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Aug 19, 2018 22:14:03 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 19, 2018 22:14:03 GMT -5
"Well, now that I think about it, it can't be the flu. If it were, she'd be running a fever. Maybe that roasted chicken really sat out too long before I cooked it. Or maybe..."
There was another possibility but it was a little too far-fetched. But it was still a possibility.
"She's not sick at all. She's just_"
Elise finally came to as Lei did not waste any time hugging Elise. She was about to get up, but Lei told her to stay down.
"What happened?"
"You passed out."
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Aug 19, 2018 22:23:51 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 19, 2018 22:23:51 GMT -5
Lee wondered what Lei meant by "She's not sick at all. She's just_". He couldn't mean possessed, you're not 'just' possessed... yet he said nothing as Elise woke up and the couple hugged. After Lei told her that she passed out, Lee told her:
"The secretary called an ambulance. I suggest you lie down until it arrives."
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Aug 19, 2018 23:06:31 GMT -5
Post by Anna Leigh Williams on Aug 19, 2018 23:06:31 GMT -5
Anna sighed as she heard the door shut, and set the flute down. She stood up, and sent Claudio a message. 'I need to speak with Drusilla. Does she have a number I can contact her with?' She waited a moment, and her phone lit up. 'She does. 756-555-9216 I'm not sure if she's made any progress.' Claudio responded. 'Thank you.' Anna responded, and then dialed the number.
"Hello...?" Drusilla answered. Anna took a deep breath. "Hello, Drusilla. This is Anna." Drusilla was silent for a moment, "I expect you want progress on your son. I promise, I'm doing everything I can to retrieve my book." Anna smiled a little. "I understand that, look.... Is it possible that there are other ways to harm this thing... Even so much as a cut...?" Anna asked.
"...I've heard rumors of a ritual... But, it's shotty. I don't think it can destroy the demon, just cause it minor harm."
"...A ritual you say..?" Anna quietly started writing. "Yes... It's old, the locals have no name for it. I returned to where I came back into the fold a month ago. Essentially, they believed fire could harm this demon. They have stories lighting bonfires in front of their homes, and they say this keeps the demon away..." Drusilla said. Anna nodded, "...So fire could possibly hurt this thing..." She said.
"It's possible, but... I'm looking for a way to save Daniel, and keep his body unharmed during the exorcism. I haven't told Claudio just yet, because I know he will do whatever it takes to destroy the demon..." She paused. "He does look after the greater good, after all."
It was like a sharp pain in Anna's chest. "...Thankyou, Drusilla... Keep working. I appreciate everything you're doing..." She said. "Not a problem, Anna. I will see you soon." She said. Anna hung up the phone, and turned to see The Espelhar. Anna pursed her lips. She opened her drawer, and pulled out a lighter. She then picked up a shell casing, and set it on the desk. The demon walked to her.
She took it's hand, and lit the flame on it's palm. For a moment, it didn't seem like it could do anything, but a small portion of the skin did start to budge. Anna quickly put the lighter down, and cut the hand open. She smiled, dripping the blood in the casing. Before she knew it, the skin hardened back. She looked up at it.
"Mother..." It started. "You will get what you want soon... But what about the little baby in your belly...?" It asked, cruelly. Anna tilted her head. "I haven't gotten to that part yet..." It laughed. "Don't take too much time, or I may have to break our deal..." Anna grit her teeth, "Shut up.." She crossed her arms. "...Drusilla returned unharmed..." She thought to herself. Anna spun around. "You'll get what you want." She marched to the demon. "When I drink this blood, you will be able to possess me, and get out of Daniel!!!"
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Aug 20, 2018 9:52:41 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 20, 2018 9:52:41 GMT -5
Lei nodded as Elise looked at Lee.
"I did not need an ambulance. It was not necessary. I am well now."
"No, you're not. You haven't been well."
"Sitting in a small car for 12 hours at a time will make one sick."
Elise really knew what was going on with her. She just wasn't ready to tell Lei just yet. She needed more time.
"Well, Katya and I both feel fine. But I can see why that would cause issues. Besides, passing out isn't normal. Please, just for me, go see a doctor, okay?"
Elise nodded. She couldn't say no to a face like that. Lei was going to find out one way or another. He's a detective. Knowing Lei, he probably already knows. He's just waiting on her to come out and say it.
"Anyway, Lee thank you. And sorry." Lei turned to Lee.
"You were... Kazuya's secretary!" Elise finally blurted. "And you have your own robotics company."
Lei almost forgot that Elise worked at the Zaibatsu when she was 26 as an intern who eventually graduated and became a Zaibatsu scientist. Of course she met Lee.
Lei sometimes wondered if he wasn't so hung up on Jun, that maybe he would have noticed Elise. Maybe they would have gotten together sooner. He shook his head as Lei remembered the incident with Maya. He and Elise would have already had kids at that point. And the Wo Shing Wo would have slaughtered them. Or maybe if Elise and the family survived, Elise probably would have broken up with him or got a divorce. Or Lei would be angry about Elise creating Katya. Or Elise wouldn't appreciate Lei being a deadbeat dad to his son.
Now that Lei thinks about it, the two weren't going to work had they started dating back then. They'd fall apart. Lei could help but smile to himself. Fate a funny way of working things out. Maybe it was best that they met each other now instead of then. They probably weren't ready for each other back then. After all, timing is everything in a relationship. If the person isn't ready to be loved or hasn't grown up enough... It probably isn't going to work.
Lei held her hand as he waited for the paramedics.
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Aug 20, 2018 11:07:44 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 20, 2018 11:07:44 GMT -5
For only answer Lee smiled to Lei, giving him a small nod somehow telling him that he didn’t have to be sorry or thank him for anything before he turned to Elise who seemed to have recognized him and, smiling once more, said:
“Indeed, you are right.”
He then added:
“After people pass out, paramedics always test them by asking the day or that kind of things. You seem to have recovered very well on that sense…”
Yet he didn’t say since Lei took care of it but despite the fact that she seemed quite lucid, he would really insist that she waited for the paramedics who would probably arrive in some minutes…
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Aug 20, 2018 12:25:16 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 20, 2018 12:25:16 GMT -5
Elise nodded. "I just need to eat." She rubbed her forehead, forcing Lei to let go of her.
"You have a headache now?"
"Yes. Probably just need to eat."
"Hopefully that's all you need."
Lei wondered if maybe possibly she was pregnant. She had to be. Otherwise she wouldn't be puking and fainting all over the place. He wondered if Elise knew. Well, maybe she didn't. Considering that the woman was very adamant about her not being able to have kids, maybe she didn't know.
Or maybe she's just sick and doesn't want to admit it.
"Maybe I should see a doctor." Elise said out loud.
Elise had just found out a day before Lei arrived in Poland that she was 6 weeks pregnant. The doctor told her that due to her age it is very likely that she won't be able to carry the child to full-term. She's more than likely going to miscarry. If she made it to second term, she was going to tell Lei and surprise him. The last thing that man needs is another death on his watch. Elise feared that Lei was going to blame himself for not being there for her. And blame himself for being selfish. They'd probably split up due to Lei feeling guilty. She didn't want that for him.
Elise hoped that after seeing a doctor, maybe there was a way that they could keep her pregnancy quiet.
"And Mr. Lee, how are things going for you?" Elise asked trying to take the focus off of her.
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Aug 20, 2018 14:41:29 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 20, 2018 14:41:29 GMT -5
Lee was slightly surprised when Elise turned the conversation away but they did indeed just met after years of not seeing each other. He just slightly knew her when she was an intern at the Mishima Zaibatsu, they might as well get better acquainted now.
“Oh, Things are always excellent for me. And I’m still lucky to meet you again today, it is really a pleasure to see an old co-worker… It brings a lot of memories… “
Yet those times working with Dr. Bosconovitch were both good and bad. Lee remembered how he learned so much about robotics and became obsessed with it, even building his fortune on that, but he also remembered all the questionable experiments Kazuya had ordered to do there… Well, those he knew about since Kazuya didn’t want to tell him everything… Kazuya was always hiding everything from him, probably to not give him too much influence or power over those… Kazuya liked to keep him under his thumb and show him that he was only an underling and that he, Kazuya, had won the Tournament and the Zaibatsu… That he was the real Mishima heir and that Lee should feel lucky to even be accepted in the distinguished Mishima family… Always that Mishima superiority complex… And to think he wanted to have good relations with that irritating brother…
So Lee didn’t even know about everything Kazuya was doing there and learned some of it only once he was out of the Mishima Zaibatsu. He then wondered on what exactly did Elise worked when she was a scientist at the Zaibatsu. He knew some projects she did but not all… She was still there when he left. There seems to have been so much happening in the science department after that… yet now was probably not the time to ask her since she wasn't feeling well. And it wasn't the place either.
“I'll have to invite you and Wulong to my mansion one day. We could talk about old days. Even if we never spoke very much then, we mostly shared the same events, coworkers and anecdotes at that time. I'm sure we could have some very entertaining conversations."
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Aug 20, 2018 17:19:02 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 20, 2018 17:19:02 GMT -5
It was nice to see things working out in Lee's favor at least. Elise always liked to hear good things happen to people.
"Yes, you were nice."
Then when the subject of going to Lee's mansion came up, Elise's face lit up.
"I would be honored to."
"I think it could be fun." Lei added. "Besides, what's Helena up to these days?"
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Aug 20, 2018 19:29:00 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 20, 2018 19:29:00 GMT -5
Lee knew that Helena didn’t like Elise very much and didn’t want to tell anything Helena wouldn’t want him to tell her. Helena was now much closer to him than before so he wouldn’t reveal anything on her to others if she didn’t want to… So he only said:
“Oh, we are often having fun together. She is getting excellent at golf and has started to beat me too often… Though none of us succeeded in beating my golfing Combot."
He then added after a moment:
"Except when it shut down that one time with some malfunction while also almost throwing its golf club at some other nearby player… That little problem is now taken care of, of course.”
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Aug 20, 2018 19:58:34 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 20, 2018 19:58:34 GMT -5
"Yeah. Maybe I should learn golf sometime. It's a good way to relieve the stress isn't it? Sure beats twisting your ankle while ice skating."
Elise smiled as she thought about Lei's first time in Poland. He twisted his ankle but he recovered in a few days.
"I'm sure Helena would like you, Elise... I mean you two got off on the wrong foot. Look at Anna. She hated you. Now she likes you!" Lei smiled being optimistic.
"I did_"
"That's all in the past now. But seriously, Helena just needs to get to know you as all."
Lei did notice a lot of people didn't like his girlfriend at first.
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Aug 20, 2018 20:20:50 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 20, 2018 20:20:50 GMT -5
"I'm sure Helena would like you, Elise... I mean you two got off on the wrong foot. Look at Anna. She hated you. Now she likes you!"
Lee thought that Lei was right. Something happened between the two women, it was between them but maybe he and Lei could try to make them get along... without pushing any of them... So answering Lei's proposition about golf, Lee said to both of them while smiling:
"We should all go out for a round of golf sometimes soon. Then go to the restaurant and have some fun all four of us. Maybe go to a concert, or a Lucky Chloe show."
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Aug 20, 2018 20:31:16 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 20, 2018 20:31:16 GMT -5
"That would be fun." Lei said. "Maybe whenever we have downtime we can all go play golf. Invite Combot along, too. Hopefully he doesn't go rabid, though. I very much like Combot."
The paramedics arrived as they checked Elise and asked her questions. Lei would answer them, but decided to let Elise do the talking. The paramedics then checked Elise's iron levels and blood sugar. And Lei was correct. To remedy the problem, Lei got some change and got Elise her favorite chocolate bar and let her eat it. The paramedics then suggested that Elise get checked for anemia.
Once the paramedics left, Lei picked Elise up off her feet and picked up the briefcase and Steve's trophy.
"Elise and I should find a doctor."
Let was relieved that they didn't have to go to the emergency room.
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Aug 20, 2018 21:00:10 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 20, 2018 21:00:10 GMT -5
Lee smiled when Lei said he liked Combot. Combot was his baby, his creation and pride. He always loved to show it around. Yet it did indeed go rabid sometimes… like that time it spanked him in front of thousands of people during a demonstration… How come that Heihachi too familiar move was implanted into its programming? Combot did have some problems sometimes but it still was among the best in A.I. intelligence… After Alisa, of course, Dr. Bosconovitch was such a genius, Lee never could replicate such a wonder…
"Elise and I should find a doctor."
“Indeed. You must take care of yourself, Elise, and you as well, Wulong. Well, I shall be on my way now. I do not want to arrive late to see Anna.”
Or she might spank me as well… thought the silver haired demon though he didn’t really think it seriously. Anna was into far too much problem to play like this… He then asked Lei and Elise, some concern showing: ”How was she?”
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Aug 20, 2018 21:14:39 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 20, 2018 21:14:39 GMT -5
"Anyway, thanks for everything. We'll be in touch soon." Lei said to Lee.
When Lee asked Lei about Anna, he turned around. "She's not in the best mood. She's still grieving right now." Lei said to Lee before stepping out.
He left the building with Elise. He gets to her car, opening the passenger door with his foot. Lei sets the trophy and briefcase down to the side before setting Elise down comfortably in the car. Lei places both items in the hatchback before jumping in the vehicle. He takes a seat and faces Elise.
"Well, first things first, let's go have some breakfast." Lei suggested. "A big breakfast. You need to eat."
Elise nodded. "I feel better now that I ate something."
"Next, we'll go see a doctor and figure out what's going on with you."
Elise nodded. She couldn't protest, but she really did need to see a doctor. However, she needed to somehow keep the pregnancy a secret.
"And maybe we can go watch a movie together or something. And perhaps we can go back to the cottage and just enjoy each other's company. Anna gets to talk to Katya, you and I get to spend time together. Everybody wins. Of course we have to go back to Poland tomorrow. We can leave Xianlong in Ireland. And then I have to go back to Hong-Kong."
"Yes... May I go with you?"
"To Hong-Kong? Don't you have to work?"
"I just want to spend more time with you."
He placed his hand over Elise's. "I do, too. But there is a time and place for everything, love. Right now, you and I both have a job to do. I will be swamped with work for the next two weeks when I return to Hong-Kong."
Which was true for Lei. But he also needed more time to prepare for a new home. Lei just needed to find the right place. Maybe they can move in together by the time the tournament rolls around.
Elise was so ready to move out. She already wrote out her two-weeks notice at her job. She also just filled out paperwork, applying to be a Hong-Kong resident. Elise just needed to see if Lei was ready for her to move in. Judging by his response, he didn't seem ready.
Lei, too had been testing the waters. Right then, it seemed like she was ready to move out. But at the same time, she wasn't. But whatever happens, Lei needed to get the new apartment first.
Lei let's go of Elise's hand to start the car. The two were off.
"I bought a new car." Lei said to Elise.
"Good for you."
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Aug 20, 2018 21:53:03 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 20, 2018 21:53:03 GMT -5
Lee didn’t really like Lei’s answer about Anna, he would have rather hear that she was doing better but somehow it meant that she really needed help and her friends must be by her side…
Beside she was not only grieving for death of beloved ones, it was sad but somehow nobody could do anything about this, but she was also actually suffering her son’s disappearance… It must be really hard as a mother to live such a thing…
After a quick cigarette, Lee took his limousine again and went to the Williams estate to meet Anna.
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