Back at his hotel room, Lewis was looking at some photographs that Michael gave him.

"You're trying to tell me Onigen's here?" Lewis asked.

"Yes." Michael replied.

"Great." Lewis said, a little more cheerful than usual, "So you'll finally get her."

Michael nodded: "Unfortunately, it means that we have to kill Alice."

Lewis's cheerfulness evaporated: "What?"

"We cannot risk Onigen putting her plans with Alice into action." Michael explained, "The bosses think she has to die."

"What makes them think she'd even side with her?" Lewis wondered, "I've seen her fight those bloodsuckers, I'm sure she's a match for..."

"You've also seen her kill two girls." Michael interrupted.

"That was self-defense!" Lewis shouted.

"And I agree!" Michael didn't like the tone Lewis used, but calmed down, "But Red Shield doesn't. They fear that she will side with the bloodsuckers soon enough."

"Well why don't they spend a whole day with her and see who she really is." Lewis suggested, "You should've seen her when she found out what she really is."

"You've read her file." Michael said, "Before she lost her memory, she killed both people and bloodsuckers. There's no way we could be sure she won't do that again once she remembers everything."

"But she's spent some time with humans now." Lewis reasoned, "Don't you think she would choose to side with us now?"

"It's not up to me, and you know it." Michael said, "Anyway, I thought you just had to know."

"Know?" Lewis realized just how this sounded.

"Know before I carry out the order." Michael answered.

"You're really gonna go through with it!" Lewis couldn't believe it.

"From the start, the order was to assess if she is friendly with people, and kill her if she's not." Michael said, "So unless I know her better, I can't kill her."

Lewis understood what he was saying: "That's a dangerous game you're playing."

Michael said nothing, as he left the room. Once he was gone, Lewis laid himself down on his bed. There was nothing he could do until he heard from Michael again.

Michael left the building and was on his way to his car. Before he got in, he spotted a black car, which he recognized as Luke's. What is he doing here?

Lewis heard footsteps in the corridor, hurrying themselves to his door, only to hear a loud banging on his door. Wondering what that was all about, he got up to open the door. As soon as it opened, he had but a fraction of a second to recognize Alice, as she grabbed his collar, held him up against the wall, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Why did he have to die?" Alice demanded to know.

"Er... who?" Lewis had no idea what she was talking about.

"Don't lie to me!" she shouted.

"I can't give you any answers if I don't know what you're talking about!" Lewis exclaimed.

"He killed my father!" Alice answered, "A man in a suit came and he killed him!"

"What?" Lewis was genuinely surprised.

"Don't act so surprised!" Alice warned him.

A click of a gun was heard. Both Lewis and Alice turned to the direction where it came from.

"Let him go!" Luke demanded as he pointed his gun at Alice.

Slowly, Alice let go of Lewis: "You..."

"Luke?" Lewis was surprised, stepped in front of Alice, stopping her from doing anything, "What are you doing here?"

Alice pushed him away: "Don't stop me! He killed my father!"

Hearing this news was new to Lewis, so he looked infuriated, turned to Luke: "You what?"

"I had no choice." Luke said, "It was either him or me."

Lewis scoffed: "So you defend yourself and that's alright, but she defends herself and she has to die?"

"She's different!" Luke reasoned.

"Meaning what!" Lewis jumped in front of Alice, as though he were a shield.

"Step away." Luke ordered him.

"As I see it, you're no better than the bloodsuckers we hunt." Lewis continued.

"Step away!" Luke repeated himself.

"You'll have to shoot through me." Lewis challenged him.

"My pleasure." Luke took the challenge.

"Our own operative couldn't kill her years ago." Lewis said, "What makes you think you could with only a gun?"

"If I can't kill her, then you don't have to shield her." Luke snickered.

Another click of a gun could be heard, coming from behind Luke. He turned to see Michael.

"What do you think you're doing?" Michael asked.

"Following orders." Luke answered.

"Even if it means killing your own co-workers?" Michael questioned.

"It's called defending humanity by all means necessary." Luke reasoned.

While they were arguing, Lewis turned to Alice. He signaled to her that they'd best get away. Unfortunately, Luke spotted them moving away.

"Hey!" he shouted before firing his gun.

Michael tried to stop him, but the gun fired just as he jumped in front of it. At the sound of the blast, Lewis and Alice turned, only to see Michael falling down, his shirt red with his own blood. Lewis would've shouted an insult to Luke, but the latter readied his gun for another shot. This got Lewis to push Alice to run as fast as she could. They turned around a corner, narrowly escaping another bullet. Around the corner, Lewis stopped. Alice noticed, so she turned to look. Lewis brought his fingers to his lips, signaling her to be silent. As Luke turned around the same corner, Lewis punched his face and took the gun out of his hands. A battle between the two ensued.

"Alice, run!" he told her.

Alice knew she had to run, but she couldn't leave Lewis like this. She had thought of picking up the gun Lewis just took, but she never fired one before. There was only one weapon she could use. Realizing that, she ran as fast as she could.

Outside the hotel, she ran back to her car. There, she picked up her sword. Lewis told her she'd better hang on to it a little longer, and she did. With the sword in her hand, she ran back inside the hotel.

Lewis tried to fight Luke as best as he could, but since Luke was more experienced, he managed sweep the floor with Lewis very fast. Once he was down, Luke picked up his gun.

"Defending a bloodsucker over a person..." Luke said, "... you've betrayed your own kind."

Luke was about to pull the trigger, until a soaring pain went through his arm. He looked at his arm, and noticed that his hand, with which he held his gun, was suddenly cut off. Before he could do anything else, he felt a blade slide through his back. As the blade was taken out, Luke fell down, revealing to Lewis it was Alice who just saved him.

"We'd better get going." Lewis said, as he tried to get up.

Alice noticed he needed help, so she helped him up. Together, they tried to leave the hotel, but Luke, having found some new strength, managed to pick up his gun. Alice heard the click of the gun, turned to see him raise it up.

"Watch out!" she shouted as she pushed Lewis away.

Luke fired a few shots, of which at least two them hit Alice. To her own surprise, she didn't feel anything, but being shot at all would make anyone angry, and Alice was no exception. She raised her sword, ran to Luke, who fired just once more, before Alice slid her blade into Luke's throat, killing him instantly. Lewis, meanwhile, managed to recollect himself. He grabbed Alice's arm, so to take her out of the hotel.

Outside, they ran to Alice's car. Alice was about to take the wheel, but Lewis stopped her.

"I'm sorry, but you're in no shape to drive." Lewis said.

"I feel perfectly fine." Alice insisted.

"For someone who has at least two bullets in her body?" Lewis questioned.

Alice saw his point. Reluctantly, she gave him her keys, and once both of them got in, Lewis started the car and drove away.

"Alright..." Lewis said, "Those same guys who cleaned up those bloodsuckers you killed can clean this up, so the authorities won't be looking for us. But my bosses will. Do you know a place where we can hide?"

Alice thought for a moment: "There's an old cabin in the mountains."

"Where can I find it?" Lewis asked.