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Zoe let out an excited little squeal as she looked at the busy streets in front of her. There was so much _life_ throbbing through the streets, it was so busy and different from Shibusen! The weather was fantastic too: her hair was behaving in ways it had never behaved back at home. It was all amazing.

Jared sight as he kept close step to the young technician, looking down with disgust at the black and gold shirt he was wearing emblazoned with one of Vietnam's historic sites. Zoe was wearing a mirror image of the shirt in a small size, but he had accepted this concession for not having to have his nails painted to match her own.

"Come on Koh. This is serious. A real mission." he scanned the streets and looked to where someone with shades and a particularly cold expression on her face stood. They _were_ twins, weren't they? "You're going to behave, right?"

Koh looked up with bright eyes at her weapon and grinned. "I always behave." she responded, to have the young boy roll his eyes. "Come on. She's there! We'll introduce ourselves and get this on a roll!" and maybe grab a bowl of Pho before getting dragged back to campus...

Zoe beamed. This was Axie! But she remembered: neever ever call her that in her face unless you were Ashie. But still. "Hi there." she chirped, waving her hand. The woman had mag sandals. She wanted a pair like them, but maybe in some other color, like red. Ooh Red! She beamed as she nodded her head. "I'm Koh, this is Red." she waved her hand on her weapon with a pleased look on her face. This woman was going to be like her mentor during this mission! They didn't need to stick with these serious rules, like going by their surnames right?

Jared nodded his head at the introduction, scanning the streets. He'd read the mission and had forced Zoe to memorize it until she could quote word for word what it had said last night-- a bit foolish perhas, but this girl scared him. This was their first mission... he'd never seen her work. What if she froze up or ran away? God. And this place was crowded! Why couldn't they have waited until a quiet mission had turned up, like chasing an old woman down the abandoned fields at night, or something?

It was obvious that the girl had a case of hyper nerves: it was like trying to control a kid on a sugar high. There as a bright gleam in her eyes that refused to be repressed. "So are we going to do it here? In front of all these people?" she shifted her weight from her feet. This was exciting. This was new. She was going to prove herself, finally! Finally! Then maybe Jared would stop laughing at her and bossing her around.

Zoe gazed at the streets with a frown, nodding her head as she listened. It was true, but it was so crowded! Take the target somewhere else where she could probably fight without killing someone by accident? God. The thought of it made her wince. Red would KILL her when they got home if something like that happened. Funny how sensitive he was when he was the weapon, and she the technician.

Questions? She frowned as she looked over at Red. Whatever questions she had he probably did too: and one thing she could acknowledge was that he always had a better way of phrasing them.

"Do we get marked down in some way if we cause too much property damage?" his voice was cool as he frowned, nodding at Zoe. If the target was going to attack any time soon, it would do them best to ready. But he wasn't willing to shift into weapon form yet: no, he needed to know. Zoe was going to do anything to get this soul: might as well know what it might cost them.

Zoe's smile was almost wolfish as she looked up at Axie with a grin. See? He was better at this stuff.

Jared flushed slightly at the praise, liking it a little bit too much. Still, what she said made sense: and it didn't sound unnecessarily strict. As long as they didn't destroy a whole city... besides, having a mad driver did make things a little bit more difficult. Maybe they'd be given a wider allowance if Zoe and he screwed up.

The screaming snapped his attention back to the moment at hand and at the sight of the taxi careening in his direction, which was enough to have him instinctively shift into weapon form. KOH! he snapped, but his technician was already at hand. She grasped him with both hands, tenser now, focused.

How they hell was she supposed to stop an approaching vehicle with a perverted wavy sword? This wasn't in the guide book! Not that she'd read it, really.

Away from the activity, remember? the gentle reminder was a good start, and it was enough to prompt the girl to pull herself out of her daze. Away from the activity, right! Less collateral damage. Check. Gaze scanning her surroundings, she grinned. Lonely alley way here we come!

And with that.

She ran.

You can't run FASTER than a car you idiot.

"I can try!"

Remind me to send you to the gym after this mission. HOW can you be out of breath already?! the words were stinging and Zoe spun on her heel as she stared down the cab. They alley was empty, which was a good sign: no one else would have to be hurt in the chaotic process. Her breathing was coming in quick enough pants that she didn't really have the oxygen to think up a good response to Jared's words. But she had one for the mad cab driver.

"No where to run my a**." she yelled out. Jared groaned. How. How does that make sense in this situation? but it did, in her mind. And it sounded pretty cool. At the sound of the revving engine Zoe ran towards the cab.

NOW!

At Jared's signal Zoe jumped onto the hood of the car, plunging the sword straight towards the windshield into the vicinity of where she could see the driver sitting.

Zoe was surprised to see that yes, Jared was tough enough to break glass. Feeling immensely proud of herself, she plunged the sword straight through and let out a curse when it only nicked the driver. Dammit: this was harder than it looked aye? She'd blame Jared for her bad aim when they were finished with this.

As the car crashed along the alley wall, she jumped off the hood in order to avoid the collision. Still, the jump wasn't graceful and she winced when she felt pavement embedding itself into her knees. Gonna have someone kiss them later to make them feel better that's for sure. Watching the driver try to smash his way through the door she winced and scrabbled back up on top of the car. Better to get out of the way first. Except..

Wait. This was her chance!

Don't you dare miss was the cutting command in her head, and she snarled at it in frustration. Did Jared think she would enjoy messing up? It was always be accident, don't you know.

She jumped off the top of the cab and lunged down, with the intent in decapitating the man while he was still groggy.

Ugh gross. Jared was actually STUCK in the spine! But it was over soon enough. Wincing as she watched the spray of blood, she waited until the soul was alone in the alley way before jumping off the car Better this way: don't want to end up sliding in gore. Ugh. What a mess that would be.

Jared shifted back almost immediately and reached for the soul. He paused mid motion at Alexis' words though: it wasn't a bad performance, but she didn't really sound like she was giving a compliment. More like it was acceptable, but not he best. Still, he knew _her_ reputation, so took it at face value instead.

"Thank you." he managed before consuming the soul. His very first! Yummy.

Zoe grimaced as she watched this: there was something quite ridiculous about a full grown boy eating something round and bouncy. Kind of perverted too. With beamed at Alexis' commented and nodded her head. "So like, do we all go for Pho noodles now, or something?"

Maybe they should get Axie a matching shirt as a souvenir!