Ashes in the Rain

|Chapter 3: The Information Broker|

Location: America, Unknown
Date: March 28th, 1930
Time: 1:07 pm

Natalie's POV
"It's nice to see you again, David. What's up?" Dante asked. "Actually... I might have a job for you two." Onii-san replied. "Oh? If that's the case... come sit down." Dante smiled as he led him to the office. Onii-san talked about an old partner of his; another kindle in fact. He said he wanted her brought to him alive, but to be honest it all depends on how the situation plays out. If that person hurts Dante... I'd never be able to live. I looked over to my trusty chainsaw... 'Time to go get some new gear...' I thought.

Dante and Onii-san talked a whole lot, I didn't really bother much to listen. All I knew was my chainsaw and my feelings, and that was all I needed. The only thing I picked up as 'useful' in their conversation was an information broker that goes by the name of Kian Mason. It's definitely an alias. Information brokers are people who knows everything about everyone while no one knows nothing of them. Quite similar to my own ways in fact... But if Onii-san trusts this guy, then I must do the same. Soon after packing up for the trip, Onii-san sent us away on a small private plane, headed for Canada.

Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Date: March 28th, 1930
Time: 3:00 pm

Kian's POV
I knew from the very start when that old Tiger David came in asking about Morgan. I could read it from his eyes, He wanted her back, his precious partner. "Ah, how lovely. You must miss her, huh, Mr. Frazer?" I laughed. "Tsk. Your mouth is foul as ever, Kian." He replied. I could see his fangs cringing from his words. There was two people standing behind David. Judging by my information I could tell it was none other than Dante Mendez (A rookie wet blanket assassin) and Natalie Alston (a crazed yandere loli.) "Oh,  How cute." I stood up and walked to Natalie. "Your old David's half sister aren't you?" I began to pat her head. I could see that Dante wasn't too pleased. "You take care of Onii-chan, right?" She asked. "Yes, I do." I replied. She hugged me and smiled. "If big brother likes you, and you care for him... I guess that makes you fine in my book as well." Dante coughed slightly. "Ah. Of course, you can't be more special than Dante." She ran and held his hand tightly. 'How interesting. A wet blanket worrying about a yandere that's clearly crazy about him.' I thought. "Only I can hurt Dante." She pulled a knife and began to continuously thrust it into his stomach.

"Of course, I know the human anatomy, so I know where to attack where it won't kill him." She smiled as she cleaned her blade. Dante soon began to cough blood. "Ahehehe. Dante still loves me, doesn't he?" She began to stare coldly in his eyes. He nodded continuously, mostly because Natalie grabbed his head and began to make him nod. "Anyway... Here's the data on your Dragon." I pulled it from my pocket and tossed it onto Dante. (Who was on the ground holding his stomach.) "I wish you all good luck on your investigation." I said as my minions sent them out the door.

As soon as they made their way onto the plane headed for America, I ordered my men to pack up. For all they know, I'm Kian Mason, a 35 year old information broker from Canada. But the real thing is; Kian Mason was a stillborn infant from New Jersey and Canada is just one of my many countries I'm an informant for. I made my way onto a boat, headed for Greenland. My name is now 'Walter Frisk, a local fisherman.' Once again... no one knows the real me. All I have are these fake identities shrouding my mystery.

Location: 89-140 Mont Blanc Valley Avenue, Italy.
Date: March 28th, 1930
Time: 9:00 pm

Leo's POV
Lily suddenly began to have all sorts of distorted memories. Sometimes at night she would scream about a fire, and other times it was about two wrestling gentleman without faces. It was slowly trying to come back to her... she just wasn't ready to accept it all. I was making her nightly tea when she came up to me with the most abrupt question. "Hey... If I think about the age we were when I was orphaned... There's definitely no way we could've gotten a house. You were 11 and I was 10. How did we get this house, Leo?" "Well... When it came to that it seems almost like a dream to be honest. A man approached us and told us he was an information broker that worked for your family in the past. He said that in order to repay all that your family had done for him, he had prepared a house in advance because he already knew the outcome of that night. It may have seemed stupid... but, I ended up going with him and that's how we got here." I replied.

"I see... But doesn't that sound quite fishy?" She asked. "Yeah, I know. Yet at that time I had no choice... I was only 11 and there was no way I was gonna take us to any foster home." I replied. "I guess..." She mumbled. "Nothing bad happened to us so far, However, it would be wise to have a place to stay in case things go downhill." I smiled. "Which is why, at the age of 18 I had already planned for such a circumstance." I held up keys to another place I had bought from the black market. "Oh, Leo. How smart of you." Lily replied. "Don't worry too much, Milady. Your returning memories shouldn't give you a reason to be scared so soon." I sighed. "Yes that's correct... although, I still wonder about that information broker you spoke of earlier." Her ears drooped. "So do I..." I replied.

To Be Continued...