Chapter Three: A Problem

"Kimi ga seou ita mino hatte ni wa" Ban woke with a start to the sound of his cell phone ringing. Ban wasn't going to answer it but thought otherwise when he was the caller ID. It was Paul "Paul where the hell are you!" Ban screeched into the phone waking everybody else up. "Wait...who are you?" Ban said more quietly into the phone "How do you have Pauls cell phone?"

"Come to the docks we'll call you once you get there" came a voice from the other end. "Ban opened his mouth to say something but the line went dead. Who ever it was hung up once he got his point across. "We gotta go to the docks...now" Ban said raising from his seat and grabbing his keys off of the counter. "Wait Ban whats up?" Ginji asked getting off of his chair. "Theres no time to explain get into the beetle and I will tell you on the way" Ban said not only to Ginji but the rest of the group as well. They all headed towards the door. Hevn stood up and grabbed her bag. "No Hevn you stay here this will be dangerous" Ban said blocking hevns way to the door. "No I wanna help too, you guys will probably need all the help that you can get" Hevn pleaded. "Hevn you will get in our way more then you would help us. Please stay here. When Natsumi gets here tell her nothing. Just say that we have gone out for a while I don't want her worring" Kazuki said in a very soothing voice, one that Hevn could never refuse. "Fine" Hevn said with a sigh, how could anybody deny Kazuki. "Please be safe" Hevn said with a wave as the guys were leaving the Honky Tonk.

They all piled into Bans beetle, then they were off. "Okay I called Jubei and MakubeX and told them where we are heading, its just as Hevn said were gonna need all the help that we can get. Ban I need you to get a hold of Himiko and Jackal" Kazuki said once they were breifed on the situation. "We also need to consider that the guys that killed Mr. Lang might just be the same guys that abducted Paul." Ban suggested. "And Tia" Ginji added. "Yes, your right, and remember what Hevn said 'They will definately have people like us... with special abilities'" Kazuki said quoting Hevn. "I think that we had best come up with a strategy before we go charging in there"

"Yeah but remember, we don't have much time, so you had better come up with something fast" Ban concluded. They sped up in the tiny beetle, who knows what would happen to Paul and Tia if they failed to get there within the time limit. On the way ban had managed to get a hold of Akabane, but he was still on his other job and was unavailable. When he tried to call Himiko, it was straight to her voicemail. It seemed as though they weren't going to get all the people that they needed, this was going to be a burden if a fight broke out with the beefs of the Mafia.

They had finally made it to the docks with planty of time to spare. It was clear where the Mafia hideout was, the only still standing building left in this area was an old rundown fish factory. This building had been out of comission for a many years now. The Mafia had probably seen this as their chance and moved themselves right in when it had closed down.

It was also clear that the Mafia guys knew they were there, as soon as Ban turned to face the warehouse his cell phone rang again. Before Ban answered it he told Kazuki to go to the end of one of the docks and call Jubei and MakubeX to find out where they were. Kazuki went to the end of the farthest dock and started dialing, Ban sent him here because he didn't want to let the Mafia guys know they were calling their backup, all he needed was for them to hear them calling more in.

Ban finally answered his phone. "Good your here, now for your next challenge..." A voice started from the other end of the phone began. "Wait a sec! Does this look like a game to you? We are here like you asked now get down here!" Ban yelled into the phone.

"We are the ones making the negotiations here, you will follow them or our deal is off." The voice was calm and so full of confidence. "Tch fine! Name your conditions." Ban said trying to keep his cool.

Meanwhile Kazuki had found out that Jubei and MakubeX were already there waiting for them on the other side of the Dock. He went to meet them. He had briefed the both of them on what had occured so far.

They had met up with Ban and Ginji, Ban was off the phone. "Well?" Kazuki asked. "Well, they want us to find them, and if we don't get there by eleven then they said that they have a helichopter ready and waiting for them" Ban finished

"Well, I have brought my computer with me so i'll wait down here, i'll try to get you blueprints of the building. Do you know how long it has been closed down?" MakubeX asked setting himself down. "I don't know...ten years, fifteen, maybe more" Ban replied scratching his head. Ginji looked at him, something was wrong, what wasn't he telling them? "Well in that case it means that its going to take some time" MakubeX said focusing on his computer. "Well hurry it up computer boy, we don't have the time. Lets go"Ban said ushering the group minus MakubeX into the warehouse. "Before you go what floor are they on?" MakubeX asked. Ban turned around

"The top"

"Which side?"

"What do you mean side?"

"I mean North, South, East, or West"

"They didn't say"

MakubeX brought his hands up to his chin, it looked like he was thinking. "Whats wrong? What does this mean?" Ban asked

MakubeX looked up at him "This means we have a problem."