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Jun 16, 2017 22:06:58 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 16, 2017 22:06:58 GMT -5
"Thankyou... things have been really complicated since I escaped..." He looked at her, "Sometimes I wonder if things would be better if Mom just let me rot."
"I knou vat you mean. Neizer of us asked to be experiments... ve vere just born into it."
Suddenly the door opened, and Katya heard, "MC1R!"
Dr. Kristovitch and Lei both walked into the room.
Katya ran and hugged her mother, who reciprocated the hug. Lei couldn't help but smile. He had to let Daniel know what was going on, but he didn't want to ruin the moment. However, Daniel needed to know.
"Hey, Daniel. Is it okay if I spoke to you in private?"
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Jun 16, 2017 22:52:19 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 16, 2017 22:52:19 GMT -5
Daniel was a little caught of guard when Lei and Dr. Kristovich came in. He stood up, and gave the woman a smile, letting the two have their moment.
Then Lei asked if they could speak in private. He. Odded, keeping his eyes ON Katya as they walked to the corner.
"I don't know who to trust... but I know my brother trusts you, so... I just don't want anything bad to happen to Katya." He sighed.
"You can take me back to the Zaibatsu, but please..." He looked Lei in the eyes, "Please don't take her to that awful place..."
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Jun 16, 2017 23:08:17 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 16, 2017 23:08:17 GMT -5
"I don't know who to trust... but I know my brother trusts you, so... I just don't want anything bad to happen to Katya."
"Relax, kid. Nothing's going to happen. I only came here to find answers." Lei put both hands in his pockets. He smiled to himself as he caught himself calling Daniel a kid.
"You can take me back to the Zaibatsu, but please... Please don't take her to that awful place..."
"The Zaibatsu is a horrible place for you two. I wouldn't dare sending you back there. The only reason why I was looking for Katya so I can get answers from her. You see, Helena and I are trying to bring down the Mishima Zaibatsu. And the only way to do that is through propaganda. Also... I owe it to my daughter. I want her growing up in a world where it's safe. Where evil men do not wage wars and destroy homes, families, and villages... It's okay if you don't trust me. I understand. However, I do feel like I should share you a tidbit of information."
Lei paused for a second to clear his throat. "Your mother's been kidnapped and held for ransom. The head honcho in charge wants you, Steve, and NT03 in exchange for Anna's life. Take what you will of this. Right now, I plan on putting this whole business on hold. I owe it to Steve... your cousin... NT01. I saved his life once. I can do it again... I'm going to help save your mother. I also owe it to Sorin, too. Plus, I hate seeing families being torn apart."
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Jun 18, 2017 16:23:43 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 18, 2017 16:23:43 GMT -5
"Kidnapped..!?" He was horrified. Lei then mentioned that the napper wanted him, Steve, and NT03. So Steve was alive, and there was another project. He thought for a moment. He knew what he needed to do. "I'll go to Japan...." He looked at Katya. She was with her mother, and she was safe. "Promise me that Katya will be okay... If I don't return..?" He asked.
He crossed his arms, looking down. "Let me tell Katya..." He said.
He walked over to the mother and daughter. "Katya... can I talk to you..?" He pulled her aside. "I-I have to go... My mother has been kidnapped, and I need to go home and help her." He placed his hands on her shoulders. "...I may not come back.."
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Jun 18, 2017 16:29:54 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 18, 2017 16:29:54 GMT -5
"I'll go to Japan...." He looked at Katya. She was with her mother, and she was safe. "Promise me that Katya will be okay... If I don't return..?"
Lei nods. Understanding Daniel's request. "You have my word. She will be fine..."
"Let me tell Katya..."
"Do what you need to do. I'll be outside waiting."
Helena appeared as she saw Lei had returned to the school.
"Helena, there has been a change of plans. I need to go to Japan. You should stay here and protect Katya."
Katya looked back at her mother as Daniel had requested her. Dr. Kristovitch nodded in understanding as she let her daughter have her moment with Daniel.
"I-I have to go... My mother has been kidnapped, and I need to go home and help her. ...I may not come back.."
She ran and hugged Daniel, squeezing him tightly. "Hou dare you leave me like zis! So soon! I vas hoping ve vould share a life... I... do not knou vat to do vizout you!"
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Jun 18, 2017 16:51:00 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 18, 2017 16:51:00 GMT -5
Daniel cupped her face in his hands. "You'll live... You'll have a life..." His eyes welled up with tears. "You have found your mother, and youre free...." He said, as he started to cry.
"My mother's captor wants me, Steve, and another project...."
His heart was pounding. He didn't want to leave Katya here, but... He had to.
"I love you Katya..." He said. "From the moment I saw you in the labs... Ive loved you and I wanted to protect and help you...."
He then leaned in and kissed her. "Goodbye...." He then turned, and quickly walked away, into the hall. He wiped his eyes.
"Let's go."
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Jun 18, 2017 17:03:17 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 18, 2017 17:03:17 GMT -5
"My mother's captor wants me, Steve, and another project...."
"Vy not hide out here vith us! I knou it is cold, but you can get used to it! Trust me..." Tears were starting to stream down her eyes.
"I love you Katya...From the moment I saw you in the labs... Ive loved you and I wanted to protect and help you...."
"...Daniel... I... heff loved you, too..." She declared.
This emotional response triggered something inside her. She felt her eye open, and her leg burning. It was stinging and hurting. She felt part of her joints start to shift and move.
Dr. Kristovitch recognized what was going on, and was going to break up the two, but the kiss calmed her down. Katya focused herself, as the pain and darkness went away. She begrudgingly lets go. She cried visibly as Dr. Kristovitch tried to wipe her tears away with her napkins.
Finally, it was time to go, as Lei looked over at Daniel.
"You're going to make it out of here alive. Trust me. I think I know what we need to do. We need to negotiate. Like, we need to figure out, what does the hostage want more than anything?" Lei walked Daniel to his rental car and immediately booked a flight for two to Tokyo. "Once we find out, we give her an ultimatum. We'll give her an offer she won't refuse."
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Jun 18, 2017 17:12:26 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 18, 2017 17:12:26 GMT -5
Daniel asked Sorin to send him any relevant information for Lei through text. A few minutes later, He received a video.
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Lillian had the camera faced to her, holding it in what appeared to be the backseat of a car. "Oh sweet Anna... such a violent woman..." She then pulled Anna into the frame, by her hair. "Tell the lovely family my demands...." She said. Lillian was oddly calm, actually smiling.
Anna spat in her face, and Lillian slammed her head into the car window.
"Bring me Projects NT01, 02, and 03. Steve, Daniel, and Marilyn, and I may let this vile slut live... you have forty eight hours...." She narrowed her eyes and brought the camera close.
"Do not mourn these, for they are not lives. They are abominations... Tick Tock..."
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Daniel closed the phone. "I am such an idiot...!" He turned to Lei. "We need to surrender ourselves, and save mom!" He said.
He looked down as he walked. He thought of Katya. How she cried. But if he were to die, he knew that she would be okay with her mother.
He continued walking, ready for a fight.
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Jun 18, 2017 18:42:43 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 18, 2017 18:42:43 GMT -5
"I am such an idiot...!" He turned to Lei. "We need to surrender ourselves, and save mom!"
"Not so fast! You see, she's using scare tactics and intimidation to get her way, as well as manipulation. This is the oldest trick in the book."
Though Lei was really fearful for Anna's life.
"Judging by her demands, she wants to kill you. And I'm not going to let that happen. Not on my watch. Like I said, we need to somehow come up with another plan. We've only go 48 hours, so that's not much we can do. However, what we can do, is try and collect as much information as we can. No doubt this woman is smarter than she lets on. But too bad. I'm much, much, smarter. I know what she wants. And I know how persistent she is."
Lei started the motor.
"Nina probably has a good plan, as well. I know Steve does, as well. He inherited his smarts from his mom."
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Jun 18, 2017 19:18:00 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 18, 2017 19:18:00 GMT -5
"...Well, we still need to get to Japan... If nothing else, we can use ourselves as a decoy to atleast get my mom back." He shook his head, looking back. He already missed Katya. He pressed it to the back of his mind, going with Lei, further and further from her.
"Get a hold of Steve, try to work out a plan. I'll get us a ride." He said, calling the local airport.
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Jun 18, 2017 19:31:58 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 18, 2017 19:31:58 GMT -5
"...Well, we still need to get to Japan... If nothing else, we can use ourselves as a decoy to at least get my mom back."
Lei nods. "That's the obvious solution, but Lillian is no common crook. She's smarter than that. I know what she's capable of. I don't know her, but I've met criminals like her." Lei grumbled to himself.
"Ya' know, if Knight Rider was real, this whole situation would have been solved in a matter of seconds. All we'd have to do, is order KITT to go in and rescue Anna, or disguise KITT as the car that Lillian is driving. And then... EJECTO-SEAT-CUZ!"
"Get a hold of Steve, try to work out a plan. I'll get us a ride."
"No worries. Already done. The tickets have already been made. All paid for and everything. Just need to show up. If it's okay with you, I'm gonna stop by the hotel and grab my things. Want me to help grab your things, too while we're at it?"
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Jun 18, 2017 19:39:25 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 18, 2017 19:39:25 GMT -5
Daniel hung up the phone when Lei said that they had already arranged travel plans. Daniel nodded. "There's some sentimental things in the apartment Lillian had set us up in..." He grimaced, they were like sheep ready for the wolf to pounce and devour. He was ashamed. Maybe he was a failure.
"We can stop by the apartment first? I know Lillian is in Japan, but god only knows what she could have had planned to get rid of me... I need to retrieve atleast just one thing..." He said.
Daniel wasn't allowed to have anything in the prisons. But the thing that was given to him was something he wanted to hold on to forever.
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Jun 18, 2017 19:47:07 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 18, 2017 19:47:07 GMT -5
"We can stop by the apartment first? I know Lillian is in Japan, but god only knows what she could have had planned to get rid of me... I need to retrieve atleast just one thing..."
"Sure thing. Anything for you." Lei started the engine, and received another text message from his niece. The car read the message outloud.
"Grandfather found out that Great-Grandfather's journal is missing, and he's accusing me. I'm afraid he's going to find it. Help me. Please."
Lei wasn't sure what to do. He told the car to reply, "Hold on out a little bit longer. I'm going to get it soon."
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Jun 18, 2017 20:00:57 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Jun 18, 2017 20:00:57 GMT -5
He smiled, "Thankyou..." They rode to the apartment, and once there, Daniel quickly opened the door. "Be right back.." He ran in, and up the stairs. He unlocked the door, and quickly grabbed all of his things. He looked inside his bag. There was a leather jacket Anna had given to him. He slipped it on, and threw the duffelbag over his shoulder.
He then walked to the stationary, and sat down at the little desk. He found a pencil, and a little piece of paper.
Katya,
Turns out, I may be able to come back. If you come back and you find this, just know that I will come back for you. We can live a life together. We can both be free and happy, together. If you find this, I hope it gives you hope. I will save my family, and I will come back to you. To livehappily ever after.
Love, Daniel
He sighed, and closed the door. He returned to Lei. "I got what I needed..." He said.
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Jun 18, 2017 20:05:01 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Jun 18, 2017 20:05:01 GMT -5
Lei stood outside, waiting as he let Daniel handle his business. Once he returned, Lei smiled.
"Okay, it's go-time! Now back to my room to go grab my stuff. Then we'll head on route to Japan."
Lei really needed to stop by China, but he won't have time. His brother isn't a killer. He's just an asshole. The worst he'll do is find the diary and beat his granddaughter. Other than that, nothing bad.
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