(467 can talk!?)

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((Yeah... why? He talked in his first encounter with Game Over.))

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Bloody Mary and Migel became fully oriented at the same at the same time. Their eyes locked for a split second before they moved.

Bloody Mary's bleeding hand had already clotted by then and she clenched a hard fist to make reopen the bleeding but Migel already had his weapon ready. The middle knuckle of the mechanical hand slid back and revealed a small pistol head. Bloody Mary barely got her cape up fast enough to block the bullet. The impact of the blow made her backpedal quickly to regain balance, keeping the cape facing Migel and his hidden gun (that was a little surprise she was glad she hadn't had to find out in the heat of battle). Migel didn't take a second shot. He slowly stood, gun pointed, bracing himself against the golem for support.

"I believe," Migel said in his usual even tone, his anger only betrayed by the homicidal gleam in his eyes, "we just got gypped."

No shit! She wanted to scream. Everything that should have gone as according to plan wasn't. Two people had gotten the drop on her twice that night. The first had run off with the book to god knows where and the second had just made it difficult for her to go after the first. Were they working together? If so it had worked out very conveniently. If not she was going to take care of them both eventually. Especially the thief.

She toyed with the suggestion the thief had made of beating the answers she needed out of Migel for a second and she shot it down for the same reason she did every time. This time, she had an added reason. His men were starting to wake up, along with that golem. Migel was a bitch to fight even without those. Besides, it didn't look like Migel was in the mood for a death match with her at least for the moment.

A groan from one of the henchmen confirmed her guess. She began walking backwards towards the door.

"Are you going after that boy?" Migel asked. She didn't reply. "I will as well. If you can beat the Magliozzi family chasers...the door to negotiations will be open again."

Bloody Mary flipped him off before stepping out the door.

She held her anger well enough until she saw spotted a nearby trashcan. She calmly walked up to it before bashing it in with a neck snapping kick.

Mildly satisfied, she took the rooftops from the nearby fire escape and began to look for clues. There was still enough time to look before the trail went completely cold. If that failed, she'd look up the thief some other way. After all, how hard could it be to find a wind using thief?

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((467 can indeed speak. Though he usually only speaks when needed. So he's a rather silent...Thing...))

After a few scans from the chair a loud hissing sound started to erupt from the ground around the chair. A Passing sound. 467 got up from the chair and started to walk toward one of the walls. The wall split down the middle and then pulled to the left and right to reveal a rather spacious pure white Elevator. 467 walked in and pressed the only button there, Down. The walls closed and the elevator took off straight down.

((I keep wanting to fragment these!!!! WHY!?!?))

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(If it can be called a "he")

Jonah sighed that his travels had passed easily as he arrived at a small house on the edge of the city. Confirming the address with a brief nod he gave the house a once over. Nice old place....not too big probably council housing but kept in well enough condition he concluded noting the dingy wreck of a council house across the street before stepping up to knock on the door.

The door opened a crack, restrained by the gold latch and chain as some dim light escaped onto the street outside. A frail dark black face appeared in the crack briefly. "Have you brought the item?" the man asked deeply, his voice reminded Jonah of an old scientist in a film he'd once seen, somewhat stately but reeking of intelligence. Reaching for the satchel he held it up to the door to show the contents. The man....apparently satisfied closed the door briefly before opening it fully. In full view Jonah concluded the man wasn't frail at all. Tall and thin he would tower above most men, only his face betrayed his strength as it was careworn and old beyond his time with a few wrinkles. "Please come in....my master wishes to speak with you..." he said allowing Jonah to step through the doorway.

Jonah nodded in agreement figuring it was about time he said something "Hey...erm...who is your master anyway?" he asked reaching down to rub his leg where Miguel had clamped it from earlier while he reviewed the house. Much like the man who greeted him it was slim, with a fine wooden staircase and banister taking up half the hallway. Ahead of them was a door with a warm glow of a fire shining into the dark hallway.

"My master prefers a certain degree of anonymity...I'm sure you can appreciate that, until then you may refer to him as 'King'" he said reaching for the bag "I'll take this, and I'll get you your reward, it will be ready when you leave please....go and meet my master" he said relieving Jonah of the bag before moving away down the hall.

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((I'm going to stop calling him an "It" simply because I'll go crazy If I keep calling it an..It. Even though 467 has no base gender and is technically an It, unlike Mac who's base gender was Male. And now...Umbra Branch 127.))

467 had been in the elevator for a few minutes now. During his wait he decided to go back to his base face even though the scan had all ready announced his arrival to the front guards. When the doors finally opened 467 was greeted by a man with a stunning white suit and a few heavily armed guards.

"Hello 467! It's good to see you! I'm to local branch Head, Simon. No need for you to know my last name, you'll probably go back to the Main Branch soon enough. Now, why on earth are you here?"

"My head was decapitated during my mission. "

Simon stepped back in surprise. 467 was one of their strongest creations, to be beaten by anything in this city was a surprise. There were some strong beings in this city but with 467's strength there should be no beings that would give him a hard time. Maybe he was teamed up on? Maybe he didn't use full strength? Maybe they missed one in their scans...

"That is....Unfortunate for you. But I see you managed to heal from that wound."

"I was instructed to report to the nearest Branch If my mission to return Zero failed or I suffered near fatal wounds. Both happend and now Zero has been alerted that he is being actively being hunted."

"I think I understand. You want us to check on you wound to make sure it wont reopen and to give you help to catch Zero? Though I must say... I did not know Zero is here."

"Zero recently came here. He has not been here long. We only found out about him through numerous gang reporting being attacked by a "Purple Eyed Monster". And Help will be necessary most likely. He has an ally with an odd weapon..."

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As Luneth hung up on Dawn, Dawn sat back in her chair and sighed. It just wasn't safe anymore, she thought. About time I should visit her anyways. Dawn stood up and put on her backpack. Then she ran down the stairs with the grace of a deer.
Emerging out on the street, she looked both ways, and then began walking to Luneth's apartment.

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