[ Isle de Gambino - Police Department ]
"So that's where she is," Hyde rolled up his sleeves, prepared to descend into the stockade and learn the prisoner a few things. He would have made it further than a few steps, had Neon's equally compelling strength kept him at bay.
"Wait! Don't," Neon pleaded his mentor. "We're wasting time - we gotta rescue Luna!"
"Listen, Graffiti! You're in no position to be ordering anyone around. All things considered, you oughta be locked up with her, Mr. Moerae." Hyde hissed, immediately regretting his harsh tone. But the damage was done - he successfully put Neon in his place, relieved of the boy scout's grip.
"... I'm sorry. You know I didn't mean that. But Slait, listen to me; there's no use in collaborating with criminals. I know it, because I was one once. I'm lucky to even be alive, much less working with you all." The soldier explained, adjusting his temper. "Don't worry, Neon, I'll go along with it. But that sort of honor is wasted on criminal element." As he said so, he departed the scene, going to prepare a vehicle for them, leaving behind a very deflated Neon.
It was both unnerving and embarrassing to Neon to know news of his relation to the island's top crime family. What they didn't know is that news of it came just as shocking to he as it did to them. Still, the knife cut deep, and the man lay still briefly, unsure of what to do.
"Self-righteous jarhead. What's he know?" 13's low, feline growl reverberated, but his pep-talk didn't resonate well in his pupil. "Oi, oi! Snap outta it, kid! You don't want me to be the only cat left in the GA you can talk to, do ya?"
"Right! Right," Neon shook himself back into action, and Slait could see, in his eyes, the return of the prepared War Machine the Gambino Army knew Neon to be. "I choose to believe in that hunch of your's, Slait. Now let's get ourselves a cat back." Neon said, his pain and sadness replaced with a righteous fury that carried him outside with Hyde, paying no mind to Mahina. Whether occupied by her goons or not, Neon would shatter any defenses they had to get to his ally, Luna.
"We don't have a second to lose!"