Here's Part 2, so sorry for taking so long with this one. As always, life has gotten in my way and unfortunately in a big way this time T.T

Hope you guys enjoy this chapter to your hearts content.

"Talking"

"Thoughts"

In a Time of Need Part 2

Scott was looking out the window of a car as he watched the scenery change throughout the city. There were sakura trees spread across the city while their leaves were falling one by one as fall was finally setting in. Beside him was luggage, bags, and boxes full of their belongings with more in the trunk of the car. He currently had his chin resting on his hands as he gave a sad sigh. He turned around to look at the front of the vehicle where his father was, "Do we really have to leave? I like this place."

"Yes, this place is no longer our home. We're moving to a new and better place," Hugh answered as he glanced in the rear view mirror.

"But what about sis? Is she coming?" Scott asked with a hopeful look.

Hugh sighed, "How many times do I have to tell you she's not your actual sister. She has a family of her own, so she can't come with us. That's why we're going to see her one last time before we leave," he explained.

"Aww, but she's so nice. I like the candy she gives me," Scott complained as he puffed his cheeks out.

"That's one thing I never really liked. She would always give you a sucker or something of the sort, then your mother and I would have to deal with you bouncing off the walls for the next four hours," Hugh said under his breath.

The vehicle stopped and Scott looked out the window to see big buildings everywhere. He was in awe as his father opened the door for him, since he was too starstuck to do it himself. Scott stepped out of the car and saw girls all over the place, but that wasn't what had his attention. He couldn't believe the large metal structure in the center of the place.

A women who looked like they were in their late teens walked up to them, "What are you two doing here?" She asked.

Hugh rubbed the back of his neck, "We're here to say our goodbyes to you. We're moving away, due to a number of reasons."

"I see. My condolensences by the way. I'm still having a hard time myself coping with the loss of your wife Charlene."

Hugh shook his head, "No need for formalities. You may not be blood, but we've always seen you as a sort of daughter to us. This little guy still think you're his actual sister," he explained as he ruffled Scott's hair.

"I don't see how she isn't," Scott said as he crossed his arms, earning a laugh from Hugh.

"Anyways, we need to get going or we'll miss our flight. It was nice seeing you again kiddo," Hugh said as he hugged the woman.

"You do realize I'm nearly twenty right?" She said as she returned the hug.

"I know, but you'll always be a kid to me."

"Will you be staying in touch?" The woman inquired as they both let go.

"I wish I could, but as things stand I doubt we will," Hugh replied.

"No worries, I understand."

Scott walked up to her and hugged her, "See you sis. I'm going to miss you."

She hugged him back as she smiled, "As much as I enjoy hearing that name, your father is right. I'm no real sister, but I sure have felt like one ever since I met you."

"I don't care. You'll always be a sister in my books," Scott replied as he let go of her.

Scott slowly opened his eyes to find himself looking at a brown ceiling... That was the same girl from his other dream, except she was older. But her features were fuzzy in the dream, and a name wasn't given either. Why was he seeing her? Was there a significance to it?

He got up from the bed he was laying on and looked around to see he was in a bedroom. It wasn't his, that was for sure. He was so worn out from all the crying that he couldn't remember most of last night. From what he could recollect was that he was crying when Chifuyu found him. From there they got into an argument, he lost after pissing her off and then was dragged home.

Scott got off the bed he was on and tried figuring out whose room this was. It's possible that it was Chifuyu's, but why would she bring him to hers?

He walked up to the dresser near the bed and found a book with pages marked. Scott took it and opened it up to the first marked page, on it there was a word underlined, 'Photo.' He flipped to the next page and another word was underlined, 'Canvas,' the next one was, 'Lock.'

He put the book back down and opened up the top drawer and found underwear in it. It wasn't women's underwear so the room couldn't be Chifuyu's. Scott took a quick look around the room again as he scratched his head.

The room was comprised of a bed, nightstand, closet, and dresser in one corner. In another corner there was a painting of a red firey bird. In front of it was a rocking chair, and beside that was a small wood stove for fires. Beside the only door in the room was a bookshelf and lamp.

Scott didn't want to intrude any further so he shut the drawer and headed for the door. When he tried opening it, it didn't budge. It was locked. He checked his pockets to see if Chifuyu left a key for him, but there was nothing in them, all his belongings were gone.

"Phoenix, what's going?" Scott asked.

No response. He checked to see if the earpiece was still there. It was also gone. This worried Scott as he looked down at his chest to see if the necklace was still around his neck, but it was also missing.

"What?! Come on Chifuyu this isn't funny. Why did you take my IS?" Scott said to himself.

Scott tried opening the door again while he used his shoulder and body weight to break the lock but it wouldn't budge.

He went over to the rocking chair and sat down on it, "Why the hell am I locked inside a random room?"

A few minutes went by before he got up again, "Come on Chifuyu, let me out. I need to change and shower. I know you can hear me." But there was no response. It only further annoyed Scott.

He started pacing back and forth, "Okay, so I'm locked inside a room. Chifuyu isn't answering and I have no IS, no comminucation with Phoenix or anyone for that matter. Great."

Scott went back over to the dresser and started rummaging through the contents. As he was going through the clothes he realised they were his, "Why is my clothing here?"

Not only were they his clothing, but it was all semi-formal or formal. They even had the jacket, socks and shoes as formal. Why did they only give him formal clothing?

Scott dropped his clothing and went back to the door and started banging on it, "Hey, let me out now! I want to know why my clothing is in here! And why I'm here in the first place! Or why you took Phoenix from me!"

After a while he stopped banging on the door, took the rocking chair and swung it at the door shattering the small chair into pieces. Scott scratched his head as he nervously laughed, "Well, I wasn't expecting it to break that easily."

Scott sighed as he started looking through the books on the shelf, "There must be a key somewhere." As he was looking through the books he found a photo. It was of him and the gang all in their IS suits, but there were red circles on the photo. The circles marked their IS standby modes. Scott took the photo, closed the book and placed it back where he got it.

He walked back over to the dresser and placed the photo on it, then looked towards the closet. Scott walked over and open it to find out it was a small bathroom. Inside it had a shower and everything, including shampoo and conditioner. Scott scratched his head in confusion, "I guess it wouldn't hurt to take a shower while I'm here."

~~~Later~~~

Scott came out of the bathroom wearing a black bellissimo suit with purple silk lining on the inside, along with a red button up dress shirt and white bellissimo tie. He kept the jacket off as it would get too hot with it on, and went to lay on the bed.

Thinking back to what Chifuyu told him the night before, Scott could see her reasoning. He was being selfish to keep his friends out of the loop and take ou his emotions on them. It was also careless, as well as childish, of him to run off and hide whenever he didn't want to talk to anyone.

Acting cold towards his friends and telling them they couldn't help was rude. All they wanted to do was help him, but he refused to take their kindness and pushed them away. Not only that, but being so enveloped with his father's disappearance and thinking he was being treated unfairly by the world was another selfish thing to do. When he thought about it, there must be plenty of other people who have lost their parents at younger ages than him, or never had any to begin with. So crying over it wasn't going to help. If anything he should grateful that he still has a father, and be doing everything he can to find him.

But for now Scott needed to get out of the room, so he decided to look over everything he found, which was a book with marked pages and a photo of the gang with all their IS' circled. There wasn't much in the room either. But what bothered him was the painting of the red firey bird, it was like Chifuyu was teasing him. She knew his IS was a Phoenix and she took him away, then replaced it with a painting to mock him. One part of him found it amusing, but another part was a little annoyed.

He just wanted his IS back, then he could blow the door down. But by the way things are, it doesn't seem like Chifuyu was going to allow that.

Scott read over the words in the book again, "Photo, Canvas, and Lock..." He then looked at the photo, trying to figure out what to do. "Why are our IS standby modes circled?... Does it have to do with mine?"

He then looked at the painting again, "Wait, our IS' are marked in the photo and my IS is a Phoenix. And there's a Phoenix painting in the room..." Scott thought as he got up from the bed. He walked over to the painting and lifted it from it's hook. Behind it was a small safe. "Well, what do you know."

The only problem was that it needed a five digit pin code, something Scott doesn't have. He looked around the room again, and noticed the bookshelf has a different number of books on each shelf. He didn't think anything of it before because he didn't know it was for a pin code. He looked at the shelves and the order from top to bottom was nine, five, seven, and twelve; twelve being one and two. Scott entered the code and it opened.

Lone behold his pendant was inside along with a key, which he assumed was for the door. He put the pendant around his neck, grabbed the key and his jacket then went to open the door. What he didn't expect was for it to be a pitch black room.

Scott put his jacket on and buttoned the bottom button, "Hello? Anybody there?" He called out in the darkness. No response.

"Hello?..." He called out again. This time he heard movement and got into a defensive stance.

The next moment the lights turned on and he was blinded by it, followed by being showered with confetti, "Happy Birthday!" Everyone yelled.

Scott looked around after his eyes adjusted and saw the whole gang was here. Chifuyu and Maya were standing behind the kids as they all smiled at him.

Scott was left in shock, "I- Wha- how did you?-"

Chifuyu walked up to him, "I told them about what's been going on. Once they found out about the truth they understood why you were acting the way you were. You're lucky, because if I were your friend I would not have been so forgiving. I find it selfish of you to hide your father's disappearance from them."

Scott stood there processing the situation, "That may be so, but I would've thought you would tell them."

"Oh, and why is that?"

"Because you informed me personally. I would've thought you would do the same with them," Scott explained.

"I informed you because it was my duty, it's not my business to tell your friends about it. That's your job," Chifuyu corrected.

Scott gave a small defeated laugh, "I guess that's true." He then looked around and saw there was a buffet and booth. "So who told them about my birthday?" Scott asked as he looked towards Chifuyu with knowing eyes.

"You know the answer to that," Chifuyu replied.

He looked down as unhappy memories came back, "Yeah, I'm not really a fan of celebrating my birthday."

"Haven't been for four years now," Chifuyu said as she looked at Scott.

"You know about that?" He inquired.

"Of course. Enough with the depressing talk and go make up," Chifuyu said as she gently pushed him towards his friends who were all waiting.

Scott walked up to the gang while he rubbed the back of his head, "Look, I'm sorry for treating you guys poorly for the past two or three weeks. I meant no harm, I just felt it was best I stayed away and dealt with my problems on my own."

"You surprised me yesterday. I had never seen you cry that I was starting to think you never do," Houki commented with a smile.

"Yeah, you caught us off guard with that," Ichika chimed in.

"It doesn't surprise me, everyone cries at some point. Some people just pretend to be strong," Cecilia said as she turned her head with a humph.

"Oh, so now we're going to make fun of me, huh," Scott laughed.

"You deserve it for making us worry," Rin said.

"I personally didn't hold a grudge against you, but I do admit I was a little worried," Laura commented.

"Quit it Laura, none of us held it against him. We were all worried," Charlotte scolded the platinum girl.

"So how did you all set this up?" Scott asked out of curiosity.

"We had Miss Orimura and Miss Yamada let us use a maintenance elevator and created a bedroom out of it," Houki explained.

"And what about the clothing. I noticed it was all mine," Scott inquired.

Charlotte sheepishly put her hand up, "I hope you don't mind that I was the one who chose the clothing."

Scott's mouth was agape, "You... went through all my clothing?!"

"Oh no, I only went through your formal clothing. I didn't choose the underwear, that was Ichika," Charlotte explained.

Scott gave a slight sigh of relief, "That's fine."

Houki walked up to him and fixed his collar as she smiled at him, "You don't have bad taste either. From all the clothing she chose you could've done better, but this looks good."

"You helped her?"

"No, I just watched," Houki replied.

"By the way Scott, you seem to have some expensive clothing. How can you afford it?" Cecilia asked.

"With the payments I get monthly for being a Representative Candida- Wait, how would you know I have expensive clothing?" Scott asked suspiciously.

Cecilia laughed nervously, "I uh, may have been with Charlotte and Houki at the time when they were picking out your clothes."

Scott then turned to the other two girls, "I'm assuming you were also there," he accused Rin and Laura, who both nodded in embarrassment, "Shocking," Scott said with a deadpanned look. He then turned to Ichika with his arms crossed and an acussing look, "And I'm assuming you didn't do much to stop them from all looking."

Ichika rubbed the back of his head, "I tried stopping the others, but they all barged in. It was only suppose to be Charlotte."

"My point exactly," Scott said, unfolding his arms, moving on from the topic, "By the way, how come I'm the only one in formal clothing? I feel awkward being the only one."

"We thought it was best for the birthday boy to have the best clothing on," Rin replied. "We all would've worn something formal, but we agreed to let you shine tonight."

"What do you mean tonight? Isn't it day?"

"Oh no, you've been asleep all day. We were kind of surprised, so to pass time by the kids all made food for your party," Miss Yamada explained.

"I've been asleep all day! Why didn't anybody wake me up?!" Scott asked in surprise.

"Well that would've ruined the fun," Houki replied. "Speaking of which, how did you like our little game we set up for you?"

Scott scratched his head before he turned to Houki with a sheepish grin, "I wouldn't exactly say it was fun, but it was refreshing. It gave me time to think over my actions."

Rin's stomach grumbled causing her to slap Scott in the back to hide her embarrassment, "Enough with the talking. Let's eat."

Scott walked over to the buffet with the gang and looked at all the delicious food. Just looking at it all made his mouth water. There was Rin's sweet and sour pork with peppers, Houki's fried fish with rice. Charlotte made Chicken Basquaise, and Laura made simple baked potatoes with steamed vegetables. Ichika made Sashimi with sides of wasabi, ginger, and soy sauce. There was also assorted sandwiches that were neatly stacked on a plater that Scott assumed Cecilia made.

Seeing her previous attempt at cooking made Scott doubt her ability to cook, but the sandwiches looked like they would taste delicious. Maybe she just had a bad stroke of luck that night. He took one and saw the gang's faces turn grim like they didn't want him to eat it. On the other hand, Cecilia looked overjoyed that someone was about to eat her food.

Scott shrugged as he took a bite before his face turned blue. It was a simple eggsandwich, but it tasted so bitter.

"So, how is it?" Cecilia inquired with a curious and hopeful expression.

Scott sweatdropped. He didn't want to hurt her feelings, but he also didn't want to lie about her cooking. He looked over at his other friends for help, but they all shook their heads telling him he's on his own.

Scott swallowed the bite, closed his eyes and placed a hand on Cecilia's shoulder as he forced a smile to show his gratitude, "I don't mean to be rude, and I'm thankful you wanted to make something for my birthday dinner, but... your food is terrible."

Cecilia's face became confused and irritated as her previous look was shattered, "What do you mean terrible?! I worked very hard to make that food!" She growled angrily.

Scott went pale from her tone of voice, "Cecilia, I think it's best if you try it for yourself," he suggested while slowly backing away to avoid being hit.

Cecilia was furious. She walked towards Scott, her glare becoming more menacing with each second, "You'll understand what I'm saying once you do. I'm not doing this just to annoy you, honest," Scott pleaded. "Guys, help me out here!" He begged as he turned to the others, but they all shook their heads.

"You got yourself into this mess, you should be able to get out of it on your own," Houki answered with her arms crossed and eyes closed as she nodded her head.

"I agree with Houki. Scott can do this on his own," Charlotte chimed in as she held Ichika back.

"Come on guys, we can't just leave him. It's his birthday," Ichika reasoned while trying to get to Cecilia so he could calm her down.

"I feel bad for the guy. Her cooking's appearance is deceiving," Rin said as she watched Scott fend off Cecilia with a chair.

Laura shook her head in disagreement, "He ignored our warnings, and this is what he gets for such actions."

Cecilia deployed her BIT and destroyed the chair Scott was using, "Are you telling me I can't cook? That I, Cecilia Alcott, the daughter of a wealthy and noble family, can't cook?!" She asked furiously.

Scott was sweating bullets as he was backed into a corner, "Um, is it okay if I say yes?" He inquired as he closed his eyes to get ready for the worst.

"No, I will not allow someone to mock me!" Cecilia answered as she fired off her BIT at the poor guy, who peeked an eye open.

Scott teleported behind Ichika and shoved him forward as he cowered behind Charlotte, "The girls aren't going to help, but you will right? I don't know how to deal with an angry Cecilia, so calm her down for me will you?"

"What?! Me?! I didn't say that!" Ichika exclaimed as Cecilia had him surrounded with her BITs.

"You did suggest we help him," Houki commented.

Rin nodded her head in agreement, "She has a point Ichika."

"I said we should help Scott, not I. There's a difference!"

"Thanks Ichika, you're a life saver. Literally," Scott said. He crossed his heart and then started praying, "May we meet in the next life."

Ichika sweatdropped as he looked towards his friend, "Don't make it sound like I'm going to die!"

"So, you're going to take the beating for Scott?" The British girl asked rhetorically.

Ichika turned to Cecilia and shook his head furiously, "No! I get punished enough on a daily basis, it's time Scott took a turn!"

"Sorry Ichika, I tapped out already; you can't tap out now."

Cecilia charged up her BITs and was about to fire when Chifuyu stepped in, "That's enough. Nobody's going to die tonight."

Ichika dropped to his knees and sighed in relief, "Oh thank you Chifuy-"

Chifuyu whacked Ichika in the head, "It's still Miss Orimura to you."

Cecilia dismissed her BITs and grunted in annoyance as she crossed her arms, "I don't get why everyone hates my cooking."

Chifuyu walked over to the platter of sandwiches and took one, then walked back over to Cecilia with it, "I personally wouldn't try it based off of everyone else's comments, but for you to understand why, you'd need to see for yourself," she explained while handing the sandwich to the blonde girl.

Cecilia looked at it before taking a bite. Her face immediately turned blue from it, and went for a napkin to spit it out, "My word, that was horrific. Why didn't anybody tell me my cooking was this bad?"

Everyone save the teachers and Scott dropped to floor and started twitching, "I literally just told you a few minutes ago and you tried killing me for it," Scott said with a deadpanned look.

"You, she tried killing you? You bailed and threw me at her!" Ichika complained as he got up.

"You did say you would help him," Charlotte commented.

"How come you're all on his side now?!"

Scott wrapped his arm around his friends neck and pulled him in, "Ichika, I believe they're trying to be Switzerland."

"But Switzerland was neutral! They're being fickle!"

"I know, that's why it's not working, but I do appreciate the support girls. Go team allies!" Scott said in a joking manner.

"Doesn't that mean I'm your enemy?" Laura asked.

Scott froze in position as he thought about, "... Huh, I guess it does. Whatever I'll make an exception, it's not like all the germans were bad." Then his eyes lit up in realisation, "Oh shoot, that means, Houki and Ichika are enemies as well," He put a hand to his chin as he was thinking, "Me, Charlotte, Cecilia, and Rin versus Laura, Houki, and Ichika. That'd be an interesting fight, but I think we all know who'd win though," Scott said with a grin.

"It would obviously be my team," Houki commented with her arms crossed and a confident look on her face.

"You think you're better than England?!" Cecilia growled as she shot a glare towards Houki, who returned it, "Not to brag, but I'm already an A class pilot," Houki replied.

This irritated Cecilia even further. The two were so close together that they were almost butting heads as they gave each other the nastiest glares they could muster, "Want me to show you who truly is the better pilot in an IS battle?" Cecilia threatened.

"Bring it! I'll take you out before you even land a hit," Houki replied with confidence.

Scott squeezed in between the two as he pushed them away from each other, "I know you girls like to brag about who's the strongest in front of you know who, but now's not the time, so could you cool it?"

"Why?! This girl needs to be put in her place for mocking my country!" Cecilia said angrily while trying to claw at Houki.

Houki on the other hand let Scott keep her at bay while she had a small grin on her face, "Someone who can't keep their cool before the battle has even begun doesn't have a chance of winning."

Scott turned Houki with an annoyed look, "Instigating isn't going to help the situation."

"Scott, get out of my way. She needs to learn who is the superior pilot!" Cecilia growled. She seemed to have stopped her attempts to claw Houki but she was still furious and ready to attack. The brown haired boy turned his head over to Cecilia, "I understand your distaste at the moment, but fighting won't solve anything."

Rin was standing in front of the small crowd watching as she gave an amused smile, "That's putting it lightly."

"Rin, you're not helping," Scott replied before looking back at the two girls he was in between.

"Why are you trying to stop us anyway? You've never cared about our arguments before," Houki inquired with curiousity.

"Yeah!" Cecilia chimed in.

"Because I'd rather not see two friends tear each other to shreds over pride and ego for their countries at the moment," Scott answered as he put his arms down.

Cecilia and Houki were slightly irritated by what he was implying, "You think I can't take her on?" They both asked.

"No. It's ju-"

"Just that we're not strong enough?!" Cecilia cut him off with an assumption.

"No!" Scott replied in an irritated tone, "Are you trying to piss me off?" He asked rhetorically while he glared Cecilia.

"My, it seems I've poked the bird a bit too much," Cecilia taunted in amusement, seeing as she was getting on his nerves again.

He put down his arms and moved closer to Cecilia so he was in front of her, "You keep poking and I'll claw your eyes out with my talons," Scott threatened as he completely lost his cool.

Houki had a skeptical look on her face as she watched the two glare at each other, "Are you sure about this Scott? If I were to face her, the winner would be clear, but you?... No offense, but that's a bit of a stretch."

Scott wasn't in the mood to be doubted or mocked, "So, you think I can't take her on myself?" He asked while turning to her.

"I meant no offense. It's just based of pilot ranking she's an A class while you're B class," Houki explained.

"Well it sounded like you meant a little bit of it." He crossed his arms, clearly annoyed and angry. "How bout this, you both can fight me together and if you win I'll admit you're better, regardless of rank. Or if you want to try your luck, you can both take a turn to fight me in a one on one battle."

Both girls burst out in laughter while the other girls who were watching the argument did too. Ichika and Maya had skeptical expressions as they were worried Scott was in over his head. Cecilia wiped a tear from her eyes as she caught her breath, "Have you gone delusional? You're only a B class pilot, and you challenged two A class pilots into a two versus one duel?"

"I'm going to have to agree with Cecilia on this one, Scott," Houki chimed in as she too caught her own breath.

Scott had a grin plastered on his face, "By all means decline the battle if you think you can't win."

His grin and taunt rubbed both girls the wrong way as they grit their teeth in annoyance. Houki turned to Cecilia, "I think we need to teach him a lesson to not mock us," she said as she held a hand out.

Cecilia took hold of it and grinned, "Just this once am I going to team up with you, so we can prove a point to him."

Chifuyu had a grin on her face, amused by Scott's not only boldness to challenge them both, but also his ability to taunt them into teaming up. "Alright, that's enough you three. Let's just eat and have fun for now. We can hold the match at a later date," Chifuyu suggested.

Scott took a plate and filled it with some sashimi, wasabi, soy sauce, and Rin's pork. The rest of them chose their preferred dishes while trying some of the others food as well.

Once everyone filled their respective plates, they all went to sit at the booth as the teachers started filling their own plates. Houki, Cecilia, and Scott all calmed down from their earlier argument.

"Scott, how come you felt the need to step in when Cecilia and Houki were fighting earlier? Normally you let them figure it out on their own," Charlotte asked out of curiousity.

In response, Scott gave a small sigh as he looked at Chifuyu who nodded her head, "The reason is because today is my birthday..." He paused briefly before continuing.

The french girl didn't fully understand his point so she continued to ask, "Meaning?"

"Meaning today is also the day my mother died... exactly four years ago," Scott answered before slightly lowering his head as he continued to eat.

Everyone in the room excluding Miss Orimura was shocked at this news. All the girls had covered their mouths in shock. "So you didn't want the girls having petty fights at the moment because right now is a really depressing time for you?" Ichika asked.

"Correct. Not only am I being reminded today is the day my mother died, but my father is also missing at the moment. So I'm not in the mood to see people fight right now, especially my friends," Scott said in a somber tone. He liffed his head up with a faint smile on his face, "But let's forget about that for now and enjoy this delicious dinner you all cooked for me."

The next morning Scott was walking down a corridor of the school when Cecilia came and started walking alongside him. Scott turned his slightly towards her, "To what do I owe this visit?" He asked.

Cecilia shook her head, "Nothing in particular. I just wanted to know if you were okay: I didn't want to have another one of your breakdown incidents like you did the other day in the streets," Cecilia explained in a somewhat serious tone.

Scott laughed in amusement, "So you take me for the emotional type now?"

Cecilia on the other hand didn't find it funny, therefore she turned her head away from Scott and didn't reply to his comment.

He caught this and cleared his throat, "Anyways, you're correct to assume that. I've always been the emotional type. The only reason I'm seem so collected to you all is because of three years of solitude and endless studying in middleschool."

This caught Cecilia's attention, "And why is that?"

Scott rubbed the back of his neck as he tried thinking of a way to lie, or at least stretch the truth, "It's because I loved the academic subjects in school so much I poured all of my time into them that I had no time for socializing or hanging out with classmates after school."

Cecilia gave him a weird look before letting it go, "So what are your plans for today?" She asked in a curious tone.

"I didn't any besides going into town," Scott replied as he looked down at the blonde girl.

"What are you going to do once you get there?"

"I never thou-"

"Scott, you're going to want to have a look at this," Phoenix interrupted in a serious a tone.In response, Scott brought up a hologram and a live feed appeared in front of him. The room looked dim and he could tell that where ever it was, it needed some serious TLC. In the middle of the screen was a chair.

"Phoenix, what am I looking at?" Scott asked in concern.

Cecilia was also watching and heard Scott talking to his A.I. "This live feed is being directly broadcast to the enitre Academy from an unkown group."

Scott looked at the walls and saw no feed, "Then how come there's no feed on any of the walls?"

"Miss Orimura has blocked the feed and redirected it to the private servers as soon as it was broadcast to us. Thanks to you telling me to keep an eye on the school servers, both open and private ones I was able to find this... What bothers me is that the user ID unkown to us," Phoenix explained.

"Can you trace it back to it's origin?" Scott inquired.

"I'm already on it."

"But what exactly is it?" Cecilia asked.

"I don't know. Let's just watch and see," Scott replied as he walked over one of the walls and leaned on it.

Sometime went by before the light in the room was turned on and they could see the chair in the room was bloodstained. Scott had a stern look while Cecilia was slightly deterred from the blood.

Next, a door was heard being opened and two men appeared on screen. One was in a mercenary getup while the other one barely looked recognizable. The second man was burned, scarred, bloodied, dehydrated, weak and pale. Blood covered the majority of his body, he had cuts all over, burnd along his face and chest along with scars. He looked like he was already on death's door waiting for it to be opened. The mercenary forced the beat up man into the chair and locked his hands up to the chair. The mercenary then looked towards the camera and grinned while forcing the other man to look up.

"Why hello the there IS Academy students and staff. I'm-" The mercenary paused briefly before bursting out in laughter, "You really thought i was gonna tell you my name didn't you? That's not what is important st the moment. What's important is this man's life," The mercenary used the back of his combat knife to force the other man to look up at the camera again.

The mercenary grinned, "He look familiar?"

All this time Scott was wide-eyed and had a look of terror on his face, while Cecilia kept looking away briefly at times because it was too much for her.

"No? Oh, well his name is Hugh Stalker. That's right you heard me correctly, Hugh Stalk-er. The father of one the students attending that stupid little school of yours." The mercenary explained in a distasteful tone.

"Now, Hugh here has been incooperative with me the entire time he's been staying with me, so I taught him a lesson- over and over and over..." The man paused briefly to light a ciggerette. "But he just won't learn," the mercenary feigned a disappointed tone.

"So, it's come to my attention that A; you turn over his son to us, and we let poor Hugh go B; his son comes to us willingly and we let his father go, or C; we come to the Academy and take him by force and the father dies," The mercenary blew some smoke before continuing, "Option B is the most favourable for both parties, so I suggest that Scott comes over to us willingly. I will not be revealing my location, so you need to find us before the law enforcement does; otherwise your father is going die. If you bring anyone else with you; your father will die. If the Academy teachers interfere; your father will die. And last but not least, if you do not come; your father will die. You have two days, if you do not arrive after those two days are up, you can kiss your father goodbye... Oh, and one last thing; the longer I have to wait, the more I brutally torture your father until he dies." After that last statement the mercenary put out his cigarette butt by placing it on Hughs hand, earning a weak, painful moan. He then grabbed his combat knife, raised it in the air and brought it down, chopping one of Hughs fingers off causing him to scream in pain before the broadcast was cut off.

Hehe, like that? I sure did. But then again I can be pretty damn evil at times. Anyways, again I'm sorry for leaving you guys hanging for so long, but I'm back. I just needed to somewhat sort life out (still working on that), and get the ball rolling again.

Stratos263 - He's gonna need it. Like, really need it need it.

TalonAlpha3 - Oh yes, very emotional. He was definitely in turmoil like he should be, but I believe that was the first time you guys have seen Scott's inner self.

PearlTapioca - Yes, he was wrong to go solo, but you also need to understand that even if he's emotional unstable at the moment his one priority other than trying to find his father is to not lose anymore people he loves which was one of the reason he pushed his friends away, despite going to far in doing it. And, sorry for making you lose your appetite while reading the torture scene; just means I'm doing my job correctly, lol.

Kerlongsj Evert Orlejov - Children are really cruel at times, and Scott happened to be the one to have the cruelty taken out on him for invalid reasoning on the kids part. But as you said, in a sense, none of that cruelty was wasted as Scott is now a genius. Yay! And yes Chifuyu did have it worse xD. I'll be stopping by all of you who I'm following at the moment because tomorrow, being today September 23rd my time I'll be hunting for a week so I'll have time read all the stories I've fallen behind on. That being said I may or may not be able to write on my phone while I'm out there, depending on if I have a data connection.

CrimsonTheKing - My, my, I've never been praised so much before. I'm thankful you're loving my story so far and you can continue to spectate if you so wish. As for the blue haired girl, Tatenashi, I will definitely be bringing her back in time, but she will not be a love interest :( I'm sorry about that. I've already told a couple people that already and they are kind of disappointed, but I can't please everyone now can I. But... she will definitely be egging Scott on, as in trying to "seduce" him, since her mischievousness is a part of her core personality. Also, if you haven't already, I do recommend watching the anime if you haven't already; it's cheesy at some parts, and cringy at others, but it's overall really funny and has a... heartwarming touch? I don't know, don't listen to me.

I believe that's everything. Fav, follow, review if you wish. Peace!