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As the night wore on, Michael found himself feeling a little more depressed and out of it every hour. He couldn't even concentrate on the computer after a while, which wasn't normal for him under any circumstances. Eventually, he was forced to call it a night and retired to sleep.

The next morning wasn't any better for him. He did fall asleep, but the lethargic feeling was still there when he woke up. He didn't have the incentive to work on the case today. He felt he was missing something, but he didn't know what it was. He sighed and curled up in a ball on his side, trying unsuccessfully to fall back asleep.

With a wide yawn and stretch, Dojima wandered into the empty office, announcing her arrival to no one. "…That's odd. Where's Michael?" She mumbled, taking note of his empty computer chair. "He must still be sleeping…" She shrugged and brushed a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes, settling in front of her own computer.

"Morning Dojima." Robin said quietly, making her jump a little in her seat.

"Don't sneak up on a girl like that Robin!" She said, exasperated, "You almost gave me a heart attack."

"Stop over reacting." Karasuma said, appearing behind Robin in the doorway. Robin smiled.

"…Where is everybody?" Karasuma asked, taking note of the empty office.

"I don't know. I'm guessing Michael is still sleeping, since he can't leave here. As for Sakakki and Amon, I have no idea where they got to." Dojima replied, shrugging.

There was a quick glance between Robin and Karasuma. "Do you think Michael somehow came into contact with her too?" Robin asked.

"Came into contact with who?" Dojima looked like she was missing something.

"Yes. I think she had something to do with it." Karasuma replied. "Dojima, you noticed how Amon was acting that time? Robin said he told her about some girl he ran into on the street. He hasn't been the same since. He also told her that she vaguely resembled the woman in those pictures of the Soulreaver Michael found. Robin and I think the same girl had a profound effect on Sakkaki too, although we can't prove this yet."

"Oh. How would she have met Michael though? And what exactly does she do to them?" Dojima inquired, thoroughly curious now.

"That's what we're trying to figure out. First step is making sure it's really her." Robin said, moving her arms into her coat pockets. "We may be a 3 person team at the moment though. The guys might be too incapacitated to help in any way."

They both nodded. "This could get dangerous though. We're not sure if she can affect us in the same way yet." Karasuma pointed out, sitting on the edge of Michael's empty chair.

"Well…judging by how she only got to the guys, doesn't that mean you were right Robin? She is a Succubus?" Dojima asked.

She nodded slowly. "It could, but her abilities seem very strong. By the looks of things, they might be addicted to her somehow after meeting her just once. We need to talk to Michael and see if he did meet her last night. He was fine when I left."

"I don't know whereabouts he roosts for the night. Do you guys?" Dojima asked, getting out of her chair.

"We don't know either." Karasuma said.

"I think he has a room on the main floor." Robin said with a slight shrug.

They looked at her questioningly.

She was right however, when they got downstairs. He did have a room there. Robin knocked on the door twice, no answer. "He has to be there." Dojima said, a small hint of worry in her voice.

Robin knocked again. "Michael? Can we come in?"

Nothing. Karasuma tried the door knob and found that it was unlocked. They glanced at each other quickly before making their way into the room slowly, taking in every detail. Michael was there, but he was fast asleep. "Michael?" Robin said softly, nudging at his shoulder.

He mumbled at them incoherently. "What?"

"How are you feeling?" Dojima asked, not even bothering to hide the fact she was worried now.

"How do you think?" He replied, rolling over to face the opposite direction.

"Did you meet anyone here last night?" Karasuma asked, getting straight to the point.

He hesitated a moment before answering, "Yeah. What about her? Did she get arrested?" He turned around again, that seemed to have got his attention.

"Err…No, but we need to know where you saw her." Robin put in.

He sighed and closed his eyes again, "Parking lot. She got lost and ended up there some how."

Robin had an idea. "Thanks Michael, sorry to disturb you." She raced out of the room, leaving Dojima and karasuma in surprise. They bowed to him quickly and followed after.

They found Robin in the security office of the parking lot, looking through what the tapes would have recorded the night before. "What are you doing?" Dojima asked, raising a brow and watching her intently.

"Shes looking to see if the camera caught who Michael had met. I never would have thought of that…" Karasuma commented.

They were silent for a while, watching the tapes rewind on the TV. Then suddenly, one image of the parking lot, close to where the ramp was to drive out, showed Michael turning to run inside and not even a split second as he was turning around; another person was standing there. She appeared out of literally nowhere.

They watched in silence, as Michael conversed with the strange person for a little over 5 minutes, before she turned around to leave. When she turned, she ended up facing the camera. Dojima, Karasuma and Robin got a good look at her, and to their shock, she looked up at the camera and winked.

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