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DISCLAIMER: Nothing really adult here, BUT there is a lustful scene that will make me put this as adult. This chapter once again unfortunately does not feature a lot of story progression, BUT, it does introduce a few new scenes AND characters into the chapter, as well as mixing in relationship development and character development too. I personally really liked writing this chapter, but I also have to thank Aquingator on FA for helping me with the special club scene, as that was mainly his idea from the start. :)

I also want to thank everyone again that let me use their characters in this chapter. (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7642822)

Hope you all enjoy :)

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The car ride back home seemed pretty long, as we hit every red light possible while riding in Chowder's car. Chowder himself didn't really saying anything during the ride back, and I knew that he was still shaken up a lot from everything the occurred, and that he definitely needed some rest after the long day.

Meanwhile, Dracon and I opened up to each other, and talked about the things we were into, from video games, to music, and especially to bowling. The whole time we were talking though, two things were going through my head. First, I couldn't get my mind off the Dragon himself in terms of his muscular appearance, and 2nd, I also couldn't help but feel like this was like the time that Tony and I got to know each other better. Anything that reminded me of Tony was making my head hurt, though at the same time, it was definitely not as bad as before.

As the car finally crossed a bridge back into Salisbury, it was now 6:10 P.M. on the clock inside the car.

"So what time is your bowling alley open until usually?" I asked the red dragon. *WHOOSH*

Dracon felt the breeze run through his hair from the car top being open, and replied "Well, I'm usually open until 10 on the weekdays, but the weekends is usually later."

"Ah nice. I REALLY want to visit it, t-think I should head down tomorrow or something? Heh."

"Yeah, I'm definitely going to be there tomorrow since I haven't been there in the last couple days here. You guys are all welcome to come." *WHOOSH*

"Sweet! I need to bowl more, it's been a good couple of weeks since I last did so.....OH SHIT.....that reminds me, I should get in contact with Gantu and Kumi again!" I exclaimed as I remembered that the three of us signed up to join a league together, although I wasn't anywhere near New York City at the moment, nor did I know when I would be heading back with everything that was going on.

"Wait....did you say Gantu? Are you talking about who I think you're talking about?" Dracon asked.

"Y-yeah. I'm guessing you've seen him on TV then and such."

"Oh yeah I have. So you actually BOWLED with him?"

"Yep, and with his mate too. It was VERY fun, but I haven't talked to them in quite awhile.....makes me wonder.....if they even know what's happened over the last couple of weeks here...." I mentioned, shaking my head a bit and not wanting to think about everything that had happened.

"Yeah....Junir mentioned everything to me while he was at the hospital.....and Ord also told me what happened too with you and Tony.....breaking up...."

"......*sigh*.......I wish I didn't have to think about it.....but I hope this is only something temporary......but Junir also told me everything that happened at the hospital himself, that must've been crazy!!" I replied.

"Sure was.....and then you guys have to go through a very similar situation....I'm just glad this shit is over for all of us....." Dracon said to me, as he seemed to breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

"Yeah....I am too.....but I think.....that we should do something to cheer chowder up...." I whispered into the Dragon's ear, though he had to really bend his head over, almost pushing his body into mine for me to whisper to him.

"I think so too.....what do you have in mind though?" Dracon whispered back.

"Not really sure.....hopefully I can think of something...." I softly replied, while the car eventually reached Port road near a busy intersection.

"Hey Chowder, how you feeling?" Dracon asked the Tiger.

".....Let's just say I've had better days. I'm actually going to go into the pharmacy here really quick and grab a couple of things while we're next to it." Chowder replied as the car was now at a stop light near a CVS store.

"Awww come on, I'll make sure that tomorrow will be much better, ok? I guarantee it." Dracon insisted. I also nodded and added:

"Yeah Chowder, I really think we should make tomorrow a day where we all just hang out together. How does that sound?"

"Well....I have to get the supplies to fix my place up and everything.....hang on....I'll be right back guys." The Tiger mentioned, parking his car and running inside to grab what he needed. I figured he was going to get some medicine to help himself get through the night, but I REALLY wanted to help Chowder forget about everything that happened.

"Been awhile since I've been in this town itself. Has anything changed here lately?" Dracon asked me as we just sat in the back of the car while we waited for Chowder.

"Well, they just built this CVS, but other than that, n-nothing's changed. By the way, I wanted to ask you something Dracon....." I sort of mumbled back.

"Yeah Mike?"

".......what...... does it feel like.....to fly?"

I pretty much blushed after asking the question to the Dragon, since I felt a bit embarrassed being a human but also being somewhat jealous in a way.

"It's an amazing rush. It gets tiring though, that's why I need to work out a lot. If I didn't, well, I probably couldn't fly."

"Ah....s-so....is that why I never really see any people flying in general?" I asked curiously, though I still couldn't stop my face from turning red.

"Probably. It's not easy let me tell you. But what REALLY sucks is that these states have implemented so many laws in terms of flying because of terrorism bullshit." Dracon sighed back.

"Doesn't surprise me that t-they've enforced so many laws.....our government worries about everything."

"No kidding. I have to have an actual permit to fly by myself, and I also have to avoid no fly zones, or else I could be arrested. I've probably only encountered maybe a couple hundred people flying themselves in all the years I've done it."

"Wow, no wonder I never see people flying. That's ridiculous. Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you Drac', how good are you yourself when it comes to bowling? Heh."

"I'm alright, I could be better but I have been improving my average in the league I'm in. I'm just glad it's not Candlepin bowling or else I'd be screwed HAHA." The Dragon laughed back.

"Hah! Yeah! I love candlepin bowling though, I used to bowl in a league all the time for it and I was even on TV for it once."

"Oh yeah? That's awesome! You gotta show me that video of you on TV."

"Actually, I can load it up on my phone here......"

With that said, as we waited for Chowder, I took out my phone and loaded up the telecast that I uploaded on youtube of myself bowling on TV from several years ago.

"Wow....when was that? Heh." Dracon asked as he watched the video on the phone.

****

"Jesus....he looks so damn cute next to me.......I.....I almost can't hold it in...."

*****

"This was from February of 2007. Still can't believe that was nearly 5 years ago."

"Yeah, time just flies....oh....Chowder's back." Dracon then pointed out, as the big tiger walked towards the car with a small bag in his hand and still having a bit of a down look on his face.

"Chowder....you alright?" Dracon asked with a bit of a worried look.

"Y-yeah.....like I said....just need to get through tonight....." the Tiger replied.

"Well, let's just get home.....I bet the others are already talking to my family right now." I mentioned, as it had already been nearly a half hour since we left the restaurant.

"Yeah.....home....thank god...." Chowder sighed as he pulled his car out of the pharmacy parking lot.

Before we could really talk about anything else, we finally arrived at both of our houses which was roughly a block up the road from the CVS. I noticed that Sull & Ord's car was actually parked at my place, so I figured that the three were at my house first to talk with my family.

Chowder pulled his car into his own driveway, and the three of us got out of the vehicle.

"I just hope...my café doesn't lose customers over what happened today......*sigh*" Chowder said to himself as he closed the top of the car.

"Chowder, listen to me. We're going to help you fix that café one way or another. We need to get our minds off of what happened, and we need to do that by going out as a group and doing some fun things together." I insisted, as I was now feeling bad myself seeing the Tiger the way he was.

"Y-yeah....I guess you're right Mike..... I'm sure your family wants to see you really badly now though." Chowder replied, sighing a bit again but also looking like he was at least glad to be back at his house.

"Come on Chowder, let's all go to my house, I also wanna introduce you to my family as well Dracon." I then replied.

"Sounds good." "Alright....yeah I probably should...." Both Dracon and Chowder replied, with the three of us walking over towards my house.

The walk over seemed pretty long, as I knew that my parents were probably worried sick over my well being. At the same time though, Chowder still looked pretty down as he walked over with us, so I made sure that I comforted him by walking next to him.

"Hey Chowder.....it's over.....let's forget everything that happened today." I insisted, actually speaking with a bit of confidence for once and putting my arm around his shoulder.

"Thanks Mike.....I'm so happy I have you as a friend....." The Tiger replied, putting his arm around me as well and actually smiling again.

Before we could even walk up to the front door of my house, it swung open VERY quickly as we came up to it.

"MIKE!!! Oh my god!"

My mom hugged me the same way as if she found me again in the mountainside area like a couple days earlier.

"Hey guys! Mike and the others are home!" Junir then mentioned as my dad, my brother, and Sull & Ord walked into the porch to greet me, Chowder, and especially Dracon.

"Mom.....I'm fine, everything's ok here...." I replied, as I didn't want to think too much about what we had all been through.

"I'm so glad you're ok hun.....oh my god....that was so scary to see what happened on the TV!!!"

"Y-yeah.....I bet...." I replied slowly, walking inside to be quickly greeted by everyone else there.

"So now you know what my old house looks like Junir, heh." I told the Lion as we all gathered around the living room of the house.

"Yep, it's not a bad place either. But we already explained mostly everything to your family here about everything that happened." The Lion replied, with my family and Sull & Ord nodding.

"I still can't believe....those bears.......ugh....I can't think about them." I mentioned, as just the slightest thought of their faces made my head hurt.

"Well it's over and done with thank god, so let's hopefully move on past that." My dad replied.

"Y-yeah I guess. Oh.....I forgot....this is Dracon. He's the one that pretty much....well....saved us.....today...." I said to my Mom, Dad, and brother as the dragon quickly greeted my family, though he also seemed a bit shy for someone with such a large figure.

"Seems like everyone has played hero around here lately....hopefully we don't need it again...anyway, nice to meet you Dracon." My dad sighed a bit, though he also shook the Dragon's hand.

"Nice to meet you too. Yeah from what these guys have told me, it's like they can't avoid these types of conflicts!" Dracon exclaimed back as he shook my mom's hand as well, and also my brother's.

"I just wish it didn't have to happen at a place like Chowder's café......it's one of the nicest places I've ever been to....and has one of the nicest owner as well..." I sighed a bit myself, putting my arm around Chowder again and pretty much hugging him.

".....*sniff*...."

Chowder hugged me back a bit, but he seemed like he was getting a bit teary eyed at the same time.

"T-thanks Mike.....and thank you all for what you've done to help me out.....I....I don't know what to say....."

"Don't let this get you down Chowder......we're all in this together, let's make sure that tomorrow is a day that we'll all never forget, okay?" Junir insisted.

"Y-yeah, Mike said the same thing. Well.....it was nice talking to you guys again....I'm so glad to have you as friends and neighbors....but I'm gonna head back to my house." The Tiger said to all of us.

"We'll join you in a bit over there, okay Chowd'?" Sully assured.

"Alright.....I might be sleeping over there.....but you all can do what you want. I'll talk to you guys all later." Chowder finally mentioned, giving his goodbye to us and leaving the house to head back next door to his.

"Man.....I feel bad.....he's really taking this tough....." Sully uttered.

"Same here...." "Yeah...." "We gotta do something tomorrow to forget about everything...." Several voices around me replied.

"What do you guys wanna do now though?" Junir asked.

"Well.....I gotta answer some emails on my computer....and my phone has like 15 messages on it now...." I replied, pulling out my phone and actually noticing that I had 17 new text messages from a bunch of my friends.

"Yeah....I've kept my phone off for awhile here...." "Same here....." Both Sully and Ord replied.

"By the way....is there a Laundromat around? I need to wash my clothes in my gym bag here...." Dracon asked.

"You can use our washer and dryer, don't worry about it." My mom replied.

"You sure?"

"Yeah! It's the least we could offer for what you did today to help everyone."

"A-alright then....thanks."

With that said, my mom lead Dracon towards the basement so he could get his clothes cleaned.

"Well, Ord and I aren't going anywhere without Mike here." Sull insisted like he did before.

"T-thanks guys.....I guess I'll just go in the other room here and use my computer......" I replied while blushing a bit.

"I'll just watch some TV out here then I guess." Junir finally mentioned, sitting near Sull & Ord as I walked towards the office inside our house.

"If you guys want anything, don't hesitate to help yourselves to the fridge. We might just head out and bring back pizza since Nancy really hasn't been thinking about anything else after hearing what happened to you guys." Ralph softly said to the three. Sull, Ord, and Junir all nodded, and turned on the TV to kick back and relax.

*****

"...........my....my house....."

Tony found himself standing in front of a GIANT pile of burned wood, bricks, and rubble while the sun was setting, as the tiger was looking at the area that his house used to be standing, until everything that went down only a day before.

".........................."

The tiger didn't say anything else, as he couldn't emit any words from his mouth as he walked through the HUGE pile of debris scattered literally EVERYWHERE. Little by little, the Tiger grabbed pieces of wood lying on the ground to see if there was anything under it that he might want to salvage, but to no avail.

"...................."

There was no caution tape around the house, and it truly felt like the loneliest part of the street that Tony's house was on, since Franco's house was still empty next door after the fateful incident involving the Dragon.

As Tony kept salvaging through the area little by little, it was now almost completely dark. There were a few parts of the house where it would've taken a forklift to lift all the debris off the ground, just to see if there was anything underneath. Tony figured that the area of rubble he was looking at, was as good as junk to him now as there was literally.....nothing left.

".............................?"

Before the Tiger could look any further, he heard a vehicle noise coming up near him. Tony was a bit surprised to see a somewhat familiar looking sports car pulling up near his hummer. Sure enough, another tiger emerged from the car, quickly getting out and almost running up to Tony.

"TONY! There you are!"

".............you shouldn't be here Michael."

"......Tony, listen to me. I know what Marco is capable of just as much as you. Think for a sec. If you try to do this by yourself and go after him, you're literally going to be committing suicide."

"......I said you shouldn't be here."

"...........Tony, as a friend, you need to snap out of this rut you're in. This shit is ridiculous. First you break up with Mike, and now you want to take on Marco yourself?"

"...........I don't wanna hear anything that I'm already aware of Michael."

"Well, I don't care what you say to me. Fact is, we both used to be associated with Marco, and now I'm going to help you put a stop to him, one way or another. And I'm NOT taking no for an answer, YOU GOT ME?"

"............."

"..................................*sigh*.........Y-yeah.....I guess you're right....sorry for what I just said....." Tony finally responded.

"Good, I don't want to see you go into this alone. I'm going to make sure we both put an end to him once and for all, okay?"

"I just.....want this all to end......ugh......my.....my house...."

"Here Ton', I'll help you out but it's getting dark. We should probably find a place to crash for the night soon."

"......we might as well use Franco's place.....he told me where the spare key was before since we were really close neighbors.....I just wish.....all this shit never happened....."

"Well we can't reverse time......and we also can't let Marco get the best of us. You know as well as I know that he thrives off of other people suffering, and we both need to stop that, you hear me?"

"Y-yeah......you're right."

"I think you should get some rest for now Tony, you've been through a lot and need some sleep."

"Sleep...yeah....I need some.....ugh...." The big Tiger replied, feeling his head a bit.

"Come on Ton', let's head over." Michael insisted, grabbing Tony's shoulders and slowly leading the Tiger over to the house next door.

The two finally made it to Franco's old house, even though there were no lights on inside and it was now nearly completely dark outside. Amazingly, Franco's house didn't seem to have any noticeable damage even though it was right next to Tony's house when it was burning the night before.

"Where's the spare key?" Michael asked.

"Should be right over here under this rock.........yep....." Tony replied, lifting up a rock and finding a key implanted inside of it. The Tiger brought the key back over and unlocked the door, with the two slowly walking inside the Dragon's home.

*CLICK*

"Lights still work....I guess everything's still functioning here." Michael pointed out.

"Yeah......they probably won't shut down anything for another couple of weeks probably." Tony replied.

"Still can't believe that the guy living next to you was killed the way he was from what you told me....."

".................I don't want to think about it....."

"Yeah....I understand. You should probably take a shower and get some sleep Tony."

"A shower....yeah I could use one.....I wonder.....oh.....shit........."

"What? What is it Tony?"

".................My clothes.....I left most of my clothes back at Mike's home back in Massachusetts.....ugh....I think I still have some clothes in my other bag in my car though.....can you go check for me Michael? My car should be unlocked."

"Yeah, I have some clothes you could use in my car as well. I'll go out there while you get cleaned up and grab our stuff for the night. Just take a load off of yourself Tony....you've really been through a lot."

"Thanks Michael....I guess I'm glad we're in this together." Tony replied, sighing a bit and proceeding to walk upstairs in Franco's large house to take a shower, while Michael walked outside to go grab his belongings as well as Tony's in their vehicles.

*****

".......Whoa....holy shit...."

I turned on my gaming computer and got a notice from Yahoo that absolutely stunned me.

*YOU HAVE 132 NEW MESSAGES*

I was stunned to see that I had that many emails sent to me, as I never received THAT many emails in such a short period of time, since I checked my email daily either on my computer or on my smartphone.

One by one, I looked through everything on my account, though most of the messages were from Facebook itself. From messages on my wall, to personal messages, and even to friend requests from a couple of people, (especially from Cyber, Static, and a couple of other people from the café) it was definitely something I wasn't used to seeing.

However, as I scrolled past a facebook message and came up to my next message on my account.....

"Holy shit! *CLICK*

"..........."

"..................."

"...................."

After reading through a certain email, I knew that I had to let the others know what I had just read.

HEY GUYS! GUYS!"

I looked at the email once more that was sent to me and ran back into the other room to see the three on the couch watching TV, though neither my parents nor my brother was there. I figured that my mom was still helping Dracon, while my Dad and brother had probably gone out to get something for all of us to eat.

"Yeah?"

"What's up?"

"Yeah Mike?"

"Guys..... I just got an email from GANTU." I exclaimed, which caused the three to open their eyes a bit, but also act a bit curious.

".....really?? Damn I haven't talked to him since Tony's birthday...." Sully replied.

"How's he doing?"

"Yeah, how's he doing? And how's Kumi too?" Both Junir and Ord then added.

"Well he didn't really say how he was, but he saw what happened......and he was with Kumi......and..... Tony too...."

"Wait, what?"

"What? Where were they??" Sull and Junir asked, though Junir then added "Wait....were they...."

"Yep....they went to that hospital to see you earlier today....but apparently they saw the report on TV about what happened at the restaurant as well.....and I guess they met Aquin at the same time....

"Aquin went there too?" Sully asked.

"Tony and Aquin both came to see me? Damn....oh shit.....I never called Tony back either since I lost my phone so I guess he didn't know about what happened there with the shootout...." Junir replied, putting his head down as if he felt bad in a way.

"So wait, where are they now?" Sully mentioned as he put his hand on Junir's shoulders, comforting the Lion a bit.

"Oh yeah I forgot to mention, they wanted to come up here and hang out after seeing us up in this area on TV, so I need to reply to him. He gave me his phone number, I think I'm gonna call him now." I replied.

"Tell both Gant' and Kum' that we're going to just hang out as a group tomorrow and that they're more than welcome to join all of us!" Sull insisted. Junir and Ord also agreed, and I nodded back at the three. With that said, I went back into the other room to go use my cell phone to call Gantu.

*****

"Wow, I haven't heard from those two at all over the last couple of weeks." Junir mentioned.

"Me neither. By the way....how did you lose your phone?" Sull asked.

"I'm going to guess that Mike told you we talked to each other on the phone before everything at the restaurant happened, right?" Junir replied.

"Yeah, we were in the car with him when he was talking to you. What does that have to do with this though?" Sull asked back with a confused look, as well as Ord.

"Well I told you how Dracon flew me over to this area....but I didn't tell you that I lost my phone in the process while we were flying.....and I was trying to call Tony when my phone fell and I have absolutely no idea where it could possibly be. Ugh.....I need to get everyone's contact info again....."

"At least you're here with us regardless, a phone can be replaced any day. A friend like you can't Jun." Sull joked back patting the Lion. Junir grinned a bit and replied "Thanks James.....I really am glad that Dracon did help me through all of this so I could be with you all.....and....w-well....."

"........what? What is it?" Sull asked.

"....nah....it's nothing." Junir replied, though Sully and Ord did notice that the Lion was starting to blush a bit.

"Come on Jun, we won't say anything to anyone if you wanna tell us something." Ord insisted. Junir looked at the two, though his face was now blushing a deep red color.

".....I think......I.....I think I'm in love.....with Dracon....."

"........."

"........"

Sully and Ord didn't say anything back, but they did nod in approval and gave Junir a thumbs up. However....there was something also on Sully's mind after Junir confessed what was on his own mind.

"Our lips are sealed Jun'.......but.....I do wanna know something....."

Sully went right up next to the Lion as Junir was wondering what the blue monster was going to ask.

"....how do you feel about Mike?" Sull nearly whispered into the Lion's ear.

Junir was caught off guard a bit by the question that James had asked the Lion, and he didn't really know what to say at first.

"Whisper anything you want to say Jun, I don't want Mike to hear this no matter what it is." The monster then added.

"....Mike? Well.....I..........I like him.....and I know he really likes me....but I mean.....him and Tony are.....oh wait....."

"Yeah....they're not together anymore....at least for now.....so all relationships aside.....how do you feel about Mike?"

".....I mean I like him.....he's definitely cute.....but I don't want to hurt Tony either......I mean if the two were never together at all and if I never did meet Dracon....I think I'd want to be with Mike."

"Fair enough, I'll make sure that's kept between us, but....just between you and me.....I think Mike loves you."

"....you....you serious?"

"I can tell it. Mike is a pretty open guy, I mean we're open with him so I guess he's adapted to how we feel, and he now wants to share his love with the handsome Lion he cares about hehe." Sully whispered, nudging the Lion's shoulder a bit and giving another grin.

".....I've never really been one for polyamorous relationships.....but knowing how you guys are along with Tony and Mike.....I think I may have to change my mind."

"Like I said, we're open with Mike, Tony, and everyone else we care about. I'm just telling you as a friend, that you don't have to feel like you have to choose one or the other....because I know that Mike is probably going to come forth to you with his feelings eventually even though he still loves Tony as well."

"Yeah... I don't know how Dracon feels though.....wait....do you know Ord?" Junir asked, as he knew that the two Dragons were almost inseparable at the café while they were helping clean the place up.

"........I....promised I wouldn't say anything....." Ord sort of mumbled back, blushing a bit himself and also looking like he was a bit nervous.

"Well I think it's safe to say Jun that Dracon did mention something to Ord here heh." Sull mentioned. Junir simply blushed once again himself, and the three continued to flip through the channels on the TV.

"Speaking of cell phones, I should probably check mine now...." Ord mentioned.

"Same here....." Sull then added. The two pulled out their phones and turned them on, which sort of made Junir upset in a way since he still had no phone on himself.

*****

Before I grabbed my cell phone, I checked through the rest of my emails. There were a few emails that seemed a bit important that I knew I needed to address, but then as I FINALLY made it near the end of the new email list, I was a bit stunned to see who sent me a message:

"Hey Mike! I'm so glad that you're okay! I saw the report on the news and knew that was you when I saw you hugging that Lion on the TV screen. Anyway, take your time in recovering; I know that these last couple of weeks have been hard with everything going on.....and I don't exactly know what happened either, but please get back to me so we can talk! I know you probably want to start writing again soon so just send me an email or call the office here if you want to discuss work or if you just want to chat in general.

Take care! -Judy"

"............fuck....."

As much as I appreciated the email from my boss at the Daily news, I was also a bit nervous and even bummed out just thinking about working. I knew that my job was pretty easy, but just the smallest thought about the city made me think yet again....about Tony.....

I simply shook my head and figured that I'd just answer all my emails and messages later tonight, or probably tomorrow. I was more concerned at that moment with contacting Gantu. I grabbed my G2 phone next to my computer, and turned it on once again.

After waiting a bit letting the phone boot up, I quickly dialed Gantu's number that he gave to me through his email. Luckily it wasn't late yet, as it was now 7:30, so I knew that I could still hopefully get in contact with him.

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*RIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG.....*

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*crackle*

"H-hello?"

I was a bit thrown off at first when I heard a voice responding on the phone, but the voice sounded familiar though. It was then that I knew who answered on the other end.

"H-hey! Kumi! It's Mike!"

"Mike?? Is that really you??" The bear responded, sounding like he was very happy to hear me calling.

"Yeah! I got the email that Gant' sent to me, how are you guys doing?" I happily replied.

"Great! I actually answered Gantu's phone here since we're on the road as we speak and we're stuck in a bit of traffic."

"Ah ok. Well I wanted to let you two know that we definitely need to get together! I saw that Gantu said you two were going to head up here though already?"

"Yeah! That's what we're doing right now! Heh. We wanted to know where we would be able to find you guys though cause we're not familiar too much with Massachusetts. We have a GPS here but we wanted to know where you guys are staying."

"Oh ok. Well right now I'm just at my old house where my family lives, it's 25 Port Road here in Salisbury." I replied.

"Alrighty, I'll make sure we put that in the GPS here. Here, Gantu wants to talk to you, I'm gonna program the GPS here to your address." The Bear replied. Only a few seconds later, I heard another familiar voice emit through my phone.

"MIKE! How's it going?"

"Hey Gantu!! I'm better than earlier today.....it's just been a very long day in general." I replied.

"You ain't kidding! You had to deal with everything there, and we had to deal with everything at the hospital!"

"Yeah, Junir told me everything that happened. Fucking crazy. But yeah, it's over now."

"Yeah, thank god. How are you feeling though....after everything that's happened between....well...you know...."

"......I.....I don't really want to discuss it right now Gant."

"Yeah I understand. Anyway, Kumi just programmed your address in the GPS here......it says we should be getting there in a couple of hours.

"Alrighty. I might be heading to our next door neighbor's house to crash for the night since he's really been through a lot.....especially since he's the owner of the restaurant where everything happened...." I explained to the Whale on the phone.

"Oh shit.....yeah I bet he's been really shaken up from that....damn....."

"Yeah it's tough....he needs to be comforted.....I hope he forgets about this quickly. I should definitely go over there and help him relax."

"I think that'd be nice Mike. You really are a nice guy that cares for people. And it figures....someone like you has to suffer through everything that has happened in the last month alone...."

".....It's been the roughest month of my life I can tell you that." I replied.

"Well anyway, we should be there not too long from now, but I'm not sure if we're gonna crash at your place or maybe at a hotel or something."

"Chowder did say that we could sleep over there cause we all did last night, so if you want I'm sure he'd let you. He has plenty of guest rooms anyway."

"That's a pretty unique name. We'll see what happens. I'll call you before we get there, okay?"

"Sounds good!"

"Ok then, see ya Mike!"

"See ya Gantu!"

*BEEP*

RIGHT after I ended my phone call with the Whale though, I heard another voice shouting from the living room.

"HOLY SHIT!"

I immediately got out of my chair and bolted back to the living room in my house, and saw Ord looking at his own phone, with a VERY stunned look on his face.

"What happened?!?!" I asked.

".......I....I can't believe it!"

Even Sully and Junir were confused as they looked at the dragon.

"What happened hun?" "Something happen to your phone?"

"N-no.....I just can't believe.....HE called and texted me!"

"WHO?!" "Yeah, who?" "Who are you talking about Ord????" The three of us replied.

"........Quetzal!"

".........O_O......."

"WHAT?!?!"

"Wait....why does that name ring a bell...."

My reaction and Sully's were practically the same, but Junir still seemed confused, as he really didn't know who Ord was talking about right away. However, the Lion then added to his statement:

"Wait...are you talking about.....that other Dragon that you used to work with on TV??"

"Bingo. Look at this text he sent me."

Ord showed the three of us his phone, with the screen saying:

***"Hey Ord! It's Quetzal! I saw what happened on TV and was worried about you! Give me a call back when you can!"***

"When was the last time we talked with him? I haven't seen him in at least a few years.....damn...." Sull asked.

"I know it's been quite a while. He hasn't house sat for us since at least....2008 I want to say. So yeah....it's been quite awhile...." Ord replied.

"Damn, that's a pretty long time. But I guess everyone's finding out about what happened with all of us on the TV....." I added. It was then though that another thought crossed my mind.

"Wait....guys....this isn't good if you think about it...."

"Hmmm?"

The three looked at me, wondering what I was trying to say.

"Think about it guys.....EVERYONE is seeing what happened with us....what if that also includes....you know.....Marco's guys....."

"Well how many guys does he have anyway??" Sully exclaimed.

"I'm going to guess at least 5, cause....well...that's how many I saw when everything happened....you know...."

"Yeah....let's just stop talking about this Mike. I think the best thing we can all do is try to have fun together as a group tomorrow, and HOPEFULLY nothing bad will happen. The problem though is that you can't predict when something like this will happen."

"Well we'll have to wait and see. But yeah, I really hope nothing bad happens. At least we have you and Dracon with us now Jun, and Gantu & Kumi are gonna head up here too. Are you going to call Quetzal back Ord?" I asked the dragon.

"Most definitely. I'm actually going to go do th-"

*RIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG*

Before Ord could even finish his sentence, his phone buzzed and rang right in his hand. Sure enough, the caller had the same number on the screen that had texted him before, so we all knew who was calling.

"Put it on speakerphone Ord, I wanna say hi to him as well." Sully insisted.

*BEEP*

"H-hello?"

"ORD! How are you doing mi amigo?"

"H-hey Quetzal! You actually called at a perfect time, we were just looking at the text message you sent us!"

"Hey Quet!" Sull then added as he was sitting next to his mate.

"Is that you James?"

"Yep, where have you been? We haven't talked in forever!"

"I've just been relaxing at my home up here in Bangor....but enough of me, how are you guys? I saw everything on the TV!"

"Yeah...we all went through a lot today. We're going to try to shake it off and do some fun things tomorrow." Sull said back into the phone that Ord was holding up.

"Where are you guys anyway? I wanna come see you two."

"Well we're at our dear friend Mike's house up here in northern Massachusetts, you haven't met him yet but he's probably the nicest and kindest human we've ever met." Sully mentioned, which made me blush heavily.

"Ah, that's nice to hear that you two are still getting to know other people. I do want to visit again especially after hearing what happened to you two, so when do you want to get together?"

"Well, if you want to join us tomorrow, we can certainly call you and let you know where we're going and everything. Does that sound good?"

"Sure does. We'll figure out something amigo. I gotta go now, but I'm glad to hear that you two are safe at least and so are your friends."

"Hehe yeah. Well keep in touch Quet, see ya later!"

"See ya!"

*CLICK*

".....Wow, I didn't know Quetzal himself lived up in Bangor. That's only a few hours from here." I mentioned to both Sully and Ord."

"Yeah he used to house sit for us all the time though since he would visit our area too." Ord replied.

"I wonder why he stopped doing that." I mentioned out of curiosity.

"Quetzal likes living a quiet life. I don't blame him in a way, but I do miss him. I definitely hope he can come down and visit us tomorrow."

"I'd definitely like to meet him, I loved watching him when he was on TV back in the day heh." I replied.

"Heh yeah."

With that said, the four of us kept talking, and my brother and Dad finally came back home with a couple of pizzas for all of us to eat. My mom and Dracon eventually came upstairs themselves after a while, as Dracon seemed to have all of his clothes fully cleaned and everything.

The eight of us spent a bit of time eating together as a group inside the house and just chatting in general about everything that happened today, though after about 45 minutes, it was now 8:30 P.M.

"Well it's getting late guys, so we're going to get ready to head to bed soon here." My mom mentioned to all of us.

"That's fine, we're going to crash at Chowder's house again. Thanks for the food Nancy. And you too Ralph." Sully replied.

"It's nothing, I'm just glad Mike is safe here." My mom replied, coming up to me and hugging me a bit. I felt a bit embarrassed in front of the others, but smiled and nodded.

"You going to stay here or go to Chowder's house again Mike?" My dad then added. My brother was gone once again from the area as he went back into his own room to use his computer even though he did spend a bit of time talking to Sully and Ord earlier.

I thought for a moment and knew that I had to respond to Judy's email and a few other ones, but I also knew that Chowder was still not feeling well, and that I wanted to be there for him.

"I think I'll head over with these guys, Chowder really could use the company from what he's been through." I replied. Sully, Ord, Junir, and Dracon also nodded themselves and agreed with me. I figured I should bring my laptop over with me to Chowder's place so I could at least answer some emails over there, but then I realized.....that I didn't know where it was.

"Wait......have you guys seen my laptop anywhere??" I asked the others. Everyone simply shook their head, but then I remembered something in the back of my mind.

"Oh wait.....I think Tony said it was in his suitcase yesterday....."

"Well he left his suitcase on the porch in the corner....see if it's in there...." My dad mentioned.

I quickly went out to the porch, and unzipped Tony's suitcase to look through it. As I opened the case, my heart started racing a bit with a jolt here and there of pain emitting through me. Seeing Tony's clothes as well as a few other smaller items really made me miss the big Tiger, and I let out a heavy sigh as I went through his case, though I eventually did find my laptop along with its power adapter, and even my Wolf's Rain bag as well that had all my flash drives and other computer accessories in it.

As I grabbed my belongings and zipped up the suitcase, I brought everything back into the living room and put them on the couch.

"You going to get cleaned up over there or do you want to take a shower here Mike?" My mom then asked as it seemed like we were getting ready to head out. I was embarrassed a bit again but I quickly replied: "I guess I'll just take one there if chowder doesn't mind, but I'll come back here if I need to."

"You should bring a change of clothes then regardless, and grab your keys too." My mom added. I nodded and started walking towards my room to grab some clothes, though I then heard Junir mention:

"Oh...speaking of clothes....do any of you guys have something else I could wear? I mean all I'm wearing is what Dracon lent to me hehe."

"Hey Jun, c-come with me, see if any of my clothes fit you." I replied with a tiny stutter, motioning for the Lion to follow me into my room.

"Heh, ok." The Lion replied as he walked behind me into my room. I closed the door since everyone was sort of eying us, and I felt embarrassed enough after what my mom was saying.

"What size shirts do you wear Mike? I mean I don't know if I can fit into your clothes that you have...." Junir told me, standing next to me as I opened my clothes drawer.

"Well actually, I might have some stuff that will fit you cause I didn't tell this to the others, but I've lost A LOT of weight over the last couple of years in general. I went from 195 to 175 and now since what happened over the last few days I'm down to like 160 maybe."

"Ah ok. Yeah cause I wear double extra-large myself usually, but I think I could fit into an extra-large if you have any shirts of that size. This tank top is nice that Dracon gave me but it's a little TOO big and has some holes in it too."

"Yeah I have a couple of double XL shirts here, lemme see if I can find them. Ah, here's one of them."

I pulled out one of my buttoned shirts that had a bunch of flames on it and showed it to the Lion.

"Thanks Mike, this is a pretty sweet shirt. Mind if I try it on?"

".......y-yeah, s-see if it fits." I stuttered back, as I knew the Lion was going to show his body to me since my bedroom door was closed and no one else was looking. Junir nodded at me and took off his tank top, exposing his very muscular abs and pecs right in front of me. I just couldn't help myself and blush madly right in front of him, though I handed my black and orange flames shirt to the Lion to let him try it on. Junir put the shirt on him, though he didn't button it up, which ultimately kept me staring at his six pack abs.

"Fits nicely it seems.....but the arms feel a bit tight...." The lion mentioned as his arm muscles clearly looked like they were pushing against the sleeves of the shirt to the point of ripping.

"Do you have anything else Mike?" Junir asked me, taking the shirt off and handing it back to me. I almost wanted to wait as long as possible before responding with half of his body exposed in front of my eyes.

"....................Y-yeah I do....lemme see here......"

"Hey Mike..............can I ask you something?"

Much like the time I felt my heart racing in front of Tony, I was getting the same feeling right in front of Junir.

"Y-y-yeah Jun?"

"......never mind, f-forget it."

"W-what is it? You can t-tell me Jun."

".......Just.......just be honest with me......I want to know.....do you like me more than a friend?"

".................................."

".................................."

"................................."

"..................................."

I just stood there, frozen with my face now deep red. The door was still closed in my room, and I knew that the Lion was being serious with me. With his muscular body exposed and his figure standing a good half foot taller than me, my heart was now beating rapidly and making my whole body vibrate, and after all the emotions that went through my mind about Junir in general, I finally let it all out.

"..........Y-yes.....yes I do Junir......s-sorry if it makes....you feel awkward......" I replied, putting my head down like I did so in the past when mentioning my feelings. I simply didn't have a single clue as to how the Lion would reply, even though I replied nearly the exact same way as to when I confessed my feelings to Tony.

Much to my surprise though, I felt one of the Lion's paws touch my shoulder, though I couldn't lift my head up and look at the Lion directly.

"Mike.....I haven't known you very well, but you have definitely been a loving and caring individual, as well as a good friend. I like that in a person, and I definitely like you more than just a friend myself."

I felt the Lion's finger touch my chin though, and lift my head back up towards his.

I found myself coming closer to the Lion as he cupped his fingers around my chin and brought his face up to mine. I closed my eyes, and then let the Lion take control as I finally felt his lips touching mine, with the two of us giving each other a long, passionate kiss. It felt so warm.....and my sense of feelings towards Junir was just as strong, if not stronger, than the feelings I had for Tony. I took my hands and put them on the Lion's neck as I forced myself into the kiss more and more right then and there. Our tongues gently caressed one another as Junir's half naked body was now nearly pressing against mine. The kiss seemed to last forever while I kept my eyes closed, and I didn't want it to end.

"mmmmmnnnnffffff......."

"mmmmmmmm......"

"................."

We slowly separated ourselves from one another, though we each had that look in our eyes where we knew we wanted to go a step further. However, we also had the look in our eyes where we knew that we were still in my room, and that everyone else was still right outside waiting for us.

"I.....I love you Junir." I softly mentioned to the Lion while I now had my arms wrapped around him in a hug.

".........I'm sorry Mike.....there's something I need to tell you first....." Junir then mentioned out of nowhere, which certainly threw me off guard as he let go of me very gently.

My eyes widened, though the Lion still had that look on his face from before, as if he still really liked me back, though he also looked to have a sense of guilt on him as well.

"W-what.......is it.....Jun?" I mumbled back with a bit of hesitation. I was hoping this wasn't another heartbreaking moment like before with Tony and myself, as I had already been through way more than enough painful incidents today in general.

".......well.....I really like you......but there's also someone else....that I really like....."

I didn't know what to think, mainly because I was open with having more than one relationship in general, although I tended to forget that not everyone that I knew was like that.

"W-who Junir? Y-you can tell me.....I promise I won't let anyone know...."

"I just....I just like you a lot....but I know you're with Tony....though Sully and Ord helped me when I confessed to them how I felt about you, since you three are very open with your relationships.....but I don't know if.....Dracon.....feels the same way...."

".......wait......y-you like Dracon....too?" I asked.

".....too?" Junir replied, almost being thrown off from what I just said.

".....I do like him myself....though I don't know how he feels about me..." I mentioned, looking at my bedroom door as I knew that the red dragon was standing right outside it.

"You know......I feel much better now.....you and I both like the same person.....and we both like each other.....let's just hope that you know who can hopefully feel the same way heh." Junir pointed out as he put his hand on my shoulder and smiled.

The lion's statement right then and there made me feel much better in general. At least I knew that we both had strong feelings for one another, and even had the same interest in another guy that was in the other room of our house. It was just a question of whether or not Dracon felt the same way towards us.

"Yeah...I do too....but I think we should keep this between us for now, ok?" I insisted, since I didn't want Dracon to feel left out if he found out that Junir and myself liked each other a lot, and I also didn't want Tony to feel like I was leaving him for someone else if perhaps the Tiger did eventually return.

"Definitely. We'll just take this very slowly, but for now, let's just pretend that we're still very good friends, okay?"

"You bet'cha." I replied with a wink.

"Now, are there any more shirts you have? Oh yeah.....I might need some pants too. Hehe."

*****

"Thank god we're finally here."

"Yeah, I'm sure everyone's going to be surprised to see you 'Quin, unless of course Leatherhead told everyone you were coming, heh."

"Nah I don't think he would. Doesn't really matter though. I gotta grab my ride and quickly get out." Aquin replied, as the two walked up to an unmarked warehouse door in a back street of New York City.

The two walked in, and were greeted with two bright lights shining on them, which always occurred whenever someone walked into the building no matter who it was.

"OH,HEY AQUIN!" One of the voices shouted from above in a catwalk that had a couple of spotlights and guards on duty to see who was trying to get into the place. The gator simply waved back while Thunder stood behind him, and the two walked up to the main door to enter the place.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*

As the two opened the door of the special club, loud music blared throughout the club like usual. With neon lights and light shows flashing all around the giant room, to people chatting with each other left and right, it was definitely a place to just kick back and have a good time. However, the club itself was also restricted to only people that had certain abilities, much like Thunder and Aquin did.

A few people saw that a couple of individuals had walked through the door, and some of them quickly walked up to both Aquin and Thunder to greet them.

"HEY AQUIN!" "HEY THERE!" "THUNDER! WHAT'S UP?" "HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS LATELY!" Several voices emitted around the two. Thunder quickly started talking to a couple of people he knew, while Aquin gave a quick greeting to his own henchmen/friends, though he still had to get to a certain area of the club that only a few people were allowed access to.

A couple people followed Aquin and talked with the Gator, though as the small group made it at the front of the DJ table, Aquin quickly mentioned:

"Hey guys...sorry but I can't chat any more, I gotta go. We'll catch up later on, okay?"

The few individuals which included an Avian, a Husky, and a Wolf quickly nodded back and let the Gator do his thing as Aquin walked up to what looked to be an eye scanner right next to an unmarked door behind the DJ table. The Gator quickly scanned his eyes in, with a small beeping noise emitting as well as a clicking noise from the door as well.

*CREEEEEEEEK*

Aquin quickly closed the door behind him, as the loud music was now nearly silent as the gator walked down a set of stairs with normal lighting in the back area of the warehouse.

As Aquin reached the bottom of the stairway, several lights lit up the long hallway, with several doors left and right being open and closed as the Gator walked past each one.

Most of the doors were actually rooms for the select few that mainly lived at the club, with Aquin being one of them. However, Aquin hadn't actually visited his club in a while since he was trying to get away from the city life and live out in the mountains, but he was unable to avoid the chaos after everything that happened with Tony, Mike, and the others.

Aquin quickly passed by several of the doors, finally reaching his own room which was right next to Thunder's room as well. The Gator opened his door, and actually let out a sigh of relief.

"Good....everything's still here...." Aquin mentioned. His own room wasn't that big, though it did have a few items that most younger-aged people would have in their own rooms. There was a nice HDTV on a dresser as well as A LOT of video game systems (from the original Nintendo to the PS3) hooked up to it, a decent sized bathroom, a spacious queen sized bed, and there was also a corner of the room that had a lot of spiritual markings on it so that Aquin could meditate when he needed to as well.

"Let's see here....where is that key....ah here we go..." Aquin thought to himself as he pulled out his small set of keys from his vest pocket and bent down to unlock one of his "special" drawers on the bottom of his dresser.

"Bingo."

The Gator let out a little grin when he saw his stash of specialty items and weapons inside the drawer. From spare guns, to switchblades, and even to a large sword, Aquin grabbed what he needed to for his long trip away from the club to go help protect Mike, Tony, and all the others.

"Hopefully my baby is still in top shape." Aquin mentioned as he finally pulled out a set of dual keys from the drawer which happened to be for his ride. The gator finally locked his drawer back up, and quickly opened his room to head back outside.

However....right as the Gator walked out of his room.....

*BUMP*

"Oh...sorry.....wait....who are....you?"

".......Haven't seen you here before....but I'm Emon. Nice to meet you."

"Who the FUCK let you down here? This is only meant for specific people, and YOU'RE not one of them!"

The gator fiercely confronted what looked to be a mage standing right in front of him, though the mage was not showing any emotion back.

"Whoa dude.....relax.....I've been here for the last week and no one has said anything to me.....and that Gator down those stairs over there was the one that let me stay down here." Emon pointed out to Aquin.

"........................."

Aquin was VERY surprised at that statement, as he knew who the Mage was talking about. The Gator simply looked right into the Mage's eyes and grunted a little bit as he definitely had a pissed off look in his eyes.

"I think I should leave you be......" Emon mentioned, walking away from the Gator to head back upstairs to the main part of the club.

"Seems like people have almost FORGOTTEN that I'm the fucking reason this club is here in the first place. Ugh....." Aquin mentioned quietly to himself, closing the door to his room and proceeding to walk down the hallway that had yet another set of stairs going down at the end of it to lead to the basement of the warehouse.

"I guess Leather probably has a good explanation for that guy to be down......here.....what the....."

Before Aquin could even finish his sentence, he then noticed one of the rooms near the other stairway he was heading to. The Gator simply opened his eyes widely when he saw what looked to be an Akita that was simply sitting down and meditating in a very dark room with candles all around him.

The Gator, who was pretty speechless, felt his own emotions bubbling inside his body. He simply did not understand how the hell these new people were being let into the certain part of the club, much less without his own approval. Aquin felt himself clinching his fist, as if he almost wanted to punch something, or maybe even perhaps, the some one that was sitting in front of him in the room even though they had their back turned.

Before Aquin could react though, he heard another voice near him.

"Hey Aquin, you get your stuff?"

Aquin slowly turned to see Thunder walking towards him. The Gator finally couldn't hold it in and stormed up to the Dragon.

"WHY THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE BEING LET IN WITHOUT ME KNOWING?!?!?!" The Gator screamed out.

"Easy Aquin! Easy! Here, you need one of these....some fell out of your pocket in my car..." Thunder replied, quickly handing Aquin one of his own special cigarettes.

"You BETTER explain who the fuck is letting these people into MY club, and MY living quarters area!" Aquin demanded, pointing his finger right at Thunder and wanting an answer, as he completely ignored the cigarettes that Thunder was trying to give him.

"Aquin! Calm down! Leather only let two new people in, and you've been away for quite some time too!" Thunder responded.

"There BETTER not be anyone else down here that I'm not aware of. And you better explain to me who these two guys are, cause I've seen them both already and don't know who the FUCK they are."

Aquin finally took a cigarette and started to smoke it so that he could at least clear his head a bit and regain his composure. He still wanted an answer though from Thunder right then and there.

"So you've already bumped into Emon? He just walked past me upstairs."

"I'm waiting for an explanation." Aquin replied.

"Ok, I don't know much about him myself, but from what Leatherhead told me, he's a special mage that has healing abilities and can also help ease people's thoughts. He's also shown Leather and myself that he can also teleport to any location he wants to, though it really takes a lot out of him. I think he's a cool guy though, you should at least give him a chance."

"I...I guess. Now, explain this guy, over here."

Aquin nearly dragged Thunder over to the dark room where the Akita was still meditating.

"Shhhhhh....you should really be quiet. You don't want to wake up his inner.....well.....demon...."

Aquin suddenly dragged Thunder off away from the room once again, and nearly pinned him to the wall.

"YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT YOU ARE LETTING MOTHERFUCKING DEMONS IN HERE NOW?!?!?!"

The Gator almost couldn't control himself, as he looked like he was about to punch Thunder squarely in the face.

"AQUIN! STOP! Take another cig! Get a hold of yourself!"

The Dragon tried ruthlessly to get Aquin to control his emotions, but it wasn't working. Aquin found himself clinching his fist, and looking like he was going to beat the hell out of Thunder from everything he was finding out.

"NO! STOP IT!" Thunder yelled, as he tried to protect himself since Aquin was getting ready to beat the crap out of him.

"HEY......AQUIN, CALM DOWN."

Just then, another voice emitted right behind the Gator. Aquin looked behind him, and noticed another VERY tall gator nearly forcing Aquin off of Thunder.

"YOU LET GO OF ME, RIGHT NOW."

Aquin screamed and freed himself from the other Gator's grasp. The other gator, who was wearing a lab coat and glasses, looked at both Aquin and Thunder, and was wondering what the hell went down.

"What is the matter here now?!?!" The Gator asked.

Aquin furiously replied: "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S THE MATTER LEATHER, YOU TWO ARE FUCKING LETTING PEOPLE IN HERE AND I'M NOT KNOWING JACK SHIT! AND WHY THE FUCK IS THAT GUY THAT'S IN THE OTHER ROOM EVEN IN OUR CLUB IF THUNDER IS SAYING THAT HE'S A DEMON?!?!?"

"Aquin....you really need to get a hold of yourself. For one thing, you haven't been around and no one knew where you were. Second, if I recall correctly, you left ME in charge if you ever left this club, and, to my knowledge, you were gone long enough for me to make the decisions here while you disappeared. And FINALLY, I would NEVER let ANYONE into this area of the club unless I had a distinct reason to."

"Distinct? How the fuck can there be a DISTINCT reason to letting a Demon into OUR club?!"

"Relax Aquin! He's not fully a demon! He's trying to control himself and came to me for help. Akashi is actually a nice guy, and I know what I'm doing. You need to focus on your OWN priorities Aquin, okay?"

"grrrrrrr........fine......but I BETTER know about anything that happens here from now on. I don't care if you have to find me on the other side of the earth, JUST LET ME KNOW ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

"No problem. You have your cell phone?"

"Yeah. It's in my ride. Gotta go guys, but I don't want this to happen again."

"Hey Aquin, before you go, take some of these. You look like you'll need them."

The other Gator handed Aquin some more cigarettes, which he took and put them in his vest pocket. With that said, the Gator quickly nodded back and walked past Leather and Thunder, making it to another stairway and heading down it.

"I need to check on Akashi....see how he's controlling himself."

"Hopefully he's doing well....I just hope that Aquin doesn't go haywire and lose his own emotions.....I've never seen him that mad before." Thunder replied. The two walked over to the dark room near the stairway that Aquin walked down, and looked inside it. The Akita was still sitting down in a pretzel position on the ground, though he looked behind him for once to see who was coming in.

"How you feeling Akashi.....any progress?" Leatherhead asked while Thunder looked on as well.

"......My demon....it.....it calls....agh.... for me....I'm t-trying.... T-to fight it......but I.....I C-can't....h-hold.....it.....AAAAGGGHHHH!!!!"

Right before the Gator and Dragon's eyes, the Akita stood up and felt his head quiver in pain, as he was now looking like his whole body was moving uncontrollably.

"GAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" *RIP*

"Sorry Akashi.....*WHISH.....CLINK*

The gator closed the specially made sliding door to the room, though there was still a small opening for the two to see through it.

"Seal it Thun' like you did before."

"Got it."

The dragon pressed his hands on the door for a good few seconds, closing his eyes and now glowing a white color for a bit.

"Hhhhhhhhmmmmmnnnnn.......HNG!"

The Dragon let out all his energy into his hands, which eventually spread around the door, creating a certain type of energy barrier so that the Akita couldn't force himself out of the room.

As the two started to peek into the small opening of the room, the Akita's robe started to shread a bit as he was still screaming from the pain in his head. It didn't take long for the white dog to nearly shred his robes apart, and finally stop transforming.

"GRRRRR......ROAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR......AWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

"I hope he can control himself.....he could prove very useful...." Leatherhead mentioned, as the Akita started to run around the room uncontrollably, clawing everything in his path with his body now being completely red as well.

"Yeah....if he keeps going like this we might just have to.....you know.....use that.....room....." Thunder brought up.

"I'd rather not.....but if it comes down to that then we might have no other choice.....let him be, he'll revert back soon. Good thing you can repair his clothes too instantly, cause otherwise he'd be fully naked heh."

"Nothing wrong with that hehe.....but yeah, let's hope we don't have to use....that room...."

The two simply walked away from the dark room, leaving the transformed Akita to let out his emotions while the Gator and the Dragon walked back towards the upper stairs leading to the club area.

Meanwhile, Aquin made his way down the set of stairs and into an area that only Leatherhead and himself had permission to access.

*CREEK*

Aquin opened the basement door of the club to see Leatherhead's lab, which was nothing new to the Gator.

"Still looks the same here...oh good....he's got a surveillance monitor for that fucking demon too.....now.....to the garage...."

Aquin made his way through the laboratory part of the club's basement, eventually coming up to another door at the very end of the lab.

*CREEEEEEEK*

"Damn it's dark....gotta fire these lights up...."

*CLICK CLICK CLICK.....SHOOM.....SHOOM SHOOM SHOOM*

The Gator flipped a few switches, and within seconds, he was looking at his GIGANTIC drag way type garage, which only had one vehicle parked in it.

"Ah yes.....oh man how much I missed you....."

The Gator walked right up to his customized Chevy Camaro, looking all around to make sure that the car hadn't been tampered with at all. The car itself was one that no ordinary driver could possibly get away with on any normal day on the road, though Aquin was able to get away with it any time he wanted to due to his powers.

The car itself had a 576 big block racing engine that had 1000 horsepower built into it, custom tires that Leatherhead designed himself so that they wouldn't wear out at all from what the car was capable of doing, fully customized seats and race modifications, and even a one of a kind windshield that actually displayed the vehicle information and GPS settings as well as having a demonic scanner in it.

"Hopefully the engine hasn't gotten rusty.....let's see....

The Gator got into his car, closing the door and buckling himself up.

*CRRRRRRRCHECHECHECHECHE VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

The engine started up and roared throughout the GIANT garage.

"Good.....time to head back....."

*SCRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

*VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMM*

"Open sesame.......time to put this bad boy to the test....hang on guys....I'm coming back."

The Gator hit a button in his car as he sped down the drag way type garage, which ultimately opened up a GIANT metal door that lead to an unmarked back exit that was literally right next to the highway so that the Gator could find his way back to see Mike and the others.

With his yellow neon and head lights on, the Gator quickly pulled up the small translucent screen right on his windshield, and commanded it to lead his ride back to Mike's house.

*****

Meanwhile....back in the club.....

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*

The loud music continued to blast in the large room, with everyone still talking to one another.

Thunder found himself back in the club, dancing a little bit and talking with some of his friends/workers while Leatherhead also decided to enjoy some music and take a break from his lab work.

"......Yeah, this music's pretty good tonight! Hang on guys, I gotta grab a drink I'll be right back."

The Dragon walked over to a small bar that was in the corner of the club, walking up to the human bartender.

"I'll just get a scotch & soda. Thanks man."

As the Dragon waited for his drink to be served, another individual came up to the bar and stood right next to Thunder.

"Hey, can I get a Bourbon on the rocks?"

"Sure thing." The bartender replied.

Thunder looked over and noticed a somewhat short rabbit standing next to him, which was someone he had never seen before.

"This music is pretty dope! I'm glad I found this place." The Rabbit exclaimed.

"Yeah, they play some good shit here. I should see how well I can mix up the beats myself haha."

"Haha."

"I haven't seen you here before, but I'm Thunder." The Dragon exclaimed, shaking his hand with the rabbit next to him as they both received their drinks from the bartender.

"Nice to meet you Thunder. I'm Ducko."