A/N: Thank you to Emoen and The Nobody Prince for the reviews! Finally, got this chapter done. I would have finished earlier, but I had some difficulties with some things. Couldn't finish it until I had the time. But here it is! Got to say, this chapter has some mystery in here. Hopefully, I can put up the next chapter before New Year's. Well, happy reading! Hope everyone celebrated safely and had fun in the holidays.

Chapter Twenty-Four

There was a lengthy discussion among Shilo, Mia, and Lina. Pavi and Luigi tried their best to get some information by putting their ears by the door, but they only heard muffled sounds in the end. Before they knew it, the door to the kitchen was opened. Looming over them was Lina, who stared at them questioningly, while Shilo and Mia were behind her.

"What are you two doing?" Lina asked.

Pavi and Luigi immediately stood up, trying to get their cool composure back. It didn't work too well when it was too obvious they were eavesdropping. Pavi suddenly put an arm around Lina with ease. Lina eyed him carefully before she pushed his arm off of her.

"You need something, face-stealer?" Lina questioned.

"The Pavi's name is Pavi, bella. When will you call the Pavi, Pavi?" Pavi inquired. Luigi smirked as he noticed his brother was starting to use his charm on her.

"When I feel the need to trust you," she answered before turning back to look at Shilo, "I guess I will pick up your husband-to-be's clothes. Staying in this house and doing nothing for a week is making me go crazy."

Shilo blushed at Lina's teasing about her relationship with Graverobber. Out of her embarrassment, she gently pushed Lina enough so she would step back.

"Just leave, Lina," Shilo told her. Lina smirked and nodded.

"As you wish, my lady," Lina joked before she bowed a bit before her and started towards the door.

"Let the Pavi come with the bella!" Pavi shouted, going after her.

"No," Lina answered, not turning back and continued her way towards the door.

"But why?" Pavi asked, frowning sadly and hoping she would change her mind.

"Because I've got other errands," Lina told him. She exited out the door after her statement, leaving poor Pavi to groan sadly.

Luigi laughed and said, "Brother, you got rejected. Maybe it's your fucking face."

Pavi frowned and quietly left to the living room to sit down by himself. Shilo felt bad for Pavi but tried not to get involved. The last time she got involved with the Largos, her father and godmother turned out dead.

Mia leaned over to Shilo's ear and whispered, "I shall have a talk with him." Shilo nodded in reply before making her way to the children's room and check on her children.

Mia walked towards where Pavi sat while Luigi watched. Luigi was curious and felt a pang of something that made him feel irritated for some reason. Luigi peeked at them when Mia sat beside Pavi. He growled quietly when Pavi laid his head on her shoulder. Mia looked over at him and sighed before she patted his back awkwardly as if trying to comfort him. Luigi growled in distaste at the start of his brother's work. Among all the women in the Wallace residence, Pavi had to charm Mia.

"Oh bella, what must the Pavi do to make your friend see the Pavi can be trusted? What must the Pavi do for her to call the Pavi, Pavi?" Pavi asked sadly. His eyes started watering as if he was about ready to cry.

Mia stopped comforting him and just stared at Pavi. Pavi got off her shoulder and held her hands in his. Mia watched him curiously as he laid their hands on his lap. He rubbed her hand lightly in circles with his thumb. Pavi sniffled and looked over at her. Their eyes met for a moment before Mia suddenly pulled one of her hands away from his hold and cupped Pavi's cheek.

"Now I understand why she acts differently towards you," she said before she got up and looked down on him. "You are not as simple as you may seem, Mr. Largo."

She left him alone, causing Pavi to stare in disbelief at what had happened. Luigi started sniggering when he saw Pavi being denied once again but stopped when Mia made her way towards him. Mia stopped right next to Luigi and stared at him with deep unrelenting eyes.

"Mr. Largo, what does your family mean to you?" Mia asked him suddenly. Luigi was caught off guard and suddenly gulped when Luigi got lost in her deep gaze.

"Why do you fucking want to know?" He asked, his voice squeaking just a bit when he found the courage to talk again.

"Your brother," she started, "needs the warmth of a family. Just like you do."

She left afterwards and made her way upstairs. Mia got up to her room and closed the door behind her. From sharing a room with Lina for a while, Mia felt relaxed to be alone in the room for a moment. She sat up when she held her thoughts together and started typing into her contraption that looked quite like a laptop.

"Too many variables I must think about," Mia thought. She sighed before continuing to type away once again.

After Shilo finished checking up on the children, she went into a bedroom and read a book about insects in deep concentration. By her side, she had a pencil and notepad with a few other insect books surrounding her on her bed. After an hour and a half of pure concentration and writing things down on her notepad, Shilo sighed and started to pinch the bridge of her nose before massaging her temples and taking a break. Not long after her break, someone knocked on her door.

"Come in," she yelled loud enough for whoever knocked to hear.

The person turned the knob and opened the door. Soon, a head peeked through the door, Graverobber's head to be specific. He showed her his usual seductive smirk. He came in and saw the spread of insect books on her bed. And of course, he was curious about it and saw the notepad already had something written onto it. He snatched it without asking and started to skim through her writing.

"What's up with all of this, Kid?" Graverobber asked. Shilo rolled her eyes before snatching her notepad back.

"Work," Shilo told him. Graverobber eyed her with confusion.

"Insects? How is this connected with the Largos?" Graverobber asked, more curious now.

"It doesn't. I have two jobs. The one you referencing about is my other job," Shilo stated before looking through her notes she had written down on her notepad. She sighed and laid the notepad on her bed.

"You get paid for researching on insects?" Graverobber asked. "If I had known that, I wouldn't need to sell Zydrate."

Shilo looked over at him for a bit and then giggled.

"It isn't just about researching insects, Graverobber," Shilo started, "It involves many other things. Mia saw my speciality, and she helped me find a job that goes along with my hobby. Quite fascinating insects are. Some of them are helpful to the cure of certain diseases, and that is what my job is. Experiment with the insects to find out whether or not if it can cure a disease or not."

Graverobber looked thoughtful for a moment and nodded.

"Well, that sounds a bit absurd about bugs being cures, but who am I to judge?" Graverobber said with a smirk. Shilo smiled in reply. "And since you look like your finished with your work, how about we do something… together? And look, we are already inside your room." Graverobber smiled slyly.

Shilo blushed before she puffed her cheeks.

"Graverobber, not now," Shilo told him, blushing as she did so.

"Is my little lovebug still shy? I can cure that," Graverobber said seductively before making his way to Shilo.

Meanwhile, Lina had just gotten Graverobber's clothes and started to drive to an unknown alleyway. She got out of her van and started to make way inside the dark alley. She took out a flashlight and started to aim it down into the darkness. While in her other hand, she held tightly her small silver cylinder-liked shape object. She walked quietly with great alarm. A few seconds of walking into the alley, she stopped her tracks to find a dead repo man. She went towards him and kneeled by him. She put back her cylinder-shaped object inside her right pocket and took out some gloves from her jacket pocket. She wore them and started to get a closer look of the body and examining it. There were a few slashes made on the body, but Lina seemed not to really care about it. She inspected the rest of the body to find some holes on the arms of the repo and found the repo's man brain was missing. Lina found it peculiar but made sure to remind herself to tell Mia about it. She took out her communicator and called up a number.

"Hello?" A man's voice called out from her communicator.

"It's me, Lina," Lina told him.

"Is it another body?" The guy asked as if knowing what she needed from him.

"Yes, Louis. I need you to pick up the body and examine it. It seems this guy's brain was taken away like the rest of them. I need you to make sure if it goes along with the rest of the repo man bodies. I will be calling up Pierre after this, so he will need to inspect some of the injuries as well. Don't open him up until after he finishes," Lina explained.

"Yes, of course," Louis answered in a very understanding manner .

"And Louis?" Lina started.

"Yeah?"

"How was your date?" Lina asked, teasingly. It was quiet on the other line for a moment before Louis finally spoke in an irritated manner.

"Just tell me where the body is," Louis said.

After she told him the address, she hung up and looked over at the body. She sighed and shook her head before taking off the gloves and took the flashlight off the floor.

"Rest in peace," she quietly told the body before making her way out of the alley. She then threw the bloodied gloves into the closest garbage can. Lina called up another number when she was next to her van.

"Lina! Mon amour, I missed you," said a french-accented man from the other line.

"Pierre, don't annoy me right now. I need you to do something," Lina said seriously through her communicator.

"And what would that be, mon amour? I will do anything for you," Pierre told her excitedly.

Lina sighed before telling him what he needed to do.

"I found a body, and I had just called Louis to pick it up and examine it. It might take an hour so before he gets the body, so I don't think he'll be finished. When he finishes examining it, I need you to inspect the body as well and find out the kind weapons used on that body and give me information on the said weapons. Give me the papers when you find anything," Lina explained, "And make sure nobody knows about this other than the people in our circle, understand? And be careful. I will kick your butt if anything happens to you."

"Oui, mon amour. I will be careful," Pierre said, "You be careful too, ma douce fleur. I will most certainly be unhappy if anything were to happen to you."

She hangs up on him and looks up to the darkened sky worriedly. She makes another call.

"Who is this?" A mechanical voice answered, almost sounding like a man's voice.

"I found the body. Now tell me, how did you know where to find the body? Who are you?" Lina asked seriously.

"Ah, it is a secret. You will find out soon enough. Maybe," the voice answered before disconnecting. Lina growled in anger before she suddenly punched the body of her van. A red mark on her knuckles became evident.

"This case has become increasingly irritating," Lina whispered in anger before she got into the van and drove back home to Shilo's house.