Lewis dropped Sera off in front of the Royal palace and vanished back into the night without anyone knowing he was ever there. He then gently landed outside the centre wall and headed south into the city.

He wandered through the streets as he made his way to the address Kate had given him, a bar on Swan street. For some puzzling reason, Kate had suggested they go to a different place from their usual and annoyingly Eric agreed instantly giving Lewis no room to argue. Why they had to switch Lewis had no idea but here he was on the streets of Elysi wandering through crowds and scanning buildings.

Swan street was right outside the city centre and due to that was completely flooded with people and of course they were pretty much all drunk. Subduing his irritation he shuffled through the crowds passing many different restaurants and bars, whose lights lit up the street, until he eventually arrived at his destination, ‘The Imperial’.

The bar seemed to be one floor but was so wide that it took up the space of two buildings. The front of the bar was pretty much all glass, inside he could that the bar ran along the entire back wall with stools lined across it. On the far left of the bar he could see Kate and Eric conversing with one of the bartenders. Lewis entered through the glass doors and approached the bar, walking past tables and chairs occupied with people drinking and dining.

Without saying a word he sat beside the wall on the stool next to Kate and looked at the drinks on display, behind the bar.

“Well hello to you too” Kate stated as he appeared next to her.

“hmm” he grunted as he decided on what to order.

“Are you still sulking because we went somewhere different?” Eric asked while trying to hold back his laughter.

“I’m not sulking” he stated his gaze not leaving the display.

“Are you serious?” Kate stated deadpan “How do you randomly become so juvenile?”

“Shut up” his gaze switched to her “I just don’t understand why we changed bar?”

“Because the Redhouse is awful and is also closing down, it’s getting a replaced with a café or something” Kate stated bluntly matching his attitude “this place was recommended to me and it’s good”.

“Recommended by who?”.

“It doesn’t matter” she shrugged off his question and piercing gaze before sliding a drink over to him “We got you your usual. Now stop moaning”. In front of him was an old-fashioned glass with bourbon mixed with a black-brown carbonated soda.

“Thanks” he stated before taking a sip, a faint but enjoyable burning sensation running down his throat. Kate was drinking a crystal liquid consisting of some type of liquor in an identical glass to Lewis whereas, Eric was drinking from a black bottle of flavoured cider, probably berry. Lewis noticed both their drinks looked pretty expensive, but then this whole bar was quite fancy.

“Lewis they’ve got good whiskey’s and bourbon here. You should try them instead of that cheap stuff you always drink” Eric informed him while finishing off his bottle.

“No I’m alright. I like the way these taste” he stated while gesturing his glass.

“How do you like the taste of that stuff?” Kate asked her body shivering slightly but Lewis just shrugged as he took another sip.

“Lucina told me you stayed late with her” Lewis turned to Eric.

“Yeah so?”.

“How come you were late?” Lewis cut straight the point, his gaze now jumping between both of them “Or should I say who were you meeting?”.

“Joker” Eric stated.

“How come?” Lewis asked curiously, while sipping his drink “You two aren’t the type to just hang out”.

“There has been rumours Blade is back and well it turns out they were not rumours and he’s back” Eric explained. Blade or if being called by his official title, Mr Blade is a known serial killer and drug lord known to operate all over Elysia however, he’d disappeared over a year ago once the military destroyed his operation.

“Mr Blade huh, it’s still such a stupid name” Lewis smirked “I’d take the piss out of him more, if he hadn’t killed an upsetting amount of people”. He then turned towards Kate “I’m assuming you know where he is?”.

“Yeah” Kate said.

“So what’s he doing back here in Elysi?” Lewis asked.

“To be honest we don’t know exactly however, all evidence seems to lead me to the idea that he’s trying to transport something into the city” Eric informed him he then hesitated a moment like he was wondering if he should continue, “I plan to act in two days. That’s when he should next be here”.

“When were you going to tell me?” Lewis asked annoyed.

“I am now”.

“I mean if I didn’t bring it up” Lewis said.

“I wasn’t” Eric stated bluntly “He’s my problem. You don’t have to worry about him”. Lewis sighed and rolled his eyes before returning to his drink.

“Fine” Lewis stated which seemed to shock the two of them.

“Alright then” Eric responded while ordering another drink, his astonishment fading as quick as it came. Lewis quickly finished his drink and ordered another, before turning to Kate, who was stretched across the bar staring at her drink.

“So anything new with you” he asked gaining her attention.

“Erm yeah I guess” she stated while sitting up “General Zeit has decided to take me on”. They both stared at her puzzled.

“What do you mean he’s took you on?” Lewis asked.

“He’s made me his assistant, well sort of I don’t really know what I am. He’s giving me more important work, takes me with him on pretty much all work related things, and also gave me a raise” Kate explained.

“I didn’t even know you got paid” Lewis mumbled.

A smile crept up of Eric’s face “he must’ve finally forgiven you” he joked causing Lewis to laugh as he recalled the incident or better said incidents.

“It’s not funny” she stated annoyed, punching his arms “It completely halted my career”.

“Well it’s fine now. He’s finally making use of your skills” Lewis stated, “Anyway we helped you get the job, we’re allowed to have a little fun”.

“I guess, but our past time, involved me doing a lot of paperwork” she sighed however, then her expression quickly lit up “Oh yeah, I’m coming to the Atlas games now as well”.

“hmm?”

“Yeah, General Zeit told me he’s brining me as well as some others. Something about helping with security” she explained.

“So we’re all going then” said Eric causing Kate to turn to Lewis.

“You’re coming?”

“Yeah the whole orphanage is going as guests or something, I don’t really know I wasn’t listening when Becka and General Jager told everyone, but I have to go as a makeshift staff member” Lewis explained.

“So you’re only as a spectator?” Eric asked with curious eyes.

“yeah” he replied but Eric’s gaze never faded. Their night continued and it was going well Lewis was even starting to like the new bar however after Kate had a few more drinks she turned to Lewis a mischievous grin spreading across her face. ‘This can’t be good’.

 “I heard you’re teaching a class in our old school” Kate said.

“Really?” Lewis stated, doing his utmost best to not let his surprise reach his face “Weird”. ‘Now how the hell does she know that’.

“Yeah, also heard you’ve already taught a couple classes before this too” she continued her enthusiasm not fading.

“How do you know?” Lewis sighed.

 “Becka told me the other day” she admitted.

“So you finally gave it a go?” Eric said amused.

“Finally?”

“You’ve always been good at teaching, so I always thought you’d try teaching at least a few classes” Eric explained.

“How did this even come about?” Kate asked.

“Do you remember our old teacher Mrs Whiteside?” Lewis questioned.

Kate nodded “Yeah, year 5 and 6. So she’s married now?”

“Yeah I think it was a few years after we left. Well with Eri going to the same school as us and taking the last name Athra she was able to get back into contact with Becka and then eventually to me. Miss then asked me If I would teach a few classes on magic, and I agreed” Lewis informed them.

“Well you were always the best, even if you never liked to show it” Kate stated before finishing off her drink “Do you want another drink?”.

“Yeah go on, but I’ll get this round” he replied before drinking the remains of his glass and ordering the three of them a set of drinks.

They continued to enjoy their night however, suddenly Lewis and Eric’s attention was drawn away from their conversation and towards the bar’s entrance after sensing a set of familiar mana signatures. He stared baffled as he watched Alex and Korra enter the bar along with a man he hadn’t seen for a long time, Grey Astrum. He was only slightly shorter than Alex but still towered over most people he passed, standing at six foot two inches. He had a strong jaw and pitch-black hair, with a similar messiness to Lewis and Alex, which complimented his grey eyes that were so dark they almost seemed black.

“How come they’re here?” Lewis asked. They approached and instantly noticed the stupid grin on Alex’s face and suddenly everything clicked in his mind.

“They recommended this place to you didn’t?” he asked the two of them. Before his friends could respond Alex and Korra and Grey stood beside Eric.

“So you did end coming here then. I told you its good didn’t I” Alex stated happily.

“Yeah me and Kate like it, and I don’t want to speak to soon, but Lewis doesn’t seem to hate it” Eric responded, “So it’s been good so far”.

“Look at that, miracles do happen” Korra joked shaking Lewis’s shoulder.

“It’s a nice bar” Lewis admitted slightly annoyed “So is this were you three come, to be honest I thought you’d go someplace more expensive and private”.

“We’ve been coming here since it opened about a decade ago, so now it’s just the bar we like to come to” Alex explained.

“Are you not going to order a drink” Lewis asked.

“No, not down here. Like you said we draw a bit too much attention” Alex stated, causing them to all notice the guests at the bar glancing whether they were trying to hide it or not it was obvious everyone was watching them, with even people from outside giving confused and shocked glimpses. After spending so long with the three of them, Lewis knew this was inevitable because of their ‘accomplishments’ they were possibly the most famous people on the planet.

“Grab your drinks and come with us” Alex told them as they moved towards a door beside the bar.