Chapter 3

Takeshi, Nyan, and Teru finally reached their base within the region. Takeshi looked at it to view what they considered their sanctuary. To most, it was just a simple villa, and to the untrained eye, it was, except for the secret rooms and passageways the members of Sicarius had pain-stakenly carved during their set up operation.

They silently walked inside, and into the office of the house. There were papers on the desk, but none with vital or secret information on them. Takeshi walked over to the bookshelf, and pushed away a cluster of books, revealing a keyhole.

Takeshi pulled out his key, insterted it into the lock, turned it, and pulled it out. Doing this caused the bookshelf to be pulled upwards, revealing a dooway to stairs that lead to an underground room.

They walked down into the room, which was outfitted with beds, and medical supplies, and doorways leading to a kitchen and training area. Teru and Nyan laid the two boys on the beds. Nyan preceded to skip to the kitchen to make her delicious tea they drank to celebrate mission success'. Teru promptly sat down and closed his eyes to rest until the tea was done.

Takeshi couldn't blame him for doing so, as they had pulled an all-nighter to get back to the house today. They were used to doing so, but they still needed to rest up afterwards. Takeshi knew he'd be able to tide himself over until tonight once he had some of Nyan's tea, so he instead decided to ponder a question that was probably on Nyan and Teru's minds as well: how to explain everything to the two boys.

He had never done that before, but still, he knew well enough he would have to, or otherwise kick them out, and he just couldn't bring himself to do that for some reason. He sighed and began to string together what he would say. The basics would be that their group, Sicarius, was a group of assassins killing those who take advantage of the people of the world.

Nyan came over with the tea, and Teru woke up from his little nap as soon as the aroma came to him. They all took a cup and poored some for themselves. Takeshi noticed that Nyan had made extra, in case the two boys woke up. That was Nyan all over, being kind-hearted to those in need.

After a small moment of quiet thinking, Nyan broke the silence by saying, "So, what are we going to do with them?"

Takeshi sighed, "I think we'll have to tell them about Sicarius, but not classified stuff unless they decide they wish to join us. If they don't want to, we help them recover, give them some money, and send them on their way."

Teru nodded in agreement, and Nyan did likewise, as it was the only logical choice they had now. they then sat in silence once more, awaiting the inevitable story-telling.

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