Lisa: You know what, I'm gonna review reply right now since someone is a bit confused by last chapter's last song.

To Zexy's Girl, yes she isn't dead. Thanks for the review. School's coming soon and I'm getting ready so I don't do the last minute crap thing.

To SAChan23, the plot thickens? Oh snap! LOL… Yeah, poor Michelle and stupid Markus. The song at the end, no one was singing it; they were listening to it on different devices. Jak was listening on the MP3 player, Naoe and Duo were listening off the computer, and Markus and Lucas were listening off the small stereo in Sara's sleeping chambers. Would you believe that I'm doing the early replying because of this question? And yeah, it's called Raindrops from Stunt.

To Oatilabacam: Wow, thanks for the review! I hope you like the rest of the story!

A/N: I posted two AMV on YouTube about Jak 3. Please watch, rate, and comment them if you have an account on there.

Another A/N: I'm really starting to lose inspiration on this fiction so it will be ending sooner than you think…

Michelle: Oh shit! Halo 3 is almost out! WOOT!!!

Neko: LOL! You two are such freakin' Halo gamers!

Lisa: Michelle?

Michelle: What, Lisa?

Lisa: Let's play "Strip Halo"!

Michelle: Oh yeah! Let's play with PJ and Blaze!

Dark: I guess I'll be doing the summary… how annoying…

Who knew being in someone else's body would be a pain in the ass? This Jak guy hasn't got a clue on what's really going on! Precursors, if he doesn't get that girl back, I'll get her back myself…

Chapter 21
Dark's Connection & Derek's Goodbye

Day 7, 9:01 pm

Warning: The game plot changes from here on out because of the events!

"She's been there the whole day and hasn't moved an inch since she's got back," Amy stated worriedly. Michelle laid on one of the top bunks, staring at the ceiling.

"Amy…" She turned to look at Mango as he walked toward her, holding the clipboard that had the current list of people that were in the Baron's prison. "I got some bad news."

"What is it?" Amy looked at him, seeing the worried look in his eyes. He motioned her to the opposite end of the room, following him toward the small hallway toward the entrance of the base. Once they got there, he spoke lowly.

"Their friends are inside the prison."

She was just about to make a surprise remark when he held up his hand.

"You shouldn't speak aloud about this to anyone, especially to Yuki Eiri. Remember that boy he told us he was looking for before joining us?" The girl nodded her head before she was handed the clipboard. "Look at the last page, the recent entries to the Baron's jail."

She scanned through the last page before she reached his name.

Name: Shuichi Shindou
Age: 17
Date of Imprisonment: 8-25-06

She covered her mouth to keep herself from shouting aloud in shock. Not only was this new to her, but she saw that the page was the list of people under a certain crazed KG commander's name; Errol.

"Oh my god… you don't he's…"

"By the great Prescursor, I hope not. However, this is Errol we are talking about. He could go crazy over a simple card game and kill every player and spectator in a two-mile radius. I just wish that he isn't putting the boy in something worse than those experiments."

Amy glanced over her shoulder to look at Michelle, hoping she didn't overhear anything.

"Does Neko know any of this?"

"Only about her two friends being in prison and the fact they were in the same prison as Jak."

"How about that new girl that had just recently got to the prison?"

"You mean the one that has really long hair?"

"Yeah, is there any news about that one?"

He shook his head, both of them feeling a bit hopeless. He sighed as he slowly took the clipboard away before looking over to Michelle. He finally spoke aloud.

"Duo's waiting at the Stadium for you and needs to talk to you about the final race. Apparently, the competition went down ever since Errol announced his return to racing." He then left, leaving to the two alone in the room.

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Day 7, 10:35 pm

"Thank the Precursors that's over with!" Daxter gasped out as he fell off Jak's shoulder. "Why aren't you paying attention to what Dark was doing? I swear, I thought he was going to leave me throughout the whole time!"

However, Jak just kept walking toward the next bunk and lay down on it, still listening to the music and staring at the MP3 player. This had so many songs, some funny and some he didn't understand at all. He was ready to put it back in his small pack earlier, but Dark told him to keep listening for a song. Personally, Jak was getting irritated. He was getting a feeling that this was a waste of time, that Dark was just stalling so Markus and Lucas to be finish with the kid. He wouldn't be surprised if Dark did that.

I heard that, you stupid brat…

Jak just smirked and chuckled slightly.

Is it because I said the truth?

You can't handle my truth, boy.

As he kept mentally arguing with his other side, his hand was unconsciously clicking the next button through the songs.

Why are you making this hard, Dark? I just want to know about how Sara and Lisa became one person! I want to know which one is the girl I've known since that day when I saved her.

Dark sighed in his mind before Jak was once again surrounded by the familiar darkness. In front of him was his other self, his arms folded together and had his eyes closed. He slowly opened them, everything in his eyes were dark; no pupils or white showing, just black. He didn't smirk at all as he dropped his arms to his side and faced his palms toward Jak. He then felt a pulsation radiating from them while feeling pushed back by each pulse.

Meanwhile, outside of Jak's mind…

Jak's body was still what it had been doing for the last five minutes as Michelle just stared down at him from the bunk above him. He was still scrolling through the music with his eyes seemingly concentrated on the device.

"Never knew he was such a music lover," Michelle muttered as she looked up to see Daxter jumping from the neighboring bunk and landed on his buddy's stomach. He then began to jump up and down as he tried to gain his friend's attention.

"Yo, Jak! Wake up and start smelling that new jet board smell! We have to start riding now before New Samos tells us a new mission!"

He kept on whining as Michelle just hung her head over in embarrassment. "Why did I come here in the first place?" she mentally scolded herself as she lifted her head to see Sakura coming in with a small book. She watched the woman go to the bunk on the opposite side and sit on the bottom before opening the book. From far away, it looked like a photo album due to small square shaped papers was in them.

She placed her glasses back on to get a better view and saw that one picture quickly caught her eye. She jumped off the bunk bed and slowly walked toward Sakura. "Who's that?" she asked, nodding her head toward the page she had stopped at.

Sakura glanced her head toward the Mexican before smiling and looking back at the book. "Just pictures of my twins. They were so cute when they were little."

Michelle sat next to her and looked.

One picture had Lucas and Markus at what seems to be what the Water Slums was like before Baron as they were holding fishing poles, sitting on a small platform. Lucas was looking at the camera with a smile while Markus was desperately trying to pull whatever has been caught by his fishing rod.

Below it were Sara and Lisa waving high as a woman who looked pregnant standing between them.

Next to it was Lisa getting a piggy back ride from a tall blond man and Sara pulling another man with black hair that sported the Cruelladaville-look. The blond showed no expression while the black haired one just scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

Then there was one with both twins and two adults. One was Sakura while a long haired man held her waist and gave a "thumbs up" to the camera.

"Is that… your husband?" she asked, pointing at said picture. Sakura hesitantly nodded her head before taking in a long deep breath and letting it out in a long sigh. "I remember the first day we met. At that time, I was just in the lower classes of the Aero clan."

"What was he like?"

Sakura giggled and replied, "He was like the Devil; no emotion whatsoever. He would always push the eldest, Markus, to be the best than everyone else. He always wanted the heir leader to be strong and wise since he had learn from his father's poor action, nearly leading us to a war with the people of Haven."

Michelle hissed and whistled as she glanced away.

"He was still a sweetheart in bed."

"What?!" Michelle fell of the bunk from the sudden comment as Sakura was doing what all girls would do when saying something embarrassing like that; sandwiching their own face with their hands and blushing like crazy. "That was completely random, Sakura!"

"I'm sorry, but when you're at my age," she sighed before blushing even more. "You can't help but become envious of young people. Oh they get more fun!"

"Lady! There are children present so keep the stuff about that down!"

Back in Jak's mind…

Jak suddenly found himself in a street that was rather too crowded. However, he was looking down at it. Realizing that he was floating, he began to panic a bit and trying not to fall. He then saw standing below him, running through the crowd with a small box.

"Dark!" the blonde called, but the man didn't look up and continued running down the crowded street. He then followed him, getting the gist of flying while keeping an eye on Dark. He was rather in a hurry as he occasionally kept bumping into strangers. He was also raising the box so it wouldn't get crushed by anyone. After for a long while, he noticed that the black hair boy was running toward a large wall that was on the borders of the town. On the other side was… Haven City.

"Is this…?" he almost questioned quietly when he heard a familiar voice.

"Dark, hurry up you lazy bum!"

Looking down, he saw that there was small group of people waiting for the said boy. One of them was… Markus? He suddenly felt himself slowly lowering to the ground floor behind Dark as he skids to a stop.

"God dammit, Markus! I'm not a lazy bum!" the black haired boy snapped. Markus seemed unaffected by the comment as he just turned to two small young girls, probably ten years old, and knelt down to be eye level with them.

"You'll be staying with Dark here while we finish up our work, okay?" he told them in a soft tone while Lucas was joking around Kato. An angry pulse mark was beginning to form on Markus' head as the two boys kept on laughing about a stupid joke that wasn't even funny.

"Do you think they'll be fine without papa, sister," asked the younger of the two. Jak looked at the girls and froze in shock. It wasn't the fact that they were twins, but it was…

"Sara and Lisa?!"

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"That was just waste of our god damn time!" Yuki cursed as he kicked momentarily before walking again with Derek

Derek nodded, just walking as if he was passing as a regular resident of Haven. They had just got back from the lead about the weapon or whatever it was, however there was no lead. There wasn't even anyone there at all. If anyone is wondering how come they aren't riding a zoomer to the exit, neither of them could fly a zoomer without catching Krimzon Guards' attention. Also, they couldn't find one without having someone parking theirs. As they turned on a corner, they saw a group of Krimzon Guards asking different people about something while showing a hologram of someone.

Yuki froze while Derek adjusted his glasses to see well. He froze as he soon realized who was the hologram; it was him!

One of the KG seemed to sense their presence as he turned his head to looked toward them and then announced aloud. "Freeze!"

"Run, Derek!" Yuki shouted as Derek took off toward the Bazaar as it seemed to be more crowded. Yuki took out his Scatter Gun and cocked it, aiming it at the closest KG. Clicking the trigger, he felt a slight shock pushing him back as a red blast came out and caused the KG to blast backwards into his comrades. Cocking it again and again, he kept on shooting, trying to bide Derek some time to get to the only safe place in the Bazaar…

…if he gets there in time.

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Even though Yuki had distracted the majority of the chasing KG, there was still a minor few of them still chasing Derek as he skid to make a sharp turn as he soon reached the familiar long street and the large lake was just ahead. Feeling a burst of energy, the surgeon kept on running toward the lake. "Damn it! Was this just some scheme?" he mentally deducted, however he couldn't just think that. Why would they even look for him? What did he do wrong?

I'll be coming for you, Derek.

He then remembered that message from yesterday. The message from Lucas after he had taken Lisa and before it blasted in their faces. He sweatdropped at the thought of the blast.

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"Is that him, Lucas?" Kato asked as he was kneeling on a roof top with the black haired boy twin. Lucas nodded as he smirked.

"You know what you have to do," Lucas asked as his smirk turned into an evil sneer. "You must rid the cause of Annie's death."

"Yes, Lucas," Kato said as he slowly stood. In his right hand was a crossbow with an arrow. The tip was a black ball that had some kind of substance swirling inside. He aimed carefully as it was pointed at the surgeon's back.

Kato's eyes seemed to be filled with a deep void, as if no one was really there. He glared as a small screen popped in front of him, making the picture of Derek bigger.

"You killed her…"

He then pulled the trigger, letting the arrow fly from its trigger and head toward its

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Yuki had finished off the remaining KG as he quickly tried to catch up with Derek. He soon reached large street that connected directly to the Water Port. He looked around and saw a familiar figure.

"Doctor Stiles!" he called out.

Derek was just half way there when he heard his name called. Turning around, he saw Yuki trying to catch up as he cockily saluted him.

Suddenly, he felt pain on his chest as he looked down to see that a black ball had just hit him. "What the…"

He couldn't finish the sentence as the ball burst, releasing black light tendrils wrapping around him. It slowly started to engulf him as the people around him panicked, running away from danger. The black ropes kept wrapping around him, and he couldn't break free.

Yuki saw this as he kept on running toward the surgeon. He was almost there when someone spear tackled him to the ground from the back, cuffing his arms together with what felt like large cuffs. Turning his head, he saw a KG guard picking him up and made him face someone he wanted to see last at that very moment: Lucas.

"What the hell's your problem, henshu?" he exclaimed as he tried to struggle against the KG that held him in retraint.

Lucas ignored him as he walked toward the fallen surgeon as he was tied up by the black tendrils and looked pathetic. He bent down, grabbed his collar, and carried him up. Looking at him, he smirked as he threw him over his right shoulder and walked toward Yuki. Turning his attention to the KG, he ordered, "Take him to the prison. I'm sure he'll be happy there until I send him back."

"Eiri-san…" Derek meekly said as he tried to lift his head up to look at his comrade but he couldn't as his energy was fading.

Yuki watched as Lucas suddenly slowly crouched down and jumped… really high! Above was a waiting KG carrier as he landed inside the air craft. Watching, Yuki saw that someone grabbed the surgeon from Lucas and laid him on the floor before looking down at him; it was Kato!

"Kuso… that traitor," he muttered as he was jerked around into a prisoner transport. He was then pushed inside.

Thirty minutes later…

He was now inside a cell as he turned around to watch the door close behind him. Sighing, he sat down on the practically busted bed, placing his head in his hands. This was turning bad to worse. He then heard the door open again as he looked up slightly, seeing the Krimzon Guards throwing in someone inside… with pink hair…

Wait! A person with pink hair?!

Looking up, he quickly recognized the boy as the pink haired figure rolled to his side, revealing an almost bruised face of Shuichi.

Seeing his Shuichi brutalized, he carried him and softly placed him on the side bed. He then noticed other bruises that were all over his body. However, it wasn't the typical bruises of a fight.

"Shuichi," Yuki breathed out slowly as he turned to look at the now unconscious boy's face, eye brows scrunched together and fast breathing; he was having a nightmare. He then sat on the side; caressing his love's face as the younger man's breathing began to slow down and it was steady.

"Hey there!"

Yuki jolted and turned around, ready for anything. He then saw a pair of bars across the room, on the right side of the door. It was above so all he could see was a young girl's eyes looking through them.

"You look familiar, have we met before?" she asked. Yuki shrugged and turned back his attention to Shuichi who had curled around his arm like it was a teddy bear toy.

"He didn't go through the Dark Warrior program, if you are wondering that," the girl kept on talking, sounding a bit sad. He turned to her, quirking an eyebrow as he heard her tone carefully. What could be worse than going through millions of Dark Eco lightening? He was about to ask when he suddenly heard a loud sneeze, making him slightly jump.

"What the hell wa-" He didn't get to finish…

"MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!"

Suddenly, the cell shook followed by a loud explosion from outside. Making sure Shuichi wasn't going to fall off the bunk; he ran toward the bars of the door and peeked through. Outside in the middle of the room was a young Mexican boy with brownish hair and glasses. His clothes were a bit battered, but he looked like he had just been thrown in to this jail recently.

The alarm went off as Krimzon Guards with electric poles entered to subdue the escapee. He watched as the boy kept dodging all the attacks of sparks from the staffs. It didn't take awhile before the boy was finally hit by the electricity and immobilized. Sighing, he turned away as he walked toward the unconscious boy.

"I shall succeed if it's the last thing I do!!!"

"Oh god…" Yuki sweatdropped as he scratched his head. "What is up with this prison?"

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"Where's the Underground lair?" Errol demanded as he kicked the defenseless surgeon in the stomach. Derek curled into a ball as pain kept coursing through him. He couldn't take it much longer and the black tendrils that held him in place weren't helping at all. He couldn't defend himself if he wanted to and just as he would fall into unconsciousness, someone would quickly bring him back to reality by grabbing his head and punching his face. His glasses were probably lying somewhere, broken as all he could see were some blurred images in front of him.

However, despite his bad perception, his eyes were focused on the two occupants in the room: Lucas and Markus. He felt something growing in his mouth as he spitted out blood and smirked. "I'm not gonna tell you, you damn KG fu-"

Before he could finish, he felt himself lifted it up by the neck and bashed into a wall. The hand was still around his neck as he opened his eyes slightly, recognizing the style and color of hair. "Is this what you did to the Asian girl, before sending her away?" the surgeon gritted as Lucas just smiled.

"It was actually quicker since I couldn't traumatize my dear sister with the sight of blood," the boy said in a casual tone before tightening his grip.

"What did you do with Eiri-san?" Derek choked when the hand nearly blocked the passage to his lungs.

"He's with his damn boyfriend. God, I'm sick of gay bastards living among us, but I personally don't care. He can live in that damn cell for the rest of his life with his lover."

Errol didn't really get what was going on between Lucas and Derek because he couldn't hear what was happening. He felt a presence behind him as he turned around to see Markus, his eyes looking at his twin brother.

"You will stay away from the prison cells from now, Commander."

"Tch… Are you mad about what I've been doing lately?"

Markus slightly glanced at him before turning away and said, "Your little games have gone long enough. Disobey this order, and I will surely make your death swift and painful."

The red haired twin walked toward the Baron and said, "How is she?"

"The girl? She is doing alright, but she hasn't woken up yet."

"You're going soft, my lord."

Praxis glared at Markus, but it didn't affect him as he turned to look at Lucas. His twin brother had now just dropped Derek to the ground; his body was now released of the black tendrils. Breathing heavily, he looked up while clutching his stomach with his left arm.

"Are you going to kill me?" he breathed out as he was nearly losing consciousness again. Lucas glared down and placed his hands together like a shinobi would. He began muttering a chant. Derek didn't notice it, but a white portal seemed to be appearing behind him. He only became aware of it when he felt something pulling him backwards. Before he could fully turn around, he was sucked in…

Caduceus USA, August 6, 2007

Angela "Angie" Thompson sat alone as she looked upon the unconscious Derek Stiles. It has been two years since he had fallen into a coma. He didn't show any sign that he was alive except for breathing.

She nearly couldn't take it no more as she just stood up and slapped the comatose man across his face. "Wake up, you stupid doctor! You have to wake up!"

Tears were falling from her eyes. She couldn't take it anymore; she had waited for two years, stopped working until she would be able to give the scalpel to the surgeon who saved the world from GUILT.

She raised her hand to slap him on the face. Her eyes were closed shut as she threw her hand down. Something stopped her, someone else's hand.

Opening her teary eyes slowly, she saw someone sitting up and close to her face. She quickly recognized the kind eyes of the surgeon, Doctor Derek Stiles.

"Angie?" he said, his throat a bit dry. "Is that really you?"

Her eyes began to tear up as she started to sob. Without warning, she jumped on him, hugging his neck as she cried aloud. "I thought you were dead! Why did you sleep? You low-rank doctor, why did you get knocked out?"

He smiled as he slowly hugged her back, closing his eyes in content. "I'm back," he softly said. "You don't have to worry anymore."

They were like that for awhile until he felt her push him back. He looked up questionably as she saw tears on her eyes. "That's the last time you will play video games, Derek!" As Angie pulled him into another hug, he just let as his arms dangled beside him.

Lisa: OMFG… that was kind of crappy…

Derek: I hate you for this, kid.

Lisa: Don't blame me that Lucas threatened to take you out first! …. Um… that came out wrong…

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"Brother, let's go to the city! I wanna see what papa is doing," Sara asked as she grabbed Lucas' hand and pulled him toward the entrance.

"Wait! Sara!" Dark called as he readjusted his arms so the box wouldn't drop. Apparently, Jak figured that something was inside since he had just heard a small bark from it. "I got you and Lisa a present, since you guys let me stay with you!"

He bent down, letting the box softly drop to the ground. The instant he opened the top of it, something pink jumped out of the box and pounced at Markus, catching him off guard. He fell backwards as he felt something licking his face. Opening the eye that wasn't getting licked, he saw pink fear as he pushed off whatever animal was assaulting him; it was a pink Croco Dog.

"Momoiro…" Jak muttered, realizing that the pet was indeed the same one that Lisa had adopted in the present.

"Aw! Kawaii!" the twin girls cooed as the dog barked frenzied before running to them and running around them. Lisa kept her body turning, wanting the dog to stay in her view until she suddenly became very dizzy as she fell backwards. Watching the commotion from afar, Jak dropped his head and chuckled a bit. It was the same girl he had known during the past week.

Kato was more of a jokester as was Lucas while Markus was less uptight then the present one. Overall, he was wondering what had happened to these people to change.

Want me to forward this to the part of my demise?

Jak turned around to see his other half, standing there in the clothing of his former self. He then finally notices the difference between the past and present Dark: the eyes. Past Dark's eyes were showing determination with a hint of childish demeanor while Present Dark's eyes showed a pool of sorrow and regret with a mix of hate in them.

Dark didn't wait for his answer. Snapping his fingers, everything around the two disappeared as they began to fall through the deep void.

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Where am I?

…

Am I… dead?

No… I can't be dead…

I slowly opened her eyes to feel myself on a comfortable bed. The bed sheets were over me to keep from the cold. I looked around to see that the curtains of the balcony were closed, keeping any light from coming in. It was quite obvious that I was still in the clutches of the KG. I was about to sit up on the bed when I heard a soft jingle of metal.

There, around my right wrist, was a hand cuff. The chain between my hands was small so my left hand was dangling. It was also too tight as the cuffs felt really uncomfortable. Looking at my clothing, it was the same as that night when Jak and I headed to the Water Port.

Suddenly, my mind was barraged with memories of the almost kiss with him. My cheeks felt really warm as I smiled.

However, a sad thought hit my mind.

He's just a game character. He's not supposed to be real. What if this was just all a dream and I'm just awake in my living room?

No! I shook my head. If it was reality, then I wouldn't be wearing hand cuffs and in this clothing. Jumping off the bed and landing quietly on the floor, the feeling of cold carpet tickled my feet as I held in a small gasp. Looking around, the room was quiet dark but I could still see slightly thanks to a few lights that were dim. I was about to head toward the direction where the door was when I felt someone grabbing the back of my dress and pulled me into a tight embrace.

"Let me go!" I started to shout, struggling as the person grabbed my arm and held it against me, reducing my escape probability. I was about to elbow whoever it was when I felt my feet leave the ground and the person's arms holding me like a bride.

As I continued my struggle, I soon caught a glimpse of the man; it was Kato. But, he was like a mindless shell as his eyes were empty.

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Waiting outside, Markus stood in front of the princess's chambers along with a cloaked man. To break the silence, Markus spoke.

"I need you to make sure you do not get caught. I'm not going to bail you out if my brother finds out about this."

"Don't worry; I'm in charge of the girl's safety. However…"

Markus looked at the cloaked man with a quirked eyebrow. "What?"

"I thought you were the leader, not Lucas."

Markus ignored the comment as the door quietly opened, revealing Kato holding Lisa. The fire conjurer softly placed the girl's feet on the ground as he took out a small key, unlocking the cuffs. She was ready to run off when the cloaked man grabbed her right arm.

"Let go! Let me go!" she exclaimed as she tried to pry the stranger's arm off of her.

"Ms. Rodriguez, please you must be silent."

"That voice," the young girl mentally realized as she looked carefully through the darkness of the hood, seeing a familiar smile. "Naoe-san!" She turned to hug him around his waist, due her height. The possessor patted her head as he looked at Markus.

Suddenly, they heard loud footsteps coming toward them far down the hall. Markus pushed the two the other direction, yelling, "You must leave before the KG find out, or worse. Go through the sewers and head toward the Slums, there you'll meet up with someone that both of you guys know."

"Another person from our world?" Naoe inquired before he heard shouting.

Markus smirked and said, "Let's just say it's an old friend of yours, Naoe."

Naoe nodded and lowered his hood before pulling Lisa toward the other end of the hall. Lisa turned her head to look at Markus and said, "Thank you… brother!"

Markus quickly turned to look at her, seeing a smile on the girl's face. He smirked as Kato turned to look at the figures that were appearing from down the hallway.

"Sir, what was that yelling?" said the leader of the squad.

Markus held his hand up and said, "No need to worry, men. The girl just had her hourly injection and was awake. Now, back to your posts."

They were about to walk back when they stop and letting someone through; it was Lucas.

"Now, my dear brother and friend, what's going on here?"

Markus stood quietly as Kato just slumped. Lucas looked at both of them before turning his toward the room that was partially open. Pushing it slightly, the door opened all the way, letting light into the dark room. There on the bed, was no one. He turned to Markus and marched toward Kato, punching the man in his face. "How dare you two go against me!"

He then turned to look at the squad and ordered.

"I want that girl found and brought back here!"

To be continued…