Jake had spent a few days with Aya as she settled into her new room in the IH base. The girl wasn't bad company and she was always willing to throw a steak or two his way. He would never openly admit it but he actually started to like this girl. Once he was confident she was safe here and her injuries began to heal, Jake began to venture out. At first he spent some time getting to know the building and somehow managed to get into several nooks and crannies that he probably shouldn't have been in. He had just been following some interesting scents.

After that he decided to investigate the actual people living in this massive place. He had annoyed more than a few of them with his bad attitude and had even chased a vampire through the basement, which earned him a "time-out" in a small room by himself. He hadn't intended to hurt the vamp or anything. He just liked chasing things. The so called "bosses" of this place had put him in their little room by way of punishment, intending for him to learn some kind of lesson. Morons. He was out of that room and away 20 seconds after they had left. The door still hadn't been repaired.

He had also spent some time trying to get to know Ann and, to a lesser extent, Ariadne. The former was pleasant enough but the latter kind of creeped him out. There were a number of other children in the building whom Jake had gotten to know, all of whom seemed to love him. Mostly due to the different personality he put across when around them. He had no time for adults and let them know it but kids were different. They weren't as obnoxious as everyone else and they just seemed more innocent. They didn't look at Jake the way adults did. Of course Jake had tried his best to avoid the boy who had mauled him his first day here. That kid was weird. He had, however, run into him on a couple of occasions, each time Jake warning him off with a growl. He didn't want a repeat of their first meeting but still felt kinda bad about his own behavior towards the kid.

After spending some time wandering around, Jake would inevitably return to Aya's room. Mostly because no one had thought to give him his own. Although the prettyboy had given him an ID badge which now dangled from the thick chain collar around the dogs neck. Jake was actually pretty proud of his little badge and when someone came wandering over to him complaining about the dog on the premises, he derived a certain smug satisfaction from displaying it.

Jake would often fall asleep in the garden outside of Aya's room, enjoying the warm sun on his coat. He was asleep here, on his back and dreaming of rabbits, when Cedric's alarm sounded throughout the base. Jake awoke suddenly at the sound of Wessex's voice and rolled over, grumbling at the disturbance. [i]"Evacuate"[/i] Jake thought to himself [i]"Why would--"[/i] The dog suddenly felt uneasy and his muscles tensed. There was something weird going on here. Jake's senses were far beyond that of any human and right now he sensed that something was very wrong. He couldn't see or smell anything but he knew something was wrong. He bolted back into the room and looked around for Aya. Finding no one there, he sniffed at the air and caught her scent. They were evacuating the building and Jake wanted to make sure his new friend got out safely. With nose turned low to the ground, the dog followed Aya's scent through the hallways of the building. He eventually found his way to the office of Cedric Wessex when the human was donning...whatever the hell that was. Was it armor? Jake didn't care. He had only come here for Aya and upon spotting her, gave a small bark to get her attention the took a step back and a partial turn back towards the door in his best attempt to indicate that she should follow him.

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