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Kae had thought it was over, the pain was done. She was so very wrong. Her only reprieve being the last experiment had only drained her energy instead of being as painful as the one before that one that left a huge and very deep scar in her décolleter. This time was different. She had been brought to a room, restrained, and it wasn't hard to figure out they intended to do that same thing to her that they did to her granddaughter, Moira. Restraining her left arm, they were halfway through the process when another person walked in. Her throat was raw from screaming at the pain alone. As soon as they were alone, he dropped the disguise and her eyes went wide, she wanted to speak but the pain was too much that she just screamed out more before dying down into a sob. Before she could comprehend his little plan, he had teleported them away.

He was... saving her? But why??

She moved her right hand to grab at the deep wound in her other arm as she gritted her teeth in pain but didn't resist, not enough energy to anything but lay there in the passengers seat. She watched him pull out a dagger and she didn't even panic. Assuming he wanted to kill her, she invited it at this point. But as the tip pressed into her neck, she just began to feel incredibly tired as she then slumped and then fell asleep.

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He seemed to be the only one awake at the moment, besides Kate who had already prepared breakfast and was knocking on doors to get people awake for the day. Zaku sat at the large dining table and was drinking coffee and messing with his phone as he had already finished his food by then. He always did. Considering what to do this day, he figured he might fill in the rest of them what the next course of action. Then a knock came and Zaku raised a curious eyebrow. He was already kicking himself for his thought on who it might be. Sighing he moved to the door and he heard them mention Renegades and he hesitated. He slowly opened it and narrowed his eyes onto the dark skinned meta before him, "What.. do you want?" he asked, mostly out of curiosity than with animosity.

Smiling wide as the door opened, Zephyr bowed a little and held out his hand, "Goodmorning. Zaku Shiori, I can safely presume?" he asked, tilting his head as he asked, still waiting for the other to shake his hand. It wasn't that hard to see how good the bounty images were for the Renegades, but it didn't really do much for him to think about trying to bring them in, as he actually pretty comfortable where he was money wise, as well as he's seen what they could do. Sure, he was a Meta as well, but his powers were nothing in comparison to some of the younger ones who were out and about.

"This will be a little odd for me as well, but I have a little transaction I wish to complete with you for a handful of things that I have. One of them information, one of them a person with information, and the third is funding."

In the back of his head, Zephyr could hear Oblivion laughing a little, musing about how powerful some items would be if they took the souls of the Renegades, but he didn't do anything but watch. This sort of business wasn't what he was good at himself, so he just kept to the mental shadows.

Morning found him behind a broken wall that could have been called the backyard of a simple home. A strip of cement covered by rotting eaves that allowed a scattering of sunlight to shine though. Behind him the abandoned husk of a house lay, everything stripped down to its flooring, not at all dissimilar to the other houses around in the area.

Tri shifted his wings as he leaned against a still standing pillar of the old home, fingers curled around the cup of instant coffee he had taken with him today while scrolling through the morning news.

A tablet connected to a solar powered battery pack sat by him while a second one, absorbing the morning rays, sat on the emergency pack he had prepared a year or two before.

What...do you want?

Tri pulled his attention away from the tablet and lifted his head alert. Zaku? Raising a hand he press the headphones he had on to block out the singing of a bird near by. The same night he successfully contacted Mara was the same day he came back, now with a goal as had dropped bugs in some key locations such as the living room, Zaku's bedroom, and Undine's bedroom. Having chosen from interactions he saw before and while he would have added one to michael's room, two people sleeping there made it harder so he snuck one just under the door close to the wall where the door opens and closes...however the reception was not always good.


Goodmorning. Zaku Shiori, I can safely presume?

Tri frowned, reaching out to grab a notebook and pen as he closed his eyes. A stranger come to visit.

This will be a little odd for me as well, but I have a little transaction I wish to complete with you for a handful of things that I have. One of them information, one of them a person with information, and the third is funding."

Ahh...that type of person. Without opening his eyes he opened the notebook to the first page and pushed down on the pen.

Information is good depending on what that information.... We...really don't take hostages, that's not something im into.... And third, what do you mean funding? Why don't you come inside and we can talk?

Tri just grimaced at Zaku's answer. Well that explained the split view of keeping him hostage versus not. As well as why Mara had been able to escape so "easily" before when she came into contact with Zaku.

Come inside? How did Zaku survive so long again?

Letting out a soft sigh he just listened instead of trying not to facepalm at the to trusting action of the muse. Who had coming knocking and what was he trying to trade..that had him more curious.

Zaku seemed perplexed by the man as he moved back to the car. Her? He tensed as his thoughts raced about who she she could be. "..mara?.." he whispered as he exhaled shakily and stepped forward to move after him, a serious and almost deadly look on his face. He seemed absolutely pissed but could take but two steps before he noticed the shadowed creature holding the briefcase in front of him. He hesitated and stared at it for a moment before reaching down to pick up the case. He dropped his angry gaze into a stern one as he watched Zephyr struggle with something.. someone in car. Black Hair, and lots of blood. He dropped the suitcase and immediately ran over to Zephyr to help him. As he moved to take the woman from Zephyr, he was relieved to see it wasn't Mara. In fact, it wasn't anyone he even knew. "Kate! Wake Blaise up NOW!" he called back to the house. He was sure he'd need a second healer for this. Her arms were a god awful mess and her chest was scarred up really bad. "s**t, s**t! What.... Who is this? ... She.... She's not a Meta? Who?.. Why?!" he was angry and panicked. He rushed back into the house and set down Kae on the couch, beginning to heal her woulds the best he could. "Was this Haven... ********.... This has to be..."

Blaise shuffled tiredly into the living room, rubbing her eyes like a child as she groaned with exhaustion. "Whaaaaat" she whined, then looked to Zaku as he returned an extremely pissed off look at her. Her eyes went wide and she blinked looking down at the woman. "HOLY s**t, IS..... IS THAT THE DOCTOR?" she screamed loudly, enough to wake everyone in the house at that rate.

"Blaise! Focus! She needs healing, come here and help me!!" he demanded, a sense of urgency in his voice.

"R-right!" she stammered out, coming to a kneel next to Zaku as she began to heal her wounds as well. "Damn... whoever did this... really messed her up good. Is she even still alive?" she asked rhetorically.

Standing there confused as Zaku took the bleeding woman from him, the purple-haired meta just watched for a moment before going to pick up the suitcase and following him into the house. Watching as he proceeded to shout and call in a rather familiar girl, wait, hold up. "Wait, s**t, Blaise?" Zephyr asked, looking even more confused. "Good gods, I am not caffeinated enough for this right now..." he groaned, bringing up his free hand to rub his forehead. Closing his eyes, he soon ran his hand through his hair and watched the the scene unfold. "As for your previous question, yes, it was Haven. I actually have some other things from them as well, thanks to an Intern I managed to talk to. Poor kid. I do have a lot to talk to you about, though, I should probably introduce myself. I am Zephyr Kardos. " He said with a slight bow.

Zephyr Kardos

Haven? Also Zephyr Kardos... that name sounded familiar. After writing it down in the way it sounded he tapped the pen against his knee.

Notes:
Zephyr Kardos: Knows Blaise, grew up together, wants to trade information and a person.
Meta?

Injured:Haven, Not a meta? , cuts, Dr Br

"Kae.." he whispered softly in realization and stood up moving to edge of the wall and placing the notebook over a pile of rubble. Digging out his phone he placed it by the notebook as well... encase he had to text someone. Kae was a pure Elf... why was she at Haven?

Arno scrambled to a stand as there was yelling and blood and... "..food." was all he muttered as he took a big inhale and bolted through the door and clamored through the hallway into the living room. Once he noticed the woman covered in blood was being healed by Blaise, he frowned. That wasn't food. But then there was a guy there too. "You smell funny..." he narrowed his eyes at him as he walked past him into the dining room, not taking his eyes off of him.

Michael grumbled as he heard yelling outside and then Blaise's loud voice inside the house. Whatever was going on was likely not good as he thew on his lab coat and gloves, adjusted his face mask and looked down to the sleeping girl in his bed. Sighing, he stroked her hair lightly then left the room to see what all the ruckus was about.

Zaku listened to what Zephyr had to say, taking note of Kae being interrogated and Moira having a GPS implanted in her. He sighed, this was not a good situation. So Haven knew where Moira was which would put them all in danger of such horrible fates. That was an unsettling feelings all in itself. He quirked an eyebrow in immense surprise at the amount of money Zephyr claimed to be giving them. He was about to ask if he was joking, but looking down at the money with his own eyes definitely answered his own question. "So, you saved the doctor. Not going to keep tracking Moira. and you.... want to join us. Am I correct?" he was trying to understand him. Is this what Tri felt like when he kept calling him crazy? Zaku placed a hand against his own chin and thought for a moment. "That place has always been terrible..." he looked over to Kae. "Especially knowing they'd willingly torture a true race without any regard for that being quite illegal." The gears in his mind were turning as he tried to figure things out. He then looked to Zephyr. "Why were they interrogating her?" his voice suddenly became cold and low. "And did she break..... did she tell them anything..."

Blaise frowned as she looked from Zephyr, to Zaku, and back down to Kae. She had surprisingly been lucky enough to never have to deal with Haven, but this was terrifying. The damage done to Kae, someone they found valuable enough to torture for information. She didn't want to imagine what they did to those they didn't care about. Especially Metas.. Metas like Moira. She sighed, still focusing her healing on Kae the best she could. A lot of the injuries would leave scars, at least with the freshest one, she could prevent it, but the others were far too old of wounds to fix the scarring process that had already started.

Michael caught sigh of Kae laying on the couch and caught the mention of doctor and already putting two and two together. He knelt down next to Blaise and looked over Kae with cold eyes. "When she's awake, I need to speak with her." he muttered in a low voice to Blaise.

"Seriously, Michael, she's lucky to be breathing right now. s**t, she should be dead and you want to talk to her... How about you get some healing powers and contribute around here." she snapped at him, too tense to hold back her unease about everything.

Michael leaned in really close to Blaise, inches from her face as he narrowed his eyes. "How about I open my hand up and maybe.. just maybe a ******** will fly into it and I could give it to you." he the straightened up away from her.

She glared hard at him. "Don't test me, Michael. I'm not in the mood."

Michael returned the glare and simply walked off toward the kitchen but stopped in the doorway and leaned against the wall to watch them all, eyes focused on Kae.