Chapter 7: The Sheep in Wolves Clothing

Durgil wasn't a stupid woman, but even after hundreds of years she still had trouble figuring out why people

did the things they did. Lync Syam for example. Why kill everyone? Was there some underlying reason? Was he neglected as a child? Did something traumatic cause his insanity? She knew she may never know the answers, but that didn't stop her from trying to figure the man out. Over the course of six hundred years she had attended many schools, and had many degrees, some badly out of date. She had been a Lady and a Servant, a Teacher and a Student, a wife and mother...

"But it does not do to dwell on the past..." She was snapped out of her memories by a hand waving frantically in her face.

"Durgil! DURGIL! No more daydreaming goofy, we're almost in Tokyo!" Durgil narrowed her eyes in irritation.

'Tokyo? When did we decide to go to Tokyo? This is one conversation I don't remember...' She sat thinking for a few moments more, while watching Maura and Shizuka throw pieces of paper at each other out of sheer boredom. After a while, the conversation she hadn't been able to remember came flying back to her...

Flashback

"Okay, so...where to next?" Maura was still eating fries, although no one could quite figure out where she got them, seeing as how all the McDonalds employee's had mysteriously disappeared right before the fight. Shizuka and Maruki looked at one another, laughed, and said "Tokyo!" at the exact same time.

"Uh...why Tokyo?" Durgil looked at both girls and sighed. "There's no reason to go to Tokyo! If we do, we'll just be surrounded by Asians that don't care whether or not we speak fucking Japanese..." She kicked a chair, and then sat down in it. Maura, Tobias, and Star looked at her in confusion. Maura and Star had no idea what her problem was, but Tobias figured she was angry about her injuries from the fight.

"Now Durgil, there's no need to be so angry at Shizuka and Maruki for wanting to return home. And as long as we're on the subject of Tokyo, according to Nich, we need to head there anyway. Apparently Bush and various other world leaders have gone to the Kyoto conference, and Lync is on his way there to blow the building up." Everyone looked at Tobias, and he shrugged. "What?"

End Flashback

Durgil sighed and followed everyone off the plane. It was all too obvious that she didn't want to be there. She refused to speak with anyone. She just walked along, following them with her nose held high in the air, as if she were better. Maura frowned at her and narrowed her eyes in anger. 'If the stupid bitch thinks she so much better, maybe she should just leave. It's not like she really contributes anything to the League, she just gets hurt, and acts snotty.' Maura really hated snotty people. She'd had a lot of experience with them. Always talking down to her, or acting as if she didn't exist. She made up her mind to have a talk with Durgil later.

Lync sat in his favorite armchair, watching people scurry back and forth, apparently eager to do his bidding. He knew none of them really cared, they just didn't' want to be killed when he was supreme ruler of the earth. 'Idiot's...I can't kill everyone! The only reason I've been doing so thus far is to keep Telkner and his damned League from my real plans.' For apparently, Lync didn't really want everyone on earth dead. He pulled out a file from his briefcase and skimmed the first two pages, finally stopping at the third one, which he read with ease. He had no worries about anyone else reading this file, as it was written completely in Latin, and he was confident that no one there besides himself could read it anymore. Slowly making his way down the page, he didn't notice someone stopping behind him and reading over his shoulder. By the time he finished, the person was gone. He replaced the file and stood, stretching. "Attention, everyone!" Immediately all

activities stopped, as everyone looked towards him in fear. "I feel that we should all retire for the night. I can't have my personal servants and workers too tired to do my bidding tomorrow! I expect a wake up call by precisely 6 a.m., and my breakfast is to be ready by exactly 6:05 a.m., Understand?" Everyone nodded. "Good. Now, off with all of you!" Stopping to watch as they scurried away, he suddenly pointed. "You there! Your name?" The figure raised its head slowly and spoke.

"Ileana Hiruga, Sir" Lync motioned for the girl to move closer.

"You will carry this briefcase to my quarters for me, and then you will make yourself scarce, is that clear?"

"Very clear, sir." Ileana picked up his case and quickly made her way towards his rooms. He, however, made his way to his personal bathroom, and slipped into the bath his servants had prepared, never knowing what was really going on in the room across the hall.

Ileana replaced his briefcase with another one, identical down to the last scratch. After that, she made her way to the servants exit, and quickly ran down the hallway. Stopping in the room she shared with three other girls, she grabbed a purse and a large cloak. Throwing the cloak on, she ran outside and sprinted towards another exit for servants only. The guard stopped her, but when she flashed her I.D. and told him that Lord Syam had excused her for one night, seeing as how her mother was sick and he obviously didn't want to appear heartless. The guard ate the story up, and told her to hurry; calling out behind her "I hope that your mother gets better soon!" She laughed in her mind, wondering what he would think if he knew that her mother was perfectly fine, and enjoying a vacation in the Bahamas right now.

Authoress: Okay babes, as you can see, this chapter isn't really all that important...or is it? It IS rather short, I know, but don't worry! I posted chapter 8 right after this one, didn't I? Well, be happy! My writers block is partially gone, and I'm trying to write as much as I can while it is. If anyone has questions or suggestions, Review! Hell, review anyway, I love feedback! Flames will be used to light my cigarettes, seeing as how my lighter has disappeared once more. I'm off to finish chapter 8 and work on chapter 9!

Love,

Chaos Philome