Midday, and Hanna arrives home; inexplicably, she sees two ATVs in the garage. Surely not? She dashes to the front door, opening it as quickly as possible, and bursts into the den; she finds it empty. A quick patrol of the house confirms only the vehicles made it back. So Captain Aquila kidnaps my friends, and leaves me to die alone, helpless, and petrified, yet is thoughtful enough to return our vehicles? Either he's mad, or he returned them specifically to drive me mad.

Whatever the reason, he will die by my hand.

After a quick change of clothes, Hanna returns to the den, clad in her familiar halterneck-and-capris combination. Tossing the blouse and bell-bottoms on the sofa, she spots a note falling from a pocket. Intrigued, she picks the note up, and begins to read.

Even though today is the first time we've met, I could not shake the feeling we somehow knew each other already. Normally, I don't tell anyone about my past; it's full of secrets I vowed to take to my grave. Yet I told you without hesitation. I could read in your body language that you seemed to have a similar feeling; you were certainly more open than I expected a Red Scarf to be. If I am mistaken, then I apologise.

Hanna pauses a moment. Kathy, you're not mistaken. She carries on reading.

Either way, you can keep the clothes if you want to; I have plenty enough already. If you don't want to keep them, then please donate them to a charity or a second-hand store. They helped you when you needed it; maybe they'll help someone else.

Hanna pauses again. Donate to charity; I much prefer my halterneck and capris anyway. But that can wait until I have rescued my friends. Or recovered their corpses. She continues.

Don't worry about returning the favour; I'm happy to help. But I do want you to do one thing for me.

Live a long and happy life.

Kathy Skarlett

Hanna folds the note. A long and happy life sounds- wait, what was that name? She unfolds the note and re-reads the name.

Kathy Skarlett

"Skarlett?" Hanna breathes in disbelief. She told me about the daughter, lost eighteen years ago; she called her Hanna. Eighteen years ago, I was left at the orphanage… By the Ancients, she can't be… Hanna sprints upstairs, into the bedroom, and opens the drawer by her bedside. After a moment's frantic rummaging, she finds the old yellowed note she was looking for; opening it carefully, she reads the names at the bottom.

Mike & Kathy Skarlett

Hanna compares the two notes. The handwriting… it's… identical! Stunned, Hanna's legs give way; she hits the floor hard, the two notes fluttering to the floor. I… I just met my mother! This is too much; I need a moment. A shake of her head. No. Cannot worry about that now. I need to find my friends. I need to find Rob.

Armed with her steel nunchaku, slung on the hips, and Rob's black sai, sheathed on her back in Rob's double-baldric, Hanna speeds away from the house on her ATV.

Her intention: to rescue her friends.

And kill Captain Aquila Kawaguchi.