Zoruna<br/><br/>Brivariith laid his head on Aki's head. Listening to him as he spoke. "Chris...ninety eight percent of the time it would not be a lie. The other two percent of the time...he could tell you where he wants me to stick it and how high the cliff to pointy rocks fall he wants me to take." He said with a snicker that was followed by a growl. "Some of the comments he has made to me over the years have been graphically morbid yet at the same time funny as hell." He closed his eyes. "I know Elizabeth would not. It would kill me to leave her but I would never want to hurt her in a fit of rage." He said truthfully. He paused. "Chris's child was put in danger...you know damn well that Chris wants blood and lots of it." He said seriously. "Just like I imagine you feel when he was put in danger." He growled violently again. "The part that pisses me off is that Vince is merely an innocent bystander in this second world we play in Akihiko. He knows nothing about the events that went down with Marlo and his men. I know for a fact he hasn't the faintest idea about the second lives we live. He has hints and clues that don't make sense to him but he doesn't realize the world we live in in the dark." He nuzzled Aki's hair.<br/><br/>"Chris has done a lot of hard work letting him live a normal life. I have bent over backwards as well as I know you have been doing...to keep him from becoming involved in this tangled web we weave. Yet I know my friend has shown that he is steadfast loyal to friends...no matter what they do." He smirked a bit at that. "I actually pity the police officers who are in that apartment when Chris gets there." He listened to him continue. "Yes. Yes that will relieve me quite a bit Akihiko. Just you and I...fighting side by side..." He said softly. His Drakken apparently really liked the idea because his claws began to go away. "Thank you Akihiko...my mind is not a cloud of rage. The Drakken quite liked your idea of just the two of us raiding them." He nuzzled Aki's hair.<br/><br/>"He did tell me to tell you and Magarish that he won't hold back from kicking your asses." He snickered a bit. He pulled on Aki's hair. "He always did love you best out of anyone in the family. A sentiment I agreed upon." He looked to Vince then turned Aki to look at him. "Isn't that just the cutest sight you have ever seen Akihiko? I did not think it was possible to make yourself that flexible that you could literally ball up like a cat." He kissed the top of Aki's head. Holding him to him. "Don't move...right now...you are keeping me sane." He whispered softly.><br/><br/>Chris heard Jethro's voice and then blinked at the phone when it clicked. What the h--- He turned when he heard Jethro's voice. "His idiot friend out in the kitchen tried to take Vince's medicine. Said it was evidence. I set him straight. Then this other human idiot was blocking my way to getting to things Vince needs." He said simply. Gathering up things and straightening things up. He looked to the direction of the hallway. "They pissed me off. Thought I lost the two most precious things to me...kinda brought the ancient out in me." he said with a shrug. He stopped and looked at Jethro as he spoke. He looked to the bed that Aki, him and Vince had slept in. "No...I was not down the hall." He said simply. He looked at him. "I could walk Aki's buildings blindfolded." He said with a flash of fangs. He then searched around for something. Had Vince left his phone at his apartment or was it just not being found here. He listened to him continue.<br/><br/>"Yes. Yes. You remember Brivariith. He threw you through several walls one time when he did not know you were an ally." He said with a smirk. Wondering if Jethro would put together Elizabeth's lover with the man who tossed him through walls like a rag doll. His gaze looked to Rios and he hissed. He was in no mood for comments like that. He stopped and looked at Jethro with a narrowing of his eyes. "They attacked Aki and the other place owned by Aki." He said nonchalantly but his tone quickly changed. "Those men put my son's life in danger. They will get no mercy. He has no connection to anything other than the fact he knows and is friends with all of us. He was an innocent bystander and there will be blood paid Jethro. You can lock me up but you know as well as I do the moment I get out...I'll be taking payment." His eyes glowed crimson. He was rummaging through the bags making sure it had everything. "Vince...could've been hurt...by these people. Now...between me, Aki and Brivariith...they will beg for mercy but they shall receive none."<br/><br/>He looked up and changed as his eyes turned back to normal. "On another note Aki is deeply infatuated with Vince. Who I have noticed has his first true crush on Aki." He then threw the bags into a backpack from Aki's closet. He didn't say anything for a moment longer. "I suppose you are gonna fabricate some story about how this all went down." He snickered. He put his phone away. "You need to learn to answer your phone." He said with a smirk. He leaned against the wall. "It amuses me to no end that Rios can never remember my name." He said. Finding dark humor in that. "Maybe I should beat it into his head. Might make me feel better." He said. He wouldn't do it but he was venting. "Brivariith figured out about me and Aki. I'm hoping Aki smoothed that over." He laid his head back on the wall. "I am worried that a day will come when we will not be able to keep Vince out of our world...the world we live in more than ninety percent of the time." He closed his eyes. "How have you been Jethro?"<br/><br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Aki let Brivariith maneuver him and just nodded. "It is a little hard at times and Reno's big mouth doesn't help, but I know Reno and Rude along with the others have made him their honorary little brother and will be pissed about this as well." Aki's wings flopped to the ground like pudding as he leaned back into Brivariith. His tail wrapped around Brivariith's waist.<br/><br/>Jethro chuckled, "That bastard is her lover isn't he? I still owe him a punch to the face for that. You have everything you need? I need to see Akihiko about some stuff that even if I trust you, I need to give to him and elaborate in person. My team will smooth everything over like usual." Jethro shook his head and left the bedroom to stand right outside the door, "Been well. A few problems every now and then, but nothing I couldn't handle. You and Akihiko?"<br/><br/>Reno glanced at the cops everywhere a little on edge, he hated cops, and walked into the apartment. He had lied and showed them a key to Aki's apartment. He went up and stopped when he saw the covered bodies everywhere. As soon as he identified Jethro's team, he was under the tape and in Aki's main apartment. "AKI!"<br/><br/>Reno froze for a split second when he saw Jethro and strode over to him to demand answers, then he saw Chris. "What the hell happened here!? Where are Aki and Vince!?"<br/><br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Chris smirked a bit. "You aren't as slow as you act Jethro. Good luck with that. If you do punch him in the face you might need to wear brass knuckles for it to actually even daze him or get a bit of a reaction. He and Aki tough as nails Jethro. Brivariith is like tougher nails than Aki by some. Then again he is older so it is to be expected. Strength apparently runs in the family...." He trailed off. Wondering if he would get that slipped in little clue. He looked at him. "Do you trust me Jethro?" He asked with a smirk. "The last time we met I recall you distinctly saying and I quote I don't trust you as far as I can throw you! end quote." He said with a smirk and a laugh. "We both learned that wasn't very far now didn't we." He nodded his head and headed out of the bedroom. "Meh...I've been fine. Protecting my adopted son Vince...he is different." He didn't elaborate. He looked at Reno and another angry hiss escaped his lips. That alone could answer a few question. "Raided. They left. I didn't know this until Aki called. In the meantime I was freaking out. Went through a vehicle and flipped another into a building across the street. It got some airtime." he said simply. He hissed as he looked to the door. "They could've hit Vince. VINCE...Reno. Vince. Aki and you guys can handle a shot or two...you've had it happen before. I've worked very hard to keep him out of this second world of ours. He hasn't been shot or even shot at. Let alone caught near gunfire. Brivariith worked hard on his end to keep Marlo from dragging Vince into it." He said softly his hand came down on the table hard. "I will rip any of those others from that same gang apart piece by piece if I cross them in the streets. An innocent bystander!" he hissed again and gripped the table hard enough it was cracking and he wasn't near the edge at the moment. He looked to Reno. "They are at a safe house of Aki's. Luckily from the bullet holes in the wall and the plate on the table with Vince's scent...he wasn't near the actual bullet range. Still...too close for comfort. There will be no mercy from any of us...not just any innocent bystander Reno. OUR innocent bystander." he looked at Jethro. "And your damn cop friends can arrest me for any fucking thing they catch me doing. Second I'm out it is happening all over again." He went to the fridge and grabbed a blood packet. Draining it in seconds. Then took another and did it too. He then tossed them in the trash. Licking his lips. "Those body parts in the floor...they were given some mercy...in the mindset what I came upon put me in...they are lucky they did not suffer more. You know this Reno." He looked at Jethro. "Well are you going to give me a ride there or are you gonna stalk me there? Either way works for me." He then grabbed some cold chocolate bars and a few other things he knew Vince would be craving. Shoving them in the backpack. Then grabbed a few blood packets and shoved them in too. "You coming Reno?" He asked as he started to walk out.<br/><br/>Brivariith nodded his head. "If they run into Chris...what do you think his comment about those gang members is going to be?" He said with a snicker. "You know him better after all. I was thinking something along they will all die but for some reason it just doesn't scream adoptee's father enough." He nodded his head. "Yes. Yes they will be." He laid his head on Aki's shoulder. "I wish I could curl up like a cat. Vince makes it look so easy. He would do that at work too. Curl up like a cat when he didn't have to dance. Take a nap. Then uncurl limber and ready to go like he hadn't turned into a tightly balled body." He snickered a bit. "That boy got mad skills on the dance floor. Yet any time I'd watch him...he was off in his own little world. He was doing the stripping yeah but his mind...his mind was only on the dance. It was only on the music. I know I am envious of him that he could get that zoned into something he enjoys...that he forgets all about the people there. That his shyness has no bearings on him because he is just dancing. His mind is in the music and the dance. The few times I saw him realize he was doing that...he'd just started out. He got over it quickly." He nuzzled Aki. "You take good care of him you hear? Or me and you...we gonna fight it out." He nipped Aki's cheek lightly but it was barely a nip. "Go wake up your goofball Aki. I'm going to wake up my mate." He said. Letting go of Aki and pried the tail off him. "There be more family time later." He added. Walking over to elizabeth and scooped her up blanket and all. Noticing the cracking in her skin. That time of year already? He hadn't realized it.<br/><br/><br/>Tenshi<br/><br/>Jethro snorted, he didn't guess that they were family, but now he knew. At least Akihiko is better than that bastard. He gave Chris a crooked smile, "You know that that was also said because of what happened that day and you weren't innocent in the matter. And Reno calm down."<br/><br/>His eyes followed Chris as he moved around, noticing the tenseness in his body, how all of his muscles were wound up. And how Chris would never know how he felt for him because of his current wife who had blackmail on him.<br/><br/>Reno just looked at Chris and sighed in relief. "I know Chris. I know. An' don' pull anytang wit' t'ose others out there tha' are stallin' a bit. You know Jethro here don' care a' bit abou' how we do thin's." Reno was so wound up he was reverting to street slang again.<br/><br/>Jethro pulled out his phone and called Alex, "Alex. Check for any vehicles that were destroyed within a five to ten block radius of the apartment... Alright." He hung up the phone and glanced at Chris as he walked out the door, "Well come on then and give me directions."<br/><br/>Reno shrugged and went after them. He needed to give Aki some paperwork and some research he and Rude did. Along with Tamaki's report.<br/><br/>Aki watched Brivariith go to Elizabeth before walking over to Vince. He picked him up and sat back in his chair with Vince in his lap. He ran his fingers through Vince's hair and got lost in thought as he listened to Vince breathe. A beeping noise was made from his desk that brought him out of his thoughts. Aki looked up and clicked a button on his phone console.<br/><br/>"Aki-sama. There is an unidentified car with Chris-sama in it. Proceed to let them in?"<br/><br/>"Ah, is it a man with military cut hair?"<br/><br/>"Yes sir."<br/><br/>"Remember his face."<br/><br/>"Yes sir." /Click./<br/><br/>Aki looked down at Vince, "You need to wake up little one. Chris is back with your stuff." Not like Aki was helping with his fingers gliding through Vince's hair, massaging his scalp every few run throughs.<br/><br/><br/>Zoruna<br/><br/>Chris gave an impish smile and shrugged. "I don't remember anything happening that day. For that record I don't recall playing any part in such a matter." The smile faded quickly. He walked to Reno and hugged him. Then let him go. He looked away and gritted his teeth. "They get in my path Reno...on their own accord...it will be the last path they take. End of story.â€ Barely a breath between the words before he spoke again.<br/><br/>â€œFoarte ultima cale. (The very last path)" He said serious voice. At the end having slipped into his other primary language...from the land he lived in before he moved to Japan. Quite a long while before he met Aki. He slipped into Romanian. "MilÄƒ ... va fi ... ei merg Ã®n iad. ÃŽncet rupt la nivelul membrelor piese de la nivelul membrelor. (Mercy...will be them...going to hell. Slowly ripped to pieces limb by limb.)" He focused back in on what Jethro was saying. Slipping back out of his original native tongue. Japanese having replace it many years ago.<br/><br/>He nodded his head and got in the front seat with Jethro. He was genuinely oblivious to how Jethro felt about him. They were friends 99.5% of the time but .5% of the time they liked to do rivalish things without actually being rivals. He looked at the people who were assumingly contacting Aki about Jethro's car. When they got inside they had barely slowed before he jumped out and stretched. Waiting until the car actually stopped to get Chris's things. He opened the door for Reno. Then intentionally messed with Jethro by putting a foot to his door for a few minutes so he couldn't get out. When he decided it was enough...he lowered his leg and backed off the car. He waited for the other two to go up first.-<br/><br/>Brivariith purred as he nuzzled against Elizabeth's hair. Picking her up and laid down. Laying her on top of him as he shared her blanket with her. Holding her to him. He closed his eyes and made himself go into a state of meditation. He needed to or he'd be all territorial of the people in the room. "Aki...I meditate...to not go all Drakken territorial on your company." With that he fell silent.<br/><br/>Vince felt himself scooped up and uncurled a bit to recurl up in a different positioning. Attaching to Aki and buried his face in him. He let out a cute almost growl like sound of disliking as he was made to slip from his sleep. Whimpering and clung to Aki tighter. Leaning into the fingers moving through his hair. Snuggling and nuzzling Aki's chest. "Don't wanna..." he whined in a cute way not the annoying kind of whining. Attaching to Aki's free arm and held onto it while holding into to the side hurting the most. Nuzzling Aki contently.