Cassie got on the small plane. It looked way too small to make the20 plus hour flight to San Francisco, but she assumed that would be the least of her worries- she was stuck on a plane with just Kano and Thomas. Luckily at least one would be flying the plane at all times.

Thomas was in the pilot seat as she got on, with Kano seated in one of only 4 passenger seats.

"Come sit on my lap, luv" he said, as his tool cases were taking up the vast majority of the space.

"I'd rather not" she tried to say.

"You don't have much of a choice," He said pulling her on his lap, holding her close as the plane took off. He groped one of his hands down her chest, and other between her legs.

She moved his hand to her knee instead.

"After what you let me do last night..." he said, opening a small laptop with a video playing on the screen.

"I've been watching it all morning, and it's made me hungry for another taste." He said, kissing her neck.

Oh crap. She needed a plan. Kano was a perverted old man, but Thomas- he was more likely to cut her throat and have sex with her dead body. She already knew she was covered in cuts and bruises that did not seem like Kano's style.

She leaned in close and whispered in Kano's ear- "Can I cut a deal?"

"deal?" he was surprised to hear that.

"If you promise to not leave me alone with Thomas, I'll let you do whatever you want to me," again this was only because Kano's level of "creativity" would not leave her having to fight for her life on a tiny plane.

"Is that ok with you son?" Kano shouted, over the sound of the engines- as if Thomas heard everything. (which was impossible since she had been whispering.) Did Kano expect her to present that offer?

"Just keep the camera rolling, so I have something to entertain myself with." Thomas shouted back.

The deal worked out ok. Kano made her sit naked for the entity of the flight. Sometimes he would touch her, something he wanted to watch her touch herself. Yes, he also filmed a lot of it, but at the end of the flight, she was not in as much physical discomfort as last night.

When they landed in San Francisco Cassie made contact with Kira.

"wow, just wow; you brought the one person in the world Kabal would rather die than see again ." Kira said, even though she was well aware Kano was also the only person who could save him.

"Don't worry; I'll be on my way long before he wakes up." Kano said.

"ok…"This didn't sit well with Kira. If he wasn't here to recruit Kabal back to the Black Dragon- why was he here?

Cassie and Kira lead him to the room where Kabal was (with Thomas following close behind.)

Kira opened the door, letting Kano in. she tried to follow, but Thomas stepped in front of her, slamming the door shut.

"Leave my father to do his work." He said, this time using the word "father," to make it sound like they were closer than they really were. He sat in front of the door, as the 3 waited for Kano to finish whatever he was doing.

"Kano has a kid?" Kira asked Thomas directly.

"I was born in New York to a woman he had relations with. I was raised in America until met my father when I was 16, on a vacation in Hawaii." He said, already knowing Kira could read between the lines.

"So long story short, Kano raped a woman, waited until you were old enough to train then kidnapped you to become his disciple."

"you make it sound like a bad thing" he smiled.

"how old are you now?" Cassie asked.

"what does that matter?" he smirked.

"just wondering." she wanted to know how long he had been under Kano's teachings.

"19." It had been only 3 years. Was did Kano do something drastic to his mind, or was Thomas always a little twisted?

Meanwhile, Kano savored the image of Kabal's withered body laid out before him. "What a waste of talent and technology," he said out loud as he got to work, removing pieces and replacing parts, not online working on a car. Kabal was not under any anesthesia; unconscious only due to the condition of his heart and lungs; Kano knew as soon as his body was able to take in air, he would awaken- that gave Kano a small, but manageable window to work, then make an escape.

Kano knew Kabal would never be interested in returning to the Black Dragon- but he still had a plan to make this fun.

The last thing he did was inject a single nanobot with an 8 gigabyte hard drive. He had done this before, the bot, the size of a finger nail, would float to the brain and implant itself in the long term memory of its victim. This was useful for brainwashing potential soldiers, or forcing a former friend to see what Cassie had been up to.

"Done in here." Kano said, making a quick exit with all of his things.

"I'll meet you at the plane." Thomas wanted to see how this would all play out. Kano didn't stop him, the boy would realize his stupidity soon enough.

It took Kabal 4 minutes to wake up screaming.

"kabal?" Cassie opened the door.

"no,...you need to leave" he said, struggling for breath.

"I'll get Kobra back here and we'll figure this out." Kira said. She should never have left Kano alone with him.

"SHE HAD SEX WITH KANO!" Thomas shouted. Kano was already long gone, but Thomas felt the need to make sure everyone was in on the joke. "And now your friend will see the footage whenever he closes his eyes." He added, nearing falling over with maniacal laughter.

"he-tricked-you..." said Thomas," sorry, I felt the need to spell it out."

"what?" kira looked at Cassie with sadness and disgust.

"it's what he does; he could have just let your robo-boyfriend die in peace but my father gets a thrill by ruining lives- and I guess the fact you look so much like your mother made it all the more fun. He left an implant that would go straight to Kabal's long term memory." That part needed to be spelled out, because only then did Thomas get the reaction he was looking for.

"oh my god" Cassie fell to her knees. She felt sick to her stomach; she felt like she wanted to die. But then she had a burst of anger that turned in to energy.

"Thomas, you sick bastard!" Cassie tried to charge at him, but was suddenly blasted back by what felt like an earthquake.

"Call me Tremor..." said the voice as he disappeared in to the tunnels.