Disclaimer: They're mine! All mine! *see Elfsong in a room full of angry lawyers and an angrier Koyasu Takehito* … In my dreams… T_T

Author's Notes: Well, it's taken me awhile, but I'm finally writing again! School's cruel. This is the sequel for 'Family Secrets', so for those of you who have not read it, I may have references to that fic. I may not. My muses and my fingers conspire together while my brain is out of commission, and then when I start typing, things come out that I wasn't planning on. Just as a recap (for those of you who plan to read 'Family Secrets', this will spoil it for you) Schuldich and Manx are Ran's older half-siblings. Weiss and Schwarz live together as Weiss, and at the end of FS Ken and Ran got together. I hope you enjoy this story as much as you did the last one! One other note, I plan on bringing Crashers into this story, but since I know next to nothing about them, they will more than likely be insanely out of character, and their job in missions will be off. I have no idea what they do or how they do it. Only that they are the 'non-lethal' agents of Kritiker. And even that may not be true.

"Is everything all right, Rook?" The redheaded teenager heard over the COM system.

"Hai. Have you found the guy?"

"Queen's got him; don't worry about it. You and Pawn get back to the house now, okay?"

After the redhead voiced his agreement, he and his teammate headed back to the house they were staying at with the rest of their team. Their mission had been to apprehend a man. The police were to take over from there.

The two teens didn't know what the man had been accused of, or why they were the ones sent to get the job done. During the mission debriefing, the younger had been tying knots in one of Queen's favorite jackets, and the redhead had been distracted by it.

"Why don't you go on ahead, Pawn? I want to get a look at that guy." The younger teen looked torn for a moment, but, seeing no harm in letting his teammate have his way, nodded. The older boy watched him walk away before heading back to the area Queen had been assigned to.

Just as he was about to turn the corner to get to Queen's hiding space, a huge man ran around from the other side, crashing into the slim boy. Queen was on his heals, and both noticed her eyes widening when she saw whom the man had run into. The man smiled evilly and wrapped his hand around the boy's throat.

"Back off, Lady. Unless of course you want this kid hurt."

"RAN!" she screamed, before even pausing to consider what that could lead to.

"Orchid, huh?" The man lowered his face to Ran's, and was about to kiss him when his head shot back up and he let out a howl of pain. Ran aimed another kick at the man and connected with his groin, causing the man to yell again and release his hold.

As soon as he was dropped Ran felt himself being gathered into another, gentler, pair of arms. He looked up into the face of the man codenamed Bishop. "I thought I told you to go home," the man stated, looking slightly disappointed and more than a little relieved.

"Gomen, but I had to see what was going on!"

"We'll discuss this later," Queen promised, holding the man hostage once again. Ran nodded mutely, too ashamed to say anything. Bishop was the only one who noticed the man's sinister sneer.

In a dark alley, a man crouched over an old, tattered, cardboard box. He was rummaging through the pictures, mumbling curses under his breath. He looked up as a car drove past, headlights illuminating dark, malicious eyes and an evil smirk. The full moon made it hard to see the object he had taken from the box beyond that it was a square shaped piece of paper.

The man took hold of the box and headed out into the street, fully illuminating the small paper he held. In his hand was a picture of a young man, no more than eighteen at the most, with bright red hair and clear amethyst eyes.

As he wandered down the street, he began to hum a tune. As the sound trailed off, he looked at the picture again and grinned. "I still remember you. I'll get you back, Little Orchid. You'll pay for putting me in prison."

A/N: So, what did you think? If I get it done tonight, I'll try and post another chapter soon! Sorry it took so long, but I've had homework EVERY SINGLE DAY since school started again! Being a junior sucks! Oh, if anyone knows Queen's real name, or any info on Crashers, please let me know! It could help this story move along quicker! And yes, that was bribery, but it was also incentive! Please review!