The cold wind increased to gale like velocity. Lexi could hear the crinkling of the map and Neo cussing a blue streak as he pounded on the door. Glass shards embedded in her skin and hair, cutting her scalp. When Neo kicked open the door, nothing but an eerie silence filled the room. Lexi couldn’t see much, her eyes had been affected by whatever had pressed on them. But her hearing was just fine,<br/><br/>"Miss Davis, are you alright in there?" Rattus asked her. "Show yourself or tell us if you are injured or not."<br/><br/>Lexi walked out, stiff legged like a zombie, feeling her way, running her hand along the edge of the table.<br/><br/>“Mr. von Engels, I think we are on the trail of a very pissed off entity.” She said in an odd little voice<br/><br/>Lexi’s shoulder length white blonde bob was sticking out all around her head, like a dandelion puff and her face was almost as white as her hair, with the exception of her eyes, which had been smeared with a black charcoal type substance. She batted her eyelids, in an attempt to clear her vision. From the light in the store room she could barely make out the features of the three men and one woman who looked at her. Yukina was horrified and full of concern. Sid was incredulous. Mr. von Engels was cool and thoughtful and Neo? Well, Neo was clearly .. well, Neo.<br/><br/>Lexi looked toward him,<br/>“Maybe I should have called in and stayed in bed this morning as you suggested.” She joked but a bit of a sob at the end of the sentence.<br/><br/>“The good news is that the skull is still close by. The  bad news is that someone really  bad is not fucking around about this.” Lexi said, letting Yukina fuss over her as she led her out into the store to sit down.<br/><br/>“I thought it was all more of a joke and a legend but now I’m mad. I’m really pissed off. No damned skull is going to dictate to me nor his minions.”<br/><br/>Lexi knew she was in some kind of shock, but was really surprised when she caught of glimpse of herself in a mirror.<br/><br/>“I’m gonna wash this crap off and get back to searching. Some one pull a map of North Seattle. That is where the skull is.”