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Skiaska was still humming and smirking, not really responding at first. Then, she slowly took the trench coat and put it on her shoulders, suddenly looking stern. "I am Will, alpha leader! You shall fall before me!" With that, she snorted and broke into soft giggles. "Heh heh... Ahhhh..." Her head suddenly hit the counter as she sniffled a few times to control the show of amusement.

Skiaska peeked up at Lydia. "I'm thinking I've had too much ta drink..." Her eyes became half lidded and she sighed wearily. "I'm going down ta Haven..." Ignoring her body's protest of walking, she got up and stumbled to the Hunter's "home".

((Jump ta Haven))

She watched Skiaska decend into Haven thinking, But she did not answer my question. She decided it did not matter. Skiaska was indeed drunk and she would need sleep. She blinked when she heard Alex speak and abruptly leave. She turned to William, a slight frown on her face.

"What did you do to him?" She asked, her voice the same as always.

Staggering up the stairs from Haven she walked into the flashing lihgts of Hunter's and took a seat at the bar. She didnt make eye contact with anyone as she slid gingerly into a bar stool. As Hunter walked over to her, she sighed, waving him off. What she needed now was just some time to think. Her shoulder was still throbbing uncomfortably, but she tried to think nothing of it. After all she had been trained to dismiss pain as a figment of the mind, and also as punishment for a poor job.

Tucking a few black strands of hair behind her ears she leaned on her elbows, head in her hands against the bar counter. She seemed more tired now than before she had passed out cold on the steps. "That was just great Kerri," she thought to herself, gritting her teeth in frustration at herself, "very professional." Looking up at Hunter, she motioned him over to her. He smiled brilliantly at her, "What can i get ya Lass?" Thinking for a moment she finally spoke, "Jack Daniels would be great...just leave the bottle." Nodding, he retrieved her drink setting a shot glass and a bottle in front of her.
Pouring some of the amber liquid into the glass she brought it up to her lips and inclined it to that the liquid flowed smoothly into her mouth. She couldnt help but grin as it burned its way down her throat. A few drinks and then to a training session. While she knew that she should just take it easy she coudlnt forgive ehrself for allowing her fellow hunters to sustain injury...especially after one of them had died tonight. She would have to find Will and apologize herself when everything had quieted down a bit.

She flinched slightly when she heard someone say her name. Turning to look at Len for a moment she muttered an inaudible greeting, downing another shot of whiskey. As he thanked her she turned to him a mix of emotions flowing through her. On one hand she wanted to scream at him, then she wanted to burst into tears, than she wanted to hug him, then she wanted to punch him in the face. Through all of these things however, she pushed them all to the side, pouring another shot. As she brought it up to her lips, she couldnt help but laugh slightly, "Len, i did nothing tonight worth thanks. If anything i deserve to get the s**t beat out of me and then some."

Downing the shot, she fell silent once more. First Drake, and now several of the other hunters were injured, one known to be dead. And all seemed to be somehow her fault. On her way back down to train she would stop by the medical room and check on those in there and apologize if she could speak to them. Particularly Krii. The visions that he had shown her still haunted her mind somewhat. She found herself suddenly not in the mood to drink anymore. Pushing the bottle away from her she hung her head in her hands once more in silence.

She listened to him, pushing her hair back from her face. "I had a job to do...and because i didnt do my job there were casualties. First Drake and then this, i let everyone down." She sighed slightly. Hearing herself talk this way she realized just how pathetic she sounded. Desperate to change the subject however, she couldnt think of anything to change it to. Draining other shot of whiskey to fill the silence, she quirked an eyebrow as he randomly talked aloud.

Standing, she moved so that she was sitting next to him, offering him a shot of whiskey. It was then that he started to say something, only to break off mid sentence. Before she could stop herself, she blurted out, "What were you going to say?" She knew that she shouldnt push...he would tell her what he wanted her to hear. And yet at the same time she was very curious. As he changed to subject to Krii, she sank a little in posture, "Yea...have you heard anything? I'm gonna stop by for a visit before i go do a little training..."

"Sure, i dont mind. But maybe you should be getting some more rest...you know youy have been through a lot tonight." While she wanted to be alone and think she thought it better to have someone with her. It would be nice to actually talk to someone for a while. As long as it didnt affect her training. She chuckled slightly as she realized that she too didnt really know what time of day it was. As he downed the shot, she brought the bottle straight to her lips draining the rest of the contents from the glass bottle. Hunter came to collect the empty bottle, flashing both of them a smile which she returned, at least as best as she could. She was still curious about what it was tha he had started to say...however, for the moment she would let it go. Something that she felt it best to save it for a later conversation. Pushing the stool back she stood, hand on her hip, "Well, im ready whenever you are."

Will looked over at Lydia, eyes struggling to focus on her. "What'd I do ta him? Chewed 'em out fer disobeying orders. Coulda gotten himshelf an sum ot'er folks killed. But hish mood got nothin' ta do wit me reprimandin' 'im. He obviously blames himshelf an tinks wha he done was evevn more stupid than I thought it was. So he quit. I've losht two Hunters in one night."

Letting out a bitter laugh, he rested his head on the counter, not looking at anything as he closed his eyes and sighed. "Lydia, I reelly don' wanna lose 'im, but it his choice. We alls godda freedom o' choice, 'ere. I can ask him ta stay, but can't make 'im do it."

He glanced up to her, face weary, before looking back down at the counter. "S' funny, wash 'bout to compliment 'im too, right 'fore he wen' an' quit on me. The carrot an' the shtick, ya know? Wash gonna tell 'im good initiative going to check it out on his own, good show of loyalty going to look for Tyler. I didn' wanna chew 'im out, an' I was going to tell him that despite risking 'imself I tink that he did the right thing, the exact thing that I woulda done in his place. But he quit before I could tell him."

Forehead resting on the counter with his arms folded in front of his face, he began sobbing. "Tonight was reelly a big mesh, ya know? Worst fears realized tonight. Fears I've had since I became leader. Charles dead. You bitten, thanksh God yer ok. Len 'urt. Kerrigan broken. Dee hert. Ski hurt. An' Krii'Ouse... mah besh frien'... practally my brotha... Krii'Ouse ish down in an isolated room a' da medical bay, strapped ta a table an' pumped fulla sedatives, writhin' in pain, an' slowly turnin' into a lycan. An' here I am, helpless, able ta do nuthin' 'cept get piss drunk."

With that said he reached out, grabbed another bottle of booze, and chugged the alcohol down.