"I asked the guy inside, he said he seated two people matching Shal and Mitch's description earlier, but they left about 40 minutes ago." Jesse reported after coming out of Valentino's. He described a short blonde wearing a strapless black dress and her partner, a taller dark haired guy who probably wore a suit. The waiter seemed to recognise them immediately.

"Did he know what direction they were headed?" Lexa asked.

"No." Jesse answered simply.

"What about Brennan?" Lexa asked.

"The waiter said the blonde only came inside with one man, he saw no one else." Jesse replied, leaning against the restaurant's outside wall.

"Ok, so Brennan must have stayed in the car when he dropped her off." Lexa concluded.

"Right, but we still don't know where they went." Jesse said.

Lexa diverted her attention for a second, but stared back to what she was looking at. Jesse, following her gaze, looked behind him. A dark alley.

Lexa walked toward it. "In every movie I've ever seen, someone always gets murdered in an alley." Jesse looked surprised. Lexa noticed and stopped turning to face him. "What?"

"I just didn't figure you for the mystery murder type." Jesse confessed, laughing slightly.

"Oh no? And what type did you think I was?" Lexa smiled.

"I don't know really." Jesse smiled. Letting a few moments pass, Lexa resumed what Jesse liked to call 'her mission stance'. It was all business and she instantly forgot her personal issues.

"We should check out this alley."

"Right." Jesse agreed, peeling his stare away from her. "I gotta say though, this is pretty thin."

"Anorexic." Lexa smiled. She knew Jesse liked the 'Lethal Weapon' movies and every chance she got she tried to flaunt it. Jesse couldn't hide his smile from Lexa.

"It's kinda dark." Jesse stated, and then mentally hit himself for sounding so lame. Of course it's dark, it's an alley!

"Yeah, I can't see anything either." Lexa agreed.

"I can see perfectly." A voice said from behind them. Jesse and Lexa instantly turned to face the voice, but no one was there.

"Over here." It came from beside Lexa. "Now I'm here." From beside Jesse.

"Show yourself." Lexa commanded. Although she knew that this guy was almost definitely a mutant, she could risk using her powers, just in case.

A man stood in front of them; his face hidden by the shadows.

"Who are you?" Jesse asked.

"Why are you in my alley? No one should be in my alley!" From where Jesse was standing, this man didn't sound right. He sounded crazy.

"Lex, how about a little light?" Jesse suggested. If he was just a crazy man opposed to a crazy mutant, no one would believe him if he said he saw a woman create light.

In a second, light rippled from Lexa's hands, blinding the stranger. Jesse had shut his eyes.

"It's Mitch." Lexa reported, hardly surprised. In her lifetime, with all her experiences, it took a lot to surprise Lexa.

Mitch took a few moments to recover, but he looked slightly pissed off. Lexa could also see a hint of crazed happiness gleaming from his devilish eyes.

"Where are Shalimar and Brennan?" Jesse said loudly and clearly enough. But Mitch still took a few seconds to process what he had said. It looked like he was trying to figure it out.

"You shouldn't play in the dark children. Bad things can happen." He laughed, although it sounded like a strangled croak.

Jesse threw Lexa a look, warning and protective. They were both disturbed by Mitch's lack of sanity and wondered why on earth Shalimar would go out with this guy.

Still, Lexa refused to leave until Brennan and Shalimar were found. "Where are Brennan and Shalimar?"

"Would you like to be my friends?" He whined.

Whispering to Lexa, Jesse said "We won't get anything from him. He's clearly out of his mind."

"And also a mutant. Crazy mutants are too dangerous to be left loose in the city." Lexa argued. Deep down, Jesse knew she was right, but this guy didn't seem dangerous, just confused. Very confused. However, they still didn't know where Brennan and Shalimar were and he was their prime suspect.

"One last chance." Lexa warned Mitch.

"We can play together." He smiled. "Let's play together."

The last thing Jesse saw was Mitch blinking his eyes and then a sharp pain in the back of his head, before dropping into unconsciousness.