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The text went out early Thursday morning with a request to meet at the lighthouse by seven o'clock the following morning, and to bring any runic or gear he thought he might need for a mission. It also advised to dress for the possibility of varying climates.

The following day, as he made his way up the path to the portal there be a very petite blonde waiting for him. She had her hair pulled back into a pale of messy bun, and she'd traded in her usual shorts for a pair of black leggings, that were paired with a long sleeve t-shirt. Her jacket was open over that, and there was a hoody tired around her skin hips.

She was looking at something on her phone as his large figure came into view at her periphery, and lifted her head to offer a smile that seemed weighted down by something, but exactly what that something was was hard to determine.

Hitting the power button on her phone to put it to sleep, Peyton slipped it into the single open pocket on her hip pack. "We're goin to be checking in on a few bases that went black and we're supposedly reclaimed." Three of them in all, two of which they still had contact with. Those two were probably fine, but proximity to a previous Red-eye outbreak meant checking in person just to be on the safe side—they didn't want another incident like what had happened in Russia.

The other bass, the one where contact had slowed down, that was the one that made the smaller Sun nervous. Kai being with her made her more nervous.

"Are you ready?"

"Ah, no..." she frowned, thinking about the best way to explain it. "Not ideally, but there are things out there that can pose a real threat to the smaller bases." Some more insidious than others. A horseman would destroy every Hunter they could find, but there were other things--things that Peyton had encountered first hand, and still feared-- that turned hunter on hunter and dug beneath the skin.

Just thinking about it lifted the hairs off the back of her neck.

She sincerely hoped it was just a case of technical difficulties, but she couldn't deny the knot of dread forming in the pit of her stomach as she gestured towards the portal that was glowing faintly just past the lighthouse entrance. "Just keep your wits about you."

Because they didn't know what they'd be facing, she took the lead into the portal, stepping in and out through the other side. The first base they were visiting was situated in the middle of a small plateau tucked away in the Himalayas. It was cold, wind whipping at their hair and clothing, and Peyton was quick to until the hoody from around her waist to pull it on over her jacket.

Holding her hood against the wind Peyton looked up at Kai at his exclamation and gave an amused snort. "Come on, let's get this over with quick." The sooner they checked on the base, the sooner they could move on to their next stop.

Taking Kai's big hand in her's the petite Sun started leading the way along the rocky path towards the low walls of the base that seemed to be half buried in the ground. As they reached it they had to go down a short flight of stairs to knock on the door. After a moment or two they could hear a bit of clanging on the other side before the squealing of metal proceeded the door opening to reveal a tall blonde woman in a thick, fur lined jacket.