Jason felt,as he saw the reflection of the group,that...he sorta belongs.They all where different,sorta,from one another and so it just felt nice not to be the only odd one out of a group for once.

As the gremlins swarmed he so tried not to hiss at them,he wanted to burn them all so much but knew that might cause trouble,and so he stayed calm,though inside agreeing with the curses Ash growled. He didn't like them anymore than the Ice Prince did due to past experiences. "If I growl at them,will that make them angry?" he asked Ironhorse,looking up at him.

"I WOULD NOT ADVISE IT."

Ash pulled Jason behind him, his sword bared to slash at any gremlin who ventured near, but the tiny Iron fey didn't make any move to attack. Their buzzing voices filled the air, like radio static, and their vivid grins surrounded them with a blue glow as they continued to inch up the wall, unhindered.

Ironhorse sounded mystified as he spoke again. "I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM ACT IN THIS MANNER BEFORE."

Jason minded a little as Ash did that despite how it made him feel a little safer,he just didn't like how part of his heart tried to leap out and be all softy toward him. He instead looked back at Ironhorse. "In their feral state? Do you think something going on with this scepter situation may have affected them?"

A buzz went through the gremlins surrounding them, and the swarm began to clear. Crawling back along the walls, they disappeared through the windows, squeezed into the cracks or scrambled back over the roof. As suddenly as they'd appeared, the gremlins vanished, and the wall was dark and silent again.

"Okay." Puck cast wary looks all around them. "That was...weird. Did someone release gremlin repellant? Did they just get bored?"

Ash sheathed his sword and released stepped to the side. "Maybe we scared them off."

Grimalkin reappeared, scratching his ear as if nothing had happened. "It does not matter now," he said, as the platform scraped up against the roof. "They are gone, and the scepter is close." He yawned and blinked up at them. "Well? Are you just going to stand there and hope it flies into your hands?"

Jason for a split second so wished it was that easy,for it to fly into their hands,but knew nothing could ever be that easy. He ran a hand through his hair a bit,avoiding those broken horns,and sighed. "Let's get moving please?" He said softly,not to be rude or anything that is though.

They crowded off the platform onto the roof of the factory. The wind was stronger here, tugging at their hair. Far below and all around them, the city sprawled out like a glittering carpet of stars. Several raised glass skylights sat in the middle of the roof, emitting a fluorescent green glow.

"There," Ash muttered, pointing to a mezzanine twenty or so feet above the floor, and maybe thirty feet below them. Through the glass, they could pick out a blur of poison-green amid the stark grays and whites, surrounded by several faeries in black armor. Virus walked to the edge of the overhang and gazed out over a crowd of assembled fey, ready to give a speech it looked like. There were Thornguards and wiremen and a few green-skinned men in business suits, along with several fey none of them recognized. The scepter pulsed yellow-green in Virus's hands as she swept it over her head, and a muffled roar went through the crowd.

"Okay, so we found her," Puck mused, pressing his nose against the glass. "And it looks like she hasnt gathered her whole army quite yet, which is nice. So, how do we get to her?"

Ash made a quiet noise and drew back

Jason watched the ones below,pupils slits in those pools of hazel and purple. He heard the soft sound Ash made and glanced at him,confused as to why he drew back.

"You dont," he muttered. "I will. For all she knows, I'm still under her control. If I can get close enough to grab the scepter before she figures out what happened..."

"But what if she figures it out? I doubt its dark enough not to notice your not in horrible shape as you would have been more so if that thing had stayed." Jason said,worried. He didn't want to see Ash beat up,not unless he himself had done it because trust me,he still had hate against Ash almost as much as the left over love he had for him.

He gave Jason a patient look. "Anything we try will be dangerous. Im willing to take that risk." His hand came up, fingers brushing the spot where Puck had stabbed him and Jason had healed him. "I'm still not completely recovered. I wont be able to fight as well as I normally do. Hopefully, I can fool Virus long enough to get the scepter from her."