The tires squealed as I drifted the turn. Tohsaka looked green, but she still managed to scream at me, "Goddammit Mikey, slow down!"

"Reinald knew," I growled over the steering wheel. "That son-of-a-bitch knew but didn't say anything. He didn't want to believe it."

"We still don't...!"

"Like hell we don't!" I snarled. I flung my phone at Tohsaka, "Call him! Call him and ask him if he knows anyone who could do that! Anyone who could crush a man to death and blow up an apartment!"

Tohsaka fought through her sickness and dialed. While it was ringing, she yelled, "Where the hell are we going?! We don't know where the Cobalts are! They might not even be in the country!"

"I know, dammit I know! I need 'things' from the office, and I want you to ask Reinald where the Cobalts are! We need to get there first!"

She shut up and started talking to Reinald. I ran the car over the curb in front of the office, and sprinted upstairs with the engine still running. I grabbed a few cannons, and dove back behind the wheel, with Tohsaka screaming the name of the hotel at me while we peeled out of there. There was no time to lose; Tohsaka said they were leaving England that day.

I swung the car in front of the hotel, and Tohsaka and I jumped out and ran inside. I smelled even worse now, and Tohsaka's hair was frazzled. The clerk was wide-eyed as we threw ourselves at the desk. "Cobalts... give us the key," Tohsaka panted. The clerk nodded, almost completely out of it from her charm, and handed it over. His co-workers stared at him in disbelief as we snatched it and ran for the elevator, with him shouting the floor at our backs. One of them started dialing for security.

The Cobalts were all in one room on the fifth floor, servants included. We pushed out of the elevator, separating a happy couple by shoving them against the walls. We heard a few security guards shout at us when we unlocked and threw open the Cobalts' door. A well dressed man watched us with his mouth open as Tohsaka broke off the handle on the outside of the door, then slammed it shut and wedged a near-by chair underneath the handle on the inside. The guards pounded on the door, and the well-dressed man stepped up to us, saying, "What is the meaning...?"

I grabbed him roughly by his shirt and pulled him close, "Shut the hell up! None of you are going anywhere until this is over!"

"Harold?" A woman's voice traveled into the entrance way, and several serious looking servants followed it. They sized-up Tohsaka and I, and then drew swords, standing at the ready. Tohsaka stepped towards them, "We represent the Association! You are all to go back to the Clocktower under our supervision!"

"W-what?!" the man I was holding stammered. "This is completely ridiculous! An absolute outrage! We have done nothing to..."

"We have reason to believe that one or several of you were responsible for the death of a man through magecraft in full view of the public!" Tohsaka shouted over him.

Several of the Cobalts peered around the corner from the huge main area of the room. From there, it looked like the 'room' (more like dormitory) led into the different bedrooms where they were all staying. A woman in the middle of the group suddenly spun around, "Marilyn, what are you doing?"

I twitched. The man I was holding kept up his useless babble, and I let him, "Now now, just let go of me and we can talk this out. We are not completely unreasonable, and if you stop behaving so rashly we won't put forward any grievances." He held out an open hand to the servants, and they slowly sheathed their swords. Perfect, just what I was waiting for. I turned to the man, "Alright, I'm listening."

"Well, if you would just let me go we'll all cooperate. We have nothing to hide."

"Marilyn! What on earth...!"

Everyone, including the servants, turned to look back. I nodded to Tohsaka, and pushed the man against the wall, releasing him. It was only enough to rattle and let him know I wasn't screwing around, especially when he saw that I just pulled out my Python. The servants flicked their eyes at me, but missed Tohsaka diving forward holding a small side-table that was near the door. She hit them in the legs, and they all toppled over like bowling pins. She pushed her way through the rest of the Cobalts, and sprinted to her left. I stepped over the servants and followed.

Marilyn's room had a balcony, and she was standing on the railing. Tohsaka and I ran as fast as we could, but we couldn't stop her. She pointed at the ground, and then snapped her arm up. A dumpster flew off the ground, and she jumped onto it. She then pointed again, floating up a car, and as she jumped onto that, the dumpster crashed back to the ground. She kept lifting and dropping anything she could from the small side street, crossing over to a ten-story parking garage like she was jumping on stepping stones.

I pushed past Tohsaka and started to climb on the railing, not thinking. Tohsaka screamed, "Mikey! Stop!" I froze, and shook my head. What the hell was I thinking? It happened again; I had gotten too caught up in the moment. I started to turn back, "I don't know, I'm sorry, we might be able to force our way to the stairs and then..."

I was interrupted by Tohsaka grabbing me roughly, then lifting me off the ground. All I could do was yell, "Tohsaka, what in the hell are you...?!" She swung me back and forth a few times, then threw me at the parking garage, "DOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIING!"

It was a damn good throw. I hit the pavement and rolled through an empty space. I got up shakily, and started to reach for my pack out of instinct. It was either that or the flask.

"MIKEY! MOVE!"

I only just dove out of the way of Tohsaka. She hit the ground and rolled, stopping gracefully upright on her knees. She jumped up, and flicked her head back to me, "Come on! She's getting away!" She then dashed off. I blinked a few times, then ran after her.

What a bossy bitch.