only use in the world had to do with transportation.

He said grabbing his jacket, "Come pick me up. We can't leave the kid with the porter. The Torrent clan is in the area."

The kid was good but he wasn't good enough to take on the entire clan alone. Alex wouldn't be any help in a fight. The man didn't have any martial arts skills.

Immediately he left the hotel room and headed outside. It only took three minutes for Shiho to find him. He didn't hesitate to get in the car. The drive was a quiet tense one. Both Shiho and Chun were lost to their own thoughts.

Shiho's phone rang and she answered it, "Alex?"

Shioon's voice came through instead of the porter's, "We need help, Sungsengnim!"

Shiho asked confused," What?! Shioon? Where's Alex?"

Shioon's answered not a hint of Panov entering his tone, "He's driving. We are currently being chased by men on motorcycles. Alex says they are definitely Torrent clan."

Alex stole the phone back from Shioon the struggle could be heard clearly on his end. It made Chun grit his teeth in irritation. He needed to know what was going on.

Alex said cursing underneath his breath, "Goomoonryomg? Listen you bastard I didn't sign up to go toe to toe against the Torrent clan! What do you want me to do about these guys?"

Chun replied doing a mental calculation, "Make it to the Western Bridge. Shiho and I will meet you there."

Alex saidwith an irritated growl, "Western sea bridge?! You must want us to die! Hold on... No climb into the back. It will be safe at this point if you do."

Chun realized that Alex must be talking to the kid. Shioon couldn't use his ninjutsu here. If he did the Murim would kill him. There was only so far that his ki techniques would take him.

He snarled, "Alex put the kid on."

He heard the phone being tossed and Shioon's voice came through, "Sungsengnim?"

Chun answered as calmly as he could, "Kid if it comes down to you fighting the Torrent clan, or you escaping. Escape. There is no shame in running when it's your life on the line. Live to fight another day."

"Sunsegnim... I can't..."

A loud crash was heard on the other side of the line. Then a click and the line went dead. Shioon was on his own until they could reach him.

Shioon's POV

No sooner than he reached the back than Alex began to pull his stunts. Shioon knew he would be lucky to see morning at this rate. His jaw set at the thought of dying. There was someone waiting for him to return from Murim. Hayate was his adopted father and family. He had to live if only to see his father again.

They pulled out in front of a semi causing it to turn on its side. In an effort to avoid the small car the semi made a sharp turn. This caused the load on the back end though to become top heavy and it fell blocking the path.

He had the feeling that it would make blockbuster hit if someone recorded this. A few moments later they were finally on the bridge. If they could only get across it they would be home free.

A motorcycle came up upon them part way across the bridge. It was the original orc again. The phone was tossed to him and he could hear his teacher on the other end. He said something but even he didn't know what it was. Instead his entire focus was on the man on the motorcycle. This time he didn't aim for one of them instead going for the engine of the car. He must have hit it because thr car began to spin out of control. This made Shioon extremely dizzy.

He blacked out for half a second when they hit the side of the bridge. The girl's side of the car was pinned against the bridge so he placed himself In between her and attackers. The door was wrenched off the car and the man appeared.

He said sounding almost happy about it," My my. You're okay cutie."

He flinched at the weird nickname that he had been given. The orc said with a smile," You must be lucky. But luck must run out sometime."

Shioon had a realization in that moment, :I think i understand a bit now. All these events up until now. Everyone was putting their lives on the line. I was worried about fighting a supernova. Even Alex put his life on the line in this.: he thought.

The orc man said drawing him from his thoughts," Hey pretty thing. How about you return out princess now?

He felt something shaking against him. The girl was holding tightly onto his shirt. She was shaking not from the cold but from fear.

He turned back to the orc his jaw set. It was his duty as the disciple of Goomoonryong to see this mission complete. Despite his lack of experience he could hold his own. He would buy time until Chun arrived.

The orc asked sounding astounded," What's that look in your eyes? What a pain," He moved closer into the car as he asked," Do I have to mess up your pretty face for you to start listening?"

Focusing his ki into his leg he kicked out. To his surprise the kick landed and knocked the man back. Shioon used that as a distraction to get out of the car. He couldn't fight from inside of the car.

Once out he said to the girl behind him, "Whatever you do stay behind me. I'll protect you with my life."

She said softly, "You will die just like every one else. No one can face an entire clan and survive. Goodbye."

Shioon gave her a maniac grin as he asked, "You know what ninjas and martial artist have in common? We don't say goodbye until the day we day."

One of the men on motorcycles snarled, "You bastard! You hit the captain. I'll kill you for that."

Shioon entered the first stance for a Wolf Moon Dance. The man dropped from the side of his motorcycle and advanced upon him. While he had his own sword he didn't want to play his hand too early. The guys around him were low level Murim. They weren't his main danger. Shioon could sense the sheer power from the man he knocked over and was already getting to his feet. The one they called captain. If that meant what he thought it did, he could only hope his teacher hurried. Otherwise he would be long dead before the other arrived.

It didn't take but a mere moment for the man to come at him. He used a foot technique similar to Jin. It wasn't nearly as fast as his own or his teacher's.

Shioon's response was a Jin meeting the other half way. As he blocked the weak inner strike aimed at his side he threw a full powered one. The other didn't have the time or the skill to move away. He tried to block it and the sound of the bones shattering was heard through open road. The man fell away screaming in pain.

Shioon sensed rather than saw the two that tried to sneak up on him. Using Hweh he dodged around the two. They came at him in a flurry of swords. This gave him no openings in which to strike back. All he could do was keep dodging and moving around the street.

He dodged left, right, right. Ducked under a strike meant to take off his head. Then it was back to dodging. Left, right, right then an overhead. Wait once was coincidence. Twice was a pattern.

Then it happened again and he knew he found his opening. The two men must have been fairly new or inexperienced. Even he knew better than to follow a pattern of attack. It was something Takeshi had beaten into him. In the beginning his sword strikes were little better than these two. Predictable to the point Shioon spent more time on his back than his feet.

Shioon planted himself as the pattern started again. Keeping his front foot as his plant he dodged around the attacks. It was times like this he was grateful for Yoochun's guidance. He would have never learned much less mastered the half step if they never met. Or if his fellow Guardian had not tried to kill him.

As the overhead strike came he didn't duck around it. Instead he drew his sword blocking it expertly while kicking the second man away. The man whose sword his was crossed with eyes widened wit h surprise. They didn't know him or who his teacher was. However they would soon learn not to underestimate someone based on size or age.

Shioon pushed the other away and was about to go on the offensive when movement caught his attention. He was barely able to block the incoming strike. The power behind it was massive. It was at least double the power behind any of Takeshi's attack.

The one behind the attack was the one they called captain. In that moment he knew he was in trouble. Despite that he pushed the other away from him. Once more he took a defensive stance. He wasn't fighting to win here. He was fighting to survive until Chun arrived.