episode 25 - "Enter Bunny" (Season 1 ends.)

"The order of Sumo????" asked Claude incredulously.

"Yes. Though the masters family has over the centuries been corrupted, his apprentices and followers have always been loyal. We have never betrayed Sumo and his power. We must protect him at all costs. He who holds Sumo, can hold the world. If you draw out the full power of Sumo, you take life from others and take it into yourself. But you can also grant that life to whoever you want. Imagine the man you call Bender with the power to draw life from the world and give that life to whom he chose. What favors could he get from the powerful and corrupt if he could extend their life by decades if not centuries."

Claude almost threw up. Bender with the power could not be allowed. Claude would stop him, no matter the cost to himself. "But how can we stop him"

Now the enigmatic man smiled, "Sumo can be given freely from person to person. If you just find him, he is not really yours. You might have him and hold him, but he isnt yours. Claude, you might be with Sumo, but since he want not freely given, you cannot know his full power. Only the owner can do this. The owner while he or she hold sumo, Sumo cannot be taken against his or her will. The person cannot be killed in anger or in cold blood. Sumo will protect the person against that."

"Yes", said Maggie, "But the owner does not have Sumo, we do"

"Right. And without Sumo the owner is vulnerable. The owner can be killed. And if the owner is killed without holding Sumo, ownership can pass to anyone"

Claude almost yelled, "But who is the owner, we have to find and protect this person, but who the hell are they?"

"Claude, I knew, I would give my life for them. But I have no idea who they might be".

Maggie was in shock. She knew. She knew who the owner was. She had read the label on the box back in the airport.