Vald woke slowly, feeling absolutely drained. He was at his house, not surprised to find that no one was home. Henri and his parents were somewhere overseas. Henri was homeschooled and their parent's business often took them far away for long periods of time.

He groaned, sitting up. Looking around, he saw that he was in the living room. He couldn't remember getting home, though Trevor probably dragged him home and inside. It was odd that he hadn't woken up, though, if that was it. He was still dressed, and the sword he had taken from the man was on the floor by his side, glinting in the morning sun.

"I guess I need to return you to your owner," Vald said. He recalled the sword having a sheath, though not knowing what happened to it. He remembered the man having it, but couldn't recall ever taking it with him. Oddly enough, the sheath was a few feet away. He picked the two items up and sheathed the sword.

The phone rang, the noise sounding unusually loud compared to the silence. Vald got up and answered it, expecting his parents to check up on him like they did occasionally. The person on the other end paused before replying, as if not expecting anyone to answer the phone. "Vald?"

"Yeah Oliver, who else?" Vald replied tiredly.

"Oh my gosh! Are you alright?! I should come over. I would be already, but my mom said you'd be fine with some rest. Are you fine? Damn it I should go over there." He paused, allowing his mother to yell at him for his language. "Anyway, what happened to you?"

"What do you mean?" Vald asked, running a hand through his bedhead.

"You passed out! You disappeared for an hour, and we decided to find you in case you were lost. We found you only like a few yards away, totally out cold. Trevor carried you back to the car and he dropped me off before taking you home. Did he stay with you to make sure you're alright?"

Vald glanced around. There was no evidence of anyone else around. "I don't think so, but maybe he just went home to get some stuff. It is Wednesday."

"Oh right, church. Well I'll get my mom to drive me over to your house. You shouldn't be alone. I told Trevor something was up!"

"What do you mean?"

"Haven't you seen the news?"

"No, why?"

"Turn it on. I'll be over in a second." He hung up as he was calling to his mom.

Vald turned on the TV and changed it to a news station. They were just finishing up a story that had to do with a recent murder. Vald gasped when the reporter said that the person was found on Ultimate's campus. There was a warning about gruesome material before they showed the victims' face. Vald gasped again as he recognized the man as the thief he had chased the day before.

"His identification was destroyed, so if anyone can identify this man then please report it to the police," the reporter finished.

Vald took deep breaths. He felt something run against his cheek, and he put a hand up to knock it away, only to find that they were tears. Vald was crying, but had no idea why.