[World Map, Alternate World]

Kid stands in an awkward pose, blinking, with a puzzled look on her face once more. "I don't wanna know. I don't wanna know. Gettin' to Lynx is my goal." she begins repeating over and over again to herself in a very low tone. When she realises that Ozzie and his group are now ahead of her, she takes off down the road to catch up with them...pulling Van and Leena along with either hand. "Wait just a bloody sec, mates!"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Luccia held up her hand to silence Pip, she didn't want to bother with explinations at the moment. . . Besides, she didn't have one. She glanced down at Serge and smirked a bit as he stood. "I am Luccia, de resident scientist. You are in danger, da?" She quirked a brow and chuckled, "Oh ho ho ho."

"You cannot stay here, you vill be caught." She nods her head, "I vill accompany you out to make sure dat you make it all right." She glanced at Pip, then shrugged.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Lynx, relaxing against the wall, had fallen asleep. He wakes quickly to hear yelling from the hallway. He glares across the room, seeing it totally empty, even his prisoner. He lets out an earth shaking roar. He marches to the door and screams, "KARSH, ZOAH, HARLE, WHERE IS THE BLUE HAIRED BOY!!!"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Zoah, suddenly getting a notion, recalls what happened with the last person they lost. "LUCCIA'S PROBABLY EXPERIMENTING ON HIM..." he mutters under his breath. With that, Zoah walks down to Luccia's lab and politely knocks on the door.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Luccia winces at the heavy knock on the door, immediately knowing who is outside. She looks at Serge then shoves him into a cage, locking it. "Vhat is it, Zoah?" She calls, walking to the door and opening it a crack. "How may I be of service?"

[Termina, Alternate World]

"COME SEE THE MERMAID! Ahh, Sir Glenn! I'm sure you'll love this! Come look!" shouts the merchant.

Glenn follows Miki, not sure about the look on her face. "That merchant always has exotic stuff that is a bit phony. I'm sure its just a wierd fish or a girl in costume holding her breath."

[Termina, Alternate World]

Tossing her strawberry-colored hair back, Miki walks up to the merchant. "Is the mermaid inside real?" she asks, indicating the cloth-covered container.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"HAND HIM OVER, LUCCIA. YOU CAN EXPERIMENT ON HIM AFTER THE GUEST FROM PORRE INTERROGATES."

[Termina, Alternate World]

"Of course!" shouts the merchant. "Observe!" Quickly, the Merchant pulls off the cloth cover, revealing a mermaid in a large fishtank banging at the glass. "A true rarity! A mermaid!"

Suddenly, a few rocks are hurled at them. Miki's leg is hit by one, and Glenn is pelted in the chest. The merchant covers his head as a rock bounces off his hands.

"Let her go! How wouldCHA like it if you were trapped and people were looking atCHA through a glass jar?!?!?" Shouts the voice of a teenage boy.

"KORCHA!" shouts the Merchant. "GO BACK TO GULDOVE WITH YOUR DEMI-HUMAN FRIENDS!" He quickly recovers the mermaid with the cloth and glares at Korcha.

"One of these days..." Korcha mutters, as he leaps off the bridge into a wooden rowboat. Before long, Korcha rows away with a scowl on his face.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"Hand who over, Zoah?" She replied, stepping out of the room and closing the door behind her. "Surely you do not think dat *I* vould hide de captive from *you*, da?" She smiled up at him slightly, placing a hand on her hip.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"YOU HID THE DRUG DEALER, THE CON ARTIST, AND THE EASTER BUNNY. I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST YOU."

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

She snorted and made a move as if to toss her hair. "Zoah, you are my friend! I vould not lie to you." She stepped closer, raising a brow at him and *almost* pouting. "I am not hiding de captive. Trust me."

[Termina, Alternate World]

Brushing her leg off, Miki scowls at the merchant. "I think it's horrible that you have a live mermaid for showing."

Fuming inwardly, the girl walks off towards the end of the stalls.

"Miss, it's just a DEMI-HUMAN. It's not as though they have souls," the merchant informs her.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"THEN YOU WOULDN'T MIND IF I SEARCHED THE AREA, CORRECT?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

She face faulted and offered an unsure smile. "Of. . . course not Zoah." She opened her door behind her as if to let him in. "But first," She smiled coyly, doing her best to look - well - femenine. "I demand dat you take your helmet off. I have never seen your face." She doubted that anyone had, at least not in a long while.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Lynx thrashes though the door. He runs do the hallway finding no one. As he truns the corner he hear's Zoah's tremendous voice. Charging in that direction, the cat man goes to find out where his prisoner is.

[Termina, Alternate World]

The group enters Termina and proceeds towards the steps. Kid walks ahead of them a bit and places her hands behind her head as she observes the area. She then turns back around to face everyone.

"So, how're we gonna approach some more mates fer help in our little venture?" she starts, not expecting a reply...as usual. "Shall I assume that yer all relyin' on my perfect charm, amazing wit, and unparalleled beauty (when it all boils down to who is actually gonna convince more people to join us) ? Or are one of ya actually gonna be helpful enough to ASSIST me in fast talking some people?" she concludes.

[Termina, Alternate World]

Guile blinks at the suddenness of the question. "Siblings...?" He glances at the window, although Glenn and Miki were out of sight now. "Excuse me, am I to infer than you and Glenn are related?"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Serge listened to the conversation. Locked in the cage, he was powerless to do anything. "Oh...ok...thanks crazy lady..." Serge rolled his eyes and snorted cynically. Now, what to do? He was locked, caged, and trapped. Trapped like a rat, he thought, almost angrily. He decided to search the perimeter of the cage carefully, while trying to find a way out.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Harle heard arguing towards Luccia, hearing Zoah's voice. She stomped down the hall and looked at both. "Vat are you two doing?! Imbeciles. Search for ze Serge right away and cease zis senseless arguing!" With that, the clown like girl disspeared, looking for the blue haired captive.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

"WE ARE SEARCHING," Zoah tells Harle. Then her turns back to Luccia. "SORRY, BUT THAT'S NOT ON MY AGENDA." Quickly and easily, he picks Luccia up with one hand and turns, placing her behind him before she is fully aware of what has just happened. Hearing Serge's voice well, amplified through the helmet more than deflected by it, he goes directly towards the source and quickly pushes aside whatever was covering the cage and looks straight in on Serge.

[Termina, Alternate World]

"I sense a powerful magician," Ozzie mutters. "Nearly as strong as you, Magus..."

"Odd..." Ozzie mutters. "Come on, we must find this... wait... There's someone else in the city that could help us. A... Slash? No, that's not right... Slash is already here... Then who am I sensing?"

[Termina, Alternate World]

"Might as well be, but he was my best friend's brother, not mine..."

Suddenly, a voice is heared shooting through the city. "KARSH! MARCY! REPORT TO THE MANOR!" "Well, Gotta run!" Karsh shouts, as he rushes out of the bar, shooting past Kid, Van, ect as he leaves the city with Marcy close behind.

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Luccia let out a quiet yelp and followed after Zoah. "Get out of here right dis instant, Zoah! You vill ruin something!" She walks up behind him and tugs at him, trying to get him away from the cage. "Dis is a very important experiment, you cannot interfere!"

[Viper Manor, Alternate World]

Zoah laughs a bit at being tugged at by someone with far less force than himself, and doesn't budge a bit. "I APOLOGIZE, LUCCIA, BUT I HAVE ORDERS TO FIND THE BOY AT ALL COSTS."