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Leukos was walking along the grounds, thinking, as if pacing while he desperately hoping Melody would just walk back in and everything would be okay. Pulling out his phone, he searched the newest news articles for Criel, his heart hurting and staving off the urge to just got off right then and there to go find her.

Mara:sighed, walking toward one of the research labs when her phone vibrate. Quickly checking it she cursed and turned to head back as she texted back.::
Wizard:-Alert: small human-size flyer in airspace. Anti-Air missiles currently in dispute -
Mara:-Aasdfgh! Get Rosa. Tell them to fire warning shots. Wait a minute or two if they don't head outwards shot them down -

Wizard:-Confirmed-
Standard robotic voice over the intercom: "Rosa to roof. Mara's orders. Intercept intruder distance (# ), direction (compass). Warning shots. If they ignore bring them down"

Rosa set down their book and turned to face a camera, announcing loudly so the intercom could register it without their direct touch. "Order acknowledged, on route." They left the room, taking a length of chain with them and made their way to their roof, humming 'ode to joy.'

Once on the roof they surveyed the airspace attempting to locate the unidentified intruder. Once spotting them, they broke off a link of chain and levitated it in their hand - electric arcing down their arm, skipping the gap between their fingers and the chain link, and sparking as Rosa charged it.

After aproximately a minute of gathering energy into the chain link - They made a gesutre with their arm as if they were skipping a stone across water. The chain link firing from it's position just over their hand torwards the figure, aimed far enough above and to the right of them to be a warning shot instead of any attempt to cause damage.

(( Rosa 10 rounds of level 1 Railgun ( 10 cost )
30 / 40 stamina ))

The figure in question saw the warning shot and faultered in their flight path for a little before continuing on towards siu. They seemed intent on continuing towards the building, so much so that they started to descend.

Leukos heard the noises, faint intercom and a warning shot. He turned his attention quickly to the thing in the sky. "...Sh-s**t.." he pulled out his phone then hissed. Uhh, right. He was telepathic. /Mara, I'm out in the grounds. Do we know anything about what that is.../

Wizard:-warning shots ignored, they are starting to descend in an angle that aligns directly with SIU-
Mara:-shoot them down before they arrive. Send DH out encase they make it-
Mara: jumped as Leukos talked in her head:: //Sh** yes. Intruder in our airspace and just ignored warning shots. Wizard and Rosa are going to bring them down, DH is in Stand-by ...yooouu. If you can somehow read their mind that would be great //

Wizard surprised ver intercom:: "Shoot-down order given "

Rosa didn't look back at the camera this time but did state clearly "Order acknowledged. Begining combat operation."

They raised their arm infront of them to summon their dark artifact, conjuring a small vantablack orb just in front of their fingertips. They raised their arm with their palm pointed to the sky, hovering the orb over their head. Electicity arced over their body like with the chain link before, the current going up their arm and then arcing into the artifact. The magnetic field manipulating the orbs shape, greatly expanding it before beginning to squish it, rolling and twisting it into a lance.

The figure continued their attempt at lowering their flight, wings flickering a little as they started to get closer to the ground.

Leukos ran to try to get in range but it was still too far at the moment. //Yeah, that's too far. All I can do is wait for them to get closer, though it may be too late for that.// he relayed to Mara, staving off a frown.

//wait for Rosa to Sh-//
Wizard:-estimated time to fire at current growth rate is 24 seconds. 500ft before landing. DH moving to intercept course-
//damn it...// she trailed off since Leukos couldn't fly.//Okay stay until they are in your range. I'll meet let you outside / moving to go out on her suit instead of text like an idiot, she hoped the audio inside was fixed soon.

DH grinned and with a couple powerful beat of her red wings she was airborne, catching altitude as she flew an interception course toward the interloper.

The electric current continued to crackle across Rosa, trailing up to the artifact lance and being absorbed by it, not unlike a tessla coil arcing. They kept their sight locked onto the spec of a intruder in the distance, careful to not lose focus from them - given how much effort was invested into each attack. ( round 2 / 5 )

The figure continued to get closer, slowly, their flight path much shakier now as it seemed that their destination was so close.

//Understood.// he responded and kept moving on foot towards where the figure would land, trying to bridge the gap as quickly as possible.

Intercom:"Landing in (time). Advise releasing early. "

Mara: 1/5 ::putting on da armor::

DH: Passes Leukos and keeps flying quickly, readying to shift into armor form when is closer when blinks. (Heart and Soul/Valkyrie: see intentions/soul). "Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm......Shoot.." she mutters and shifts armor form (divine gift) moving to block Rose's line of sight from the target. To far to call back to Wizard and didn't bring a COM. Oh wait Leukos. //Hey Lulu. I didn't bring a COM you still in range? They didn't come to injure //
Rosa made a annoyed sound. "Line of sight is being compromised, uncertainty of capacity to hit intended target. Possibility of friendly fire confirmed - Requesting permission to continue with combat operation.." The electric continued to arc across them and into the lance, uncertainty and low key panic hitting them. ( round 3 / 5 )

The figure continued their attempt at descending.

//...Really?...// he muttered then just stopped where he was to figure out what was even going on. He sent a text to Wizard, seeing if Rosa could stop and why, but he doubted Rosa could stop what looked to be a fairly powerful attack. Well, this was going to be fun. And by fun, he meant disaster as the healer on their team was likely about to be blown out of the sky.

Wizard:-Someone, possibility of DH, is interfering with line of sight, Leukos has requested that Rosa stop their attack -

Mara:pauses and growled, texting back. -Can they change target? If so do it, up to the sky, other wise tell DH to get her red feathers a** out of there -

Wizard biggrin H out of contact range. -

((Mara: 2 / 5 ))

Intercom: Change in orders. Request to know if can change target, if so aim overhead.

Wizard:to Leukos::-Attempting to stop attack, warn DH to move out of the way encase if not successful-

DH: flew closer, keeping between the unknown figure and SIU. //HEY YOU! This is restricted airspace// she sent toward the figure's mind hoping she was in range.

Rosa was stuck charging the lance, feeling exhausted from the weight of it. "Change of orders confirmed. I can change the target, but I require a target." Looking up at the lance they had charged, hovering just above their finger tips, they reached up and grabbed onto it with both hands, the backlash of magnetic force immediately tearing the arms of the dress to shreds. They leaned back, tilting the lace torwards themselves and putting what little stamina they had left into their defensive field they stated in the same tone of voice as acknowledging the orders prior "Requesting immediate medical assistance." before releasing the lance, impaling themselves through their chest onto the roof of the building.

As the figure got closer, they finally started to spot DH, a strange mass of a figure with blurry red blobs moving on either side of them is what the figure saw. A strained voice called out, unable to hear the voice in their head, "I- ...i.....Melo..." the figure barely managed to get the words out, struggling to move forward on wings that continued to flicker.

//DH, get out of the wa-...// he paused as he heard the loud crash of what sounded like thunder. ".….oh s**t..." he was looking, but DH was still in the air. He texted Wizard asking what happened and began to move for DH and the figure again.

DH grimaced at the clash of thunder and braced for impacted when nothing hit her she looked up, taking a few extra wingbeats to align herself and move back on course. A quick look back showed hints of black lightning that were dying out and had a hint of dread as she turned her focus back on the figure. //Not good...// she muttered to Leukos, as she put on a burst of speed toward the figure. //Light based wings, likely a meta. Seems they are flicking in and out of existence //, losing altitude so can head under them if they fall.

Intercom: Medical personal to the roof, pierce damage

Mara:looks up:: Wait..what?! What happened?

Wizard:-Rose stopped the attacked by shifting target to themselves. Medical personal are heading toward their location. Are advised to be aware of possible structural roof damage in the area-

Mara:"Sh**!!!!! " putting on the legs of the armor and locking them. Why did they aim for themselves?! Pausing she hesitated if she should continue to put on the armor or take it off and continued to put it. There was nothing she could do if it was serious except trust her staff and get their current healer out from the damn field.

(Mara: 3/5 ))

Wizard:to Leukos::-Rose changed target and impaled themselves. Medical help is on the way. Update on intruder?-

Rosa layed, suspended by the lance on the damaged roof, their ears were ringing from the thunder clap of the impact. They expected it to hurt, they lazily looked at the pole through their chest, squinting eyes at it, confused - everything just felt numb. Unable to do much more they just examined the rooftop, remarking off hand "huh ... all of my blood." before fading out of conciousness.

The figure continued to fly forward, though their speed was starting to slow down, their body exhausted from the long flight. "H- help..." The figure called out weakly, not loud enough to be heard.

Leukos texted Wizard again, 'Light based wings, likely a Meta.' he relayed and kept moving for now. //Rosa shot herself to avoid shooting you. Med staff is inbound.// he relayed, just trying to keep everyone on the same page.

//........let's hurry// DH muttered seriously, worried as she continued flying toward the figure barely at the end their mental range and passing.

Wizard:-light wings, likely a meta- he passed along to Mara.

Mara just took a quick glance at the phone growled some more and put in the boots.
(Mara: 4/5)

A true race pixie with a lanyard holding his passkey and proclaiming his station as part of the medical team in SIU flew up to the roof, flying around then hovering moving forward bit by bit until they reached Rosa, the air stank of ozone and he was much more worried about sudden sparks coming from the meta and the lance she was impaled in.

Reaching her he quickly checked for a pulse letting out a sigh of relief before calling that in moments before the lance disappeared completely, dropping Rosa on the roof as blood that had been held back by the lance, started gushing forward. "No! Nononononono" he flew down landing carefully on the roof and started putting pressure before an angel came to help him. Checking the danger of the roof they picked her up and moved her to the ground quickly before rushing her off to the medical wing.

Rosa: /current status: knocked the ******** out./

The figure continued to move forward before their wings suddenly gave out, the light they were made of disappearing and they started to drop from the sky

Leukos watched as a flicker of alarm crossed his face and he ran as fast as he could toward where she was falling, just in case DH couldn't catch her in time.

Mara snapped on the helmet and took off, activating the display as Wizard connected with her there. "Okay, now what the heck is happening?"
Wizard-Rosa is currently en-route to surgery, DH and Leukos are heading toward the unknown meta. The meta seems to be falling. -

Mara walked out "great.." she hissed and called a group of true race that will go pick them up with her encase there was trouble. "Tell me if there is any changes with Rosa.........I can't believe they stabbed themselves..." shaking her head.

Wizard:-acknowledged-

DH keeps on flying

The figure continued to fall

Mara:grabs the first two that were ready around there and takes a care an truck with a holding area and takes off.

DH:keeps on flying::

Rosa: /keeps on dying/

The figure continues to fall, now at 70ft above the ground.
Leukos: -literally still running-

Mara:driving::

DH: still to far::

The figure continues to fall, now 35ft above the ground.

Leukos' eyes widened as DH was still not going to make it. Taking a quick breath he turned around and crouched down, concentrating on his hands as he shoved them toward the ground, colorful sparks erupting as he exploded away from the ground at an angle to bridge the distance. He twisted in the air to orient himself, only feet from the ground as he flew quite a ways before sliding across the ground painfully beneath where she would fall in an attempt to catch her or..... maybe even cushion her fall. Anything, really. [HP: 71/75]

DH blinked as Lekuos suddenly shoot past her close to the ground landing about the place the being was about to hit. She laughed at his inventiveness even so she was still worried for the figure. Lowering her speed she circled and started diving at an incline.

The figure continued to fall, now plummeting towards the ground, Leukos now fairly close under them. They fell and landed with a pretty heavy sound ontop of him, taking quite a bit of damage from the fall.

(Hp: 77/100)

Leukos felt the impact, the speed of the figure slamming into him as he did at least catch her..... sort of. Regardless, it knocked the wind out of him as he coughed violently, wheezing and grimacing from the intense pain of at least a broken rib or two. [HP:37/75]

DH circled and came to a landing right near, she quickly looked between them. Moving toward Leukos as she stared at the other meta.

Mara:driving, eyes narrowed::

Pixie:Has Rosa in surgery now::

Rosa: /even while unconcious any electronic device within arms reach of them dies from the strong electromagnetic current they produce. makes things like heart monitors not possible to use./

Leukos was struggling to move, his breathing very labor. //.... h-help..// he managed to get out to DH, unable to find the strength to get up or move the girl.

DH had been trying to figure out how to move the girl when Leukos called out. Silently she supported her neck and moved her off to the side before moving back to Leukos and healing him with an intent look of concentration on her face surprised. (21 heal)

Mara casually curses them, their parents,Elena all under her breath as she drove into the testing area of the base.

Pixie:well they were working without electronical help.....carefully...::

Rosa: /at least their heart is still beating, Pixie can tell, they can see it through the hole in their chest./

Leukos coughed violently, every breath painful as he turned over onto his back and laid there, trying to regain breath. Note to self, stop doing stupid things. [HP: 58]

"That was a nice move... " DH muttered out of breath to Leukos, not pausing as she moved from him to the girl now. She stared directly at her for a few seconds before silently putting her hand on her arm and started healing. (19 hp )

Mara:yep still driving::

Pixie:it is a good thing angels can heals... in combination with them working::

Rosa: /stable? maybe. hard to tell./

The meta that fell was unconscious and looking quite worn down and exhausted.

Leukos took a large breath and sighed, it was still hurting but a lot less. "..ha ha very funny... is she even still alive..." he asked blandly, still laying there.

"Actually...that was..." there was a long pause as she finished up what she could. "A compliment " she let out a breath, ruffling her wings behind her as she leaned back to the ball of her feet. "Alive yes. Some fall damage but other wise okay. " she muttered as her armor disappeared. "Can you get up?" Blinking as she heard an engine in the distance.

Straining to sit, he nodded. "Yeah, I think so." he mumbled and slowly came to a stand, still swaying slightly but was otherwise okay for now. His clothes were dirty from eating dirt some distance and even his face had some scuffs. Sighing, he looked out to where a vehicle was approaching.

"Good. " she looked back down at the girl and tilted her head. "Hm.." she frowned and looked up to the plume of dirt heading right to them. Mara must have sent someone. "I don't know her...do you?" She carefully picked her up and turned to look at Leukos just as the car parked and Mara in armor got out.

Mara stared at them and looked at Leukos. "Are you okay? Did they put up a fight?" She sounded concern before pointed at DH. "And you!.......you...were talking later. " she growled angrily before looking at Ana. "So is that her?" Mara looked down at the colorful meta and frowned under her helmet, not recognizing her but definitely a meta. Looking down at those inside she motioned toward a box "get me a collar and cuffs. We need to head back now. Rosa is likely dying right now because you got in the way of their shot and for some reason they thought it was a great idea to aim it at themselves! " shaking her head as a poor Xana who looked like he had been grabbed as he was about to clock out came back with a collar and cuffs. Blinking as Mara took them and started to place them on the new meta.

DH raised a brow but looked concerned, it was obvious Mara was as well is she was acting so brusque.

"I've never seen her before..." he answered with a frown. He turned to look at Mara and had a slightly embarrassed expression before it faded behind a stoic look. "No, I dove to catch her. She fell from the sky unconsciousness." he spoke and motioned to the girl in DH's arms.

Mara stared at him and blinked trying to mentally picture that.

"He exploded to catch her in time" DH added with only a flicker of amusement in her voice as she took Ana to the back of the car, tail flicking only slightly.

Mara turned sharply to glare at her but the winged tiger was already out of sight. "Need healing? You can drive up front with me. " she motioned back

Anastasia was completely dead weight, her breathing shallow and any hint of cybernetics were off. Her body colder than most, it was a strange sensation just to touch her arm

Leukos looked away when DH explained what he did. He glanced to Mara very briefly and merely nodded, moving to the front seat quietly.

DH finished up healing the rest of the wound while the Pixie doctor hovered, not literally, near by with a look of disapproval.

"I am quite grateful of healing as the next person but some times these things should be done more gradually..." he tried to argue even as DH gave him an apologetic look.

"I would normally agree? But Mara seems to be a little antsy though ... and it isn't as we are asking them you get up and start fighting. Just to make sure they are far out of danger" she muttered with a flicker of a frown. "Plus they got hurt trying not to hit us. "

The pixie sighed heavily "Still heavily against my advise..." he said sounding concerned but had already tried to convince Mara differently.

Rosa eyes snapped open, sitting up suddenly with a bolt. They quickly evaluated the situation they were in - noting the people around them and the room, they seemed to still be in SIU and so they started to relax, crossing arms over their chest - the dress was already in tatters and they didn't feel terribly great about their bare skin being seen.

"I can... try to get into her dreams. Or read her mind when she wakes up." Leukos offered to Mara, pacing slightly despite the soreness of his back and ribs. He had a flicker of tension in his body language. Stressed about Melody and now this sudden person flying right into their base.

Mara frowned, glancing toward guarded infirmary room then back at Leukos with her arms crossed. She was serious as she studied him, she was equally worried about Melody and wanted to drop kick Alice with full armor on for taking it was a good idea to take her. It was a horrid idea to take her and if she was found with the Mafia ....things were going to take a turn for the worst.

They had to wait, Wizard was even having a hard time finding her phone. It left her with very little legal resources. If she was frustrated because her hands were tied it was even worse for Leukos. He had to do something to at least distract himself for a bit, dreamwalking was...not that dangerous right?

"Go for it, figure out why they were in a suicide path to SIU" she sighed and looked toward the room were Rosa was. The other danger there, even so they were out of critical danger there. True race healers was not something she had easy access to in Norcrest, an obvious division between do and say.

A few pieces of the dress were around but most of it had been thrown away during the operation, as they didn't want contamination or fabric to find its way back into the wound. A hospital gown had been very loosely looped over Rosa's neck and lightly covering the wound, underneath they left any type of underwear they were using if they were using any.

DH jerked back and stared just as the Pixie turned sharply and was already slightly transparent. "Woah, calm down!" The Pixie said moving toward them.

DH moved to the other side "Rosa your in the SIU infirmary... why don't you lie back down?" She asked in a mostly even voice, as she placed her hand on Rosa's shoulder, or tried to.

Rosa flinched as they were touched, pulling away from DH and looking over at them - as if to make sure it was really them, then gave a small nod - They examined themselves, hospital gown, and then looked around the room as if searching for something, but they complied to lay down. "where are my clothes." they asked dryly, almost more of a statement then a question, just a hint of irritation to their voice.

Leukos took a deep breath, trying to ground himself. At least he would have something to do. And at least dreamweaving wasn't all too bad, he used to do it to minimize Melody's nightmares often..... what if she had been having nightmares... what if she wasn't okay... He shook the thought quickly before he got worked up again and nodded at Mara before moving to the other room they had been holding the girl they had captured. Moving to the bedside and making sure she was securely cuffed to the hospital bed, he took a slow breath, sat down in the chair next to her and closed his eyes. He concentrated on trying to read her dreams...if she even had any.

The girl was still breathing slowly, if they had any machines hooked up to her, her heart beat would be dreadfully low. Her expression seemed calm, but Leukos would soon find that her unconscious state was plagued by nightmares of times long past mixed in with a sad tune as the log of her and Melody's recent texts messages remained overlapped on top. It was as if her dreams - nightmares in this case - were being projected in a dark room, though that dark room also showed, on the edges of the visible 'Projection' lines of text. Battery: Critical Condition : 0% Charge, please plug in. Physical Condition: Asleep, 2/8. Network: Offline.

The Pixie was looking concern on the other side before a faint look of annoyance crossed his face. What was it with metas and waking up to ask about things instead of their own health?

His mind was on Hexxis as he shook his head "They had to be cut off when we worked on you. We didn't want contaminants entering the wound " he explained and moved to grab a chart as he took the time to release his irritation. True it was a slight surprise to find the she was a he but it didn't really matter when you were trying to save their live.

"How are you feeling? Any pains, discomforts? " he glanced at DH at the last then back, especially when Mara okaying an untrained healer to "help".

DH crosses her arms and took a step back to keep out of the way as the doctor spoke with them.

Mara watched him go and sighed, moving to go grab someone them someone who had been called to check the roof came to report.

Ana was collared and cuffed to the bed, her legs were chained together but with a long chain to allow at least some ease of movement but no running. A Feral snake guard glanced at Leukos when he entered but said nothing as they crossed their arms and glanced now and then at a muted show on the TV above.

Rosa laid flat on their back, staring at the ceiling, they had been seen. They frowned at the implications of such a thing. They swallowed the knot in their throat and took a deep breath to try to calm the sharp pain in their stomach. "I liked that dress." They stated, matter of factly, trying to keep up their facade of resolve.

Leukos seemed disturbed as though, he himself were having a nightmare. Trying to focus but the images weren't what he had expected. There was pain. His chest throbbed and a tear slid down his face before he suddenly jolted awake and frowned. It was then he was faced with a choice. No, he couldn't do something as terrible as his heart wanted to do. It wasn't fair. And it wasn't his place. Sighing, he got up and tried to find Mara, his expression one of total defeat.

The pixie tried not to sigh, and started looking for signs of shock. There where some but he wasn't that sure. Moving he grabbed a non-electrical thermometer and motioned to Rosa to open his mouth. "You were impaled by your own...lance. We stitched and healed you up as best we could. Do you feel any pain or discomfort?" he asked again, waiting before putting the thermometer in is they indicated they knew what he wanted.

DH tilted her head slightly looking between them but keeping silent. In no hurry to tell Mara they were awake until she had more information.

Mara was still talking to the inspector when she noticed Leukos coming back out of the room. She raised a hand and motioned behind him, she nodded and said she'll be back before leaving. Mara looked to Leukos and frowned faintly at his expression. "What did you find?"

Rosa looked up at pixie, while they recounted the recent history. They nodded as it lined up to their memory. When asked again about their condition they considered their answer before responding "No pain or discomfort that is unaccounted for." They seemed satisfied with that response, they observed the thermometer and asked "Is that Mercury?" But accepting it into their mouth as they were gestured to.

Leukos sighed, "She's been in contact with Melody. Her dreams are like looking at a computer screen or a projector. I could see their text messages to each other. I think she's mostly robotic... It says she had no battery." he relayed quietly, obvious concern and doubt in his voice.

"I'm glad to hear that" he said with a faint nod, reminded of how sh- he was earlier and now. "Hm? No, it's an alcohol base thermometer. " he smiled faintly. "Normally w would have used an electric one but .... electronics don't do that well by you" he said with a wince at the machinery that had been fried. He was glad he wasn't the person having to explain that. He left it in his mouth and turned to look back at the clipboard writing in what he said before.

DH tilted her head slightly as she looked at Rosa. "I'm going to go tell Mara you're awake... anything you want me to tell her before ..she likely comes here?"

The pixie muttered something under his breath but was waiting.

Mara frown as she listened then looked alarmed. "s**t!" she pulled out her phone and sent Wizard a text to put precautions in place encase the meta they had escaped and attempted to connect. Only then did she focus on the mention of Melody. This must be the one she was speaking to? She hoped ..meaning the Mafia member. Doubly problematic.

Ignoring the battery problem she frowned looking at Leukos, feeling apprehensive. Melody made it to the Mafia... but why was she here? we they not letting her leave? "You could see their texts...what did they say?" she frowned knowing how absurd that was, asking someone to enter someone's dreams to read their text messages...yea that sounds......hah.

Rosa nodded, talking around the thermometer. "If it was mercury the magnetic current would have also compromised the accuracy of that, alcohol should be fine, however." They looked at DH. "Please bring a spare change of clothes, it would be greatly appreciated." and bowed their head slightly.

"They were talking about Haven and being scared. Melody was talking about Hexxis vaguely and told her that she didn't know if she had ever been in love or what it would be. That's all I managed to read of where it was at." he relayed. "Those were days ago. It seems they hadn't been in contact since then." Leukos sighed running a hand through his hair and catching his horns with a grimace.

DH nodded at them ."That I can do...and sorry about forcing you to change directions" she did look guilty . "They didn't seem to have a bad heart" she muttered moving to the door.

The doctor shook his head in confusion then focused on the thermometer after taking it out. "Ah, true. I don't think you have to worry about that though. Most have been phased out due to toxicity issues and people breaking them. hmmm" he looked thoughtfully. "I think only our main wall blood pressure monitor uses mercury now" he blinked and smiled faintly. "Sorry, so is there anything you want to ask me? " he said looking at him expectantly, actually taking the moment to observe them for any changes.

"Ah.....yea. So this is the person" Mara frowned and looked angry then annoyed. "She seems to be Melody's friend... one who seems to have ties with the Mafia. How direct her ties are we weren't sure. .. So why is she here now?" Mara muttered the last part to herself.

Rosa watched as DH left, tilting their head to the side only slightly, then returning it to stare up at the ceiling. When the pixie doctor started talking they moved their yellow on black sclera eyes to focus on them to show they were paying attention to them - the very embodyment of resting b***h face.

"Actually, yes, I am curious as to the confines and restrictions of doctor - paitent confidentiality, assuming it applies to this situation at all, which I am also unclear on."

"Friend?...." he frowned. How did he not know about this, that she had made a friend outside of SIU and even Mara knew about it. "Mafia... How long have they been friends?" he asked with increasing worry and slight jealousy. "I don't know why she's here." he spoke bluntly and a little spitefully. "I don't like it." he mumbled and frowned.


The pixie took on a uncomfortable look as if he had bitten into a lemon."Yes and...no. We are currently treating all metas as minors with Mara as their guardian in terms of treatment and decisions. It works on the surface but as you know there can be problems. " he looked a little helpless."As long as you know I will have to share anything you tell me with the Director then yes it is private" he looked angry.

Mara looked surprised and mentally curse, well then."I am...not sure" and she wasn't, it didn't cross her mind to ask at the time or she forgot maybe she wrote it down."seems to have been a bit ago" she said carefully then shook her head."I don't like this either but it seems the only thing we can do is wait until she wakes and starts talking" a hint of warning in her voice that they will be talking willingly or not.

Rosa nodded. "So other then the director, any information about my self will remain confidential." They returned to staring at the ceiling. "That is acceptable."

Leukos frowned, exhaling deeply as he tried to think. "I don't think she's going to wake up unless we charge her battery somehow... She has no stored energy." he spoke, making guesses at this point but didn't feel like he was too far off.

The pixie nodded then waited since it seemed ...he? didn't mind. "Was there something you wanted to ask me?" getting a feeling it wasn't about his near death experience again. He had seen some thing but someone so casually brush something like that off was not one of them.

Mara looked up as DH approached them and raised a brow looking at Leukos and sighing. "Well as soon I as I find the instruction manual i'll make sure to go do that" she said dryly, not sure how Melody will take it that they are trying to experiment on her possible gf before she could even wake up. She'll get someone to see if they can find something on her that might look like a battery? Was that her item?

"You're trying to program your clock again?" DH smirked faintly only to get a glare from Mara which widen her smile slightly. "Rosa is awake, i'm getting them a change of clothes" the smile faded to a faint concern but she shook her head and headed off.

Mara blinked and looked toward the room as DH left then looked at Leukos. 'I'll get someone to look if...I don't know she had a plug, diodes or something " she muttered.

Rosa shook her head. "No, the knowledge that no one else will be told about my body lays to rest the only concern I had about this situation." They stared up at the ceiling, occasionally breaking from that activity to blink.

Leukos remained quiet in DH's presence, averting eye contact. After she left, he sighed faintly and nodded at Mara. "Is there anything else I should do?"

The pixie nodded "Yes, Mara and myself are the ones who know. " there was a flicker of discomfort there but he didn't say anything. "If there is anything else you want to ask or say?" he tried one more time to make sure they were okay before he left.

Mara look thoughtful "You can come with me if you want and check on Rosa... other wise I don't really have anything for you to do..." she trailed off still thinking. "Unless you want to go into her dreams again and try to contact her from there?" not knowing how it worked.

Rosa considered. "No, thank you doctor, I think I'm quite satisfied with the information available to me." They tried closing their eyes, decided they didn't like it, so opened them again, counting the parts of the ceiling to preoccupy their time.

"I'll go with you... I don't think I should exactly talk to her myself." he confessed with a frown. ".... for reasons...." he mumbled and began to move to the room Rosa was in, leaving it at that.

The pixie looked faintly concern, reminded again of Hexxis but this time there was no collar and he was staying of his own freewill. "Well then, just press that button over there if you need something. We will keep you at least a day more here for observation encase anything pops up" he said moving to the door.

Mara raised a brow after Leukos and wondered what happened there. She shook her head and followed after him, moving to the side of him and knocking on the door instead of barging in.

The pixie looked surprised and looked up. "I guess they are here" he muttered and opened the door to head out and let them come in. "s-h ...." there was a blank look on his face as he looked at Leukos. "Rosa is currently fine as far as I could tell and what Rosa has said"

Rosa turned their head as the sound of the knock touched their ears, they smiled upon seeing the director and when seeing Leukos they seemed to shrink ever so slightly into their hospital gown, trying to hide as much of their body as possible from him.

"Director, good ..." their face suddenly registered shock as they had no idea what time of day it was " good ... good ... afternoon?" they paused to wait for acknowledgement - "It's pleasant to see you." they returned to a smile, quite possibly even sincerely.

Leukos looked down at the pixie and narrowed his eyes slightly in a cross between curiosity and irritation. Sighing, he didn't even listen to the pixie as he moved in to Rosa's bed side with a serious look that masked his deep seeded stress about Melody. "How are you feeling, Rosa?" he asked, his expression stoic and unfeeling even if his voice only gave the slightly glimmer that he was asking honestly out of concern.

Mara returned the smile maybe not as wide but there was a smile. She might come off a a pain in the neck to others but she tried to keep those under her command safe. "Hm....: she glanced at her phone "Yep close enough. " looking back up she seemed concerned. "How are you feeling? (doctor) said you were feeling fine.. that true?" she raised a brow, while she didn't expect any funny business from her staff, she learned the hard way her second in command.

The pixie blinked and looked away quickly, nervously rubbing his wings together as he tried to focus on Mara with only occasional glances at Leukos. After seeing they were getting situation did he try to leave.

Rosa spoke a little more candidly with the director. "At this moment I mostly feel anxious about people having seen my body, any physical discomforts are secondary to that - so I believe I'm fine. Sorry about the phone." They caught her checking it, and looked a little embarrassed through their usual stoicism.

Leukos only gave a flicker of confusion at Rosa's comment then looked away and gave a small sigh. At the mention of phone, he blinked and reached into his pocket for his phone. Dammit, not again.... Why does he always forget that? Pocketing the phone, he crossed his arms and waited silently just behind Mara, seeing as they were conversing. All the while avoiding eye contact for now as he thought to himself.

Mara looked thoughtful then nodded. "I'll talk to them so this doesn't spread. " she had a faint frown, but like her former human base medical team back when she was in Norcrest the true race equivalent here in Belrad was pretty trustworthy. She would be more worried about rumor spreading from other section, she didn't need to give those who resent her and the metas more reason to attempt to get them alone.

At the mention of her phone she looked back at Rosa blankly for a second before realization dawn and she stared down at it again. //Nonononononononononon! Ah damn it!!!// instead of the time she checked it was blank and no amount of turning on would bring back the screen. "It's fine" she muttered when he face showed it really wasn't. Her fault for forgetting really but gah! She didn't even remember if everything was backed up.

Pocketing her phone she ran her hand through her hair before finally looking up at Rosa. "....Your fine.." she muttered then shook her head. "Then could you care to explain why you thought impaling yourself was the best course of action?" She kept her voice even but unconsciously lifted and crossed her arms. She cast a quick look at Leukos to see if he was something to say as well before looking back.

"ah" Rosa stared up at the ceiling again, becoming more stoic. "Given the long ranges I operate at, I require a magnetic field to 'lock onto' when I fire." They stated matter-of-factly. "Simply dropping the Lance ran the risk of it locking onto a undesired target on its own, and I very well may have hit a ally or person of importance by mistake." They took a breath before continuing. "With that in mind I felt the best target for operation success was my own body, and used what little energy I had left on defensive capabilities which I would not have had access to if I had waited even a few seconds longer." They looked to Mara for ... Judgement, condemnation or approval, either way. "I am sorry if I caused anyone to worry." They paused. "Was the mission successful?"

Leukos' lips creased into a frown, he had a small feeling that was the case. "It was a success. We have detained the girl and are waiting for her to wake before questioning." he relayed, arms still folded over his chest, paired with a serious expression.

Mara placed her fingers over her face in thought. That was not something she had been aware of in practice and in the large scope of things Rosa did was good but outside of that they almost died which..was not good hah....

"Yes. As soon as we can figure out how" she muttered crossing her arms. She wanted to be angry with Rosa but in the long run the blame fell on her for not more throughly testing Rosa's capabilities. "I don't approve but considering what you had in hand and the likelihood of hurting an ally...that was pretty brave of you. After this I cam going to see what can be scrap together to emit an magnetic field and throw them around our lands. So should this happen again you will have a better target " she muttered feeling a bit more confident.

Motioning to Leukos she stopped and frowned, she opened her mouth then realize how stupid that was and stopped. "Never mind "

"That's good to hear" they mentioned to Leukos, clearly relieved the mission was successful - then Rosa positivly beamed when Mara complimented them for being brave, smiling to the point of it being almost out of character for them. They looked as if they had just been given a puppy.

Leukos nodded, still looking away for now as though slightly distracted.

Mara blinked staring at Rosa then chuckled lightly if confused at the same time. "Well then..we have at least a plan. So...hm. Yea I went have someone look into that. Other wise if there anything you want to ask me..or Leukos?" She looked at him. "Or visa versus" motioning Leukos to look up, trying to catch his attention by waving her hand.

Rosa just smiled, reclaiming their excitement. "I sincerely hope the interogation goes well, director." then shifted their focus onto Leukos, observing his mannerisms.

Leukos seemed preoccupied in his thoughts even if his stoic nature never faltered. Catching a glance at Mara's waving hand, he blinked and looked at her. "......." he slid his gaze to Rosa who was also looking at him now. Averting eye contact again, he ran a hand through his hair, yet again catching his horns as he grimaced a bit and turned to leave. "Sorry, I should...go eat." he made an excuse, his tail lashing as he walked betraying how bothered he was at the moment. "Rest well, Rosa. I wish you a speedy recovery.." he muttered before leaving the room, walking only a few feet down the hall before stopping. His eyes focused on the floor as he sighed and pulled the headphones around his neck up to try to listen..... to nothing. His electronics were dead. Pulling them back down around his neck, he looked absolutely distressed in his silence.

Mara sighed as Leukos action brought everything that had been happening before the excitement with the intruder back to the forefront. They had no idea where Melody was, maybe the intruder had some information or was as clueless as them but going from her condition something had been pushing her.

Looking back at Rosa and shook her head kind of amused to see them so happy, it was odd but endearing reminding her of Tri and Ree when they were kids and now Melody when she tried to ..help. Sh**

"I better go, hope you get out soon" she muttered and turned to follow Leukos out. Get Tri to look at her phone first th- wizard...it was wizard now.

A purple and yellow haired spirit watched the happening silently, splitting off to follow Leukos.

Two hours later Mara headed back toward the medical wing, this time she was scanning through a couple of pages of papers, instead of taking a tablet or phone. Her search had been interesting to say the least, not what she was looking for but useful all the same. Stopping in front of the door she waited and kept on reading as she tried to memorize things before entering.

Anastasia was sitting in the middle of the bed, her knees brought to her chest and her arms wrapped around them, her thoughts not racing as badly this time, though she seemed to have a strong dislike for the really pointless guard snake.

The snake had gone back to sitting down on the chair and was watching her more of out boredom than actually thinking she was a threat.

Mara glanced at the clock then the door but it was past time for Leukos to have shown up. Shaking her head she turned and knocked lightly on the door.

The snake turned sharply and flicked his tongue out at Ana before opening the door for Mara with a glance to the clock.

"Any trouble?" Mara muttered and the feral shook his head. "None"

"Surprising" Mara replied dryly as they changed places and closed the door behind her.

"Time's up" she said looking at Anastasia with a flicker of curiosity now. Something was not like the other....

Anastasia just listened to the two talk, waiting for Mara to finish speaking before she spoke herself. Not even moving, she said two words. "Belrad. Zephyr."

Mara stopped and looked faintly surprised before her gaze narrowed slightly at the name. "You were putting prosthetics on Zephyr and your stations in Belrad? " trying to hide how unbalanced she was at the name, somehow it always came back to him....always.

"Yes." She said simply, her tone more of a dead one and lacking any emotion, as if what she had gone through before and whatever she had done to calm down had just completely tapped out her emotions.

Mara relaxed slightly at the computer like voice, considering how many people she worked with that were similar. She relaxed only because Ana was not about to break down. Was Zeph also a lie or... hm . "So where n Belrad do you live? " she crossed her arms. Fine lets go simple.

"Acorn Apartments on South Diamond Street, Apartment C29. Studio flat with a loft bedroom. Lot's of windows."

"Uh huh" Mara said stoically as she stopped in front of her, taking a pen out of her pocket and writing that down on the edge of one of the papers she brought. She had someone who could go look at the address easy enough.

"So you told Melody that you were in Criel helping to heal meta. Now you mention Zephyr. Is Zephyr part of the Mafia? "

Anastasia took in a slow breath, her eyes still closed, "That I do not know. I went in and helped, kept track of vitals, helped with nerve and neural connections and making sure he didn't die from an overdose of alcohol and seven other medicines we had pumped into him."

Mara frowned, so Zeph found someone to get him some prosthetics and maybe as a deal a new girlfriend. A real or robotic version of a robotic girl would likely make no difference to him. She shook her head sharply. " So you went or were "teleported" and you expect me to believe one of the first things you didn't try to do was find yourself on the map? "


"The first thing I did was stabilize a patient. I have no care where I am as long as I can help people. I could be in the pits of hell itself and still want to help people before asking where I was. Got in, did the procedure, made sure everything was right and he wasn't going to collapse under his own weight, then got out to work on filing papers at home." She was still curled up on the bed, not wanting to look up or open her eyes, clearly just too spent to even care about 'common courtesy' when talking to others. Courtesy be damned when she was talking to someone who had locked her up and forced her to endure a drawn out panic attack.

Mara crossed her arms. "Oh? That so? You want to help people. How about your employer? I didn't exactly catch their name"

"I work for Masamune Prosthetics. We make stuff for Metas who get caught in the crossfire or end up needing prosthetic limbs and the like, because, y'know, no one else wants to." She stated, taking in another breath, holding it for a number of seconds, then slowly letting it out.

Mara blinked then frowned as if she heard something wrong. "Masamune.... as in Michael Masamune?"

"I believe so."

Mara stared at her, looking for some type of clue. "You believe? ...so you're not sure who your boss is or who works with you?"

"I never looked into his files or asked further of who he was, as he saved me from a haven facility where I had been held..." she paused, calculating the time for a moment, "for something like fifteen years. I am repaying him by working under him as an assistant, producing and creating prosthetics for those in need."

Mara stared at her, her thoughts taking a nose dive then pulling back up as she got information on one of the murder squad. Sh* Sh* Sh* of course Moira was seen on TV with the squid .....but prosthetics?! What did this have to do wi- no that was just Alice being stupid.

She was having a hard time not sitting down and running her hand through her hair at that little tidbit. Did she know what she just told her? No of course not she just she said didn't. There was no way they could allow her to return, that was for sure.

"Michael Masamune... black hair, glasses, gloves and a mask? " she raised her brow as if hoping for a different outcome somehow.

"Yes." Anastasia said simply, as if it was one of the easiest questions asked of her that day.

"And does he know where you are?" her voice suddenly going flat as she clenched the paper with the directions on it.

"How stupid do you think I am?" She asked, slowly lifting her head and opening her eyes to just stare at Mara, "Of course I would let my Boss know where I am. I am an indispensable asset to the team and our current projects, I'm needed to help advancement in prosthetics and research the intricacies between Meta powers and the prosthetics that are given to them. It would be incredibly immature and downright rude if I did not let my employer know what was going on because I called off."

"....... very. Very very very very very stupid" she said raising her hand to her nose. " and how did you let him know where you were going? did you give him directions? did you say you ran off to visit a friend what?" she raised a brow, glancing toward the door then back.

"Oh yes, I gave him the mapquest directions to get here." She responded dryly.
"Map quest...really? that place sucks" she moved to the door and opened it. "Need phone. " she said tot he snake on the other side before closing it and turning to look at Ana. "So...MapQuest. and he said Yea heh ...have fun? bring me back doughnuts? "

Ana closed her eyes and let out a soft sigh, "He'd want coffee."

"Good to know...." she ran her hand through her hair. "You are aware you're not leaving here right?" she said checking her phone and lokign relieved it was still working. She started texting someone quickly.

"At this point I figured as much." She let out a quiet noise, "I really only came here to see what was going on with Melody..."

"And you figured that she isn't here obviously" she said with a snort. Damn it........ They had Michael's location Michael..means Murder squad then Mafia...so triple M. He would be after this meta if she was telling the truth and she was important to his re-limb the meta's project.

"Tell me this.. how did a meta with a herb item suddenly get a plug in her head?" she raised a brow, feeling she had been doing that often in he past few minutes. Where the heck was Leukos?.

Her phone buzz and she quickly read the text before looking back up again and waited.

"I went with what information I could find." Anastasia murmured, "she means the world to me, helped me feel alive again."

As Mara asked about the plug, she shuddered, "My original item was forced from me at my stay at Haven and I was used as an experiment to see what happens to a meta who doesn't have an item. When I was saved i went and accidentally touched a prosthetic limb he had been working on..."

Mara stared at her "It am actually disappointed you didn't absorb him" she got up as her phone buzzed again but this time she didn't look at it. "Time to move you" she said moving to the door and opening it to glance outside. The snake was still there joined in by the pixie doctor who looked nervous as two Shadows in the same uniform as the Feral joined them.

Rosa hearing all of the commotion just outside of the room they gently slid their lap our from under Vale. Stepping gently out to the door frame, not leaving the room but just watching the commotion as the doctor went and joined two shadows and a feral just across the hall, Mara was there? how strange. They observed the goings on quietly.

Anastasia shrank back when the door was opened and the snake guard and the pixie doctor were there. "N- no..." She said quietly, looking horrified and glancing back to where she was plugged in. Quickly yanking out the plug, wincing as she tugged on the cord a little too hard, she snapped her head to look back to the door. " don't touch me " she said in a tone that was a mixture of fear and anger.

The Pixie looked at Mara with a frown "I don't think we should move her. Shouldn't the collar should be enough ..." he looked and sounded unhappy as the three guards went into the room. One held back as the other two moved to unlock the wheels and the third frowned at her. "Lay down " he instructed as Mara frowned herself. "Security threat. A large one " she said simply.

Rosa observed them in silence, gripping the door frame, security threat? The director seemed distressed. They pursed their lips, confused and angry at the situation.

Laying down in the middle of the bed, Anastasia curled up, shaking quite a bit now. She hated this, all of this.

The Pixie looked alarm then frowned as he looked to Ana then back to Mara. "How?"

"Murder squad" was her only reply as the Pixie paled and didn't ask more, watching as the other two guards rolled her out and the third followed. The Pixie moved after them, wings rubbing together in nervousness. Mara watched them she moved to a table and took a picture of the address she wrote down she sent it out with a text. That will cover observation in Belosh to see if it truly was him. Now she needed to speak to her own bosses and ...where was Leukos? She finally headed off after them as she moved to text, thought better of it and just called him.

The guards where rolling her deeper into the base, taking one elevator then having to move to another to head deeper. Everything had been built this time with security in mind.

The Pixie observed Ana but said nothing, looking at her a little fearfully.

"director..." Rosa called out "requesting authority to information, what is a 'Murder Squad'" stepping back as the metas escorted a frankly harmless looking girl pass them, blinking and watching them move past, they felt her as she moved through their zone of influence. Curiously they reached out and touched her with their field, because she felt almost but not quite entirely made of metal.

Anastasia hiccupped softly as she began to cry again, covering herself with her arms out of habit. As she was moved past Rosa, she seized up slightly.


The Pixie noted the slight seizing and kept his eye on her encase she worsen or if she was doing it on purpose. They headed deeper until they reached brand new cells made with metas in mind, even in many cases taking a page from Haven who has had pretty good experience keeping and controlling metas. All cells had an opaque door and even one with dimensions very similar to the ones that held Moira but the door to that was different. The cells were all empty except for two, one seem to have been preps another actually had someone inside but they moved to fast to see. A third was open and they started moving Ana's bed into it.

Mara paused before heading out and looked at Rosa. "A group of metas that run around killing people in mass for fun and the mistaken belief that mass death will change the world's view of how they see them. " she said with a frown.


Rosa frowned. "Threat confirmed." They watched her be escorted off with a expression as close to worried as they managed

Anastasia had been temporarily knocked out from being in the em- field, even for a short period of time.

Leukos pocketed his phone and moved to the elevator to make his way down to the cells, just as Mara requested. Finally getting down there, he looked for Mara and waved as he noticed her.

Mara looked up as Leukos came into view and nodded to him as the guards put Ana into her new cell. The pixie was on her though muttering as he checked her then looking to Mara and cursing as he took his own phone and made a call up to the ones at the desk. "Yes me. I need someone to bring me my bag to the cells. " he said with restrained concern.

Mara looked over at him with a raised brow "Whats wrong now?"

"She's unconscious. I wasn't sure but..." He went silent as he took her heart rate.

Mara looked at Leukos and motioned to Ana. "Anastesia DeCorvus. Former Haven patient... and current technical assistant to Michael Masamune "

Leukos approached and his eyes flickered among the people there and the situation. He narrowed his eyes as she mentioned Michael. ".... Murder Squad..." he mumbled. //Honestly... I wouldn't want to mess with Michael. If anything, I'd kick her out and dust my hands of the matter.// he advised. //I know you see this as an opportunity.... and if had been any other member of Murder Squad I would agree, but Michael is far too dangerous.//

// If I remember correctly so is Blaise...you know the one blowing stuff up in Criel right now then Undine, and Momo and eventually Tobias. What part of them isn't dangerous? Arno ...that is like the only one who isn't a possible building leveler // she said looking away with an even deeper frown as she watched the Pixie work on Ana. They should be there. //I will think on it. Is there anything you can get from her right now? // she asked grimly as she watched.


Leukos snorted, //In that sense, Arno is just as dangerous. He literally eats anything.// he sighed. //I'm going to be about to get much beyond what I already did with the kind of meta she is.// Crossing his arms, he stared into the room to watch them work on Ana.

Mara looked at Leukos and shook her head, basically none of them were "safe". //I'm tempted to ask Wizard but at the same time concern if she is able to use him somehow// she shook her head. //So ..wehre were you? // she asked pulling out her phone and sending a text then switching over to write an e-mail.

Anastasia was slowly coming to, though when she did, she let out a rather frightened scream and tried to move away from the doctor and any guards, clearly terrified of them.

Leukos nodded, //That would be fairly concerning.// he agreed then blinked, looking just a bit embarrassed before looking away. //Eating.// he answered simply before the scream made his hair practically stand on end and glow as he narrowed focused eyes on Ana, ready to defend if needed.

The Pixie jump back in fear as well wincing at the scream but was quick to raise his hands and try to look harmless. Considering he was about the same height as her it he didn't know how well that would pass over. " You're awake... you're awake. That was all I was trying to see" he spoke soothingly as he backed up, a bit of fear within his own eyes at her even with the collar.

The guards on the other hand jumped and put their hands on their weapons, one had already unholstered it.

Mara jumped slightly, paused texting looked up then continued. //yea.... eating? ...okay// kind of curious but not enough to push why he want out today of all days.

Anastasia scrambled back in the bed, looking between the guards and the doctor, whining a little, clearly scared, but also unable to do anything. Even If she could, she was harmless.

Leukos sighed and moved into the room. "You're fine. We just moved you until we can decide what can be done about this mess. They are medical doctors and are just doing their job keeping you alive." he explained blandly.

"But they do have experience for the rest of it to" Mara said dryly frowning at her messages and shaking her head. //I'm going to let her go/ she said to Leuko, //can you get me DH I will need her help//

The pixie cast her an angry looked but was already backing out of the room slowly until he was out then moved away from her lineof sight.

Anastasia watched the doctor leave, but looked to the two male guards and still seemed a little terrified - granted, she was also terrified of Leukos, but he was at least talking to her, but she still had negative trust for him.

Leukos seemed to hesitate slightly. //Yeah.//

//DH, can you come down to the cells, Mara needs your help.// he relayed, and kept focus on Ana.

//To the cells?.... I rather not. Unless there is a big problem.../ DH responded with a flicker of discomfort. //I can meet her in her office...otherwise//

Mara looked at the guards and shook her head "Stand down. Move out and lock the door. I want to of you to stand guard " letting them handle that between themselves.

The pixie from as someone finally came with his bag andhe looked at Mara. "If I could try to lo- "

Mara looked at her intently and shook her head "No. She is fine. Everyone out of the room" her voice was hard again.


Anastasia was taking in shaky breaths as the others moved out, quickly bringing her hands up to cover herself yet again. She was rather scared.

(To DH) //We are dealing with the girl that flew in.//

(To Mara) //What do you need from DH? She is apprehensive to come here and does not mind meeting you in your office.// he relayed calmly.

/.... okay I'll be down// DH muttered back as she returned the way she came, her tail twitching slightly.

Mara looked at him frowning. //Tell her that's fine// as she glanced to the guards who locked Ana into the cell without a word. The Pixie was stilloutside a look of anger on his face.

Anastasia continued to sit on the bed, slowly curling up a little more.

//Mara says it's fine to meet her in her office. I apologise for the back and forth.//

Leukos nodded to Mara and remained silent.

//.... Hah... There are times when I forget I could contact her directly// she sounded faintly amused and embarrassed. //That is fine then i'll see her there//

Mara stared at the door and sighed running her hand through her hair and cursed softly while the guards settle and the guard snake left.

"I need to go inform Belrad officials first " she closed her eyes for a moment. "Tell her I'll meet her later. Leukos you getter go pick up Val to before she forgets what her father look like" it sounded a little mean but she was fully distracted.

There was almost a faint smile to DH's comment but he was too stoic now to let himself. He nodded then paused a quirked an eyebrow. He sighed, "I'm not like my father..." he responded dryly, maybe a hint of spite that faded quickly. "I'll catch back up with you later then. Let me know if you needed anything." he left to take the elevator back up to the medical wing.

Mara watched him leave then stared at the door, heading further down the hallways and into a room.

Leukos set his electronics at the nurses station again and went to Rosa's medical room, knocking quietly.

Rosa again silently slid their lap from under Vale, opening the door glaring at Leukos, thinking loudly /Do not wake the child./

Leukos stared at Rosa unphased and nodded. //Is she doing okay? I apologise that it has taken so long to get back. I had quite a number of things that needed my immediate attention.//

Vale was asleep on the bed, looking much more content than she had earlier in the day after her nightmare.

Rosa immediately softened, putting on their normal stoic expression instead of a scowl. /She had a visceral nightmare, but is comfortably asleep now./ They considered a moment. /My apologies for... Yelling? At you./

Leukos seemed a bit relieved that Vale was better, even if he was concerned she had a nightmare. Blinking, he shook his head. //It's okay. I didn't feel offended and felt it was within reason for the circumstances.// he tried to give a faint smile but it wasn't much. //You think I should let her stay here with you or take her back now.//

Rosa smiled, faintly /I don't mind the company./ They smiled a little more /plus if she wakes up from another dreadful nightmare she won't scream down the halls./ Did ... Rosa just make a joke? They must really feel sick.

There was a strange noise from the bed as Vale began waking up, yawning softly and making a slightly squeaky noise as she did. Rubbing her eyes, she looked about before trying to find her glasses. Once she found them and put them on, she looked towards the two in the doorway before realizing that Leukos was there. "Papa!" She said happily and practically fell off the bed and bounded over to him.

Leukos blinked in surprise as Vale's voice caught his attention. A genuine smile washed over his expression, "Hello there, pumpkin. Have a nice nap?" he asked, his entire demeanor changing just for her as he leaned down to pick her up into his arms.

Rosa observed Leukos and Vale interact, taking a step back to give them space. Stoic at first but then smiling.

"Uh huh. No nightmare." She smiled wide, "nightmares bad, bad time. Lots blood."

Leukos frowned, "Nightmares? Oh my, that's no good." he glanced over at Rosa. "Rosa must have chased those nightmares away. How fortunate." he smiled again, just glad the small child was okay.

Rosa blinked, seeming surprised to be recognized, but then bowed their head respectfully, "It was the least I could do in service to ..." They trailed off, the gesture seemed practiced if unfinished. They stared at the ground before raising their head and smiling again.

Vale put her hands on Leukos' face, smiling ands giggling a little bit, clearly happier now that most of the memory of the nightmare was gone.

Mara pressed enter and sent the request following two other she put in moments before. It wasn't going to be perfect but it should do, ironically she already had it ready. Leaning back against the computer desk she ran her hand through her hair and sighed. Well then, they will be here by the end of the hour and it should be fine.

Moving out of the room she pass the cell where Ana was with a frown and headed up toward the top levels. She still needed to inform the officials and see if there is any changes but this should work in their favor.

Heading toward the top levels she passed DH, to distracted in thought to acknowledge her and moved to check on Rosa.
DH looked at Mara and blinked, her eyes narrowing silently as she looked in the direction Mara came from. //..... Hey Lulu?//

Leukos sat in a chair in Rosa's medical room, just keeping them company for now with Vale. Being in a room alone could be mind-numbing and he knew it. He perked slightly as he heard a familiar voice. //Yes?//

Rosa kept their magnetic field as personalized as they could, if they didn't they could run the risk of upsetting sensitive equipment in other nearby medical rooms ... Which was less then a appealing prospect. So they sat with Leukos and Vale, secretly incredibly thankful for their company, and did things with their hands. It wasn't as if they were unused to using them but rather had learned to view their magnetic field and the manipulation thereof as a extension of themselves - so found the process not wholly unlike trying to not do anything with your left arm all day. Not a unbearable task to bear but far more obnoxious once in pratice then you might consider at first glance.

Vale was sitting on the floor, playing and molding small pieces of colored glass, smiling a little bit as she made them into little blob like animals.

Anastasia was sitting on the bed, knees brought to her chest as she stared at the fabric of the bedding.

//Do you know if...// there was a pause. //Mara is going to do something...immoral?//she crossed her arms, following Mara down the hallways then stopping as she headed to the next level. Silently she turned around and made a face as she went toward the cell block instead, her pass allowing her to go down there still for the time being.

Leukos frowned slightly but kept watch on Vale making little figures. //She told me she's going to let her go.... I would hope she wouldn't outright lie to me. There's no need for it.// he paused. //Does she look like she has an ulterior motive?.... Because I will do something about it if so. // he spoke warningly, not exactly happy with the idea that Mara was going behind his back to do something immoral.

Rosa being completely unaware of the telepathic communication simply encouraged Vale in her glass bauble creation.

Vale looked up and showed off a small little, rather more blob than anything, bird-like blob that she was quite clearly proud of.

//Hm well... well black heart and soul and coming up from the cell area. Yea I think she might be up to something having to do with the prisoner. Checking right now if she is still alive// she said bleakly, wondering if this was the time Leukos learned that Mara could go to extremes. There was a reason there was a split between her and Li.

Passing the guards and the cell she stopped in front of the one that had been prepared and frowned before turning around and heading back up. //She's alive.I can have Wizard check to see if it has anything to do with her though...she doesn't have bad intentions// she muttered, why else would she had tried to put herself between Rosa and the intruder?

//I don't like the sound of that....// he sighed softly. Although, he was relieved to hear the girl was okay.

He took a slow breath, this was probably going to be something he regretted. //Anastasia... this is Leukos. Just as a precaution.... there is no intention to hurt you. So if someone tries to hurt you in any way, please reach out to me in your thoughts. I will come and stop them.// he spoke as calmly as he could to her.

(To DH) //Should I go down there?//

He smiled at Vale. "That looks amazing. You're getting much better at that."

Rosa, continuing to be unaware of the conversation going on watched on excitedly for Vale's glass bird blob as if it was a piece of artistry the like of which humanity had never seen before - as if they were sitting front row watching a master create their defining masterpiece. Allowing themselves to be visably enthusiastic for Vales benefit.

Anastasia flinched a little when someone spoke in her head, curling up a little as they continued to speak. Slowly opening her eyes, she looked around, now very concerned and confused. She had thought that they were going to experiment on her, as Haven had done. Why was this now becoming a thing? What was going on?

Vale beamed, soon setting down the blob of a bird an trying to see if she could make something a little more intricate than a blob.

//Yea...meet me on the floor above. If Rosa is up to it and can keep their Aura in tightly ask if they want to come too// she said sounding worriedly. // ..... Yea. We have to get her out. // receiving what Wizard found.

Leukos frowned. //....We have Vale... Wait that may...Help.//

Looking to Rosa, he stood up. "Rosa, I need your help with our friend downstairs if you can keep your aura in as much as possible. Vale, you can meet her too. She's been kind of scared and maybe you can cheer her up." he offered, flickering a serious look to Rosa then to Vale with a smile. //Rosa, we need to get the intruder out of the base for safety reasons. I'd like your help.// He walked over to Vale and reached out to pick up Vale once she was ready to go.

Rosa nodded their head /threat confirmed, beginning operations./ They stood up and electricity crackled around their form briefly as they restricted their field as tightly as possible as to not upset their surroundings.

Vale looked up, tilting her head as she put down the glass bead, "Scared? Why scared?" She asked as she moved to stand up, pushing her tiny glasses up onto her face as they had slid down a little bit.

//I'll meet you all here// she said, already looking in the direction Wizard would appear from, he was the closest compared to everyone else. //We have little bit less than an hour//

Leukos smiled down ay Vale and picked her up. "Because she got lost and we were trying to make sure she was okay. She doesn't know us, so she is scared. We are going to get her and take her outside so she can go home where she belongs." he explained calmly as he moved out if the room, guiding Rosa to the stairwell down. The elevator would be no good for them.

Rosa nodded and smiled for Vales sake, walking along side them. /I am unsure if bringing the child is the safest idea. Target is dangerous, even though the mission is to extract if she turns hostile saftey is not guaranteed. Did the director request her presence?/

Vale grabbed onto Leukos' shirt as she was picked up, nodding a little bit as she was told why Anastasia was scared, or the easiest way to let her know. "She gonna go home?" She asked quietly, tilting her head a little, "Where her home?" she asked, sounding a little worried for the stranger.

//The target isn't a threat. Her employer is. If we do not quietly remove her from the premises and quickly, Vale will be in grave danger. For the time being, I do not think Vale's presence will harm the situation. It will likely help with garnered sympathy for children is commonplace.// he explained as he moved. //There is also no one else to watch her. So there is little choice.// Moving down one floor in the stairs, he made his way to the cells, towards the cell they were holding Ana.

Rosa listened to Leukos. Then nodded /parameters accepted./ They walked gently behind him, seeming focused on the task at hand.

Vale continued to hold onto Leukos, humming a little bit as they continued to move, soon reaching up to start to play with the colorful mass of hair that he had, a big smile on her face.

Meanwhile, in her Cell, Anastasia was still curled up on the bed, but her eyes were glued on the door, feeling sick to her stomach with nerves.

DH looked surprised as they came into sight carrying Vale.//That safe?// she sounded concern but it would take to much time to find somewhere else to leave Vale as they tried to do this. Extending her conversation to the other she looked at Rosa and nodded.

// Ah good you accepted, You and I will go down to where Anastasia is and replace the guards. Wizard and Leukos will attempt to talk her into following us and then we will move her out quickly. Seem good?// she said throwing the plan out as Wizard stood by her a very faint flicker of discomfort crossed his face when Rosa came into sight but he stayed where he was.

//Should be.// he replied simply.

(To Ana) //I need you to cooperate with me for a bit. You are being released in secret and for us to be successful in getting you out safely and discreetly, you will need to listen to me. We will replace the guards... and you will need to follow them.// he began to instruct carefully.

Rosa seemed confused. Looking to DH /Have the guards not been notified that we would be collecting the prisoner? It shouldn't take much effort to get authorization, I don't see the need to replace them to escort the prisoner out.../ They looked over to Wizard, bowing their head respectfully, and keeping a comfortable distance between them. "Hello Wizard, sorry for the discomfort of having to share proximity with me, I will attempt to expedite this as much as possible to minimize the risk of contact."

Vale was still playing with Leukos' hair, though when the others came into view proper, she turned around to wave at both DH and Wizard. "Hiii"

Anastasias stomach turned a little at the words placed in her head, //Ok.// was all she responded with.

DH blinked and looked faintly concern now. //Mara has sent orders for a team to come pick her up. Which might end up with her in forced coma or death. Anastasia does not deserve that, I don't know the details of what happened but her soul isn't dark// she said pointedly as if that was proof enough. //We are trying to get her out with your help before that happens//

Wizard blinked and nodded slightly to Rosa, unable to respond to them.

Rosa seemed shocked, eyes widening then narrowing with barely withheld rage. "Hostile targets identified, beginning combat operations. Lukeos, I am kindly requesting." They closed their firsts, expanding and violently strengthening their magnetic field, targeting Wizard but also blowing out the lights and other nearby equipment caught in the blast, electric surging across the walls residually. "Release Vale so she will not be harmed." (( Emp 29 ))

Vale turned quickly to look at Rosa, looking very confused.

Wizard said nothing as Rosa confirmed hostiles. Moving into battle mode he swiftly activated his artifacts and shielded himself. ((Electric shield: 31 ))

DH hisses as the waved passed them, closing her eyes for a moment only to open them back in darkness. The only light was the soft flickering of Wizard's shield and those light that had been outside of Rosa's range. "Wizard go!" She roared moving to stand between him and Rosa as she flared her wings out protectively. "Rosa, I am asking you to stop" She said warningly but made no movement toward the other meta.

Rea-..Seriously?? If they could see his expression right now, he would look irritatedly exasperated. He pulled Vale closed to his chest protectively. "Denied. Rosa, stand down immediately." he answered. //Anastasia, we may not have the luxury of a discreet exit. I'm going to need you to take a few deep breaths and be ready to run the moment you are unlocked. I'm doing what I can.//

"Issue refused, will not accept orders from traitors. Surrender and accept punishment, or I will be forced to continue agressive action." They could only barely see in the darkness, but they could still feel Wizard, he was still standing ... damn - fighting three is going to be a lot harder then fighting two. They hoped a second attempt might prove more fruitful then the first - attempting another EMP burst. Electric surging from them and quickly covering the area they were standing in again - (( 28 EMP ))

Vale realized what was going on, her brows furrowing as she clung to Leukos tight and began to cry.