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Charlotte felt some mixture of relief and trepidation when she realized she was being encased in a gravity field. Greg's preferred method of travel was not necessarily hers, and in fact flying through the air with no visible reason was one of the most nerve-wracking things ever. Still, it was vastly preferable to staying and dealing with incoming Mortix reinforcements. She noted that they were apparently leaving Vincent behind and waved. The man could take care of himself after all, though it had been a while since he stopped by for tea. He'd know to get the hell out of there before the reinforcements showed up. Even he couldn't deal with all of them.

The sensation of hurtling around at someone else's will freaked her out a little bit, and she really wished Greg had not accidentally-on-purpose destroyed Gene's bike, because even her friend's reckless driving was far and away better then this. Still, it wasn't like she got to fly every day, so she tried to make the most of it, even if she was pulling her knees to her stomach and trying to ignore the feeling of unnatural vertigo that the whole process gave her.

Her feet touched down in front of her house and she immediately took a deep breath, trying not to be sick from the sudden stop. "If you have to vomit, take it away from my house, please," she told James. He was a first-time flyer, and that was always the worst, plus wasn't he due for some bad luck or something. Still breathing through her nose, Charlie hauled open the door to her house and marched inside, taking a seat on the area rug and leaning up against the armrest of the couch Greg was sprawled on.

"What are the odds?" she heard him mutter, and she shook her head. Oh, bad idea. The mechanic waited for her head to stop spinning before she said anything. "They're shit," she replied casually, "but if you want an actual number, ask Jimmy. He saved my ass today, by the way." A pause, then an indignant mutter. "Trashed my baby, but saved my ass. Even exchange, I guess."

Another pause. "What happened to you guys, anyway?"