Dione nodded slowly and shifted to her human for. She stretched carefully, coming to her feet with a tender edge to avoid worsening the injury marring her side. "We should hurry back," she said, addressing Sacha this time. "We need to deescalate the other issue with Broms, you know?"

Misha slapped the interior of the van. "Of- Agh, of damn course they did! How do you think they managed to screw me up like this?" She growled, then narrowed her eyes. She raised her hand to her chin and stroked an imaginary beard. "I bet it's like some spooky Manchurian Candidate stuff." Her eyes widened. "They brainwashed me and fried my brain and now they've put some wild 'murder all yer friends' nonsense in me! I can't even trust me!" Her gaze floated to Liwei, pressing his foot down on the gas pedal. She frowned. "Heyyyy, buddy, aren't we waiting for your friendo?"

There was a man playing a cello behind this door quite furiously. This was one of The Boss's youngest sons and he was quite distressed by the interruption, since he'd just been seeing if music would help him to access his shifting abilities. "Go awwwwway!" He squealed in an upset voice.

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Ambrose groans and sighs. "Sorry." He closes the door and runs down to another one, feeling frustrated and angry. "Why can't the van door have a big van drawn on it or some shit?!" He shouts angrily, kicking a wall before running and trying another door. And another. And another.

Behind every door that Ambrose encountered was yet another bizarre scene. A trio of children playing chess, one as an adjudicator. A scientist in a lab covered in chemicals that had not been quite properly displayed (several of them fell when she was started by Ambrose's interruption). A gym, full of many of Liwei's weight-lifting buddies. Two people discussing something energetically, each speaking a different language. A woman grooming a cat with a soft brush. With each bizarre scene, the inhabitant of the room began to give chase to the boy who had deserved them. They chased him up and down the halls of the facility.

"Stop right there!" Cutting in front of the befuddled group was Brianna, surrounded by an collection of guards all much larger and stronger than Ambrose. "Think you'll escape, subject?" She smirked. One of the guards approached Ambrose and snapped his wrists into a set of handcuffs. "Think again. Welcome to your new home." She approached him and tilted his chin up, their noses almost touching since she was so close. Her eyes burned with malcontent. "This will be fun for us both."

Liwei took a deep breath. He look at the door for a long moment, considering the dust floating past the thick metal as he slid his foot down onto the gas pedal and sped away before the others at the compound noticed anything conspicuous. He looked at Mona and nodded. He slid one hand over to cover hers in an offer of comfort. Guilt bit at the edge of his thoughts as the van ate up road and they left the boy behind.

Misha glanced back at the compound. "My... my friend?" She shook her head, face scrunching in an effort to remember the person they were talking about. "Like I said," she mumbled as she pulled a seatbelt over her waist. "Don't really remember any of this. It's all so spotty."

Misha frowned. "Uh.. yeah, there was someone with me, I guess." She gave a vague shrug. "I just.. not really clear." She was silent for a few moments, staring at the desert dunes and sparse flora passing by outside the window. Then, after a long pause, she sat up straighter and narrowed her eyes. Her voice was shrill. "Wait. You left another shifter in the hell factory? What the fuck, ya huge asses?"

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Sacha nods slowly. "That we do." She nods a curt farewell to Jayden and Elauna. "Are you going to be okay?" She asks Dione. "Feel free to lean on my shoulder if you need you." She offers, hating to see a groupmate in as much pain as Dione seemed to be.

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"We had to...he sacrificed himself so we could get you out..I'm sure he'll be fine!" Even though Mona didn't believe that, she really didn't need Misha freaking out on her. She bites her lip. "Don't worry, we'll get him out...sometime."

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Dione smiled softly. "Thank you, Sacha, but I'll be fine." She focused on steadying herself as they padded back through the woods. "So.." she started at they edged again from the Broms. "No Ambrose. No rude Brom girl." She shrugged, then corrected herself. "Well, we certainly found one of those, but not the right one."

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Misha shook her head. "No, um.." She scratched her head. "Nah, I don't believe you at all." She let out a bitter laugh, her eyes cold when she glanced back up at Mona. "You know what they did to me in, like, an hour? Can you imagine any longer?"

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Elauna slowly sits up and scowls. She rubs her arm where he'd pinned it down. "Ass." She gets to her feet and brushes herself off There was a small pain in her heart, when she thought of how much he had cared for her. Shaking her head she begins gathering her arrows, ignoring the Rabins. Let them fend for themselves, she wanted to be done with this whole thing.

Vera blinked awake and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She leapt out of bed and quickly got ready for the morning. She tried to ignore the anxiety that was nagging her, but pushed it away. Nothing to do but make my case, she thought firmly, lacing up her laces. She threw her bow over her shoulder and jogged out of her tent,hoping to intercept Fabine on his way out to patrol.

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Fabine walks out of his tent, his usual scowl on his face. He glances around the camp, snorting. "Nothing exciting going on." He says to himself, before heading over to one of the fires in the middle of camp to get something to eat. He doesn't notice Vera heading out of her tent as he walks past her tent on his way.