Shinni yawned as he walked into HQ. A few minutes ago, he got a call from TonyCastelli wanting him to come to headquarters immediately. Said call had woken him up two hours before he normally would get up, preferring the later hours of the day. Unfortunately, it was one of those days where he had to get up 'early' to meet with someone. So there he was, two hours before his alarm was set to go off. Hopefully, whatever he was needed for could be taken care of quickly so he could go back to sleep. With a sigh, he knocked on his leader's door.

Desiree followed some traces her mother left for her before passing away. They all led to Villainy.Inc HQ and to TonyCastelli. When arriving there she was surprised to learn that she wasn't the only newcomer. In Tony's office, who seemed to be like the big boss, was standing another girl, about the same age as her, maybe a bit older. She had a beautiful curly and light brown hair and was wearing a red gown. It looked like she came out the fairy tails. Her skin was pale white and her lips looked like roses petals. 

As soon as Desiree joined the HQ the girl rushed to her and gave her a bright smile. Her attitude took Desi by surprise as she had never seen someone so cheerful and positive as the girl who was standing now in front of her. Well truth was, she wasn't someone who liked people around her. Her mother struggled for months to take Desiree out of her shell and the fact that she was gone now made things harder for the girl.

Hi. I'm Jasmine, pleasure to meet you. And you are? The girl asked with curiosity.

Uhmm... I'm DesireeKaira, but you can call me Desi or Desiree. She replied awkwardly.

Jasmine grabbed her arm and dragged her closely. Then she introduced Tony and explain what the place was about. It looked like she had a lot of experience and like she was a natural born leader. Maybe that's why the big guy, the boss, was just smiling while letting her do the introduction.

So why are we here? And what will happen from now on? Desiree asked.

I used to live on streets and survived by stealing from people until Kaira found me. Since then she kept me in her house and didn't let me do things like that anymore. Why did she leave me a note telling me to come here? And who are you all? She knew she was asking too many questions but her mother's death put her in shock and made her lose her direction once again. She never knew what business her mother was involved in or who were the people she used to hang with. Thinking about it now, she didn't get the chance to know her mother.

The atmosphere got tense, she could feel that. Tony made a phone call and then turned to the girls and said.

Alright girls, someone will soon arrive and he will take good care of you. You can pass all your questions to him. 

Soon after Tony's phone call, there was a knock on the door. A tall man entered the room. He had dark hair and an irritated expression on his face almost like he was woken up from his sleep. 

Jasmine had been at this place a while before Desiree appeared through the entrance of the HQ. She the relief on her face was huge when she saw a beautiful young girl step inside the room. Jasmine will have a partner in crime, she thought.

"Hey, I am Jasmine."

After the introductions and the phone call TonyCastelli had made. Jasmine took Desiree's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. She whispered in her ear that everything is going to be just fine.

Jasmine wasn't really aware of her mother either. She was left while her mother had to attend urgent business on the daily basis. Sometimes, she would be gone for weeks at a time. She always knew about her mother's journal and when she passed it was the first thing she reached for. Jasmine sat and read it thoroughly. It took her a solid two weeks to get through. On nice days, she would sit in the park. On drowsy days she would sit in a coffee shop. Whatever happened she got through the whole journal and was very impressed of her mother's adventures. The day came when her aunt approached her and told her that she would follow in her mothers footsteps. That is when she was dropped off at the TonyCastelli Villainy Inc Crime family HQ. The rest is history.

Once the tall dark man entered the room, more introductions were made. Jasmine approached the gentleman and shook his hand lightly. She looked him up and down. Although he looked quite stern, his nature was nice. 

"Hi, I am Jasmine. You can call me Jas, Jassy. I am the daughter of Preeyah. I look forward to learning the ropes and becoming as successful as she was"

Jasmine stepped back and looked at Desiree who was confused and had a glazed look across her face. Jasmine nudged her. "It really is okay, Desiree. Go on.."

Desiree was staring at Shinni. Apparently that was his name or at least that was what Tony said.  Maybe a code name she thought not understanding who would name their child Shinni.

When she snapped out of her thoughts she understood that the death silence in the room was there for while. Jasmine asked her to continue but with what? 

She turned to Jasmine and made an attempt to smile which was probably very awkward since Jasmine got a bit uncomfortable. 

So Shinni, Shine, Shinning or whatever. What's your deal? Why do we need to follow you around? At a second glace you are shorter than us both? Are you a kid too? Did your parents die too? 

Again she was talking too much and asking way too many questions at the same time. It was one of her main issues. Whenever she got awkward or nervous around people she would start talking uncontrollably.

So? Are we going to stay here all day long starring at each other in silence? And no, I can't read your mind.

Tony was sitting in his office after just making a call to Shinni to have him come in. He needed Shinni to help with two new associates of Villainy Incorporated. Although these were not just any two associates since they were the daughters of Preeyah and Kaira. Their mothers had been gunned down during a recent conflict and he was going to make sure to take care of them as he had to repay everything that their mothers had done for him and his crew. 

He look at both DesireeKaira and Jasmine as they stood there in front of him. It was not the easiest thing to look at these two without feeling a bit of sorrow in his heart. They were the kin of two very important people in his life. There was not much for him to say as he was at a loss for words with how similar they looked to their late mothers. 

Jasmine was clearly trying to create an early bond with Desiree. This was something that was quite interesting to him since their mothers were so close as they had spent many days talking to one another inside the HQ and doing things elsewhere in Las Vegas. 

When Shinni came in Tony waved him over to his desk so that he could whisper to him, "Make sure you take care of these two. Their mothers gave everything to this family so we will make sure to return the favor. Try to show them around and give them a place to stay. We have a few different rooms that are open within the HQ." 

With that Shinni knew what he needed to do so he went and stood looking at these two girls in front of him. DesireeKaira had a few remarks to make towards him which caused him to chuckle to himself. Even though their mothers were gone, it seemed that their spirits would live on in their daughters.....

When Shinni walked in, he was immediately confused. The last thing he expected was two young women waiting for him. He gave them a blank look for a moment before Tony motioned for him to move over so he could whisper in his ear. The last thing he expected was being put in charge of the children of Preeyah and Kaira. Sure he had helped raise his sister and was proud of the woman she had become, but he was younger then and so was his sister.

The male looked at the children, nodding towards Jasmine when she introduced herself then raised his hand when Desiree went into a nervous tangent. "Settle down and take a deep breath. It's still too early for me to keep up." He said calmly, giving her a moment.

"And don't worry I don't think you can read my mind. My name is she-knee." The male started, telling the younger girl how to properly pronounce his name. "As for why you two have to follow me, I would like to know that as well. I'm older than I look." He said, ignoring the question about his past before turning to Tony. "Why am I responsible for them?"

Tony chuckled when he heard the question from Shinni. 

"Well you're in charge of those two because I'm a bit busy lately. There are maybe a couple others who may have the time to help them get settled in here. Really, I finally decided upon choosing you for this task. It will mean quite a lot to myself and it would have meant a lot to their mothers for you to do this." Tony opened up a desk drawer and pulled out an envelope that he then handed over to Shinni.

"In there you will find some money to help you as well as them. There should be plenty for anything that is needed. Now please, I have some important work to get done and some phone calls to make. Take care now."

With that he motioned for them all to exit his office. 

urge to go to TonyCastelli's HQ. It was a very strong feeling, as if she had to warn some people, although she had no idea who.. Or why.. 
But she knew when: Now.

As she arrived from a night flight from Philadelphia on Las Vegas airport, she hastily walked to the taxi stand, jumped in the first one she saw and made the smelly driver take her to Villainy Inc. headquarters.
Now! As fast as possible, she added.
And it was a good thing the smelly driver did drive that fast. This way she couldn't get tempted to stopping the cab at any of the many casino's on the way to Summerlin. Besides, she didn't have time for that. She had to go through all items she owned of her late father, to search through what had kept him busy in Sin City.

As Úrsula arrived, she paid the smelly driver, walked to the entrance and started knocking on the wooden door, kept on knocking until she noticed the bell. 
So she started ringing the bell. And she kept ringing it until a seemingly annoyed man opened the viewing part of the door, of which Úrsula had no idea of the name of it. 

Jesús, you look grumpy, Úrsula said, you have to let me in. Now. Somehow she did not feel the need to be polite this early morning. 
Now, she added once more.
Of course, the first annoyed, but now almost fuming doorkeeper, replied to her in anger. She didn't understand a word, because she wasn't listening. Instead, Úrsula took her purse, went searching it through, then lifted her head and consequently her stylish miniature pistol, pointing it at the guard's face and repeated: Now.

The door was opened, and still threatening with her gun, UrsulaIguaran told the man to call his boss to say he had a visitor that needed to see him. Now!

She didn't listen to what the guard said on the phone, but judging from the hostality of how she was received the next moment by a whole army of @Ramone-sque bodyguards, she felt she may have paid attention to what was happening.. She may have made a mistake by the way she came in.

Úrsula put her mini-gun back in her purse and said

I don't care if you shoot me, believe me, it's on my genes, but.. I have the feeling there are some people here that need to hear a very important message here. Please ask TonyCastelli if he can receive me now, he was a friend of my father's, even though he knew him better on Fridaynights as a her..
 

Now
she mumbled

Creation, who was wandering far beyond the streets of Seattle, was trying to find a recently new friend of hers otherwise as TonyCastelli. While Tony and Creation have no connects whats-so-ever, they recently became acquainted with the man. Seemed like a lifetime before she was noticed as something more than a low-life. Minutes later after cursing out French in the streets of Las Vegas, she found her way to the Villainy Inc. HQ, home of where her friend leads his crew. She's known only about 2 people other than Tony who's been in the Villainy Crew, but not to freet... She feels safe about not knowing the unknown. "Ah... Magnificent." She told to herself, seeming much comfier than her crew at Seattle. She'd notice a couple of bodyguards and what she thought to be a disorientated Ursula?

"Halt!" One of the Villainy Inc.'s bodyguards stopped her. "Reason for travel, and who to see?" He seemed to look around her, in-case of any present weapons on her. "Unarmed, friendly visit, and TonyCastelli." At first, the bodyguard seemed reluctant to let her in, but off the quick responses she gives and the smile on her face... He couldn't resist. "Cause any trouble, and you'll be seeing me, not in any way you'd want." The bodyguard warned, and with that, Creation got herself inside the HQ. "Huge place..." She found her way into the main lobby as she took a seat. She wouldn't want to interrupt anything.

As she was surrounded by guns pointed at her, she noticed some rumour in the background, as another outsider apparently tried to make her way into Villainy Inc. HQ. And apparently, she was just as succesful at it by only being friendly. The woman introduced herself as Huge Place and Úrsula found that a weird name, but she was too busy to comment on it with all those arms directed at her.

At the top of the stairs, a door opened, and UrsulaIguaran heard a goat bleat. As Úrsula looked up from the lobby, she saw TonyCastelli appearing on the top of the stairs, followed by Shinni. The two men apparently were curious where the noise came from that overvoiced their conversation with the goat, but didn't seem troubled. And rightfully so, they had controlled the situation. UrsulaIguaran was surrounded by a dozen bodyguards, so she couldn't even move. Meanwhile, Huge Place was sitting on a seat, smiling and waving at Tony, it seemed.

When she noticed the tall man, Úrsula immediately recalled Shinni from the file her father left her, the file she read through in the taxi and understood where her strong intuition to come to Las Vegas had emerged from. Recalling the file, she expected to see Jomes, Janes James to come out of the upstairs meeting room soon after Tony and Shinni did, but instead, Shinni was followed by two young women, Jasmine and DesireeKaira.

The penny dropped. Everything fell into place. The dots got connected and all bits and scraps came together. 

Apart from Huge Place. She still could not fit Huge Place to the scene.

She watched the young women and saw how obvious it was who their respective lineages were. For a moment she hesitated, but then, Úrsula pulled up her shoulders and, apparently ready to sacrifice her safety for the greater cause of the wellbeing of these two young women, she yelled

Be careful! He is a good man, but he salts watermelons!
 

She looked at the group, hoping that her wave would go through. It seemed like Tony was followed by 3 other crew members of his... And out of nowhere the miss she saw in before entering the HQ would call out something to the group... Something about salting watermelons...? "It's better not to interrupt..." She told Ursula, trying not to seem too loud.

Desiree knew she had a difficult personality. Her mother tried many times to involve her in her activities and in the groups she was part of but Kaira was always met with Desi's negative response to her attempts. DesireeKaira was introverted and past traumas were carved in her character. She was used to question everything around her. Now her thoughts were filled with whys? Why did her mom send her here? Why were this people acting nice? Why were they willing to help her? 

Caught in her thoughts she didn't even realize when she left the office to follow Shinni together with Jasmine until someone pulled her back to reality. It was the same woman from the party. The one who at that time invaded her personal bubble. UrsulaIguaran was surrounded by a bunch of men who looked like gorillas and whom were pointing guns at her. Next to her she saw someone unfamiliar. She laughed at the word unfamiliar that crossed her mind. In the few days she spent around the Villainy Inc. HQ she accomplished something. Now she had people who she could call familiar. The other woman next to Ursula seemed pretty calm. She was sitting on the bench meanwhile Ursula was waving trying to attract attention towards her.

Be careful! He is a good man, but he salts watermelons! Those words hit Desiree like knives. Her mother's journals were mentioning Kaira as being Co-Chairmanlady of the Sodiumchloridelessness Rights for Watermelon' Action Group together with AlejandroGuevara, her good friend. She read about how Kaira fought to end the terrible faith humans were giving watermelons and how fierce she was in her fight against those horrendous acts. The journals were talking about a horrible man who took it upon himself to fight against them and support watermelons cruelty. However his name wasn't mentioned in there so Desiree didn't think much about it.

The anger was now fogging her mind. How could Don TonyCastelli entrust her to the man who was fighting against good, against everything her mother believed in. She stopped her steps and looked at Shinni. 

Monster!  Was the only word she could say.

The next thing she knew was that she was furiously rushing and pushing Tony's BGs aside in order to reach to where Ursula was standing. She took the woman's hands in hers and looked at her. She was filled with emotion. It was like there was a connection between them. Desiree gave Ursula a tight hug and while holding her hand she turned to Shinni's direction and said.

From today onward you become our enemy! Me and Ursula will fight against your atrocious ways.

She'd stay silent about the whole scene, watching it take place. And it hit her like a door, she was one of the journalists who has been spending her time on the watermelon rights... She was one of the leading publishers of anything watermelon related... She took no stance to it however, she can't be biased, but she does love watermelon... She took out her notebook which contained the whole article on the events and would fill in a section:

"WATERMELON ABUSE, CASE CONTINUES."

"Witnesses find crime scene of a mutilated watermelon, freshly salted, with a note that contained a Big V, the note shows "Watermelon IS NOT FOOD!" signed by a big V, society suggest it may point to Villainy Inc, however it's been proven that co-leaders of the rebellion were in the crew. However, it isn't proven whether TonyCastelli is with this moment.

She wrote in after that:

"Going off that statement, it confirms now that TonyCastelli is in fact, the 'Watermelon Hacker'. Witness, DesireeKaira and UrsulaIguaran are seen together, fending against Tony. Ursula is the witness to throw Tony the accusation that HE, is the one the Watermelon Rebellion has been trying to find. More later in the next issue of the 'Informative Actions' article!"

Creation would look up, smiled joyfully, "Someone's getting a good pay-day, and that'd be me!~" She didn't want to stop anything, or help anything, she just wanted to talk to Tony and leave. But first... she had to let this play out.

UrsulaIguaran saw DesireeKaira's eyes widen as she heard her warning shout. As she fought her way through the bodyguard, Úrsula noticed tears welling up in her eyes. Úrsula instantly spread her arms for her, hurting her right hand on the barrel of a gun that was then still pointed at her.

One of the last entries in the file Úrsula had about her father, had been some heartbreaking stories about how Preeyah and Kaira went down in a war. 
Úrsula immediately knew that the young woman rushing towards her was the Co-Chairmanlady-of-the-Sodiumchloridelessness-Rights-for-Watermelons-Action-Group's daughter. The tears in Úrsula's eyes were explained by her hand being injured by the gun, though.

Really.

Monster, DesireeKaira yelled at Shinni. Úrsula tried to set her mind at ease. She tried to explain how her father had respected Shinni, despite the fact he had a brain defunction on salting watermelons. 

It's probably lack of education and an underdeveloped sense of empathy that has driven him to act like that in the past, she explained. 
Talking about watermelon rights, have you already met Jones Janes Jomes James, perhaps? There is a rumour buzzing on the streets that he had put himself forward to take leadership of the Action Group. I kind of expected him to show up here somehow.

As she said that, she looked around, noticed Huge Place, who was now seemingly writing down notes about what she was witnessing in TonyCastelli's Headquarters, and also saw a goat trying to walk off of the marble stairway.
 

(Anyways...)

Creation, who accidentally fucked up her article, fixed her mistakes. She wouldn't want to get up or do anything that'd put any blame on her. People wanted her dead, they never knew who. Some of the articles she has pushed to the press would be greatly regarded as a threat to society. There have been riots for her capture, at which... You can't capture anyone you don't know. "Watermelons make relationships...?" She asked herself, almost confused on why there were laws on watermelon in the first place. 

Jasmine was looking rather bewildered as the events around her were unfolding. As the comments back and forth regarding the salting of watermelons were thrown around, Jasmine found herself not knowing where or who to look at. She vaguely remembers reading in her mother's journal that she supported the Sodiumchloridelessness-Rights-for-Watermelons-Action-Group. She was very fond of it's founder and members.

"Wait? Hang on a moment...  Shinni? You are the Shinni? The same Shinni that likes to put salt on watermelons?" Jasmine sighed and looked at TonyCastelli with disappointment.

Scuffing her feet back and forth with her hands placed behind her back, Jasmine is quite stunned at this new found knowledge and wondered how this all got out of control. Boduguards everywhere, pistols drawn and pointing in all directions. 

"Can we all just lower the guns and take a step back a moment. I don't think I feel comfortable being left in the care of a man who puts salt on watermelons.. ya know, what might come next... the possibilities are just endless...."

Jasmine slides over next to DesireeKaira and UrsulaIguaran with an uncomfortable shuffle. She whispers in their ears. What is going on here? I am so confused I don't even know who I can trust at this point."

Desiree was overwhelmed with so many emotions. The disappointment for TonyCastelli's choice as she thought that choosing Shinni as their mentor was not the most inspired choice her crew leader could make. Followed by the sorrow she felt remembering her recently passed mother combined with the anger towards Shinni's choice of supporting watermelon cruelty was twisting her heart and was too much for her to bare with. She almost felt like chocking when a warm touch pulled her out of her world of thoughts.

Jasmine was sitting next to her and UrsulaIguaran, confused but still supportive. That made Desi realize the her coming the Villainy Inc. HQ was followed by so many new emotions and experiences. In the past there was no one who she could talk to about her problems or concerns, she didn't think she would become as lucky as to have people sharing her thoughts and supporting her in things such as her fight against watermelon cruelty.

What is going on here? I am so confused I don't even know who I can trust at this point. Jasmine asked looking at Ursula and Desi.

DesireeKaira looked at Preeyah's daughter who seemed conflicted at that point and smiled. 

Wait a second my dear. I'll be right back. And after saying those words Desiree rushed to her new room. She came back moments after with something that looked like a journal in her hands.

She took her place back in between Jasmine and UrsulaIguaran and opened the journal. 

Read this Jasmine. Desiree said with a soft voice and pointed the place on the journal.

"I'd just like to say that this is a very important topic. How can you murder the watermelon with salt?" Preeyah shakes her head and is very much in agreement with @AlejandroGuevara .

 Preeyah, Feb 17

 Jasmine took the journal in her hands and began to read it. Ursula was reading alongside with Preeyah's daughter. Without realizing Desiree was lost in her own thoughts again. She looked around the room trying to piece all the events together. She always had a negative mind set but she promised her mother she would try to look at things from a different perspective.

The journals were mentioning the people who were supportive of SWAG and Tony was one of them. She couldn't let herself believe Don Castelli would do such a mistake or a poor choice unless... A smile appeared on her face. Unless he had a plan. Maybe Desiree, Ursula and Jasmine's parents weren't able to pursue Shinni in making the right choice for humanity and for the sake of watermelons and maybe Tony knew this and decided to turn that opportunity into a task for the greater good. Yes! Her inner self was screaming inside her mind. That should be it.

She giggled and turned to everyone.

We will accept Tony's choice. We will become your pupils but with a condition. UrsulaIguaran will be part of this project, I mean the group you will be teaching.

Without giving Shinni any time to speak she grabbed Jasmine and Ursula by their hands and rushed to her room. When they arrived she locked the door and turned to them with a big smile on her face. She grabbed the journal from Jasmine's hands and started looking through it while talking.

I have a plan! she said with excitement in her voice. But first we need to gather TonyCastelli, TheButcher, @James, Jones and what do you guys think about Bearski? She giggled again.

Creation would look up, just-in-time to see Desiree grab Jasmine and Ursula by the hands, as she got them into a room. A sudden lock can be heard, just another child's tactic in the progress? She would've gotten up from her seat, keeping her eyes on the two gentlemen present, Shinni and TonyCastelli. She'd loudly, but so proudly call out to them, "Plan on telling me more? The press would like to know." She wanted to approach the stairway, but more in likely she would be stopped by the bodyguards. 

She'd plan on ever getting the full scoop on what's happening with this "Watermelon killer", or she could get how the rebellion protecting this god-like fruit operates. "An answer would be great. Otherwise... I guess I wouldn't be able to defend you in the press, not looking so tight for you, Shinni." She warned them, almost seeming like she was going to burst down the door DesireeKaira just locked.