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Operation: Retrieval

"She is alive?!" Obsidian exclaimed, standing up quickly.

Jin was still confused, "Who?"

"Reaper!"

"Who is Reaper?" Verity interjected before Jin could formulate that very question.

"Jaez!" Julia drew in a sharp breath, "The demons called Jaez 'Reaper.' It could be her!"

Jin shook his head, "I thought you said that you saw Jaez die…"

"That's what I thought too!" Julia pressed a hand to her forehead, "But for all we know…she wasn't dead when we left her…she could be alive!"

"Alive?" Obsidian whispered, "Reaper could be alive?"

All four of them were silent for several minutes. Jin stared at the floor; Julia and Verity stared at him; Obsidian stared out the window with the look of someone that wanted to do something but didn't know what.

Jin finally looked up, "I'm going to go look for her."

Julia's eyes widened, "What?"

"I'm going to go see if this 'Reaper' is Jan-Izumi," he said firmly.

"No," Obsidian retorted, "I will."

Jin stood up, "No. You will stay here. To keep Julia safe. I will go find my sister."

Julia stood up as well and reached for his arm, "No. Don't go. I don't want you to go down there. It's too dangerous!" Her eyes were full of terror.

"Julia. I have to. I can't just send someone…she's my sister for crying out loud!"

"But…But…you have to stay…you can't just up and leave the Zaibatsu and the counterattack!" Julia tried to find something that would force him to realize that he had to stay.

Jin shook his head, "I'll have Lars take over for the time being. He knows as much of the army and strategies as I do. Truth be told…he probably knows more."

"Please. Jin. Not you," Silent tears began to fall down her face, "You could run into the other demons…they could kill you Jin."

He pulled her into his arms as she started to sob. Julia buried her face into his chest as he pressed his cheek against her head.

"Julia…" he started.

"I d-don't w-want to lose you…" she whispered through her sobs.

"You won't lose me. I promise," he said quietly.

An hour later, Jin and Julia were in their bedroom. Jin was making a few phone calls while Julia sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard, looking at him . She manage to catch only a few words since he was talking so fast.

He hung up the phone and then turned to Julia, "All right. That's taken care of. Lars will temporarily take my place while I go down to the Amazon. I shouldn't be gone for very long though."

Julia nodded silently while running her hand across her belly. She still had that sad look on her face. He walked over and sat next to her; she put her head to his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Julia. Please try to understand…" he began.

"No, Jin…It's not that I don't understand…I understand perfectly, but," she took in a deep breath, "I just wish you would send someone instead of going yourself."

Jin nodded, "Yeah, I know. But we're talking about my sister here. The sister I didn't even know existed."

Julia said nothing. She was simply lying there in his arms.

"I wonder though…" Jin ran his hand through Julia's hair, "how exactly am I supposed to recognize her? I've never met her."

Julia laughed once at this statement, "That's easy. Just look for a Jun look-alike."

"Come again?" they pulled away enough to look at each other's face.

"Jaez told me once that she looks like your mom in the same way that you look like your dad. Hence, look for a Jun look-alike," she gave him a small smile.

He smiled back, "I guess identifying her won't be the hard part, will it?"

"I want you to do something before you leave though, Jin," Julia gazed into his eyes.

"What?"

She gave him a one-sided smile, "Sleep."

He laughed, "Julia. I'm going to have plenty of time to sleep on the flight over."

"No. I want to be one hundred percent sure that you get some about of rest before you leave tonight."

He nodded, "All right. I'll sleep."

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A/n: Another short chapter I know…but it turns out that trying to whip up two chapters a night is harder than I thought… o_O….The way I've got it planned…I've still got a ways to go…

*sighs* Some of the future chapters will probably make up for this short one…I'm sure of it…

Next chapter: "Reaper and Resurrector"