Ivan didn't flinch when the click of Azrai's Desert Eagle went off, aimed directly at him. However, he would be lying if he said that he wasn't the least bit afraid. He truly hated dealing with Azrai in this state of mind. There was barely anyway of him reaching him, it was obviously as his dear friend showed that he would've killed if there had been anymore bullets in his gun. He had been preparing to shoot the man just to merely make him immobile, however Shizu had stepped in. He tensed when Azrai looked down at her, his jaw tensed not sure if she would be injured. She was dangerously close to him; Ivan had stopped in his tracks after Azrai had aimed his gun at him. He lowered his arms, aiming his gun at Azrai as Shizu touched the male. The tension was high. It was soon shown that violence was no longer necessary as the man dropped to the ground.<br/><br/>Thank God for Shizu, Ivan thought as he let out a heavy breath of relief. If she hadn't been the one to bring Azrai back to reality, he was sure that they would have all been dead. Placing his gun back in his holster, he ran his fingers through his hair. They needed to get to the bottom of things before more people injured themselves or worse, Azrai killed himself. He began to move over to the two when Maverick did, he had to see for himself that his dear friend wasn't on the verge of death. If he was, then Ivan would go about hunting down whoever attacked Azrai and kill him. Maybe he would kill Shizu too. This was all happening because of her, the mission that wasn't supposed to be accepted. As he looked down at Shizu, who was staring worriedly at Azrai, he realized that he wouldn't be able to kill her. Because like him, she cared about Azrai or else she wouldn't have tried risking her life to stop him.<br/><br/>Ivan looked over at Maverick and he nodded, his mind riddled with thoughts. Why had Azrai been so hell bent on protecting Shizu that he had went into that dark place in his mind? He needed answers to his questions and he knew exactly who could give them the answers. He was also sure that Maverick had a few questions himself, it would all be told in due time. "Azrai's place will do for now, if we sent him to the hospital...yeah let's not think about it," Ivan commented gently, he had a pounding headache. Coming into Jerusalem had been no easy task; he had been fighting ever since he got here, not to mention he was sure that he had a cracked rib or two and a few cuts that needed to be tended to. He soon followed after Maverick, Shizu in between the two men, even if there were men around, Ivan wouldn't take the chance of her getting even the slightest cut. From the way Azrai reacted to her, there would be hell to pay if she was harmed.<br/><br/>Shizu had to say that she was more than relieved when Azrai spoke out her name, it had been the first sign that he was coming back to reality. She had truly been worried about him, his injuries looked very painful and it was all her fault. Then again, she felt like she was just part of the bigger picture. People were after Azrai as well and they would stop at nothing to hunt him down. She was more than happy to see Ivan at this point, even though she didn't know him all that well. The other guy, she assumed was an ally, was also a gift from Kami-sama. Things had calmed down when she made contact with Azrai, fear in her veins as he had tried to shoot Ivan. When he collapsed, she tried to hold him up on her own, but her body was still weak from the sedative. She followed him to the ground as he fell to his knees. When he went unconscious, she caught his shoulders trying to not let him have a nasty bruise on his face from giving the ground a kiss.<br/><br/>She knelt there for a while, eyes wide unsure of what she was supposed to do with the passed out man. Her hands trembled, fearing that he was possibly dying. When Maverick came over to them and checked his pulse, she watched him, still not sure if she should feel comfortable around him. He picked up Azrai and she slowly rose to her feet, listening to the men speak before she was motioned by Ivan to follow Maverick. She fell in step behind Maverick as they took an escape route back to Azrai's apartment. She knew what had to be done; she could feel Ivan's eyes on her at all times. She had to tell them the truth before Azrai woke up. It would be easier for them to understand the situation, right? She was a pureblood Oni who had been in isolation all her life, with an abusive stepfather and villagers who wanted to kill her. Azrai had come in blind not knowing her true nature but still chose to protect her when he found out. Her stepfather had been a very powerful man when she was in the village, now that she was gone he would stop at nothing to regain his power. That made sense right? She wasn't sure if they would believe her because after all, Oni was a thing of myth.<br/><br/>------<br/><br/>Elias leaned back in his chair as Zachariah mentioned that he wouldn't reveal his organization. That was a bummer; however he was sure that he could trust the man speaking to him. He tensed at the mention of Azrai being in danger, how could he have been so blind? It was obvious that Shizu was not the main objective; know that he thought about it. This mission had been specifically given to Azrai, which should have warned them all in the beginning. They had been so blind. Elias clenched his jaw, wishing that he could go back and change things, but that wasn't how things worked in life. Now, he had to deal with getting Azrai out of danger and taking down this organization after him. He could feel the adrenaline building up in his system as he watched Azrai and Shizu communicate before the male went unconscious. What a relief that was.<br/><br/>Elias grinned slightly as he was explained the situation. "Don't worry, I won't ask anything that's unnecessary," he said as he received a notification on one of his monitors. Opening the files, his screen flooding with different bits of information and he rubbed his eyes a bit. He would need more coffee for this. It would take a few hours to put the pieces together but this is what he lived for. He was damn good at his job and he wouldn't let this Zachariah character down, especially if Azrai had spoken so highly of him. In any other situation, he would have been smiling like an idiot that Azrai had complimented his skills when it came to technology, but that could wait for a later time. Readjusting the black rims around his eyes he looked at the monitors. "Give me a few hours and I should have all that you need."<br/><br/>He grinned as he was told that his skills would be tested. Let them test him, he would be sure to show them that he was far more competent than a few booby traps that would be set up. He knew that this wouldn't be easy, there were a lot of files to connect, however this is what he lived for. He hadn't done hacking of such a large scale in such a long time, he could feel his excitement as he began to organize the files on his monitors, seeing what pieces fit together already. He trusted that his Zachariah man was watching after his comrades while he was preoccupied. He moved closer to the monitors, pulling up old files of Azrai's enemies, trying to see if any of them had any correlations. Also, he managed to pull up a file of Liam, even though he was a dead man, he knew that this was a good start to his investigation.<br/><br/>His fingers flew across his keyboard while his eyes danced from screen to screen, pulling all the small details that he found important. He was slowly beginning to connect a few dots, when he decided it was time to trace the microphone chip in Liam's ear back to the signal it had sent to. He was hesitant at first, knowing that there would be a trap. This mission didn't call for hesitation; however he made sure to protect all of his signals and monitors as he hacked into the first security wall. This was too easy. He growled under his breath, knowing the signs of when the enemy wanted him to take everything that they had. Well, there was a little surprise for them. Not only would he take all that they had, he would destroy all their data, and then he would branch off multiple signals to find the head honcho of this organization.<br/><br/>Even if he wasn't on the frontlines and he was just an extremely talented hacker, he would show them that he was just as deadly through the web, like Azrai and Ivan were with a gun.