“Hunter or The Hunted”
Chapter 17


Just before Ken, Brad, and Aya made it to the clearing, they heard a gunfire four times they picked up their pace, once they reached the clearing they saw Christine nowhere in site. They looked around the edge of the woods trying to find her as the rest of Rosary comes running out into the clearing.

“Where is Ice?” Omi asks.

Aya turns looking toward Omi as he saw Matt walk out of the woods behind Ken. A few of the others saw Matt as well as they scream to Ken to look out. Ken spins around just as Matt charges toward him his blades drawn to strike Ken down.

Omi jumps rolling toward them as he pulls three of his darts throwing them at Matt catching him in the leg. Matt leans over pulling them out as he goes to throw them back at Omi.

Stacey pulls her whip unleashing it on Matt. It wraps around Matt’s wrist as Stacey jerks on the other end sending the darts off in another direction. Stacey jerks on the whip again releasing it from Matt’s arm as she unleashes it again snapping it on Matt’s cheek opening the skin as blood runs down his cheek. Matt touches his wound as Stacey sends it his way again.

Matt quickly pulls his tanto to stop Stacey’s whip in its next strike as Susie throws one of the tomfia’s at him locking her tomfia around Matt’s blade knocking it away from the whips strike. Stacey’s whip rips at Matt’s arm as she cracks it again striking him in the side it rips at his shirt and flesh once again.

Jen and Yohji go after him next as Yohji wraps his wire around Matt’s arm that has the Katana as Jen leaps in front of Matt striking him with her Bo Staff a few times knocking him to the ground Yohji jerks on the wire as it cuts through Matt’s flesh, blood now runs from Matt’s forearm. Matt quickly gets to his feet as he reaches around behind him.

Schuldich yells, “He has a gun everyone look out!!”

Matt pulls a 9mm pistol from his belt as everyone ducks from the few shots he squeezed off. Nagi with his telekinetic powers slams Matt back into a tree, the force of the hit against the tree sent Matt’s 9mm flying back into the woods. Matt slides down the tree sitting him on the ground in front of it. Aya and Brad walk toward him katana’s drawn, Matt looks up at them as they walk toward him Matt gets to his feet with some help from the tree as he leans against it.

He looks at them smiling and then he starts to laugh as Aya stops, he looks into his eyes they hear Matt say, “Kill me and she dies. You will never find her and when you do she will be long gone you will not be able to save her.”

“WHERE IS SHE?!” Aya screams at Matt.

Matt laughs an evil laugh as he says, “I will not tell you, even if you torture me I still will not tell you. So do what you must, but she will still be dead when you are done with me; if she is not dead already.”

Aya steps closer to Matt, he draws back his arm with his katana in it. Punching Matt in the eye with the katana still in his hand, blood splatters across Aya, and the tree as Aya draws back and punches Matt again in the mouth; blood once again splatters over the ground. Matt slides down the tree once more.

Just then, Ken calls out to the others, “There is blood over here and it goes into the woods.”

“Follow it and find Chris; NOW!!” Aya exclaims.

Ken, Omi, Yohji, and Stacey dart into the woods out looking for Christine with the trail of blood left behind.

“Christine cannot be far he did not have time to drag her off too far between the gun shoots and then him showing up when we got to the clearing.” Ken says as they quickly make their way through the woods.

“I was afraid when I heard those shots that something happened to Chris.” Stacey says, “She is so damn hardheaded why did she just not listen to us and this would have never happened.”

“Matt will be good and dead by the time we get back with her.” Yohji says.

“If we can find her, you heard what Matt said. It is not like she is in plain sight so we can fall over her.” Omi replies.

Ken stops the look on his face was a look of a man in deep thought, “Your right Omi. So if you were going to hid someone and do it quick where or how would you do it?”

The group starts to think as Yohji says, “I would stick them in a shallow grave or string them up.”

“He did not have time to dig the grave.” Stacey says.

Omi looks up into the trees as Ken says, “He may have done it ahead of time.”

“CHRISTINE!!” Omi screams out seeing her hanging upside down in a tree not far from them. Omi took off running toward the tree as Ken, Yohji, and Stacey followed Omi wondering where he saw Christine.

Yohji calls out to Omi as they run along, “Omi where the hell are you going?”

“I saw Christine hanging from a tree; Here!!” Omi stops looking up as the others saw the blood that has puddle under Christine.

Stacey screams, “Get her down she is bleeding to death!!”

Yohji looks up at the rope following it to where it was tied off at as he runs toward it Yohji calls out, “Ken get her as I lower her down.” Ken gets under Christine as her blood drips down on top of him.

“My God she is so pale we have to get her out of here and now.” Ken takes Christine in his arms as Stacey tries to untie her legs. Stacey was in a panic seeing Christine like this as she fought with the ropes around her legs and feet.

“Damn it I need a blade or a knife!” Stacey exclaims her hands shaking as she tugged at the ropes.

“Calm down Stacey and clear your head. This is not helping anything to get all shaken up!” Ken exclaims as he lays his head on Christine’s chest hearing a very weak heartbeat, “Come on Stacey I do not know how much longer she has. Her heartbeat is very weak!”

Omi moves back as he kicks Christine’s blades. Omi looks down as he knells down picking them up he yells out, “I found Christine’s blades…” Omi runs over to Stacey with the wakazashi as he cuts through the ropes.

As soon as Christine was, free from the rope Ken took off back to the clearing with the others. Stacey, Omi, and Yohji fast on Ken’s heels.


While back in the clearing Brad and Aya are taking turns beating on Matt to get him to tell them where Christine was at, as Jen walks up to them she asks, “Can I kill him?”

Aya and Brad look at Jen as Brad asks, “Why Jen?”

“They found CC and she is almost dead. I sent Sebastian after the chopper to bring it here. I want to kill him for what he did to CC.” Jen reaches out to Brad to take his katana as Ken and the others burst out from the woods.

Ken is yelling, “KILL MATT NOW WE HAVE TO GET CHRISTINE OUT OF HERE AND TO HELP… AS IN YESTERDAY!!”

Aya rushes toward Ken yelling at him to stop saying, “Bastian is on his way here with the chopper. We have to stay back so he can land when he gets here with it.”

Ken stops running as he turns looking at Aya a tear trickles down his cheek as he replies, “I do not think she will last that long.”

Christine was as pale as a ghost was and lay lifeless in Ken’s arms. Aya walks over to Ken touching her cheek as he quickly turns running back toward Matt. Aya draws his katana his eyes narrowed and looked as if pure evil coursed through Aya’s veins.

When Aya gets to Matt he runs his blade through his heart as Matt says, “She will join me in the pits of hell and there is nothing you can do to save her.”

Jen grabs Brad’s blade as Aya pulls his katana from Matt’s chest. Jen with all her might exclaims, “CC will never see hell or even come close to the gates… BURN YOU SON OF A BITCH!!” Jen strikes taking Matt’s head as it falls to Matt’s lap.

Jen cleans Brad’s blade, handing it back to him as they all make their way over to Christine.

Schuldich reaches out touching Christine’s hand taking it into his he says, “She is still reaching out, but we need to hurry she does not have long her energy is fading fast.”

Just then, the group hears the chopper approaching. Sebastian lands the chopper as Aya takes Christine from Ken, they run toward the chopper getting a board. Sebastian takes off into flight headed back into the city as fast as he could.

Aya tells Sebastian to land the chopper on top of the Kritiker hospital when they get back into town as Ken tells Sebastian where to find it. Once landed Aya jumps from the chopper with Christine in his arms headed down to the emergency room.

All the others follow Aya as he storms into the emergency room yelling, “Get out of the way she is dieing… MOVE AND GET HER SOME HELP; NOW!!”

Doctors and nurses rush to the room Aya darted into; they pushed Aya out and closed the door in his face.

Aya stood there resting his head on the door as he softly pounded his fist on the door out of frustration. Stacey walks over to him placing her hand over his that he was pounding on the door with.

Aya looks up at her his eyes filled with tears as Stacey says, “She will be fine Aya, let them do their job they can save her. All we can do now is pray for her. She is in the hands of God and the doctor’s now.”

Aya pulls his hand from under Stacey’s, he wraps his arms around her giving her a hug as Stacey hears Aya say in a shaken tone, “She has to live, she has too.”

Stacey hugs Aya back as she to starts to cry. The others walk over to them to try to comfort them as they all are feeling the lose of their friend, comrade and sister. They all jumped back as the door flew open and the nurses and doctors where carting Christine out the door on her bed.

“Where are you going with her?” Jen yells out. One of the nurses stayed back to talk to the group as the rest of them ran off with Christine.

The nurse walks up to Jen touching her shoulder as she says, “She has lost way too much blood she has two bullets in her one in her lung and one next to her heart. She is very lucky to be alive. She is a fighter I can say that for her.”

“So what are they going to do?” Omi asks the nurse.

“We started giving her blood and they are taking her to surgery. They have to get the bullets from her chest. It is going to be all on your friend and the good Lord if she lives through this. As I said she is, very lucky to be alive, we are all amazed she is still with us right now. I would love to have her will to live.” The nurse tells them.

“She has always had that will to live and it is what makes Chris what she is today. I know she will make it through this.” Susie says as a tear finds its way down her cheek.

“Come on…” The nurse says as she walks away from them. They follow her down the hall as she leads them to a room.

“You all can wait in here. I will come by about every hour and let you know how your friend is doing.” She turns walking away as she hears Brad say,

“Thank you very much and please take good care of Chris.”

“We will do everything in our power; it is in God’s hands now. I suggest you pray to him and ask him for his help as well.” The nurse tells him.

Brad nods as he turns seeing the others either sitting or pacing the floor Aya stood next to the window looking out at the world as it passed them by.

Brad walks over to Aya as he says, “It turned out to be a beautiful day.”

Aya turns looking at Brad as he says, “What is that got to do with anything?”

“Chris is not going to die.” Brad replies.

“I hope not.” Aya says looking back out the window, Stacey looks up hearing Brad say this as she starts to chuckle.

Everyone looks at Stacey as if she was losing it wondering why she is laughing at a time like this as Ken says, “What is wrong with you Stac?”

“Brad’s right Chris is not going to die. Not on a day like this.” Stacey replies.

“I am glad you are so sure.” Aya says in a scornful tone.

Stacey chuckles again as she says, “Chris told Dragonfly, Terminal, and Schwartz that the day she dies will be the worst day for weather any of us will ever see in our life time.”

“Why is that?” Yohji asks.

Susie was now chuckling as she says, “Because those three groups have caused her so much of a headache and so much grief. She said that would be the only way she would ever be able to get even with us and that was to make us suffer sitting through not only a bad day of weather, but the lose of her as well.”

“CC had a weird way of making people pay for making her life hell. So we all believe the day she dies will be the worst day ever for the weather.” Jen says with a big smile.

Brad slides his hands into his pockets walking toward Jen as he says, “Today is too beautiful for her to die.”

Schuldich smiles as he says, “I remember the time I first meet Christine, she was what Brad… 12, 13 years old. Man was she a handful back in those days. Tristan gave her a will and spirit that would not stop, a true fighter, not just in a fight, but over everything…”

“She was bull headed, over zealous, and got on my nerves.” Fararello says smiling.

“She was and she still is to a point she grew out of a lot of that…” Stacey says.

“When Tristan died she changed a lot.” Brad replies.

“Too much…” Nagi says.

The ones that knew Christine nodded their heads as Ken said, “I wish I could have known Christine back in those days.”

Stacey looks at Ken as she says, “She was something else that is for sure.” Stacey looks over at Aya, “Her and Aya would have butted heads every time they would have saw one another.”

“What do you mean they would have they do it now.” Yohji says chuckling.

Aya gives a slight smile at them as he hangs his head he says, “That’s what happens when you get two people together that think they are always right or their way is the best.”

“Don’t you mean when two people care and love one another?” Stacey questions Aya.

Aya looks over at Stacey as he smiles again replying, “That too…” The group chuckles as they all settle down and wait for the nurses’ return with news on Christine.


Hours turned in days and days onto weeks as we find Weiss, Schwartz, and the remainder of Dragonfly and Jen’s little brother James sitting around Dragonflies home base. Stacey and Susie walk out of the kitchen with the rest of lunch as they sit it on the dinning room table.

“Lunch is done everyone.” Jen says walking out behind them with everyone’s drinks.

The guys get up from their seats as they make their way to the table sitting down around it. Stacey takes her seat at the one end of the table, as Aya sits at the other end were Christine sat. Jen looks around the table as she asks,“Whose turn is it to say grace?”

“It is mine…” Ken says and starts leading everyone into grace thanking God for everything he has done for them and the meal they are about to eat.

Once Ken was finished Jen looks up at everyone as she says, “I cannot believe we are going home next week.”

“Yeah that will be nice to finally get home once again.” James says.

“Well we kind of over stayed here; we should have been gone right after Sacred Hearts was brought down.” Stacey says.

“I know that, but it was nice to stay and just hang out for once instead of working. We got a nice little break this last three weeks.” Jen says.

“I miss my bed.” Susie tells them.

“I miss my kids.” Stacey says.

“I miss the beach at CC’s.” Jen replies.

Stacey looks at Jen as she says, “Well that will be no more for us at least at Chris’s. Scotty sold the place last week he told me.”

“Your kidding right, who did he sell it to?” Jen asks.

“All he told me was he sold it to a young newly married couple.” Stacey says.

Jen hangs her head as she says, “Man that sucks.”

“Hey it is no big deal you will have us there with you.” Omi says.

Jen looks up and smiles saying, “I know that is the best part of going home is you guys are going with us… Well all but Aya and Schwartz.”

Stacey looks at Brad as she asks, “Are you sure you guys want to stay here in Japan Brad? You heard what Scotty said about coming home.”

“Yeah we heard, but Japan is our home now and Kritiker is not that bad of a place to work, and hey look at it this way when we have vacation time we can always go see one another and have a place to stay when we get there.” Brad tells her.

Stacey laughs as she says, “You have a point there and at least it is not just Aya that will be here for Chris you four will keep watch over her as well.”

“You know we will Stac.” Schuldich replies.

Stacey smiles looking at Aya sitting at the end of the table quietly as she asks him, “So Aya what is your game plan now these days? I do not think you have told any of us what was going on.”

Aya gives a slight chuckle as he says, “I really do not know yet the only thing I know are my assassin days will never end and they may never until the day it kills me.”

“You know Aya; we are going to miss you. We wish you’d come with us.” Yohji tells him.

“You do not have to worry everything will be fine here. It is time I started living my life like it needs to be lived instead of the way it has always been.” Aya replies.

“Well you know where we are if you ever need us and you know Scotty will always welcome you into ESAT.” Susie tells him.

Aya nods as he says, “Thank you, but like I said everything will be fine here. There are much more important things in my life now.”

“Oh, really now Aya, and what might that be?” Omi asks.


Just then, a knock came at the front door, as it swung open. Scotty and Brandon walk through the door as everyone turns looking at them Christine right behind them.

Aya stands as he turns looking at Omi and says, “My new wife…” Aya walks toward them as they come through the door.

Everyone else stands as well shocked to see Christine home and shocked with the bombshell Aya just dropped on them as they all start talking at once.

“Your home that is awesome.” Ken says.

“How…” Fararello replies.

“Did you break out?” Schuldich asks.

“They got tired of looking at her and kicked her out.” Brad says chuckling.

“It is great to see you CC and when did you and Aya get married?” Omi asks. Christine stands there with a huge smile as she looked at Aya.

“Yeah and why were we not invited?” Stacey exclaims.

“Well it was like a last minute thing Father Huge came up to the hospital and married us last week.” Aya tells them wrapping his arm around Christine’s waist.

Stacey, Susie and the others smile as they give them a hug and a congratulations as Susie asks, “So what are you going to do now that your home?”

“I am not home yet that happens next week.” Christine says.

“But Scotty sold your place.” Jen exclaims.

Stacey starts to laugh as she says, “Yeah, to a young newly married couple.” Stacey looks at Aya, “You two are coming home with us?”

“Yes we are Stac.” Aya tells her.

“So you coming back to your old job and what are you going to do Aya?” Jen asks.

Christine looks at the girls, as she says, “No my days of Dragonfly are over.” The girls look at Christine shocked, “I am passing the team to you Stacey. I hope you do not have too hard of a time finding my successor.”

“ME…” Stacey exclaims, “I cannot do that Chris, Dragonfly is your team I could never lead them like you have.”

“What ever Stac you were the one that held us together when times got bad for us. You are the only one that can do it.” Christine tells her.

Stacey smiles as her and Christine hug they hear Jen asks, “Then what are you going to be doing and what about Aya?”

“I will be with Terminal; Bastian talked me into it when Chris became a trainer for ESAT.” Aya tells her.

Everyone looks at Christine as Susie says, “You are going to be training?”

Christine nods as she says, “Scotty did not want me to leave so he told me I could train the newbie’s they brought in.”

“So you’re out of the hospital, coming home with us and still going to be working with us… in away. I wonder can things get any better.” Susie says.

“Yep…” Christine looks at Aya as she says, “ESAT is giving this home here to your sister so she will be out of the city and somewhere safer. They will drop off the keys the day we leave here.”

Aya gets a huge smile on his face and shakes Scotty’s hand saying, “Thank you Scotty that means a lot to me to know she will be safe.”

“Not a problem Aya. You work for ESAT now and we take care of our people and their families.” Scotty tells him.

“Well there is more good news for everyone.” Brandon says.

“Yeah what is that Brandon?” James asks.

“I will let Christine fill you all in on that.” Brandon replies.

“Well Jen since Yohji and Stacey will be starting a life together and Stacey already has enough kids to deal with.”

Ken cuts Christine off as he says, “Yohji being the biggest one.”

Everyone laughs as Christine continues, “You and James are going to be moving in with Aya, Omi, and myself. Since we have four bedrooms in that house, I figured we had the room. After you and Omi graduate next year you three can find a place of your own.”

Jen hugs James and then Omi as she says, “Thanks CC I was wondering what we were going to do with James. Stacey just did not have the room for him.”

Christine looks at Ken and Yohji smiling as she tells them, “Your bike Ken and your Jag Yohji are going to be shipped to the states.”

Ken and Yohji look at one another as Ken says, “Rock on…”

“That’s awesome, but I was going to sell the Jag.” Yohji replies.

“Why Yohji we do not need the money and I already have a mini van. So you and I can take the Jag out on the weekends or when it is just us.” Stacey says.

“Yeah that Jag is worth some money, you do not want to just sell it for any old price and with us leaving next week that is what you will have to do.” Christine replies.

“Thanks Scotty…” Yohji says offering his hand to him.

“Well now all I have to do is talk you guys into coming home and everything will be perfect.” Christine says looking at Schwartz.

Brad laughs as he hugs Christine he says, “Maybe one day we will come home, but right now with Weiss gone Kritiker needs us and so does Japan.”

“I will miss you guys you know that.” Christine says hugging Brad.

“Why would you do that? You now have Weiss to make your life hell. I am sure they can pick up where Schwartz left off.” Schuldich replies.

The group starts to laugh as Nagi walks over to Christine he wraps his arms around her and hugs her as he says, “I will miss you sis, it was really good to see you again and even get to work with you once more.”

Christine moves Nagi back as she says, “You know if I am ever needed by ESAT or even you guys all you have to do is call and I will be right there by your side to help the best I can.” Christine pulls Nagi back to her as she hugs him, Nagi smiles hugging her again.

Christine smiles at the others as she says, “We will always be Rosary, and no one will ever be able to take that away from us.”

Everyone in Rosary nods as Scotty says, “And one day there maybe a need for Rosary again and ESAT and Kritiker will be sure to call on ‘The Best of The Best’ if the need arises again.”

Stacey, Brad, Susie, Jen, Omi, Christine, Schuldich, Aya, Yohji, Nagi, Fararello, and Ken, all smile looking at one another. Ken and Omi place their hands in the middle of the group Omi’s hand on top of Ken’s the other’s place their hands in as they place their hand one on top of the other they all look at one another and smile as they say, “To Rosary…”

“The Best of the Best.” Christine exclaims.


The End…



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