“Hunter or The Hunted”
Chapter 11


Stacey opened the door finding Yohji standing there waiting for someone to answer it she smiles at him as his eyes widen he says, “Wow Stac you look beautiful tonight.”

Stacey blushes as she welcomes him in she says, “Thank you Yohji I was worried about this dress and if it was going to be all right for where we are going.”

Yohji walks in leaning into Stacey and giving her a kiss as he says, “It is fine, it looks great on you.”

“Ok if you say it is fine I can live with it. Let me go get my jacket and purse and we can be on our way.” Stacey told him as she heads down the hall to her room to collect her things.

Yohji looks into the living room seeing Susie’s legs from over the top of the couch as she laid there thinking, looking at the ceiling. Yohji walks to the back of the couch look down on her as he says, “Hey Susie what’s up?”

Susie looks up at Yohji, as she says, “Not a lot… Just thinking about this, that and the other thing.”

“I know the feeling; I have been doing a lot of thinking over this mission of ours at the end of the month.” Yohji says.

“That’s the farthest thing from my mind right now. That mission is so cut and dry it is simple.” Susie says.

“That is not it; it is the whole point of not getting caught by Kritiker or ESAT.” Yohji tells her.

Susie chuckles as she says, “ESAT you do not have to worry about any more.” Yohji leans on the back of the couch with a confused look, he was getting ready to asks Susie what she meant by that when Stacey walks into the living room.

She was messing with her jacket not paying any mind to what Susie and Yohji were doing, as she says, “You ready to go?”

Yohji looks Stacey’s way as he still looks confused and in a confused tone says, “Ahh… yeah… I guess.”

Stacey looks up at them as she gets a pondering look on her face. She says nothing as Yohji walks toward her Stacey rest her hands on Yohji’s arms leaning forward and kissing him on the cheek she says, “What’s wrong Yohji?”

“I am not sure…” Yohji says in a pondering questioning tone he shakes his head taking Stacey by the arm and leads her to the front door.

“Have fun you two.” Susie tells them.

“We will and lock the front door I have my key.” Stacey tells her.

Stacey saw Susie’s hand pop up over the back of the couch as Susie was giving her the thumbs up on locking the door, Yohji and Stacey leave the house and head to dinner.


While at dinner, Yohji and Stacey are laughing as they sit and talk about their past, present, and future and all the crazy things they have done.

Yohji reaches across the table taking Stacey’s hand as he says, “I hope your kids like me Stac they sound great.”

Stacey reaches over with her other hand sitting it on top of Yohji’s as she says, “They will Yohji you’re a good guy and as long as you treat them good they will love you as much as I do.”

Yohji smiles at Stacey squeezing her hand as he says, “I love you Stacey.”

Stacey smiles at Yohji as she hears him say, “Tell me more about your kids I want to get to know them as much as I can before I meet them.”

Stacey chuckles as she says, “All right…” Stacey starts telling Yohji more about her kids as they sit there, finishing their dinner, and enjoy the night out together.


While the day dwindled on for Christine in the states, she got everything together and ready for Sebastian’s arrival. The house was clean, she was showered, and dinner almost done, Christine walks into the kitchen to check on dinner one last time before Sebastian gets there, she closes the over door and turns looking out the window that covered the back wall of her home.

The sun was setting and the pinks and blues that filled the sky was especially pretty that night. She walks out onto to deck that attached to the back of her home as she looked out across the ocean, the colors of the setting sun danced on the surface of the water as a gentle breeze blew by. She sat her hands on the railing of the deck as she leaned forward looking down on the beach. Christine saw her neighbors walking back to their home as she waved to them and they waved back.

“So you are home now.” The guy yelled up to her.

“Only for a few days.” Christine yells back to him.

“Oh that’s too bad; we really miss you around here.” His wife yells.

Christine smiles as she yells out to them, “Well by the end of this month you should be seeing more of me.”

“That’s good to know, I bet you will be glad to finally be home for awhile.” The guy says.

Christine nods as she says, “Yes it will be great to finally be home again.”

“Well enjoy your time at home we will see you at the end of the month.” His wife says. Christine nods as they wave at one another once more and they walk into their home.

Christine turns walking back into her home when she hears the doorbell; she quickly goes to the door opening it. Christine saw Sebastian standing there in a dark blue silk shirt and black slacks he had his head turned looking out at his car. When he heard the door opening, he turned back, looking at who opened it. Christine smiled a huge smile at him as her blue eyes sparkled and her smile lit up her face. Sebastian’s red auburn hair blew in the gentle breeze and his emerald green eyes twinkled at her.

She shook her head at him as she says, “It is so strange how much you two look alike. Come on in Sebastian.”

Sebastian looks at her confused as he says, “All right and who do I look like?”

Christine chuckles as she says, “Someone I met in Japan this last month.” Christine walks to the living room as Sebastian follows her.

“Someone you say?” Sebastian asks in a pondering tone. Christine looks over her shoulder at Sebastian as she walks over to the bar she asks,

“Would you like a drink Sebastian?”

“Yes thank you, Rum and Coke please.” Christine makes his drink as Sebastian sat at the bar watching her make it. She sits his drink in front of him when she was finished as she pulls her hand back Sebastian touches it stopping her from moving it back farther.

“So this guy that looks like me in Japan. His name would not happen to be Ran would it?”

Christine looks Sebastian in the eyes she smiles as she says, “Why Sebastian, does it really matter what his name is?”

Sebastian smiles as he says, “I guess not, I am just curious.”

Just then, the timer went off in the kitchen Christine excused herself as she went to get their dinner ready. Sebastian walked around the living room as he walked over to the fireplace looking at the pictures Christine had sitting on the mantle. Pictures of her and the rest of the girls, her and Brad and the others, her and Sebastian and the one of her Brad and Tristan back when they were still young.

They all looked like they were having such a good time in the pictures and so young looking back in those days. Sebastian picks up the picture of Christine, Tristan, and Brad the sparkle and gleam Christine had on her face and in her eyes was something Sebastian had not seen in sometime, until today when he saw her standing at the door to welcome him in tonight for dinner.

Christine walks into the living room as she saw Sebastian looking at the picture she says, “Those were the days, no worries, no responsibilities, and definitely NO ESAT.”

Sebastian looks at Christine as she stared at the picture of her, Tristan, and Brad he hears her say, “What happen to us Sebastian?”

“We all grew up and thought we needed to change the world to our liking, but in the process made our lives worse for us and the ones we loved.” Sebastian tells her touching her cheek as a tear made its way from her soft blue eyes. Christine moves away from Sebastian taking the picture from him and setting it back on the mantel.

She dries her eyes smiling she says, “Dinner is done.” She walks toward the dinning room Sebastian in tow.

While they sat there enjoying dinner, Sebastian looks across the table at Christine as he asks, “Ok the silence is killing me here. I need to know what is going on and why you are here. What did you want to talk to me about?”

Christine looks over at him as she chuckles she takes a drink of her tea as she says, “Can we finish dinner first? I was going to tell you right after dinner.”

“All right then, well can we at least have some causal conversation with dinner the silence is getting to be too much.” Sebastian says.

Christine laughs as she asks, “That is fine Sebastian what would you like to talk about?”

Sebastian sat there for a few minutes as he says, “What is Japan like?”

“Umm… well it is beautiful and right now being Spring time the Apple blossoms are in bloom so it is really pretty, but you will see that for yourself here really soon.” Christine tells him with a sly smile on her face.

Sebastian chuckles as he says, “I would love to see Japan someday.”

“Well you might get your wish sooner then you think.” Christine tells him with the same sly smile.

Sebastian shakes his head smiling as he asks, “You know I am really afraid to ask this, but what in Gods name do you have up your sleeve Chris?”

Christine chuckles as she says, “You love me right?”

Sebastian gets an odd look on his face as he asks, “What does that have to do with this? You know I love you.”

“Good then, just trust me and finish your dinner we will talk about that later.” Christine tells him. Sebastian shakes his head again as they finish their dinner talking about things that has happened since Christine has left home.


After dinner, Christine and Sebastian go out onto the deck to enjoy the night and their drinks. Christine had brought out her Laptop as she sat it on the table she sat down looking at Sebastian as he says, “Ok enough of keeping me in the dark. What is it you want from me and what are you up to?”

“It is about Sacred Hearts, we finally have a plan that is going to bring them down, but we need you to pilot a helicopter to get us to the reserve were they hunt their human targets.” Christine tells him.

Sebastian smiles as he says, “Now I like this conversation a lot more. Tell me the rest Chris?”

“Dragonfly has incorporated two other teams to help on this mission. The first step is to go in and take down the compound, there are about 50 guards to deal with there, male and female, but the group we have inside is taking care of them little by little as we speak so when we get to the compound there will not be many more to deal with. As far as the big bosses, there are four of them three males and one female. We have confirmed that once a month they go on one of the hunts they have and at the end of this month is the time they are going out. The reserve is a two hour drive so by chopper it should take us only 15 minutes to get there.”

Sebastian cut her off saying, “10 if I am flying the chopper.”

Christine smiles as she says, “Once we get the compound shut down we head to the reserve to get the others and the leaders of Sacred Hearts.”

“So tell me how do they get these people to the reserve?” Sebastian asks.

“By bus and they chopper in the hunters.” Christine tells him.

“And how many innocents are we talking about?” Sebastian asks her.

“Of men, women, and children in the compound they have around 150. On the hunt as many as they can get, so I am not sure how many innocents we will be dealing with that will be hunted, unless Brad can get me a number before then, but it will be more like we will find out when we get to the compound and destroy it.” Christine tells him.

“So Schwartz in involved in this.” Sebastian says.

Christine nods saying, “They are the only team we could get in there.”

“Umm… Chris have you forgotten Schwartz is the bad guy here?” Sebastian says.

Christine chuckles, as she says, “Not any more Schwartz turned a little over a year ago. They work for a group called Kritiker in Japan, as does the other team Weiss we have on our side as well. Dragonfly has incorporated two of the best teams to help us do this mission.”

“So how many people total on your team are we talking about here?” Sebastian asks her.

“Twelve… Thirteen if you join us.” Christine tells him. “Thirteen of the Best Assassin I myself know.”

“And how many hunters are we talking about?” Sebastian asks her.

“About eight it will be more now because of the leaders going this time, but we can still handle them.” Christine says.

“Handle them…” Sebastian says laughing, “Did you forget they will have guns we fight with swards.”

“Like you have never gone up against a person with a gun before, they will be so shocked to see us there they will not know what to do. Killing them will be a job easy done for us.” Christine tells him.

“Maybe Chris, but have you forgotten something here.” Sebastian tells her.

“What is that Sebastian?” Christine asks him.

“Scotty…” Sebastian says, “How do you plane on pulling off something like this without him finding out. He may not know about it now, but when it is all said and done, he will know.”

“He knows already.” Christine replies.

Sebastian gets a shocked look on his face as he asks, “What did he say about it?”

“He told me he would back us 100% if we can bring Sacred Hearts down, but if it fails… everyone I have drug into this little mission of mine will find Terminal after us.” Christine tells him.

“Terminal what a joke…” Sebastian says.

“Maybe Sebastian, but he knows it will put us into hiding and we will run for the rest of our days.” Christine says.

“So I guess he knows why you are here then?” Sebastian asks.

Christine nods looking at Sebastian as he starts to laugh he asks, “So if I go and tell Scotty I am taking time off at the end of the month he will know where I am going?”

Christine nods again still keeping eye contact with Sebastian he laughs harder as he says, “What the hell if I am going to be on the run at least I will be with my friends and from what you have told me so far, I do not see that happening. Hell we have Dragonfly, Schwartz and of course myself that alone is a no fail mission team.”

Christine jumps into Sebastian’s arms as she says in an excited tone, “Thank you Sebastian I knew I could count on you.”

“So when do you want me there so we can go over all this?” Sebastian asks her as they pulled from the hug.

“I will email you the files on everything even Weiss so you can get to know them, as for the full game plane the week of the mission should work. If you can get there the weekend before and stay the week, then before the weekend of the mission, I think we can get everything in order.” Christine tells him.

“So the third weekend you want me in Japan for this and we are doing this the Saturday or the Sunday of that next week.” Sebastian asks her.

“That next Saturday morning…” Christine tells him.

“All right then, I will be waiting until the coming week for me to go to Japan.” Sebastian tells her.

Christine smiles as she says again, “Thank you Sebastian.”

“Hey I want the guys shut down as much as you do. So you should have known I was going to tell you yes.” Sebastian smiles at her, “Anyway as I said I wanted to see Japan one day. It is just going to be a littler sooner then expected.” Christine nods smiling at him giving him another hug.

“Well show me what else you got while I got you home we may as well cover everything we can before hand?” Sebastian says.

Christine and Sebastian finish going over everything she brought with her before the night was over Sebastian was well informed of everything going on.


Later then next day back at Dragonfly home base a knock came at their door. Susie went to answer it as she opened the door none other then Brandon was on the other side.

In a loud tone Susie says, “BRANDON WHAT A SURPRISE.”

Stacey and Jen were in their rooms with Yohji and Omi and Ken was stuck in the kitchen. Brandon gets a confused look on his face as he saw Stacey run down the hall into the living room Jen close behind her all three of them were still in their Pajamas.

“Why are you all still in your PJ’s when it is past 11am?” Brandon says turning, looking at Susie, “and why are you talking so loudly?”

“Oh no reason.” Susie says crossing her arms behind her acting all-innocent.

Susie and Brandon walked over to the couch to take a seat with Stacey and Jen. Brandon removed his jacket and took a seat next to Jen as Stacey asks, “So what’s up Brandon, why are you here?”

“Oh no reason I was just in the neighborhood and thought I would stop by and see you girls.” Brandon says.

Jen and Susie get a confused look on their face as Susie says, “In the neighborhood, Brandon you are over an hour away from us. Now fess up what are you doing here?”

Brandon gets a look on his face that told the girls he was busted and his story was not holding water. “I was told to check up on you girls and make sure you were not…”

Brandon pauses as Susie says, “Not what Brandon?”

“Not hanging out with Weiss.” Brandon replies.

“Who gave you that idea?” Stacey asks quite annoyed.

“Manx…”

Ken was standing in the kitchen listening to what they were saying as he got a very upset look on his face when hearing that. Yohji and Omi snuck into the kitchen through the hall door as they saw Ken standing at the other door that lead into the living room. Yohji taped Ken on the shoulder scaring him causing him to jump and bump the door making it move some. Ken spun around seeing Yohji and Omi standing there.

Brandon, Susie, Jen, and Stacey looked toward the kitchen door as it moved as Susie jumped up smiling an out of the ordinary smile as she says, “Stupid cat… I better go see what he is into.” Susie darted off to the kitchen as Brandon asks,

“When did you get a cat?”

Stacey chuckles as she says, “Umm… Well… we didn’t.”

“Then what cat is Susie talking about?” Brandon asks.

Jen chimes in as she says, “Well see Brandon we are cat sitting… umm for a friend… of umm… CC’s…”

“Yeah CC’s…” Stacey shakes her head as she says, “I mean Chris, umm they left for the weekend and umm… needed someone to watch their cat… so umm… since Chris was not here we told them… umm we would take care of him for them.” Stacey says.

Jen chimes in seeing Stacey getting herself lost in the lie as Jen says, “Well CC told them she would watch the cat last week… and well… she is not here… so umm yeah… CC had to run home on that emergency and all… so we umm… So we… we are watching him.”

Brandon was very confused at this time wondering what they were taking about as Susie walked from the kitchen acting all innocent as she says, “Ok he was just playing with a couple of his mice friends and ran into the door. Everything is fine now I told him to be a good kitty.”

Susie walked over to the couch taking a seat next to Brandon as she says, “So Manx thinks Weiss is hanging out over here?”

Brandon looked at Susie still confused as he says, “Well yeah because every time she goes to see the Weiss team the only one there is Aya and the other three are gone and Aya has no idea where they are.”

“So she thinks they are hanging out here because of that…” Jen exclaims, “That’s just stupid.”

“I have to agree with Jen and sorry to bust your bubble Brandon but they are not and have not been here.” Stacey replies.

“Sorry girls I was asked to do something so I did it and I have to say it is a little strange the way you all are acting since I got here.” Brandon says.

Susie springs to her feet with her hands on her hips as she says in an annoyed tone, “Do you think we are lying to you Brandon. I am hurt that you would not believe us when we tell you they are not here.”

“Sorry Susie, but I have to say I have had my thoughts about you all hanging out together as well.” Brandon says.

Susie gets more annoyed as she blurts out, “Fine if you do not believe us then, search the house.”

Stacey and Jen jump to there feet as the guys in the kitchen stand there looking at one another with a shocked look wondering were they were going to hide, they start scrambling around the kitchen looking for a hiding place.

Brandon gets to his feet as he says, “Fine I will then.”

Brandon walks past Susie as he goes toward the kitchen door to look in there he slowly pushes on the door when he saw Stacey and Jen go to Susie’s side as they started auguring quietly between them, Brandon watches them.

Meanwhile the guys are in a panic as they heard Brandon moving in the living room and saw the kitchen door move. While they are looking around Omi waves his hand to get their attention, Ken and Yohji look at him as Omi points at the window above the sink. They all make a beeline to the window opening it quietly Yohji climbs up on the counter and removes the screen so he could climb out.

While back in the living room Brandon was still looking at the girls as they quickly stop and all smile at him acting if nothing was going on. Brandon narrows his eyes at them as he says, “What I want to know is why Dragonfly would want to hang out with Weiss?”

Just then, they heard a crash outside as Stacey loudly asks, “Who said we were hanging out with Weiss Brandon?!”

While back in the kitchen, Yohji had made it out the window but fell into the trash can that was sitting under the very same window. Yohji stood up as he saw Omi was coming out next. Yohji grabbed Omi’s arms to help him out as Ken has his feet trying to keep him from kicking him.

While back in the living room,

“No one said you were hanging out with them it was just a thought and anyway when Manx said something about it to me I was shocked to think Dragonfly would want to hang out with a second rate Assassin team.” Brandon said.

Ken still in the kitchen as he heard what Brandon said, Ken became angered, and let go of Omi’s feet. Omi started kicking as one of his feet became stuck under the faucet on the sink. Yohji and Omi were trying to get Ken’s attention as he turned back seeing Omi stuck Ken goes to help.

“Weiss is not a second rate Assassin team Brandon.” Susie exclaims.

“They are compared to you girls.” Brandon replies.

“Well compared to us Terminal is a forth rate Assassin team. If it was not for Sebastian they would not even be on the rate chart.” Stacey says annoyed.

Brandon walks away from the kitchen door picking up his jacket and walking toward the front door as he says, “I am leaving Weiss is not here anyway.” Brandon opens the front door and walks out.

The girls run to the kitchen and to their surprise Omi was stuck in the window Yohji on the outside of the window pulling and Ken on the inside trying to get Omi’s foot unstuck from the faucet.

The girls bust out laughing as Susie says, “What are you doing to Omi?” She could not stop laughing at them.

“We are trying to get out of here so Brandon would not find us.” Yohji says from outside.

Stacey could not stop laughing either as she sat in one on the kitchen chairs she pointed at the door in the kitchen as she says still laughing,

“You could have used the door… Don’t you think that would have been easier?”

Jen walked over to Ken and Omi as she lifted Omi’s foot from under the faucet she to could not stop laughing at the sight of Omi stuck in the window as Omi yelled, “GET ME OUT OF THIS WINDOW DAMNIT!”



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