Cu groaned inwardly and he ran up the side of the hill and tackled Lance to the ground.

Get a grip on yourself, fool! he though as he gripped the man's scarf and shook him violently. Did he want to announce to the whol world that here he was, ready to be killed?

Hearing the tree fall, Leo entered the forest to see Lance in a crazed state. The unknown man on the ground with him, Leo drew his sword. "Lance... calm.. down.." he said cautiously approaching him.

Noelle sucks her breath in, seeing the state that Lance is in, "Lance, you need to stop it.. I didn't know you knew Lucien but doing stuff like this won't help either of us."

Lance pounds the ground with his fist with Cu pinning him down.. "He knows where they are and there is nothing i can do about it.. my friends..No my family.. All gone..." Lance begins to cry as his eyes slowly dim to normal color. "He hurt noelle...How could i ever forgive him for doing that..."

Leo seeing Lance cry winced and sheathed his sword. Turning to Noelle. "Maybe you should console him..? I'm not good with this type of thing." he said awkwardly turning away.

Noelle nods and goes over to Lance, sitting down beside him, "Hey, come on. We'll find out what happened to them together, okay?" she tries to smile, "Til then, try to forget about him cause it will only bring more pain, Lance."

Lance got up gently pushing Cu off of him "...He hurt you.." Lance placed his hand on the side of Noelle's face gently almost noticing the burn mark on her neck.."and her tried killing you.. how could i forget?"...

Cu whipped around, his back to Lance and this Noelle person, the red creeping back into his face at Lance tears. He unconsciously fiddled with the triggers of his handguns, ears up and alert.

Leo looking down at the plaza noticed a small platoon of soldiers scanning the area. He drew his sword in anticipation. "Uh.. you two love birds need to finish your conversation quickly because we might have company." he said sarcastically.

"He didn't kill me, did he?" Noelle places her hand over his, "The only way he has won if you try to get revenge, he will kill you, Lance. I grew up with him, I would know him better than anyone."

Charlie had quietly followed the group and tilted her head at everyone's actions. "Okay... Would someone catch me up on all of this because as of right now I'm just a tad lost." She said softly and glanced between the groups. Turning slowly to look down the hill towards the soldiers. "Crap.... Guys I would rather us avoid fighting a full platoon before part of my plan takes actions, so please let's get going?"

Turning to see Charlie, Leo grinned. "And what would be the fun in that?" he said with a wide smile drawing his sword ready to take the soldiers on.

"Because if we keep a low profile then my plan may work!" She growled lowly and slowly drew her gun. "You jerk... Now put that piece of crap away and be calm!"

Lance grasped Noelle's arm in his and hugged her tight then walking over to Leo he grabs his collar and throw him into the air catching him on his back and taking off toward Charlie's "This is no time for that me and you can deal with the platoon another way" He said smirking as he reached charlies alley he dropped Leo and pointed at the escape route "Remember that place?" lance said smiling .

Leo looked annoyed at Charlie, he could've diced the gun to scrap metal but she was ally. "You always have to ruin my fun.." he grumbled as he sheathed his sword.

Charlie sighed softly as she slid the gun back into it's inner pants holster and bit her lip. "Well.... I'm glad that's settled." Chuckling softly as she kicked a rock. "Good thing I didn't have to use it...." Smiling as she headed back towards her home and watched the group. "Can we just you know.... Stay calm until I can get some things taken care of? Please... I might have a way to get a big blow dealt to the government." Murmuring as she headed into the restaurant. "If I could just get some help."

Cu glanced confusedly after the two, looked back at the soldiers, and decided he did not want to be caught alone on the hill. He flicked his ears questioningly towards the short-haired girl and headed after her.

Leo looked confused. "That's the way to the arena... what're you on about..?" he asked confusedly.

Noelle is pulled into a hug by Lance before he and Leo take off. She joined Charlie back at the restaurant, "I don't think planning anything to do with the government would be a good idea right now. For all we know, that might be what they are hoping for us to do."

"I just have to find someone to hack the computer system to put my name on the guest list....and then find a date to actually attend the new business party with." Sighing as she looked down and chewed her lip. "Cause... You know... I was thinking if I could find out something important or get an idea of what to hit to try and take down the brain control...."

Lance smilled pulling out a handful of noise grenade "lets lure our new friends to my unknown training ground" he pulled the pin of one and threw it as close to the plaza as he could. "shall we?" he smiles as he handed a small amount of the noise grenades to Leo. He knew Leo was waiting for a fight this was a just cause if the platoon was let loose Lucien would order them to tear the town down.

Lucien awoke from his sleep to the sound of Guards marching outside his house he smiled and sat up grabbing his sunglasses and placing them on his face "Well, Seems that earlier actions have caused quite the uproar.. Perfect" he said licking his lips and suiting up.

Noelle just stares at her, "Are you fucking CRAZY!! First of all, unless your going to get alot of plastic surgery, there is no way that would work. Better shot of sending Lance in there when he's pissed off.."

Cu's eyes went wide. What, are those idiots trying to get themselves killed?! He ran and caught up to Lance, grabbing his shoulder roughly and spinning him around to face Cu while pointing wildly at the rapidly-approaching soldiers.

Leo grinned at his new partner in crime has threw the grenades from the plaza into the arena. Drawing his sword in anticipation for the upcoming ambush.

Lance pointed at the hidden door then looked up at Cu "we are gonna get them to go through to a secret place only i Leo and Darc know of and take them out little by little as they enter" Lance pulls the pin of another and tosses it running to the door and opening it "Get in"

Leo dashed into the arena along with Lance. "This oughta be fun, huh?" he said grinning.

Charlie shook her head and smiled slightly. "Oh don't worry... I've already got some plans for that." Chuckling as she turned to head inside, holding the door open for Noelle. "Well you see.... They haven't really seen my face that well through all the smoke and explosions. Umm.... A hair color change and some fancy clothes will change me.... I'm usually more tomboy then girly. So I don't usually do the party things."

Cu could do nothing more than gape with his mouth slightly open under the mask and run towards the door.

I...I can't believe I'm going through with this, he thought as he tugged on Gae Bolg.

"If you say so," Noelle replies, "I was actually thinking of changing my hair color, in the long run, might help me blend in here." She heads inside with Charlie, "Thank you."

Charlie smiled lightly before shutting and locking the door. "No problem.... What color were you thinking about going with? Gotta have fun doing this one and would help me to have someone here to help me." She said easily and stood at the kitchen counter. "Ugh.... Gotta trick someone into taking me to that big party..." Sighing as she opened her shopping bags and started to sort the contents.

Lance ran into the tunnel watching as the solider ran down the alley towards him and into the tunnel. "Its time and if where lucky Noelle and Charlie will help us from above"

Lucien stepped out of his house yawning as he walked towards the group of police running down the street "Where the hell are you going pigs." he said as the ran by "Sir there's a commotion near the plaza we have been ordered to back the troops up" Lucien smiled with the wicked evil smile he had used on Noelle.

"So the fly came quicker than i thought" Lucien ran forward jumping into the air and flying to scope out where the other guard squad was "aha.." he had spotted them but they were disappearing into the ground? how.. Lucien hovered to the roof top next to charlie's unaware of the house and who was inside it. "so thats how lil ol Noelle got away eh" he said with the smirk on his face looking at the secret entrance in the alley.

"Was thinking of going blonde." Noelle grins, "Can you imagine what Lance would say seeing me in that shade? And what color you thinking of going?"
She moves to help Charlie with the unpacking and sorting things.

As the soldiers started pouring in, Leo tensed ready to strike. "What's our plan of attack?" he asked Lance.

Lance smiled and looked at Leo "time to learn honor leave them alive unless they decide to try and kill you after they have been defeated." Lance stomps his foot sending the blade from his foot out and charging the group of soldiers taking down a hand full in no time. one of the downed soldiers goes to grab for his gun lance notices it in time to take the boot blade and stab it through the mans hand "Nu uh uh" he says waving his finger and kicking the gun away.

"Haha... Yeah I can see the reaction, and actually I was considering blonde or red maybe... Whichever would look better for a fancy party with this green dress." She said pulling it out of the bag and holding it up. "I could use some pointers from another woman since I hate makeup and whatnot.... It was either the green one... Or this fiery almost butterfly like cocktail dress..."

"If you go with the green dress, do the red hair. Red hair always looks awesome with green. And if you decide to go fiery, do blonde. Too much red would look washed out, you want the guy to be oh la la." Noelle replies, "and for make up, maybe some light blush and not too bright red lipstick."

She smiled lightly and nodded as she tried to put the information away for the upcoming day when she would need it. "Which do you think would be better? Green or red?" Questioning as she set the dresses down and frowned at them. "Either way one of them will be able to hide special weapons from Ted..." Charlie commented as she crossed to the window in her kitchen and looked outside. "Uhhhh..... Wonder who that is?" She asked noticing the weird man outside.

As more soldiers poured in, Leo grinned. "I think I'll just end this in one burst! Time for a forbidden move.." he said. He begun weaving hand seals. "Ox, Rabbit, Monkey, Dragon, Rat, Bird, Ox, Snake, Dog,Tiger, Monkey! Lightning Release: Chidori Nagashi!" he said as a electrical current flowed into the ground electrocuting all the enemies in sight.