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Gino was pacing the floor of Gambino mansion. He had just been made the richest man on Gaia; his father had been murdered by Zhivago. How could this have happened? His father might have been a mad-man, and he might have had several arguements with his son in the past (half of which were concerning his current girlfriend, Jennie), but still--Gino had always seen his father as a good man. He had the best intentions at heart, and the mayhem he caused, it was never intentional.

Gino sighed, and slumped down into one of his father's favorite chairs. "Father... I miss you," he muttered, glancing at the note his father had left him. It was on the back of a picture of their family before it had been broken. A picture of him, his mother, and his father.

He decided to call a friend of his; a more recent one, actually. Devin and Gino had more recently gotten to know each other because of recent events due to a certain band. And a certain vampire. Well, two, if you counted Louie. But Gino never did.

"Devin, are you awake?" Gino asked, resuming his pacing. "I think I better head to Durem--I don't feel safe here. Not after--well, I suppose you know," he sighed. He hoped Jennie was oblivious to the trama that was going around Gaia and still spreading. "Do you think I could stay with you? Until I'm sure I'm no longer being watched... He stuffed the note into his pocket. It was a picture showing how his family should have been; if not for Zhivago, would have been. A happy, smiling family, together.

Gino, for the first time in his life, wanted revenge. He wanted revenge. He wanted to find who had hired the assassin; and he would do whatever he could to make sure they suffered.

"Could you meet me here in about an hour? Don't tell Jennie---she'll cry or something."

An hour later, Gino was outside the mansion waiting for Devin. He looked around nervously, and jumped a foot when he felt someone take his hand. "Hey," he heard a familar voice say, "I heard what happened." He turned to face his girlfriend, Jennie.

"Yeah--things really..."

"Suck?" Jennie supplied, pulling him into a hug. "Someone coming to pick you up? You shouldn't be out here by yourself, especially after what happened..."

"Devin's coming," Gino assured her. "But why are you here? You're in just as much danger--everyone knows we're together."

"Devin won't mind having a stowaway," Jennie said with a wink. "I'll just remind him of all the times I saved his butt."

"...It's the other way around."

Gino took another nervous look around, as if expecting someone to jump out of the shadows and attack Devin. He nodded in response, slowly climbing into the car. "Thank you," he muttered. "Let's go."

Jennie on the other hand, had no such paranoia. She went up to Devin and hugged him. "It's nice to see you," she said, pulling away from him, "well--it would be, if we were seeing each other on nicer circumstances--" she looked guiltily at Gino for a moment.

"Jennie, just get in the car. Before you get shot," Gino said.

Both Gino and Jennie knew they would never get to sleep; not tonight. Jennie, because she had drank several cups of coffee in order to keep awake, and Gino because he was worried about what would happen when dawn came. The events of the night would be by then all over the news. The newspapers, the news stations, the radio station that played one song each hour.

They arrived at the shop; and they got out of the car. A tattoo place had never looked so welcoming. Jennie laced her finger's with Gino's, and led him inside. 'You need to sleep," she told him. "You look exhausted."

Liam yawned as he set down the welder he had been using to fix a robot someone had brought him. He scrubbed a hand across his face, trying to get rid of his tiredness. He glanced at the clock, not suprised to see it was after midnight. Liam had far too many thoughts running through his head to sleep though. Liam was worried about Gino. He had felt horrible for kicking Gino out after the whole Overseer thing and now Gino's father was murdered. He hadn't been there to try to comfort his friend and for that he was extremely sorry for. But Liam was also scared. Who knew who would be attacked next?! What if it was Gino or his girlfriend Jennie? Or maybe even Edmund? It seemed as if no one was safe anymore.

Liam looked up as he heard the door to the shop opening. Maru entered the shop, closing the door behind her. "I thought I might find you down here," she said, putting her bag on the table. "Come on sweetheart, let's go to bed. We'll talk to Gino in the morning." She said, grabbing Liam's hand and leading him upstairs.