The Williams Estate [Dublin, Ireland]

[Anna Leigh Williams]

The drive was silent. When Katya broke the silence, Claudio looked at her, trying to keep his eyes on the road as well. "He's going to be fine..." He said, looking into the rearview mirror, at Sorin....

[White Tiger]

Lee arrived to the Williams estate and knocked on the door once more. This time he had a bouquet of flower that he bought while waiting in the city. He did regret not having brought one sooner since it would have been the polite way to meet a lady, but he was too nervous since it was a long time they didn’t see each other and the circumstances were kind of troubling… But maybe it was even more a reason to buy flowers in fact… Despite Anna not being his lover, she was a very dear friend. But now he had stopped at some florist in Dublin and he thought that he had chosen all the right flowers to show her his affection, friendship and support.


He also hoped that maybe he could meet that Claudio to ask him about his ways of fighting spirits and demons…

[Anna Leigh Williams]

After a while of trying, Lillian could not find her sister. Frustrated, she decided to come home to see if she had arrived here. Pulling in, she noticed someone at the door. She pulled her pistol from the glove compartment, and turned the safety off. She slowly exited the vehicle, and cautiously walked to him. "...Can I help you..?" She asked, keeping the pistol behind her out of sight...

[White Tiger]

Lee was waiting in front of the door, wondering if there was anyone there when he noticed a woman coming toward him. She then asked him:


"...Can I help you..?"


“Oh, yes, indeed. I am looking for Anna Williams. She was supposed to meet me at the restaurant and she never came. I do wonder if something held her.”

He wouldn't say 'happened to her' since he didn't want to worry that lady in front of him but he was really worried despite trying to hide it. Anna's scared expression kept haunting him and Lee did wonder if Anna was actually depressive and scared in her bedroom or if something worse happened even if he didn't know what could have happened... Or maybe that person she had to see simply held her for longer than she thought... 

Looking at the woman now in front of him, Lee thought that she looked elegant, she probably was a Williams... It was their estate after all and she did have some traits like Anna and Nina... Lee then politely bowed and said:

"I am Lee Chaolan, a long time friend of hers. Nice to meet you, my lady."

[Anna Leigh Williams]

Lillian exhaled softly, placing her pistol back in her purse. "Sorry, can't be too careful nowadays... Would you happen to be the same Lee she ran around with back in her Zaibatsu days..?" She said, "I'm Lillian, Anna is... well technically, my older sister..." She said. "You were supposed to be meeting Anna..?" She asked, "I've been looking for her all day, her son is in the hospital right now..." She said, crossing her arms. Sorin had let her know earlier. Still cautious, she wouldn't let him in her home just yet.

"...When was the last time you saw Anna..?" She asked. Perhaps this stranger could be the one to put the pieces together...

[White Tiger]

Lee was surprised when he noticed the gun but he quickly pushed that feeling away, he knew what kind of family were the Williams… So despite being first surprised by the gun, he wasn’t surprised at the fact this lady was armed.


"Sorry, can't be too careful nowadays... Would you happen to be the same Lee she ran around with back in her Zaibatsu days..?"


“Indeed, that would be me. And Lee is my surname, Chaolan is my given name.”


"I'm Lillian, Anna is... well technically, my older sister..."


Because of the Mishima Zaibatsu experiments, Anna did look younger than her little sister indeed but Lee wouldn’t say anything about it… It wouldn’t be polite… 

"You were supposed to be meeting Anna..? I've been looking for her all day, her son is in the hospital right now..."


Lee suddenly looked worried.


“Her son? Does she know about it?”


Lee wondered: Was it her possessed son? Or the other? Lee didn’t know any of them but worried anyway.  Has Anna disappeared because this would be too much for her or she didn't even know and they were looking for her to tell her thus why Lilian was telling him now? But Lilian asked him another question.


"...When was the last time you saw Anna..?"


“I met Anna right after her work. In fact, I first went to her office and she told me to meet her here. Once here, we briefly talked and she told me she had to talk to someone so she asked me to meet her at the restaurant later. But she never came.”

[Anna Leigh Williams]

Lillian listened to Lee, and her attention peaked when he said Anna was going to meet someone. "....Did she say who she was supposed to meet..?" Lillian quickly went inside, and unlocked the door. She took one more look at Lee, before opening it. She allowed him inside. "I need you to tell me everything that happened... Nobody can get in contact with Anna..." She turned around, "You were the last person to see her..." She said to Lee, purse still in hand.

"I'm not accusing you, I'm just trying to get the facts. She has done a stunt like this before..." She set the purse down. She shook her head. "Though last time she was practically helpless with a murderer about..." She said.

[White Tiger]

"....Did she say who she was supposed to meet..?"


As he followed Lilian inside, Lee tried to remember.


"I need you to tell me everything that happened... Nobody can get in contact with Anna... You were the last person to see her... I'm not accusing you, I'm just trying to get the facts. She has done a stunt like this before..."


Lee suddenly realized: Lilian may not accuse him but if something did happen to Anna, he would be one of the suspects… He already had some things to hide, he didn’t want police after him too much… They needed to be on his good side. But it wasn't his primary concern and what Lilian said after caught his interest more.


"Though last time she was practically helpless with a murderer about..."


“… She has done… with a murderer? Someone tried to kill her?”


Again with the life she had, it wasn't a big surprise but Lee did wonder how much of the story her sister knew and what he could say… Though he learned it from Lei, so probably the family knew about it as well… Though maybe not Nina? But Lilian was now mentioning some murderer… so she knew things. He had to tell her what he knew. The few he knew. Anything that could help find Anna.  So he began to tell everything he remembered.

“She mentioned Claudio and his associates during the conversation though I’m not sure she would mean him, she only said that she had to talk to someone… I figured it was him but that’s my idea. I guess you know that Claudio? Who would work on… her son’s possession?"

Lee took a small moment, looking at Lilian's expression before he continued.

“But as we spoke together, she seemed troubled… sad… and… really scared. She didn’t just seem, she told me. And her mind wasn’t here, I mean she looked preoccupied but with what she is living, I guess it should be expected… She talked about her son, how difficult it was to see him suffer and how she felt helpless…”


Lee put the flowers he bought on some small table near door and said: “I bought those flowers to help her keep some hope and courage… The petunias mean “Do not despair, the blue roses means patience, hope and the ability to reach the impossible, the begonias means sincere friendship, the camomile means devotion and strength in adversity, the bluebird-butterfly hemeroncalles means perseverance, the achilleas are supposed to chase away evil influences, like the sage is supposed as well. Alkanna has the power to chase demons and Angelica archangelica would be good for exorcism and protection though I do not know how… but thanks to Internet, I could learn all this since I am no expert on such matters. Aside from giving flowers, I do not know what to do…”

Feeling useless with his flowers, he added: "Though I am willing to help you any way that I can."

[Anna Leigh Williams]

Lillian listened to Lee speak about his time with Anna. How she was scared, and alone, and sad... Lillian could only frown, taking the flowers. She looked at Lee, "I know Claudio... It is Ireland, we have much lore here about the supernatural. the idea of demons wasn't too hard to grasp. I know that Daniel isn't possessed anymo--" Lillian stopped, her breathing intensified, and she felt a sharp pain in her hand. The flowers grew thorns. She dropped them, and as they landed on the table, the shriveled up and died. As her hand bled, she looked up at Lee.

"Oh... Lillian... Don't you know you're the sister I'd reveal myself to first...?"

Lillian spun around, and gasped at the sight of her sister, Anna. Lillian looked her up and down, noting the gaudy dress. "Do you like it, Lilly?" The demon asked. "It's for Antonio, you know... Never got to bury his body..." It said.

"Anna... What's going on...?" Lillian asked. The demon laughed, "You're so stupid and weak, Lillian! Can you not see the truth for what it is, or are you still stuck in your yoga temple praying to the faeries to bring you a woman to love?" It said, cruelly. Lillian gaped at what she thought was her sister. "Anna, I don't understand..." Lillian placed her fingers over her lips. The Espelhar grinned, "I think you do..."

Lillian sat on the sofa, barely able to breathe. The demon turned it's attention to Lee... "Oh... What do we have here..?" It sauntered to Lee, rubbing it's hands all over Lee. "We have the poor ignored child that Anna could only relate to... And what did she do with this..?" The espelhar looked up, brushing it's lips against Lee's. "What she always did... Screw and run..." The demon circled Lee, "You say you want to help, but... what could you possibly do..?" It turned to face him, "I am something you couldn't even conceive... You're just some poor lost boy who could never get the approval of some fake daddy..."

[White Tiger]

"I know Claudio... It is Ireland, we have much lore here about the supernatural. the idea of demons wasn't too hard to grasp. I know that Daniel isn't possessed anymo--"


He isn’t possessed…? thought Lee but before he could ask anything, he noticed Lilian let go of the flowers that suddenly all died. Something was happening… Lee also looked at Lilian and her bleeding hand with a slightly horrified expression. As he saw Anna suddenly appear and torment her sister, he realized what happened to Anna. She was possessed… He muttered on a pitiful tone: “Anna…”


Then the demon turned its attention to him. Too surprised and horrified, not expecting that demon to show up now, Lee was paralysed as the Espelhar began touching him and began to breath faster.


... "Oh... What do we have here..? We have the poor ignored child that Anna could only relate to... And what did she do with this..? What she always did... Screw and run..."


As the possessed Anna touched his lips with her’s Lee couldn’t help but appreciate the contact of their lips yet he knew it wasn’t Anna right now. He closed his eyes as he would do for a kiss yet he didn't know if he was doing it to avoid the sight of Anna being possessed or enjoying the contact of their lips. He hoped he could move and get away from her, he didn’t know what was happening, he was paralysed by something… Fear? Sadness to see Anna like this?


The demon circled Lee, "You say you want to help, but... what could you possibly do..?" It turned to face him, "I am something you couldn't even conceive... You're just some poor lost boy who could never get the approval of some fake daddy..."


After the physical contact, Lee could move and slightly turned his head to follow the demon who began circling around him but what she was saying was… sadly the truth. He didn’t know anything about what was happening, he thought he was intelligent but he didn't know what that thing was, he could do nothing, as he never could… He was still a failure as his ‘fake daddy’ always told him…

[Anna Leigh Williams]

It turned to Lillian, "Don't tell Nina... Or her death will be agonizing..." It said, turning it;s attention to... something. "Gotta run... My son isn't being very good..." It said, as it disappeared...

Lillian turned to Lee, as she started to cry. She trembled as she held her phone, Nina's number ready to be called... but it said not to tell her... She turned to Lee, "Go... Find Nina..." She said, "Don't tell her anything, just... tell her not to--" She stopped, cursing to herself. "Can't tell her not to trust Anna... She already doesn't.."

Lillian wiped her tears, "Tell Nina we found her, and that her pregnancy has caused her to be bedridden...." She handed the phone to him. "...I can't face her... But, we have to keep her away..."

[White Tiger]

After the initial shock, Lee wanted to stop Anna from going away but it was too late, the demon had disappeared... For some seconds, he looked at the dead flowers, some of them were supposed to keep demons at bay and that creature had destroyed them to show that nothing could stop it… To taunt them… telling them they could nothing against it…

Lee was not prepared when the creature first came… Not only he didn't know what to do to a normal demon but that demon was now possessing his friend… He could not hurt her…

And that person she told him she had to see... Was it a person? That demon? Was that why she was so scared? She had  to confront that demon for her son...

Lee thought: Why didn't you tell me you were going to see that thing, Anna? I would have accompanied you! I would have protected you! And I left... Leaving you alone with that monster... I should have known... But Lee thought that he still didn't know what he could have done...

Yet now seeing Lilian cry, Lee went to her and put a hand on her shoulder to try to calm her.

"Go... Find Nina..." She said, "Don't tell her anything, just... tell her not to--" She stopped, cursing to herself. "Can't tell her not to trust Anna... She already doesn't.." 

Lillian wiped her tears, "Tell Nina we found her, and that her pregnancy has caused her to be bedridden...." She handed the phone to him. "...I can't face her... But, we have to keep her away..."

So she really was pregnant... Lee thought he had been mistaken when he hugged her and felt something. He then thought he had felt her purse or something underneat her coat when she reappeared as slim as she always was... But where was that baby now? Yet having heard the Espelhar talk about her son not being very good, he worried about the older ones and told Lilian as he picked her phone:

"Where are Anna's sons? We have to go to the hospital at once. Is there already someone with Daniel? Where is her other son?"

He then finished dialing to Nina as he began walking toward the door to go to his car to go to the hospital or where Sorin would be while waiting for Nina to answer.

[Lei Wulong]

Nina had been on her way back from the hospital when Lee called her phone. Nina quickly answered.

"Yes?"

[White Tiger]

“Hello, Nina! This is Lee Chaolan. It’s been a while we didn’t talk, right? In fact, we really don’t talk very often but I had to tell you that Anna is fine, you don’t have to worry about her anymore. Her pregnancy has caused her to be bedridden, she is tired but she is fine. Anna needs much care and quiet rest so Lilian is actually taking care of her and she asked me to call you to notify you of the situation.”

Lee was still shocked by all that happened but he normally was good to keep pretending and to lie. Yet he now realized he may have picked the phone a little too fast… He didn’t know much of the circumstances about everything… What happened with her son at the hospital? How much weeks was Anna pregnant? What did Nina knew about Anna’s problems? He wouldn’t want her to talk about something he wouldn’t have a clue on and would somehow be supposed to…

Whatever he’ll just keep being vague, he didn’t need to know everything, he just arrived and Nina probably won’t insist on Anna’s case... In fact, Lee still wondered why calling Nina was so important. Was Nina really caring about her sister to the point of trying to know more about her state? She probably wouldn’t give a damn about Anna… It probably was Lilian who mostly worried for her sister… Yet maybe Nina loved her little sister after all… In such deep troubles, maybe Nina finally cared... Lilian knew more than him… For now he would do like Lilian asked but he still had a lot of questions.

[Lei Wulong]

“Hello, Nina! This is Lee Chaolan. It’s been a while we didn’t talk, right? In fact, we really don’t talk very often but I had to tell you that Anna is fine, you don’t have to worry about her anymore. Her pregnancy has caused her to be bedridden, she is tired but she is fine. Anna needs much care and quiet rest so Lilian is actually taking care of her and she asked me to call you to notify you of the situation.”

"Okay. Perhaps someone could tell Sorin." Nina said. Though she wasn't really suggesting herself, as she might have to be the one to tell Sorin. "He's been worried sick about her."