Ann's attention slipped from the little girl as she followed the girl's words to the building behind them. It was getting worse. The building which provided a home for Ann and Ariadne was going to fall. Whatever was happening, whatever 'thing' was in there, was causing the Reformists, a group Ann had considered to be powerful, unbelievable amounts of trouble. These notions help stir those feelings of doubt as the little girl strode away and approached Ann's sister. Ariadne only shifted her feet around into a more aggressive stance, as if expecting something was going to happen. She did not comply with the little girl's demands.

Ann was lost in her thoughts for a moment but quickly snapped out of them when a dog's bark brought her attention back to reality. It was Jake and he was running about, as if trying to run away but he came back. He... wants us to run. Leave. Ann glanced back at the building again and realized that it wasn't just her under the building. Ann and Ariadne could probably survive something like a massive building crashing, but Aya, Jake, Owlman, they can't. The little girl, Ann assumed, probably wouldn't make it either. Standing here talking about allegiances wasn't vital to anyone's survival. She had to act in part for her friends. This all came back to Ann's earlier feeling of being given kind of a voice of leadership as everyone else couldn't. 

But that's how she tried to justify what she was about to do, not out of some feeling of leadership but one out of fear. Ariadne was strong but Ann had always feared encountering something stronger. If Ariadne failed to protect them both, Ann would be forced to expose herself to whatever defeated her sister. If Ann dies... Ariadne might not follow. The little girl's words helped plaster in a fear of God and she felt like she had to say anything to get out of there. To be safe again.

Ann quickly catch up to the little girl and phased back into a physical ether. "Fine! Whatever you want! Let's just get everyone out of here!" She frantically stated and without a pause she flew over to her sister. "Get Owlman." Ann said gently and then flew over to Aya and Jake. "Come on, let's go!" She said hastily, as she solidified enough to help Aya to her feet. Hopefully Spectrum would get the hint and help get everyone out of here.

---Meanwhile---

Ariadne rolled her eyes and reluctantly dropped her tense posture and angrily walked past the little girl and scooped up Owlman from the ground with ease. She threw him over her shoulders and firemen carried Owlman away from the building, his long feet dragging across the pavement. [i]Waste of time... We need only care for ourselves. Not them.[/i]