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James looked away from her, answering promptly with a short and curt, "No." He looked back at her, before he began heading for the door. "Standing around here won't get anything done. You should be training unless you want to die." James wanted to have her questions end there. He wasn't going to tell her anything, especially not right now, when he just met her. Probably never, in fact.

[Noa Clarke]

"Um...ok...," she said, turning back to the target ahead of her. She picked up her weapon again and took a deep breath, trying to focus. She wasn't sure if she believed him, but it wasn't her place to question him, especially if he said no. She'd just believe him and leave it at that for now.

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James walked towards the door briskly, his hand finding the bracelet once more. He looked back for a moment, having forgotten that he had come here for training himself. It didn't matter anymore. It wasn't like he was just going to stay here awkwardly as this rookie tried to make it so she wouldn't die her first time out. "Don't die," James said turning back around, "And don't ever ask about my life before I came to Division 42. It doesn't concern you."  He continued his walk out of the room.

[Noa Clarke]

She stopped and looked back at him. She lowered the weapon and nodded, "Ok. I won't ask you again," she told him. "That's your secret to keep."

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James smiled slightly, hurrying out of the room, adding a soft, "Good," as he exited the room. He hurried down to the weight set, even if he had already done it, and decided to practice his shot later.

[Noa Clarke]

Later that day, when Noa was finished, she was about to head to the new home that the Division had given her, where she'd be with other members. As she left the facility and headed out to the street, she noticed something was off. There were usually one or two people around, acting as guards at the front entrance. They weren't there.

She kept walking and looked around, seeing a single man leaning against the wall that surrounded the building. He was wearing a coat with turned up collar, even though it was summer. He looked her way with cold eyes, and lifted a handgun at her.

"Take me inside."

Soon, at gunpoint, Noa had taken this man into the building. Once more, Ravinn Wolf was inside the walls of Division 42.

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James had just spent a couple of hours training, mostly at the weight bench, having not been able to practice his aim with a gun because Noa had been there.  He didn't her to ask any more questions that brought up his past.  His jacket was off, and he was wearing his black shirt, short sleeves, a polo shirt, and his dark jeans.  Deciding that Noa was probably gone from the shooting range, James began heading towards the range, his jacket still in the weight room, but his gun strapped to his waist.  However, something was off.  Something wasn't right. 

James had his hand ready, near his gun, looking behind him, seeing no one.  He could swear something was off.  He walked down the hall, pulling his gun just in case, turning a corner, seeing Noa there.  At first he didn't notice Ravinn, but as soon as he did, he trained his handgun on the man.  "What are you doing here?" James demanded.

[Noa Clarke]

"You...you know this guy?" Noa asked, having trouble forming the words.

"Ah, James," Ravinn said, smiling coldly, keeping the gun on Noa's head, "I'm glad I was able to see you again. It has been some time, hasn't it?"

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James ignored Noa's question, focusing on Ravinn. It was more important to him to stop Ravinn from doing whatever he was going to do, than worry about Noa knowing anything right now. As long as he could stop the man, and not get Noa killed, he would be golden. But that was the problem. How could he achieve both?

"I asked you a question," James snapped, his eyes glancing for just a moment at Noa, "Let her go." His gun was still aimed at Ravinn, even though he did have a gun at Noa's head.

[Noa Clarke]

"I'm here for reasons I'm sure you can guess," he told James. "I stole from Division when I left, and now I forced my way back in. Take a guess at what I'm doing here."

"He was Division?" Noa questioned, although Ravinn said nothing, so it was to James more than anything.

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James ignored Noa's question once more. It was not the most intelligent question to be asking right now in his mind. And anyways, Ravinn needed his attention more than anything.

"I'm going to stop you," James said confidently, though he knew that with a hostage not too very much they would do, because most of it would harm Noa.

[Noa Clarke]

Ravinn just smiled, "You? Stop me? Do you think I walked in with just a gun and hostage? I have plenty more up my sleeves, as it were. Do you think you, as you are, can stop me?"

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James kept a steady glare on Ravinn. "Of course I can," James replied, wishing he had his jacket right now, as it always made it seem like he might have something else on him, and usually he did, just nothing that would be useful in this situation. It was the confidence ploy that he had read about and told Noa about earlier. That way he could try to bluff his way out. "You may have a whole army out there, but I won't stop until you are gone." James gripped his gun tightly still aiming at Ravinn, right at his skull.

"What do you even mean, as I am?" James asked as a sort of after thought.

[Noa Clarke]

"I mean, you have nothing but a gun, I imagine. I can have anything on me. I don't know how familiar you are with what Division had stored here, but I could have brought anything with me. For all you know, I could kill you right now in an instant while I talk to you."

Noa looked at James, "Is he serious? What sorts of things are stored here?" she questioned with more than a hint of fear in her voice.

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"If you had, then I'd be dead already," James replied not moving from his spot, blocking Ravinn's path, "After all, I am in your way." James glanced at Noa once more before he ignored her question once more. "I know of the objects' powers, but I also know that each one comes with some sort of price. Now, are you willing to pay it?" James knew that not all seemed to have downfalls, but most of them did, especially the most powerful of them.