Sorry I won't review the reviews… I'm kind of in a hurry right now, so I didn't proof read this for mistakes, and I'll comment when I post up the final chapter tomorrow (promise)… Have fun! And please, stop the death threaths! This is really hard on the nerves!! *giggles* Not! In fact, it's rather flattering, as long as I'm sure you don't know where I live *sticks out her tongue* That means I can do anything I want to my characters!!

Enjoy!

Chapitre douze

Considering the fact that nobody knew her last name, her profession, or anything about her aside the fact that her name was Jade and that she had a friend named Raven, two weeks of hard work to find her last name, her job, her phone number along with a complete address was a record to write in the Guiness book.

They had first found out that she had been living at the little bed and breakfast owned by good friends of the Guild. What a luck. From there, it was almost easy for the resident pirate Émile to hack his way into credit cards registers, finding a name and a profession. And then through the company files, to find a phone number and an address. There is was, on a single sheet of paper in his hands. He looked at it, a smile beaming on his face. It had been a month since she had gone. But they had found her.

"Two weeks' not bad, huh?" He looked up to meet Émile dazzling smile. His grin widened.

"Merci, Lapin. I really appreciate." The paper was yanked away from his fingers, and Remy turned to see his brother frowning at it. Henri looked up, his narrowed eyes lit with amusement.

"An accountant?" Remy half-shrugged, but couldn't hide his smile when Henri continued. "An accountant with a thief?" He looked down at the paper again, and nodded with appreciation. "We could use a personnal accountant in de Guild…" Clicking his tongue in exasperation, Remy took the sheet of paper away from Henri's hands before he could say anything else, and headed for his room.

He had stuff to pack.

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She begged the taxi driver to wait and hurried to the front door, quickly unlocking it so she could get shelter from the pourring rain. Then she ran to the elevator, and looked at her reflection smile in the clean polished stainless steel of the elevator door. When was the last time she smiled?

She stormed into the loft, and was surprised to find it empty. 'Oh yeah, Raven's working late tonight.' She ran to her room, picking random clothes and throwing them in a small suitcase. The lady on the phone said the plane left at 9:30. She looked at her alarm clock and gasped. 8:30. She ran to the bathroom, picking up her stuff, and ran again towards the kitchen. She quickly wrote a note for Raven and, with one last look at the kitchen and living room, left the loft, and locked the door with a smile.

The taxi was still waiting for her and she jumped in, giving the driver a large smile. He just frowned, and head off for the John F. Kennedy Airport.

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He shivered in the New York autumn air, and shrugged, trying to keep the heat inside his body. A small cool draft washed over him, sending his hair in his face, and he sighed in exasperation. Why did she had to be in the North of the country, where cold existed? He already missed New Orleans and the hot bayous.

He pulled back his left sleeve and looked at his watch. 8:45. He shivered again, walked to the street, and hailed a taxi. 'Let's just hope dey heat dese cars in september' he thought as he put out his cigarette with his feet, and hopped into the car.

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He payed the taxi driver and got out of the car. He looked at his watch again, more out of nervousity than anything else. 9:00. He walked to the front door, and looked at the interphone. His eyes scrolled the names on the list of inhabitants, and his heart leaped when he didn't see the name Fraser in the list. Why wasn't she there? He looked again, an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach. Then his heart sank, and he remembered she lived with Raven.

"What the hell is Raven's last name?" he hissed to himself. What was he supposed to do, push all of the buttons in hope she would answer one of them? He was pondering on the eventuality when he heard footsteps behind him. A woman cleared her throat.

"Can I help you?" He turned and was about to say 'well yes, of course', but his mouth turned into a smile. That was even better.

"Oh, hi Raven." She stood mouth agape on the sidewalk as she recognized him. Her umbrella was dripping on her light blue jacket, but she didn't seem to notice as her eyes detailled him from head to toes.

"You're Remy LeBeau?" It was a statement more than a question, but he smiled in answer. A large grin appeared on Raven's face as she slowly realized what he was doing here. "You're here for Jade!" It was almost a squeal, and he pushed back the urge of putting his hand on her mouth to shut her up.

"Yeah, well… I couldn't find her name on de list, so…"

"Ooooooh, that's because it's my name that's on the list." She beamed and pushed him away so she could unlock the door. "Jade's upstairs, let's give her the surprise!"

The treck up to the 10th floor was torture, with Raven winking every floor or so, but he smiled to himself. The girl was a pain when she was excited, but he probably was even more excited than her. He hid it well, that's all.

It took him all his might to stay calm as they walked to the appartment door. Raven smiled, put her hand on the knob, turned and pushed. In another situation, he would have laughed to see the look of pure surprise on Raven's face when the door didn't open, but he didn't, seeing the worry paint itself on her face as she went through her key holder to find the right key. "That's odd" she said in a low voice. "She never locks the door when she knows I'm coming late." She opened the door and froze.

The appartment looked empty. All the lights were turned off, and Raven's cat came meowing, running to them and rubbing against Remy's feet.

"Jade?" Raven called, and turned to Remy. "Where on Earth could she be? She never goes out alone."

"Could she had gone to a friend's?" Raven shook her head, and he tried something else, the uneasy feeling in his stomach slowly turning into a cold stone. "Maybe she worked late?" Raven's eyes lit up.

"Of course, I called her this afternoon to tell her I'd work late. Maybe she did the same. Wanna wait for her here? I'll make some coffee." Remy nodded, but in vain, as she already was in the kitchen. He picked up the meowing cat and rubbed it between the ears, but he froze when he heard Raven's gasp. Dropping the cat, he ran to the kitchen and pushed the door.

"What's wrong?" Raven was standing by the lunch counter, a small paper in her right hand. The other hand was on her mouth, and round caramel eyes switched from the paper to him.

"Oh my God" she only said, and he took a step toward her.

"What?" he was getting annoyed by the moment. "What's wrong, Raven?" Both her arms dropped to her sides and her shoulders shook slightly, from laughter or sobbing, he couldn't tell.

"You know, if I were seeing this in a Julia Roberts movie, I'd laugh. But now…" She looked back at the paper, then at him again, and sighed. "She left." Remy felt his blood freeze in his veins, and his shoulders slumped.

"Left? Left where?" She looked at him a few moments, mouth opened, and finaly talked.

"To New Orleans. She says her plane took off at 9:30."

"New Orleans?" A mix of joy and fear mixed in his head as he turned slowly towards the microwave. She had gone to find him? But…

He moaned. 9:25. He'd never make it.

Do you know what a writer's block is? Well I know now. So I'm just going to post this up to keep you waiting, and the final chapter will be up tomorrow, promise! Okay, if it helps in any way, Jade's not going back in New Orleans… I hate that kind of yoyo thing, and it would cost a fortune in plane tickets. I'm cliché, but not THAT cliché *grin*