Chapter 9: Tracking Her Down
„I need to get her out there somehow!" David raged, slamming his fist down on the table. Joe, his right hand, frowned and scratched the back of his head. "Yeah…but how? We don't even know where Tenoh's hideout is." The black haired man then replied. David glared at him, hissing: "I know that we don't know!" before he let himself fall down in his chair again, the piece of furniture producing a protesting squeaking sound at the sudden impact. "One day, it will break down underneath you if you keep letting yourself fall into it like that." Joe commented, only to receive another angry glare. "I'll worry about that when it happens. Now figure out how we can find Tenoh's hideout!" Joe let out a heavy sigh and sat down on David's desk, looking at his boss with serious eyes. "It may take a while." He finally replied, already awaiting another outburst from David – which luckily didn't come. Not yet, at least. "How long is a while?" the blonde man asked instead, running one hand through his hair. Joe shrugged and replied: "One to two weeks…we can't track her cell phone for some reason, I think that she has something built in that avoids it…so we have to find another way." David nodded, standing up once more. "Do everything possible to find out where that bastard woman hides. And as soon as you found her, tell me." With that, he turned around and stomped out of the office, leaving Joe behind – who just sighed again and shook his head. His boss' obsession with that woman went too far by now.
Haruka yawned and rubbed her eyes with her healthy hand, not feeling like working on the various papers anymore that laid in front of her. Slowly, the blonde leaned back in her chair, staring up at the ceiling, her fingers playing with her biro absent-mindedly. For some reason, she just couldn't concentrate on her work; every time she tried to read what stood on the files Heihachi had brought her, the image of Michiru would come up in front of her inner eye, making her unable to read what stood on the sheets of paper. When she had told Michiru that it had impressed her how she had tried to escape, it had been the truth; but the little bit that she hadn't told was that she felt strong affection for the girl. Affection she never felt anymore ever since Shinri had died – until now. You really shouldn't care for the girl that much. A small voice whispered in the back of her head, sounding slightly impatient. After all, she's a) your prisoner and b) the girlfriend of your worst enemy. "I know, I know." Haruka replied, letting out a sigh after the last word had come out. "But I can't help it!" she then added, more or less defending herself. Before the voice had a chance to reply, a knock at the door interrupted the blondes musings. "Yes?" she called out, impatience in her voice. The door opened, and Saeko poked his head in, grinning at Haruka. "Yo, boss." He greeted her, earning an eye-rolling from Haruka. "Saeko, how often do I have to tell you this…Yo isn't exactly the best greeting." Saeko grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of his head before he coughed and straightened up, getting more serious. "So, what do you need?" Haruka asked, eyeing her second best man curiously. "Nothing special, boss." Saeko replied, leaning against the wall while he spoke. "I just finished my walkabout…wanted to inform you that everything is okay." Haruka nodded, a satisfied look on her face, before she spoke: "Good. You're finished for today then, Saeko." Saeko smiled and nodded, saluting before he left the room. Haruka checked her watch, her eyes nearly doubling in size when she saw how late it was already. Putting her files away, the blonde turned her computer off and left the office, ready to get into her bed.
"David! David!" David looked up at the frantic calling of Joe, frowning. "What's up? Why are you so hectic?" "I found a way how we can track down Tenoh." Joe replied, panting heavily from his run over to his boss' office. David's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward in his seat, interest on his face. "Really? How?" he demanded to know, and Joe started to rattle down what David called his Techno-Babble. After almost ten minutes of listening and not understanding anything, the blonde man interrupted Joe by raising his hand and yelping: "Stop! I don't get anything of what you say, Joe! Just tell me in a way that I understand too, for Heaven's Sake!" Joe stopped his babble, thought for a few moments and then spoke: "Well, basically we just found a way how to bypass the anti-tracking-device Tenoh has put in her cell phone. I'm not one hundred percent sure if it will work, but chances are very good…only bad thing, you need to call her and keep her on the line long enough for us to track her." David grinned, an evil shimmer suddenly in his eyes. "Oh, that shouldn't be a problem. Well done, Joe…now get to bed, it's late enough already." Joe nodded and left the room, while David took the letter opener that had been lying on his desk and started to play with it, the light making the dagger formed object glisten. "You'll pay, Tenoh." He spoke to himself, grinning into the empty room. "Believe me, you will pay." With that, his hand shot down, ramming the letter opener deep into the wooden surface of the desk – though in David's fantasies, it was Harukas chest he rammed it in.
