"In 5000 years of travel, I have learned one thing: To stay put is to die. To move is to live."

-Geno Roads

Travels

Kevin looked at his watch then back at the escalators leading down into the baggage claim of the Domino International Airport. They had arrived with 6 minutes to spare, and with a flash of a badge from Veronica were now waiting for the clock to strike 4:18.

"it's raining." Veronica said absent mindedly, staring out the window as the droplets came down. Kevin shrugged, some small acknowledgment, and glanced at his phone, a text coming in. Something about two beings, moving faster then the speed of sound, blasting out of the city. He turned off the phone. probably just a god or one of the gifted children. He thought.

"I'm bored!"

Kevin sighed. "Kiarou, just a few more minutes."

"I didn't say that!" Kiarou said from his seat, his deck in hands. Kevin turned and looked at Tristan who was pacing.

"What?" Tristan said. "I am bored!"

Kevin shook his head, looking at Veronica. She chuckled gently and wrapped her arms around his waist, kissing his ear. "You're the one that asked me to hire him." She flicked the lobe with her tongue. "It's your fault."

"Listen Doc, I mean no offense, and I am sure this is going to be amazing and all, with explosions and fire and maybe even partial nudity. You know, all the stuff in a good R rated film. But I am going to get a burger and maybe browse the gift shop."

Serenity's eyes lit up, ignoring the "nudity" comment. "Shopping?"

Kevin sighed, leaning against Veronica, waving his hand. "Dismissed. I'll find you when we are done with this, all…" He turned, watching Tristan and Serenity already in a half run down the terminal. "…done."

Kiarou sighed and sat on the ground, spreading his deck on in front fo him. "It is a wonder that I came out normal…isn't it buddies?" Kiarou looked at his cards and nodded.

"Kevin, it 4…buddies?"

"Veronica, can we try and stay on the subject here?"

Veronica gave yet another rlook at Kiarou and nodded. "Right. It's 4:18."

Kevin nodded and grabbed the sign, stealing a glance as people slowly left the escalators. He tore off the cver and stared at the piece of paper. "what the?"

"What is it?" Veronica asked, laying her head on his shoulder. Kevin held up the item and she frowned. "Eliza?"

"Mr. Allen!"

Kevin let ou a yelp as he was hit, Veronica losing her hold on him. She watched as young woman grabbed him and squeezed him tight, repating the words, "Mr. allen! Mr. Allen!"

Kevin slapped at her head. "Kill it, kill it,send it to hell!"

"Kevin!" Veroncia said sternly. "It's just a girl."

"….kill it! Send it to hell!"

The girl let go of hima nd looked up at him, her eyes wide. "No sir! You misunderstand! I have travl many many miles to talk to you."

Kevin looked her over, his MIB training kicking in. He had been wrong to call her girl. The woman was just under his height, maybe 5 foot 11. She had long blonde hair, tied in a ponytail. She wore a long black frock, her face plain and undressed. She had dark blue eyes and soft features. She spoke with an Eastern European accent, and was probably jsuta few years older then him.

Veronica walked up to her and offered her hand. The girl looked at it, and finally shook it. "Hello, I am Dr. Veronica Noga. You have already met DR. Kevin Allen. I am guessing you are Eliza?"

The girl nodded. "Yes, I am Eliza. I have flown all the way here to talk to mr…Dr. Allen."

Kevin nodded. "come on, lets sit down."

On the Shores of Japan.

Tressa let out a gasp, her head between her knees, trying to stop her heart from blasting out of her chest and landing on the ground. The gently waves calmed her nerves a bit, but it still didn't help.

She had no idea where she was. She had thought of jogging on the beach,but then it had begun to rain, and she got upset over that too…and she just ran. When she finally stopped, she was lost. Behind her was a trail of flames, and she realized she had tapped into her magic, and most likely had broken the world record for the hundred meter dash.

I better be ready when the MIB comes. She thought. Maybe I can request Kiarou to handle this. He was understanding enough, and a word with Lysandra might even get him to convince Ms….Dr. Noga to drop the charges. The MIB didn't like ti when her and her siblings cuased major damage or let the world outrightly see their powers.

She closed her eyes and murmured, mad at herself for letting her emotions get the best of her. It was….she hated it when her family fought. She was like her father, very sensitive to fights, and took even the slightly insult as a mortal wound. Owen and Lilka were like mom, who could fight for hours. And like Seto. Tressa sighed. That was the one thing she could never duplicate: her uncle's icy feelings and ability to not cry.

She had once mentioned how she never understood how her father could handle Seto or Raia, or even his father. Her dad may look big and strong, but he was the most sensitive person she knew.

Of course, when Gala had heard this, for Tressa was talking to Lysandra, she had told her that Guy was not as soft as he appeared. Some checks with other people confirmed that there had been a time when her father had been even icier then Seto. Infact, Tressa had been startled to find out that her father had murdered a few people, including his own mother, in cold blood, and not even batted an eyebrow at the fact, going along with his day.

She sniffed, putting her coat over her head. Now that was a discussion She thought, remembering when she had confronted him with that. He had shrugged and merely said, "Yes, I have killed people."

"Including your own mom?" Tressa said.

"Yes." Her father replied, being very calm.

"How….how could you kill innocent people daddy? How could you just pull that trigger and end their…"

Something had flashed in her father's eyes and he stood up, scaring her as he shouted. "They weren't innocent!" With that, he had walked away. It took 3 months of pleading with her mom before she revealed what her grandmother had done to Guy when he was a baby. It took another 2 months for Guy to even look Tressa in the eye. Those had been the hardest 2 months, but in th end, she understood, thanks to a talk with Kaikou.

"Your daddy doesn't like to talk about what he did in the past, his sins."

"Why not?" Tressa had asked.

The spirit of her aunt sighed. "Guy…Guy did something…very bad, when you were just a baby. Something so terrible he never revealed to anyone what happened, and wiped the minds of all involved except himself. He then went to hell and paid for that sin...but since then, the others have weighed heavy on him"

The word 'hell' was enough to make Tressa scared and curious. Since then, she had always wondered what her father did that was so terrible…he would face damnation for a period of time, even a few hours as Kaikou assured her, to undo the burden on his soul.

"You ok kiddo?'

Tressa snapped out of her daydream to find her father watching her, and,to her surprise, he was in his godly form. He towered over her, his white hair soaked through, yet his clothing was dry. Part of the aura, she guessed. His wings were still tucked saftly in his back, and he had gone without the war paint that all men of the house of Roads had.

"Yea." She mumbled, still very tired. "why are you a god?"

Guy looked over himself and chuckled. "I couldn't catch you as a mortal. You had too much of a head start. I had to go god, and even then, I was a minute behind you…how did you get so fast?"

Tressa muttered and leaned against a tree, sighing, ignoring the question. "I'm sorry aobut in there…"

"No need to explain princess." He said. He held out his hand, and a bubble of energy covered them, keeping them completely dry. "I know how upsetting that was for you."

"I don't like them fighting." The teenager said, pulling her knees close to her chest. She was freezing cld from the rain, and her ody was tired from calling upon her magic reserves.

"I know." Guy said quietly. "Your brother and sister…and your mom…they have too much of my dad in them."

"but grandpa Kaos isn't that bad." She muttered…and received a laugh from her father.

Guy sighed, wiping tears from his eyes. "That's funny." Tressa gave him a look. "Ok, he was never that cold around me…but he is icy. He did spend 5000 years trying to kill anything that dared to cross him."

"Then why is he so nice now?"

"Mom." Guy said. He paused, to clarify. "My stepmom, I should say. My real mom only did more damage. Neph…she is the one that melted his heart. Plus, you've seen Shima…her return helped too."

Tressa nodded. Her grandfather had used his powers to give her Aunt Kaikou's mom a body, though she was restricted to only staying in his mansion. Otherwise, she became a spirit again. Kaos had told her it had to do with Shima staying too long in her card.

"Daddy?" She watched as he sat next to her, his giant body now totally making her feel as if she was 5 again. "Why are so many people in our family killers?" Guy glanced at her. "Grandpa…Grandma…You and mom…great grandma Isis and great grandpa Destiny…"

Guy sighed. "The Roads family, as you know, started out as gods."

"The family was created when great great grandpa Chron married great great grandma Maria." Chron always amazed Tressa. He looked just like her father, only with a million more muscles. He was about as wide as he was tall, but was also gentle when he needed to be. He also wore too much armor, but Tressa never told him that.

Maria was a golden goddess that was from, to Tressa's surprise at first, another planet entirely. She couldn't remember the planet…but Maria had been one of the 5 sisters that created the main country there…Hyrule or something like that. She was incredibly beautiful, with long black hair and a body of pure gold. She had a pink aura, which, when Tressa was a baby, had always made her giggle. The only real problem was that her grandmother, due to the way she was raised, never wore clothing, instead using her aura to cover her body up, but still leaving her very naked. That always disturbed the teen.

"Well, you know that they also had a son, Destiny, my grandfather. Destiny had started out as he is now, as the most loyal and honorable god in the world, wanting no power and to only start a family." Guy's face darkened. "Untill the demons came. They implanted in him...darkness…that made him…twisted." The shadow paused on his face. "My dad removed that darkness…but not before it was passed to him, and in turn, me, Kaikou, and Galanodel.

"That's why we are killers. That darkness sometimes makes us…snap. It has taken love to bring it out of us…but there are times…"

Tressa yawned and grabbed her father's arm gently. "Daddy…does that mean…I…."

"Yes." Guy said gently. "Sadly…I couldn't remove the darkness from your guys' hearts. It's something that will always be in our family, sadly." He smirked. "Doesn't help you have your mom's anger."

"daddy?" She asked gently, nuzzling his shoulder as sleep was rapidly claiming her. "Why is mama so mad?"

Guy sighed gently. "You mom had a hard life kiddo. Her parents died when she was young, she was separated form Seto and Mokuba and she ran away. Had my dad not found her, she would have died. And then, there are the things those men did to her…" He shuddered slightly.

Tressa nodded, resolving not to push the topic. Their mom had a tattoo of the Blue Eyes on her back. She had first thought it was something cool, until she had learned the truth…that some strange cult had enchanted it and done…things to her mom. She never wanted to know what.

"Tressa?" Guy said, his voice filled with concern. Tressa murmured and fell into his lap, out cold. "Damn it." Guy said, picking her up. She was cold to the touch. "Stubborn little…" he sighed, his wings extending. "I have to get you someplace warm kiddo…"

With that, Guy leapt into the air, becoming a streak of energy as he rocketed straight into the realm of light.

Meanwhile on the beach, a small lrip in space and time formed, shimmering before it closed, just giving the being that had made it time to walk onto the beach. He stood 7 feet tall, and had a god been nearby…they would have recognized their kin. He cracked his neck and looked around.

'Made it." He said through the face mask that hide his features. He adjusted his black bodysuit, and allowed his wings to burst forth.

He had a job to do.