"......" Jaden was silent as he looked around, realizing he was truly alone right now.

Which included mentally, as well.

"Ok, what the hell..." he mumbled.

"Where IS she?" he asked the air, as he pondered where she could be.

"....where would she go?" he wondered aloud, as he went outside and tried sending out mental signals again.

The one that had thrown her to the floor just snarled.

"Hmph." they grunted.

"Keep trying." they said.

"Nobody will come for you." they told her.

"Not that anyone should. I don't know why anyone WOULD." they then said further.

"Other than that pathetic mosquito."

The figure just laughed.

"Again, try!" they exclaimed, kicking her hard.

"You can't break through those barriers." they told her.

"No matter how hard you try, you cannot call out for help. You are trapped here." they continued.

"And I will make sure you pray for the sweet release of death... which will NEVER come..." they then hissed, venom in their tone.

The figure seemed to grow visibly more agitated now, and stepped forward, lifting her up by her collar.

"Listen, you little freak." they said.

"You act tough, but you CAN be broken." they said further.

"And you WILL be broken." they growled.

"I will turn you into a miserable mess, wishing you had NEVER BEEN BORN!"

The figure growled again, and held her up against a nearby wall, and pushed into it harshly.

"....you are overconfident." they said.

"And that will be... well, not the death of you. Not right away." they told her.

They then leaned in, their eyes mere inches away from her own.

"I will enjoy this." they said quietly.

"Your suffering will be the sweetest of wine for me."

"Oh, I hope you DON'T go down easy." he replied.

"And -I- won't survive this?" he then asked.

"I honestly can't tell if you're cocky, stupid, or both." he told her.

"But we'll find out." he went on, pulling a blade out of his pocket.

Meanwhile, Jaden was walking down the street, looking for Anna.

"...I know she said she was going for a bite to eat..." he muttered to himself.

"Did she say she was trying a new place...?" he then wondered, as he headed in the general direction Anna had said she was going in.

Jaden's eyes widened when he saw the sweater, and he looked around.

"Hm." he muttered.

He then walked to the side of the building, made sure no-one was looking, and created a portal on the wall. He stepped through, emerging on the inside of the building, and closed it behind him.

He picked up the sweater, and sniffed it lightly.

'...maybe I can get her scent...' he thought, as he looked around the place, smelling the air.

"..........hmmmm." Jaden muttered, realizing the lock was augmented with mana.

"I wonder..." he said, scratching at his chin.

"This lock is augmented... but I wonder if the door itself is..." he mumbled to himself.

He then created a portal on the door itself, and took a deep breath.

"Time to see what happens." he said, taking a step through.

"Well, crap." Jaden muttered, closing the portal.

"Seems mana's not going to work here." he muttered.

"Maybe I can resort to mortal means..." he then said, looking at the lock itself.

He studied it for a moment, before looking around. He found some small metallic pins and started to work on the lock itself.

'Maybe I can actually pick this thing...'

"..........." he was silent as he sniffed the freshness... and realized it was Anna.

"Right." he said.

"To hell with subtlety." he growled.

He then stood back a bit, raised his leg, concentrated as hard as he could, focusing all of the vampire strength he had into it, and smashed his foot into the door handle.

The door resisted him, but it weakened considerably. So he did it again. And again. And again. Until he finally managed to smash the door open, rushing through it.