uncle:<br/>On your way back, you notice fewer and fewer people on the street. Never a good sign. It's as if they are avoiding the area out of instinct... About halfway back to the warehouse, you feel the hair on the back of your neck rising. You sense the attack and react instinctively to avoid it. Before it would make contact, though, it is being batted away by a man with a sizable sword and spiky blond hair.  He is well muscled and wearing semi-futuristic combat armor and a partial trenchcoat over his left arm and leg.  He stands with his back to you, facing the boy you saw on the plane.  In the boys right hand are two small black swords and on the ground near the man are a couple more.<br/>"What is the meaning of this! Why do you defend him? Was this ordered by the administrator?!"<br/>" Salem wants to speak with him. She asked me to retrieve him."<br/>" Too bad. I'm going to kill his vampiric ass right here and now, and you're not going to stop me!"<br/>"Heh. You're welcome to try, Luciano."<br/>Luciano deftly hurls several of the swords at you but the man deflects them equally deftly with his sword.<br/>More of the swords fly your way and again the man knocks them down with ease. These ones have runes on them that glow, and as they touch the ground, the swords explode. The swordsmen does not look fazed, nor amused.<br/>"I don't care what your grudge against him is, but you can have a shot at him after he speaks with Salem. Until then, I have strict orders not to let any harm come to him."<br/>He raises his sword into the air and green waves of energy emanate in a radius around him. A yellow star falls from the sky and bounces around in the air above the boy, who collapses where he was standing, sound asleep.<br/>------------------------------------------<br/>DigitLninja:<br/>The cop raises an eyebrow as your recount what "happened" last night.  "Two or three minutes is a good amount of time to observe a fight and see if a person had a sword.  Why didn't you call the police to report it? If you had, a senseless murder could have been avoided."<br/>--------------------------------<br/>Undercover:<br/><I'm reluctant to enter into an "alliance". Although, it might very well be prudent to do so in this situation. I'll abide by whatever decision you make, Keep in mind, they are still our enemies. They may betray you at any time. I, however, will not betray an ally unless you command seal me to do so, as it is against my knightly code to betray another.><br/>The young boy steps forward, having finished a similar dialogue with his servant. "Alright. But I don't trust you."<br/>Sophie shifts her weight onto her back leg and reclines a bit. "Fair enough. And what of you my darling," she says to you, purposefully looking you in the eyes. Her eyes are full of curiosity, and a hint of...something else.<br/><you know, if it were me, I'd go with them> the woman from before says into your mind.<br/>