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Acubens hadn't stopped crying since she'd found the note in her hands. Oh god. oh god, oh god, oh god. She'd done all this. Because she was weak and stupid and... Keren might be bleeding or dead or worse. And all because of her. All because Acubens couldn't protect her. Oh jesus. Oh god, please help me. Miocah never was one for religion in general, and yet she'd found an almost cathartic sense of calm on the idea of god. Soemthing to control her now turbulent life. She talked to him now more than ever. God, I know I'm probably going to hell for a lot of things, but don't condemn Keren because I'm a wrtched human being.

Tears streamed down her face as her legs pounded the pavement. Her muscled burned, and her lungs were on fire, but she couldn't stop. Where was Pippin? This was the first time Acubens ever faulted him for not having a certain place to be. Oh god, oh god, oh god. The seconds ticked by in Acubens' mind, ticking off the seconds Keren spent in Lesath's clutches. The seconds she rocketted towards death. And Chaos. Oh god, if she died...

"She will never know that I love her." Acubens propelled herself forward, sobbs wrenching at her chest as she did so. Oh god, please be okay. Please, please be alright. Pippin... Pippin.

"Pippin!" Had she spoken his name? She must have, people turned to watch the histerical senshi as she burst through the streets. "Pippin, I need you!"

Acubens frantically followed the sounds of Pippin's call, trying to find the small cat amongst the crush of people. Where was he? Acubens almost shoved a few people aside trying to pinpoint the kitten's location. Finally... finally she found him; almost stepped on his really. She fell to her knees, chest heaving, eyes red from her hysterical crying.

"Pippin," she cried, pulling the kitten up into her arms, squeezing him as hard as she dared before setting him back down on his feet. "Pippin... Pippin they took her! She's gone! I didn't wantch her when I was supposed to and now someone took her and what do I do?" Her voice was far too high, coming out in frantic squeaks as she tried to explain her situation. "Keren! Lesath took Keren and I can't find her!"

"Lesath," Acubens cried, burying her face in her hands. "Oh god, Lesath took Keren! I told Lesath that I didn't want to corrupt anymore, that I have too much to take care of here, and she went totally postal!" Her last few words dissolved into full out sobbing that racked her whole body. "And she's powered up already, so I can't fight her! Lesath knows I can't beat her, that's why she took her, and why she let me know where she's taking her."

Acubens flew to her feet, setting to pacing in her panic. Gesticulating madly, she muttered, "this is all my fault! I knew what would happen, if not explicitly, then I had some inkling. God, I'm so stupid! I've doomed Keren! She's finished!" On and on for several moments before turning back to Pippin.

"There must be something I can do, Hobbit! Something, anything!"

That was… certainly an odd statement. Training? Now? Of all times? Hobbit must have eaten something funny, or many something was just so shiny that it muddled his brain. Besides that what training could she possibly do with a henshin pen? Acubens gaped, her mouth opening and closed several times before she finally gave up. In the end, Pippin was her guardian cat, and he knew what was best. Even if it did seem more than a little off the wall. Her shoulders fell forward, aching from the tension that held them back.

“Yeah I’ve… I’ve got it right here.”

Acubens pulled out her pen as she spoke of it, hands trembling.

“But Hobbit, this isn’t really the time or the place for training, I mean this is sort of an emergency, baby.”

Acubens sniffed, cuffing her eyes with her plumed bracers. If Pippin thought training was best, then she would but... time was of the essence right now. Acubens wasn't sure if the Dark Mirror Court could drain someone to the point of death, and even if they couldn't there would have to have been some sort of far-reaching consequences, right? She looked at pippin finally, eyes red and puffy from the force of her tears.

"Hobbit," she murmured, panic forgotten int he glow upon her cat's forehead. "What... what's happening to your star, Hobbit?"

Stronger? Even through her panic, Acubens liked the sound of that. Like a lot. Strong enough to beat Lesath and save Keren, maybe? Even just a little bit closer was more than she'd hoped for, really. With this in mind, Acubens sniffed and stood, pen warmer now than it had been. She could swear it pulsed in her hand, but that might have been her own heart beat slamming through her.

Carefully, voice cracking, Acubens called out the name of her star. This time, however, things were decidedly different. The light that once before enveloped her reached out from behind her like great claws and tore her fuku apart. the shrieks of raptors around her grew louder and louder as warmth filled her. When the light faded and the dust settled, she was changed. Her boots were now wickedly claws pumps and her skirt had changed color.

Most importantly, however, she felt different. Something inside of her called out that this was right and that she could do this. When she finally opened her eyes again the first thing she did was swoop down and crush her baby hobbit so close to her.

"Oh baby boy! Thank you so much! I'll make it up to you, I swear! I'll take you shopping and get you new toys and collars and -- " She'd stay and chat, except that there was a maiden to be saved. "I love you Hobbit," she called over her shoulder, tearing out of the alley way to save the day.