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Rep did have to laugh at the voice's tirade against their leaders, against unjustified missions to kill civilians and their peers.

"Actually I mostly get in s**t for killing civilians." he said with a lazy grin. "The strong live, the weak die, that's pretty much the only true justice. Who cares if you break a few eggs to make an omelette?, we are still alive. Frankly that's all I ******** care about." As far as Rep was concerned they didn't get to kill enough civilians in their line of work, so many people had it coming and they had the power to do far more than simply keep Halloween at bay.

The question of what happened thirteen years ago though, brought him back to the old reports they'd dug up what felt like a lifetime ago - a massacre on a near unfathomable scale. But to Rep it was always "other" people. People no more real to him than characters in a movie or in his imagination - everything that lived outside his mental compartments of "Me" and "My people" was distant somehow and disposable.

So now a hand full of hunters he didn't care for had defected, and he was being sent cat pictures. Oh, wait. Cats are a ruse. Clever, clever... Otto had at this point slammed his head down on the desk in a show of teenage angst, huffing as he remained slouched over.

In actuality, he was looking at the phone in his lap, scrolling through the chats and every now and then checking the map.

13 years ago?

Otto actually sat up again, using his fingers to figure out what year was 13 years ago. He got to 5 fingers before he realized it wasn't that hard to subtract 13 years from 2013. He mentally slapped himself for being so thick and bonked his head down on the desk again.

Yes. Checking his phone while mumbling like a temperamental teen.

"Any hit against them God Forsaken Horsemen critters is good in my book." He grumbled aloud. He remembered reading about it once. He'd been disheartened and disturbed at the time, but now that he felt the terror of being at the mercy of the Horsemen witch? Yeah.. yeah any massacre that stopped those assholes was worth it.

And then-

It was true. Deep down, it really was what he wanted. It was amazing just how insightful Solia could be at times, and other times she could be so easy going and carefree. A joy to be around.

But right now all he could feel was a cold weight sitting on his chest that grew and grew with every word she said. She wanted to change things, to make things better. So did he, he wanted to make things better for everyone...

But...but to do it like this...

Jason squeezed her hand in tern, his mind reeling at how fast things were progressing. She was nervous now, hugging herself and he wanted to just hold her and say everything would be alright and they could forget about this. He could take her out again and they could have fun.

He caught Marcus glare out of the corner of his eye. His own widened at the summoning of Dis, though he didn't look like he was about to use it. There was that disappointed look in him, and the simple truth of his words that as much as he wanted to....oh gods did he want to, he couldn't protect her. Not this time. And Jerry...It guttered him to hear the sun hunter speak, to hear how hurt and worried he was. He didn't want to do this, to be a disappointment to anyone...

Solia had let go of his hand, she had moved away.

But he hadn't.

He looked at her, his eyes pleading for her to change her mind as his own wrestled with what to do. He couldn't just let her leave by herself, coward or not!

I'll be okay without you.

It was a gentle push, but it caused him to stumble. And in that moment of unsteadiness, of hesitation, she was gone through the portal.

The portal then closed, with Jason still on this side, his hand held out in a gesture for her to wait.

It was like the floor had been ripped out from underneath him. He had only met her a few months ago...only begun to felt like a actual human again...

Now she was gone.

The moon trainee hung his head, collapsing in a nearby chair. His body shook visibly as he struggled to come to terms with what the hell had just happened. The world around him continued to change as the voice spoke, leaders said things, everyone else talked, but he just stayed there feeling nothing. His cellphone vibrated in his coat pocket but he ignored it, staring at the desk as his breathing came in short gasps. Was everything spinning now? He couldn't tell anymore. He blocked everything out

"What those of us from last year know, 13 years ago the hunters prevented the end of the world, costing the lives of all hunters available... the two lone survivors being Dr. H and Caelius." He looked to them both.

Then to Otto and Ami. Not his division.

"The lived, others died. The world was saved and my hometown didn't go crashing in on itself. Case closed."

Ryan narrowed his eyes at the reply and he may or may not have frowned too.

Kat stiffened a little at the comment. If from what the others had told her of Ryan's and her banishment were true, then she didn't wish for others to go through the same thing. Especially if two of those people were Gale and Ceres.