Kingdom Lost - Episode 2 "Department 7"

[Tokiwong]

"Thanks for the ride Darius, I probably would have wrapped my bike around a tree trying to get here." she admits gratefully, still trembling a little, but slowly coming back to herself. "I hope so," she agrees when the detective mentions her father. Her father was always so calm and collected, he would be able to fix things in a matter of hours, and then Koga would be safe, everyone would be safe.

Sakura exits the car and trails along after the paramedics and Koga like a lost puppy, hanging back so as to not be in the way, but still wanting to be there. She sits and waits for the doctors, willing them to tell her that everything was alright, that he was gonna be fine.

Darius nods as the two of you walk into the waiting room, where Sakura’s father is already waiting. He gives her a curt stoic nod, his face unreadable, and his inner feelings unknown. Darius and your father share a greeting and he greets Sakura as well but in a greeting that is as usual devoid of overt shows of affection, more of a comforting pat on the shoulder and a knowing look. It is a rare sight when he loses that civility, and seems to have veins of ice, that can weather any storm.

Forty agonizing minutes pass of silence, with small talk, but nothing of import as the wait for the news continues. Finally a doctor walks out with a relieved look, “I am sorry to keep you waiting, your son,” he addresses Sakura’s father, “will be fine. We will keep him over night, but I don’t see a reason for him to stay more then that. The bullet traveled right through his shoulder missing any vitals, and passed through the back, he will have a scar, but it should be minimal. He was incredibly lucky.”

Sakura’s father, Kenshin nods, “Thank you, can we see him?”

“Yes just this way,” the doctor replies adjusting his glasses and leads them to Koga’s room. When they arrive they see him sitting up, propped on his good arm stubbornly trying to sit up. He succeeds just as they enter as the doctor sighs.

“I know, I am not supposed to strain myself, but I am not exactly going to lay here looking weak for my family. I would never live it down,” he cracks a wry pained grin.

The doctor sighs, “Excuse me,” and exits and attempts to close the door, when another guest holds the door. It is a woman of Chinese descent wearing a conservative outfit with both modern and Chinese influences. She lowers her eyes demurely to the rest of the room, and Koga smiles upon seeing her. Her hair is worn in a tight bun with chopsticks holding it in place, and blonde highlights streak through it. She is very attractive, and also looks to be quite athletic as well, although in a very feminine way.

“Mai, I am sorry you had to see me like this,” Koga sighs, “everyone this is Mai, Mai this is my sister Sakura, my dad, and Detective Rose.”

She bows her head, “You are surprisingly talkative considering what happened to you.”

“What does not kill you, makes you stronger,” he replies.

Detective Rose just furrows his brow at the interesting scene.

James & Dexter

Selene listens, "So why are you here instead of in Australia chasing terrorists and stuff, isn't that more interesting then here?"

 

[Festy_Dog]

Selene listens, "So why are you here instead of in Australia chasing terrorists and stuff, isn't that more interesting then here?"

...Best not to say everything, just enough to give the picture.

"Couple of days ago I would have agreed, ASIO was more ineresting than private invesigator work, though my uncle's PI stories was what got me interested in investigation in the first place. But with D7 in the picture, things have taken a turn for the better where an interesting occupation is concerned," James continues after a moment, his voice a little quieter, "Why I'm not there anymore... Well, for starters, its no big secret that the Australian intelligence community is pretty fubar, at least back home it's not hard to reach that conclusion. There were some complications I can't really elaborate on, I resigned on bad terms with a lot of people, and decided to keep my head down for a while. You can understand that I'm a little worried about D7 making a background check, as I don't wanna end up a bargaining chip in political games, or worse. Like I said, the government can mess things up for you badly. If I'm unlucky, there'll be more to deal with than just gremlins and goblins, the FBI will likely want a word with me."

James looks out the window.

"I tend to be a lucky guy though, so that's why I'm taking the risk. Just to be safe, let's pretend we didn't talk about it," he adds, still looking out the window.

 

[Tokiwong]

...Best not to say everything, just enough to give the picture.

"Couple of days ago I would have agreed, ASIO was more ineresting than private invesigator work, though my uncle's PI stories was what got me interested in investigation in the first place. But with D7 in the picture, things have taken a turn for the better where an interesting occupation is concerned," James continues after a moment, his voice a little quieter, "Why I'm not there anymore... Well, for starters, its no big secret that the Australian intelligence community is pretty fubar, at least back home it's not hard to reach that conclusion. There were some complications I can't really elaborate on, I resigned on bad terms with a lot of people, and decided to keep my head down for a while. You can understand that I'm a little worried about D7 making a background check, as I don't wanna end up a bargaining chip in political games, or worse. Like I said, the government can mess things up for you badly. If I'm unlucky, there'll be more to deal with than just gremlins and goblins, the FBI will likely want a word with me."

James looks out the window.

"I tend to be a lucky guy though, so that's why I'm taking the risk. Just to be safe, let's pretend we didn't talk about it," he adds, still looking out the window.

"Umm okay," she says noncomittedly as she pulls into the office parking lot, "I promise not to tell."

 

[Festy_Dog]

"Umm okay," she says noncomittedly as she pulls into the office parking lot, "I promise not to tell."

James smiles.

"I'll hold you to it," he says, and hops out of the car.

He greets Alicia once inside.

"Sakura back yet?" James asks, looking around for her.

 

[Tokiwong]

James smiles.

"I'll hold you to it," he says, and hops out of the car.

Selene replies, "Don't worry, I doubt I understood what you said anyways."

He greets Alicia once inside.

"Sakura back yet?" James asks, looking around for her.

"Nope," she says not even looking up, "She is with her brother I thought, I don't figure she will be back till much later. Why, do you need to get in contact with her? I am sure she has her cell phone on her. Oh you guys find out anything good from that Professor?"

Dexter takes a seat at his desk and gets to work, compiling information.

 

[Festy_Dog]

"Well, we know the Professor has a contact known only as M. It could be Myron," James replies, sounding uncertain, "Other than that, nothing new."

He walks over to his desk and takes a seat.

"Selene, what would Kristy be doing right now?" he pauses for a moment, "Her name's Kristy, right?"

Hope I got it right this time.

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura lets out the breath she was unaware that she was holding when the doctor approached, Koga was going to be fine, it was going to be okay, he was safe. Her delicate face lit up with a smile, and she gave her father a hug out of sheer happyness, something he would never have done.

"Thats great news doctor, thank you for all your efforts on our behalf." she thanks the doctor, giving him a bow to acknowledge the value of what he had done. She follows along in his wake as he ushers them to Koga. When she sees that he is sitting up AMA, she punches him in the good arm, not hard at all, just annoyingly.

"You doofus, you need to listen to the doctor, if you screw up getting better because your being bullheaded, I am gonna hurt you." she tells him smiling at him, an unnoticed tear running down her cheek. When the chinese girl entered the room, she started to tell her she had the wrong room, but then turned to her brother, and then simply smiled when her brother made introductions.

"Hello Mai, its very nice to meet you."

 

[Tokiwong]

"Selene, what would Kristy be doing right now?" he pauses for a moment, "Her name's Kristy, right?"

Hope I got it right this time.

"Krista," Selene corrects, "and chances are if she isn't with her boyfriend then she is at the beach catching some rays or maybe surfing. But I can always just give her a call if you want to catch up with her," she says holding out her phone.

Sakura

“I’m fine,” Koga replies, “relax Sakura, okay I don’t need you trying to be all maternal or something. I am going to be fine, and the sooner I get out of here the better I will feel.”

Mai smiles sweetly, “She is just worried Koga, you should not be so harsh.”

“I know, I know. I just don’t need people hovering over me. I got total faith in the system that it will find who was responsible and bring them to justice,” he sighs.

Mai nods glancing to Detective Rose, “I am sure they will.”

“We protect our own,” Darius replies.

“Well since you are up, I don’t have to leave this on your night stand,” Mai hands him an envelope that says Hallmark on the outside. Koga just smiles and places it in his lap.

“Thanks.”

“I just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you Koga, I need to get going, I will stop by later to check on you. Try not to aggravate your injuries, okay?”

“I will try not to,” he sighs laying back, playing with the envelope in his hands as she bows and leaves.

 

[Festy_Dog]

Heh, I've never been very good with names.

"That's the question, how do we go about this and not have her notice she's under the microscope? Surveillance is an option, but with all the stuff she's involved in she'd be moving around a lot, which could make it easier for her to notice us and us to lose track of her," James thinks of their options, "Speaking with her wouldn't be a simple task either. I'm worried that if she knew we suspected her of something it'd steer the investigation into a brick wall."

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura smiles at the chinese girl, "Yea, listen to Mai. I'm not being maternal or anything, I am just going to hurt you if you hurt yourself worse by screwing around, I want you to get better as soon as possible. Your my brother, I'm suppoused to worry, so thats what I am doing you smart ass." Sakura tells her brother before plopping down into a chair next to his bed.

After Mai leaves, she smiles at Koga, "I take it she likes Thai?" she asks him. "Was she who you wanted me to meet?" then she gives a glance at Darius, and blushes faintly, "I guess we can wait to talk, we should talk to whoever is gonna be handling your case, so they can get started or whatever."