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Rave said nothing but by the time Joker and Monty were out, shadows had changed Dusk’s clothes to her normal black on black, aka: assassin chic wear. Sighing softly, she leaned over and kissed Kyoshi’s cheek, speaking softly as he was trying to get a hold of Hibachi. “Is he going to stay in his area? If so, then partner up with Rave?” The other shadow user didn’t like that, but if they were going to have someone new, then Dusk knew that she was the one that had to work with Harlequin so that nothing went… bad. Hopefully he was in a decent mood today. She didn’t need any raisings happening today because he was annoyed or bored.

Stepping back, she soon was taking out her own phone, sighing softly before calling a number that she honestly hadn’t called in a while. It picked up without even ringing for a moment. “Yes…?” The sound was a softer voice, but it wasn’t because he was meek; no, Harlequin had been trained to be quiet, silent, and to follow orders; the last one he wasn’t very good at, but he did what needed to be done well enough. Without telling him everything that was going on, she gave him directions to get to Ellwood, instantly, and to be ready for a search and more than likely destroy. The reply was one of amusement.

“And how strong is this baddie, Dusk?” She shrugged, “Pretty big.” A soft chuckle came from him as she could imagine the bi-color hair of his locks bobbing just a bit as he nodded, “Good.” He hung up and it wouldn’t be long before the man was in their sights. Sighing softly, Dusk stretched before messing with her knife again, waiting for Kyoshi to tell her what it was that he was going to do, but also waiting for the man on the phone. It didn’t take long.

Phasing through the wall, a man a bit shorter than Rave was standing there, hands in pocket and a half smile on his features that just looked… wrong. His body was unscarred, unmarked, save for two triangles on his cheek; the left one right side up, the right one upside down. Eyes a pure silver, they would go missing every once and a while when his black and gray hair would go in front of them, but he kept watching the two people that he didn’t know, tilting his head to the side. “They’re not dead… I can’t do anything about them…” He seemed to make an annoyed face but Dusk twitched, “They’re good guys.” “So?” Sighing some, she went to Harley, giving him the gest of things. It didn’t take long for him to make yet another face.

“Angels? Blech…” Dusk rolled her eyes, “Look… just help, alright?” He shrugged and nodded, looking at Kyoshi, “This angel dude… is he still pure blooded or has he gone to the point of a true fallen in essence. Not nature, but essence.” He could have fun with those… but Dusk still didn’t say what it was that Harley was; she didn’t want to bring it up at the moment. No… she had a feeling that Kyoshi, though mostly Rave, would kill her if they realized that she was close to a Lich.

Dusk sighed softly, trying to tug Harley out of the room but the man was watching Rave and Kyoshi both, slowly beginning to grin. “Oh? Someone’s sensitive about their race…” Snickering, his arms crossed and he shook his head, “I’m not against your kind, I know that the majority of angels are pretty strong… as long as you get the higher levels… but fallens are just easier to control.” With those words, he grinned and soon gave a small bow, moving to look at Rave instead, actually in front of him as if he was examining him. “So… you’re the one that trained Cecilia?” An amused look was on his features as Rave gently pushed him aside. “Dusk… who is this?”

Harley laughed, taking out his hat as he placed the fedora on top of his gray and black hair, shaking his head and answering before Dusk could, “Name’s Harlequin, but call me Harley, most people do.” She shrugged as she watched the two men in front of her, “He’s harmless to an extent… treat him as you would Joker…” “The berserker?” Dusk nodded but a small look of surprise was on her features, “Wait… how did you kno-“ “Joker, the doc in Area 6, friend of Gambler, pretty psychotic, pretty fun, a berserker, uses needles and injections when he fights, and has a crush on Kit that he hasn’t admitted to anyone completely yet.” Harley grinned, “I’ve been compared to him before, and so I wanted to see what he was like.”

That… scared Dusk, actually.

Shaking her head, she took in a breath before she spoke, “Harley… We will wait here and get whatever communication things we need and I’ll see how much he knows.” Seeing as this was Harley… he probably knew more than what it was that he was saying. Judging by the fact that he was older than Rave… that also had something to do with her own thoughts on this as well; he had had a long time to gather up abilities and information that he could use against people. Hell, they started out as enemies and him being a stalker… “Harley, please behave and stay in a corner or something…”

As the man was gone, it didn’t take long for Dusk and Harley to start talking. It worried her some that he knew so much about the others but at the moment it just didn’t matter. What mattered was that he prove that he could do this without problem and by the time that the others came back, she was glancing over at the familiar face, rolling her eyes. “I touched your shiny metal because I had to… and if you touch anything here, then the guards will probably hurt you and we don’t need that.” Walking over to them, she was letting Harley look around, that annoying half smirk half smile on his face as he did so, but that didn’t need to be addressed anytime soon.

“So, how are we doing this? we need to get going soon…” And she wanted Harley gone and far away from her home. She knew that she was going to change the room that she and Kyoshi slept in now. Actually, that brought up the question of how much he knew about her and her love… She didn’t think that he would know that much about anything other than Joker and maybe some other random things, but with Harley, one really never knew. It took a lot of will power to not think and worry about that, but as she had thought before; now just wasn’t the time for things like that.

“You want me to put this down my throat…?” She raised a brow but it was Harley that walked over, frowning some at the devices. He said nothing, however, and Rave was beside them as well, silent and watchful as he tilted his head to the side at the items. “You’re very good at creating these things, Hibachi…” Kalore and Kit were behind the others, looking in awe at all of the shiny things that they knew not to touch, but it was just so tempting… Dusk shooed them back, beginning to put on the devices and nodding some, waiting for the thing to go down her throat. “Thanks, Hibachi. This woman that you want here, go ahead and call her. We could use all the help that we can get, but if you want her paired with someone then I can call another of my guys. Otherwise… Rave, Kyoshi, you mind having someone else with you?” She didn’t think that they’d mind, but… eh, it was good to ask.

Harley kept back, his face neutral in the normal amused look, but he didn’t like all of this… technology. He never had, but when you had been around for so long and in certain times, it was hard for someone to not be wary of them. “Are all of us stuck with this?” He could admire the craft of making these things, but nothing was going into his throat; nothing at all.

Glancing back, Dusk shrugged but put on the earring, chuckling some. “I think some people would get annoyed at me being the one in charge… but at the moment this is working well. Kit, Kalore, you two help set up some things, but don’t touch his stuff unless he permits it. I want him in a good area, but make sure that the guards don’t know what’s going on.” She didn’t want to be followed by some of the personal guards that had been watching her lately; her advisors were beginning to get annoyed with her reverting back to the street rat that she had turned into. Oh well.

“Mind telling me what this woman can do, that way we know?” Harley stiffened again, but he wasn’t questioned on what he could do. He was tense, however. No need to be… what was wrong with him? He knew that he shouldn’t have left the upper areas how he did, but the Cheshires could handle it there. If anyone could handle themselves, it was her.

Catching onto the words, Dusk twitched some but it was Harley that spoke, “Strength and killing ability don’t make a person dangerous…” He was grumbling some but Dusk elbowed him in the ribs, “Hush. And put on the equipment, Harlequin.” The man nodded some, not liking it but he did as he was told. He would only have to listen to Dusk for a while and then he would be able to get out of there and back into… hiding. Was it really hiding? Possibly, or at least that’s what it seemed like it was. He didn’t know for sure yet. Sighing some, Dusk glanced over at him. “She can come, of course, but… I think that the minions will be taken care of by her, Harley, and…”

Who else to bring in? Rave was strong, Joker was going to be in the big fight, as were Monty and Kyoshi, and more than likely her… but she needed someone else. “I’ll bring in Talon to fight with this as well. Are there any quirks that we need to work on before we have her with him? He’s a pyro that’s very skilled, very fast, merciless when he needs to be and uses blades. Any of that going to be bad?” Some people didn’t work well with fire… she didn’t think that Hibachi would bring up someone that would have a problem with any of this, but it was better to know now than in the heat of battle.

Dusk nodded some, “then that won’t be a problem.” She took out her phone, walking away so that she could talk to Talon, getting him to meet up there so that he’d be able to work with the women. She told him what Hibachi had said and he had agreed that that wouldn’t be a problem. He had had enough problems with touchy women. Dusk had ignored the comment and had come back in time to hear Kit roll her eyes, “Name’s Kit… and what is all this anyway?” The elves really weren’t far back in technology, but some people just avoided it because it just wasn’t their thing.

Kalore was one of those people, as was Kit. Unless it had something to do with lights, security, or music then neither of them cared about it.

“As for where you can go… in this room okay for you?” She continued to watch him, her phone pocketed and her arms crossed. “talon’s on his way so he’ll be with Rave and Kyoshi. Harley and him don’t seem to get along all that well…” She gave the man a look and Harley simply smiled innocently. “I don’t like fire.” She sighed, nodding some as she dropped the idea. She knew that Harley could survive anything, but fire… she didn’t know anyone that could survive fire unless they were born of it. She could handle it more than most people that she knew, which surprised her, but… no, she didn’t like it all that much either.

“You can stay here, but no touchy on anything that’s not yours. Nor can you go through drawers or anything… Kit, Kalore, I want you two to rest, okay? Kalore, you already promised me that you would, Kit, make sure that he listens.” The blonde woman snickered, nodding some as Kalore crossed his arms, careful of the burns, “Fine… Already becoming queen, eh?” he grumbled again but did as he was told as Rave finished putting on the rest of the equipment, following suit in leaving the communicator for when they actually left. “Shall we go, then?” Dusk nodded. “Talon will be at the entrance of Ellwood. He’s still not allowed in… so go meet him. Harley and I will search and we’ll keep in touch. Eri and Sin both are who we’re looking for, correct?”

Dusk nodded and soon they were all going their own way, Harley silent as he glared at the piece of metal in his hand. “Just shove it down your throat and be done with it.” Dusk didn’t like this either but she did as she had instructed and the piece was where it needed to be. It wasn’t as bad as she had expected but the woman still gagged, grumbling, “This idea of communication is a bit awkward, Hibachi…” Muttering her words, she elbowed Harley, watching him, “Your gag reflex died years ago, Harley, just deal with it.” He didn’t like it but soon he was hooked up completely to the communications, the two gone and in the direction that Kyoshi had mentioned. They were mostly looking for Eri, knowing that it would be best to get him out of the way first, but… where to start if they didn’t find him?

Walking with Kyoshi, Rave did as instructed but was silent for the most part. He was worried about Gambler and at the moment… he really didn’t know what it was that was going to come from this. They were relying on three people that none of them completely knew, and then there was the fact that Eri had shown that he was stronger than they thought already, added to Sin who was a wild card in his books… this didn’t look good. Fighting Elke had been a wild card, yes, but… even the dracokin wasn’t as strong as this guy, or so he had been told. There were many of them, yes, but he had been able to separate them before. This didn’t look… this didn’t look good, but maybe he was just projecting his inner turmoil already.

As they got closer, it didn’t take long for the mop of red and black hair to be seen. Talon was in his normal black clothes, wearing the male form of Dusk’s own outfit as he watched the two come up the road. “They still won’t let me Ellwood…” “You did try to assassinate our King…” Talon shrugged, “As did you.” He watched the two men, knowing that neither of them seemed to like him all that well, but it didn’t matter now. No, what mattered was that they catch the guy that Dusk was talking about. “Lead the way then. I take it I’m here to take out the peons and not the big one?”

“What’s the bird for?” Kit raised a brow, crossing her arms as she watched Hibachi set everything up. She had made Kalore go to bed, thankful that he actually listened, and now was just watching, curious, on the things that the man was doing. “And why do you need so many computer screens?”

When the bird came to life, Kit jumped and blinked at the bird. It was moving… and talking… She shook her head some but she did sit down beside him, noticing everything and nodded again as the bird was near her once again. “Umm…” It at least had really pretty eyes and a nice voice, but it was still odd to her. She had never dealt with a bird that could talk and interact with others. Reaching out, she touched the frame of the bird, more interested in this than anything else. Shaking her head once again, Kit looked up and soon was watching Hibachi, noticing how he worked and having to admit that it was… interesting.

Rave said nothing as he raised a brow, listening to Kyoshi, “I believe Dusk is beginning to wear off on you, Kyoshi…” He chuckled softly, the sound inaudible as Talon took the box, “Wait… this thing goes where?” The fire user groaned but was in the middle of doing the actions needed before he raised a brow at the woman coming near them. Hibachi had been right, she was beautiful, but now Talon was truly the shortest person there, only standing at five foot nine… lovely. Sighing some, he gave a bit of a wave, “That ‘daring partner’ would be me.”

He said no more as he groaned around the device, grumbling in his answer to Hibachi. Talon was trusting someone that he hadn’t even seen to have something going down his throat… and he thought that he was done with the prison scene.

Dusk and Harley were moving, the woman grinning a bit, “Anything if you can.” Harley rolled his eyes, “You’re a smartass…” But that was his call to let the man know that he could hear and understand the technology guru, though Harley was about as thrilled as Talon was. The woman continued, however, “Is Kalore resting like he needs to?” Kit heard and nodded some, though she had no communication of her own, “Tell them that he just lied down but…” Looking at the now closed door, her eyes narrowed. “Wait a moment.” Kalore never closed the door unless he was planning something or thinking of something that he either shouldn’t or… something else. He better not be over thinking anything again.