Sorry for the wait, but I couldn't get on to update for two reasons: One, I have to outline 20 paragraphs on woman's rights for social studies, and two, I have to write the rough draft of 20 paragraphs. So, I'm pissed, tired, and slow at updating.

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Hilary clapped her hands over her mouth, her eyes widening in shock. "Kevin?" She gasped. Kai nodded weakly and put a finger over his mouth to silence her. On the other end, Lee was telling the others that he had called, and Kai took the time to tell Kenny and Hilary who the hostage was. But, as he looked at the shocked expressions on the two young teen's faces, he regretted it.

For a fleeting moment, he almost said 'Guess we should have called Gary', but instead mentally slapped himself. That wouldn't be a very helpful comment to make. On the other end, Lee started speaking again.

"Are the other two with you?" He sounded worried and his voice was hushed, giving Kai the feeling that he shouldn't be talking to him.

"Yeah, their right here. Is Kevin the only other one in the room?" Kai asked hurriedly. He didn't want to risk anyone else getting shot.

"No, Mariah is with him. Listen, you need to get help. He can't last much longer and the woman who shot him isn't willing to wait."

Kai swallowed and nodded, then told Lee he would do his best and hung up. He turned to Hilary and told her to repeat Kevin's phone number in her head over and over again so she could spit it out when he needed it, and turned to Kenny. The youngest of the three was staring into space absently, his hands shaking slightly. Kai tried to picture what was going on in his head but couldn't.

Kenny had no idea either. Kevin was shot? And bleeding to death in the meeting room that he had purposefully avoided? Kenny couldn't see Kevin dying. From what he knew of the neko-jin, Kevin was brave and stubborn, like Tyson. But he was smarter then the world champion, that much was obvious. Kenny wondered whether he himself could have been shot. How would the others react if he were in Kevin's position?

Kenny didn't feel like crying, but he did feel like curling up in a ball somewhere far away from this mess. He looked up at Hilary slowly, and saw fresh tears rolling down her cheeks. So at least he wasn't the only one that hated what was happening. Kai, on the other hand, seemed to be more focused on fixing the issue then letting the already small amount of time they had slip away. Kenny swallowed and stood up. Ok, he had to help solve this.

"First step is finding out who this woman is and who she's linked to." Kenny announced, flipping open his laptop and letting his fingers fly over the keys.

"Call Lee back. We need information."

Kai grunted. "Unless he was in the room and saw her when she shot Kevin, he wouldn't know. The only two people that do are Mariah and Kevin anyways."

Kenny felt defeated, but ignored it and plowed ahead. "Then think. She was already in the room, right? So who came in during the meeting?"

"Unless she was there before hand." Kai mused, sitting down on the crate next to Kenny and leaning over the younger teen's shoulder to see the screen. Hilary swallowed and moved over to the chief's other side, and did the same as Kai.

"Well, yeah, but assume she came in during the meeting. Who did?"

"Like we'd know. We weren't there." Kai sounded a bit agitated.

"Then call Lee like I told you to." Kenny spat, even more annoyed. The Russian felt his face grow warm, and prayed that the blue triangles on his face would cover up the look on his face. Thankfully, neither of the other two noticed, and Kai pulled out his razor. Before he could ask, Hilary was reading off Kevin's number from memory.

A pause, as the other end rang. It wasn't a long pause, because after the first ring, Lee was on the other end.

"What?" He sounded annoyed, probably because there was a fifty-fifty chance Kai was the lady in the room.

"Lee, did anyone come into the room during the meeting?"

"No."

"Ask Rei."

A pause, and then "He says a woman came in."

Kai almost sighed with relief. "Give the phone to him?" Now it was up to Rei to remember what the woman looked like. In the mean time, Kenny was hacking a governmental website and opening up another window were he hacked the BBA records, probably to enter the description and search for a match.

"Kai?"

"Yeah, it's me. Rei, can you describe the woman that came into room during the meeting?"

"… Yeah, she had black hair and a mole over her lip." Kai half expected Rei to mention how great her ass looked, but figured it wouldn't be helpful information anyways. Kai repeated back the description so Kenny could hear it, but once he searched the sites he had open, he shook his head.

"We need more."

"Ok… She was wearing a catering uniform, and with a pale blue skirt-" There it was; proof that Rei had been eyeing her butt. Kai smiled faintly and told the information to Kenny, who smiled. He opened up the catering company web page and managed to get to the employing listings. He leveled it down to females in their twenties to thirties, and scoped through the pictures of the ones with black hair until he found the one he was looking for. Kai's eyes widened at the beauty of the woman.

"Hell, why is she wasting her time catering?" Kai blurted out, leaning in towards the screen. On the other end, Rei seemed to be in level shock too, but for a different reason. "You found her?"

"Yeah, I guess. Mole on the upper lip, jet black hair, and a nice ass too, so nice call." Kai looked over the picture again and noticed something.

"Hilary, what's around her neck?" Kai quickly included Hilary, who was giving him a dangerous look. The girl leaned in closely and asked Kenny to enlarge the woman's upper body, and then kicked Kai's ankle.

"What was that for? I didn't say anything!" Kai growled, glaring across at her.

"You were thinking."

"I always think-" But Kai was cut off when Kenny let out a startled cry.

"That's a key! It must be to the room, but it looks like a necklace!" He proclaimed, his heart racing. Kai and Hilary looked back at the picture. Surely enough, there was a Key around the woman's neck.

"But… Then this picture must have been added this morning! Why would she have the key if this picture was taken months ago?" Hilary asked quickly, worry returning to her face. Kenny shook his head, trying to figure it out, but Kai did first.

"She's not with the catering company." He mumbled, the phone still pressed against the side of his face. On the other end, Rei didn't seem that shocked.

"I figured that much. Why would she put her picture on the webpage then?"

Kai didn't have an answer for that one, so he didn't reply. Instead, he watched as Kenny returned to the BBA's file page and scoped out the name that the catering company website had provided. With no luck there, he tried the governmental page, and smiled.

"She works in the pentagon. That would explain why she managed to hack the catering site and make herself an employee file."

"And why she got the uniform. She could have said it was for FBI purposes, and anyone who doesn't know what the pentagon does would be fooled." Hilary said. Kai had the idea that she didn't really know what the pentagon did, but then, they didn't live in the states.

"Right. So…" Kenny took the phone from Kai. "Rei, next time she calls try to find out what time it is." He said quickly.

There was a pause on the other end. "We know what time it is. It's two in the morning."

Suddenly, Kenny felt exhausted, but said nothing. With the light of the city reflecting off the falling snow, everything seemed brighter. "I know, but just do it."

Then the phone when dead and Kenny assumed Rei had hung up. With hope, no one was in trouble.

"So, what now?" Hilary asked in quiet voice. The two boys were quiet for a moment, thinking.

"Now," Kenny started slowly, "We wait and hope she takes the bait."

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Oliver lowered his face to the floor. Like a wave sweeping over him, Oliver suddenly felt hopeful. He had no idea why, but the feeling of excitement churned in his stomach as he lifted his head and looked up to the ceiling lights. Why did he feel so relieved? He didn't know the White Tiger's personally, and he most certainly had never met Kevin face to face. But something in the back of his head said that by tomorrow morning, everything would be alright. Oliver closed his eyes and sighed.

The hunger is getting to me, he thought. He was, in fact, starving. He hadn't eaten anything since lunch the day before, and he was starving. His lower lip cracked from lack of water and blood dripped out into the open, which he whipped away. He always dehydrated faster then others, but he never thought it would affect him like this. So he stretched out his legs and rubbed his knee caps.

"Did you know that humans are born without knee caps?" He mumbled to no one in particular. His voice was hoarse, and cracked as he spoke for the first time in an hour.

Robert looked up and gave the Frenchman a weak smile. "I didn't know that."

"It's true. We grow them around the age of four." Oliver looked up to find that he had caught the attention of Tyson and Max, who appeared to be thankful of the distraction.

"And… When you can right with both hands, it mean's your ambidextrous." That comment made Lee look up with a weak smile.

"Kev is ambidextrous." Oliver smiled.

"Yeah! And dirty snow melts faster then clean snow." The train of pointless information seemed to actually comfort everyone in the hallway.

Maybe it was just as important as food at that moment.

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xChewy; HOLY FUGGING CRAP!!I DID IT!!! I actually made it through a chapter without having it in Kevin's point of view. :stroke:

Kai; And I have the feeling that you came up with a way to make me save the day without actually entering the building?

xChewy; Prepare to loose the bet.

Kai; Shit.