Forever War

Chapter 4: Joshua

22 years ago,

Belmont was busy sorting out the life and death list when there was a knock on the door. " Come in." The door opened, Belmont watched as Yasmin came in. She was a Card Captor working for him, to help sort out the life and death list. And, honestly, Belmont was old, but he was still young. He was attracted to Yasmin, she only started working here 1 week ago. " Here's the coffee you asked for." Yasmin told him and placed the cup of hot coffee on his desk. She looked down at him and smiled. Belmont felt like throwing his duties away.

" It's hard being boss right?" She asked. Belmont leaned back and nodded, Yasmin sat down on the table. Belmont watched her. She was looking at the list. " Looks like the Slayers can't stop the Soul Crushers. The list of female Card Captors dead is growing longer." Yasmin told him. Belmont was gaping at her beauty. " Sir?" She asked. Belmont knocked himself mentally. " Yes, it's obvious." He told her softly.

" You know, I was having problems with the Copier, do you want to show me how to use it?" Yasmin asked. Belmont blinked, a bit surprised. " Well, if you are still booked full, I can wait." Yasmin told Belmont. And she got off the table and walked towards the door. " Actually, I am free now." Belmont told her. She just smiled.

22 years later, Present,

The Slayers were all polishing their own weapons and shoes. Umi made her gun shine. She then went to their teacher. " Now, Umi, these Wings of Light bullets are still under testing. So… be careful." Her teacher told her. Umi inserted it in and fired at the target. There were 5 flashes of blinding white light, then they saw Wings opening up, they were white in colour. They started cutting the target and the wings' feathers fell off and started to explode. After 5 more flashes of white light, the target was completely gone. " Nice." Umi told them.

" We have to see if it works for a Soul Crusher." She told Umi. Umi nodded, looks like that found a better Bullet now. " Oh, practice the Cross Shot." She teacher told her. Umi rolled her eyes. It was to shoot 5 bullets, one in the middle to look like a cross. It can trap the Soul Crusher for about 1 minute. Umi was firing when Kitty joined her.

" You heard?" Kitty asked, Umi shrugged. " They said that she's back." Kitty told Umi. Umi looked confused. " Who?" Umi asked. " You know, Yasmin, the rumored Belmont's wife. She left for 21 years and now she's back." Kitty told Umi. Umi finished the Cross Shot. " Like this will even work." Umi commented.

Impossible was reading his crystal ball when he saw traces of red on it. Blood will be shed… Looks interesting. His eyes glowed Silver.

" Look Son, I know that you don't really like the idea of coming, but I must say, I do miss your father." Yasmin told her son. Her son looked at her. He was blonde and taller than she was. He had his father's blonde hair and blue eyes. Her fair skin and smile.

" I understand." He told her, looking out of the window of the aircraft.

There was a car that arrived at the gates. It came in and stopped right in front of the shelter. A woman and a guy stepped out. The Slayers were training shooting in their gym. They moved to the office to find Clow Reed. Clow Reed was having a meeting with Belmont. There was a knock on the door. " Come in." The door opened, Belmont started gaping. He was staring at Yasmin and the guy behind her, it looked…. Like him! " Oh My God!" Belmont exclaimed. " Hi, Belmont." Yasmin told him. Clow Reed looked confused. The guy behind Yasmin didn't look so happy.

" Friend, tell me what is going on here." Clow Reed told Belmont. Belmont closed the door mentally. " 22 years ago, I met Yasmin and we… we were together, then one day, she left so suddenly. I didn't see her anymore." Belmont told him. " I found out that I had your child. I left to join my mother at a different World." Yasmin explained. " And, this is Joshua, your son." Yasmin told Belmont, stepping aside, to let them see Joshua. Belmont stood up.

" Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, Yasmin smiled sadly. " The rumors were already everywhere, I wanted to keep this a secret. But, now I came back to find you, to let Joshua meet his father for the first time." Yasmin explained. Clow Reed felt like he was playing gooseberry.

Later,

Clow Reed led Joshua to his room. All the Slayers turned to look at him. He was the new guy that was young, next to Matthew. They were interested and curious.

" This is your room, I will explain the weapons and stuff later. Belmont wishes to meet you." He told Joshua. Joshua nodded and looked at the Slayers looking at them. He smiled slowly. " Looks like it will be very interesting." Joshua told Clow Reed. " I couldn't help agreeing more." He told him. Joshua smiled and winked once; some of the girls were charmed.

The next day, Monday Morning,

The Slayers were going to their classes. Umi and Kitty saw a lot of Slayers outside their Shooting Class. They frowned and squeezed through. There was a guy sitting on a chair, crossing his legs, waiting for the teacher to come. He was dressed in a shirt and a pair of black jeans. He looked at the bunch of girls and smiled. The girls were surrounded with hearts. Umi and Kitty managed to enter the class. They sat down at their seats. He was sitting in front of Umi. He turned around and smiled at her and Kitty. Kitty was blushing slightly.

" Hi, I am new here. Slayer Joshua Forest, son of Belmont. He told me about you, Slayer… Umi." He told her. Belmont's son? She thought. " Yar, It's hard to expect but you know… it's complex." He told her. He read her mind. His powers are higher than hers? He looked at Kitty.

" Hi, sorry, I didn't see you. I am Joshua, you?" He asked, smiling and showing off his white teeth. " Kitty, Kitty Vick." She told him, they shook hands. Joshua stood up, he was tall. He excused himself and left the classroom. Umi looked at the charmed Kitty.

" Kitty, he's just a guy. Well, except that he's Belmont's son. I can't believe it! I wasn't even so special!" Umi told Kitty. Kitty wasn't listening.

During lesson, the teacher was explaining the weapons and how to use it. Everyone was looking at Joshua and daydreaming. Umi was rolling her eyes. " Joshua, do you mind shooting the target?" The teacher asked. Joshua took the gun and aimed it at the target. He fired once. It hit the target and it fell, the apple on its head flew and he caught it. He gave it to a girl who was near to where he was. He then smiled. " Good." The teacher told them. Umi was wondering how Joshua would be when he fights Impossible.

After classes,

Umi was called for a meeting. Where by she was assigned to help Joshua fit in. The main thing was the fact that everyone was so charmed by him. He seems to be trying to charm her as well, but it wasn't working. He was blonde and blue eyed and tall, like all other guys.

" There's only one enemy that is a problem for us. He's Impossible." She told him. He smiled. " No problem for him. I will one hit KO him for you." He told her and fired once, it hit the target. Umi took her gun and fired, eyes closed, it still hit the target. Joshua looked impressed.

At night,

Umi had just changed into her nightgown, it was just a gown that reached her knees. White and was sleeveless. Umi ran the comb through her hair. " Looks like you are already going to sleep." She heard, Umi dropped her comb. The comb appeared on the dressing table. Umi saw Impossible's reflection in the mirror. He was wearing a tux, he took off his bowtie.

" What are you doing here?" Umi asked, looking at him. Impossible smiled. " I just finished attending a party, so I came to see you." He told her. Umi ignored him and walked to where her gun was. " You know it's useless. Tell me about Joshua Belmont." He told her. Umi aimed it at him, he smirked. " Why should I? He will kill you, since I can't." Umi told him, she released the safety. The gun was loaded with the bullets Wings of Light, she stole it from the labs. Impossible smirked knowing what it was loaded with. " He's powers are higher than yours, aren't you afraid that he will do what I do to you?" He asked her, walked around her. " I only know that I have to kill you to stop this war." She told him.

Impossible laughed. " Like he will even injure me, nor will this bullet be able to do so," he told her. He knocked the gun away, he pulled her close to him, and he stared into her eyes. Umi got a flashback of their first kiss… He stared deeper into her eyes. His eyes suddenly turned silver. He was scanning her memories… Umi felt like she couldn't move, even though she tried to stop him.

" Don't, I can kill you if I hit something. The Brain is most important. I can cut your immortal nerve, you will die." Impossible whispered. He let her go, letting her fall on her bed. Umi stared at him, her vision a bit blur.

" Get used to it, I will use it on you often. Goodnight." He told her. Umi blacked out.

The next day, Tuesday Morning,

Umi felt dizzy when she woke up in the morning. Impossible had scanned through her. She felt like she was dead, she felt cold and numb. She was surprised that she even got to the toilet. She started vomiting. She asked for a day off. She rested in bed, she felt funny and her head hurts. God… it hurts…

By evening, Umi still felt bad. She had vomited 10 times and hadn't eaten anything. Her headaches were getting worse… " Impossible…" She whispered, her vision blurs. " Heero… Yuy…" She whispered softly, before passing out again. Impossible appeared to the room, he smiled watching her lying on her bed, ill and sick. It must have been very uncomfortable for her. He had scanned her too long. That was the side effect. He carried her and teleported off to his room.

He placed her on his bed; he shot a silver ball at her. Then, there was blinding silver light. He was healing her. He stopped and covered her with the blanket. He brushed back the strand of hair that fell. Joshua was a challenge; Umi was something that he cares about. He didn't even know why, for power? For the ultimate power like the books said?

As he was about to leave, Umi caught his hand. " Don't go, please…" She whispered. Impossible smiled, he sat down on the bed, beside her. He held onto her hand. " If you want me to stay, I will." He told her softly.

Umi felt better, she slowly opened her eyes She wasn't in her room, and she felt something warm from her hand. She slowly sat up on her bed, she was in a weird place… Her hand, it felt warm…. The headache and funny feeling was all gone. She tightened her grip around the blanket. She didn't have her handphone or her gun.

" Don't think so much, it may start again." She heard that same voice she heard in her dreams. She turned to see Impossible, holding a thick file. " You cured me?" She asked, he nodded. " Why?" She asked, Impossible smiled. " Because you called me." He told her, Umi was shocked. " Since when?" She asked. " You whispered my name, so I came…" He told her, sitting down on his chair, watching her.

" I look forward to fighting Joshua." He told Umi. Umi thought about Joshua, she hadn't seen him fight before. But can he really win Impossible? Umi wondered to herself. " Impossible, why you don't want people to call you Heero?" Umi asked softly. Impossible's eyes narrowed, Umi regretted asking it.

" Because, I am no hero, I killed people. And I have to , to keep living." He told her softly. " Then why can't you stop this meaningless war that had never ended?" Umi asked him. He smiled sadly. " Because, killing is the only way I know how to live. I will feel weird if I can't kill anyone, I am too used to it." He told her. Umi was speechless. He walked over and placed his hand on her forehead. " Don't worry so much about it." He told her. Umi's vision started to blur. He was smiling sadly when she blacked out.

The next day, Wednesday Morning,

Umi woke up at her room, she didn't feel sick, and she had classes to attend to that day. Joshua and Umi went to patrol the streets, Umi was holding onto the best bullet, Wings of Light. Joshua was looking around the town, kind of window-shopping. " It's interesting, people still come out in daylight, knowing that there's still a war going on." Joshua told her. Umi shrugged. " They only attack at night, they rape girls and kill them, suck their powers and sometimes, they suck their souls, when they want to really kill that person forever. It's cruel." She told him. " Have you seen it before?" Joshua asked, very curious.

" No, it's not really allowed, it's so powerful that it can kill billions in one blow. They never use it, because there's no fun in it. You just kill that person forever; he doesn't go to hell or heaven. He's gone forever." Umi told him. Joshua nodded, getting the information.

They heard a scream, the crowd was starting to run, and everyone ran past them. They went against the flow and saw someone killing Card Captors. Umi pulled out her gun, but Joshua had already run over, he knocked the gun out of the Soul Crusher's hand. The Soul Crusher's eyes were Shining White in colour.

" Joshua, he's high leveled!" Umi told him. They jumped away from each other. " My name is Duo Maxwell." He told Joshua. Joshua smirked. " I am Joshua Forest, son of…" He was cut off by Duo's gunshot. He shot him through his heart. Joshua fell to the ground bleeding.

" He's abit too proud of his blood line." Duo told Umi. Umi aimed her gun at Duo's head. " Heero sent you to test Joshua out?" Umi asked, Duo knelt down. " Forgive me for allowing her to use your real name." He muttered. " Yes, he did. And he's too proud." He told Umi. Joshua then stood up, his wound recovering. " You think I can die that soon?" He asked Duo. Duo threw his gun away. They started fighting using attacks.

Joshua took out a bottle of liquid and drank it. His eyes glowed golden. He then started fighting Duo using his fights; he punched Duo so hard that it made him bleed. His fist was surrounded by fire and he punched Duo on his face, it burned his face. He recovered and took out his sword. He sliced off Joshua's hand, he groaned in pain, his hand lied on the floor, blood pouring out. Joshua regenerated his hand back. He grabbed the sword and tried to break it. Duo jumped and kicked Joshua away. Joshua hit the walls, the building collapsed onto him.

The bottle of liquid, it helped to increase his powers. Joshua stood up, Duo ran over, his sword glowing red. " Burning X!" Duo shouted, a circle of fire shot out of his sword and burned Joshua, then, Duo sliced an X at the burning Joshua. Joshua was bleeding badly when everything cleared. His eyes were back to normal. Duo walked up, positioning his sword at Joshua's heart. Umi couldn't let him die. She shot at Duo. Duo didn't realize that the bullet was coming for him.

It hit him in his heart. Duo turned to see Umi, he was coughing blood out. There were 5 flashes of blinding white light, then they saw Wings opening up, they were white in colour. They started cutting Duo up. He started bleeding more and more. The wings' feathers fell off and started to explode at Duo. He groaned in pain as blood flew everywhere. After 5 more flashes of white light, Umi opened her eyes. Joshua was covered with Duo's blood. Duo looked very badly injured. Umi looked at the gun. It worked! Umi was about to fire again when Duo suddenly stabbed Joshua and then he vanished. Joshua's eyes were wide. Umi went over to heal him.

Duo was badly injured because of the bullet. He couldn't contact Impossible, they will be able to track him. His clothes were all stained with his red blood. He started coughing out blood, the bullet worked. Looks like it's bad news. Joshua was a weakling. He only gets his powers from the liquid that enchants power. Duo gritted his teeth and started to walk. His powers are weakened, he could no longer teleport. And couldn't teleport far enough. As he started walking through the alley, his vision was blurring. He shook his head and dragged himself down the alley. He couldn't stand the pain anymore. He then started to vomit blood again. With that, he fell to the ground, still bleeding. Was he going to die? He didn't know…

Charmaine was carrying a bag of fruits, she was returning to the base. She walked through the alley, the route was shorter. It was a short cut. Charmaine sighed and then she tripped over something. She fell, all the fruits dropped out of the bag and rolled on the floor. Charmaine felt pain in hr leg, she turned to see what it was, it was a leg and then she realized that the fruits were all in a pool of blood. She was in it too. She was frightened. Someone had just died? She saw a body on the floor. She was afraid to touch it. She slowly reached out to touch it, she drew back suddenly, not knowing what to do. He was probably already dead. Then, he started coughing. Charmaine was relieved, he wasn't dead yet. She went over to look at him. He looked familiar, she just didn't remember when she had met him.

As she touched his cold hand, he suddenly grabbed her. Charmaine was a bit shocked at his suddenly reaction. " Must, must find Impossible…." He whispered. Charmaine watched, as his eyes slowly became Shining White in colour. He was a Soul Crusher! Should she pull out her gun and kill him since she's a slayer? Or, should she help him?

Joshua was placed in the Urgent ward, he had not woken up yet. Belmont explained that Joshua couldn't show his full attention as he didn't know what he had to do. Clow Reed praised Umi for shooting Duo with the Wings of Light bullet. Umi wondered if he had already died. Clow Reed sent an order to produce millions of this bullet.

The next day, Thursday Morning,

Duo opened his eyes; he was in a house or room. It was already morning… The sunlight was spilling in through the opened balcony door. The curtains were flying as the wind was blowing. Duo felt pain as he tried to sit up. Aware that he was being bandaged, his Soul Crusher Mark on the top of his right arm was obvious. Who had saved him? He remembered bleeding very badly and he had passed out, aware that he was dying.

The door opened, he turned to look at the door. A Girl walked in, but she had a Slayer's badge pinned onto her shirt. So, she was a Slayer… Duo's eyes narrowed at he watch her come closer to him. " Looks like you have woken up." She told him softly, smiling a little. Duo looked at her nametag. " Charmaine Jewels?" Duo asked her. Charmaine nodded. " Why did you save me? You knew that I was a Soul Crusher and that you were a Slayer." Duo asked her.

Charmaine sighed. " I did thought about killing you, but I went against it. It isn't fair to kill someone that is weak and helpless. It's best to kill each other in a fair fight. So I saved you, I am not telling them about you." She told him. Duo watched her as she pulled out a chair and sat down. " The Slayers are now searching for you. Umi injured you badly. You will take weeks to recover. I can't find Impossible for you. I don't know where he is. This place is protected, so they won't come here." Charmaine told him softly. Duo closed his eyes, trying to communicate to Impossible using mind link.

Impossible just got a status report. He knew that duo was injured badly and that he was with Charmaine. He has to help to protect him from the Slayers. Looks like they finally found a weapon to use on him.

Charmaine looked at the Soul Crusher's mark. She had never seen it before. It was an ice like jewel; there was a Shining White dragon in it. Outside had a light thingy on top of the icy thingy. The head of the dragon was black. Then outside, there were silver wings surrounding the icy thingy. Charmaine sworn that the dragon just moved it's head.

" Don't look at it, it's this mark that we use to crush people's soul. It draws people to look at them and then crush their souls." Duo told her, Charmaine blinked a bit surprised. " What does it mean?" Charmaine asked. Duo sighed; he shifted his right arm closer to her.

" The dragon inside is us, the colour is our class. The ice is to show that we are all different inside. The black head means death. The light on top of the jewels means that we also have a good side. The wings are our master, Impossible. We will and only obey him. Benjamin lost his mark after he was set free. It will be washed off after being free." Duo explained. Charmaine smiled, so it had a pretty complex meaning.

" I will go prepare your breakfast. What do you want to eat?" She asked him. He didn't reply, so Charmaine left to do some toast.

Duo looked around him, he still couldn't move much. Impossible teleported in before him. " Sir…" He started; Impossible silenced him with a finger. " I will be looking after you. I don't want Charmaine to be suspicious about it. I checked her, she's clean. Even though she's a Slayer." He told Duo, Duo nodded. " You will take a while to recover. So rest well." Impossible told Duo, he teleported off, just when Charmaine came back with a tray.

" I only have toast, do you drink coffee?" She asked, Duo nodded. Charmaine handled it to him. " No, I can't really move yet." He told her. Charmaine sighed, she looked at her options.

" Umi…" Someone was whispering her name. Umi looked around her, she was in a very dark room, and there were only candles that were lit by the walls. She walked down the link way slowly; she felt pain in her leg. Her high heel shoe had broken. Umi threw them away and walked bare-footed. The coldness of the ground shocked her with each step. She heard the voice again. Umi started running towards a door. She threw it open, to see a room. The door to the balcony was opened.

She didn't have her gun with her. Umi slowly walked towards the balcony. She could roughly make out the outlines of the objects. As she stood at the balcony and looked down, her eyes widened. It was high up and below were all dead bodies floating in a lake of blood. The moon was blood red in colour too. What was going on?

" Surprised?" She heard, she turned to see Impossible sitting on the roof above her. He was smirking and was wearing a pair of blue shades, his eyes visible through the lens.

" You brought me here?" Umi asked, looking at the lake below. It was such a sickening sight. " Yes, I did. This is the Rubbish Dump, or rather, the Zero Floor." Impossible explained. Umi looked around.

" These people here have no souls or they are people who can't go into hell nor heaven. Everyone one alive here will fight each other till one dies. The strongest is rumored to be able to leave. However, it was jus a rumor. They can never get out of here." Impossible told her.

" What does this got to do with me?" Umi asked him, turning back to look at him. He jumped off the roof and landed beside her. Umi wasn't sure what he was up to. " You see, this place is worse than hell. People in hell go through the 99 levels of torture. All those soulless people, their bodies are all dumped here. They can't move nor do anything. They are worse than dead. Many bodies are dumped here, due to many reasons." Impossible told her. Umi looked at the red moon.

She felt someone touch her, she turned to see Impossible hugging hr from behind. He used his hand to make her look at the moon. " That's the way to get out of here. However, if you step off this balcony, you will never be able to come back, if those bodies there saw you." Impossible whispered.

Umi didn't understand why she was even here when she wasn't even part of this whole thing. " The war cost 90 of all these bodies you see here." Impossible told her suddenly, whispering to her ear. " If it continues, more people will be stuck here forever. Do you want that to happen?" Impossible asked her.

" No," She told him very frankly. " I am not asking anything, I just want you to be aware of a few things. There are things Clow Reed and Belmont don't even know." He told her, stepping away from her.

" And, I asked you here to punish you." He told her, Umi noticed the anger in his eyes. " You shot Duo, who happened to be my friend. And he nearly died." Impossible told her. " He didn't he fled." Umi told him, trying to make her stand.

" Should I do that to you too, so you will know that it hurts?" Impossible asked. Umi narrowed her eyes. " Not that I think that it will work on me." Umi told him. Impossible grabbed her by her hand; Umi was struggling to get free. " Release me!" She shouted. He shifted and covered her mouth with his free hand.

" Don't shout, they are aware of voices. They will get attracted. They want to steal your soul so that they can get out." He told her softly. " But they can't move." Umi stated, knowing that it was a fact. " They can, when they want to. Desire of getting out of here made them move and the lake moves too." Impossible told her. Umi kept her mouth shut, Impossible released her.

" Let me tell you one thing, never ever injure my friends or you will regret it." Impossible told her. " I will leave you here to get out yourself, as a punishment." Impossible told her, his eyes looking at her through his shades. He smirked and vanished, Umi looked around, a bit frightened. The exit was the moon, it was so far away. Her powers were banned. " No…" She said softly. She knew that the lake was huge, but there should be some land right? As she touches the fence, she noticed that the bodies were slowly turning. Umi immediately retreated her hand. Oh god… Will she really die? Umi weighed her options. She then decided to go through the lake.

She climbed over the fence and dropped down into the bloody lake. She landed on a stone. There was a path across the lake. Umi made her movements quick, aware that the bodies were all slowly standing up. Umi jumped over a few, their reactions were slow so it was easy. Then, she came to a broken bridge, the other end was so far away. Umi was panicking. They were all closing in on her. Umi leapt off with all her might, hoping to get to the other side. But she was falling, into the bloody lake and below her, she saw hands reaching out. " No!" She screamed, as she was falling, one hand grabbed her leg and pulled her down. " No…" She screamed, struggling, but the hands were all pulling her, dragging her down. Umi couldn't free herself… They even covered her mouth as she tried to bite them off. " No…" She thought as hr head was dragged down into the lake. The lake surface cleared…

Charmaine came in with the first-aid kit box. She had to change Duo's bandages. Duo let her remove those already on him. They were red, as he was still bleeding. Duo groaned in pain when Charmaine applied the anti-bacteria medicine. He nearly bites her. Charmaine was a bit surprised; Duo had fangs, like the vampire's. " Why are Soul Crushers so mixed?" She asked him.

" Don't ask me, ask our creator. We studied our history once. This creator, the first Soul Crusher, went around universes to find DNA of different creatures. He tried many times, 100 more people died as their test rats. Finally he succeeded. It's funny how that successful person died in the end. Maybe he killed him, who knew?" Duo told her. Charmaine imagined people dying due to the fact that their DNA was being messed up and they started destroying each other.

" That's horrible…" She told him. Duo's fangs had shrunk back to normal human teeth. " We use them to drain blood, suck people dry, it too also sucks power along with it." He told her. Charmaine became more careful, aware that it would cost her life, even though Duo had no intention to do so.

The wind was blowing from the opened window. She saw a blue of colours on the ceiling. She didn't remember anything… She waited as her vision cleared, she was lying on her bed. She heard something, she sat up on her bed to see Impossible changing his gun, he closed it shut and fired once at the mirror. It broke, Umi could see 15 of herself on the bed. " Why did you save me?" Umi asked him.

" No, I didn't. It was just a nightmare. It wasn't true. Even though you felt pain…" He told her softly. " Second class of dreams?" Umi asked, Impossible shook his head. " No, Five Class of Dreams. Pain can be felt, so can pleasure and anger, it can even connect up to 10 people." Impossible told her. He took off his shades and looked at her.

" However, people may lose their mind in those dreams, just like how people played with time. The main things is that Dreams are not real, as long as you know it's fake, it won't harm you." Impossible told her. He then vanished into the shadows. The sun was just starting to rise.

The next day, Friday Morning,

Charmaine went to check on Duo. He wasn't there, in the room. There was no note, but the balcony door was opened. Charmaine sighed and sat down, looks like he had already left…

Charmaine looked depressed during the whole day. Angel went to talk to her.

" You sick?" She asked her, Charmaine shook her head. She couldn't tell anyone about Duo. " I am just tired…" Charmaine told them. She saw Joshua talking to Belmont. Joshua had managed to wake up. They were all aware that Joshua wasn't that skilled. Umi had tested the new bullets, so it did work… Angel was crapping about Joshua, Charmaine wasn't paying attention. As she saw a shadow break into the lab.

Duo looked around the lab, he healed the windows back. His wounds were still bleeding. He was looking for a medicine by the name of Neutral Blood. It will help him to replace his blood and make him regain a bit of his powers. He searched the boxes for it. He heard footsteps down the hall, he hid behind a shelf. The door opened.

Umi walked in feeling a little sick, since the dream really scared her. Clow Reed sent her to the Sick bay to get some rest. The sick bay was connected to the lab. Umi turned to see an opened box. She turned around and closed the door. She scanned through everything with her see-through eyes. There was no reading as to someone was here.

She opened a drawer and took out a small glass bottle of liquid. It had the name Neutral Blood on it. Umi started shaking the mixture.

" Umi, can you come here for a while? Belmont wants to speak to you." Someone called, Umi placed it down on the table and went out, closing the door. Duo came out and drank the liquid. He felt his wounds healing a little. He then opened the drawer to see 10 more bottles. He drank them all, before leaving through the window. He jumped onto the tress ranch and jumped onto a roof of a bungalow and then he jumped to another building and made his way back to where Impossible was.

To be continued…

Next Chapter,

Welcome the new addition to the Soul Crusher Family,

The Fifth Helper of Impossible will finally appear, he's skilled

Will the Slayers kill him before he kills them?