Episode Title: The Black Thread of Fate
First Air Date: May 18, 2001

Episode Synopsis

On an assignment in the Middle East to assassinate a Revolutionary leader, Kirika is seriously wounded and loses her cherished Student I.D. card. A hindrance to Mireille in her present condition, she considers killing Kirika in order to escape the country alive and make the scheduled rendezvous with the awaiting helicopter. Mireille hesitates, and then opts against it as Kirika may play an integral part in uncovering more information about the mysterious Soldats who have been challenging them, as well as the mysteries that lay buried in her own obscured past.

While Mireille is out purchasing supplies and attempting to arrange for their extraction, a heavily-armed band of militants raid the hotel where Kirika and Mireille are currently staying at and capture the wounded Kirika as Mireille watches powerless from a rooftop across the way. Under interrogation by the militant’s ruthless commander, Kirika is severely beaten and abused for her connection to their leader’s assassination. In the mean time, Mireille undertakes a daring rescue mission to rescue her captured partner.

Cast

English: Mireille Bouquet - Shelly Calene-Black Kirika Yuumura - Monica Rial Altena - Tiffany Grant Izuddin - Rob Mungle Killam - Victor Carsrud Old Man - Rick Peeples Guerrillas - Robert Anderson Guerrillas - Illich Guardiola Guerrillas - John Gremmillion Guerrillas - Jack Hickman Guerrillas - Don'l Johnson

Japanese: Mireille Bouquet - Kotono Mitsuishi Kirika Yuumura - Houko Kuwashima Altena - Tarako Izuddin - Takashi Taniguchi Killam - Fumihiko Tachiki Old Man - Tackoh Ishimori Prisoner A - Kouichi Nagano Prisoner B - Kouichi Sakaguchi Guerrilla A - Tokuyoshi Kawashima

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