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He walked beside Francis in silence, watching as the darkened sidewalk passed below them. His mind was whirling with what he had learned from Feliciano and Gilbert. He was more surprised than anything that the creatures would reveal so much...It puzzled him.

Francis had been silent since they had left the studio and had gone through the files three more times. They had gotten three blocks from Feliciano's studio when a figure slipped out of an alley and fell into step beside Francis.

It took him a minute to recognize the man but as they passed under a lamp post he realised who it was walking with them. Even in the darkness he could see his tan skin and dark brown hair that fell in curls around his face. His green eyes looked around them before he turned to Francis' voice, "Were you able to get everything Antonio?"

The Spaniard turned to Francis with a frown, "I was able to get half of the conversation. I heard something about a curse then your microphone cut out." He held up a hand when Francis opened his mouth and a smile took the place of his frown, "But, I was able to get more information on these Ivan and Yao characters." Green eyes landed on his and Antonio smiled, "Hello Mattie! How are you? It's been awhile hasn't it?"

He smiled back and nodded, "Yes. I didn't know you were in on this." He glanced at Francis out of the corner of his eye. "I only thought Francis knew."

Francis only glanced at him before looking at Antonio, "So what were you able to find?"

Antonio frowned then, "I think he's lying about Ivan Branginsky. Yao Wang is a whole different story but don't we all have alliances?" He pulled out his phone and tapped on the screen for a minute, "The man is head of the Russian's DD." He held out the phone, "Ivan Braginsky's a Hunter."

He leaned with Francis to look at the phone and he recognized the symbol in the top right corner. He frowned, "Then...why would he tell me all of that? Let me into his own house…?"

Antonio smiled sadly, "You've never met a vampire before then. They are master manipulators, it's how they're able to feed from their victims so easily. He probably thought you were gullible when you didn't know what he was at first, didn't know his tricks." The Spaniard laid a hand on his shoulder with a smile, "Just be glad he didn't do anything else."

He couldn't help but glare at Antonio, "But what about Ivan being a demon? Yao being a witch? What about Ivan's sisters and that other demon keeping their souls so he can control Ivan?" He crossed his arms, "Why make up such an elaborate story and commit to it to only turn around and say it was all a lie?" He looked at Francis and Antonio, the need to defend Gilbert was great. Maybe it was the way Gilbert looked when he said Madeline's name that first time and… "What about Feliciano? They've obviously known each other for a long time. Why would Feli help a vampire kill a human?" He looked down, "It doesn't make sense that he would lie…"

He didn't catch the look Francis and Antonio shared. The Frenchman laid a hand on his shoulder, it took all his strength to let it rest there, "He's lived for hundreds of years, patience is nothing new to him." The blonde scowled, "He probably enjoys torturing humans that way."

He glared at the ground, not wanting to talk anymore on the subject at the moment. He'd ask, demand from Gilbert himself if he has been playing him all this time, "I don't want to talk about this anymore...Antonio...what about Yao? You said you found a lot on him…"

Antonio cleared his throat and nodded, "Right. Yao lives in China and sometimes travels between the Koreas and into Southern Asia. He's known as a leader of multiple drug, prostitution rings and anything you could think of but he's virtually untouchable. Well legally untouchable. The man uses his...huge amounts of money to pay off anyone and those who won't accept the money suddenly 'vanish' with no trace back to Yao being the culprit. The Chinese Association can't seem to grab him and his relatives just make it more difficult." He pulled up photos on his phone as explained, "The man was multiple cousins and two sons that we know of. Only two are human but just as slick and never stay in one place very long. Each lead a section of the man's...business and sadly I only have three names."

He watched Antonio explain about a small man named Kiku Honda and traveled in between China and Japan. He ran the prostitution ring that ran between the two countries and bringing in humans and creatures from others. The man himself was a low level demon, becoming such after multiple spells he put himself through.

Another was his other son, Li Xio Chun, or Leon, in English. Leon helped smuggle weapons across the borders of China and was known as a professional bomb maker. Leon was human but had been around long enough that he had to be using some form of black magic.

And finally was Xiao Mei. She's one of three who help Yao run the extremely large drug ring that stretches around the world. Not much was known about her besides she was almost always around Yao and is she was creature or not was debatable but there was no evidence against her.

Francis spoke up before he could, "Yao seems pretty untouchable...is there any recent footage of him?"

Antonio's face became grave and paled slightly, "Yes, but here's where it gets...messy. Ivan seen entering Yao's normal spot in China. They spoke for hours before cameras in a California airport caught them leaving. They're looking for someone but we don't know who. I've gotten permission to get in touch with the American branch and they're going to try and intercept the two." He smirked, "Yao a practitioner of black magic, he needs to be stopped."

He stopped and stared at Antonio and Francis, "...You plan on going after a man that has kept himself alive for who knows how many years? He could probably kill you faster than any of these wolves could. You're-"

Francis cut him off, "Mattheu I appreciate you being worried but please, we have dealt with many like Yao, it will be controlled."

He looked to Antonio, "You're going through with this?"

Anotnio smiled, "It will be fine Mattie! We know what we're doing!"

He looked between the two Hunters in front of him and frowned. He didn't believe Gilbert would lie to him, the albino had told him too much. Regardless of what Antonio said, it wouldn't end well.

His eyes caught movement behind Antonio and his shoulders stiffened as the movement turned into two then three. His hand moved to the small of his back but it didn't reach its mark. A large hand grabbed his wrist and he watched Francis and Antonio's eyes widen before their guns were pointed just behind his head.

He moved to jerk his arm away but another hand grabbing his throat stopped him from moving anymore. He scowled, he couldn't believe he didn't notice someone coming up behind him. He forced himself not to flinch as a growling voice spoke right next to his ear, "So I heard you were hanging around a new vampire and haven't kill him yet. This breaks our agreement, human." Shit, the wolf was close to turning. "You protect two rogues in my territory and now you protect a vampire. My patience had reached its end with you...Hunters. This will teach your group not to mess with us wolves."

He could move any closer to his gun and he didn't dare move his free arm in fear of the wolf snapping his neck. He glared at the now five other figures surrounding them. He didn't doubt that Francis and Antonio could take them out quickly, but these wolves could turn and they would be in deep shit then.

They were trapped.

A/N:

Wow I am terribly sorry I missed the last update and that this chapter is so short. And left on a cliff hanger! It seems my writing juices aren't flowing so well at the moment. Personally I blame school for that but I do apologize and shall get another chapter (and longer one) out to you all soon! And it will be better than this one! This chapter is just some more information on our antagonists! It will get more interesting I promise!

I have also decided if you guys want to know more about some other characters' back stories. Leave a comment for who you want and I'll write a short story of which character gets the most!

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