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There was a short moment of silence. Something about England lifting up his shirt in front of everyone felt awkward. Any other time, Jae would have taken the opportunity to tease him, but not this time. They weren’t exactly on speaking term, much less teasing terms. The Korean bit his lip as the knife broke through his skin. It wasn’t a big cut, but it was painful none the less. Once it was out, he let out a sigh of relief. Placing one hand on the napkin, he turned to see Tatyana waiting on him. He smiled slightly. It did feel good to be needed every once in awhile. The blonde walked over to her, gently placing his hand over the cut. It was healed within seconds. ”Better?”. Despite everything he had gone through to get his ability, all the torture and experimenting, he was glad he had this. The ability to heal people’s pain brought a feeling that was indescribable, even if it was something as simple as a small cut. Jae heard Elani comforting Sam, whom he guessed was terrified at the sight of a knife cutting into skin, and the Korean nodded in agreement/ ”Don’t worry, we got you” he added with a reassuring smile. The korean took a seat beside his old best friend, wincing slightly from the movement. Taemin looked at him in confusion. ”Aren’t you going to heal yours?” Jae smiled slightly and shook his head. ”I can’t. I can only heal others” he explained. Taemin didn’t seem to like that. ”That’s dumb” he said bluntly. Jae chuckled. It was kind of inconvenient, but he had grown used to it.

”Alex” The redhead looked up. It was her turn, as expected. She took in a deep breath and made her way over to England. She didn’t mind him doing it, she didn’t really have anything against their leader like Ukraine did, but it was still a scary feeling. She flinched slightly when the knife cut through, but in was over just as quickly as it had started. The chip was out an Jae was already on standby, ready to heal. She watched him silently. They had seen him do this many times, but Alex had never had it done on her. It was such an odd yet good feeling, like her veins were being supplied with energy. ”Thanks” she muttered once he was done. He nodded with a smile and took a step back to wait for Sam. Alex took a seat and watched the scene play out. Sam was clearly terrified, more so than anyone else. He was so young an innocent, it wasn’t fair that he had to go through this. Then again, nothing about this was fair. Not a single one of them deserved this.

Taemin watched with a frown on his face. He couldn’t imagine what they had all gone through for the little guy to be so scared of the knife. He glanced at Jae out of the corner of his eyes, suddenly so grateful that he was even alive. WHo knows what would have happened to them if they hadn’t escaped. Finally, Sam’s chip was taken out and they could all breathe comfortably. The odds of being traced down were now significantly lower. Taemin took it upon himself to make the next move. Before Jae could protest any more, he dialed a number and put it on speaker. ”Hey Tae!” came a female’s voice from the other side of the phone. ”Hey Ali, are you busy?”. There was a short paused before she answered. ”Nope, not anymore. I just got home. What’s up?”. Taemin hesitated, not sure how he would explain all this to her. He couldn’t just tell her what Jae told him, it wasn’t his business to talk about. ”I have some clients for you. They need a big change, but they don’t exactly have a lot of money on them so…” he paused, wondering if this was even a good idea. ”Ah I get it...mmm...honestly I haven’t done this in a while Tae. I don’t have any of the equipment. All i have is scissors.” she said with a small laugh. Taemin smiled slightly. ”Don’t worry, we can use the salon” he said. ”They lent you the salon?” the shock in her voice was almost comical. ”Not exactly….” he said a bit cautiously. She laughed a little louder this time. ”Well you know how i feel about my former boss so...count me in”[/color]. Tae could feel the relief coming from the group, as well as himself. ”Thanks Ali, you’re awesome! Are you free tonight? Maybe an hour or so after closing?” he said, making sure they had plenty of time for everyone to be home. [b]”Done. See you there”.