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Jun 9, 2017 0:04:11 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 9, 2017 0:04:11 GMT -5
Daniel noticed her covering up. Maybe she was cold. He got up, and walked over to her. he sat net to her, looking her in the eyes. "I think she'll help us a lot." He smiled, and laid net to her. He laid on his side, looking into her eyes. He started stroking her hair, running the red locks though his fingers.
He started falling asleep, his hand resting on her pale cheek.
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'STOP NOW NT-02!!!!" A soldier yelled, as a small boy ran through the halls. He ran into a woman with long black hair. She looked shocked, and scared. The young boy heard a gun cock, to turn around. "Grandmother..!!" He yelled out. The woman was blonde, average height, and small framed. She seemed confidant with the gun.
"Johanna... please, this is madness...!" The woman exclaimed.
Johanna laughed, "This is family, you are baring my granddaughter after all...."
"So you'd kill the both of us..!? Chris wouldn't want this..?! I can just tell him...!" She was crying. Johanna shook her head, "You didn't do it the first time, and imagine... the paths your daughter will take thanks to me..."
She looked at the soldiers. "Take Natalia and NT-03 back to the cryogenics chamber. Stick her in the tube with Nina and Anna..." She said, spitefully. She then looked at little Daniel, "And take NT-02 back to his room..."
"Johanna, PLEASE..!!!!!!" Daniel watched, horrified, as the woman was dragged away.
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Daniel jolted awake, by his own nightmare of a memory. "...Sorry..."
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Jun 9, 2017 0:22:22 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 9, 2017 0:22:22 GMT -5
The redhead smiled. The way Daniel looked at her, and the way he smiled and stared at her made Katya feel this warm feeling and it made her feel safe and adored.
"Zank you for accompanying me on zis journey."
It wasn't before long that Katya feel asleep, too. She has never had another person, let alone one of the opposite sex lay down next to her.
Unfortunately, Daniel had a nightmare hours later as Katya jolted awake.
"Ooh... Are you okay? Vill you be fine?". She asks in concern.
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Jun 10, 2017 23:51:46 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 10, 2017 23:51:46 GMT -5
He nodded, "Sorry..." He looked up at her, frowning. "I dreamt about that place.." He said with a quiver in his voice. He rolled to his back, and covered his eyes. "Most people have the blessing of not remembering... but I do..." He shook his head, rolling over, pulling Katya into his arms. He held her tight, burying his face in her neck. She was very warm. "I'll be okay..." he said, before falling asleep again in her embrace.
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Jun 11, 2017 18:45:15 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 11, 2017 18:45:15 GMT -5
Katya smiled at Daniel. "You are just fine. I understand... it is not pleasant at all..." Her smile then faded to that of slight worry.
"I still remember my time zere. I remember... zey put me in zis glass casing zat had like zis yellow smoke come in, and it burned my zoroat. It vas awful. I survived it, to ze scientists' surprise... and I vas released. Houever, next to me... some poor soul vas not as fortunate and died..." She groaned to herself. If memory serves, the tattoo on her leg glowed, and some tiny wing popped up from her hip.
"I'll be okay..."
"Yes... you shall be fine..." She whispered to Daniel.
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Jun 12, 2017 18:36:38 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 12, 2017 18:36:38 GMT -5
Daniel awoke that morning, still cuddled up to Katya. He smiled a little at her, and stroked her hair. A few moments later, he sat up, rubbing his eyes. He got up, and walked to the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and wet his face a bit. Getting the small towel hanging up, he dried his face and then grabbed some clothes. He opted for jeans, a black long sleeved shirt, and a leather jacket. After changing, he decided to go to the little convenience store next door and get breakfast.
About 15 minutes later, he arrived back to their little apartment. He had a small coffee pot, coffee, sugar, cream, cereal, and milk. He set everything up, and started the coffee. He then sat on the bed, waiting.
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Jun 12, 2017 18:48:58 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 12, 2017 18:48:58 GMT -5
Katya did end up having a good night's sleep. Of course, she slept a lot better. It was miles and miles better than taking refuge in a cardboard box with a lot of newspaper and some discarded blankets. She was in a nice and cozy bed, and she had someone holding her as she slept. It was so warm and so cozy. She was sure that it cured her of any insomnia that she might have had. She sits up, stretching as she yawned. She took notice that Daniel was already awake with a cup of nice-smelling coffee.
"Good morning." She greeted, smiling a genuine smile. "Did you sleep just fine?"
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Jun 12, 2017 19:32:48 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 12, 2017 19:32:48 GMT -5
He smiled at her when she asked if he slept well. "I did..." He got up, and fixed her a bowl of cereal, and brought it to her. "Here you go..." He said with a warm smile.
He sipped on the coffee and then made himself a bowl of cereal.
"Where do you wanna start searching for your mother?" He asked. "Since she's a doctor, I thought maybe we could look through any phone books with physician offices... maybe she started taking care of people..."
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Jun 12, 2017 19:47:58 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 12, 2017 19:47:58 GMT -5
Katya put the bowl in her lap and began eating the cereal. It tasted so good. So delicious.
"Zank you."
After downing several more bites of her food, she finally answered Daniel's question. She is a doctor, so of course, maybe looking in the classifieds for her info would work.
"Since she's a doctor, I thought maybe we could look through any phone books with physician offices... maybe she started taking care of people..."
"I believe zat can vork. I feel like ve should go to ze library and figure zings out ourseffs. Library has all ze information you could need, correct I am?"
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Jun 12, 2017 22:27:47 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 12, 2017 22:27:47 GMT -5
"The library is a good place to start..!" He said, a little excited. He sat down next to her. "After we eat, we can get a bus to the library and start looking. You can read Polish, right..?" He asked. While Daniel was educated in English and Japanese, Heihachi and Johanna didn't see the need to teach him all languages.
He finished his cereal, and drank the milk. He washed his dish, and sat back down next to Katya, unconsciously putting his hand on her thigh. After a few moments of looking at her, he realized he was touching her. He blushed, and pulled away. "Sorry.." He said quietly.
he then returned to his coffee cup, and drank it.
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Jun 12, 2017 22:46:25 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 12, 2017 22:46:25 GMT -5
"After we eat, we can get a bus to the library and start looking. You can read Polish, right..?"
Katya shook her head, and realized her oversight. She couldn't believe that she thought of that. "Um... actually... I... I am sorry... I do not read it, but I speak it. Maybe zey heff text-to-speech stuff... right?" If someone could read the information out loud, this would work.
When Daniel touched her, she blushed slightly and soon, her pal had apologized. "It is fine... you are good... it is nozing."
Lei and Helena both made it Poland and got themselves a nice hotel. Lei had to say goodbye to his daughter and assured her that he was going to be back, and he told Xianlong the same, as he Face-timed her. However, on their way to Poland, though, Lei decided to catch a flight to Hong-Kong to let Pai have her daughter while Lei was out. The two bickered for a bit before Li-Mei started crying and told the two to stop arguing. Eventually, the two set aside their differenes as Pai and her husband decided to take care of Li-Mei for Lei. Helena got cozy in a chair and started smoking as Lei got himself comfortable, slipping off his shoes and resting on the bed.
"Warsaw is a very big place."
"Really? I didn't know!" Helena replied in sarcasm.
"So, it's going to be hard, looking for the two, if they are even there, that is."
"And what do you suggest?"
"We can't just go around looking for them, hoping to see them. We're going to have to do some old fashioned police work. We're gonna do this thing we like to call, area of perimeter. What we do is, we basically take what we know, and track down the suspect within a certain radius, depending on what they are trying to accomplish." Lei then loads up a map on his tablet. It was a map of all of Warsaw. He pulls out his stylus and marks their current location.
"See? This is where we currently are."
Helena nodded.
"Now, look at the airport in relation to our current location. We're pretty close to it, aren't we. Here's my theory. It is very likely that the two are staying at a hotel within a 3-mile radius. I don't imagine they have much money. So it's probably going to be a very cheap hotel room."
Lei then scrolled the screen around and circled a location. "You see this? This is a municipal airport for private jets. I believe that they landed right there."
He brings up the airport on his phone and show Helena the location. "Now, as you can see, there's not a lot of affordable hotels in that area. But, there are a few one-star hotels."
Lei then googled several areas on his phone to show the status of the cheap hotels. "There's no vacancy for these motels and hotels. However, it is very likely that the two are residing in one of those motels. So, here's what I need you to do..." Lei marked down the hotels on the map on his tablet.
Helena puts down her cigarette in the ash-tray.
"Helena, I'm going to need you to go look for them. While you do that, I will interrogate Dr. Kristovitch. I'll figure out what her motives are, and maybe ask for her cooperation in helping us protect her daughter."
Helena nods. "But I think it would be better if you tagged along with me."
Lei tilted his head. "Why so?"
"They're in pairs. They have the Devil Gene. I don't think it's smart to do this alone."
Lei sighed. "Yeah... you're right... I think it is best that we do this together. But we'll go see Dr. Kristovitch later. We know where she is, and exactly how to reach her. We don't know where the duo is. They could even be staying at this hotel, but I doubt that they would be this far out, considering that the two very likely don't know how to drive a car. But anyway, we should perform our search on the two first thing, tomorrow morning."
Helena nodded. "Yeah... we should rest up a bit."
"But in the meantime, let's just enjoy our time together, okay?" Lei puts away his tablet, and stretches as he yawns. "I'm a bit sleepy..."
"Well, you go on to bed. I am going to stay up a little later."
"Okay. I suppose it's goodnight then." Lei smiled.
Helena watched as Lei unraveled his hair, as his ponytail immediately disappeared, as his long ebony locks were free. She noted, his hair reached a little bit beyond his back. His hair was almost longer than hers. But it was so silky, smooth, and shiny. Men his age usually start balding, but not Lei. He still has shiny, pretty, healthy hair. Not to mention, for some odd reason, Lei looked like a different person with his hair worn down... like... it made him look a little... younger?
"Wanna know my secret? I use L'oreal. Heads and Shoulders for men only works if you don't have long hair like I do. I also brush it every night." Lei began brushing his hair as he spoke, looking at Helena. "I used to braid my hair when I was younger. It helped me concentrate. Nowadays... I don't bother with it, and just let my hair be free."
"I see." She muttered.
Lei finally finished brushing his hair as he got himself settled into his bed. He and Helena rented the same room, but there were two queen-sized beds for them to each sleep in. That way, they didn't have to share a bed, seeing that would be very awkward for the two. Lei refuses to share a bed with a woman unless they're having sex. Helena feels the exact same, so that worked out for the two.
"I've managed to grab the journal from Grandpa..." Xianlong texted Lei.
Lei then replied with, "Fantastic. Hide it somewhere. I'll come get it when I get back from Poland..."
"K"
Helena too, was texting someone.
"Why the hell are you in Poland? If you don't come back to Japan, I will send one of my associates to take care of you and finish the job!"
"Lei says that she's in Poland."
"You better be right! Don't return to Tokyo until you've given me that woman and her child!"
"Yes, boss..."
Helena really didn't want to do this. She looked to Lei, who appeared to be sleeping.
There has to be another way to do this!
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Jun 12, 2017 22:53:23 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 12, 2017 22:53:23 GMT -5
"Well, C'mon..!' He scooped her up. "Get dressed, and let's go find your mother..." He looked down, into her eyes. He couldn't help staring into them. He just wanted to look at her forever. "...Maybe she can even straighten the mess out with you and the Zaibatsu...! I know My mom is working on my situation." He smiled, and hugged her tight.
He stroked her hair, again. He just couldn't stop touching her. He couldn't figure out why. He bit his lip, looking at her.
"Get dressed.." He said, smiling at her.
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Jun 12, 2017 23:00:03 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 12, 2017 23:00:03 GMT -5
"Get dressed, and let's go find your mother..."
"O-o-okay. But... do you mind... I... uh... it is nozing..." Katya at first, really was a little ashamed of the tattoo that has been on her since birth, but seeing that it's Daniel, it should be fine.
She quickly walks to grab her outfit. She liked that it covered her legs, and her arms. But there was no gloves... so she had to find one to put it on her left hand.
"...Maybe she can even straighten the mess out with you and the Zaibatsu...! I know My mom is working on my situation."
"I sure hope so..."
She flinched a little when Daniel stroked her hair, but then Katya got used to it. It actually felt nice. She felt wanted and desired. Katya then undressed herself, and started putting on the clothes that Lillian picked out for her, unashamed or even caring if Daniel watched her.
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Jun 12, 2017 23:11:25 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 12, 2017 23:11:25 GMT -5
Daniel wanted to be polite, and turn away while she changed. He looked out the window, catching himself looking at very faint reflection in the window. He crossed his arms, and waited. After she was done, he turned. "How beautiful..." He said, smiling. He blushed, and shook his head. "C'mon.." he said. He took her outside, ensuring she was warm. Once outside, he looked around. He didn't recognize any of the signs, or anything. "This is going to require some extra thought..." He noticed a sign with a bus on it next to a bench. "That must be the bus stop...." He said, walking toward it. He looked at thesnow, smiling a little to himself. Daniel loved being outside.
He sat at the bench, waiting for the bus to come. "I hope this gets to the library..." He said, laughing a little. What have they gotten themselves into?
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Jun 12, 2017 23:17:24 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 12, 2017 23:17:24 GMT -5
"How beautiful..."
"Beautiful...?" Katya blushed a little. He wasn't sure what he was referring to.
She found herself being taken outside in the snow, just walking up to a sign with a bench. So, this is a bus-stop. She takes a seat next to Daniel, snuggling up next to him for a little bit of extra warmth. He was so warm. It was so different from the cold, hard floors.
"I hope this gets to the library..."
"I do speak Polish, so I can ask ze guy vere ve should go..." she smiled. "Not all is lost..."
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Jun 13, 2017 13:06:16 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 13, 2017 13:06:16 GMT -5
Daniel nodded at her, smiling. While she handled it, she went and found himself a seat. Everything was cold to the touch. He crossed his arms, looking at Katya.
He just couldn't help staring at her...
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