After

[7]

Riley pushed open the front door of the house, and led the others in.
"So we bought this place." He explained, bringing the, upstairs.

Nile sat with his back turned at the table. "And where have you guys bee-"
He stared at Charlotte, who smiled feebly back at him.

"Hello Nile."
Jake was pulled from his bed, and the group set about getting reacquainted with their lost loved ones.

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"We'll have to let you pair get aquatinted with the house." Riley said to his wife. "We need to go and investigate something."
He kissed her on the cheek, and then took off down the stairs beside Nick.

"Wait up." Jake said, shoving the remains of an apple into his mouth. "I'll drive. I've gotta get some more food, especially since there's another two people to feed. This one eats enough as it is."

Cheshire looked up, a chunk of bread shoved in his mouth. "Wha?"

"Doesn't matter." Nick said, grabbing the teens shoulder. "Come on."

"Stop here." Riley muttered. Jake slowed he truck to a halt. Riley pushed open the door and hopped out.

"What time?" Jake asked.

Riley glanced at his watch. "Uh... Fourth five minutes?"

The driver shrugged, and Riley walked away. Jake looked out again. "So wait, where am I picking you up again?

Riley looked around as he, Nick, Cheshire and Covella made their way down the street.
"Oh, by he mafia base!" He called back. Jake gave him the thumbs up, and drove off.

The doorway was still blown open, and unguarded, so the four just made their way down the alley.
"Y-You guys really made a mess in here, huh." Covella gagged, stepping through the doorway and hearing the squelch of her boots in the pools of congealed blood.

"I guess we did." Nick said, entering beside her. "Alright, let's spilt up. Riley, you come with me and Covella to see if we can find anything on her brother. Cheshire, you go look for this woman."
They all nodded in agreement, and set off.

"Anything yet?" Riley asked the others, as they searched through one of the side rooms.

"Nothing." Nick confirmed. "Not a trace."

Covella paced around in circle. "No, no he had to have been here at some point. The necklace is his. It has to be."

Riley sighed. "Well, whenever it was, it was long before we got here."
The three exited the room,many continued searching the main hall.

After a while, Cheshire crouched over Arisa's body, a look of pain permanently etched into her face. Her golden eyes stared lifelessly up at the ceiling. Uncomfortably, he closed her eyes.
"I'm sorry." He said quietly, rummaging through her pockets. He pulled out a few dollars in change, and a beaten up digital pocket watch. Finally, reaching into the inside pocket of her leather jacket, his fingers curled around small piece of paper.

Cheshire pulled it out. The note was heavily crumpled, and blood had soaked into its side, dying the paper a deep red. In thick, neat handwriting, was written - Captain. Followed by an address, and coordinates.
Cheshire doubled over, grunting in pain and grabbing his head with his free hand. Captain.