Chapter ten:

Ra-Ra and Near are getting what little information they could find organized from what they want Matt's opinion on most to what one they want an opinion on the least. They are discussing a little of it like who will prevent each one with Ra-Ra presenting the one they most want an opinion on. They both jump to their feet when a loud smash is heard and spin around to spot a cloaked figure stepping into the room crunching broken glass under their hiking boot covered feet.

The figure looks to have come down from the roof since the bedrooms are right under the roof. They have on a black cloak with any part that is revealed when making movements showing black sweats being worn underneath.

Ra-Ra is the first to shift her stance to be ready to fight.

Near follows soon after and the figure charges.

Ra-Ra charges too while Near hangs back to observe a little to get a better plan for how this figure fights. She takes a swing at the figure who manages to duck out of the way. She turns her body to start a kick at the figure who takes it falling to the floor. She leaps onto said other while Near's eyes slightly widen in realization.

"No! Ra-Ra don't! It is a set up for a trap!" Near calls to Ra-Ra only for it to be too late.

Ra-Ra gasps when the figure gets his hands on her neck. She is shoved off with a syringe in her neck that is empty however no doubt held something in it.

The figure turns their attention to Near now.

Near shifts slightly to get into a more defensive than offensive type stance. He lets the figure charge him and swings a kick into the figure's side. He knocks down the other however he doesn't make the mistake of leaping on top of the other. He instead looks for a sign of syringe. He spots one and kicks that hand knocking the syringe away.

There is some green slightly translucent liquid that fills up half of the syringe.

Near slams a foot onto the figure's chest using his body weight to help try to keep them down. "Okay. Start talking. Who are you and who sent you?" He demands only to get laughed at by the figure.

"You don't need to know that information." The figure, now confirmed to be a man by the sound of the voice, grabs Near's leg and pulls strongly making Near slip. He throws Near off to the side with the orphan hitting the back of his head on the edge of Matt's desk making him stunned for a moment. He hurries to grab the syringe and plunges it into Near's neck injecting the liquid. He then gathers the syringes and glances at the broken glass. "Well they did say as long as there wasn't any witnesses and these two won't be around for much longer. They never said about breaking a window to get this done." He shrugs it off since he was told to use any entry point he wanted in anyway as long as he doesn't get witnesses spotting him. He climbs back out the window excited to get out of there to text that the job is all done. He gets to the street just outside of the orphanage and is stopped as a black van stops in front of him.

The door opens and a lady smiles softly at the man with her green eyes matching her smile's warmth. She has brown hair pulled back into a ponytail and is wearing a red form fitting dress with black tights and black ankle boots. "You have done well. Get on in here. You will be rewarded handsomely." Her voice tells the man that she is the one that he had spoken to on the phone about the urgent task that needed to be complete. She waves off one of the two buff men dressed in suits and ties with bodyguard earpieces. She indicates that they don't need to interfere with this.

The man hesitates since something is telling him that he shouldn't do this. "I prefer to be paid and be on my way sorry." He now doesn't care if he doesn't get double the amount as long as he makes it out of this unscathed.

The woman frowns with all warmth leaving her expression. "And here I was hoping you'd be easier to trick into this van." She shakes her head. "We've been monitoring you and saw what you've been secretly doing. Taking that small sample from the syringes and making a note on your phone to find someone to try to help you figure out a way to stop us. Not a smart move Teddy. Guess you were too good to be true to be a good asset in our greater plan." She snaps her fingers pointing at the man right after the snapping of her fingers.

The man tries to run only to quickly be tackled by one of the two buff men. He is dragged into the van squirming all the while. "No! We swore that I would keep my mouth shut! I just wanted the money these type of jobs offered!" He pleads and knows his life is over as soon as that van door closes. He finds himself soon staring at a blade in the woman's hand. He shuts his eyes tightly regretting his life choices just before he is swiftly killed off. His mouth covered by a hand so he can't scream too loudly.

The van driving off into the city.

….

Mello is still searching for the cure, having asked Matt over text to go talk to Near to get faster clarification on the situation so he can get onboard quicker, when his phone starts blowing up. He also notices loud dings to get his attention to tell him that Matt needs him right now since the other is hitting that specific button. He checks it only for his eyes to widen as it is all urgent texts from Matt.

Mello! Someone broke into my room where Ra-Ra and Near asked to go over some things they are hoping might be some possibly helpful information with me, while I stepped out for a smoke for just a few moments! They both have syringe marks and they look sick like the teachers! I don't see anyone who could have done it but my window is smashed! No idea how no one heard it and came to investigate. Oh my god! I don't know how to help them!

Mello! Answer me! I'm really freaking out! What do I do!?

Mello! I'm going to have a panic attack over here!

Please Mello! Don't leave me hanging!

"Shit!" Mello hisses and quickly types a message back to Matt.

At a place of a guy's grandpa who should have a possible way to cure it all. Listen Matt I need you to make sure that those two are safe. Once that is done I need you to hack into the government's computers to find secret files. Specifically if there is anything about an operation of using an illness on a small town that no longer exists. Hopefully one of us will find the formula they made for a cure first.

Okay Mello. I'll get right to work on all that.

Mello puts his phone away as he trusts Matt who now has a direction to go in.

Once Matt has a direction he knows that he needs to go in then he tends to be a lot calmer and not as anxious.

Mello has stopped a few panic attacks by giving Matt a direction to focus on even if it is a random topic or thing to focus on which helps the red head so much. He rummages through a drawer in one of the drawers of the desk in this room.

"Hey!"

Mello turns to Jeff when he is called to. He spots a piece of paper being waved at him from where Jeff is beside a filing cabinet.

"I think I might have found something tied to all of this!" Jeff explains so Mello races over gently taking the paper that is offered to him.

Mello looks at the paper coming to realize that this does look to be a recipe for something. He however notices that the label at the top says that it is Super Disease Prototype. "We're on the right track." He puts the paper on the top of the filing cabinet and starts to rummage through the currently open drawer. He is silently praying that the cure is stashed in here somewhere.

The two jump at the sound of the front door being absolutely smashed permanently open.