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Ito took a deep breath of the jungle air, sighing happily as he walked into the den of mother nature. He was clad in a black long sleeve shirt and a camo vest, wearing baggy camo jump pants with many pockets, a survival knife attached to his right leg by multi purpose tape. The sheath was the only item there, the knife was in his hand as he walked through the jungle quietly, observing his area calmly. "Sam, do you have the rifle on you in case things get hairy?" He asked curiously, making sure she understood the rifle was a desperate measures supply. He had a bag on his back, holding three days worth of food and water to be split between them, though the meals would be rather small portions. "So, where do you think secrets would be? What heading?" He asked curiously, reading the compass embedded in the pommel of the survival knife.

"Oho... And just what would a lab be doing on an island... Is it just me, or do I smell one of my favorite science-fiction novels..." Ito said with a smile, remembering a book he had read in brail that featured an island with experiments to bring out the animalistic qualities of humans. "Any idea what direction they would be on a compass? Maybe we should try and find them and figure out... Maybe a cave? That would probably lead to a service tunnel or something infested with the creatures..." Then, with a mischievous smile, Ito vanished, having hopped up into a tree and now resting amongst it's branches, soon darting around from tree to tree. "And then... When you feel completely secure..." His voice echoed out in a ghastly quality. "You feel an ominous presence behind you... You turn... And..." He dropped behind her silently, a wide grin on his baby-faced features. "POOOOUNCE!!!" He shouted, tackling her to the ground in a very loving and gentle embrace despite the collision of their bodies and their fall to the ground.

Ito shouted out. "Watch your mouth Samantha!" As they fell to the ground, soon feeling her nuzzling into him, asking what he was doing. "Simple... I'm enjoying what we may as well consider our honeymoon..." He said lightly, nuzzling into her neck gently. Then he heard a noise, something like a grunt. He brought his finger to his lips quietly and got off of Sam, motioning for her to stand up. He crouched and walked slowly through a few bushes until he came upon the scene of a mother boar nursing her piglets. "Ah... Nature in all her beauty..." He said with a smile as he watched the scene, waiting for Sam to join him. The display of motherhood and new life thriving in such a harsh environment evoked many good feelings within Ito. He was hoping it was a meal, but now, seeing that it was a few babies and a mother, he decided he'd pass up the hunt.

"Well, let's get going... Even if a cave is full of beasties, I'm interested in seeing them... We do have our cameras right?" He asked, holding his up, switching to the no flash mode and taking a quick picture of the mother boar and her children. "Now then... Let's move!" He said happily, going off to try and find his way to somewhere the creatures might be. And I want some souveniers!" He cried happily, ready to leap into the jaws of death with nothing but a combat knife. He thought some monster shots would make for perfect honeymoon souveniers, and on the trip back, they'd both relax, rest, and enjoy the pleasurable company they could provide each other. Yeah, it was a perfect plan by his standards.

"Well the mansion seemed heavilly guarded when I checked it with the binoculars... I'm not sure about you, but our fellow man doesn't deserve death unless retribution is needed severely." Ito said lightly, looking through some bushes near a rockface. "Besides, you're not the only one who hears rumors... I heard this tunnel leads to the mansion or the lab, so I'm pretty sure we should try the cave for the safest approach... Aside from freaks of nature..." he said with a shrug as he found an opening in the rockface. "Aha! Sam, prepare to go cavediving!" He exclaimed, folding his wings tightly to his back as he slid through the opening. He couldn't wait. Things like this seemed to thrill him surprisingly.

Shepard cut his way through the forest with one of his swords. Already he feel the humidness of the place and it was starting to annoy him. " Its going to rain. Like these plants need anymore water" Shepard said looking up into the tree covered sky. " I overheard stuff about this island. How there's monsters and other things here. If there are then they aren't strong enough to challenge a warrior elite like myself. They won't stand a chance!" Shepard said laughing. He remebnered Harumi was behind him. " Hey are you okay back there?"

" Hey if your annoyed with this whole thing you can find your way back. I gave you a choice to come and you did. Now stop throwing a tantrum and move. And no I won't carry you through this forest. I'm not that nice" Shepard said cutting through leaves and branches. He took a small bottle of water and drank some of it. He held it back torwards Harumi. " Here take a small sip. We need to keep hydrated" Shepard said contiueing to move forward. He was looking for sign of movement, anything that might have left a clue if Gordon was here. Wasting my time on finding mine ridiclous cousin. Thats how I wanted to spend my vaction. Not sleeping on the beach! But finding my stupid cousin!