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Will stopped in his tracks as she sent the thoughts into his mind. But it was more than just thoughts. He felt her fear. Not for herself, but for him and Bridget. She was truly afraid that if they stayed with her, they would die. And she would not accept that no matter what.

Staring sadly at her retreating figure, Will said a quick prayer for her safety before turning back around to face Bridget. "This is her fight, we need to respect that. Let's get back to the car and find Kerrigan quickly."

Limping back to the car, cursing his stupidity in forgetting that his legs were still injured when he was chasing after Lydia, he carefully slid in behind the wheel and started the car up again.

*Rogue entered the bar that was conveniently located upstairs in the city. it had been unharmed from the floods.

Rogue got in after getting through some vast forms of security. they must not have wanted infected humans in the bar. too bad she wasn't a human and the symptoms were on the inside...not the out.

she ordered a double shot of scotch scanned the room for dinner.*

She was glad when she looked back and saw that both Will and Shibbon were no longer following her. She could now concentrate on this.

"You wished to speak to me?" she asked, stopped and her back to the pyschic. She looked over her shoulder and saw a woman, maybe in her early thirties, very ordinary in her mouse brown hair and dark brown eyes with slightly tanned skin. She was taller than Lydia by a few inches and was unremarkable in a T-shirt and jeans. The only thing that stood out the mask the woman wore to keep her from contracting the disease.

"Not me, but our leader. Psyche has been interested in you for some time now." the woman replied, her tone conversational. Lydia turned to face her fully.

"I have no interest in joining an organization that believes in the destruction of all that are different." she told the woman, frowning. "You can tell that to your precious leader."

"Psyche doesn't take no for an answer." the woman said before lunging at Lydia. Lydia barely managed to dodge, pushing the woman away with her power and her eyes opened all the way and went white. The Psyche member hit a wall full force and slumped to the ground, getting up with uneasy steps.

He said you would try that. The woman said, causing Lydia to stare in shock. This woman and just broken through her mental barriers as if they were tissue...She was up against a telepath that was MUCH stronger than her.

"Get out of my head." Lydia said, pulling out her gun and holding straight at the woman's heart. Lydia's arm froze as the woman came closer.

"You will serve us willingly, or you will be forced to." the woman said, close enough now that the gun was now touching her. She moved Lydia's arm without a problem. She put a hand on Lydia's face, a memory transfering between them as the woman used her power to bend Lydia's mind to her will.

For a brief, horrifying momemnt, Lydia was both herself and the woman from Psyche, seeing things from two different points of view. The memory that she was being given was that of Psyche's leader, and terror raced through her when she saw who it was. She desperately tried to break the connection, but being both of them, she wasn't sure whose head she held the gun at.

Regardless, she pulled the trigger.

*As she was coughing she heard a gunshot and turned around seeing in the parallel alley...it was sort of an alley, two women, she knew not who.

her hearing was out of what right now, more sensative than usual and the noise pierced Rogue's ears. both hands went over her ears*

"uuhhhh what the hell is that racket......"

Will's eyes widened. "Where? Where is she? Is everyone alright?"

Will nodded. "Alright, we'll head over there right n..."

It was then that he heard the gunshot. A gunshot that came from a very familiar sounding pistol. Lydia's psitol. Will felt his mouth go dry and he gulped. "Sabrina... I... I'll have to call you back."

Turning off the phone Will ignored his aching legs and leapt to his feet again, running as best he could toward the thunderclap of the gunshot, one thought on his mind. ~LYDIA!~

Lydia was slumped against a building, covered in blood. The woman lay near her, already dead from the direct shot to the head. Lydia's face was a portrait of complete and utter terror, her eyes wide and her pupils only small dots in the gray of her eyes.

She couldn't control her body, and she was losing her grip on conciousness as well. The woman's telepathic cage, while not as powerful now that the woman was dead, was still functioning, and was slowly sperating Lydia from her body.

She heard Will in her mind. Cannott move. Telepathic cage. Find. Please. Scared. She tried to think back to him, her pure terror oozing along her thoughts. Cannott keep con- She went completely limp before she could finish that last thought, though her eyes were still open in terror.

Will jolted as he felt the thoughts, laden with pain and terror. Lydia was in trouble. But at least the mental projection had given him an idea about where she was. Within minutes, he found Lydia lying catatonic against a wall, splattered with blood and another woman lying with a hole in her head. Lydia's pistol was lying next to her, the barrel still smoking. Bending down, he gently picked up Lydia and pocketed the handgun. Carrying her back to the car he spoke softly to her, not sure if she could hear him or not. "Shhh, I'm here Lydia. You're going to be ok. I'm going to get you home, and Gail will take a look at you. You'll be fine kid. Promise."

Motioning slightly for Bridget to help him, they carefully placed Lydia lying down in the backseat. They needed to find Kerrigan now, Lydia needed help.