Ushio closed his tablet and slipped it into his chest pocket in his jacket. It wasn't a good idea for him to let anyone notice him collecting information about the nobles' affairs.

Rumors of previous reporters that paid with their lives when they were found kept the people from getting too concerned with them. He picked up his glass and took a sip.

He looked over his shoulder and sighed. 'You'd think they'd keep this place looking better since they have the money for it.' He thought as he reached into his side pocket for his wallet. Ushio opened it and stared at a piece of crumbled paper that was crammed in the folds.

"Man, I hope you're ready for tonight." A soldier said to another walking into the pub.

"Yeah, I heard it was going to be a full house tonight." The soldier placed his rifle at his side before ordering a drink.

Ushio carefully leaned in to hear what they had to say. It seemed like it was a promising conversation. If anything, he would be able to collect information on the whereabouts of his beloved sister and dog.

"We'll be moving some cargo tonight so keep your eyes open for anything suspicious, got it?" The soldier patted his gun.

"Do you even know what is being moved?" One of the guards asked. He sounded young, maybe as young as Ushio but it was hard to tell with the mask on.

The guard leaned in across the table and motioned the other to come closer. "I heard we're relocating some flower girl to another lab. Word is that one of the lords has their eyes on her."

Ushio stared blankly into his glass. 'So she is here.' He thought repeatedly, his hands began to shake thinking on all the years he spent looking for her. Now, here he was in the same city she was in and no way to get to her.

He stayed long enough to hear what time the transport was going to take place then left the bar planning on how he would see his sister again. Halfway down the street he realized that if Cheza was here then Blue was here too. He changed his plans to finding Blue first, then getting Cheza and heading back home.
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It was late in the night; the town was still except for the factory. Soldiers scurried to their places to take guard over night. Trucks pulled into through the gate to drop off supplies, it was also there to pick up the important cargo.

The guards were all lined at the back while other low ranking officers unloaded the truck. Getting through them was a death sentence to humans who dared to trespass. The chances of that happening were slim considering that most of the locals were in the dark when it comes to the noble's affairs.

High above on the pipelines the gang was waiting for the right time to strike. Kiba was itching to go, though he wasn't in his wolf shape his hair was visibly on ends. Yoru could feel a tingle going up her spine.

"Do you guys feel that too?" Toboe asked quietly.

"It's here." Hige said looking down where the back of the truck was.

They all shifted their weight as a strange yet lovely scent filled their noses. Yoru wasn't sure if she was just hearing things or if she was actually hearing everyone's heart rate jump from normal to a beating pace that could match a rat's.

"Something's wrong." Tsume pointed out.

All the guards started to drop in their spots. A tall black figure with a mass of black feathers sticking out the top of his head stepped past the truck cradling a pale girl. Kiba jumped down his hair raised.

"So it was you who woke Cheza." His voice was deep and smooth, "You have my gratitude."

"Who the hell is that?" Tsume hissed.

"It's one of the nobles," Hige started, "but what would he want with the flower maiden?"

Just then the noble grabbed the girl by her neck and held her high as if she was dead weight. The girl let out an ear-bleeding screech, they were both slowly being covered by a white light. The sound was enough to bring Toboe down to his knees screaming in pain. Yoru clenched her jaw tight as the noise ripped through her body. This was nothing like they've ever herd or felt.

"Let us meet again in paradise, if we meet again that is." the noble said fading into the light.

Tsume's ears were still ringing long after they left, needless to say, he was way more irritable than he normally was and shot a dirty look over to Hige.

"Why would a noble run off with that thing?"

Hige shrugged, "How would I know? It's too dangerous to dip into noble's affairs."

"Yeah, while we sit back and watch them do as they please!" Yoru shouted.

She suddenly jumped down and went to Kiba's side. He stared up where the light had shown from, there was no way in or out of the domed city. Toboe jumped down and walked up to Kiba with great caution.

"What do we do now?" He asked timidly.

Kiba looked over his left shoulder pointing to an opening that was only mile away from where they stood. That was his way of saying that they were going to go find her. There wasn't much of a choice in the matter. They could have stayed, but to them life had little purpose in the city already, and since the main reason has been relocated it was time to move on to.

Without another word, the five of them ran to the exit, tripping a few alarms along the way. In all the chaos Ushio found himself in the cross paths of the group and the police. Against all better judgment, he ran down the street in an attempt to catch up to the crowd. Just before he could cross the dirt road, Kiba and their mismatched pack sped past him.

Ushio jumped back just in time to see a wall of bullets fly past. He ducked behind a building and covered his head while the shots rang out. When the shots eased up he quickly made his way back to the hotel he. He thought at this point it was better to retreat and live to search another day than to end up as Swiss cheese on someone door step.

"Ugh, what a night," he grumbled locking the door to his room. He headed down the stairs and past the inn-keep.

The old man looked up from his paper, "I wouldn't be going out today if I were you."

Curious, Ushio turned to the old man and asked, "Why not?"

"There was a bad shooting last night." The man folded his paper signaling Ushio to come closer, and he did.

The old man continued, "Rumor has it that something was stolen from the lab last night. Security is on high alert and they're taking anyone in who matches the description."

"Description of what exactly?" Ushio asked stealing a glance at the paper.

"A group of kids about your age," He answered shifting in his chair. "Take my advice and lay low for a couple of days."

The young man sighed, "Do you have any idea what was stolen?" Since his traveling was postponed for a couple of days, he felt that he had the right to know.

"They say it's a young girl with pale white skin, dark almost purple hair and red eyes."

Ushio felt his heart jump. No doubt about it, that was his sister, Cheza. 'Blue has to be here too,' he concluded and stood up to head back to his room.

"Thank you for your time." He bowed and went up the stairs.

The inn-keep cracked a smile and opened his paper back up to continue his reading.

Thanks for reading! Keep an eye out for the next chapter, it'll be coming soon.