"Hm." Hal muttered.

"This is quite important." he said.

"We'll make our way down there to you." he told her.

"By 'we', I mean myself and Aedan." he then clarified.

"See you in a few minutes." he finished, before they ended the call and he hung up.

"Come on." he told Aedan.

With that, the two of them swiftly made their way down to the R&D lab, with Hal scanning around to see where Kiah was, and what she was doing.

"...." Hal was silent, before sighing.

"Greetings." he said.

"It would see that you are in quite a predicament." he commented.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" he asked.

"Because it seems like time is of the essence."

Her last statement was blunt, but it was open. Open enough for Hal to do his thing secretly, without the intern finding out what he was.

He slipped his hand down behind his back, and quietly snapped his fingers, though nobody heard it. Aedan saw it, however.

At that moment, the green in the container seemed to have a reaction... but it was a weird one. One that had a 1/50 chance of happening. It shook around a little, before it started to shoot up towards the surface, slowing down when got near the surface, and gently floated to the surface.

But Kiah needed to act quickly, for it would sink back down within 10 seconds.

Hal just sighed.

"Why is good help so hard to find these days." he mumbled.

"Anyway, Kiah." he then said, addressing the Fyrane.

"We need your help in dealing with your grandfather." he told her, before explaining the situation in more detail.

"...and even though he's been making progress, I doubt he'll take too kindly to my making such a sensitive request." he concluded with a small sigh.

"Do you think YOU could get Aedan here access to those remaining files?"

Hal nodded in response.

"That works for me." he said.

"But it's also up to Aedan." he went on.

"She'll be the one accessing the record remnants." he reasoned.

"Can you leave in 15 minutes?" he asked her.

Sharp shook his head.

"Touch base with me when you learn anything useful." he said.

"Or find out there's nothing useful." he told her.

"I don't want any time to be unnecessarily wasted." he then reasoned.

"These things are a menace, and need to be stopped. NOW."

Hal paused for a moment, and his eye twitched a bit.

"A-hem." he cleared his throat.

"I would prefer you not refer to me as such while on the clock." he told her.

"...or at all..." he mumbled under his breath, trying his best to maintain his composure.

"I shall leave you to get things done." he then finished, before turning and leaving.

About 4-5 minutes later, Rowena returned with Vincent.

"Yes?" Vincent asked, looking at Kiah and Aedan.

"How can I help you?" he asked further.

"..." Vincent was silent for a moment.

"I see." he said.

"You know, there's not a lot of them left." he told them.

"But... fine." he then said further, sighing and shaking his head.

"Damned Sharp." he muttered. "He KNOWS I can't say no to family." he sighed.

"...clever bastard." he added.

Vincent sighed as well.

"Hal Sharp is dating my sister, Hollie Remmington." Vincent told Aedan.

"Let's... let's leave it at that." he said.

"And let's just say that I... I had a very hard lesson taught to me very recently, and I am... doing what I can to try and not be a stupid, stubborn old man." he went on.

"Regardless, is it the both of you that need access?" he then asked.

"Or just you?" he finished, gesturing to Aedan.