Intermission: comings and goings

The police cruiser pulled up to the front gate of the cemetery, and 2 officers ran to the caretaker's house guns in hand. They saw the man tying pieces of a rag over some wounds in his arms. He had more such injuries on his legs.

"Jesus….. What happened here sir? Do you need a doctor?"

Looking at the officers, the caretaker mumbled "Doctor, definitely. I can't tell you for sure what happened. I might have had hallucinations. But I did see one of Mr Sparda's boys. He was kind of shocked, and had one of the swords. He went east."

One of the officers gave the other a surprised look, then took his radio and called for an ambulance, while the other helped the man dress his wounds.

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The man rushed to the pay phone, dialed a number he had scribbled on a piece of paper and waited. Finally someone picked up

"I have news on one of the boys. He was seen by the caretaker of a graveyard near his home. He was heading east. No sign of the other. Tell the okashira."

The voice on the other end acknowledged and hung up. The man walked away into the rain, pulling his hood over his head.

Two blocks farther down, he was pulled rather abruptly into a dark alley, where he found a .357 Magnum aimed at his privates. The voice at the other end asked with an obvious Italian accent " You were saying something about a boy from Sparda's house, maggot?"

" Y-Y-Y-Yes ,h-h- he was heading east, a- according to witnesses."

He got hit upside the head and fell unconscious. He assailant walked into the light pulled a cell phone from her pocket and dialed. "We have a lead, Mr Angellini. He's heading east towards London. We'll catch up to him there."

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A knock on the screen door awoke Keiko Shinomori. "What is it?"

"News on the boy, miss. He's heading for London. Your father wants you to be ready to catch the 11 o'clock flight to London. Tickets have been taken care of."

She looked at the clock. It said 2 AM.

"Just fuckin' peachy. Only 4 more hours of sleep."