[i]"She's got it."[/i] said Raphael, gesturing at Aphrodite with an impressed nod. [i]"We'd been trying to track her down for weeks. In fact, we'd even talked about her a couple of hours ago and just out of nowhere... there she was."[/i]

"As if nothing had happened. But you could tell, just by looking at her, man. She's different." said Kyo darkly. "Forget the infirmary, the first place she needs to go is to the main hall and get something to eat."

"She looked starved and dehydrated." added Carolyn. "She had her usual, cool attitude until these two idiots," she gestured at both Jacob and Kyo. "Decided to be knights in shining armour."

"Alright, alright." sighed Kyo in a defeated tone. "Shaky Jake over there fell in front of Ivy and lost his leg. She ignored him and kept going. I tried calling out to her but she wouldn't listen, so I put my hand on her shoulder. It freaked the hell out of her and she bolted."

[i]"Ivy didn't have many friends, so Kyo decided to call Jade."[/i]

"She'd been training Jade to gain a better understanding of her powers, so I thought they might have developed some form of friendship or bond." explained Kyo, smiling warmly at Jade to counteract the significance of his implication. For now, Jade was probably their only shot at finding Ivy safe and sound, but he felt it prudent to not heap any form of pressure on her.

"We've been trying to sense her as soon as Kyo made the call, but we've had no luck. She's hiding somewhere and she's also clouding her mind." said Carolyn grimly. "Jade, you knew her best. Do you have any idea where she could be?"