What Arme saw on the newspaper the following day shocked her so much that her whole body shook with fear. A "member" of the Erudon family had just been interviewed, and she had stated that the whole company has successfully been dominated by their clan. Winning it back, according to her, would be rather impossible unless Arme's family is willing to invest over 100 million dollars for the building, 10 million more for the workers and 1 million as payment for the efforts the Erudons have put into "managing" the company.

Arme sighed in despair. Since the company is now governed by a so-called parasite, she would have to do away with what she had inherited from her parents, and even that wasn't enough to buy the company back. She paced back and forth before running toward the telephone and dialing Elesis' number. Despite being a real hothead, that girl had great leadership skills. She just might be able to help...

"Please pick up," Arme whispered into the mouthpiece. If only brother was here... He'd know what to do...

"Hello," someone said from the other side of the line. "If this is another stupid prank call, I'll make sure I'll track you down and beat you up till you stop breathing..."

"Elesis!" Arme screamed, relieved to hear the redhead's voice.

"Midget? What's gotten into you? It's only 7 o'clock in the morning and you're already hurting my ears with your squeaky little voice," Elesis said. Arme could practically feel the smirk behind her words.

"I need your help," Arme stated as calmly as possible.

"You always need it," Elesis retorted. "I mean, what could you possibly do without me? You'd probably trip over nothing or maybe you would accidentally fall in love with your own brother."

"Oh Elesis, you're so divine. I'd worship you if you were a goddess..." Arme jerked with angry sarcasm.

"You could oppose without being sarcastic, shortcake," Elesis said. "Anyway, why the sudden call?"

"I already told you... I need your help. Have you read the newspaper?" Arme asked, her voice lowering into a whisper.

"Newspaper?"

"Oh yeah... I forgot... You don't even know how to read..."

"Of course I know how to read! I just... I don't like newspapers... They're boring and the letters are so tiny I could barely see them..."

Arme buried her head in a facepalm. "Enough. Is Sieghart reading one right now?"

"No... He only brought it to the living room. He didn't bother reading it."

"Well, go get it. But don't drop the phone..."

"Okay... Sheesh... I can't believe I'm following orders from you, midget."

KazeAaze lied still on her side on a couch inside the widest office on the top floor. Beside her was a clueless Lass who sat with a blank expression on his face. His hands were heavily stained with blood.

Only earlier, KazeAaze had ordered him to rip Gardosen apart and he did what he was told. As he recalled what happened, he felt a tinge of pain inside of him, but he couldn't seem to make out why he seemed hurt by what he had done. He shut his eyes, trying to rid himself of whatever he was feeling.

"That snotty little family would be panicking by now... Especially the heiress. I wonder how she reacted when she saw all that fortune go down the drain," KazeAaze chuckled, sitting up as she stroked Lass' hair.

Lass shied away from her, his hands shaking.

KazeAaze understood his actions and frowned. "The weak are meant to die, my boy. You were doing Gardosen a favor..."

"He said he didn't want to die yet. He told you he'd do better if you'd give him a chance."

"Weak people don't deserve second chances. You did the right thing not listening to him. If you hadn't obeyed me, we wouldn't have gotten to where we are now."

"Couldn't you just send him away?"

"But if I did that, he'd keep coming back. At least now, he'd rot in hell where he belongs, and he'd never be able to return."

KazeAaze smirked and pulled Lass closer to her. The rest of their problems have yet to arrive, but Lass is the right person to fix them once they come.

"You spent a whole 20 minutes trying to make out what the headline says. How the hell did you step up to high school?" Arme stated, her composure cracking.

"I'm not the nerd here. Just explain everything to me," Elesis said, her voice rising.

"For the hundredth time Elesis, it's hard to explain."

"So- Hey, Lire's at the door. Sieg said that she's got to tell me something extremely important. Gotta go. Bye."

And then she was gone.

"When she's the only one I could turn to, she becomes a dummy. What do I do now?" Arme muttered to herself as she dropped to the floor. She folded her knees and hugged them, hoping that she could find comfort within herself. "I must be dead."

A/N: OwO extremely short chapter... Updates are slow because school is eating up my computer time. That's all. Sayonara. -Haruna.

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E/N: I've got to apologize too... Haru sent me the file last week but I was too lazy to edit it xDD. Go blame fatal frame. - Ria.
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