Chapter 5 - The Next Sign, Michael Finds Out
Guess what everyone. Esprit's back. I just want to know one thing...looks at Esprit
Esprit:: what!?
Jess:: How long does it take to get 2 bowls of Miso Soup and a souvenir?
Esprit:: o, is that all I was supposed to do? Sorry. looks at Jess who seems pretty mad anime sweat drop hey, if it makes you feel better I did get the Miso soup. hands one to Jess and one to Lea. Keeps one for herself
Jess:: blinks hey, when did you get here Lea?
Lea:: Just now. Oh, and for all you readers, my name is pronounced Lee-a, Lea.
Jess:: Now on for chapter 5!
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Lana appeared next to Tela. Tela looked at her then at Michael and started waving her arms around and pointing at the bathroom. Lana had no idea what she was talking about until Tela pointed at Michael and did some sort of charades thing about what she had told him. Lana disappeared just as Michael turned around and Tela sweat dropped. Next, the bathroom toilet flushed and out came Lana.
Michael was about to say something, probably about how long it took her to use the bathroom, but he was interrupted by the rest of the team filing into the room. Almost immediately Amon started commenting on how they could have done better. Right in the middle of it Sakaki blurted out, "I still don't know why the witch fell over." Everyone went quiet. (Reb: chrip chrip)
Lana was looking out the window again looking at the stars and was smiling proudly. Inuc and Tela glanced at her without turning their heads then looked back at the group. Michael was looking at his computer and when everyone else had stopped talking he had stopped typing. A look in his eye would tell anyone that was looking at him that he was planning something.
Minutes later Kosaka came in telling them that there was a crime committed just a little while ago and that the police couldn't figure it out. So the STN-J was to go look at the site. This time Tela was allowed to go. Soon they arrived at the site. It was a market where people had been disappearing with no reason, not even the security cameras had seen anyone abduct these people. On the screen they just disappeared, no look of shock or fear. Inuc, Tela, and Lana stood in one spot while the others went walking around.
They looked around then headed three different directions. Inuc went towards the market to look around with Amon and Robin. Tela went over to Sakaki and Doujima, who where looking at one side of the building. Karasuma and Lana went to the right side where there was a short, dead-end alley. They walked in the dark until they came to the end. "It doesn't look like anything is here." she said into the dark. "How can it look like anything's here? We can't see anything" "I guess your right." Karasuma searched her jacket pockets till she found what she was looking for. She lit a match and held it up. What they saw made her drop the match.
On the ground was a pile of dead bodies, most likely the disappearing persons, and sticks all around them about 3 ft. away from they bodies. The match Karasuma had dropped landed on the wood and they lit on fire. Lana looked up from the bodies to see a message, written in blood, on the wall. Meanwhile, the smoke and fire had lured the rest of the team over and they all saw it. Everyone was silent except Karasuma who was reading aloud the message. "I will get you. They will lay like this when I am through with them. She joined you, I know she did. Now she will suffer the same fate."
They took a picture of the message and then told the police where the bodies were. There was nothing any of them could do so they returned to headquarters. "Man," said Sakaki as he dropped onto the couch, "What a day. A witch and then the mysterious culprits strike again." "I know how you feel Sakaki," Doujima agreed. Robin just sat down quietly along with Amon and Karasuma. They were all wondering what these two messages meant. Then Karasuma spoke up, which was probably best since Sakaki and Doujima almost fell asleep. "You know, I don't think that the two in question, Inuc and Lana, are the real people we should be worried about. It's most likely that they are running from this sicko who wants to kill them too. Along with whatever gang they are hiding with." They all nodded their heads and Michael glanced at Tela who wasn't paying any attention to him.
Then a sound echoed in the room. The sound of a few hungry people. Inuc and Sakaki both looked up guiltily. "Well, I think we'd all best go home and get something to eat" Karasuma stated. They all nodded and started to walk out except for Lana. "Come on Lana, you must be hungry. You haven't eaten since breakfast." "Bring me back some." "Suit yourself" Inuc said as she pulled Tela from the room and over to Harry's.
Michael's typing fingers running across the keys was the only sound in the room, for Lana was able to keep still and quiet whenever she felt like it. Michael kept glancing at her wondering if she was like Tela. Finally he couldn't take it and decided on testing what he'd planned. "Lana?" Lana looked over, "What?" she noticed a moment to late what she'd done. "Ha! I knew it! Your Lana and Fleur is Inuc. Aren't you, aren't you?" His eyes filled with joy of how he'd tricked her into giving it away. "And you both are demons too. Just like Tela. Right?" Lana sighed and walked over to him, "Ya, it is true. But you'd better keep it secret or else." She put her index finger to his neck and went over it barely not touching the skin, "Got it?" Michael gulped and nodded. "S-sure thing. Just one question. Why are they after you?" Lana walked back to her seat and a voice said, "They aren't after us. We're after them." Michael turned around to see Inuc and Tela in the doorway with food. "Inuc...I mean, Fleur. When did you get here?" "We've been here long enough." They walked over and sat down with the food. They all ate and when Inuc was done she turned to Michael. "As Lana said, no telling or else." Michael smiled, "Of course not. Just don't let Doujima find out, she's the biggest blabber mouth in the country." Michael laughed a little and Tela found it funny. Inuc and Lana smiled about to laugh, they didn't know quiet what was so funny. Soon after they all said good night and the three girls left.
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The next day, at around.... oh about 6 in the morning, Lana, In.. (Reb coughs).. I mean Semenza, Fleur, and Tela came in to work. Tela walked over and sat at her station, Inuc passed by Michael and gave him a look that made Michael flinch, and Lana went to sit on the couch like usual. Michael leaned back and looked at the three in turn then he whispered, but they could all hear it, "Amon came in real early, he's been in some kind of meeting with Robin since he dragged her through the doors half asleep." They all nodded.
When he went back to his typing Lana looked at the other two, who were right beside each other. They kind of half nodded to her and she heard a voice in her head 'Go for it.' accompanied by the other 'Ya, we might need to hear it.' The second one was Tela. Lana replied, also in her head where they could hear her, 'Alright.'
She moved a bit closer to the closed briefing room door. Her hearing turned up where she could hear it and so could those linked telepathically to her (a.k.a. Tela and Inuc. Inuc was the one that had telekinetic powers so she listened telepathically to what Lana was hearing and passed it on to Tela.). What they heard was this:
"I'm just not sure. You think they're fine, but.. don't you think it's weird that they arrived just as these strange things started happening. I mean.."
"Amon, they're not evil. They came to help." Robin yawned.
"Yes, but then that other girl.. Tela.." He grimaced. "She comes and the next message says 'She' came to help the other 'two'. Robin! You can't say this is just coincidence." Lana could tell from his voice that he was frustrated in trying to have a fellow member who agreed. But obviously he would fail.
"Amon.. I agree they came strangely, but just because Tela embarrassed you.." she stood up. "Does not give you the right to blame her. And even though you think that's not the case.. it is. Now just get over your failure and face the fact that they are good people." She walked to the door and it was opened. As Robin left Amon grumbling to himself in the room, Lana had her eyes closed and arms crossed.
'Well..' Tela said telepathically 'That's hard to swallow. He hates us...' she kind of laughed. 'All cause I showed him up.' a smile in her voice. Lana spoke up, 'I know we're kinda lying to them, but Robin's right! We are good people. We wanna save these people and their leader doesn't even like us! Raises the question of why we're helping doesn't it.' 'Yep' Tela agreed. Lana sighed out loud and Inuc said telepathically 'We're helping because we are decent people...' Lana broke in, 'who are trying to save humanity from dieing at the hands of former friends. Why humans deserve to live is beyond me.' She stood up. 'Lana..' Tela began, but Lana cut short her sentence by cutting of her link. She walked over and sat down by Michael.
She watched him work for a while, the others arrived over a time. But Lana wasn't even paying attention. She didn't hear the hellos or even Michael's constant typing. She was thinking to herself. Deep in thought she went over the conversation, everything she'd learned while here, and what she could do to help. She was brought out of thought by Michael's hand laying on her shoulder. He had turned in his chair to face her.
"You okay?" he asked. He looked more concerned than she'd ever seen him. And not confused, or suspicious, or anything against her. She saw a kindness that no human had ever shown her, and a kind of brotherly relationship with him in that moment. She smiled and answered him after a second or two. "I'm just fine, thanks..." she faced her computer and brought up the picture of the message.
Though to all of the people present at the time, it wondered Lana how neither of her friends had noticed it. Her eyes a bit wider in curiosity and a slight fear. How could Tela not even see it. She enlarged the picture to see the other message clearer. Written on the wall a little to the side and down was another message written in special demon blood was a second smaller message,
'I am writing this in secret without my fellows knowledge. I give this message to the one that can read the mixed demon blood.' Mixed demon blood. Lana wondered about this for he would have had to mix several demons' bloods to create the right mixture. Also, only few people could read it. 'could it be him?' She continued to read, 'We are currently led by one Anito Fupan. His loss of family and said betraying girl firend has driven him to look for revenge. Facts are fuzy and I can't say much more. Time is short for Anito will find me soon. Meet me on top of the new office building at 7:00 p.m. on 7th day of the week. More then. Signed,' She thought, "Chiki"
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End chapter 5! My sister came in the room halfway through and started commenting. Sorry about that.
Lea :: It didn't bother me.
Esprit :: Well it bothered me! How dare she write during the fan fic I worked to help write!
Jess :: Geese Esprit, it's ok. Really, it's no problem.
Reb :: Yea. I didn't interfere too much.
Esprit :: turns around and ignores Reb
Jess :: hopefully they can work things out. anyways, Bye!