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By the time 1:50 AM rolled by, Waffle and Sabe had already been asleep for a few hours.

Waffle had been sleeping peacefully, glad that everything was finally back in order. She didn't dream of much, aside from the surreal and wacky adventures her dream self were in.

Sabe on the other hand, started dreaming of himself seeing his family. He scowled as he saw the image of the other two now-grown boys he despised so much - his brothers Seth and Sven. Both of them had large malevolent grins. A third boy, one much younger, walked forward. He was Sabe's depiction of Antoine, the sibling he never met. He too had a similar grin on his face, and had a manipulative feel to him. In the distance he could see his father Irwin, still tall and reedy like the last time when Sabe saw him. He appeared to do nothing but lean against a wall stare in his direction with melancholy. Sabe no longer paid attention to his siblings, and instead looked back at his father. Behind him was a co-worker with long black hair. She gave Sabe a heartfelt smile, then her expression suddenly changed to fear. Sabe wondered why they looked at him in such a way, until he realized that they were actually looking at what was behind him. He turned around and fell back from fear. He tried to get back up and only found out that his arms and legs were bound to the floor. Laughter from his brothers could be heard right behind him. Sabe looked up and saw a distorted image of his mother, Maud. She had a titanium bat in one hand and a bottle of cognac in the other as she drunkenly laughed. Sabe's heart raced from fear, and looked over to where his father and Irwin's co-worker were. They backed away, not wanting anything to do with this. Maud raised the bat and started to pummel Sabe with it as she spewed insult after insult at him. After a while, the bat was replaced with a sledgehammer, and Maud raised the hammer high into the air.

In the real world as Sabe's nightmare continued, he started to break out in a cold sweat. His skin paled, and he rolled around in bed a little. When his condition turned for the worse, Waffle woke up and saw Sabe almost flailing. Her eyes shot open and she tried to restrain him, then wake him up. Within a few seconds, Sabe snapped out of it and woke up and he was immediately greeted with a hug and a worried kiss.

"What happened?!" Waffle whispered into his ear.

Sabe thought about it for a while, then decided it was not a good idea to go into detail. It would only mean more trouble anyways.
"...nothing, just some bad dream popped up."

"Oh. G'night then, I guess. Don't be afraid to tell me if anything's wrong though..." Waffle said, rolling over again and falling back to sleep. After getting up to use the restroom and wash his hands and face, he got back into bed and stared at the ceiling until he finally fell asleep.

Kydre gladly handed over management of the book shop at 2 am. On the way back to the HQ she stopped into the store and got Pen's M&M's. She walked through the door and called out, "Did anyone ask for a big bag of M&M's? Cus I've got this huge bag here and I'm not too sure what to do with them."

Kydre put the big bag on the table next to Pen careful not to disrupt her cards.
"Thanks," she said happily. "Enjoy."
She went into the kitchen and made a plate of the left over steak and potatoes and popped it into the microwave to warm up. She sat down on on of the stoles to eat her food.
After a little while she pulled out her phone and scrolled down her resent calls list to Jarlaxle's cell phone number. She stared at it for a good two minutes before putting her phone down.
When she was finished eating she washed and put her plate away, then sat back down. She sat with her fingers tented.

Luciano looked over at Skotti and he said with a smile, "We are. . seeing some family."
Luciano and Skotti got out of the car and walked into the Body Shop- a muscular man with a cigarette in his mouth, greasy black hair styled like he was some punk-a** greaser, could be seen laying on his back holding a flashlight with one hand and a wrench in the other. His music was at a pretty decent tone, playing a random 50's classic. His dirty biker boots could be seen sticking out from underneath the car, one foot tapping to the beats of the music and the other one keeping still while he worked. Puffs of smoke could be seen- even with the dim lighting of the shop. Luciano folded his arms and he smiled, he motioned for Skotti to stand right there where he was and then he walked over to the car that the man was fixing. ". . . 'Ey, Raph!" the man rolled out from under the car, he smiled and then he put out his cigarette, "Luci!" the Light Elf got up and gave Luciano a great big hug. He said to him, "So, ah, how you doin'? I didn't even hear ya' come in buddy boy! Cigarette?" Luciano laughed and then he said, "You know I quit several years ago, Raph." Raphael laughed and then he offered Skotti a cigarette. Luciano knew that Skotti was possibly having a 'Nic Fit', so he assumed Skotti would happily take it.
Luciano sat on a bar stool that was located by a dirty, oily, greasy, work bench. It had a light situated so that it was hanging off a nail, which was nailed to the end of the shelf that had tools scattered all over it. The work bench had dirty papers and screws all over it- the paper looked to have been a project that Raph was probably working on; as usual.
"So, Raph. .-"
"-Luci, before you begin. I need to catch up with ya. It's been a while, and my pops is wonderin' how my sister is doin'. Ma' is even worried. So, jus' talk to me first."
"Sorry, man. It's going to have to wait; because Skotti and I are kind of in a hurry."
"I know you. Family is always a first priority for you. I've never known you to put a mission first- even my Papa knows that. You kinda remind me of Papa, ya'know? Always puttin' the family first. That's why we like you, ya'know?"
Luciano smiled and then he looked down, "Well, ummm. . . in this case. . Mission does need to come first- you see, we're in a bind. And I have always though of you as the kind of man to get us out of it." Raph lit up his cigarette again, took a puff, and then he nodded, "I gotcha, Bro. Tell me what ya' need, and I'll get it fo' ya." Raphael grabbed his keys from off of his chain and walked up to a wall a couple feet away from the work bench. He chose one key in particular and then he used it to open up a huge sliding door into a dark room, he turned to Luciano and he said, "Okay. . before I do dis thing, 'ere, I'm goin' to need to see some payment, Luci."
Luciano nodded and then he pulled out a wad of cash, Gold, a Vampire's tooth, and some blood from that Lycan they killed. He pulled out more valuable items, and then Raph nodded with approval. He smiled and then he said, ". . . Go play, Brother." he threw two large black duffle bags at them, he flipped on the light to reveal a big room full of guns of all sorts and the Durem flag painted up on the back wall.

((You KNOW you loved that small reference to "The Boondock Saints" I put in! You KNOOOOOWWW you do!))

Luciano began looking at the light weight weapons- the glock, revolvers, military issued pistols, etc. And then he gave a big smile, "Ey, Skotti. .," he said as he marched over to the looms of rope, "This may come in handy. The s**t we will be doing, don't you think we'll need some rope?" he said while he held the rope in his hands.

"Gah! 3 am!" Pen said as she laid back on the couch after looking at the time. "Guess I'll get some rest before I do anything else." Giving credit to the fact that it was there two top operatives that were gone, a good chance going in half asleep wouldn't help the search. Though laying back on the couch she gave out another breath then fell into a deep sleep.

Skotti finished packing up some a couple of M-60s, a few heavy magnums, and a sawed off shotgun. He nodded and said "Let's go split some heads." as skotti drove to the target's home.