𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐝?

I got back in Central City sooner than I thought I would. It's been weeks since I got infiltrated in Santini's little mafia band and it's only been a day since I got his trust. Apparently there is two clowns that got back in town too, against his order and it's got him pretty pissed. He sent men to bring them to him so we are now waiting in his office. I'm standing on his left when they bring them in with hoods on before they sit them on the chairs and let them see again. From all the scenarios I had in mind , I wasn't expecting this one...

"Oh. Love the paneling. Mahogany?" The infamous crook in blue parka says.

"So glad your house is made out of wood. It's gonna be a pleasure watching it burn." The pyromaniac says next. Yep......"clowns". I only roll my eyes at them and mutter a little "OMG" that Snart probably remarked since he's eyeing me now.

"Refreshing." Mick says after getting a punch in the back of the head.

"What are you doing back in Central City, Snart?" Mr. Santini gets to business.

"This is my city."

"Our city." Again...I roll my eyes at them.

"I told you if I ever saw you again, I'd put the hurt on you. You stir up trouble. Trouble is bad for business."

"That's a nice bodyguard you got there." Snart reply eyeing me and I give him a glare to shut up.

"Elisabeth is my best element. She proved herself and I admit I fell in love with her torture methods.....watch her broke fingers is really hypnotising." Santini says proudly.

"I bet it is....Anyway, it's time for you and your family to pack up, leave town, retire to warmer climates. Finito." Oooooh boy....

"And if we don't?"

"You will all freeze."

"Or burn."

"I heard about your guns. Also heard that you lost them." They what!?! Idiots!!!

"So tell me Snart,...what the hell are you and your pyro friend gonna do without your fancy weapons?" And, here we go....
"This." And Snart's signal was enough so the three of us beat the shit out of them. Using my skills in a 'black widow' way is always a pleasure....

"Now, that was fun. Fun, fun, fun." Mick says at the end of the fight.

"Go. Tell the rest of the Santini family there's a new godfather. And his name is Cold." Snart says to one of Santini's men on the ground before Mick kicks him in the face. After that they both turn and watch me.

"𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐍𝐒!?! 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃!?!"

"Relax sweetheart it's not as bad as it looks. And by the way........ Elisabeth?"

"𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭......" I scoff to him.

"𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞.....𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬! 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬...𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰! 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧....𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭!" I explode to them angrily.

"You welcome!" Mick tells me but I just groan of frustration with my hands in the air and turn around and start searching the desk for anything....

"Go see if there is more guards." Snart tells Mick who just nods before doing so.

I start opening the drawers after I pushed Santini on the ground from the desk without any delicacy still angry as Snart comes closer.

"So......He fell in love with your torture skills?" He says mockingly. I look at him for a second before going back to what I'm doing.

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?"

"I'm just saying, I bet anyone would." He says seductively with a smirk.

"𝐇𝐮-𝐮𝐡, 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞..."

"So what was your mission this time?"

"𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.....𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬."

"Sounds boring......you should have come with us. It's not too late you know..."

"𝐎𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐡? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭?" I tell him honestly.

"You sound like you don't trust people a lot."

"𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭.....𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

"Ouch." He says sarcastically but by the view I had in the corner of my eyes he seemed a little upset.

"So your gonna keep your infiltration for what months? Years?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐬........𝐎𝐫...........𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭." I say hopefully with a flash drive in hand.

"And what? You go on another mission?" He says disgust by the idea.

"𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨, 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬." I says with a smartass smile.

"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝." I tell him and walk past him. But I stop in my tracks when I hear the click of a gun and Snart speaking.

"I'm sorry Croft but I can't let that happen."

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭?" I say frowning at him and his gun.

"You know I need new guns and you know I'm not gonna ask nicely for them and then who's gonna tell the flash?...... I know you're friends with him and tell me, how much time is it gonna take for you to spill everything you know?" Damn it.....Cisco....

"𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰?"

"No. Just kidnap you."

"𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?" I tell him with a raised eyebrow.

"Come on, it wasn't that bad last time now, was it?" I shake my head at him.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞."

"Thank you." He says with a smirk and it's the last thing I see before everything goes black.....again.

∙ ∙ ∙

"Lara!?!"

"𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨...."

"Oh my god, what happened!?!" He says worried. But I just look back at the asshole behind him and answer angrily.

"𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫." He only smirks......Damn him and his smiles.

"So that's must be the famous Lara Croft you never shut up about. She's hot I'll give you that." A woman says eyeing me up and down on my chair with a smirk....the exact same one....Wait....did he talked about me to his sister???I only raise a brow at her for her remark.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚." I figure.

"And as smart as you told me. It's nice to finally meet you."

"𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞." I tell sarcastically because of the irony of the situation.

"I want our weapons ready when we come back or you will become an only child before the end of the day." Snart tells Cisco and nod toward the guy they brought in with him.

"𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚'𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐭." I tell Snart with a smile. He glares at me while Lisa only smiles and says "I like her." And they left.

∙ ∙ ∙

"Dante, Dante, just keep cool, okay? Let me do my thing."

"Oh really? And you're gonna save us with your 'mechanical engineering' skills?"

"Right now my skills are the only things keeping us alive, so if I were you I would shut up."

"You shut up!"

I just rolls my eyes and let my head fall back from where I'm seated in front of Cisco, I don't even count how many times those brothers are bickering.

"Aaaaah." We all turn around to see the little gang come back in.

"There she is. I missed this baby." Mick's says triumphantly.

"Here it is. All finished. You gonna let us go now?"

"You know, I took the first gun you made me apart dozens of times. Learned how it ticked. What went where." He nods to the guns so Cisco changes a piece or something.

"Thought you could tamper with the firing pin without me noticing. Nice try kid. Yes."

"Lenny, where's my gun? Girl's gotta defend herself. Besides, why should you two have all the fun?" Lisa buts in.

I do the same action as when they were bickering and says tiredly "𝐎𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞." I know Snart is smirking at me I just know it....

"My sister needs a weapon. Something that suits her personality." Snart tells Cisco.

"Make me something pretty and toxic. Like me. How about something with....gold?" Of course....

"Gold. heh."

"𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰...."

∙ ∙ ∙

"Most people think the hottest part of the flame is the white part. They're wrong." Mick says completely hypnotised by his flamed drinks.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭." I say casually seated at the bar next to Mick. He turns to me impressed.

"How do you know that?"

"𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐬' 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐭." He smiles and give me the shot he blew the flame off.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬." I say with a small quick chuckle.

"You gonna admire those or drink them?"Dante asks.

"Both." Mick replies.

I drink my glass with my both hands tied while I hear the Ramon's speaking spanish.

But things escalate quickly when they try to get free and fight against Mick but he got the upper hand.

"𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤, 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦!" I yell worried standing up. Thankfully Snart comes in and calms him down before he does more damage.

"Mick. We need them!"

"Mick. Baby, it sounds like you're hungry. How about you and I grab some dinner?" Lisa tells him before walking past me and gives me a reassuring nod while I give her thankfull one.

"I like you, kid. You're smart, you pulled yourself up from humble beginnings. You seem like a good brother."

"Yeah. You too."

"Debatable. You answer one question for me, I'll let you and your brother walk."

"𝐀𝐧𝐝.....?"

"And you're free to go too." He tells me rolling his eyes.

"What's the question?"

"The Flash, who is he?" Oh no...

"I swear, he always wears a mask." Snart takes no more to froze Dante's fingers.

"𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐓!"

"No! No, stop!"

"This is first-degree frostbite. Your brother could recover with proper treatment. If not, all his tendons, blood vessels and nerves will freeze. His fingers will need to be amputated. No more concertos for the Ramon family holidays. Now tell me, who is the Flash?" Cisco is paralyze and is completely lost. He looks at me for help and I know we have to save his brother.

"𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧." I whisper.

"Croft?"

"𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧. 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰?" I tell him angrily.

"Is it true?" He asks Cisco.

"..........Yes."

"𝐆𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨....𝐧𝐨𝐰." I urge him to take care of his brother while I look at Snart dead in the eyes.

"What about you?"

"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞." I tell him but my eyes don't move and he leaves.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮!?!" This guy is insanely unbelievable.

"Do you have a problem, Croft?" he tells me annoyed.

"𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦! 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞!" I yell stabbing a finger at his chest.

"You confuse me for someone with a moral."

I juste shake my head disappointed and angry and leave. What was I expecting from him anyway?

∙ ∙ ∙

After I explained everything to Barry he knew he needed to talk to Snart, he asked me to come help him to convince the crook to keep his mouth shut. So I was now waiting for them to sped in front of me in the middle of the forest. When they got here Snart was in front of me a few feet away taking off his helmet while Barrytook off his mask on my right.

"Good to see you, Barry....Croft."

"𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐭." I acknowledge flatly, hands in my jacket's pockets.

"We have to talk......I know Cisco and Lara told you who I am."

"Obviously...Can't really blame the kid for giving you up though.....but Lara.....bad girl." He says mockingly shaking his head disapprovingly towards me like I was a kid.

"𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩." I say annoyed.

"You or his brother? Come on. I put him in a tight spot." He adds ignoring me."Same kind I got you in right now. Can't really stop me,now that I know who you are."

"I could speed you to my own private prison where you'll never see the light of day."

"You could but then I won't be around to stop my own private uplink that'll broadcast your identity to the world. So, the million-dollar question: What to do with me now Barry Allen?"

"𝐎𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐝, 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧..." I mutter to myself.

"I won't let you keep stealing, whatever you want, whenever you feel like it. It needs to end."

"Can't do that. It's what I do."

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤."

"Don't want to."

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?"

"The same reason you guys keep running after guys like me. The adrenaline. The thrill of the chase. I love this game. And I'm very good at it."

"Then go play it somewhere else. Leave Central City."

"Can't do that either. I love it here. This city is my home."

"You've seen what I can do. You know that I can stop you. You wanna keep pushing your luck, go for it. But from here on out, no one else dies."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞,𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭."

"Why would I do that?"

"𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭."

"That's true." He nods thinking about it.

"And if you or anyone in your.....rogues gallery goes near any of my friends or family again I don't care who you tell my identity to. I'm putting you away."

"I guess your secrets safe, Flash. For now. Oh I don't suppose you'd give me a ride back to town, would you?"

"Goodbye Lara." Barry says smiling at Snart.

"Bye Barr!" I say and turn around towards my Harley close to the road.

"The Rogues.......Cute." Leonard says which makes me chuckle while he follows me. I turn around cross my arms and lean against my Harley watching Snart come towards me.

"So."

"𝐒𝐨..."

"You're not leaving."

"𝐍𝐨𝐩𝐞." I say playfully.

"But you're not staying in town."

"𝐍𝐨." I say more silently.

"What are you gonna do?"

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬." I smile.

"Yeah I agree with that." He tells me with a smirk which makes me laugh."My offer still stands too you know." He adds softly.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" He only shrugs at me.

"Where are you going?"

"𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬........𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰."

"Thanks Croft." I nod and straighten up again.

"Lara?" He takes a step closer so we only are a few inches from each other and we make eye contact.

"I'm sorry....for..............I'm sorry." He tells me sincerly shaking his head. I paused before I reply.

"𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮."

"You shouldn't."

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲." We both chuckle nervously. I kiss him gently on the cheek before leaving.

"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝."