About four hours later Crawford walked through the doors of the mansion.He carefully shut them behind himself and turned, glasses flashing at the silence.

In the kitchen there came the sound of paper rustling.Cautiosly Crawford walked over the marble floors to peer through the window connecting the kitchen to the dining room.In the kitchen Schuldig sat at the table, in his 'spot'.Crawford's mouth hung slightly agape as he realized Schuldig was actually reading the newspaper.

Farfello stood, his arms crossed over his chest and eye closed, leaning back against the counter.Also Farfello had bandages going all the way up his arms, visible because he was wearing his dark purple cut off sleeve shirt.His shirt splayed, unbuttoned, exposing his also bandaged smooth muscled chest.

Schuldig looked up, his know-it-all smirk painted on his face.Crawford's suspicouns died down a bit and he walked to stand in front of Farfello.Farfello opened his one golden eye to watch Brad.Crawford reached behind him to get the kitchen knives from the knife holder.

"We're hiding all the knives in this house for awhile.Schuldig keep the knives from Farfello's site.As soon as Nagi get's back we shall have him move some things in your room to find all the knives you have stashed up in there.This is your punishment until you gain back our trust."Crawford informed him and walked out to find a suitable hideout for the knives where Farfello would not look.

Jei watched Crawford walk out then turned his golden eye on the back of reading Schuldig's form.Schuldig turned halfway in the chair to raise an eyebrow at him and winked, then got up to go to his room for awhile. Farfello walked to look down at the newspaper, good eye scanning over the black ink page.

'Strange chain of missing people.All have blond hair and blue eyes.Victim's loved ones report that foul play is most likely involved.Any information Tokyo's citisens have on this matter would be a great help to Tokyo's law enforcement'

It proceeded to give a phone number and the names of the missing people along with a few pictures.Farfello turned from the newspaper to gaze at the patch of light shining through the window.Farfello lowered his eyes to the floor and saw the image of the little girl he had fallen on....all the bodies..the splotches of blood on the floor.All flashed in his mind in a moment and then he was back in reality.

Brad walked back in and immediatly put his back to Farfello to start a pot of coffee.Jei eyed him cooly with his one eye then turned and walked out the kitchen doorway. ***

Schuldig opened the door to his room.He shut it behind himself and leaned against it. Schuldig shook his head, why was he thinking of Farfello?It made no sense...

Still shaking his head he walked a couple steps forward then flopped onto his bed.The one window in the shadow darkened room was half covered with a black blind.Crawford had covered it to help block out all the 'noise' or thoughts coming from the occasional person outside.

Thoughts of finding the hurting Farfello in the basement..wanting to help him..to hold him..Schuldig put his hands over his eyes and wondered bitterly if he was going insane.

****Read my character guide thingy if the name Jei and Brad and all this stuff confuses you.****