After Javert was killed, as well as his son Bruno, his daughter was spared… But the Dark Umbrella still had not had enough… and sent Sophie, Fiona, and Marcus toward an Owl station in Eager Brünn…
Owl Member: "Hahh… hey… look over there."
(Wum!)
Marcus, Fiona, and of course Sophie stepped out of the car…
Sophie: "Hmmm… should I talk?"
Marcus: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Hmm… I know you're still angry, Sophie… but we came here to give them Javert."
Owl Member: "Hahh…"
Fiona: "…hahhh… hello… I would like to speak to your boss."
Owl Member: "Huh?… what would our boss want with you huh?… white haired bitch."
Fiona: "Hmmm."
Sophie: "Ghh."
Fiona: "Hahhh… Marcus… how about we show it to them?"
Marcus: "Of course."
It was a cage and it was covered…
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "We have a gift for you… even though you don't deserve it but hey…"
Someone came out wearing a suit and even a mysterious mask…
Owl Member: "Boss."
The mask was completely black… only from above… you could see his mouth and half of his face…
Owl Boss: "I am the boss… of the Owls… How do you even know I'm in this station?"
Fiona: "Ohh… so you're not just the boss of this station?"
Owl Boss: "No… My name is Elliot Jefferson… people here call me Mr. Jefferson… what… do you want from us… Dark Umbrella… and on top of that the Crows… Marcus Schneider, Sophie, and Fiona Philomela Househould…"
Fiona: "Fiona is enough… we have a gift for you…"
Marcus: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Marcus… you decide."
Marcus: "Ok."
He removed the blanket… inside the cage was Javert's hand… with the Owl symbol on it.
Owl Member: "Ughh… impossible… Javert's hand!"
Mr. Jefferson: "Ughh… hmmm… what is this supposed to mean?"
Fiona: "Well… it's like this… Javert threatened us and gifted Daisy Williams hair from her mother… To Marcus he sent photos of his sister… Sophie got pictures of her mother's corpse… And for me… he hurt a friend of mine… so… we killed him… oh and his son too… but because he wasn't even worth it… we just left his corpse there afterward… The daughter… we let her live because she only spread naked photos of Naomi…"
Mr. Jefferson: "Hmmm… I know nothing about that."
Fiona: "Oh really?"
Mr. Jefferson: "I mean that seriously… I know nothing… Heyyy… which one of you knew about this?"
Owl Member: "I did… but I didn't know what he was planning…"
Mr. Jefferson: "Hmmm… come here…"
He walked over to him.
Mr. Jefferson: "You can kill him too."
Sophie: "Huh?"
Marcus: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Hmm?… just like that…"
Mr. Jefferson: "Don't kill him."
Sophie: "Hmmm."
Fiona: "What do you think?"
Marcus: "No."
Sophie: "No… the poor guy."
Fiona: "I think the same. No reason to kill him."
Mr. Jefferson: "I see… hmmm…"
Mr. Jefferson: "And now get lost…"
Fiona: "Hmph…"
Marcus: "Hahh let's go."
Fiona: "Yeah…"
Sophie: "But… maybe he's still alive…"
Mr. Jefferson: "Hmph."
He aimed at the corpse in the sea and fired several times.
(Peng) (Peng)
Sophie: "You crazy bastard…"
Marcus: "Hmm."
Fiona: "Oh dear… and I thought we were brutal… but you are truly heartless… he did nothing are you sure that was a good idea?"
Mr. Jefferson: "Get lost… get out of here…"
Marcus: "Well then."
Fiona: "Ok."
Marcus: "Hmm."
Mr. Jefferson: "Wait."
Fiona: "Huh."
Mr. Jefferson: "One more thing… because you actually just sent the hand of one of my people… and I see it as a rather ugly action."
He stepped on Fiona's cane and she fell to the ground.
Fiona: "Ughh."
Mr. Jefferson: "Hehe."
Sophie: "Ugh."
Marcus: "Ghh."
Fiona: "Hahhhh…"
Mr. Jefferson: "Hm."
She stood up and picked up her cane.
Fiona: "Well then… I'll be going."
Sophie: "Fiona… he just tripped you."
Fiona: "Please let's just leave…"
Marcus: "Hmmmm."
Fiona: "Marcus?… you decide."
Marcus: "Let's go."
They got into the car… and it drove away…
Sophie: "Hm… are… you alright?"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Marcus: "Hmmm?"
Fiona: "I'm fine…"
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
They continued driving.
(A few hours earlier)
Ms. Valentine: "So you are now the Crows… Sophie, Fiona, Marcus, and Daisy… Marcus you're the new leader."
Marcus: "Excuse me why me?…"
Ms. Valentine: "By leader I mean that if you do a mission together, you lead."
Marcus: "I don't think I fit that role very much… Sophie or Fiona would fit more."
Daisy: "Yeah… he's right… what if it's about tactics or negotiations?"
Ms. Valentine: "Negotiations and tactics are handled by both Fiona and Sophie… By leading I simply meant the final decision lies with you… Tom Fog said you were smart… Besides… it was more Fiona's suggestion."
Marcus: "What?"
Fiona: "Yeah… I agree with Tom Fog… you know more about this stuff… You've also done the most dangerous missions and the most missions overall…"
Sophie: "Hmmm… but then what about handling cases?…"
Marcus: "Hmmm… alright… I want Sophie or Fiona to handle negotiations… As for tactics… I trust Fiona… I've worked with her for a long time and I know her way of planning and thinking is actually really good… As for negotiations Sophie could also do it, though when it comes to serious things that involve danger or threats, I'll let Fiona handle it… she's used to making threats."
Fiona: "(Sweats)… thank you very… very kind…"
Sophie: "So that means I handle negotiations that are more talkative for example?…"
Marcus: "Exactly. You also handle civilians… though that's mostly only when we do missions together which doesn't happen that often."
Ms. Valentine: "But you already have one now… you're going… to the Owl station in Eager Brünn… and you're also giving them Javert's remains…"
Sophie: "Oh I'll gladly do that."
Fiona: "Mhm."
Ms. Valentine: "Why didn't you kill the daughter… and why did you want her to be left alone?"
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "Hahhh… Sophie… leave it, I'll explain it to her if it makes you uncomfortable… Well… it's like this… the girl is 18… she's almost still a child… and secondly… no reason to kill someone over a photo… I mean… no offense but Naomi used to be a model that… uh… showed a damn lot of skin… so either way it doesn't really make a difference if it happens again even though she quit… Thirdly the girl has suffered enough… Marcus… well… slit her brother's throat several times right in front of her eyes… (Sweats)… now that I think about it… why several times?"
Marcus: "First one didn't go deep enough."
Fiona: "(Sweats)… looked… different to me… anyway…"
Sophie: "(Sweats)… Marcus… next time please come up with a better lie."
Ms. Valentine: "By the way… Sophie and Fiona you were right about Violet… she's damn good… she got really important… but dangerous information… from the Owls."
Sophie: "What?… are they actually reptiles in reality… like in those horror movies?"
Fiona: "Hahhhh… Sophie… stop watching those boring movies… at least watch something good…"
Marcus: "I wonder where she even finds those movies."
Sophie: "Hey they're just the cheapest ones… not my fault my salary is shit."
Ms. Valentine: "(Cough):"
Sophie: "Oops…"
Fiona: "Oh dear."
Marcus: "Well… I think… that was a shot into the fireplace."
Fiona: "Open… you idiot."
Sophie: "Seriously…"
Ms. Valentine: "(Sweats)… uhm… well… hehehe… so… the information is… the Dark Umbrella found out something with the help of Violet and Javier… a former worker… and we found out… that the Owls… or at least Javert… apparently once worked for Zantanel."
Sophie: "What?!"
Fiona: "Hmm."
Ms. Valentine stood up and placed a document down.
Ms. Valentine: "Here. Read it."
Marcus: "Thanks… I'll pass… I don't feel like reading stuff like that."
Sophie: "I only read fantasy or novels."
Fiona: "Hahhhh… just say I have to read it…"
She took it.
Fiona: "Hmmm… Ughhh."
Marcus: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Hmm?"
They looked inside…
Sophie: "What… Zantanel's ashes?…"
Marcus: "Experiments on villages and humans… isn't… that a little too brutal for a recognized organization?"
Ms. Valentine: "The new boss Jefferson who has been boss for around… five years now… well he is different… before he was the second hand of the former chief Morgen… even though he was with the Owls he often held himself back… this one on the other hand… has no problem even killing innocents… But we have no real proof and we can't prove that only Javert was involved… it's also possible Javert acted on his own… He was also high ranked…"
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "More than two thousand people died because of that poison… why was it never reported…"
Ms. Valentine: "Hahh the media isn't only good with us but also with the Owls… the difference is just that we… well… don't do things like that…"
Sophie: "But letting so many innocents die… why?"
Ms. Valentine: "The Owls constantly conduct experiments… and apparently… Javert had a deal with Zantanel… according to Javier there was a patient who suddenly disappeared… her name was… Ruslanna Iwankow…"
Sophie: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Mmm."
Marcus: "Isn't that the one who tried to kill Jane?"
Ms. Valentine: "Yes… that's right… She apparently served as some kind of test subject for the Owls… Though to be fair Howgarts did similar things… repeatedly capturing orphaned children or prostitutes to experiment on them… that's just how it is…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Sophie: "Hmmm… do you want us to interrogate them about that?"
Ms. Valentine: "No… you're only going there to give them Javert's hand… nothing more."
(Back to the present)
Sophie: "Why would the Dark Umbrella risk something like this and not talk with the Owls about the Ruslanna matter?"
Fiona: "Hahh… they probably wouldn't even answer anyway…"
Marcus: "Hmmm…"
Sophie: "And also so many… innocents… not even Howgarts did that…"
Fiona: "Yeah… I was surprised too… They must be paying the higher ups a huge amount of money so this doesn't get out…"
Sophie: "Hmmm… they probably kill anyone they want… even if the person isn't really a threat…"
Fiona: "Hmmm… wait… hold on… did you notice that Jefferson didn't even ask how Javert's daughter was doing?"
Sophie: "Yeah true…"
Marcus: "But she isn't a member."
Sophie: "Yeah but still… he was a loyal worker for them… so that would at least be the minimum…"
Fiona: "Marcus… report to the Dark Umbrella that they should move Emy from her location…"
Marcus: "Hmmm… so you're sure they want to kill her?"
Fiona: "Yes… but in the end you decide… you too Sophie."
Sophie: "If she's in danger… then we should help… what do you think Marcus?"
Marcus: "Yeah… fine by me…"
Sophie: "Hmph… funny… now we're playing heroes or what?"
Marcus: "Hmm… We're only helping her, nothing more. Heroes don't kill… we kill… often too."
Fiona: "Exactly… There's a difference between nice and evil… and right and wrong…"
Sophie: "Hmm…"
They drove there…
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
Fiona: "Still seems peaceful…"
Marcus: "You two there… take the girl and bring her somewhere safe."
Dark Umbrella Member: "Ugh… did something happen?"
Marcus: "Don't ask too much and just do it…"
Dark Umbrella Member: "Yes sir!"
They took the girl.
Emy: "Ughhh…"
Sophie: "Ohh… uhm…"
Sophie covered her head with the hat…
Marcus: "Huh?"
Fiona: "What are you doing there?"
Sophie: "Damn it I killed her parents…"
Fiona: "Me too, Marcus too… and?"
Sophie: "It feels wrong…"
Emy: "Mmm…"
Marcus: "Excuse us Emy, you need to come with us."
Emy: "I thought you were just leaving me here…"
Sophie: "Mm."
Fiona: "You're in danger… that's why…"
(Light)
Marcus: "Ugh… take cover!"
(Peng!)
Emy: "Ghhhh… huh?"
Sophie: "Ghhh… urk…"
Sophie managed to push Emy away but got hit in the arm.
Marcus: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Damn it!"
Marcus: "Go upstairs… you there take Emy and Sophie and disappear, we'll deal with the rest."
Dark Umbrella Member: "Yes sir!"
They got into the car… Marcus and Fiona ran toward the building where the person had to be.
(Peng)
Marcus: "Ugh."
Fiona: "Ghhh…"
Marcus: "I'll distract him and you go upstairs… ok?"
Fiona: "Ok."
Marcus: "Hhhmm."
He kept running… then sprinted…
(Peng!) (Peng)
Marcus: "Ghh…"
Fiona: "Hmmm… where am I supposed to find a way in… ugh… I see… through the fountain."
She jumped into the water and slowly swam toward the building…
Fiona: "Hhhhahhh… ok…"
She continued… She used the hook Hoodi Hoodi had left her, it was a rope pistol or rather a grappling pistol…
(Patch!)
She went up… and smashed the window with her feet.
Fiona: "Ghh."
(Krach)
Assassin: "Ughh…"
He aimed at her…
Fiona: "Woow… woow… hey… buddy everything's fine…"
Assassin: "Stay where you are."
Fiona: "Sure."
Assassin: "Drop the weapon."
Fiona: "That's… not a weapon, it's for climbing."
Assassin: "Ghhh…"
Marcus: "Hey."
Assassin: "Huh!"
Marcus stood by the window. The assassin wanted to shoot but Fiona fired the hook at his foot.
Assassin: "Ughh…"
Marcus: "And now."
He stabbed him in the neck with the knife.
Assassin: "Urk… ghhhh…"
Marcus: "Ghh… that was close."
Fiona: "You idiot that wasn't necessary, we should've questioned him."
Marcus: "Hmmm… right."
Fiona: "Yeah… too late now… what are you waiting for shoot him… or do you want him to suffer too?"
Marcus: "You want that?"
Assassin: "Urk…"
Fiona: "Yeah no reason to make him suffer."
Marcus: "He shot Sophie."
He pulled the knife out.
Marcus: "(Sweats)… oh…"
Fiona: "Ohh…"
The assassin ran away.
Marcus: "(Sweats)… huh?"
Fiona: "Hahhh… great… a shot into the oven."
Marcus: "Ah he won't make it long anyway…"
(Diet… Diet)
Marcus: "Uhm… do you hear that?"
Fiona: "Yeah…"
Marcus: "That's not… dynamite is it?"
Fiona: "It is… look up there."
Marcus: "Ughh."
They quickly ran downstairs… but the door was locked.
Marcus: "Ughh."
Fiona: "Hmm."
Marcus: "Ughh…"
Fiona: "That's pointless."
Marcus: "The basement there…"
They quickly ran there.
(Krach!) (Krach) (Kaboom!)
Marcus: "(Cough)… (Cough)…"
Fiona: "Mm."
(Dong)
A stone fell onto her head.
Marcus: "(Sweats)… still alright?"
Fiona: "Yeah… damn my cookies are ruined now."
Marcus: "(Pouting)… my condolences… we should get out before…"
(Dong)
Marcus: "Ow."
Fiona: "Before something lands on our heads."
Marcus: "Before more lands…"
(Dong)
Marcus: "Mm."
(Dong)
Marcus: "Hahh… missed me."
(Krach!)
Marcus: "Uhm."
Fiona: "Ohh… oh… move!"
They quickly ran before the roof collapsed… and escaped the building.
Marcus: "Ugh… hahh… that was close… and how many rocks hit your head, I mean."
Fiona: "I think… that was two."
Marcus: "Same for me…"
(Dong)
Fiona: "Three."
Marcus: "(Sweats)… oh…"
They continued on their way.
Marcus: "We need to visit Sophie at the hospital… she's probably there… I'll still call first so there are no surprises."
He started driving.
Marcus: "Ohh… damn this car is different."
Fiona: "Should I drive?"
Marcus: "Wait you can drive?"
Fiona: "Sure…"
Marcus: "You sure?"
Fiona: "Yeah…"
(A few seconds later)
(Wumm!)
Marcus: "Holy shit take your foot off the gas do you want to kill us?"
Fiona: "Oh relax."
Marcus: "Höööö… We're gonna crash… aaaarghhh."
Fiona: "Hmm."
(Wummmm!)
Marcus: "Wooww… take your foot off the gas what is wrong with you?"
Fiona: "What do you mean?"
Marcus: "That's the brake!!…"
Fiona: "Ohh."
Marcus: "So much for being able to drive."
Fiona: "I never said I was good."
Marcus: "Aaaarghhhh…"
She stopped the car.
Marcus: "Mmmm."
Fiona: "We're here… again."
Marcus: "Hahh… hahh… I almost shit myself…"
(Splop)
Marcus: "Hahhh… I almost had a heart attack."
Fiona: "(Sweats)… it wasn't that bad."
Marcus: "Hahh…"
He opened the door… it broke off and fell to the ground.
(Krach)
Marcus: "(Sweats)… uhm."
Fiona: "Oh."
Marcus: "Whose car is this?"
Fiona: "…uhm… no idea… you just got in, I thought it was yours."
Marcus: "I smashed the windows open which means I stole it… why would I do that to my own car?"
Fiona: "Maybe you forgot your keys… or something?"
Marcus: "(Sweats)… hahh… whatever we… find the owner and… give them money…"
Fiona: "Ok."
Marcus: "You getting out?"
Fiona: "Ok…"
She stepped out.
(Krach)
The other door also broke off.
Marcus: "(Sweats)."
Fiona: "(Sweats)… I think… I… probably shouldn't drive anymore."
Marcus: "Yeah… please never do that again… it's honestly a miracle nobody got run over… let's get inside before the police arrive, I really don't feel like dealing with that…"
(Wee… weee… wee)
Marcus: "Speaking of trouble… (Sweats)… great…"
Fiona: "Oops."
Marcus: "You can seriously be more clumsy than expected… you sure you know driving?"
Fiona: "Ohh… now that I think about it… that was a license for horse carriages."
Marcus: "Boahh… hahh…"