<b>Re: Tears of Scarlet, Chapter 1: The End</b><br/><br/>Without a word, she turned and left the office. Once she was through the metallic double doors and in the elevator, she let go of the breath she had been holding. A slender finger pressed the "B1" button in until it glowed. The doors of the elevator closed after about ten seconds, and the ride down began.<br/><br/>Touma ran a hand back through her short, dark brown hair and sighed. "Geez. . .that guy was such an asshole," she muttered, leaning back against the wall of the moving cage. Her mind attempted to make more sense out of the things that she had been told, out of what happened, and what was happening, but it was hard to completely comprehend. All she knew was that she had a gun in a case with a bunch of other things. whatever was in this case, she would have to outfit herself with. And, she needed to get acquainted with the pistol she had been given. So, what exactly was she now?<br/><br/>Surely she wasn't a cop. Nor was she a member of the security forces. They didn't have lame code name's that sounded like they came out of an 80's science fiction comic. "I need to stay calm and figure out what exactly is happening. He said they think they can use me for something. And I was given a gun. One I have a couple of hours to get used to using. There are very few reasons I could need to learn how to use this thing. None of those reasons seem remotely good. But. . .whatever I end up doing, I'm going to have to do to keep myself alive."<br/><br/>Staying alive was the only thing that she could really hope to do right now.