• "'Warzone' is how the witnesses describe it. Early in the morning a fight ocurred in the K.O. Disco. The people inside say a body fell out of window and heard some gunshots, later on exploding..."
    And on another channel...
    "There are unconfirmed reports of a massive slaughter in the K.O. disco at early hours of the day and..."
    And another one...
    "The event at early hours has made the public go wild...some claim to have seen €psilon leader, while direct whitnesses deny that event. Furthermore..."
    It was all over the news. Boy, had he got 'em! But it still didn't complete the latter of his situation. Now, where was he to start up again? She hadn't been no use to him, not giving any useful information regarding the whereabouts of these crime-masterminds he had to hunt down.
    Philip kept zapping through the TV channels in search for some clues. Suddenly, something caught his attention and he knew where to keep his search.
    "As we all know, with the dissapearance of €psilon squad leaders and most of the other anti-terrorist, or criminal dealing squads, the security of our nation has come into a point in which every one of us is at stake...And what has the president done? Almost 4 months and we're still in shadows!"
    Senator Kinsworth was speaking to a crowd and Philip moved out to the bathroom.
    "These words, only said moments before..." bla, bla, bla...someone had to show up after all.
    The hate oozed from his soul again...
    Hate...jus that word could explain the flood of emotions and thoughts that surged from his inside...He looked at himself through the mirror, into his darkened eyes...strange ideas occured to him, but in the end he had no idea why would that man try to kill him...
    unless...
    Something tickled his fingers and he looked down to his hand, straight into the eyes of the canine who, frightened by the way they looked at him, whimpered and slowly moved away.
    Philip still looked at him untill a voice took him out of his hipnotized state.
    "so, how're you feeling this morning?"
    He had told her thet he'd come back, that he'd remember...and he did.
    "Fine...i got my next clue, but i'm a bit concerned..." and looked at the dog with normal eyes, a bit sad about having scared him away, poor Blitzen!
    She looked at the TV and looked at him.
    "why?"
    "Oh, jus that, now that the big fishes know i'm back, 'cuz i'm sure Audry told them, they'll be hunting for me, and where i'm hiding, and most probably find out who it is and try to kill him/her...which, unfortunatly, is you..."
    Paula looked at him; awed, speechless, a sudden fear overwhelmed her.
    "i think that...that i could make you stand up for yourself..." and he looked at her again.
    She was a bit surprised with these words.
    The next day he showed her what it meant, taking her to the rooftop of a building and teaching her how to snipe...basics. He'd bought the necessary equipment.
    They did this for weeks as Philip gathered more info secretly. He had made her life a bit better, as for emptying his bank account, but also gave her company.
    He taught her all the stages and when to use what weapon, when to be careful and how to seem like a ghost.
    "the first step is to give you some revenge" he told her one day..."This will also be your trial"
    The task was simple, set a revenge letter in the night table of Paulas betraying ex-classmate. It was no surprise to see that, later on, the house in which that person lived was empty.
    With that task done, and her concience clean Philip showed her his search results.
    "Senator is leading a little secret revolution...having us killed gave him the step to speak out in public. To have it done he needed someone to infiltrate my privacy, as well as the other squad leaders with other people. Audry was that. My second in command wasn't part of his plan, but managed to be seduced by him with money and power."
    He showed her what his plans where, who were possibly linked to him, helped him and who kept him safe...
    She was much surprised to understand these things...
    "but..but..what if..." Paula bit her lip in remorse...she didn't want to bring this up, not yet...but already had..
    "What?" He looked into her eyes, surprised to see there were tears in them...
    "Each night i prayed to meet you, my biggest hope...and when i found you, when Blitzen had brought me to where you were, it was like a dream come true! I kept watch of you day and night...i waited for months, i thought you might die...and yet, here you are...and now, you'll be gone again...and it could be that this time you'll die...and...and..." She sobbed slightly.
    Suddenly he realized how much he was for that poor girl...how much she had actually given him.
    It shocked him to see that he never gave back what she really needed...love.
    He hugged her...
    "i'm sorry...i'm really sorry...but i can't give you what i don't have...she took it all from me, Paula, and now i'm close to empty and don't trust...I...I..."
    She nodded, drying her eyes with her hand.
    Suddenly a deep anger invaded him...Oh, how he hated her now! Audry had taken his most precious belonging...love...
    "Time to seek and destroy..." he said with a dark voice that made Paula shiver...
    "Time to make them pay!"