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AN:  I'm sorry for the wait and the shortness of this chapter.  I've been really busy.    Nothing much happens here.  Sorry.  The next chapter should be longer. 

Van stared at the picture.  It couldn't be true.  Moonbay couldn't have already known Raven.  She would have told them.  Wouldn't she?

"I don't believe it."  he said.  "That picture has to be a fake.  Raven is messing with us again."

"Come on Van, I understand that you don't want to believe it but look at the picture.  That's Moonbay, only a little younger."

"Actually, he may have a point."  the technician said.  "It's not hard to manipulate photos.  Just a few clicks of the mouse and you can do a lot to a picture."

"Good.  Until I hear from Moonbay I'll believe it's a fake."  he said with renewed determination.

Van only wished that he felt that way inside.  In his heart, he knew that the picture was real.  He had realized why Moonbay's uniform looked so familiar.  It was identical to the one Raven wore. 

Van looked at the technician.

"I want you to make that picture as clear as it can it.  And then I want it blown up."

"Okay."  he said as he went to work.

"What are you looking for?" Irvine asked.

"Anything traceable.   Raven's playing a game with us that I don't want to play.  So instead of letting him jerk us around, I'm going to try to figure out what he's up to.  Maybe in the process we'll be able to figure out where he's got Moonbay." 

"There are a few buildings behind them."  the technician suddenly said.

Van, Irvine, and Fiona turned their attention back to the screen.

"That's not going to help us."  Irvine said looking at the buildings.  "The buildings are so blurry that they look like thousands of other buildings scattered around Zi."

"Sorry but I've enhanced it as much as I could.  There's a few visible letters on some of the buildings but not enough to make out names."  the technician said.  "I can run a search program and see what pops up."

"Do that."  Van said.

"It's going to take a while."

"How long?"

"Depends, anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.  If you want there's a lounge down the hall that you can rest in."

"I don't want to rest."

"But we should."  Fiona said.  "That way we can be rested when the search is done."

"She's right Van."

"Okay."

They went to the lounge and all sat down to wait. 

Instead of kissing her, Raven let his face hover above hers and stared at her. 

"Back away from me."  she hissed as she turned her head away.

"I'm still stronger than you so it's useless to fight me.   So don't make me waste my time trying to control you." he said.   "If you do, I will kill you.  Do you understand me?"

Moonbay nodded her head but she didn't mean it.  She'd stop fighting when she was dead.  Or when he was.  It's not like anyone would blame her if she killed him.  Raven got up and moved away from her.  He smirked slightly.  It was obvious that she was lying.  He knew that she was going to fight him all the way. 

So why don't you just kill her and get it over with already?

Good question, Raven thought.  Unfortunately, he didn't have an answer right at that moment. He looked over at Moonbay who was still lying there with her head turned away from him.  He realized that she was still wearing her nightclothes.  He went back to the box, got one of his old uniforms and threw it to her.  Moonbay felt something hit her legs so she looked down and saw the uniform.

"I don't want this."

As best as she could, she kicked it away.  Even if she did want it, how did he think she was going to get it over the cuffs? 

"It's going to get cold soon."  he said.

"Do you really care if I freeze?"

"No.  I just don't want you dead right now."

"Well I'd rather die than wear that again."

Raven picked the uniform up and put it back in the box. 

"Exactly what did you tell Van?"  she asked suddenly.

"Nothing." he said walking back over to her.  "I just sent him this."

He pulled out a picture and held it in front of her face.  Moonbay looked at it and her eyes widened slightly.   She vaguely remembered taking the picture and the solider.  She completely ignored that as her eyes focused on the figure of Raven in the background.  Moonbay felt Raven staring at her as she stared at the picture.  She knew that he wanted her to react but she refused to give him the satisfaction.  Bastard, she thought angrily.  By sending Van that picture, he had made it impossible for her to deny knowing him.  Not only that but Van would undoubtedly search for answers about them.  And in the process, Moonbay knew that Van would uncover things that she desperately wanted to keep hidden.     She felt her eyes welling up but she quickly fought the urge to cry.  She was too strong for crying.  Or at least that's what she told herself to hold off the river of tears that were threatening to come.  They're never going to forgive me, she suddenly thought.

Maybe they will.

But Moonbay knew that she was kidding herself.  There was no way they'd forgive her.  The fact that she knew Raven and hadn't told them was bad enough.  But the rest.... God, she didn't want to think about that.  The rest was just unforgivable.

I'm in hell and Raven is my own personal devil, she thought miserably.

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