"You must tell me."

"No, I don't." She replies icily.

"Fine. Don't tell us. But we will find out."

She glares at him.

(i got that not responding page twice today in like an hour)

Well...at least it was soothing. It made her feel warm.

He just looks at her, more disappointed than anything.


(Oof. I'm sorry)

"So, before that kicks in, dove, why dont you tell me what happened in there? Grimalkin told me some of it, but he wasnt there for the whole operation, and I cant get a cohesive story from this pair--" she waved her cigarette at Ironhorse and Puck "--because theyre too busy worrying over you. Why couldnt you get the scepter, darling? What happened in SciCorp?"

She sighs softly and gives her a quick rundown of what happened.

She just glares. Her fingers have begun bleeding a little.

He hardly noticed, wanting to get whatever he could out of her.



"So...Lea...you know that one person you mentioned earlier about trying to get the scepter? Yeah. That was Ash. Virus has him. She put one of her mind-control bugs inside him, and he attacked us. Hes the one guarding the scepter," Puck added, collapsing in a chair. "Him and about two dozen nasty Thornguards, and a whole building of Viruss little human drones."

He shook his head. "Ive fought Ash before, but not like this. Whenever we dueled, there was always a small part of him, deep down, that wasnt serious. I know his royal iciness, and I knew he really didnt want to kill me, no matter how much he boasted otherwise. Thats why our little feud has lasted so long." Puck snorted and crossed his arms, looking grave. "The thing I fought today wasnt the frosty Ice prince we all know and love. Theres nothing there anymore. No anger, no hate, no fear. Hes more dangerous now than he ever was before, because he doesnt care if he lives or dies."

" Yeah. If Ash catches us, we're screwed. "