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Identity in the Darkness: chapter 5
Omi slipped into the supply closet and softly shut the door behind him. "Hey Kenken, how goes it?" Omi felt around in the dark, found what he was looking for, then wrapped his arms around Ken in one quick motion.
"Will you turn the light on, Omi, I can't see where I'm-mmmpp.-" Omi jerked Ken down to him for a kiss.
"I know."
"Hmmm…Omi, I'm supposed to be working…."
"Inventory can wait," The blonde one whispered, gently biting at Ken's ear.
"If Aya yells at me it's your fault, but okay…mmm…." Ken dropped his clipboard and snaked his arms around Omi's waist.
A loud pounding on the door of supply room interrupted them. "Omi! Ken! "Yohji called through the door.. " I hate to interrupt what I know is going on in there, but we've got stuff to do. Now!"
They sheepishly jumped apart and exited the closet.
"What do you want?" Omi muttered, sounding slightly bitter.
Yohji gestures to the stairs to the mission room. "We have company." Omi and Ken followed him down the stairs to the hidden room, where they found Aya and Manx waiting for them.
"What's going on?" Ken asked.
"I might ask you the same thin,." Manx responded. "Who is this Minna that Aya has finally decided to tell me about?"
"She's an Amnesia victim, and she had nowhere else to go and…" Omi thought about how to word their side of the story. He had the feeling the Kritiker was not going to like the fact that Minna was staying with them.
"Fine, I can understand you boys wanting to help out a pretty girl in distress, but in your line of work, one would think you would know better," Manx reprimanded them. "Especially with what Aya has told me about this girl's story.
"So what should we have done?" Aya argued, as politely as possible. I believe that she's telling us the truth. And if she's not, there's more to thins than we know, and she'll get us anyway. This way, if her story is not true, and I don't believe that, we can keep an eye on her."
"And you didn't think that it just might be a good idea to tell me?" Manx kept her voice calm, just as Aya was.
"And you didn't think that you might tell us about this other assassin who was kind enough to do our work for us?" Yohji entered the argument.
Kritiker would have told you if there were any extra factors in your mission." Manx's sweet tone of voice had returned.
"Manx," Yohji said flatly, "If you want to try the sweet and innocent routine, Try wearing a longer skirt. Yohji gave her a pleasant smile, then his features shifted to an intense look. "What is going on."
"Kritiker didn't tell you anything because they know very little. All we know is that yes, there is the possibility that there is another assassin working on the same case you are."
"Even we figured that out. And….?"
"There is a group known as Alias, we have very little information on them. We don't know their location size, or anything like that. We know that they are an organization not that different from Kritiker, as far as goals and methods go. Until now, the missions of the two groups have never interfered."
"So what do we do now?" Ken asked after Manx finished the story
"What can we do?" she responded with a further question. "Alias is even better hidden than Kritiker. We have no way of finding them, we've tried.
"The reports of this attack on Scylla only made it to the back pages of the newspaper." Omi knew he was changing the subject, but the question had been on his mind all morning.
"The Media had no answers, and publishing the story will only create public chaos. So they just decided to downplay it." The response made sense.
"Figures."
"Anyway,' Manx brought the subject back to the original subject. "before you three came in, Aya was telling me about Minna's possible connection to Scylla."
"Like I said, I know what the obvious assumption would be, but we have run into several great coincidences recently." Aya said, emphasizing the word 'coincidences.'
"Minna can stay with you for now," Manx said after a moment, But if anything else comes up…."
"-We know, we're not that stupid."
"Manx looked like she was about to debate that for a moment. But "Behave yourself Yohji," Was all she added.
Yohji ignored her comment. "You said that Alias was after the same target as Kitiker," Yohji spoke slowly, with a questioning look toward Manx. "And now Minna shows up with these e-mails that she's been getting, among other things…" Yohji's voice trailed off as he tried to word what he wanted to suggest.
"Keep an eye on her. I'll probably be back soon with the data on your next mission." Manx said as she exited
"Hey Omi, did you run that check in the guy we day last night?" Ken asked after a moment.
"I don't have very much. Well, I think I might have something." Omi went to the computer and opened a program. "I couldn't come up with anything definite based on the physical description of the guy, but look at this. I found records of several other assassinations with circumstances similar to this one. The press didn't pay much attention to any of them; and Kritiker had nothing to do with them either. Look" He opened several other documents on the computer.
"In all of these cases there were no signs of struggle; the target was killed with one clean cut to the throat. Just like our target last night. And to make this even more interesting, whoever did all of these managed to get around the security systems without deactivating them. Looks like he can add another success to his resume.
The members of Weiss were thoughtfully silent after Omi finished speaking. The silence was broken as ken tripped and fell over the wastebasket and cursed rather loudly.
"Ken?!"
Ken sheepishly looked up from the floor, the quickly jumped up and regained his composure. "So Kritiker thinks this guy is with Alias, and judging by this guy's work they're not a group to be messed with."
"I'll keep searching for what I can, but I don't know how much I can come up with, Alias covers their tracks pretty well, so I'm not sure how much that's going to be.
"Do that."
Aya followed the rest of his team out of the room. The case was over, the target was dead. But not dead by their hands, there were too many loose ends left. And in their night job, loose ends could be very dangerous.
Minna was in the corner of the shop, where she could usually be found. She was sitting in front of her computer starring blankly at the screen.
"Hey Minna-chan! How are ya?" Yohji greeted her as he took the seat next to her.
"I…I got a response…" She said softly. "They gave me an address and told me to meet them there tomorrow. I looked up the address," she added, "it's an abandoned building on the outskirts of the city."
"Are you going to go?" Aya asked her.
"I am. It's the only way I have to find anything right now."
"Good luck, No matter what happens." Yohji smiled at her.
"Will …..will you come with me?" she was afraid, but unwilling to let her own fear stand in her way.
"Sure."
Ken opened a drawer behind the counter and pulled out Minna's knife which he had retrieved the first night they had met. He handed it back to her.
"Arigato."
Identity in the Darkness: chapter 5
Omi slipped into the supply closet and softly shut the door behind him. "Hey Kenken, how goes it?" Omi felt around in the dark, found what he was looking for, then wrapped his arms around Ken in one quick motion.
"Will you turn the light on, Omi, I can't see where I'm-mmmpp.-" Omi jerked Ken down to him for a kiss.
"I know."
"Hmmm…Omi, I'm supposed to be working…."
"Inventory can wait," The blonde one whispered, gently biting at Ken's ear.
"If Aya yells at me it's your fault, but okay…mmm…." Ken dropped his clipboard and snaked his arms around Omi's waist.
A loud pounding on the door of supply room interrupted them. "Omi! Ken! "Yohji called through the door.. " I hate to interrupt what I know is going on in there, but we've got stuff to do. Now!"
They sheepishly jumped apart and exited the closet.
"What do you want?" Omi muttered, sounding slightly bitter.
Yohji gestures to the stairs to the mission room. "We have company." Omi and Ken followed him down the stairs to the hidden room, where they found Aya and Manx waiting for them.
"What's going on?" Ken asked.
"I might ask you the same thin,." Manx responded. "Who is this Minna that Aya has finally decided to tell me about?"
"She's an Amnesia victim, and she had nowhere else to go and…" Omi thought about how to word their side of the story. He had the feeling the Kritiker was not going to like the fact that Minna was staying with them.
"Fine, I can understand you boys wanting to help out a pretty girl in distress, but in your line of work, one would think you would know better," Manx reprimanded them. "Especially with what Aya has told me about this girl's story.
"So what should we have done?" Aya argued, as politely as possible. I believe that she's telling us the truth. And if she's not, there's more to thins than we know, and she'll get us anyway. This way, if her story is not true, and I don't believe that, we can keep an eye on her."
"And you didn't think that it just might be a good idea to tell me?" Manx kept her voice calm, just as Aya was.
"And you didn't think that you might tell us about this other assassin who was kind enough to do our work for us?" Yohji entered the argument.
Kritiker would have told you if there were any extra factors in your mission." Manx's sweet tone of voice had returned.
"Manx," Yohji said flatly, "If you want to try the sweet and innocent routine, Try wearing a longer skirt. Yohji gave her a pleasant smile, then his features shifted to an intense look. "What is going on."
"Kritiker didn't tell you anything because they know very little. All we know is that yes, there is the possibility that there is another assassin working on the same case you are."
"Even we figured that out. And….?"
"There is a group known as Alias, we have very little information on them. We don't know their location size, or anything like that. We know that they are an organization not that different from Kritiker, as far as goals and methods go. Until now, the missions of the two groups have never interfered."
"So what do we do now?" Ken asked after Manx finished the story
"What can we do?" she responded with a further question. "Alias is even better hidden than Kritiker. We have no way of finding them, we've tried.
"The reports of this attack on Scylla only made it to the back pages of the newspaper." Omi knew he was changing the subject, but the question had been on his mind all morning.
"The Media had no answers, and publishing the story will only create public chaos. So they just decided to downplay it." The response made sense.
"Figures."
"Anyway,' Manx brought the subject back to the original subject. "before you three came in, Aya was telling me about Minna's possible connection to Scylla."
"Like I said, I know what the obvious assumption would be, but we have run into several great coincidences recently." Aya said, emphasizing the word 'coincidences.'
"Minna can stay with you for now," Manx said after a moment, But if anything else comes up…."
"-We know, we're not that stupid."
"Manx looked like she was about to debate that for a moment. But "Behave yourself Yohji," Was all she added.
Yohji ignored her comment. "You said that Alias was after the same target as Kitiker," Yohji spoke slowly, with a questioning look toward Manx. "And now Minna shows up with these e-mails that she's been getting, among other things…" Yohji's voice trailed off as he tried to word what he wanted to suggest.
"Keep an eye on her. I'll probably be back soon with the data on your next mission." Manx said as she exited
"Hey Omi, did you run that check in the guy we day last night?" Ken asked after a moment.
"I don't have very much. Well, I think I might have something." Omi went to the computer and opened a program. "I couldn't come up with anything definite based on the physical description of the guy, but look at this. I found records of several other assassinations with circumstances similar to this one. The press didn't pay much attention to any of them; and Kritiker had nothing to do with them either. Look" He opened several other documents on the computer.
"In all of these cases there were no signs of struggle; the target was killed with one clean cut to the throat. Just like our target last night. And to make this even more interesting, whoever did all of these managed to get around the security systems without deactivating them. Looks like he can add another success to his resume.
The members of Weiss were thoughtfully silent after Omi finished speaking. The silence was broken as ken tripped and fell over the wastebasket and cursed rather loudly.
"Ken?!"
Ken sheepishly looked up from the floor, the quickly jumped up and regained his composure. "So Kritiker thinks this guy is with Alias, and judging by this guy's work they're not a group to be messed with."
"I'll keep searching for what I can, but I don't know how much I can come up with, Alias covers their tracks pretty well, so I'm not sure how much that's going to be.
"Do that."
Aya followed the rest of his team out of the room. The case was over, the target was dead. But not dead by their hands, there were too many loose ends left. And in their night job, loose ends could be very dangerous.
Minna was in the corner of the shop, where she could usually be found. She was sitting in front of her computer starring blankly at the screen.
"Hey Minna-chan! How are ya?" Yohji greeted her as he took the seat next to her.
"I…I got a response…" She said softly. "They gave me an address and told me to meet them there tomorrow. I looked up the address," she added, "it's an abandoned building on the outskirts of the city."
"Are you going to go?" Aya asked her.
"I am. It's the only way I have to find anything right now."
"Good luck, No matter what happens." Yohji smiled at her.
"Will …..will you come with me?" she was afraid, but unwilling to let her own fear stand in her way.
"Sure."
Ken opened a drawer behind the counter and pulled out Minna's knife which he had retrieved the first night they had met. He handed it back to her.
"Arigato."