It was the usual quiet drive to Elias's apartment, Ivan made sure to keep a more cautious eye on their surroundings. It would be rather catastrophic if they were ambushed by any number of the men that were after them and Shizu. Still, he felt the need to return to the hacker's apartment in order to find Shizu. Then again, as Elias had stated before, how would they go about finding her? They had tried their best to stay out of the line of site from the public, which meant that she wouldn't be on any security camera in the area. If only that had had a license plate number or something that would be able to give them a lead. Ivan clutched the steering wheel a little tighter, wishing that things had gone better. Then again, life was cruel in that way and so was God. He chose the most inopportune times to teach patience and other valuable lessons. Ivan let out a slight sigh, knowing that he shouldn't have such a clouded mind. This was a very delicate mission, if they made another mistake like the last one...they would never see Shizu again.<br/><br/>"You have that ugly look on your face," Elias stated, pulling the Russian out of his thoughts.<br/><br/>Ivan blinked slightly before glancing over at the male beside him, another frown touching his lips. "Well, there are a number of things on my mind. Pardon my ugly face," he stated in a playful manner, however his voice lacked the humor to back it up.<br/><br/>Elias shook his head. "Sorry, I figured I would try to make the air a bit less heavy. Then again, it's hard to do when we all know what could happen."<br/><br/>Ivan hummed in response, knowing that there was no need for any more of this conversation. Ivan and Elias were very different from one another, one needed the comfort of a conversation while the other needed the silence. Ivan often compared Elias to Maverick, who was one of the more emotional one between him and Azrai. It was rather refreshing to have someone who could easily break down their walls in front of them, it sometimes reminded Ivan that he was still human. Not some sort of being that went through the motions of missions and killings those who had turned away from the love and virtues that God has for them. Elias was always the one to ground him when he felt that he would lose himself in all of this bloodshed. That was why Elias was so important to Ivan because he needed the hacker, for his own selfish reasons. Ivan had come to terms with himself on this subject long ago and he wouldn't deny to Elias that he would probably choose him over Shizu again. Without Elias, there would be no hope in finding Shizu. Without Elias, they would be lost.<br/><br/>Pulling up on the curb, Ivan turned off the car. "Alright, let's get you inside and set up."<br/><br/>"Sure thing, Mom," Elias said with a slight grin.<br/><br/>Ivan shook his head slightly, a small chuckle leaving him. Getting out of the car, Ivan carefully helped Elias out of his seat. Elias, deciding to be stubborn, shooed Ivan's helping hands away and tried to walk on his own. Nearly doubling over in pain from walking, the hacker clutched his side while Ivan muttered a curse under his breath. "We have even been away from the hospital for ten minutes and if I call Alice because you tore open your stitches, you will not be back on this mission," he scolded, while picking up the smaller male. He grunted slightly at the sudden weight change.<br/><br/>"I'm not some helpless princess, you know," Elias grumbled out, a slight pout on his face. "I could have managed, even if I tore open my stitches."<br/><br/>"I don't give a rat's ass," Ivan hissed, while walking up the steps. It took a moment to enter the apartment, due to the fact that he was trying to balance Elias's weight in one arm while trying to unlock the door. Once inside, Ivan placed Elias on the couch, before he followed Elias's instructions on how to set up all his equipment. "If you break anything, I will murder you," Elias warned, his eyes watching Ivan like a hawk.<br/><br/>"Like you could do anything in your current condition," Ivan grunted while pushing a desk across the room.<br/><br/>"Don't scratch the floor," Elias said in a panic.<br/><br/>"Look, you're the one who told me to move this shit, so you're getting it moved. Be happy with that," Ivan muttered. He let out a heavy sigh as he unlatched one side of the desk, causing it to move lower and swing out to the side. He pulled the desk over and out towards Elias's lap. Hooking the latch, he carefully moved the wires and cords, so that they wouldn't be tangled and no one would trip over them. Ivan had always thought that Elias had an eclectic taste for furniture. Honestly, who would think that they would ever need a desk like this? Then again, it would make sense, seeing as they were in this kind of situation. "Could you place this box on the coffee table?" Ivan did as he was told, making sure the machine had enough open space to breath. Elias smiled a bit as he moved to get in a more comfortable position. "Alright, I'll start the search now, I'll be sure to let you know if I get any kind of information."<br/><br/>"Sounds good to me," Ivan muttered before he took a seat on the end of the couch. He took hold of the remote on the table, before switching on the television. He kept the volume low so that Elias could concentrate better. He clicked through a few channels before landing on the news. A grim look came to his face as he looked at the after math of happened appear on the screen. Sure, this hadn't been the most ideal location to have a fight but there had been nothing that they could do. They had done what was best, at the time. He watched the camera pan over the blood stains and the bullet riddled buildings. Police coverage of this was not something that they strived for but this neighborhood had probably never seen that much action. Ivan knew that soon the police would be patrolling this place hourly. He let out a sigh, rubbing the temples of his head. This was something to be expected, they didn't necessarily have the time to clean up the bodies. Also, some guns hadn't had silencers on them so of course that got the public's attention.<br/><br/>The knock on the door briefly brought out of reality for a moment before Azrai walked in. He nodded his head and Elias briefly looked away from the television, as he had been distracted from his search by it. "You're just in time," Elias said with a faint smile. He knew that Azrai probably shared the thoughts about him and Shizu. He knew that he shouldn't bring up Shizu, Azrai was probably tired of people giving him shit about what had happened. He nodded, as if showing that he understood what Azrai was trying to convey, before looking back at the television screen, a frown touching his lips.<br/><br/>"Well it was unavoidable but still," Ivan said, the sound of his displeasure evident.<br/><br/>"I still can't believe that they managed to cover it so fast, the police around here are rather lazy," Elias said.<br/><br/>"Can't be helped, it's pretty quiet around here and this will be the story of the year I'm sure," Ivan muttered, leaning back in his chair. "Any leads yet?"<br/><br/>"Not so far. I'll hack into the police system to see if there were any eye witness accounts."<br/><br/>Ivan scoffed slightly. "I'm sure there will be," he muttered, knowing that some people will say anything to be on the news. He glanced over at Azrai before nodding his head towards an open seat. "You should rest a bit more, it may take a while."<br/><br/>-------------<br/><br/>Tyler was sure that there was no way that he could get Levi to trust him, not even in the slightest. Maybe sometime in the future, Levi would need someone like him again. If Tyler did well, he was sure that Levi would trust him. It was one thing to be needed but it was another to be trusted. Tyler could only hope that Levi would be able to trust him soon enough, if not then Tyler would feel a little less than useless. With a small sigh, Tyler knew that he was being dismissed not that it mattered. He knew that he had no part of this group and he knew that he should do what he knew best. Walking back to the room with the Oni woman, he made a small noise of his presence. He grinned as she flinched slightly before stilling herself once more. "Did he hurt you," he asked, knowing that she wouldn't respond. He walked closer to her, his hand resting on the top of her forehead. He looked over her body, noting the small cut on her chest. It had yet to heal, which meant that the talisman was still working.<br/><br/>"I apologize for him, he doesn't understand your needs. He only cares about himself," he said in a quiet tone, knowing that he or David could walk in at any moment. "Only a little longer," he said. "A little longer and you will be mine and I promise that I will not hurt you." That got a response from her, which was only a cautious look. He smiled slightly as he moved around the table, he picked up a syringe, and the red color looked haunting in the dim light. "We still need you to be...relaxed so I'm just going to give you a small dosage this time. It seems the other dose has yet to fade, but I'm sure you can handle it." She watched him as he rolled up the sleeve of her sweater, this time she didn't fight him away. No, she would risk injuring herself further if she did. She hissed slightly as the needle pierced her skin and she could feel the substance pollute her blood.<br/><br/>"That's a good girl," he muttered. "Now time to prepare you."<br/><br/>She felt the restraints loosen around her wrists and legs, though she had no strength to move them. The gag was removed from her lips next and she took in a deep breath of air. "You must be thirsty, here." Her head was lifted and a cool liquid touched her lips. She greedily gulped down the stale water, though she continued to watch him. As the water collected in her mouth, Tyler continued to watch her with an eerie smile. Pulling her head away, she spat out the water in his face. A smile touched his face, wiping away the liquid. "I'm surprised that you could manage that much." He took hold of her chin, gripping it tightly. "But look at what a mess you've made. You're all wet."<br/><br/>Shizu stiffened underneath his hold, a low growl leaving her but he only laughed at her choice of intimidation. He pushed her back on the table, she hissed at the dull pain in the back of her head. She made a feeble attempt to stop him as the band of her jeans began to fall. "Relax, I won't do anything to you. You're not for me, yet." That did little to calm her racing heart but the damned sedative caused her movements to be sluggish and sloppy. Her upper body was pulled up and her head rested on Tyler's shoulder. Her sweater was being pulled off and once it went over her head, she latched her teeth into his neck. Biting down with as much force as she could muster, she could hear his surprised gurgle. That feeling of satisfaction lasted for a few seconds as a hand gripped her hair tightly. She winced at the pain before she was yanked off of his neck. She watched his face in mild horror as a grin was plastered on his face.<br/><br/>"You really are feisty, despite all that we've given you. I can see why Levi is so excited to have his way with you." Her hands reached out, loosely grabbing onto his neck, trying to dig into his wound. He swatted her hand away before pulling her off of the table by her hair. She let out her first cry of pain from the contact to the floor and the sharp tug on her head. "I can't waste any more time or else they'll get suspicious." He let go of her hair and she collapsed on the floor. She panted heavily, trying to force herself to move. If she could attack him again, she would be able to get out of her. If she could get rid whatever was on her off, then she would have her powers back. Her trembling hands moved to her back, looking for that whatever they had placed on her. Her fingertips barely rolled across the piece of sacred paper. She hissed as it burned her to touch it but if she could get it off, then she would be free.<br/><br/>"Ah ah, now we wouldn't want that to happen," Tyler purred out in a sweet tone. His shadow and body covered her crumpled form and she quickly tried to pick the corner off of her skin. His hand snatched her wrist towards him and she groaned in pain. He inspected her red fingertips as the paper had left burn marks. "So it really is working," he murmured. He grabbed hold of her other arm pulling it towards him. He tightly bound her wraps with a leather belt while tying her wrists together with rope. "That should hold you down for now." He moved down further, grabbing hold of her legs and securing her ankles with rope and just below her knees with the belt. He stood back and looked at his handy work, he had to say he was pretty satisfied with himself. "Oh that's right," he said with a snap of his fingers. Grabbing another talisman, he place it in-between her shoulder blades, so that she would be unable to grab at it again, before taking off the old talisman.<br/><br/>"I have to say, you look good enough to eat," he muttered, using his foot to roll her onto her back. She moved around trying to find some way to feel comfortable, but with her body on her hands it was impossible. He crouched down beside her, a smile on his face. Her eyes watched him before falling to the blood trickling from his wound. A low growl came from her and he chuckled. "So you're hungry. As much as I would love to feed you, I'm afraid I can't. Now let's close that mouth of yours." Grabbing some duct tape, he ripped off a large piece, covering her mouth. Standing up, he inspected her body once more, knowing that he did more than an excellent job on securing her.<br/><br/>"I'll go get Levi," he said with a smile, before he left, he could have sworn he saw her eyes turn yellow.<br/><br/>Walking out of the room, Tyler nearly fell down. His knees trembled as his hand touched the wound on his neck. He couldn't believe she bit him, was this heaven? Surely he hadn't been this good for a gift like this, maybe in his past life. Was he being rewarded? He needed to get a molding of the bite mark as soon as possible, but he needed to notify Levi first. Walking back down to the common room, he looked between Levi and David. He felt himself lose all the confidence he had had in front of the Oni woman. "I've prepared her, let me know if she's not to your liking. If you will...excuse me." Tyler went off to the bathroom, knowing that he'd have to clean the wound and what not, despite feeling like he was going to pass out from blood loss.<br/><br/>--------------<br/><br/>David grinned as Levi made a comment about the camcorder he found. He decided to fiddle around with it to make sure that it turned off and would record. After a few moments of messing with the equipment, the blue screen came up and he grinned. "Looks like this will work, I'll go get the cables needed and my laptop." David could feel himself become a bit excited about filming this torture video. Maybe Levi's energetic mood was rubbing off on him which was something that he didn't mind, seeing how today had been rather hectic. He stopped once Levi said that he had something to discuss with him. He was sure Levi had waited until Tyler was out of hearing distance to speak up about what was on his mind. He allowed the camcorder to fall to his side, giving Levi all of his attention. He allowed himself to be pulled away, keeping an eye out should Tyler show up again.<br/><br/>He blinked a bit as Levi spoke, trying to recall when Levi had first mentioned getting the Oni woman. Well, she hadn't be Oni at the time just some woman that Levi wanted his hands on. Sometimes, it was hard to follow Levi, especially when he went on his little tangents but David was so used to it that it hardly fazed him. Sure, he would tune him out from time to time but he mostly kept himself paying attention because Levi would sometimes throw out important information mid rant and that was something that David hated the most, missing information. He nodded slightly, to show that he remembered what Levi had said prior to starting this whole ordeal. He was interested as to what else he had to say, seeing how there was something more than just this mission. His mouth feel open at the sudden news that they would be a part of something instead of being on their own.<br/><br/>How long had he been wanting something like this to happen? Too long, he was sure. He had been with Levi for a long time and he had always thought he would die or eventually find someone else to work for but he was too loyal to Levi to leave him. As far as he was concerned, Levi needed him as much as he needed Levi. Then again, he had always been afraid that Levi would leave him for something or someone who could provide more for him. David worked his ass off to please Levi, he was the ever faithful and diligent servant. He hoped that Levi recognized that after all these years. Looking at Levi, he could feel that Levi was not going to leave and that they were going to go together or they wouldn't at all. A small smile came to David's face. "This is amazing, if we....if we become a part of this....I mean-" David couldn't find the words to express himself. It wasn't often that he allowed himself to be this emotional around Levi, mainly because it was a weakness of his but the time felt right. He placed a hand on Levi's shoulder and he nodded. "Thank you."<br/><br/>That was all he could say, it was supposed to so gratitude for a lot of things. If not for Levi, David would still be some punk just trying to survive. He wouldn't know how to use a gun or handle intense situations. He wouldn't know how to track people down or kidnap people. He was truly grateful for Levi opening his eyes and showing him all that he could become and so much more. David was forever indebted to Levi and he was sure his leader knew that. That was why, David would never turn his back on the man or leave him alone. They needed one another.<br/><br/>The sound of footsteps caused him to break this moment of happiness, before Tyler came around the corner. Once again, David's mouth fell open at the sight of the mythologist. His left shoulder was covered in blood, there was a large bite mark on his neck but the man seemed not to care. Was that planned or was it an accident? David wanted to ask him what happened but he said that Oni woman was ready and left, probably to go tend to his wounds. He let out a surprised huff of air and looked over at Levi. "Well....should we get started?"