Memories began to swim through Katâ€™s mind again. It was so strange knowing that she and Thomas had both been trained by the same person but now that he mentioned it she did have a vague memory of it. She had tried to do her best to push a lot of those memories out of her mind and it pained her to think of some of them now but it also added to her curiosity. Thomas was definitely as slippery as they said, and from what she recalled he could indeed talk his way out of anything. Well, letâ€™s see him talk his way out of this one, Kat thought to herself. Ericâ€™s change in demeanor once again was making her smile a bit; she knew the look in his eyes from anywhere having seen it quite a few times in the past, sometimes when she looked in the mirror in her high school days. However she knew they had to be careful since they were more than likely going to get into so much trouble.<br/><br/>If Eric got kicked out, forcing her to look for another partner who probably wouldnâ€™t even be nearly half as good as he has been to her, she was going to have his balls.<br/><br/>It wasnâ€™t the pain he was feeling in his hand or mouth that made him want to cringe, but the mention of Ryan. Thomas narrowed his eyes in a half glare and did his best not to shiver a bit. That was one man he regretted not taking out when he had the chance. Had Gendahl fleet not ruined his plans he would have, but on the other hand he wouldnâ€™t have claimed the larger prize in the end. You canâ€™t have the best of both worlds, now can you? He laughed quietly and licked the blood away as he kept an eye on that knife. Oh, he knew this man was serious alright and he did he was definitely worried and knew he had to play his cards right. Everything was about to be set in motion and he had to stay alive as long as possible so heâ€™d get out of this unscathed. Well, save for the wound in his mouth and bloody hand of course. Both stung like hell and he had to focus hard on not showing any pain.<br/><br/>â€œWell done, youâ€™ve successfully disarmed me and have made a threat that does frighten me a little. Only two people have every truly succeeded in scaring the piss out of me. Iâ€™ll make a note to add your name to the listâ€ He said, keeping as relaxed as possible while he moved his tongue over his wound out of reaction to it irritating him. â€œPersonally you can take it as fast or as slow as you want. You got me all to yourself, big boy, though judging from the look in Miss Katherineâ€™s eyes she looks like she wants a piece of me as well. Iâ€™m a pretty popular guy, everyone wants a piece of me, you know.â€ Suddenly, he managed to free his bloody hand enough and press it firmly against the wall and spread his fingers out as much as they would go amongst the pain. The gesture was not aggressive, but inviting. â€œIf you want to remove some of my fingers, go right ahead. I probably wonâ€™t be needing my hands where Iâ€™m headed after I finish up here anyway.â€<br/><br/>What was with this guy, Kat though again as she did her best to keep her temper under control. She really as not liking the way this man spoke. No wonder why she tried so hard to push him out of her mind after she was kicked out of the fleet. And now that the memories were returning to her she was hoping that Eric would rip this guyâ€™s throat out. But then again she really didnâ€™t want him to get kicked out of the fleet eitherâ€¦ It was rather conflicting especially because she really didnâ€™t want to lose another friend. â€œWho said anything about removing fingers?â€ Kat decided to chime in, â€œMen have other things that can be removed. Or,â€ she suddenly grabbed Thomasâ€™s bloody hand in a way where he couldnâ€™t withdraw it, â€œI can simply shove the tip of this blade under your fingernails and make you scream. If we did train under the same mentor youâ€™ll know all about that.â€<br/><br/>In the end, Kat decided to help her partner. She had a different idea of helping him out later, but for now she figured this would suffice. With memories flashing back to her, her mind was also set. Though, in all honesty, she really hoped that Eric wouldnâ€™t kill him. Perhaps they could hopefully get some information out of him before they were spotted. Not only was her temper reaching its boiling point but her curiosity was starting to get to her more and more as well.<br/><br/>â€œCome on, guys, why all the malice?â€ Thomas dared to ask, breaking the brief silence that had fallen. â€œAnd I thought Gendahl fleet was badâ€¦ hell, I think Iâ€™ve suddenly gained a lot more respect for you people. Oh well, I guess you have to be a heartless bastard with no soul to be in the military. I would know. Comes with the territory when you slaughter innocent people, right? Then again nobody is completely innocent, I mean, thatâ€™d just be a bunch of bullshit if someone said they were completely innocent.â€