She look back at Eaen, looking at him as if he's holding back vital information, but deathstar can put two and two together, she knew that he was heading back down to the darkside and was going to tag along If he wanted her to go or not, So when are we leaving, I need revisit this place that made me the woman i am today she says with her head low and playing with her dagger, as if she knows that she is going with Ralph.....despite what he says....

This benny guy must have gotten to you I see,.... this isn't an x-men problem its personal, she says as she sits back in the chair and begins to rock the chair, and play with her dagger, slowly looking up to raph...

Eaen smiled lightly and nodded to Raph. "I understand."

It probably wasn't a very good idea for Eaen to get involved anyways. What if Miguel gained control? An arena was probably the last place in the world Eaen should have thought about going to, especially with constant prescence of Miguel. Unfortunetly for Eaen though, should and is are two very different things. Even though he knew he would most likely just get in the way by tagging along, he couldn't shake the feeling that he would regret sticking around the mansion.

He would feel like he was useless, and if something happened to them while they were gone, he would blame himself for it, for knowing where they were going and not trying to help them.

It was selfish he knew that, but he couldn't handle feeling responsible for any more deaths, regardless of whether or not they were his fault. He gave Deathstar a half smile, and the cogs inside his head were already turning.

Although Eaen was normally a sweet guy with wallflower tendencies, he had come up with more plots than he would ever need in his short life. Growing up with an alcoholic father did that to him. He noted Talon still standing in the room, and figured from the little he said, that he wasn't the type who would just let them leave either. 'That could work to my advantage...' He thought.

He knew it was wrong to drag another person into it, but he really couldn't help it. Plus, there was also the pure thrill of the whole thing. He was nervous, but something about the underbelly of society sounded like a lot of fun.

And that's what would come back and smack him right upside the head. A big old batch of reality, something he wouldn't have recieved in white picket fence, connecticut, USA.

When do we leave?... Deathstar asks while still sitting in the chair, twirling with her dagger, she turns to raph and nods her head, as if she would accopany and be backup if he needs her to be....

I know we aren't the best friends but we are on the same team, I got you!!...this benny guy now I remember him , he's that jerk coach the best fighters and cheat them out there money, and if they aren't winning anymore fights he has them executed,...he talked to me a couple times but I turned down, I told I would only join If my sister was on the other side of the ring..but enough about me...raph, you still know bout his whereabouts.....

He nodded to Eaen then turned his gaze back to Deathstar. She seemed to be ready to march on the war path, even though they did not know one another very well. Though she seemed to have gotten the wrong impression from him. She seemed ready to take the dagger she held and jam it down Benny's throat... Something he was not intending to do. He had murdered once, and killed several times in self defense, or the defense of someone else, and he preferred the latter, though neither really bothered him much.

"Tomorrow," he answered her question. "And I do know his whereabouts, and while I appreciate your willingness to help me out, I'm not going back there to knock off Benny. Not this time around at least. I made an agreement when I walked out, and I'm keeping my word in this. The extent of the help you could provide is a friendly face in the crowd. Something I've not ever seen while in the ring."

He drew a short breath, looking back over the three occupants of the room. Darius was being quiet, and unresponsive for the most part, which made it difficult to read. Eaen seemed to be stuck in his own thoughts, likely trying to figure a way to tag along, or atleast Raphael assumed that. He then stood up and stretched. "Tomorrow." He still needed to tell Jenny he would be out for possibly a couple days. He did not want her worrying unnecessarily, and raising questions that might get more people involved than he wanted... Just how to go about telling her, he did not know.

A small girl made her way into the kitchen. Millie's tummy had been growling and she wanted it to be quiet. So she decided to get a cookie and some milk, just like 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie', one of her favorite books. She squealed in excitement when she saw that there were more people to play with and talk to. All big people did was talk though, they didn't play games, but Mama Emmy did.

The innocent girl walked over to a chair and climbed on, literally. She put her teddy in her lap and she nuzzled her chin in his soft fur with a giant smile on her face, showing her baby teeth. "HI! Do you guyt want tome cookiet too? Merlin and me wanted tome, petially the chocolip chip one or the jut chocolate! Thote are our favorite!"

Millie was dressed in her Blues Clues pajamas because she did not want to change out of them. Since she was too short, she pulled her knees up on the seat and sat down on her legs, making her higher in her seat and finally able to see everyone. She really only recognized one, but he had made her go to bed when she didn't want to, oh well. Then again, as Millie thought about after he left, she didn't remember anything else but another nightmare that Merlin had to help out and make her glow, yet again.

"Guet what? Merlin the Wonder Teddy let me glow again lat night, I wat cared. I had a bad dream, another one. It wat dark and lonely and I could hear tomeone breathing behind me." She whispered, as if it was a secret. Then she imitated the breathing that was in her dream by breathing in quite obnoxiously and breathing out just as obnoxiously, but with a smile on her face, she liked talking to the big kids.

Eaen drew his legs up against his chest and watched as Raph spoke to Deathstar. 'Friendly face in the crowd... I can do that too!' Eaen smiled, 'Plus... it sounds pretty harmless. What's the worse that could happen?'

<"Famous last words.">

Eaen jumped a little in his chair, startled by Miguel's sudden appearance. 'Don't scare me like that!'

<"Dude... I've been inside here for years. You're not used to me by now?">

Eaen blushed a little. 'Well yeah... it's just, you kind of popped up suddenly. You've been awfully quiet this morning.' Eaen waited a few seconds for Miguel's response. 'Miguel?'

Eaen sighed audiably. He tried zoning in on Miguel's thoughts, but he was trying really hard to keep Eaen out. He gave up pretty quickly, it's not like Miguel could really do any harm during their current state, and Eaen figured he was probably better off not knowing what Miguel was thinking about.

Turning his attention back to the people in the room, he noted that Raph was planning on leaving the next day. He was content with that, he almost thought he was going to leave sooner, but this gave him time to do a bit of research and find out exactly what Raph and Deathstar's pasts were like.

'How do you research something like that...?' Eaen thought to himself. He figured the internet wouldn't help, there probably weren't too many reliable websites devoted to the darker sides of New York City. Although he and Deathstar were becoming close, she probably wouldn't open up to him about her past quite yet, and he only just met Raph. He yawned and brushed some hair out of his eyes.

'Guess that leaves field research.'

He snapped out of his daze when Millie walked up the table, and smiled widely. He loved kids, and was usually the one watching all the little ones when the adults needed a get away. His expression was sad for a moment, feeling a bit homesick, but he quickly shrugged it away smiling at the little girl.

"Sure, I'd love a cookie." Eaen knew kids usually got a kick out of providing for older people and in all reality, he wouldn't have minded a cookie. "And hey, I like chocolate chip too!"

He listened as the girl spoke about her teddy and the bad dream and smiled sympathetically. "That's quite the teddy bear you've got then. You're lucky to have such a good friend." He thought for a second before continuing.

"You know what's kind of cool about dreams though?" He spoke to Millie in an audiable whisper, as if he was telling her something incredibly confidential. "Nothing can ever hurt you in dreams. I get really really scared sometimes in my dreams and I forget that. But if you focus really hard on something you like, you can change the dream to something good or funny!"

"Although," Eaen paused. "Sometimes it's really hard to think of those good things. But I think you seem like a pretty big girl, and I bet you can do it."

Eaen was amused by how she was sitting on her legs to be able to see over the table, especially seeing how he was pretty short for a 19 year old, it wasn't too long ago where he had to pull such stunts to see what was going on. Luckily, she was still young and that as an excuse.

"My name's Eaen by the way. What's your's?"

Deathstar shook her agreed to what raph has said, she was ready when he was, she was twirling with her blade, and rose from her seat, ..and leans against the table... Let me asks you something raph, is there ever a time where you want to go back to your old ways...and kill?. she asks raph trying to find how to get all this pinned up anger out of her system....

deathstar turns and looks around hearing tiny footsteps, a little girl appeared, deathstar never really delt with children but was really eager to get to know the little one, she kneeled down on one knee and who might you be?....Oh yea!!.. I'm death..No!!.....I'm layla!!... catching herself from putting bad words in the ears of the little one, she would only allow the little girl to call her by her real name... I see somebody's a little hungry ...she says as she helps the little girl get some cookies

Darius smiled to see a a more happier face enter the room which woke him up from a day dream he had been having. He found it funny that again Deathstar let her tough exterior drop but this time to a little girl . Darius walked over in Raphs direction and leant on the table. "Look Raph about before I knew you weren't talking about a road trip, you got things from your past that need sorting out, hell I sure know were your coming from" he said to Raph shaking his head Does he really think im that stupid he thought. "Look I see myself as a friend of yours now and all I was trying to say was if you need a helping hand myn is yours" he finished walking over to the window to get some sun.

Raphael started to open his mouth to answer Deathstar's question when lil Millie came in. He turned his gaze to watch her climb up so just her head poked above the table, and smiled. "Mornin' Li'l One." He said instead, though Deathstar's question still rung in his ears. He had no problem with killing, he had done so several times since leaving the fighter's circuit. He had even gone so far as to discover that it was easier to kill on purpose than it was to do so by accident.

He tipped his gaze away from Millie as Deathstar and Eaen swarmed her. He listened to Darius' words, and nodded, following him over to the window. He placed a heavy hand, in a literal sense, as well as metaphorical on Darius' shoulder. "Thank you for that, though really... All I need is transportation there, the rest... even if I wanted help accomplishing it... needs to be done alone. The..." he glanced towards Millie, just to make sure she was out of earshot range, and distracted by the other two. He chose to drop his voice anyways. "The fights were very rarely more than one on one... But I do appreciate the sentiment, it means a lot. It's just something I need to do alone."

He stuck his hand out to the man he had only met the rainy night before. "As for now, I need to find a special Lady and let her know I'll be vanishing for a day or so." He shook Darius' hand and slipped out of the dining room with a wave to Millie, Eaen, and Deathstar.

Darius shook Raphaels hand with a smile and nod. "Any problems you just give me a call and trust me I can be there in literally a minute" he said as he wrote his cell number down on a small slip of paper and past in to Raphael who smiled and turned and left the room. Darius then walked over to Layla and put his hand on her shoulder and whispered in here ear "Hey I've got something really cool to show you I'll meet you out in the mansion grounds in five, is that ok?" he asked then taking an apple from a fruit bowl near by and took off out the room.