"Hey, Hienkal?" Yumiko barely more then whispered to her companion.
"Ja, Yumiko?" the German woman asked back, still polishing her pistol.
"Any idea what we're here after?"
"We should be ready for anything. The Vatican didn't see fit to give us any significant information about the target," Hienkal spat out bitterly.
"Great," Yumiko groaned, turning over on her bed.
"We may also need to wake up Yumi," Hienkal added, looking out the window into the hotel's courtyard.
"Wah!" Yumiko whined, kicking at the air briefly.
"Oh, get over it! Did you think they sent you along to talk to the target, do you?" Hienkal asked with a huff.
"I was hoping that I'd been sent as moral support!" Yumiko whined again.
"Why me?" Hienkal asked herself, shaking her head.
Aya looked over the city from the top of what remained of the M.I.S.T. building. She ran her fingers through her hair and looked around again. She didn't like what was there. Placing her hand on one of the concrete boulders, she looked up at the sky. She let her thoughts drift back to the day that this had all happened.
"Aya!" Eve screamed in fright as she clutched her head in pain.
"Eve!" Aya cried, running after the girl in pain.
"My head!" Eve screamed, stumbling backwards, "Something's trying to claw out of it!"
"Calm down Eve! Concentrate on your breathing! Keep yourself under control!" Aya screamed, praying that she'd been heard.
"Help!" Eve shrieked, stumbling away from the group, "Somebody, help, please!"
"Eve!" Aya screamed right before everything in the room burst into flames.
The next clear memory that Aya had was when she woke up in the hospital's burn ward with only a few small bandages remaining on her form. She had to wonder what the man who appeared in her room wanted from her. She had to find Eve, no matter what it cost her to do so. The girl could be hurt or worse she had to find out. She'd do anything to protect the little her.
Sorry about there being such a delay in the arrival of this latest chapter, I've been experiencing computer problems that are still being worked out. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish fixing things soon, so hold tight until then. Ja for nyo everyone!