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Tourmaline was in crisis, falling apart at the seams in her civilian life and frothing powered - the lack of Labyrinthite's presence, the defection of her lover, whatever else. She was running at boiling point and wildly dangerous.

None of which Pasi knew about.

He knew that American McGee's General hadn't contacted him in a long while, that the burner phone he'd routed through to his own was strangely silent. The lack of contact made him feel unsettled and on edge; it was as though he were holding his breath, waiting for something to happen.

The Finn did not appreciate this series of sensations.

To distract, he continued to train and work and study. He would wear black, yes, and that would likely be the end of his schooling for at least some time, so he had to get as much as he could done now, while he had the time and still wore his own face. Lauri was ready, however. All that was needed before corruption was twenty-four hours to move the last of his things to a storage locker under what would become his new identity, and to set a series of electronic protocols in action.

He was ready. It was just the waiting now, and that restless rippling under the surface that had him transforming more often than not for at least small amounts of time. If the number had been lost, it would be only powered that he'd have a chance to find his pack-mates. Pasi left his apartment, left the DCU campus.

Aue went out, playing magical parkour as he traversed the city and all it's auras. Patrols and battles, Chaos and Order, energies like dim stars or bright points pricked across his skin. He could have engaged, could have done any number of things. Instead he went to the various points in the city where he'd met with others: Wolfeite, Labyrinthite, Sedna, Caedus,Quartz. Dia, Tourmaline.

As he neared the last, he could hear someone yelling into the darkness, could just make out some of what was being said. '--uck you. Aue, do you hear me? AUE.' The energy screamed Negaverse, warned of danger. But he was being called, the tone high and sharp - demanding. His call sign an epithet with voice he recognized. Tourmaline.

She would no doubt feel the Order aura he gave off, but she wouldn't know it was him without sight or sound; Aue made his way closer, slowing only as he grew near until he was practically strolling up to the agitated Captain. He presented it as nonchalance, but it was more wariness than anything - Tourma looked like she might vibrate right out of her skin at any moment, might explode.

"Tourmaline." Standing just outside arm's reach, he crossed his arms over his chest and lifted a brow in question, "Next time, call or email yes? It's easier than hoping I am out." It was sheer luck (or Deus Ex) that he happened to be out patrolling, let alone visiting old contact points - what had she planned on doing if he hadn't shown up? "What do you need from me?"

As always, his words were brusque and terse, to the point, but not rude.

The level of unhinged Tourmaline was currently operating at became even further apparent as she chucked her communication crystal against a hard surface, rambling at him that she couldn't contact him for various reasons.

Aue understood that there was nothing good to come of the captain's upset, she sounded so unlike the woman he'd come to know that it was unsettling. Whatever she needed, she wasn't asking for it but instead focusing on work. Easily answered, really. "It has been many months, not since we were last here have I seen the General...as for Aluminite, I have not seen him at all."

"They're gone.", she had said. So, it was not only he being ignored for some slight, but an actual missing person's case that kept Labyrinthite from contacting him. Interesting. No wonder Tourmaline looked like s**t and acted like she was about to come apart - her General was gone and, unless he'd misheard, her lover also missing in action.

"Falling to s**t is no good. Bad enough two are off. You look like hell. Do you eat? Sleep?" It was more concern than he might've shown nearly anyone else, and his tone was even less acerbic than usual.

'I can't sleep.' A statement made in tone that spoke volumes in three simplistic words. Aue held his tongue, waiting as she spoke further; Tourmaline's attitude was erratic, disturbed. It was clear she had more to say and he wasn't certain that interrupting the captain was a smart idea. But what she said only made his brow furrow - Aluminite was no longer to be trusted, at all. As a turncoat, he was to be ignored at best, hunted and destroyed at worst.

"I will remember, if I find him I will incapacitate him if possible to turn him in." Tourmaline being so...raw...was concerning; she was typically well held together and it was jarring as hell to experience her this way.

"Get laid. Maybe you'd sleep then." She needed to de-stress badly; sleep and food would come after, he supposed. "Orgasm, nap, then food."

Tourmaline's laughter cut across Aue's eardrums and scraped at skin uncomfortably, but he remained still and as expressionless as he could manage. Until she mentioned it, he hadn't actually thought about whom he was suggesting she bed, but the idea wasn't the worst. Was he offering?

When she stepped closer, fingers reaching out towards his chest there was a brief flash of concern that she'd take his starseed though he didn't flinch back. Flinching was showing weakness and he'd learned to not show weakness to his pack - it was dangerous to show weakness to the Negaverse in general. "Maybe I'm offering. Be difficult, I think, as we are." But as for the question about whether or not he'd take her for a bike ride, that was far safer to answer.

"If you want to lend me your bike again, I'll take you for the ride of your life." He was certainly willing to take her for a ride...either sort. Just a matter of logistics.

Her fingers curled against his chest, warm through the magical fabric. Was she feverish? The glint in her eyes and flush to her cheeks said yes, but Aue wasn't certain it had anything to do with an ailment. "Agreed. Sooner would be better." The white moon is full of idiots, sloppy and careless and with dangerous ideologies. I was never to be a good match for that life.

"With no sleep, it would have been dangerous." Aue watched Tourmaline calmly now, she seemed unlikely to harm him on purpose, his starseed was safe for now regardless of how agitated she might be. He had worth to her, plainly. "So teleport us both. We will ride around Destiny City until your head clears as it can."

Until the boiling in her blood settled some, until he could figure out where best to take her to make her rest. A hotel or motel would work - dangerous, staying powered, but it was a risk he calculated worth taking. Some food, some sleep...she would be better for it. Tourmaline was his superior officer, part of his pack and he would find some means of aiding her.

"Captain, I am yours to summon. We are packmates. I will come when you call."

This time Aue felt only a residual wariness at an officer of Chaos touching over his starseed; Tourmaline wasn't going to harm him - but it was prudent to always be somewhat wary. Her lips on his jaw preceded a spoken admission of pleasure at how he'd answered, as well as the gut-twisting sensation of being teleported bodily to another location.

He didn't recognize the garage, nor did he try to - knowing would do nothing for either of them - his purpose was otherwise this evening. She seemed slightly unsteady after bringing the pair blinking through the ether, but he didn't reach out to steady the captain. Tourmaline would not have welcomed such attention.

"Maybe we will be the strangest thing out, tonight." Maybe not. Aue took the offered keys with a slight smile and a nod, "I would not forget. Your bike is a beautiful machine." And one that he would run his hands over with care before straddling the seat and engaging the engine; the rumbling was stronger through the thin material of his costume as opposed to that plus sweats. "Come, captain. Let me give you something you need."

They were a pair of wild things that thrilled to speed and if he could not give her satisfaction one way, he would do so another.