Ian led Nostra and Nina to a hidden cave in the woods. It was mainly covered by trees and vines, disguised to look like a hill.
"Here we are. Not the best, but it works," He shrugged.
Nina edged closer to Nostra, staring at Ian.

Nostra stepped on the ground and took Nina's hand. "Alright." The soft spoken wind guardian said. "Where is this Vincent?" he asked his butterflies floating around here and there.

Rose walked out of the hideout and stared at Nostra.
"He is in hiding, but I am in charge today. How may I help you?" she asked.
Nina stared at Rose as Ian turned to walk inside.

Nostra sighed mentaly as he looked at Rose. "This is Nina. And I'm Nostra. Basicaly, we came here because Ian said this is where Vincent was at. And that he wanted to talk to Nina and assign her a guardian." He said trying to be nice.

"Right, he said something about that. Well, unless you want to take care of her, our gambling priest will," Rose said.
"Stop calling me that!" Ian yelled from inside, making her giggle.

"A priest that gambles?" Nostra asked shaking his head. "I'm going to stay with her no matter what. She's like a kid sister to me." He said looking at Rose. "Why is he so intersted in Nina anyway?" He asked just curious on the matter.

"Vincent is interested because he believes that the next generations are more intact with their genes than their parents. Now, Eric and his ex were one of the best assassins...until he became soft and she dead," Rose said, "Vincent thinks that Nina will be a good murderer. But between you and me, I made a bet with Ian saying that she will be like her father...soft and too caring."

Nina had stopped listenign after a while. Now she was staring into some bushes, watching two guys play a ard game.

Nostra crossed his legs and floated in the air. "I guess we won't know until she grows up now will we?" he said tiling his head slightly. "Kids adapt to the people around them. Some go towards the other end of hte spectrum to keep a balance in the group they group up around."

"That is true. I think the idea is stupid, but that is just my opinion. Hey, you want some tea or something?" Rose smiled.

"Tea sounds nice, Miss Rose." Nostra said with a small smile. "So what is he in hiding for any way?"

"Well, not to long ago he killed his son, but he forgot that he had trapped this guy's soul in his body and the guy who he had trapped is a murderer who was trying to kill Vincent. Now the guy took over Vincent's son's body and is trying to kill Vincent. He is fun to play cards with," Rose shrugged, "well, come in, I'll get Reno to make some tea."
She turned and walked in the cave.

"That's just weird...." Nostra said at Rose's explaination. He shrugged and set one of the butterflies to keep an eye on Nina before following her into the cave. He looked around as some of the butterflies took off to explore.

"Just a little, but atleast Vincent isn't around. He drives me nuts!" Rose said, walking into a large room.
The room was large, but it looked to be in a house instead of a cave. The walls were white and had a few pictures on them. The pictures were all crimson splattered. There were two white couches that sat infront of a fire place. A low glass table stood between the fireplace and the couches.
There was a hallway leading farther back in the cave across the room and beside that was an open door leading to the kitchen.
"Please make yourself at home," Rose smiled, walking into the kitchen.

Nostra surpessed a chuckle at Rose's comment. ~Sure if I did that then we'd have a lot of butterflies all over the place not to mention flowers and some other random plants and creatures.~ he thought as he looked around. He yawned and floated up to the ceiling, turning so he was looking down at everything. "This is has been a bad winter...." Nostra sighed to himself.

Emily walked in from the hallway and stared up at Nostra. She blinked slightly and walked over to where he floated.
"Who are you and why are you flying in the middle of the living room?" she asked.

"I am Nostra and I'm just looking at the living room from a diffrent raspective." the wind guardian said smiling at Emily. "I'm here with Eric's daughter, Nina as her guardian."

"Ah, well, I'm Emily, nice to meet you. I feel sorry for her. Didn't she just find Eric?" She asked.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Emily." Nostra nodded saddly as he took an upright position. "She did. I hope she is going to be ok."

" I'm sure she will if you're watching her, you seem nice. You know, if you wait for a little longer, Vincent should be coming back. He left his knife," Emily said.

"May as well see who this guy is." Nostra said as he landed on the ground. His wings shimmered in the light before they vanished. He had been using them instead of his wind powers to conserve energy. "How long have you been with the organization?" he asked curiously.

"About a three years. Its been great aside from the killing," Emily smiled slightly.
Rose walked out of the kitchen with a tray of several cups and a teapot. She had nearly dropped it all when she saw them.
"Oh my god! She smiles!"

Nostra looked at Rose confused. "Most people know how to smile they just don't chose to." he said with a shake of his head. "I dont' like to kill either." He said looking back at Emily. "I dont' like taking life unless it is nessecary."

"I hate it at all and I wouldn't mind doing it now if Rose does that again," Emily said, sitting down on the couch.
"Sorry...well, tea is done, help yourselves," Rose said, placing the tray down on the table and sat down next to Emily.

Nostra took a seat oppisite of the girls. He bowed his head a little in thanks to Rose. "What is it that the two of you do?" He asked as he poured tea.

"Well...I clean and cook. Otherwise I'm an assassin and a spy," Rose shrugged.
"I'm a thief and I train people," Emily said.

"I see." Nostra said nodding. He looked up as some of the butterflies came in and flew about. he smiled as he listened to them. "They like it here." he said as the butterflies flew out.

"Glad they like it here. You know how hard it is to set up an actual three story house within a cave for over twenty people! Its hard," Rose sighed.
"Actually, there are forty-five guys, eight girls," Emily said.

Nostra blinked and thought> "Wow...that's a lot of people. And just how did you do that?" he asked amazed. He could take butterfly form or the form of a dragonfly to keep out of the way but that was a lot of people.

"Digging, bricks, magic, and the occasional tricking of other member of the Organization to do the work while laughing at them histarically for falling for dumb tricks," Emily said.
"And the occasional forcing and bribes and blackmail," Rose grinned

"That's still a lot of people..." Nostra said as he sipped his tea. "I'm glad I can take the shape of a wind creature...other wise I'd feel locked in."

"No one is here though, probably eight people now. Every one is on a mission lately," Rose sighed.
"Whats it like being a wind creature?" Emily asked.

"At least you aren't running over eachother then." Nostra said with a chuckle. "It's an intersting life acutaly." He said to Emily. "Depending on what kind of wind creature you are, depends on what kind of guardian powers you control. I'm an insect wind creature. I can control insects as well as speak to birds...as long as they don't try to eat me."

"Sounds like fun, what is it like when you are a moth?" Emily asked.
"Is it fun? Are lights pretty?" Rose asked.
"Why would you want to be a moth?" A voice asked.
Vincent was at the entrance to the room, staring at the three oddly.

"It's quite when i'm a moth. It's easy to blend in with darker places." Nostra said answering the questions in order. "I have lots of fun going around hiding." He said with a smile. "Lights are very pretty. I don't know why they just are." He had a small blush on his cheeks at that one. He looked at Vincent. "Because I can be one."

Emily smiled and picked up a cup, taking a sip.
"Well, I see you are out of your crypt," Rose said, looking at Vincent, who was shaking his head at Nostra.
"Had to. Who is he?" Vincent asked, pointing to Nostra.

"I am Nostra." the wind guardian said before sipping his tea again. "I'm Nina's guardian." Several butterfiles invaded the room to check Vincent out, one landing in his hair. Nostra raised his hand and one flew over to him.

"Oh, I'm Vincent, a pleasure to meet you," Vincent said.
Rose stood, "I'll go get another cup," she said, walking into the kitchen.

"Like wise." Nostra said as he sat his cup down. He listened to the butterfly before it flew off again. Several more came in and reported diffrent things to him. Mostly about the surrounding wild life and flora. "What is your interst in Nina?" He asked looking at Vincent as the butterflies flew off again.

"She is Eric's daughter. I am working a small test for the Organization. I am going to see if she is as good as a murderer as her father. I tried this test before, and it worked, I'm wondering if it would still," Vincent explained.

Nostra shook his head with a sigh. "And if she doesn't turn out to be a murderer like her father was, what will happen to her?" He asked in his calm manner.