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"All right." Ash replied.

He then went and checked in with Ilias, telling him about Kiah. After that, he went to Hal and filled him in, also getting permission to talk to the copy that had been impersonating Erica.

He went there to find the place in a bit of a frenzy, as an agent that was going to try had found the copy dead. Word was about to be sent to Sharp, so Ash decided to make himself scarce.

After about an hour or so, he returned to Sydney's with what Kiah had asked for. He walked into the room and made his way over.

"Feeling any better?" he asked, handing it to her.

@totalanimefan: Little less than a month. And I've wanted to adopt an older cat for a while now. Guess the situation just fell into my lap, so to speak.

"If Roxie's having trouble, that's a bad sign." Ash responded.

"...though... hmmm..." he mumbled.

"I'll see if I can't do something..." he went on, looking off into the distance and scratching his chin a little.

"Though I should be careful." he then said. "I have no idea what kinda freaky crap he might try, in the name of harming Erica." he sighed, before pausing again and thinking about it.

"How'd he get caught again?" he asked.

"Zeke and Gabe beat the shit out of him." Angela answered bluntly.

"...which ultimately means he's been thrown to the curb by Vanessa." Ash concluded.

"I'll tell her that when I go see her next." Ash replied.

"But I need to tell Ilias so he doesn't worry himself sick, and then tell Agent Sharp so he knows what the hell is happening." he reasoned.

"And yeah... she should be more cooperative now." he re-stated.

"Should be. Depends." he sighed.

"Regardless... Vanessa Encrae's gone too far now." he growled.

"I swear it's coming to a head, and something's gotta give. And SOON."

Nate looked to Angela, nodded, and then he and Erica headed off so he could take care of her, patch her up, and heal her palms. As Ash watched them go, he sighed and looked back towards Angela.

"She's ready to collapse. Told me so, herself." he told her.

"Hence why she wanted to get to everyone that her copy had gotten to before that happened." he went on.

"And I'm willing to bet the instances of her disappearing from her hospital room will... pretty much all but cease now." he then added.

"But yeah... I'm fine. Just... was under a LOT of stress trying to keep my rune in check. Much like Kiah was." he continued. "Difference being she... well... don't expect her to be at full power for a little bit."

Ash and Erica nodded to her, and the two then left the room, making sure the door was left open. Once they were out of the confines of the place, the two disappeared in a burst of black flames, appearing in the medbay, in the room used for emergency transport/teleport.

When they walked, out, they saw Nate and Angela talking to each other, and when the two had noticed their return, Ash raised a hand.

"Relax." he said.

"Don't go and flip out, just take care of Erica." he told them, as he and Erica closed the distance.

"And check her hands." he then stated. "Burns to tend to."

@totalanimefan: He's a black/grey/white striped tabby. Name's Cooper, and he's an elderly gentleman, around 10-11 years old. Got him very recently, and he's a good boy!

@totalanimefan: Welllllll to be fair, you've got a more interesting life happening, lol!

I spent the day with a friend, mostly. Giving my adopted cat some love now.

@totalanimefan: Hey, congrats! That's awesome!

"Yeah." Ash replied.

"I'll use my mana to get us directly to the medbay there." he told her.

"And Kiah, I'll make sure Sydney knows what's up here." he then said to Kiah. "We'll leave the door open, obviously, and make sure it won't shut and trap you in here." he went on.

"Want me to tell Ilias that you'll be fine?" he asked.

Ash looked to Erica for a moment, sighed, and looked back to Kiah.

"Hour. Hard. Got it." he said.

"Come on, Erica." he told the other woman. "We should go." he said.

"Get you back to the Unit where you can properly crash and get treated." he went on.

He was then silent, shaking his head.

"...and figure out what to do about Vanessa, going forward." he then growled.

@totalanimefan: Sadly, probably not. Not for a looooong while, anyway.

"...okay, fair." Ash admitted.

"I can understand that." he said.

"Well, Erica, I suppose we should be getting YOU back to the Unit, so you can continue your recovery." he told Erica. "And get your HANDS looked at, too..." he mumbled further.

"Kiah, is there anything we can do for you right now?" he then asked his cousin.

"Any food or anything brought to you?"

As soon as he felt that Kiah's rune wasn't fighting his, he dropped his own and took a step back. As he did, he crossed his arms over his chest, sighed, and shook his head, looking around.

"Wonder place, this area..." he mumbled.

"Anyway, glad THIS went quickly." he said. "Kiah, that rune was REALLY something else." he told her. "Gonna need to let Mom know about it." he went on, referring to Rowena.

"And you may need some additional help controlling it." he continued.

"Anyway, how y'feeling now?" he asked.

"More stable?"