Red Shield H.Q.:
In the debriefing room, Lewis was sitting at a desk, opposite of the elder man that ordered Michael and Luke to kill Alice. Next to the elder man was a gorilla-sized man, his personal bodyguard some would say, and along with the three was a woman with a typewriter, typing down every word that was said, while also responsible for the tape-recorder.
"You do realize..." the elder man spoke, "... that you've put yourself in a difficult position. Yes?"
"How so?" Lewis asked, although he sounded as though he already knew the answer.
"Onigen may be defeated..." the elder man explained, "... but in doing so, two of our agents were killed, along with two innocent civilians..."
"Innocent remains to be seen." Lewis mumbled, though both the elder man and his bodyguard heard it, and particularly the bodyguard had to practice restraints.
"You violated orders..." the man continued.
"No more of that 'end justifies the means' bravado?" Lewis asked, sarcastically.
The bodyguard started to shake visibly, but the elder man continued uninterruptedly: "And you let the target escape."
"And this has nothing to do with being jealous because I actually managed to do something you haven't?" Lewis continued using his sarcastic tone.
The bodyguard had completely lost his patience then: "One more word out of you, and I'll...!"
"Calm down!" the elder man stopped him.
Lewis kept a grin on his face: "If you want to fire me, or at least degrade me to one of the cleaners, don't bother making up excuses."
The elder man kept a straight face, showing neither anger or happiness: "And before you continue to make more accusations, need I remind you that you have no way of knowing if Onigen's really dead?"
"Yes, I do." Lewis said, insisting, "If she wasn't, this conversation would be slightly different. You'd either be talking to the coroner who examined my corpse, or I'd be in chains so I can't drink your blood."
"Or she's smart enough to know we'd be hunting her down if she's still alive." the elder man said.
"Is that what this is?" Lewis questioned, "Are you now looking for excuses to kill her?"
"It looks to me like you've lost all objectivity." the elder man deduced.
"And you haven't?" Lewis wondered.
"She's killed people before." the elder man reminded him, "What's to stop her from doing that again?"
Lewis laughed, which caused the bodyguard to growl: "This kid is trying my patience."
The elder man raised his hand to stop the bodyguard: "What is so funny?"
"If she's an enemy of the human race, I can perfectly understand why." Lewis explained, "It's not that she doesn't want to be friendly with us, it's just that you're giving her too many reasons not to."
The bodyguard's jaw dropped at that, but Lewis wasn't finished: "Who's to say that before she lost her memory that she wasn't disgusted with the fact that she was part of an opportunistic, war-raging race?"
"Of course she's disgusted!" the bodyguard exclaimed, "I wouldn't be part bloodsucker myself!"
"Who said I was talking about bloodsuckers?" Lewis remained relatively calm when he said that.
The bodyguard fell silent, while the elder man was confused about Lewis's words.
"Alice is through with Wonderland." Lewis sounded as though he was warning them, "Now she's exploring the Looking-glass. And for all of our sakes, let's hope she likes what she finds."
THE END