February 25th, Sun City International School

The next day...Kasumi heads to the Nurse’s office with fury as she is about to meet with Johanna…

(KNOCK KNOCK)

“Come in…” Johanna drinks from her coffee as Kasumi enters the room. Johanna sees Kasumi:

“Ahh...Kasumi, come on in...have some coffee…”

Johanna moves another coffee cup with a napkin underneath it. Kasumi slowly walks towards her with a serious attitude:

“Johanna, answer me this...did you know about M.I.S.T?”

Johanna nods in agreement; “Yes, I did…”-CHHHIINNNNGGGG- Kasumi points her katana at Johanna, Johanna calmly puts her coffee down; “Now now, no need to be violent...sit and drink some coffee…” Johanna points at the cup of coffee.

“How can I trust someone who knew about the attack?” Kasumi grabs her katana tighter, Johanna looks at Kasumi and replies; “I was given orders not to interfere...unfortunately, I am being watched and couldn't do a thing…"

"Damn you...I considered you my friend…." Kasumi says feeling angry. Johanna sighs with her eyes closed; "Kasumi, cool your head and drink some coffee…" Johanna stands up and walks outside.

Kasumi looks at the coffee and sighs, she picks her coffee and drinks it, she is about to put it down when she sees a message in the napkin:

Call this number at 10pm….xxx-xxx-1234

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Student Council Office…

The door opens, Alejandro and Anastasia walk inside. Alejandro has bandages in his face and in his arm…he looks different with hollow eyes and bags underneath his eyes...Awaiting in the room, the other members are present…

"Hey, you look terrible...did something happen?" Victoria asks Alejandro in a joking tone. Alejandro looks at her with a serious expression and ignores her:

"Angela, do you have the reports for the budget of the teams who are competing?"

Angela immediately stands up with a folder full of papers; "Y-Y-Yes, here they are…"

"Thank you…" Alejandro looks at the papers for a few moments. Victoria gets mad; "Hey,I asked you a question…"

"Victoria, I chose you to be the Vice-President, didn't I? Now get to work…" Alejandro says with an aggressive tone. Raul chuckles; " Whoa, this guy is different…."

Victoria looks surprised; "R-R-Right…"

The student council continued to work….After the two periods ended….Alejandro grabbed his bag and left alongside Anastasia…they headed to the Principal's Office for a meeting with Olivoa Lucifugus...

"Anastasia, do you have the papers ready?" Alejandro asks Anastasia; "Yes Master, I got them right here…."

At the end of the hallway, Marjorie walks from her class and sees Alejandro:

"Alejandro, are you going to the club today?"

Alejandro passes by her, giving her the cold shoulder; "Sorry...I have things to do…"

Marjorie is left surprised as she thinks; "Alejandro, that look in your eyes...they were different…"

"Whoa, he looked so aggressive…" Chelsea licks her lollipop. Carlos looks mad:

"Thay idiot, mistreating a lady like that…"

"I don't know...he seemed...wild…" Chelsea says as she chuckles.

Alejandro walks to the principal's office thinking; "I'm sorry Marjorie...but I don't want to lose anyone...ever again...that's why...I will sever my ties with everyone…"

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Near the Mountains, Later that night…

It’s 10 pm...Kasumi stands in a resting spot near the mountains, she begins to dial the number left by Johanna…

“I am going to say this...if this is a game then…”

“Relax, Kasumi, it’s me, Johanna...we only have 2 minutes before they begin to track this phone so I am going to be quick…”

Kasumi listens to Johanna, Johanna continues to speak; “I knew about the M.I.S.T and I apologize but...I wasn’t able to tell you, I received orders to keep silent...The assassins came from my agency and not from the Lucifugus as you thought...I am sorry...I do consider you a friend you know…”

“No...I am sorry…I overreacted…it’s not your fault…”

“Now listen, I will have to inform my superiors that Shion is alive, I know that she is hiding her presence with her spell but it won’t last long, remember that we can see and hear everything...I will buy you some time...only 10 days before M.I.S.T returns to finish the job…”

“10 Days?”

“That’s right...in 10 days, M.I.S.T. will return, it’s their policy to always complete a mission...right now, they are in Alaska taking down some Oil stealing bandits so we have time...Kasumi be prepared…”

“Right...next time, we won’t be taken by surprise...Johanna...thank you...sorry…”

“Hey, what are friends for...see you tomorrow…”

Johanna hangs up, she is standing near a lake, she destroys the phone and throws it at the river. Johanna slowly begins to walk towards her car and thinks; “I wonder how she would have reacted if I said that I was the one who gave the order…”

Kasumi looks at the city. She sighs thinking; “This job...is really hard…” At that moment, Kasumi makes her katana appear and points at it towards the darkness:

“Come out…”

A truck passes at high speed with its lights on revealing a hooded figure with a skeleton mask; “Good evening, Kasumi Miyazono…”

“El Muerto…” Kasumi gets angry. El Muerto who has a green stripe on his mask walks towards her:

“I’m sorry to bother you on this pleasant night but I have a message to give you from my master…”

“Your master?”

“Indeed...he said, don’t try to interfere with our plans again or else, you will continue to lose more team members…”

“Is that so…” Kasumi smiles at El Muerto; “Tell your master, that I won’t lose any one again, because I am going to stop you and those from M.I.S.T.”

“I see...just so you know, we don’t have to do anything with M.I.S.T. and we won’t interfere with your war…” El Muerto disappears, Kasumi looks at the city as she thinks; “Who is his master?”