Kirika waits and waits. Strange. The people are still there, moaning and mourning. How long do they need to finish the procession? She can't wait any longer. She hides her gun in her pocket and walks inconspicuously to the crowd.

She can see all the people surrounding the tomb... except the man. Kirika stares in terror at the whole people. They are not there to accompany the target. They are there so that the target can leave without being seen by the assassins. Too bad she didn't think about this before.

Kirika turns around and bolts out of the cemetery. It has only been 10 minutes since they last saw the man. He can't be far away.

Then she sees him. He is about to get in a taxi.

Without losing any time, Kirika takes out her gun and...

-TRIP-

"Ehh.."

... trips over a root. She sees the tiles coming up to her.

When she looks up, the taxi is gone. With her target inside.

Kirika can't believe how unlucky she is. Anyway, there is no use crying over spoiled milk. She stands up and clear the dust from her clothes.

Nothing left but to go to Mireille.


CLICK. CLICK.

"Damn! My gun!" roars the man angrily.

Mireille, quickly recovering from the shock, uses a sliding kick to knock her enemy off his feet.

"Aaaaah!"

The man lands with a loud thump on the parking ground. She takes the time to disappear between the rows of cars.

Then she looks around in search of the cat.

It's so dark here... She curses quietly.

"Soldats!"

Mireille turns around in shock. What is happening now?!

Bullets are shot here and there. One missed her by a hairbreadth. What happened? She asks herself in panic.

How come they kill each other now?

"Meowwww..."

Mireille's eyes grow bigger. There is the cat, lying comfortably under a car.

"Argh, come, kitty, kitty,"

Mireille bends down the car and tries to persuade the cat to come out. Or at least to give her the gun back.

Then all of a sudden the car starts to give an alarm.

Mireille is terrified.

How come this all happened to her?!

"Who's there?"

"Who's there?"

Mireille pulls herself out and hides behind the next row.

BANG BANG BANG CRACK

THUMP BANG BANG

Mireille holds her breath in suspense.

Strange.

She throws another sulky look at the cat rolling peacefully under the car.

Why does the car give no alarm to the cat? Not fair...

"Ugh!"

Somebody bumps into someone at the row behind her.

The two men point their guns at each other.

"Who are you?" asks the first man.

"Who are you?" retorts the second.

"Soldats?"

"What is this Soldats?"

"Whaaat?"

Mireille's head begins to spin. What is that all about? But from the short dialog she can understand that the man asking about Soldats belongs to her target. But who is the second man? There is a big misunderstanding here, but she doesn't have time to clear it. The most important thing right now is to get her gun back.

"Hey, stop shooting! We have been firing at unknown people!"

"Ouch.."

"Hey, Pierre, what's up with you?"

"Ouch.. a lady comes my way and knocks me out with her leg."

"Does the lady belong to you, guys?" asks the first man.

"No, we have no ladies," the second man retorts.

The first man sighs.

"Can't believe this happened. Maybe because it's Friday the 13th,"

More footsteps can be heard. The three men join them.

Mireille peeps through a slit.

Now there are two groups facing each other.

They are now too far away. Mireille can't hear them anymore. She is worried about Kirika. What if she is trapped as well?

At this moment Kirika appears at the tunnel. Mireille recognizes her at first sight. What a foolish girl! It's dangerous inside!

The two groups spread away when Kirika enters. She senses that there are people hiding between the rows, ready to attack. One of them stands right behind her... Kirika turns around as quickly as thunder and points her gun at... Chloe.

"Hallo." She greets her with a smile.

Kirika is sure that her heart stopped beating for a few seconds.

"I know her! She is one of Soldats!"

And there begins the bullet exchange. Chloe and Kirika fight side by side, while Kirika keeps looking around to see if Mireille is still there.

Chloe runs quickly among the men and kill them without even asking who they are. Kirika does some acrobatic jumps while shooting, then she notices the black cat, which, yawning strolls out from under a car, and it is holding a gun, which is somehow familiar to Kirika.

Chloe turns some somersaults and snatches at the black cat. It mews like crazy as Chloe jumps around with it in her arms.

After making sure that all the men are lying on the ground, Chloe reaches out the cat at Kirika.

"Here."

Kirika looks in surprise at Chloe.

"Is it your cat?"

"Uhm.. no."

"Why do you keep looking at it during the fight?" asks Chloe.

"Uh.. because... "

Kirika takes the gun from the cat's jaw.

"I was right. It belongs to... "

"Give it back to me!"

Kirika and Chloe stare at Mireille, who stands panting about 10 meter from them.

"Mireille! I am glad that you are okay." says Kirika relieved.

"Of course I am okay!" answers Mireille as she strides towards them.

Mireille snarls at Kirika. She snaps her gun from Kirika's hand and points it at Chloe.

"And you! Why do you keep appearing during our tasks?! What are you planning this time?!"