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Rei walked upstairs, and gathered together some supplies. He put on his old tattered cloak, and with a large pack on his back, he walked down to the main floor a few minutes later. He looked at holly, but turned away as he felt the tears coming. "I have to go... I'll try not to be to long..." He said as he hugged her, and gently kissed her cheek. Before his eye were able to overflow, he left the house, and began to run towards the city.

After about an hour, he arrived at Pat's old home. A rickety old basement apartment. He found the key that pat usually leaves to let himself in when he's had a bit to much to drink. He walked through the house, and gathered some information on where to find pat's sister. All through the searching, he found a picture of the three of them. Pat's little sister was just seven years old, diagnosed with an incurable disease, the research of which was severely underfunded.

As Rei searched the house, he found a box, and inside, was cash, hundreds of thousands of dollars at the least. Rei looked at it, and he smiled. "Well pat, I guess not all of your money went to booze...." He said closing the lid. He placed it on the table, and went about looking for more information.

After finding several Guns, one of which, Pat's favorite, he found a little book, which had all the info he needed. He planned to take pats gun with him. The solid gold, 8 round Taurus judge revolver Was severely over weighted for such a small gun, but Rei knew why pat liked it. He holstered the gun, and found several large boxes of shotgun shells, and put them in his backpack after loading the gun.

With that, he left the house, locked the door, and headed for the hospital.

((I think imma bring in another villain, and leave rei out for a bit, let him do his own thing for a while. that okay?))

((Yeah, I guess. Seems like there are going to be a few more bad guys emerging soon. I know Manji had plans.))

Holly appeared next to Amelia, her face blank. She stared directly infront ofher with red eyes and croaked, "He wasn't even an EC...." Her heart ached silently for the pain she'd felt in Rei and how he'd suddenly left. She needed him most now, and he needed her. She could make him feel better...But no, he needed his time alone the most. Time to get his bearings on life again. What life? None of them even really had a life--they all were just confused children bumbling around and trying to find a purpose. Maybe Rei would find a purpose by the time he came back...If he came back. She suddenly felt empty at that thought and it was hard to conceal. She hoped no one would touch her and feel her pain.



Remus chuckled, causing his shadowy form to ripple. "I've heard about you. You're a pretty neat invention. Weren't you involved in the new top secret experiements at the labs? You must be tough, most of them died." His form dispersed like a fog and came together at Richard's feet, where his shadow was. Remus enlongated the shadow od Richard, rising from the ground and forming a near perfect resemblance of him, only it was all black and rippling. "Why aren't you back in the labs? What is your mission...Soldier?"

Hannah watched the confontation from around the corner of a building a few yards away. She knew the three of them where ECs and it excited her, but why were they fighting?

Richard's eyes were still shining bright blue, he couldn't hold on the the ability for long though, as prolonged exposure to this power would cause him to go insane. He turned to face Remus. His face contorted into rage at the mere mention of the Projects. "My only mission is my existance, shade. Now prepare yourself..." He quickly reassembled his lance and held it aimed at Remus' face. "...for I will Erase yours."

He easily spun it with one arm and made a vicious rising swing, the shockwave of which was able to cleave along the ground.

((Its not a killer shockwave, but the kind that can cause a blowback effect...note that I didn't say slice, but cleave.))

Remus barely diffused in time, only suffering a slight buffeting. He regathered himself just behind Richard and attached himself to his back, aiming to enter his mind forcibly.

Drake rested his check on the top of Lili's head as he prompted her thoughts to go to happier things, still. He slowly rocked from side to side as he did so, letting their thoughts mingle lightly in the grey area between their barriers. He didn't want to completely let himself lose on her, or enter her mind--he felt like he wasn't worth that yet.

((Didn't see Alex's post. Editing))

Hannah shook her head slowly, her black hair waving. "No, the first one, the one who keeps on turning into a shadow, he's not good. He gives me a bad feeling. We can show ourselves, but we wouldn't able to help much. I say wait to see who wins." she then added quietly, "Nothingness knows more about exisitance better than you might think."

"Why would you want to see who wins?" Asked Rachael, a hint of fear in her voice. "What if they find us? What'll happen then?"

Kale grinned. "If that happens, then we have no option but to fight!"

At this, Mikayla gave him a wierd look. "Why do you always wanna fight so much?"

His only response was a blank stare. He couldn't think of an answer.

"Uhhh..." started Jon, "I think Rachael's right. I don't think it's safe here. We'd never be able to fight them off. And we can't always rely on your power, Hannah. I mean, you just got it to work, it might still have some problems.

At the introduction of more happy thougths in her mind Drake, Lili started to push them out. She gently lifter her head off Drake's shoulder and looked him in the eye, a wistful look on her face. When she spoke, it was softly and sweetly, something she had never done before. "It's alright. I don't need those false happy thoughts to make me feel better." She gave him a tender smile. "Just being with you is enough."

Drake smiled back at her and let his control slip from her mind, but he still left their minds close to eachother--touching. "Wanna go find somewhere to rest from all of this commotion?" He let the idea of the house they'd been in earlier brush against her thoughts so he wouldn't have to speak.

Holly felt the growing connection between her brother and Lili and some sort of strange jealousy burned within her. Why did they have the right to be feeling so happy when the one she cared for just suffered a great loss, they all did, and was now gone? What made them so special? And why was it Drake feeling this way? Holly was special to him, no one else.

'Yes, I'd like that.' Lili thought, hoping Drake would get the message. Content, she took him by the hand and led him to the door, past where Holly was sitting. She didn't even give her a glance, she was blissfully unaware of feelings as to what was going on between them.