Yo, back with another chapter.

Checking in with Leon and Ray for the most part, and more with the main group.


~(Chapter 50, with Leon/Ray, after cleaning up the kitchen, roughly 10 pm...)~

"Y'know somethin' Ray?" Leon asked.

"Nope!" Ray replied, indicating that his head was, as usual, hollow.

Leon facepalmed, "Right, don't ask greeny questions. If my kitchen explodes again, I'm leaving.

I'd do more good for this side in the enemy camp with my curry."(1)

"Well, if you'd been outside instead of cooped up in that kitchen of death of yours, you probably

would have heard that the dragon-guy got banished, and two of the others opted to go with him.

If you asked, he sounded like he'd let you go with as well." Ray replied, completely contradicting

his previous statement.

Leon stared at Ray's stupid grin, "Sometimes I wonder which parent you inherited more from. It's

hard to tell sometimes. Then I wonder what life would be like if you'd gotten nothing from either of them.

And THAT is my happy place." Leon finished with a satisfied smile.

... Until Ray burst into a song about "going to your happy place". Then Leon faceplanted.

~with Skyler~

Skyler, Tori, and Briana were shown to the remnants of an inn.

"It's not much to look at now, but it's better than sleeping on the bare ground in the wind." Amy, who

had shown them the place stated. "Now, this is off subject, but... I heard from Jin that the three of you

were from some other world?"

"That's correct." Skyler replies.

"Right. Well, you see... there's one more of you guys from another world." Amy went on to explain

Roy, how the two had met, and so on.

"So, there are more people from our world here?" Tori asked.

"So it would seem..." Amy replied.

"Wait, if this 'Roy' came with you on that ship, where is he now?" Briana questioned.

Amy nodded, "That's what I wanted to talk about. Roy has become possessed by Kaze'aze. He's

why that guy with silver hair went with Jack to Kanavan."

"So, this guy's a friend of yours?" Skyler inquired.

"Yeah." Amy answered, "But the rest of your group doesn't know that... except for Jin. They've met before."

"So..." Tori hinted.

Amy put on a firm look, "I want you to make sure Roy doesn't die. Use whatever means you have to, just

make sure he doesn't die. I know we'll have to fight him, and I'm pretty sure we'll have to go all out,

after seeing this possessed version of Roy fight."

"I see. So you want us to covertly watch the inevitable fight and, if he gets severely injured, remove him

from the area?" Briana suggested.

"Exactly." Amy then changed to a puppy-dog face, "Please?"

Skyler stared at her, blinking a few times, before replying, "I'll do what I can."

"I'm in." Briana added.

"Me three!" Tori said excitedly with a grin.

"Thanks guys. Now I gotta go play for the night watch. Bye!" Amy said, grabbing what looked like a

very used, but Stratavarius quality, violin, and rushing out the door.(2)

~with the guy stalking Zero~

'Hm, so now he's got friends...'

"I know you're there. There's no point in hiding from me." Said a guy with a pair of claymores.

I cringe, jump out of the area, and start to run, briefly looking back.

When I look forward again, I freak out.

The reason being that there was a claymore being pointed at me, completely unmoving,

less than a centimeter away from my nose.

"Who are you." It was said more like a command than a question.

I grin, "Beat me and I may tell you." I say, getting in a fighting stance, secretly readying my shotgun.

"Fair enough." The guy said, sheathing his weapon, and face stern as anything. "Ready when you are."

"Okay!" I pull out my shotgun, point at his head, and fire.

After the smoke from the gunpowder blows away, the guy is standing there, one hand in a fist held

between his head and my gun.

"What the-" He flips his hand so that his palm is facing upwards, and opens his hand.

In his hand, I see an empty shotgun shell, and five pieces of buckshot.

"I missed one piece of your ammunition, if you wanted it back." He said. "It landed roughly half a mile east-northeast of the end of your barrel."

"... My name is Drake, and how in the name of -insert several curses here- did you do that!"

~(End chapter 50)~


A/N: 1) You'll find out more about Leon/Ray's abilities soon.

2) Wikipedia's account of "Stratavarius":The name Stradivarius is associated with violins built by

members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari. According to their reputation, the

quality of their sound has defied attempts to explain or reproduce, though this belief is disputed. The

name "Stradivarius" has become a superlative often associated with excellence; to be called

"the Stradivari" of any field is to be deemed the finest there is. The fame of Stradivarius instruments is widespread, appearing in numerous works of fiction.

I wonder if any of you can guess any of Kevin's abilities? Not that it matters as they'll be revealed

when the story picks back up.

Anyways, yeah. I didn't expect to upload this soon, but thankfully my homework load is a LOT

smaller than it was in the fall semester.

Now then, I'm sure you guys have more important things to be doing(like school, work, or a hot date,

or something else along those lines), so I'll stop now.

Sayonara!