Leon and Rebecca took Travis to a McDonalds, figuring a proper Western restraunt would be better after the time he spent with Jun, making small talk with him on the way. It proved to be very enlightening to say the very least, as Travis told them about how he had been learning martial arts, going into detail about what exactly he could do.

"That could have come in handy when Interpol came after you in El Paso," Rebecca said. Travis watched as they drove past a harbour.

"Yeah."

Leon looked through the rear view mirror at him. "Tell you what, you lost a lot of weight since you left."

Travis smiled. "Probably the sushi. Meant to be very good for you, least that's what Mariko says."

"Mariko?" Rebecca asked. "Who's that?"

"Spirit's a character from Wing Commander. Looked into her on the Internet but I gotta say, it's good to get away from that given what I saw there. You know on one board there was someone who the mods were talking about having killed? How fucked up is that?"

"You're kidding," Leon said.

"Nope. Well the guy behind it thinks he's God, but enough about that." Leon pulled the rental car to a stop.

"C'mon," Travis said, "let's eat."

**********

At Reiko's request Sofia had come to her apartment so she could be shown something that the muscle woman considered most important. "Earlier tonight there was a night club where the people who ran it believed they were vampires," she explained as Sofia looked through what she had printed out. "Given that then this is most worrying."

"The blood stone, a rare gem believed to be a valueble treasure to vampires, is said to have the power to control people's minds," Sofia read out loud. "Legend has it..."

"Enough on the history," Reiko told her. "Is it possible?"

Sofia read through the rest in silence before giving an answer. "It possible."

The look on Reiko's face indicated she didn't like the sound of that one bit. "You know what this could mean if it fell into the wrong hands?" she asked. "Look at how fucked up those people were at the night club. Given how they believe they are vampires imagine if they got a hold of it. Or Interpol. They could use it to force Travis to work for them, or that fag could force people to wear pink and learn Saikyo..."

"How you know?" Sofia wondered. "I know. It'd be insane to let it fall into their hands."

"Or Shadowlaw's," Sofia agreed.

"Had two of the cunts after me." Before Sofia could say anything she added "Don't worry, they're alive. Think I prefer to torment them by rubbing their nose in the fact they can't beat me."

"Hmmm..." Sofia mused, uncertain. "You right to bring this to my attention. It very dangerous."

"No shit. So what do we do about it?"

Sofia wondered the same thing for a moment. "Not know yet," she admitted. "Need to consider it."

"Well you consider it," Reiko said, letting herself out. "I'm gonna do some cruising."