Kendall was as vigilant as ever, being the first from the group to step onto the dock he looked around and immediately recognised the man who was of the division. Watching as the man moved to get what he knew was a gun, the pusher would take hold of October by the shoulder and guardedly lead him out, shielding the small kid with his much larger body as he ordered everyone else to hurry and move fast!

He saw a woman atreak toward Ethan and attack him then he noticed another teen girl watching this with fear and anguish written clearly on her face. And for second he could have sworn she had met his gaze with longing in her eyes. Those eyes would burn into his mind as he quickened his pace.

Kendall continued hastily passed them, glancing back every so often to see the others following behind while avoiding random objects being thrusted at them by the enemy Movers.

There were too many, they needed help and with that thought, the pusher would tap into his power as he walked by a cop who had drawn his weapon at meeting Kendall's unnerving gaze. Eyes dilated almost big enough to render his cobalt hues black, Kendall pushed the image of Ethan into the man's mind and an assumed memory that this was the man that he were to track and later erase. The task was dangerous but t would save so many lives once done.

"Call for back-up we got a bunch of crazies on our tails!"

The cop did as told while he shot a couple of rounds at one of the other movers dressed in black.

Gripping the boy and Relena's hand, Kendall's only focus was on escaping from beneath the target of the Sniffer. Since he hadn't met the guy nor had he gotten the chance to retrieve anything belonging to the pusher he was sure wherever he went he wouldn't easily be tracked.



"What I-I can't leave without you Ev!"

Suri shouted at her not moving from the spot when the female lunged at Ethan and attacked him. At spotting her brother the girl would find herself stumped. She had her hands tied here; her mind screamed to follow her brother whilst her heart firmly demanded not to leave her friend behind.

Ethan laughed as Evelyn kicked him in the back of his knee, he quickly brought his other leg around, looping it thru her own he pulled her to the ground, "Cute move, though I expected more," he was back up on his feet, "I don't want to hurt you Eve, the offer still stands," he said, nodding to her before turning the direction the Watcher and Pusher had gone. Both were not a immediate threat, now the Mover and Bleeder were, and that was where the two Movers on his side were focusing their attention.

A bullet whizzed past his head, Ethan aimed his gun at the cop who was firing at him, two shots and the man was on the ground, not moving. The people still standing around scattered at the sound of gun fire, it would not be long before the local police force showed up. Three of the Experiments had dissapeared into the crowd, no worry he still had some left.

A newspaper stand flew threw the air and slammed into one of the Pushers, Ethan ducked to avoid getting hit by flying objects, and looked to where he had last seen some of the Psychic's. Eve was a few feet away from where he stood, and still standing at the pier railing he saw another girl, he recognized her as being another escaped Experiment, and the sibling of the Pusher.

Evelyn crashed to the ground with an "oof." When she regained breathe in her lungs, she scooted back away from him. "I won't let you hurt them." She said, cloaking where October and Kendall had gone in darkness, as well as Relena and Cassidy. She wouldn't let them be found easily. Focusing on that, from behind the other Pushers she created three large pit bulls who ran in front of them, snarling and barking at the men. She wanted to give a long enough distraction. She winced as she heard the gunshots. She scrambled away to Suri. "You need to run. Follow them."

She turned so she was standing protectively in front of her. "Ethan, let all of them go, and I'll come with you. Peacefully." She offered. She wasn't surprised to find Ethan there. She had known him for a long time. In fact she had a few more... intimate occasions with him. If he gave her his word that he would let them go, she'd believe him. She put her hands out to the side while she stood in front of Suri. She wanted to let him know that she would protect her. Even if she was a stranger.

"Come on Ethan, it's me or nothing. I'll hide them from you. You know I can." She warned him.

Kendall noticed the strange curtain of darkness tha loomed over him and the others as he ran, like a creeping shadow t did freak him out a bit. Hailing a taxi he let in October and Relena and pushed the driver to take them to an abandoned apartment he had seen earlier while he was running from the division men prior to meeting October and co. He told October that he'd see them later before closing the door, lletting the taxi speed away.  The pusher would do the same for another taxi with Cassidy and Kate. 

He turned and headed back toward the scene, where the Shadow and much younger Wiper were confronted by the sniffer a division jerkass. 

"No Evelyn I'm not leaving without you! You can't give yourself to them, I won't let you!" 

Suri ran out from behind her protection and stood in front of her in-between the sniffer. She glanced at him a bit scared but her unwavering gaze was strong willed and sincere. 

"Take me!"

"Hell no!"

"Eh?"

Her head turned to see her brother approaching, freezing up with a new flare of excitement coursing into her she completely forgot where she was. Her lapis eyes found his searching. 

The pusher would step in and grab the girl, hoisting her small frame over his shoulder as if she were a sack of potatoes. 

"H-hey what? No Ev! Let me go she has to come with us please Kendall!"

The pusher would stare darkly at the other, his eyes dilating as he sent him a simple message: [I]You're a disgrace to all pushers."

Before turning away to leave while his sister continued to kick and scream. 

"Why?"

She gave up and flopped over his body, feeling drained and helpless. 

"She will work it out on her own, didn't you pay attention to what she said? Besides I'm not going to let them get away with this."

"Yes you are." Evelyn growled over her shoulder at her. She was about to cloak in the same darkness she did earlier when she darted in front of her. "Suri!" She gasped, trying to pull her behind her. When she heard the man's voice, she looked over at Kendall. The look in his eyes as he looked in them made her heart fluttered. He definitely looked like he could take on an army to protect his sister. "Please run." She said focusing on him as he scooped up his sister. Her sea green eyes dilated as she cloaked them in darkness. "Take care of her." She told him, returning her gaze to Ethan. She watched Kendall and Suri from the corner of her eye. She wouldn't let Ethan know where they were. To his vision, they had completely disappeared.

"Okay, Ethan. It's just you and me." She said simply, raising her hands in surrender.

He let the gun drift down to his side, he had no need to shoot Eve, though it was tempting since she let the others get away. He looked at the darkness she had conjoured up, "You not stopping anything, We will find them," he told her. The area was silent again, Ethan slid his gun into his coat, looking at Eve he fixed his tie. "Well?" he said walking towards her and taking her by the elbow, "You giving up? Because that would be wise unlike the others," he smirked and started pulling her towards a waiting car.

Relena couldn’t believe it started so soon after stepping off the boat…but then again, that was how their world worked. Shielding herself from the objects thrown at her from the Movers, she tried to catch up with Kendal who was protecting the Watcher; finally catching up to them as they walked by a cop. Spotting a Mover by the edge of the pier, she managed to throw him over the edge of the rail and into the side of the boat before Kendal surprisingly grabbed her hand. Seeing that they were no longer being targeted as she started to feel closed in, she could only guess that a Shadow must be nearby and hiding them.

Watching to make sure Cassidy and Kate was safe, she was surprised when they got to a taxi and got in. “What about the others, they ne…HEY!” Before she could finish her sentence, Kendal had said he’d see them later and shut the door. With the taxi speeding off to who knows where, Relena banged on the divider between the front and back seats “Stop the taxi! Let me out of this thing RIGHT. NOW!” Only receiving a smile from the driver asking her to sit back, she was mumbling every curse she could think of. “That idiot. When I see him again he better have a darn good excuse before I decide to throw him into a wall for this.” Glancing over at the kid, she just let out a sigh and flopped down into the seat. Perhaps it was best that she did stay with the Watcher, she was a Mover after all; but she was feeling irritated and useless for not being able to do much in the fight and them already being separated so soon from everyone. Now that she was sitting agitated in a moving taxi, she thought back over what had happened and realized she forgot about the man with the gun and the woman who stopped him. Who were those two?

It seemed their conversation would have to wait until later as the boat docked and people were already moving off. Their welcome party was quite different from the other passengers though as they were attacked directly after stepping foot on land. Kendall took it upon himself to lead Relena around and protect the young watcher. Cassidy stood beside Kate running with her to make sure she wasn't left behind. They came out beside a road and the pusher hailed taxis for them and ushered all of them inside. "Hey, hey! Don't push pretty boy." She sat inside, of course not by choice, and before the door closed yelled at him. "Keep your ass safe you hear!" The taxi then sped off and in front of them a second taxi that held Relena and October. Cassidy sighed, frustrated that Kendall had just pushed them into cars as if none of them could be useful in a fight. Kate was a damn bleeder, she could pop people like ticks and Relena could toss them who knows how far with her abilities! Apparently he wasn't thinking it through when he shipped them off and ran back to fight himself. She kept silent as she watched the buildings speed by, already having decided that she would see what October said was best for them to do. If he said it was alright to go back for them then be damned if she was staying put waiting uselessly for pretty boy to get back. Come to think of it, who were those two other women that seemed to be on their side?

Kendall gently set Suri down on a bench in a park a couple of blocks away from the pier. She glared up at him with pure disappointment in her eyes. 

"Don't give me that look, I promise I'm not letting him get away with this."

"Then go back and get her now, you're a freaggin' Pusher, you can make him give her up!"

Kendall met her gaze and for some strange reason it was is if he were staring at a smaller, feminine version of... Himself. Her eyes were identical to his but her hair was a shade lighter. She looked eerily like his mother, but that was just coincidence -right?

"Right now the only thing I can do is take you back to this apartment I had found, I can't go back there and risk any danger with you. So let's go."

He reached down and took her hand only to find her pulling back. "I have to go back!"

He was thinking about using his power on her but his thoughts were cut short for he instead hugged her and gently reassured her that everything would be alright. 

"What if you're wrong, what if they kill her?" She was on the verge to tears as she clung on to him; the feeling of his arms woven around her so nostalgic. 

"They won't, first their gonna want to use her as a pawn, I saw the way that blood hound looked at her. I'm sure she'll figure a way out and I'll go back to help." He promised pulling back to look at the cute girl. 

She smiled a little and followed him as they exited the park to hail a cab. Once inside and heading toward the direction of their new hide-out the girl would dare ask if he knew anything about the time before he awoke in the apartment. 

Kendall sighed as he gazed out the window, his expression quite pensive as he tried to remember. 

"I only remember being drugged with something, it was painful. Then I blacked out and well everything seems now like a blur of movement and faces. I awoke inside an apartment, that's all I can get. Every time I try to go back, I get a really bad headache."

"You don't remember...they must have erased your past."

He looked at her strangely for a moment, not sure how to respond to that. Of course he couldn't know her, he just met her. But he felt like he strongly had to protect her, it wasn't the same feeling he had with Relena and the others; this one felt more deep. 

"Hey, how did you know I'm a Pusher?"

"I've always known, and I also know everything you've forgotten. I'm a wiper, the only thing I can do is erase memories. I wish I could return them too. Sometimes having a power can really bite."

"Ditto."


Soon they would arrive at the spot, Kendall handed the driver a fifty and when he got the change he asked Siri to use her power to erase his memory of ever seeing them. Once that was done the two teens ran into the abandoned building.

"Honey I'm home!" Kendall mockingly called out to the others as he opened the door to find a small red envelope flutter down from the frame. Catching it he opened it up as he walked into the threshold of the apartment.

Don't vanish. Strike!

"Wow love letters already, somethings never change."

Suri muttered as she looked into a room to find Relena and other pushers there. She smiled shyly and introduced herself.

"What does this mean?"

Kendall wondered to himself as he paced behind his sister to join the others collected in the living room.

Evelyn narrowed her eyes as she watched Ethan. The look in his eyes worried her for a moment but he lowered his gun. She dropped her arms, never taking her indigo eyes off of him. "Well, then I'm giving them another night of freedom." She told him, letting him take her elbow and lead him towards a car. As she looked into the darkness of the car, her heart began to race. She had run for so long. She never would have thought she would have given herself over to the Division to save strangers. She looked at him sharply. "I said you could have me, not that I was giving up." She got into the car and slid over so Ethan could get in as well.

She took in her surrounds and couldn't help but notice that her door's handle had been broken off and the lock had been filed down so you would only be able to open the door from the outside. Her heart thumped inside her chest. She had never liked tight spaces and she couldn't help but feel like she was trapped. Glancing over at Ethan, she smirked, trying to put on the face of someone confident. "What you don't trust me, babe?" She asked, glancing out of the darkened windows. "So I'm guessing we're going back to Division headquarters or something?"

Cassidy sat on the couch with her head leaning on the back, raising a brow but not moving as she heard Kendall call out. "Well, looks like he's still alive." She raised her head up, her eyes scanning over the new girl who walked into the room. It was one of the girls from the dock, she was a stranger to them but if Kendall had allowed her in then perhaps she was alright. "Who are you?" She asked flatly, her eyes following the girl as she walked further into the room.

Relena leaned against the wall staring at the door. She was irritated that she was pushed inside the cab, mad that Kendall ran off by himself, and furious that she even cared what in the world anyone did in the first place! Hearing the door open and seeing the main point of her frustration walk in with a girl she remembered seeing at the dock, she narrowed her eyes at Kendall’s greeting. Waiting a moment for an explanation, she leaned off the wall and walked forward as the girl introduced herself; then veered off towards the Pusher. “Welcome home Sweetie . Why don’t you have a seat?” Matching his mocking tone with an added smile, Relena moved a spare couch from against the wall and had it slam into the back of the Pusher, forcing him to sit down then relocated the couch back to the side where she only took a few steps to reach it. “Now, I’m guessing you took off to bring the girl here. And from her name, I’m guessing she must be one of us. But would you mind telling me what in the world possessed you to run off by yourself towards where bullets were being fired and send off the one person who can STOP BULLETS?!” Leaning forward slightly with her hand on her hip, Relena gritted her teeth at losing her temper again. With a glance to the side, she took a breath and turned to the new girl. “And welcome to the ‘Most Wanted List’ group.”

Kendall looked her directly in her eyes and said, "It had to be done, I wanted to save her too but it was too late. I think she knows the guy, so I don't think they'll hurt her. It was inevitable, but that doesn't mean we're leaving without her. I'm going back to get her..." His voice trailed and he looked away, a bit slumped, "just as soon as I figure out a way to get in and get her out all in one piece..." His eyes sought hers as if he could find the answers within her pretty hues.

"Any ideas darling?"


Suri rolled her eyes at her brother's responce, it seemed that even though his mind was screwed over, he was still the same silly jerk she knew and loved.

Cassidy waited for the new girl to answer her but when she didn't she just sighed. Relena slammed Kendall back and she smirked, perching herself on the edge of the couch watching the show. "Whoa, whoa, who are you talking about her? Who is her and why do we have to go back for her? Which by the way if you didn't understand the talking to you just got, Relena dislikes you working alone. So, you might want to change that I'M going back for her to WE'RE going back for her. Just saying, runt here looks like she could pack a pretty mean punch so I'd tread carefully." She winked at Kendall, giving him a smirk as she leaned back on the couch, waiting for Relena to explode again after his last proclamation of him working alone once more.

((Suri did introduce herself, in fact, that was the first thing she did as soon as she walked into the room. ^^u))

Kendall glanced sideways at Cassidy as she expressed this, raisng his brows in concideratio he provided a simpe answer.

"I'm a Pusher right? That means I can make people do things. I don't want to risk anyone getting hurt-"

"Oh shut up! You're not pulling that I'm a damn hero card on me, not again Kendall!" Suri snapped,glaring at him fiercely. But when he settled his gaze at her, she looked startled suddenly and blusshed embarrassed.

"I..I...mean, that...you can't leave alone okay? The last time you did I nearly lost you. Let me rephrase that...I lost you but you almost died. And I don't want that to happen again."

A weird look crossed his features and he raised a brow at her, "Um, okay. Do you know something that I don't?"

She froze for a moment, not sure how to tell him. Looking around as she tried to find a way to say what she was going to say without sounding awkward and then not finding any easy way to say it she blurted "I'm your freakin sister! We almost escaped division, then they caught us for like the millionth time and...they forced me to...um..."

"Fuck with my memories...what the hell?!"

"They were threatening to kill you I'm sorry!"

"How do I know you're not lying?"

"I'd never lie to you Kendall!"

"That's what she said..."

"Who is...? Oh god Kendall you haven't changed at all. You're still not going, not without me, I can help."

Kendall smirked, this new girl was funny. Stupid, but funny.

"No, not really. I can handle it." He gave her a thumbs up signal followed by his trademark, cheesy smile.

She sucked her teeth and averted his gaze.

"Your a Pusher, you make people do what you want, just like you made that cop call for back up," Kate wad standing against a wall, listening to the conversation that had been going on, Divison had found them at the pier, Relena ws right when she asked why he got them out of the area when both Kate and the Mover could have taken care of several people. She didn't have time to dwell on it. The division Sniffer had taken one of them, well the girl went willingly, still one of them was now in enemy hands. "We need to get her back, cause right now what October has drawn in his book is going to come true,"

She look at Kendal who looked determined to get the girl back, "Like she said" Kate nodded to Suri, "Your not going with out us. And I think she will agree with me"

"Yeah, I do agree." 

Suri nodded staring at her brother defiantly, she did know he'd worry about everyone's safety. He always did with her every time they tried to escape before, what she hated from him however was his tendencies to give himself up. He wouldn't think twice about giving himself up to the division if that time ever came in vicarious.  

"You're gonna need our help brother, I can't just stand here like a model while you go off on your own to hell. We are a family and families stick together regardless the circumstances. I'm sure if this were me speaking like that you'd stand your ground and not allow it."

"Hell no I wouldn't. But there was something I was thinking about," he divided his gaze from Suri to Kate. "What if I could control more than one person...? Maybe a dozen people at a time... Like an army... We would have an advantage. Use them as a distraction -okay damn, I would need your help then." He realised for how could he focus on pushing so many minds at once while also searching for the Shadow? 

He sunk back into the sofa chair, sighing defeated. No matter how painful it may turn out to be, Kendall was going go do what which he must do and save the two futures: his, and theirs. 

Relena was just about to have yelling round two with Kendall when the others spoke up. Relieved she wasn’t the only one thinking along the same lines; she listened to all of them intently…and was surprised by the revelation given from Suri. That would explain the similar looks now that she looked closer at those two. Seeing the Pusher sink back into the couch with a sigh, she figured realization finally set in for him. Arms crossed, she flopped down onto the couch remembering his earlier remark. “Sorry sweetheart , looks like you’re going to have company; and don’t even think of changing your mind. Whether you want it or not, I’m going with you… or will be forced to throw you into a room and block the door shut. And don’t think I won’t.” Holding a serious look the whole time, she couldn’t stop the smirk at the end. Looking at the others, she thought that she was going to get along with them just fine. As she thought of something else, Relena craned her neck to look over at Cassidy. “Hey witch. Sorry, but it doesn’t look like you’re going to get another show.” Relaxing back into the couch, she knew perfectly well the Stitch was trying to stir up trouble; not that she would have minded venting a bit more at the time.

"I know that ma petite, you can be so scary when you're ticked off. It's sexy!"

Kendall flashed a quick smile at Relena, as a way to confirm that he wasn't going to try anything funny. Then he looked down at the letter in his hand; reading it over again he could understand it now. It was telling him not to give up; but fight back...right?

Suri was just so releaved that Kendall had finally changed his mind she edged closer to him and sat on the arm rest beside him, wishing to feel his warmth.

"Who is that from?" She asked curious, pointing at the little piece of ivory paper in his hand.

"A secret admirer. Wish I knew who. I've been trying to figure it out but..." He looked at his sister now with a questioning gaze, "Do you know anyone I've met from before?"

"No. If you had you wouldn't have told me, another thing I didn't like about you was that you always kept me out, you always kept secrets from me. When I wiped your memories it wasn't like I could pick and choose, I'm sorry."

Her expression saddened and she looked away, feeling awfully guilty for she had taken his whole life away. His memories, dreams and even his heart. If he loved someone well, now he would never remember who that person was, never remember the feeling of love or the hope it gave him to be free.

"Aw 'c mon don't cry it's okay. I think it's better if I didn't know anyways. Makes it more fun." He wove an arm around his sibling's waist and embraced her warmly. In doing so he got an oddly, comforting feeling calm himself.

"Thank you." She hugged him back and immidiately noticed the way he seemed to relax. Smiling warmly she snuggled into his chest, welcoming the hug. The body remembers what the mind forgets... It's true.

"Get the hell away from me." Eve growled from the corner of a white room. There were three other people in the room with her. One was a woman in a lab coat, holding a rather large looking syringe. The other two were orderlies trying to get Eve to be still enough to get the injection. "You come one step closer and I'm going to make sure you regret it!" She warned, feeling like a wildcat cornered and ready to attack. When one of the orderlies didn't seem to care about her warning and started forward, she gave him a swift kick to the side of his face that sent him falling into the tray behind him.

The other orderly took the advantage of her being sidetrack to rush her, pinning her to the wall with her arms above her head. Obviously, this didn't sit well with Evelyn. She put up one hell of a fight. She gave him a swift kick in between the legs and leaned forward biting his forearm. No one said she couldn't fight dirty after all. The doctor was quicker than the man holding her. She came forward and slammed the needle into her arm. Eve cried out, immediately being affected by the medicine. The orderly didn't seem to care that she was now being held on her feet by his arms. He released one of her arms, back handing her and sending her into the cold floor.

Not even five minutes later, Evelyn laid on a hospital bed feverish and shaking. She was curled up in her side, going in and out of consciousness. Several people watched her vital signs from the other side of a double way window. The longer the new medicine was in her system, the weaker she got. At this rate, she may not last much longer.

Cassidy smirked as Relena caught her red handed on what she was trying to do but Kendall's comment made her laugh. "Oh! You hear that I may get my round two soon. I'll find somethin else to pick at don't you worry." She waggled her finger at Relena then grinned and leaned back watching Kendall and Suri together. So this girl had wiped Kendall's memories then? Strange she would be so emotional over it, almost a guilt as if she knew him and they way they acted around each other spoke that as well. "Aw, how sweet you two. Now! We should prolly formulate some sort of crude plan to get that other chickadee back don't ya think? No tellin what those bastards are gonna do to her if we don't hurry." It wasn't as if she just overly cared about some girl she didn't know but if she was suppose to be part of this team then by damn they weren't leaving her behind.

Relena stiffened at the Pusher’s remark. “You…I…You little!....” Darn it! Why was she stuttering! Glaring, Kendal was very lucky his sister was so near or else she would had certainly thrown something at him for that. But if she finds out she was blushing, he was going to get it and Suri could just step out of the way. Still debating on what to throw, she couldn’t help but calm down watching the two siblings together; she had to give him credit, he seemed like a good older brother. With the last spark of frustration about to be forgotten, she was reminded all over again with Cassidy’s next words. “Yeah witch, I think you are going to get a round two.” Finally thinking of something harmless, she lifted the cylinder lampshade off of a broken lamp and had it slam down onto Kendal’s head; bending the wire at the bottom so that he would have to work at it to get it off. “Sorry mon amour , but you need a time out; and we need a plan as the witch pointed out.” Leaning back against the couch, the piece of paper he held caught her attention and she quickly moved it to float into her hand. “And it keeps getting stranger. A secret admirer, hm?” Giving a fake gasp she looked at the lampshade “Are you cheating?” With a wink at Suri, she couldn’t help but joke…it had to be that darn cake kicking in.

"Damn you're a pistol..."He muttered wincing at the small pain he'd felt at being hit over the head with a lamp shade. But he chuckled softly as he tried to get the thing off.

Suri freaked and did her best to help him. She gave Relena a bug-eyes look, shocked at her reaction.

At her question, the lampshade shook from left to right.

"Heh, don't blame me, blame my gender...and why do you care anyways?"

Once the thing was off, Kendall looked at Relena with silent amusement in his cobalt hues, and a knowing grin, before he turned to Cassidy completely overlooking Relena's outburst, he'd get back at her later.


"Yeah, I was thinking that maybe we shoud have a clear cut plan. Is there a way to sneak into that place, like through a tunnel or something? If we attack from behind they'll never see us coming."

"I think we should split up and only reach the spot that's necessary instead of the whole building. Like once we find Ev, we grab her than run out!" Suri tried, she smiled for approval at her brother, looking up to him as she always used to.

"That's easier said than done, I'm really thinking of using an army of their own guards and cause a riot, that'd be fun to watch..." Kendall thought aloud, looking from Cassidy to Relena, Kate then Suri. He wanted their opinions first though...

"She is a stubborn one..."

Ethan nodded at the Directors remark, he watched the guards struggle with Eve, a sly smile on his face, "She has her moments," he replied, watching her kick a guard in a sensitive region. The Director moved to stand beside him, his darkened features serious, "Does she know where the others are?"

"I highly doubt it, she only talked to one of them,"

"She could still know.." the Director didn't sound pleased, he placed his hands behind his back and watched Eve, "I would have preferred to have one of the others, what about the Watcher child?' Ethan shrugged, remembering seeing the boy leaving the ferry, "What about him? He got away, the Pusher grabbed him first, then the others."

The two were silent as they watched the fight with Eve slowly die down, a doctor managed to stick her in the arm, Ethan winced, wishing that they would be gentler with her, the Director noticed his expression and smiled, "Don't worry, they wont kill her, though she will wish she was dead," he turned to leave the observation room, Ethan caught the man's arm, "If she dies you will regret it," the man just looked at him, and nodded before leaving.

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~Few minutes later:

He walked into the white walled room carrying a tray with a single cup on it, as he stood beside the hospital bed he looked down at Evelyn. She was curled up on her side, shaking, with a fever most likely the medicine could do that to people. "Eve..." he said softly pulling a chair up and sat with his back to the large viewing window, "I didn't mean for you to have to go thru this..." he looked down at the cup of water in his hands, "You want some water? I promise there is nothing in it.."

Evelyn tried to pretended like she was asleep when she heard the door open and footsteps come closer. She was a bit surprised to hear whoever it was pull up a chair to her bed. When she heard Ethan's voice, she couldn't help but open her eyes to look at him. She looked up at him, more concerned for him than herself. She could never understand why Ethan had decided to work for them. He had always been so kind and gentle with her. "No." She said softly, shaking her head a little but it made her more dizzy.

There were so many things she wanted to ask him. "What did they give me?" She asked first, reaching over with a lot of effort on her part to take his free hand. Her voice sounded hoarse almost as if she had strep throat and couldn't speak higher than a whisper. She sighed, not liking the sound of her voice. She closed her eyes for a moment as she wet her lips with her tongue. There was a metallic taste in her mouth she couldn't quite place.

When she opened her eyes again, Eve looked up at him with sad eyes. Not sad for herself but for him. She could only imagine the pressure he was under. "You're not like them, Ethan. Why do you stay?" She asked softly. "You could do so much better without them."