FireCacodemon: Welcome back to another chapter of Under the Mask. Darker Than Black belongs to Tensai Okamura. Just...get on with the chapter, I feel tired.

Chapter 21

November 11 walked towards the river, he saw that Yin was waiting for him holding a black cat and another male standing with the two. November 11 could easily tell that the older male was a heavy smoker just by the lingering scent around him. It was pretty amazing to see that his dirty smoking habit wasn't smothering Li's natural scent. November 11 did his best to keep the smoking scent away from Li and he's been doing a good job at it.

"Where's BK-201?" The male asked in a very rugged voice.

"Mr. BK-201's held up at the MI-6 headquarters. My boss is desperately trying to uncover the secrets of the Black Reaper but he's not going to be spilling anything."

"You expect us to believe that?!"

"I'm not expecting you to believe what I say but I'm telling you what's going on," November 11 told him.

"Huang, we lost contact with Hei for a long while and November 11 has been with him. If we want Hei back, then we'll have to work together with him." The cat told his team members.

"Cat contractor, huh?" April walked up behind November 11 and smiled.

"An alcoholic lover," the cat hissed back. April simply giggled, she did love her alcohol.

"I'm sure your organisation is keen to get their hands back on BK-201, I'll be willing to help you get him back. Just...when you do get him back, look after him."

"Going soft, are you?" The cat asked. November 11 smiled.

"Li made me soft," November 11 said, letting memories of their time together surface in his mind.

"He has that effect on people..." Yin said softly.

"Yes, he does."

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Hei had clicked on what MI-6 was doing just by the fact that he wasn't hearing any voices from the other members, or seeing anyone. They were going to really isolate him from everyone else to watch him crack? Seemed like an effective method...if Hei wasn't used to being alone for long periods of time anyway. It came with the job.

"Love how they think isolating me is going to work," Hei smiled to himself behind his back, this wasn't going to get him to break and he just hoped that the MI-6 didn't come up with a better idea on getting information out of him. He preferred to be left alone instead of them demanding answers he wasn't going to give. If they threatened his team then he would spill but just threatening him? That wasn't going to be enough to make him spill the beans. He regretted that he felt he had the same human weakness...if those he cared about were threatened then he was going to break and confess, while still planning on taking care of the problem at hand. If Yin got hurt because of him...He didn't really want to think of what would have happened and how he would have felt if Yin had gotten hurt because of him. Dolls weren't built up to be sturdy; they were often killed because contractors didn't care for them enough. To other contractors, they were just another pair of eyes somewhere they needed them to be. To him, dolls were people who needed to be looked after, if looked after well enough, they could possibly develop feelings of them own. To a small degree but they'll probably be a lot more willing to come look for you with their spectre if they weren't treated as merchandise. Was July November 11's equivalent of Yin with himself? He didn't know and probably wouldn't find out. Looking at the door, the only time he was going to see the outside world (to some degree) was going to be when they demanded information out of them.

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November 11 couldn't actually believe that he had managed to convince BK-201's team to team up with him to get BK-201 out. In return, November 11 had promised to let Li go when all of this was over. A painful thought...but it was for the best. BK-201 should return back to his team instead of playing games with himself. April must have known that and so did July, but November 11 himself, was in denial about it. Letting him go...meant that they were going to become enemies once more and go head to head against each other in battle. He had learnt the names of the team he was now working with. Huang, the heavy smoker, Yin, he knew already and Mao the cat. Mr. Cat sounded better but Mao didn't like that name.

"I can take you to the building but once inside, you're going to have to act like prisoners. My boss will be pleased with me and should lock you up or use you to get to BK-201, we'll get you out as soon as we can but that isn't always possible." November 11 told the other three members of the group.

"Can't believe Hei let himself get captured..." Mao thought out loud. He quickly felt Yin's delicate hands petting him through the fur of his body.

"He did that so that I wouldn't get into trouble. Something I'm still against," November 11 looked away from the group as he made sure that he had enough cigarettes for the mission. He was going to go against his boss and bring the fear Black Reaper back onto the streets. Something he didn't think he'd ever do in his life.

"Why? You're part of the MI-6, aren't you supposed to catch him and extract every little thing from BK-201?" November 11 felt Mao's eyes on him. That was true, that was how it started all those days ago...but now it was different.

"I don't let BK-201 back out there into the world, everything start getting boring. Something I can assure you will happen. The Black Reaper makes the city more entertaining with his secrets remaining in the shadows. Are you going to miss out on your cat TV too?"

"Let's just get going. The sooner Hei's back with our company, the better things are going to be." Huang grumbled. November 11 couldn't agree more and turned to lead them all towards MI-6 HQ. April followed silently before she caught sight of long blond hair for a second. Looking away, she followed November 11.

Hei: Bubblegum Royalty - Oh if only FireCacodemon gave me the ability give me idiots. Don't worry about the label, you should see FireCacodemon's interests. *Pulls out a list and goes to read it off, the list quickly catches on fire, burning Hei's hands quickly, he hisses in pain.* That was...uncalled for!

FireCacodemon: That's a personal list, Black Reaper. *Hei sighs and goes to treat his hands.*

November 11: snowgem33 - I think your reasoning works well. They do have to deal with me.

Hei: Chibi me, biting someone's hand...THIS NEEDS TO BE DRAWN OR WRITTEN! IT'LL LOOK ADORABLE!

Everyone: o_o

FireCacodemon: To finish that off while Hei...I haven't actually had ramen, I'm a super fussy eater. *awkward smile.*

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