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"Here we are." Jace announced as he set foot on the same area of the training grounds that Alan and Alex were at the day before.

"It doesn't look too big... This shouldn't take long. Hehe" Raven said with a smirk.

A strange glint entered Jace's eyes. "Ya think so, huh?"

"Twelve laps here won't be a problem." Will said as he looked the training grounds over.

"We've been here." Alex said with a shrug.

"What's that look for?" Jack asked noticing the look in Jace's eyes.

Alan looked at Jace curiously.

Raven's attention turned to a path near by.

Jace grinned wolfishly. "Aside from this side of the grounds, a fence runs along the entire perimeter of the training grounds. Just run along this side until you find it and follow the fence." At that moment, everyone realized that there was no fence in sight. No matter which direction they went, they wouldn't be able to find one for another twenty miles at least. Not that they needed to know that, yet...

"Whoa! Is this place really that big?!" Alex asked his eyes wide in disbelief.

"What is it Raven?" Will asked as he looked in the direction his sister was looking and smelled his family's scent. "That scent. Could we have family working here already?"

"You smell your family's scent?" Alan repeated looking in the same direction as Will and Raven.

"Yes I do Alan, it's not like my scent though, it's more pure like Raven's." Will said to Alan.

"Debbie...slow down..Debbie I'm bored..do something." A boy's voice said from behind a woman with short black hair about 5'5.

"Shut up you dang brat!! We came to the training grounds for a reason!" Debbie hissed at the voice.

Jace's posture noticeably stiffened. "Yo, Debbie. Who's head are ya snappin' off this time?"

Sam finally noticed the scent and sees the woman and the boy. "And what reason would that be?" Sam asked Debbie.

"Ciel...Or "The brat" He is a newbie, demon."Debbie replied giving Ciel, A young boy around 17 in age with short white hair, a deth glare before turning to Sam."Shouldn't you wait for introductions before you ask question?"

"She's right Sam you should've waited, stay here for a moment ok?" Will said to Sam as he started down the path from where the scent was coming from. "Come on sis, let's go check this out."

"Sorry." Sam said knowing his dad was right.

The scent was coming from Ciel, who was looking annoyed. "Ciel works fine... *Sigh* Can we get to training now?"

"I'm talking Ciel... When I'm talking you don't interrupt. Okay?"

"*Sigh* Yeah I got it." Ciel replied.

"Well it's nice to meet you, I'm Alan." Alan said with a friendly smile.

"I'm Alex." Alex said instantly not liking the woman.

"And I'm Jack." Jack said glancing at Alex.

"Pups, this here is Debbie." Jace said stiffly.

"Hello Ciel I'm Sam," Sam said to Ciel and noticed the scent coming from him. "Your last name wouldn't be Blackfire by any chance would it?"

"Nice to meet you Sam...Um no..but they where like family to my great grandfather. Why do you ask?" Ciel replied.

"You have my family's scent," Sam said to Ciel. "Dad you need to get over here."

"Hi I'm Will Blackfire. If I may ask who was your Great grandfather?" Will asked Ciel.

"Wha?! But you died... Fighting Dean... Right?" Ciel asked backing up a bit.

"No I didn't, the blast from our attacks opened a portal to limbo and the both of us ended up here." Will said to Ciel. "Besides if I had died I wouldn't of met my son Sam."

"I..I..Umm okay..still confused though."Ciel replied.

"Maybe Raven can explain it better." Will said as he pulled out the photo he carried with him and looked at it before looking back at Ciel. "You look just like Kai, but I'm still confused as why you have the same scent as my sister."

"Kai's my great grandfather....Um."Ciel got closer to Will so he could whisper."Raven Is my great Grandmother..I think."

"That would explain it then, so that makes me and Dean your great uncles." Will said to Ciel before looking at Debbie. "Debbie, if you don't mind I would like to train Ciel."

"Hmm aren't you just beginning training yourself?" Debbie asked.

"Ciel would need me to train him because he is not just a demon, but a demon werewolf hybrid." Will said to Debbie. "And I doubt that you could show him how to better control his demon powers."

"I'll keep an eye on 'em, Debbie." Jace said.

"*Sigh* well it would get the kid outta my hair any...Alright." Debbie replied with a smirk.

"I'm not that bad...you just didn't feed me edible food!" Ciel complained.

"Hey Raven did you and Draven ever have any kids?" Will asked looking at Raven.

"Umm yes..but he's only 10." Raven said looking over Ciel.

"Time has moved forward since we have been in the underworld Raven," Will said to Raven. "It is possible that Kai had a daughter and your son hooked up with her. We might need to head down to the underworld and meet Ciel's parents."

Raven was about to say something when Ciel interrupted."Sorry that a no-can-do...My parents went missing two years ago..that's actully why I came here."

"This can't be good then. I did have some demons down there that was after me. It could be possible that their kids kids are carrying on their work against our family Ciel," Will said thinking on what to do. "And I have a fight with Dean in three days. Raven what do you want to do?"

"Will." Jace growled lowly. "I'm only gonna say this once: The moment you walked into the Facility, your business became the government's business. If you think something's goin' on, ya report it and maybe the higher-ups will letcha have a say in what needs to be done. Now, Ana an' I will try an' push for you to have a bit of leeway, but ya can't go makin' big decisions like this."

Debbie sighed. "The higher have been kinda flooded lately with paper work and information..So I have to go."

Will sighs and looks at Jace. "You're right. I guess we should go and talk to Anna and her father then," Will said to Jace before looking at Ciel. "Don't worry about your parents ok. I'm sure their still alive and waiting for you to come and find them."

Jace shut his eyes and furrowed his brow. He sort of stood like that for a few minutes before exhaling deeply and looking at Debbie. "Do ya mind takin' Will and Raven ta the Commander? I gotta keep an eye on the pups."

"All right...Follow me please." Debbie replied beginning to walk. Raven followed.

"We will be back soon," Will said to Ciel as he followed Debbie. "Just stick close to Sam and listen to what he says ok."

"You know Ciel, I knew your great grandfather," Sam said to Ciel. "He was the one who trained me to control the fire and lightning elements that I can use."

"Hmmm that means are skills should be pretty close right?" Ciel replied with a smirk.

"I would have to agree on that." Sam said as lightning started to arc between his fingers. "You want see who is better?"

"What's the underworld like?" Alex asked curiously.

Ciel was beginning to arch lightning to when he heard Alex's question. "Oh well it depends where you go I guess, The area I'm from is pretty peaceful it rains a lot though."

"I don't really like the rain... And I'm not really sure why..." Alex said.

"I love the rain." Alan said smiling.

Jace's eyes narrowed at the sight of the lightning. "Yo, pups! Ya can have a shoot-out after your warm-up." He turned to Ciel and left no room for arguement in his voice. "You're doing the run, too."

"Umm o..okay." Ciel replied lightning dissapearing.

"I have to agree because I'm from the same area. Did you get the chance to meet my mom Ciel?" Sam asked as the lightning started to form orbs in his hands.

"Ya heard me, pup." Jace said to Sam. "Put the static away."

Sam lets the lightning disappear as well. "Ok new idea Ciel, let's see if you can keep up with me," Sam said as he took off at top speed with out using his vampiric speed.

Alan watched Sam take off, "Wow!"

Ciel was quickly taking off behind him. "Don't wast your energy now!"

"So is that our que to follow?" Alan asked just as Alex ran off after them.

"I guess that a yes." Jack said chuckling as he took off after Alex, Ciel and Sam.

"I have a feeling that this isn't going to end well." Alan said as he too took off after them.

"Remember, pups," Jace called after them, "twelve laps, thirty minutes!"

Ciel lightly pushed Sam once he was beside him."That's for the head-start!"

Sam laughs when Ciel pushes him. "What and not have some fun?" Sam said as they ran.

"Sup?" Alex said as he caught up to Sam and Ciel.

Jack rolled his eyes at Alex as he started to catch up with them.

Alan sighed in boredom as he passed them all.

"Oh nothing...besides you guys eating my dust." Ciel replied speeding up to catch up with Alan.

"Not while I'm still here." Sam said as he left a slight after image and passed everyone up. "Try and keep up this time cause I'm at full speed now."

Ciel quickly speed up so he was almost beside Sam, "Oh what now?! Come on you can do better!"

Alex blinked, "Well I don't think I'll win this..." He said running as fast as he could.

'Whoa, they're fast.' Alan thought as he watched them run and sped up.

Jack chuckled as he watched them run, 'Competitive children.'

"I've got plenty left and I can't let my cousin beat me now can I?" Sam said as he sped up. "I wonder if dad remembered it's his birthday today."

"It's his birthday... Hmm we're have to throw a party." Ciel replied as he sped up too.

Alan over heard them as he got closer, 'Will's birthday huh?'

Alex groaned frustrated he couldn't catch up to Sam and Ciel, he was a few feet behind Alan.

Jack chuckled as he caught up to Alex.

"Yeah we will and he will never suspect it." Sam said with a chuckle. "Everything ok back there Alex?"

"AH SHUT IT!" Alex yelled glaring at Sam's back.

Ciel started passing Sam. "HEY I SEE JACE!!"

"So do I and I'm not letting you pass me." Sam said as he matched his speed with Ciel.

Alex groaned as Sam and Ciel ran faster.

Alan sighed as he continued to run.

Jack chuckled as Alex groaned and he passed Alex.

"Hahaha watch your feet!" Ciel said as he sent a small lightening bolt at Sam's feet.

"Hey watch it!" Sam said as he dodged Ciel's lightning bolt and fired one of his own at Ciel's feet.

"That's cheating!" Alan shouted seeing the lightning bolts.

"Yeah, you can cheat!" Alex yelled.

Jack rolled his eyes, 'They're playing dirty.'

"Eleven more laps, pups." Jace said, not looking up from his newspaper (Where'd that come from? O_o).

"Wow you just got me fired up, cousin!"Ciel said dodging the lightening as he sped.

"Looks like I'll have to shift to get ahead of you then." Sam said as he shifted to his demon form and made his size that of a normal fox and started to pull ahead of Ciel. "Let's see you try and pass me now, cousin."

"Isn't that cheating?!" Alex yelled glaring at Sam's fox form.

"That is so cheating." Alan said getting a bit angry for the first time he could remember.

"That's so cool!" Jack yelled getting equally dirty glares from Alex and Alan.

"Screw you Sam!!" Ciel called. "Wow watch it!" He called as a flying training dummy nearly took him out.

Sam catches the training dummy with one of his tails and chucks it into the forest on the other side of the fence. "I could always shift back you know." Sam said with a chuckle as he ran.

"Whoa!" Alex said as he barely dodged a dummy that flew at him.

"Then turn back you cheap jerk!" Ciel said dodging another dummy. "OH THAT'S IT THEY ARE DOING THAT ON PURPOSE!!"

"Ok fine." Sam said as he shifted back to his human form and dodged a training dummy. "Hey Ciel, you thinking what I'm thinking."

"Take out the people throwing dummies!" Ciel replied grumpily.

"Exactly." Sam said as he started throwing lightning orbs at the people throwing the training dummies while he ran.

Alex chuckled as he dodged another dummy, and threw daggers at the people making sure they missed the person by an inch.

Alan growled as he threw the dummies back at the person who threw them.

Jack chuckled as he did the same as Alan.

Ciel started laughing as he tossed lightening at the dummy throwers, but didn't slow down.

"Maybe next time they will think twice about throwing things at us." Sam said as he threw another lightning orb at the dummies throwing dummies.

Alex grinned as some of the people he threw daggers at yelled out in surprise.

"Didn't expect me to throw them back while still running did ya?" Alan said with a smirk.

Jack just chuckled as he continued running.

Jace turned the page as Ciel and Sam ran by. "Try not to kill anybody."

"It's low voltage so it'll just stun them," Sam said to Jace as he ran by.

"And besides they started it!" Ciel called back.

"That goes for you three, too." Jace said to Alan, Alex, and Jack as they passed by.

"I didn't hit any of them." Alex said as he passed Jace.

"And I didn't throw them back too hard." Alan said as he passed Jace.

"I didn't throw them hard either." Jack said as he too passed Jace.

"If it does happen I'll keep her from getting hurt like I used to with you when we was kids." Will said to Raven as they stepped back outside on the training grounds. "Now where is Ciel?"

"Runnin' with the other pups." Jace answered without looking up from his newspaper. "They just finished their second lap, so ya probably have ta wait 'til he shows up, again."

"What's up with all the dummy pieces.....Did we do this?" Ciel asked jumping over a dummy piece.

"Looks like those guys are readying for round 2 guys." Sam said as he readied a couple of lightning orbs as he ran.

Will sees that Sam and Ciel running almost even with each other. "Hey guys, I need y'all to stop for a sec." Will yelled once they was in earshot of him.

Alex looked over as Will yelled, 'Should we stop too?' He wondered curiously.

"Aw, but I'm having fun." Alan said pouting.

"Which ones do you need to talk to?" Jace looked away from his paper to ask Will.

"I need to talk to everyone actually." Will told Jace. "Anna's father gave me the go ahead to rescue Ciel's parents and I have one week to do it in. So I'll need to take Ciel with me to open the gateway."

"And the District Twelve situation?" Jace asked.

"Isn't going to happen."Anabell answered walking up.

"I'm leaving Sam here incase my brother shows and Dean is not to be told where I have gone to." Will said with a serious look on his face. "The last thing I need is for him to show up down there to fight me."

Anna seemed annoyed. "Will, there's one very important thing about being in the government that I don't think you understand... We're a team! That means you don't have to do everything alone or just with one or two people.

"I can't this time Anna, your father said for only me and Ciel to go." Will said to Anna. "Unless you want to send someone with us."

Ciel walked up stretching his arms behind his back. "What's up, uncle?" He was trying to play it cool but there was a little bit of worry.

"Do you need us too?" Alex asked as he, Jack and Alan walked over to them.

"That depends on what Anna says." Will said to Alex. "The underworld can be dangerous in places."

"How dangerous?" Alex asked curiously.

"The answer is no." Jace started reading his newspaper again.

Anna crossed her arms and closed her eyes for a bit. "Hey Jace I hear you're taking Alex and David to district twelve...and maybe one or two other people."

"David, yeah." Jace agreed. "But that's not for another day or so. Alex an' I are drivin' over tomorrow to pick up some friends a his for the holidays, though." He glanced over the paper at Alex. "Right, pup?"

"Let's just say not all Demons are like Ciel down there, some will kill you in a heartbeat." Will said as he looked at the sky. "Ciel, I need you to open a gate so we can get started. We'll see the rest of y'all in a week."

"Uh... Yeah." Alex said with a nod before turning to Will, "So that means we can't go with you Will?"

"I don't think any of us are prepared to go with him." Jack said.

"I should open it outside of the facility...it takes alittle while for the gate to close." Ciel said.

"If that's all settled, then." Jace looked around his newspaper at Alan, Alex, and Jack. "Ya still got ten more laps to go." He looked at Sam. "You too, but if ya need a minute or two ta talk to your dad, go ahead."

"Alright then let's go," Will said as he started walking to the door. "Watch over them Raven, including Sam."

"I'm good," Sam said as he started to run again.

"Better not do anything stupid..." Anna said meaning everyone not just Will & Ciel.

"Alright." Alex said as he took off running again.

"Be careful." Alan said before he took off as well.

Jack nodded and ran after Alan and Alex.

"Hey guys, since my dad won't be back for a week watcha say we plan a surprise party for him when he gets back." Sam said as he ran along side Alex, Jack and Alan.

"That sounds like fun." Alex said with a smile as he ran.

"Yeah, I'm in." Alan said with a nod as he ran too.

"What kind of things does your dad like?" Jack asked.

"Well from what my mom told me about him, he likes to make swords and help people." Sam said as be remembered what his mom told him about his dad. "My dad learned sword smithing from my grandfather when he was five, or at least that's what he had told my mom."

"Hmm... Interesting." Jack said thinking.

"What kind of cake does he like?" Alan asked.

"I don't know. I guess you would have to ask my aunt on that one." Sam said as he caught a brief smell of his family scent. 'That's strange it almost seemed like there was someone there and now their gone.'

"Well when we're done we'll ask." Alex said as he continued to run and talk.

"Yeah, we will have to get her help." Alan nodded as he ran faster.

Jack chuckled.
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Sam continues on the final lap when he smells his family's scent again. 'What is going on here and why am I smelling my family's scent again?' "Guys I don't know what's going on but I think someone else from my family is here." Sam said as he slowed down.

"Huh? You smell another family member?" Alex asked as he too slowed down.

"Where?" Alan asked curiously.

"Let's finish up and then we can go look." Jack said.

"Hmmm I don't think they're even focusing on their training.-_-" Anabell said a little annoyed as the boys came into view.

Jace looked at them from over the top of his paper and hollered: "I don't see any of ya running!"

"Yeah and it's two people this time on the other side of the fence." Sam said as they neared Jace. "I think it may be my grandparents but I'm not sure."

"Whoa! Your grandparents?" Alex said as he sped up after hearing Jace's yell.

"Is that good?" Alan asked as he and Jack sped up.

"I'm not sure but I intend to find out once we are done with this." Sam said as he sped back up after hearing Jace yell. 'Dad I wish you had waited to leave.'

Suddenly a bunch of dummies got thrown at them.....again

"That's it, I'm going to get who ever is throwing these dummies at us." Sam growled as he grabbed a dummy out of the air and throws it back at the person who threw it.

Alex grinned as he threw daggers at them but to scare not injure.

Alan hissed as he threw the dummies back at them.

Jack chuckled as he too threw back the dummies.

"GAHACH!! WHAT THE H***!!" Maniko yelled as she dodged the rest of the dummies she had tossed behind her. "Oh..ooopps...I'M REALLY SORRY!" she called as she ran up.

"Sorry Maniko I didn't know it was you that threw the dummies that time." Sam said as he finished the lap and stopped in front of her.

"Yeah, sorry about the daggers too." Alex said as he stopped next to Sam.

"Really sorry." Alan said with an apologetic bow.

"Are you ok? You didn't get hit did you?" Jack asked.

"You pups better have a good excuse for all that slowin' an' stoppin' ya did." Jace said from behind his newspaper.

"Yeah, yeah I'm okay it was just one dummie that hit me." Maniko replied before her face changed to more of a worried look. "Have any of you seen Meko recently?"

"Not since ya filled out their paperwork." Jace said as he rolled up the paper. "Why?"

"Not since before we came out here, why?" Sam asked Maniko before noticing the look of worry on his aunts face. "Is something wrong aunt Raven?"

"Just worried about your Father...But what's up with Meko?" Raven replied.

"When was the last time you saw her Maniko?" Alex asked.

"Umm well about three hours ago, she talked with Will then met me back at the office before saying she had to make sure of something..... And I haven't seen her since." Maniko replied nervously.

Sam's eyes widen as he hears what Maniko said, "Aunt Raven, do you think Meko followed dad and Ciel to the Underworld?" Sam asked his aunt.

"You don't think she'd really do that do you?!" Alex asked sounding nervous.

"That's really dangerous! She'd know that right?" Jack said.

"I...I hope she wouldn't fallow...but If she talked to them and then went missing.."Raven didn't finish the statement.

"MOMMY YOU BIG DUMMY!!! I'VE MISSED YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!" A familar cake loving teenager called as he ran with open arms towards Jace.

"For crying out loud, what idiot let him eat sugar?!" Jace said as he side-stepped David.

"Sorry Jace, he got it from Edda." Siven said giggling as she came onto the training grounds.

Zane groaned, "If I had known that he'd act like this I would've taken his cake."

"We think he's funny." Gabriel and Logan said becoming visible again as they came onto the training grounds.

David ran into the tree then turned around with tears in his eyes. "MOMMY~!! Your soooo mean first you don't bother to get me then you don't let me hug you!!"

"*sigh* Jace... Please just let him hug you so he'll shut up." Anna said looking tired out.

Sam sighs and shifts to his fox form and starts to walk over to the fence. "Let me know when he calms down." Sam said as he walked.

Jace's eye twitched. "For the last time, pup, I'm not your mommy..." He towered over David. "Now get down and do crunches until ya work all the excess sugar in your system, got it?"

David gently pulled Siven over. "You've gotta hug us first!" he said as he stuck out his tongue.

"What the....I'll go with you Sam!" Raven called as she went after him.

"Please give me a hug Jace!" Siven said with a cute little smile as she opened her arms.

"So does David always get like this after eating cake?" Zane asked as he stood next to Anna.

Jace noticed Siven's presence and turned to David with a suddenly dangerous aura. "Pup. What's she doing here?"

David stood straight up seeming to snap out of his sugar high. "Huh? What do you mean..she's part of the miliatary now...She needs to train."

Jace snarled. "Pup, there's a reason family isn't supposed ta train each other. People tend ta panic when they see their siblings gettin' hurt, y'know? When I train people they aren’t supposed ta hold back and they don’t drop everything and cling to each other whenever they get worried. Your sister might be a tough girl, but I don’t know that yet. And even if she is, you are still a weak spot. True, she needs ta be trained, but when one of ya is on these training grounds, I want the other out of sight. Ya got that, pup?"

'There's that scent again and it's stronger this time.' Thought Sam as he and Raven neared the fence. "Aunt Raven, I think that grandma and grandpa may be here because I keep smelling our family scent in this area." Sam said looking up at his aunt.

Gabriel and Logan looked at each other, "Does that mean we can't be here at the same time?"

Jace turned to the angels. "That goes double for twins. You two aren't even supposed to have the same supervisor training ya."

"I'm not yet anyone's supervisor. And I was hopping you'd train Siven... Plus aren't you going against your actions?!"David said before he did a mixture of a growl and a whisper. "Your training Alex... Even if you pretend to not be family, you still are!"

"What?! I have to be separated from Logan?" Gabriel said with tears in his eyes.

"But we've never been apart!" Logan said with a look of horror on his face as he too had tears in his eyes.

"Don't worry Logan, it'll only be for training... We'll spend every other moment of the day together I promise!" Gabriel said pulling his brother close to himself.

"Do you really mean it Gabriel?" Logan asked his face now looking hopeful.

"Of course brother." Gabriel said with a smile lifting Logan's chin so he was looking in his eyes.

"Not this again!" Zane said as he turned away from Gabriel and Logan.

"It's protocol. For both of your protection." Jace said to the twins with a calm voice before turning to David with a deep growl that reverberated all the way to the bones of everyone present. "Alex an' I barely know each other. And while you have no memories of Siven she obviously knows you. What's more, you're new to being a big brother, and believe it or not, pup, I have a more than a bit of experience in that field." He took a deep breath to calm himself before looking David in the eye again. "Like I said: you're new to being a big brother, but for now here’s a little piece of advice. Ya don’t let her out of her sight until you know that she is safe. And an active battlefield where you could get distracted or shot down at any moment is never a safe place to be." His eyes narrowed and his aura became cold again. "And if there's one thing I've taught ya, pup, it's that ya treat the training grounds like a battlefield."

Zane rolled his eyes, "Didn't that Iris woman tell you the same thing?"

David shoulders lowered and his face softened. "*sigh* I'm sorry...Jace, I know your right....I'm..just confused..I'm sorry."

"S'alright, pup." Jace's expression softened. "Now, I guess we owe each other some introductions..."

David cleared his throat. "Okay!" He gave Jace a quick smirk. "Okay. Pups front and center. Name check!"

Zane rolled his eyes but stepped forward, "I'm Zane."

"I'm Gabriel." Gabriel said with a bow.

"And I'm Logan." Logan said bowing as well.

"I'm Siven, I'm David's sister!" Siven said with a smile.

Alan had his back to everyone, his face was beet red from Gabriel and Logan's scene earlier.

Jace chuckled warmly. "Well, it seems ya gotcha some rare-smellin' ones this time... Redhead with tha big mouth is Alex, blue-eyes is his brother, Jack. The pup that's acting like a fence-post ova there is Alan, an' Will's son, Sam, is the one that took off a bit ago."

"Should we tell him what we are too?" Zane asked curiously.

"I... I'm not acting like a fence post!" Alan said turning around and glaring at Jace with a small hint of a blush still apparent on his face.

Jace shrugged at Zane as he ignored Alan. "I only need ta know if I'm gonna be the one ta train ya."

Gabriel and Logan turned away from everyone else and began mumbling something to each other that seemed like another language.

"When do you find out?" Zane asked.

Alan huffed as he turned back around and sat down mumbling under his breath.

Jack chuckled, "I think maybe Alan has a thing for twins."

"I think you're right, look at how he's blushing." Alex said with a chuckle which earned a glare from a blushing Alan.

"Usually 'bout twenty-four hours after the paperwork is first filed. Gotta get a feel of your abilities an' compatablity with other recruits, first. From what I know, Ana, Debbie, an' I are the only available trainers, at the moment." Jace said.

Anna patted Alan's shoulder. "It's all part of the training, Kiddo." Then she turned to Jace. "I think some of these recruits won't do well with Debbi's.....bluntness?"

Jace raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Somethin' wrong with bluntness?"

"Hmm bluntness isn't really the right word....*sigh* what I'm trying to say is most people find her hard to get along with." Ana replied.

Jace let out a bark of laughter. "Yeah, and most people say my training regimine is downright homicidal! C'mon, Ana, y'know it all depends on what the pups are capable of!"

"Hahaha true!! It'll be good for em!" Anabell replied getting a evil glint in her eyes.

"Hmm...I smell it too." Raven replied sniffing the air.

Sam's eyes widen a bit as he notices his grandfather climbing over the fence. "Now I really wish dad would have waited to leave," Sam said smiling as he shifted back to his human form and waited for his grandpa to say something.

"Looks like we made it after all Lucy," John Blackfire said as he saw his grandson and daughter waiting. "It's good to see the both of you again. Raven, where's your brothers and sister at?"

"Hello Raven, and hello Sam." Lucy Blackfire said smiling and hugging them both.

"What? Karin is here?" Raven asked hugging back.

"Yes she is here Raven. Karin had gotten into a fight around the portal that Will and Dean had left and fell through before I could get to her." John said to Raven. "I just hope that Dean has found her before something has happened to her."

"Yes, I hope she is safe and unharmed." Lucy said with a nod looking slightly worried.

Raven looked a bit worried. "Dean...has teamed up with a bad woman."

"He still hasn't let go of that grudge he has against Will then." John said with a sigh. "I was afraid he might do something like this and it doesn't help that Karin is just like him in so many ways."

"I'm sorry to have to leave like this but I need to get back to the others and introduce myself to the newbies." Sam said as he started back towards Jace and the others still in his fox form. "I catch up to you later grandma and grandpa."

"Alright dear." Lucy said with a smile as she watched Sam leave.

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Gabriel and Logan turned around and looked at Anna, "What does he mean by homicidal?"

"Hehe I'm sure you'll find out... Even if you don't train with him." Anna replied.

"Yeah... He doesn't go easy on you." Alan said with a slight shudder.

"You speak from experience?" Gabriel asked looking at Alan who seemed to avoid eye contact as he nodded.

"Going easy on ya ain't my job." Jace gave a wolfish grin.

"Hmm Maniko what are you doing here?" David asked confused.

"Oh I was about to leave... Meko might be eating..." Maniko replied as she walked away.

"We'll letcha know if we see her." Jace said to Maniko as she left.

Logan hid behind Gabriel when Jace grinned, he said something to Gabriel in a strange language to which he just nodded.

"Do we get to pick our own supervisors?" Gabriel asked curiously.

"You can...it's more or less a matter of how you want to fight." Anna replied as she pulled out a walkie-talkie. "Debbie please meet me at the training ground south fence, point nine. thank you."

"Why do you need Debbie?" Zane asked curiously.

"There's a lotta you pups." Jace shrugged. "If one of us tries ta train ya all at once by themselves, you pups'd never get to graduate."

It didn't take long for Debbie to show up. "You called?"

"Yes... As you can see we have alot of new recruits that need someone to train them." Anna replied.

"Hello again Miss Debbie." Zane said.

"Hello." Gabriel and Logan said bowing.

"Hi!" Siven said from beside David as she waved.

Alex waved, "Hiya."

Alan ignored everyone still annoyed by being teased.

Jack just waved.

"Yo, I'm Debbie... But you already know that... Okay who do ya need me to train?" Debbie asked.

"Hey guys sorry for walking off like I did, I'm just not used to being around hyper people." Sam said as he walked up and sat down while in his fox form while each of his tails flicked every once in a while.

David rubbed the back of his head. "Uhh yeah sorry about that..hehe."

"Pup only gets like that with sugar." Jace reassured before he a thought crossed his mind. "...Or anything furry."

"So probably a bad idea to be in this form right now." Sam said getting a little worried.

"Probably." Jack said.

David had already snuck behind Sam. "SOOO CUTE!!" He said as he picked Sam up and started snuggling him.

"DAVID PUT SAM DOWN NOW!!" Anna demanded looking at Sam with worry. 'Hope he hasn't already been shook to death.'

"For cryin' out loud, pup..." Jace muttered under his breath. "Y'know, no one would blame him if he bit ya for that."

"Whoa!" Sam said when he was picked up by David. 'What do I do about this. I could shock him with a low level current or yell for my aunt.'

"Brother!" Siven said running over to David. "Put him down!"

"Bu...But he's sooo cute and fuzzy!" David said as he slowly set Sam down.

"I'm not cute." Sam said as he walked a few feet away from David and shifted to his human form.

Siven giggled, "Well foxes are cute."

Jace pinched the bridge of his nose. "Pup, there is a chance in the near future that the two of you will be on the same battlefield. At that point, cute and fuzzy won't be something ya can afford to focus on."

"If you haven't noticed I'm not affacted by stuff like that on the battlefield." David said with a puzzled look.

"And haven't I just told you to treat the training grounds like a battlefield?" Jace's eye twitched but he kept his voice calm.

David waved his hand dismissively. "I was careful..ish and besides there are plenty people around me that would be hit first."

"Since most of 'em are just new recruits and your 'bout a day away from bein' their superior, that doesn't really help your case, pup." Jace crossed his arms.

Anna and David exchanged glances. "He's right..and besides you should defend them..not let them get hit instead."

"I know..but it's good training. ;D" David replied as Debbie shook her head.

"Y'know what else is good training? The Trap Circle." Jace grinned evilly as he towered over David. "C'mon, let's not let your last day of trainin' go to waste..."

David gulped and got up. "You're...evil today..>.>"

Jace let out a bark of laughter as he clapped David's shoulder. "Said the man who was willin' to let his fellow soldiers get struck down while he fawned over a fox. C'mon, pups," he turned to the recruits, "you're gonna wanna see this."

"Sounds like fun." Sam said as he followed Jace.

"I don't know, are you going to hurt David?" Siven asked looking uneasy.

Alan was still sulking a bit as he stood up and followed Sam.

Jack and Alex chuckled at Alan's sulkiness as they followed.

Zane sighed, "Whatever."

Gabriel and Logan smirked, "Oh how fun!"

"Nonesense. The pup's done it all before. I'm not even goin' to time him today." Jace said as he lead the group to a clearing about four miles in radius. It looked like a normal clearing, except that it was perfectly circular and empty-looking except for a large rock in the very center. “I had the tech people set this up to train vampires and werewolves a few years back. None of the other trainers ever use it though… Somethin’ ‘bout it bein’ too dangerous or some load like that.” Jace shrugged. “Anyways, the point is ta reach the rock at the center. Ya don’t wanna trust your eyes, though. You’re better off listenin’ for the gears an’ hydraulics. And keep ya gotta feet movin’. While most are activated by pressure-sensors, the nastier ones only trigger when ya stay in one place for a few seconds.” Jace gave them all a wolfish grin. "But David already knows all this. He learned ta master it 'bout a year ago." He took a blindfold out of his pocket and handed it to David. "So show 'em how it's done, pup."

David took the blindfold and tied it. "Okay here I go... Unless you want to make sure I have the blindfold on right."

"Hahaha Like you'd ever try that again. Just go." Anabell laughed. And David was quickly off.

Siven watched her brother nervously.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine." Zane said putting a hand on her shoulder.

Alex's eyes were glued to David as he watched his every move.

Gabriel and Logan watched with interest as David made his way through the course.

Alan actually stopped sulking long enough to watch David's every move.

"GACK!!" David let out as he quickly pulled himself up from a hole then dodge some land that raised up in front of him. "DID THEY MAKE IT HARDER!?!"

Jace let out a bark of laughter. "I told ya before that they tune it up once a week! I just asked 'em ta add a few new features as a graduation present!"

"MY DEATH IS NOT A GOOD PRESENT!! GACK!" David yelled he got upper cut by some raising and falling ground. "WHAT THE H*** IS THIS?!

"Try an' move with it, pup!" Jace called out. "Ya can't outrun it!"

David nodded as he used the raising ground to launch him closer to the rock. Only to get nearly hit by a car. "WHAT WAS THAT?!"

"The added cars because of a recent explosion in district seven sent some cars flying along with other things." Debbie noted.

"OH!" Siven exclaimed burying her face in Zane's chest.

Jace gave a low whistle. "Well, they got creative, I'll give 'em that much."

David kicked off the car and got hit by a very realistic human dummy. "It feels real!" He said as he tossed it of and the ground under him started falling quickly.

Sam hears his uncle's voice and looks at Jace and Anna. "I have to go." he said as he takes off running towards his uncle's voice.

"Yell if ya need anythin', pup." Jace called after Sam.

David was headed for the rock when a bunch of mechanical saws came up and started swinging at him. "Yelp!! YOU'RE EVIL JACE!!"

"If I was evil, I wouldn't have waited seven months into your trainin' ta getcha started on this thing!" Jace laughed back at David.

"What the hell Jace?!" Alex said in shock as he saw the mechanical saws.

"Should he really be training with this, he's human." Alan said looking worried.

Siven continued to hide her face in Zane's chest, she began to shake a little.

Zane closed his eyes as he tried to comfort her, he wanted to help David but didn't want to get in trouble for helping him.

Jack's eyes were as wide as saucers.

David quickly moved back towards the car and felt around as the ground started shaking and raising as he pulled off one of the door. "YOU COULD'VE AAAT LEAST LET ME GO WITHOUT A BLINDFOLD!!" David called.

"I could've timed ya, too." Jace called back, ignoring the recruits. "You're already takin' twice as much time as ya usually do. Pick up the pace, pup!"

"What do expect when someone adds things you don't know about." Alex said rolling his eyes.

David used the car door as a shield while using the raising ground to get over the saws.This would be alot better...and a hundred times less scary if I could see..hmm I should be getting really close to that darn rock!

Gabriel and Logan were horrified by what they were seeing.

Sam walks back to where Jace and the others were and sits down away from the others. 'I should have went with dad, but I am glad that uncle Dean was there to help him.' Sam thought to himself as a tear slid down his cheek.

Alan looked over at Sam and saw the tear, "Sam are you alright?"

Anna back to Sam and walked over. "Sam, what happened?" she asked quietly.

"My dad's back and he is in the clinic getting a metal rod removed from his side." Sam said as more tears started to fall. "My uncle is here to and I don't know what to do."

"I'm sorry, that's awful." Alan said hugging Sam.

David reached the rock as Anna turned to Sam. "Don't worry Betty's really good at what she does."

"Hah! Ya got it, pup!" Jace grinned. "Now ya got three minutes ta run back here before the traps start back up. Think ya can handle that much after all your whinin' an' hollerin'?"

David didn't even take the time to reply as he charged back towards them.

"I take that as a 'yes'." Jace smirked.

Sam sighs and nods as he shifts back into his fox form. "I know. My dad has been through worse than this and has pulled through." Sam said as he looked at the ground.

"It's only natural you'd worry, I mean he's your dad." Alan said.

"Is there anything else that's bothering you, Sam?" Anna asked.

"Yeah there is one more thing, could all of you go easy on Ciel for the next few days?" Sam asked as he looked up. "I found out from my uncle that Ciel's parents are dead and Ciel and his brother and sister are going to need our support now."

"We should do something to try to cheer them up." Alan said.

"Yeah, but what?" Alex asked overhearing the conversation.

"I don't know. The only people that I know who have been through this is my uncle, my dad, and my aunt Raven," Sam said as he remembered that his grandparents don't know that his dad is back yet. "I still need to tell my grandparents about dad."

"It's really hard to get over the loss of a family member.... Sometimes even having people around you doesn't help.... He might want to be left alone for a while." Anabell stated. "But... We can at least... Try to get him to realize it isn't his fault."

"If that's the only thing we can do then let's do it." Alan said with a smile.

"Yeah we should try. Come on Ciel's probably at the clinic checking on my dad." Sam said as he got up and started back to the Facility. 'I'll tell my grandparents on the way to the clinic.'

"You want me to come with you?" Alan asked curiously.

"Sure Alan. It will give you the chance to meet the rest of my family." Sam said to Alan as he walked.

"Alright." Alan said smiling as he followed Sam.

"They do realize they're supposed to be studying this don't they?" Anna muttered before joining the others.

"You're almost back, pup! Those gears'll start back up any second, so move it!" Jace hollered to David.

David was almost back when the ground started shacking, dropping and raising even more rapid then before. Then some saws came out of the tree lining.

"BE CAREFUL DAVID!" Alex shouted as he watched David running.

Jace swore under his breath and tossed his necklace to Debbie. "Hold on ta that!" He ducked and dodged to where David was and grabbed the back of his shirt, half dragging him back.

"Ack! Wh...What's going on now?" David asked slightly worried.

"The gears came on. Tuck an' roll." Jace ordered before tossing David back to the safe zone and running after him.

Alex looked a bit worried.

Siven was crying into Zane's chest soaking his shirt.

'Now I know why Jace said family shouldn't train together.' Zane thought.

David tuck-and-rolled as he was told and quickly pulled the blindfold off.

Jace stopped a couple of feet to David's side. "Ya still in one piece, pup?"

"Yeah.... But why haven't they stopped?" David asked nodding towards the saws and ground.

"BROTHER!" Siven said abandoning Zane and running to David hugging him with tear filled eyes.

Jace gave the Trap Circle a calculating look and glanced at David and Siven before finally looking to Debbie and Anabell. "I think that's enough for today. Can ya watch the pups while I go have a chat with the techies?"

"I just got a message from the Techs... They'll be here in a bit." Anna said clearly p***ed off.

"It's okay, Siven... I'm fine." David said hugging Siven. "Come on lets get outta here."

Siven sniffled, "O-Ok." She said with a nod before turning to Zane. "Sorry about your shirt."

"It's ok, it'll dry." Zane said with a small smile.

"So we just wait here for them?" Jace kept glaring at the Trap Circle as he asked Anabell.

"Yep...Are you two sure your okay, though?" Anna asked her anger turned more to worry.

"I'm fine." Jace growled lowly. "Pup came too close ta losin' an arm for my taste, though." He turned to Debbie. "Yo. Can I have my shift-charm back?"

"Ahh Oh yeah here!" Debbie said handing it back over. "So..you actually look like this?"

"When I'm not covered in fur." Jace replied, putting the necklace back on and shifting to it's default setting. "Why?"

"Your kinda hot that's all." Debbie replied with a shrug.

"WHAT?!" Anna seemed in complete shock by Debbie's statement.

"He was kind of hot." Logan whispered to Gabriel.

"He was." Gabriel whispered back.

Zane shuddered as he was too close and overheard them, he moved away from them.

Alex and Jack looked at each other then at Zane, they hadn't heard what the twins said.

Jace raised an eyebrow at Debbie, then let out a bark of laughter. "Yeah. Sure. Whatever ya say, Debbie..."

"Wow!" Logan said going over to Jace and grabbing his arm and squeezing it gently.

"How does that necklace hide your muscles?" Gabriel asked as he grabbed Jace's other arm and squeezed it gently.

"Uh, can you not do that?" Jace said, trying to shake the twins off his arms without accidentally hitting them.

"Why?" Logan asked curiously still squeezing Jace's arm.

"We like your muscles." Gabriel said smiling as he too continued to squeeze Jace's arm.

Zane rolled his eyes, _"Weirdos." he mumbled.

Jack and Alex just laughed at Jace.

Jace twitched. "Yeah, I gathered that much..." He shot a glare in Jack and Alex's direction. "Y'two do understand most a it is genetics and the rest is from training, right?"

Jack and Alex stopped laughing and glanced uneasily at Gabriel and Logan who were still squeezing Jace's arms.

Zane chuckled when Jack and Alex stopped laughing.

"Yeah, thought so..." Jace muttered under his breath as he tried to shake the angels off again. "Do ya two mind? This isn't a pettin' zoo!"

"Aw, alright." Logan said with a sigh as he let go of Jace's arm and pouted.

Gabriel let go too, "You can pet my arm Logan." He said with a smile.

"Thanks brother." Logan said squeezing his twin's arm.

Zane just rolled his eyes.

Jace sighed in relief and ran a hand through his hair. What's up with teens these days an' pettin' people?

Anna didn't realize the glare she sent the twins. "Hey, you do realize this is a training ground....which means YOU SHOULDN'T HIT ON PEOPLE HERE!!"

"Pffft seeesh Anabell, Chill. I was just stating a fact." Debbie said before giving Jace a wink and snickering at Anna's glare-of-doom.

Jace blushed mildly at Debbie's wink before twitching again. Those techies better get here fast...

"Why are you so mad, we were just checking his muscles." Gabriel said looking at Anabell ignore her glare.

"Is he your boyfriend or something?" Logan asked curiously.

Jace watched Anabell out of the corner of his eye with a hopeful expression, waiting for her response.

"Uhh...We're friends! *sigh* We should get to work and figure out who's training who." Anna said her face red (from both embaressment and anger).

"Hahaha Jace has so many people to choose from....you lucky doggy!" David teased as he headed back towards the facility.

Jace sighed mournfully as his shoulders slumped and his general stance seemed to deflate. "Yeah. Lucky me." He looked over at Anabell and called out: "I'll just wait here for the tech people."

Siven smiled and followed David.

Gabriel chuckled, "Someone's in denial!" He sang.

"Indeed." Logan said chuckling.

"What are you two stooges talking about?" Anna asked before turning to Jace. Jace seems depressed...He wasn't like this a bit ago.. "Are you okay, Jace?"

"I'm fine." Jace's gaze turned poisonous and he kept his eyes trained on the Trap Circle. "Just hopin' those techies get here soon."

"Oh nothing." Gabriel and Logan said innocently as they chuckled and skipped off.

"Sorry about the mess...I'll have it fixed in a bit." A tech stated as she approached.

"Forget about the mess! That thing is supposed ta give the pups a three minute headstart ta get back once they reach the rock! Why'd it start a few seconds short of two minutes, huh?!" Jace snarled at the tech.

"I don't know but I'm about to find out." The tech replied.

Jace snarled to himself, but stood out of the way as he watched the tech work.

"Since this is now a safety hazard you kiddos should probably go back to the facility." Debbie said shooting a glare at the trap circle.

"Alright." Gabriel and Logan said as they left arm in arm.

Zane sighed as he followed them.

Jack nodded and followed after them.

"I hope they get it fixed." Alex said as he left too.

Jace just stood there with his arms crossed, nothing revealing his impatience except the death glare he kept trained on the tech.

The traps stopped. "I'm going to get some more supplies....the circle's been turned off..." The tech said puzzled.

"What happened? Why'd it mess up in the first place?!" Debbie asked.

"Th...that's the thing. Alot of wires have been cut or rewired...then there are pieces that are completely missing...I swear they were there before the trainee started practice!" The tech replied.

"Well it's not like the pup rewired it as he went." Jace growled deeply.

"I know he couldn't...that's what's werid about it." The tech replied handing over a paper that showed when the last check up was done.

Jace took the paper with a snarl. "When it's done I'm gonna check the quality on that thing. And if I don't like it, ya can expect a call from your superiors."

"Y..Yes sir.." The Tech replied. The paper stated that the last check up was about twenty minutes before David started training.

Jace narrowed his eyes at the paper before turning to go back into the facility with a scowl.

---

"Come on, let's get him on the other side." Dean said as he picked up and carried Will through the gate and onto the training grounds at the Facility.

Karin looked at Will worriedly when they were on the training grounds.

"Raven, Sam I need some help. Will's hurt badly." Dean said as he looked around the training ground.

"Should I go look for them?" Karin asked.

Raven quickly ran over. "Huh?! Will! Follow me I'll lead you to Betty."

"Thank you Raven but I have some more bad news regarding Ciel's parents." Dean said in a low voice as he followed Raven.

"Dad, Uncle Dean what did you do to him?" Sam said as he caught up to them and seen his aunt Karin. "Aunt Karin what are you doing here?"

"I'm with Dean, and he didn't do anything. Will got hurt fighting a demon." Karin said.

"Sam I helped get your dad out of a collapsed building after he fired off his flame gun in it." Dean said as they got closer to the facility. "Ciel lost his parents Raven, and he is going to need all of us now along with his brother and sister."

"Poor, Ciel.... All that and you weren't able to save them..." Raven replied.

A cold, numb sensation enveloped Raven. "Oh, dear." Aspen's voice came from Raven's body. "How did I not notice that earlier? This shade of blue is so not flattering for your sister's coloring, did you know that, Mutt?"

"What do you want Aspen?" Dean said to the ghost. "I'm sure you're aware that I no longer work for Fern."

"Get out of my sister." Karin said with a glare.

"Of course I know. I'm dead, not blind." Aspen scoffed before turning to Karin. "No go, sweetie~ I kind of like having pigment and a real figure, again~"

Karin continued to glare at Raven's body that was being possessed by Aspen.

"Then why are you here?" Dean asked as he stopped at the doors leading into the facility. "Karin let it go. If you try to hurt Aspen you'll only hurt Raven."

"You actually know this ghost, uncle Dean?" Sam asked looking from Raven to Dean.

"Here's a hint, Mutt-Brat. If I ever had children, let alone grandchildren, they would've died centuries ago~"

"What ever. I'll see you later Aunt Karin." Sam said as he walked off.

Karin watched Sam leave.

"Aspen what are you talking about?" Dean asked slightly confused.

"Don't tell me the ghost is back." Will said as he started to wake up.

"Sheesh, Mutt Two. You're in bad shape, huh?" Aspen giggled. "I just dropped in to give Mutt One a smidge of advice~"

"And what advice could that be Aspen?" Dean asked the ghost.

"I brought a building down on myself and got this metal rod stuck in my side." Will said as he moved and winced in pain. "Some birthday this turned out to be."

"We should hurry and get him to that clinic." Karin said.

"Happy birthday, Mutts." Aspen said boredly before turning to Dean. "Well, first off, while turning on ringleader is something few survive anyways, keep in mind that you also just betrayed her Imperial Mercilessness..."

"Yeah I forgot about Nova." Dean said with a sigh. "Aspen could you let me know when Fern and Nova plan to make their move after that I could care less what you do."

Aspen scoffed at Dean. "Well, you should care. While I lied to your brother and nephew, lying to Nova is a no go." Raven's body sighed. "'Tis one of the joys of being soul-bound, I'm afraid~"

"You don't like being bound to Nova do you, Aspen?" Dean asked as a plan started to form. "I could help you out with your problem."

Raven's eyes narrowed at Dean. "I doubt it. Only a soul-sucker can perform or break a binding." Raven's chin went up a notch. "I only wanted you Mutts to know that since strategic advantages are best left in the dark, I wouldn't ask any favors of me. Call my name, and I'll hear you, so it's better if you just keep your silence."

"Point taken." Dean said as he stepped up to the door. "Now can my sister have her body back because I need her to lead the way to the clinic."

"Fine. But tell her about the blue. Honestly, it's about the least flattering thing she can wear with her skin shade..." Aspen left Raven's body and vanished.

"D*** THAT F**** GHOST I'M GOING TO F**** IT UP SOME DAY!!Raven said before leading the way.

---

"Grandma, grandpa I have some bad news to tell you." Sam said as he neared the fence line.

"What is it Sam?" John asked with a worried look on his face.

"What happened to Will?" Lucy asked looking worried.

Alan stood next to Sam as he talked.

"Dad got hurt on his mission and uncle Dean and aunt Karin brought him back." Sam said to his grandparents. "They are at the clinic right now. I was on my way there with Alan if you want to follow us."

"Lead the way Sam, and it's nice to meet you Alan." John said with a small smile.

"Yes, nice to meet you Alan." Lucy said with a smile.

"It's nice to meet you too." Alan said with a smile and a small bow of greeting.

Sam gave a small smile and motioned them to follow with his tails as he started towards the Facility.

"It looks like the family is back together again, Lucy." John said as he followed Sam.

"Looks like it." Lucy said as she held John's hand as they followed Sam.

Alan smiled as he followed them.

---

"Hmm It was about here right?" Soron asked stopping at about the same place the green haired guy was.

"...I think so." Yue half-waddled behind Soron in the padded armor he got her.

"You okay?" Soron asked watching her waddle over.

"Yep~ Uh..." Yue flailed her arms as she momentarily lost balance but grinned at Soron once she was upright again. "Just getting used to it~"

"Sorry..I had to make sure you wouldn't get injured." Soron replied.

"I know~" Yue chirped. "Is there anything there? Tracks, dropped wires, anything?"

"No...I'm not finding anything." Soron replied looking around.

"...This area is fairly dense, I can't see how he'd be able to move through without leaving a trace unless he's one of the stealth soldiers..." Yue crinkled her brow, trying to remember if she's seen his picture in one of her files before.

"I know....some of the stealth still can't do it...so how is there nothing here?" Soron said as he looked at their footprints to the clear ground.

"Do you think it was a projection of some kind? But what would be the purpose of that? It wouldn't make a good diversion if the security officers don't notice it..." Yue attempted to rationalize.

"I haven't seen a green haired marshmallow before..." A purple haired boy said from a tree brench above them.

"It's an armor suit~ So I don't get hurt!" Yue chirped happily at the boy.

"....Oh..Okay..What are you doing?" The boy asked glancing at the ground that Soron was checking.

"Looking for tracks~" Yue grinned up at the boy.

"What if you don't find any?" The boy asked jumping down.

"Then we look for projectors or digital interference on our videos." Yue replied.

"Don't you think you would have seen someone set a projector up?" The boy said looking around.

"We don't watch this area on a very regular basis." Yue admitted. "That's usually the security office's job."

"Why isn't security here then?" The boy asked.

"Well..that is...*sigh* They didn't see anything." Soron admitted.

"Pfffffffffffft hahahaha You might as well be chasing your shadow!" The boy laughed.

"But we both saw it so it couldn't have been a mistake and--" Yue had started trying to twist her ring through her glove and looked down when she noticed something. "...Why don't you have footprints?"

"Oh...took ya long enough....Ghost don't really make footprints!" The boy said with a smirk as he vanished.

"Wha! Gho...ghost don't exist!" Soron stated in shock.

"It would appear they do..." Yue answered cryptically before turning to Soron and blinking curiously at him. "What's a ghost?"

"A..Um de..dead person's soul...I think." Soron stated.

"...Soul?" Yue appeared even more confused.

".......Um..Okay..huh well it's what makes you living..in a way." Soron said looking confused.

"Then how can it belong to a dead person? If it makes one living, then wouldn't the person be alive?" Yue cocked her head to the side.

"That's way a lot of people don't beleive in ghosts...and it is really hard to describe what a soul is.." Soron replied.

Yue blinked. "Is this one of those things I'm going to have to ask Betty about?"

"I've got a book in my room....want to head back now?" Soron said looking around as if to making sure nothing else was going to disappear.

"Ok~" Yue chirped happily, satisfied that they had an explanation (despite the fact that she did not understand it, yet... XP).

"How do we report ghosts though...." Soron said to hisself.

"Uh...To the mortician?" Yue offered.

"We might be able to find out who this is that way." Soron agreed.

Yue grinned, happy her random idea had merit.