Relm: A before warning, this part more or less focuses on one character. I'm only doing this for future plot developments)
Gavin stretched as he got out his bed that morning. Mostly everyone had already left to go to STF headquarters. "What's everyone's obsession with getting to work so damned early?" Gavin grumbled as he went to his closet. He didn't care one way or another if everyone left without him, what he did mind was the entire racket they made when they were getting ready to leave. It was like as if they forget that he was still trying to sleep and they'd yell and make very loud noises. It always woke him up and then he'd have trouble trying to sleep after. And when he'd finally fall asleep again he'd have to get very soon after. It irritated him quite a bit. And this morning was no exception.
Gavin got ready at a slow pace but wasn't running late at all. And like usual Gavin's grandmother had his breakfast all ready for him to eat. Gavin's grandmother Gertrude Smarthsan was once a STF agent, but had long since retired.
"So Gavin what's on your agenda today?" Gertrude came in the room and gave her youngest grandchild a warm smile.
"Well you know how STF is, you don't know what your days assignments are until you actually get there. But my guess is more of what I've been doing these past days."
"Oh really? What have you been doing?"
"Since there is that whole thing with the Vernas case there hasn't been that much criminal activity so Amelia and have -- "
"Amelia? As in Amelia Sailune the mayor's daughter?"
"Um yes that Amelia." Gavin said with a sweatdrop.
"Oh yes I do remember hearing something about her joining STF. Is she a level two red agent too?"
"Um no she isn't she's -- "
"Well if she's not a level two then why is she assigned to work with you?" Gertrude looked at her grandson skeptically while Gavin blushed under her scrutinizing glare.
"I can explain that. Um she's an orange agent and well was assigned to tag along with Lina on her duties just to learn from the experience -- "
"You mean Blitz actually allowed that?" The more Gertrude interrupted the more trouble Gavin had explaining things.
"Um, Grandmother could you please let me finish before you ask anymore questions?"
"Oh sure dear carry on."
Gavin took a deep breath before he started up again. "Okay yes Dad allowed it because Amelia made some good points and because even if she was in danger Lina would make sure she would be alright. But since this whole Vernas case has started up and Lina and Leviathan are helping with the LPD officer's STF training, Dad figured that it would be better if Amelia would be temporarily assigned to work with someone in the red level two ranks -- "
"And your father picked you right?"
"No and I thought I'd asked you to stop interrupting."
"Sorry dear."
"As I was saying no Dad didn't choose. She gave Amelia the choice of which red level two agent she wants to assigned to work with." With that done Gavin dived into his breakfast a little more.
"And she chose to work with you?" Gertrude took a sip of her coffee.
"Yes." Gavin said with his mouth full. Normally Gavin would talk with his mouth full. He was very neat about the way he ate and his table manners. Only when he was too tired and at home with only his grandmother there to see him he didn't care that much on table manners. He took a long sip of his orange juice. (Relm: Mmmmm... unsweetened 100% orange juice... (goes and grabs a glass) yummy....)
"So you two like each other, huh?" Gertrude said with a sly smile. Gavin on the other hand choked on his juice. "WHAT?!"
"Well she chooses you of all people to work with and you seem to be blushing every time you talk about her. Or do you like her and you don't know if she likes you back?"
"..."
"Well?"
"No comment."
After all that with his grandmother at breakfast, Gavin was on heading on his way over to his jet bike. "It's funny with all that commotion at breakfast I didn't even get a chance to tell Grandma what I'd probably be doing today." Gavin mused as he got on his jet bike and revved up the engine. Basically what Gavin had been doing was what a LPD officers would, we was patrolling the streets seeing if the STF were needed in anyway. But since this whole weird situation with Vernas there wasn't much to do. With exceptions of two days ago everything had been pretty quiet in Vald city.
Gavin made it to STF headquarters within enough time he was early even.
"Now I wonder what my sister is doing?" Gavin thought out loud as someone at that moment just crashed into him.
"Ow! What the hell do you think -- Oh Amelia it's you!" Gavin stuttered out as he saw that is was indeed Amelia whom had bumped into him.
"I'm very sorry Gavin I wasn't looking on where I was going!"
"Well no matter I was going to go look for you anyway. Hey Amelia have you seen Lina around?" Gavin gave the section of STF that he was in a quite look over but he didn't see his sister anywhere. Which wasn't surprising on how large STF headquarters really is.
"I heard that she and Mister Leviathan were taking Mister Zelgadis, Miss Martina, Mister Zangulus and Mister Gourry on a training session."
"Oh okay. Um Amelia can I ask you something?"
"Yes Gavin?"
"Why do you call people who are just two years older then you Mister and Miss?"
"It would be rude otherwise if I didn't!"
"..."
"Well it would, now wouldn't it?"
Gavin choose not to answer that one. He'd learned from past experiences that once Amelia had made up her mind about something it was hard to get her to change. You could though, but it would take a long time. It took him three weeks worth of convincing before she actually stopped calling him Mister Gavin and started calling him Gavin instead. "So Amelia do you know what's on the itinerary today?"
"Just the same as we did yesterday. Patrolling around the city. Only this time we are in the eastern district." Amelia said with false awe.
"Ooooh! How exciting!" Gavin of course was just as impressed as Amelia was so he spoke in mock excitement. "Oh I can't believe we are heading over to the eastern district of all places. I can't hardly wait."
Gavin did this in such false over exaggerated enthusiasm that it caused Amelia to laugh.
"So shall we head off?"
"Oh can we leave now?! I'm so excited."
"Gavin you can knock it off now." Amelia said in a fit of giggles.
"Knock what off?" Amelia just laughed some more.
Lina and Leviathan oversaw Zelgadis, Zangulus, Gourry and Martina's training. They were doing pretty well. Lina and Lev had them set on a certain training schedule so that they could get specific things worked on. At this point Martina was working on her bio gun aim, Zangulus and Gourry were sparing and Zelgadis was lifting weights.
"I wonder if you and Zel got into a match who would win. Zelgadis probably." Leviathan said to his twin sister who looked at his with a glare of both annoyance and a challenging spirit.
"And just why would you think that Zelgadis would win instead of me?!"
"Oh because he's doing all this training lately that you haven't been doing."
"I'll have you know that I've been helping Zelgadis train by sparing with him. So I could very well win."
Leviathan looked at her with a sly smile. "Well then how about we find out?"
"I don't know if Zelgadis would be up to it."
"Wont know until we try right? Hey Zelgadis get over here!"
"Yeah what is it Leviathan?"
"My sister and I were just talking about something. Basically I was wondering who would win in a match between you and my sister. Want to try it out and see who will win?"
"You mean me... having a match with Lina?" Zelgadis looked over to Lina with a confused look.
"I don't mind giving it a try and besides it might be good training for you. So what do you say?" She gave him a challenging grin.
"Alright if it's okay with you."
"Great let the match begin!"
Amelia and Gavin parked their jet bikes to walk along the streets. The reason they decided to stop at this part of the eastern district of Vald was that there was definitely something unusual about it. Most of the time during the day there was at least two of three people walking around on any section of Vald's streets. Only these blocks were deserted. There wasn't a single a person in sight.
"Hey Amelia what do you think about this? I've never seen a Vald street so empty before. There's not even a stray cat around anywhere. Why would these blocks be so deserted?" Gavin said as they walked along one of the deserted blocks
"I have no idea Gavin. But I can definitely tell you something, something is afoot over here, and it's probably not anything good. Perhaps maybe we should report back to STF headquarters about this." Amelia was just about to turn back and head over to her jet bike when Gavin grabbed her arm and stopped her.
"If we go back what would be have to report? There's nothing wrong here, there just isn't anyone around. Unless we can find something else to report we don't really have a good reason to go back. So how about we stay and try to see if we can find something that would be worth reporting?"
"I guess you are right. I think I need to think things more carefully if I'm ever going to get anywhere as a red agent."
"Well you aren't too bad about that, but you do really need to think over your actions carefully, because sometimes it can be a matter of life and death." Gavin and Amelia took another corner and still they found nothing.
"Hey Gavin why haven't you gone to take your level three red agent examinations yet?"
"Um well I don't think that I would be able to pass them... I'm not exactly that strong..." Gavin said with a bit of embarrassment.
"Oh you are being far too modest Gavin! I know that you could easily pass it. Maybe you don't have as much strength as some other agents do, but what you lack in strength you make up for speed."
"You really think so?" Gavin looked at her in disbelief.
"I know so."
Gavin would have said something more only he heard a noise. Amelia heard it too and the both of them proceeded with caution with their guns on handy. The noise came from an alley and they walked in the alley with caution. When they got to the end they were surprised to see not only that it was a dead end, but no one was there either.
"Huh? Now what is up with this?" Gavin said in confusion. They were just about to head back when some people in dark suits jumped behind them from above. Before Gavin or Amelia had time to react the people in the dark suits knocked Gavin out unconscious and grabbed Amelia.
"Gavin! You scoundrels what have you done to him?!"
"Nothing yet but we will soon." One of the black suited men said with an evil smile as some of the other men dragged Gavin off to some a nearby car that had just pulled up. The put the unconscious Gavin into the car and car drove off.
"What are you doing?! Where are you taking him?!" Amelia screamed at the man who answered her question before as she tried to break free from the three men who were holding her.
"A place were you wont be going." He gave her that evil smile.
Amelia was going to say something more only everything suddenly went black.
After two different matches Lina and Zelgadis decided to call it a draw. Basically the only reason is because Zelgadis won one match, Lina won the other and neither of them had enough energy left to have another match.
"I guess you could just say that we're evenly matched huh?" Lina said as she collapse on the floor.
"You could say that." Zelgadis also collapsed on he floor next to Lina. Neither one got up.
"Aren't you two going to get up?" Leviathan asked the pair sprawled out on the floor.
"Nope." They both said in unison.
When Amelia came to her head was aching. She was a bit disoriented until she remembered where she was. I'm in the eastern district, but where's Gavin...? Oh that's right! Those weird guys kidnapped him! Amelia was worried and angry all at the same time. She rushed over to her jet bike at full speed.
At some unknown place the people in the black suits surrounded Gavin who was laying on an operation table.
"Well it looks like everything went well. Is he ready for our plan?" The head black suited man asked.
"Almost we're about ready to start the experiment in a moment."
"Excellent."