Note to everyone, at least a month and a half has passed since the girls reappeared in the beginning of the story.

Chapter 15: Meetings

Will laughed as Cole slowly guided her along the street, a blindfold over her eyes. "Come on, Cole. What's the big surprise?"

"I can't tell you yet," Cole said softly. "Otherwise it wouldn't be a surprise."

Will snorted, rolling her eyes underneath the blindfold. "Fine, Mr. Mysterio. I'll come. But if I have to wait for another five minutes, I will not be a happy camper."

Cole merely chuckled, and once more they continued down the street.

In the meeting place, Hay Lin fidgeted impatiently, waiting for Tomo to remove the blindfold over her eyes. However, he was definitely taking his sweet time on it.

A bit away from the meeting place, Cornelia allowed Jose to guide her gently through the alleyways, having complete faith in him. He didn't say much, but that was okay because just the touch from him made her feel good.

Irma was being led by David to the meeting place. Kyle stepped out from behind an alley way and winked slyly at David. The other winked back, and whispered into Irma's ear. "Okay, now we've got to be really quiet, so no talking."

Irma grinned, motioning with her hands over her mouth like zipping a zipper.

Once all the girls were placed in a circle, none of them knowing the others were there.

"Okay," the men said in union, their voices loud and echoing, "now you all can look." They took off the blinds all at once, revealing the women to their newfound surrounds . . . and each other.

A small gust of wind blew up, the only source of noise between the group. It was as if time had stood still.

And then . . .

"OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Cole covered his ears, mimicking the other guys as the Guardians all shrieked and hollered and laughed at the sight of seeing each other again.

Kyle raised his voice slightly, walking over to Cole. "We should've brought ear-plugs."

David nodded, groaning, "Men, even Earth chicks are loud."

Jose sighed, shaking his head. "They're just happy to see each other, that's all."

Tomo grinned in spite of himself, finding the whole situation amusing. "Actually, I think it's way more than that."

Cole lowered his hands, hoping the screaming would stop, but it continued, and he had to recover his ears.

David sighed a long, hard sigh. "This is going to be a long day."

Edward sat on the bed of the apartment he had rented, conveniently close to where Cassidy lived. He had a laptop sitting in front of him, its bright blue screen illuminating the dark room.

A face of some sort of tiger-man appeared in the center of the screen, his rough face filling most of the screen. Edward saluted to the tiger-man. "Agent Saden reporting, Sir Leopol."

The tiger-man growled in response. "Have you any information on the criminal Nickolas?"

Edward, Agent Saden, shook his head grimly. "Nothing, sir. But I already have a mission ahead of me. You know, with the former Guardian Cassidy."

Sir Leopol nodded his head. "Yes, I'm well aware of the fact. But back to the reason why I called you, I have some more information about Nickolas."

"I see." Edward gestured for him to continue. "What may that be, sir?"

Sir Leopol leaned over, and Edward's keen ears picked up the ruffling noise of paper. When Sir Leopol returned, in his large hand was a piece of paper. The tiger-man cleared his throat before saying, "Nickolas was last sighted on the Guardian's Memorial, the place where rumor has it that the first Guardian carved out the history of all succeeding Guardians."

Edward rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "But I thought that was just a rumor."

Sir Leopol nodded. "We all believe it was just a rumor, but Nickolas may not. He was sighted in several other locations cooresponding with the first sight. It seems that he is looking for information about the Guardians."

Edward frowned thoughtfully. "That isn't good news," he stated.

Sir Leopol shook his head. "No, I agree with you. This isn't good news at all. What's more is that Nickolas may be on to something. Something we have no clue on." The tiger-man gestured behind him, revealing the location of his position. He was standing in front of the first ruins. "My top researchers are already on the case. We should have this solved by morning, and if not, at least have some opinion on what Nickolas might be up to."

Edward nodded this time, but his frown didn't lighten up. "I see. Good. Agent Saden out." He then clicked off the computer, and rested himself on the bed. Edward didn't like what was going on back on his home planet.

No. Not one bit.

OMG, I am so sorry I never updated this. Short and crappy chapter, but I want to wrap this story up soon. Oh well, on to the next chapter.