"I'm not going to leave you, Gerswhin" 

Caits said, sighing softly, and trying to figure out what she could say. 

"I don't blame you for this. I would be dead if you want. If you hadn't saved me several times in that battle. You did what I wanted to. You were just a heck of a lot better then me at it" 

She grimaced, returning to the couch to sit down, and rubbing at her eyes with her uninjured hand. 

"Fuck me, Gerswhin, after everything, I'm not going to let you try and kill yourself. Its dangerous here, and it isn't because of you"

The spark of anger made her look up, meet Gerswhin's gaze. 

"After everything, you're going to give up? Dioxide died for you. I practically paralysed myself for you, nearly got shot several times to free you when the soliders had you down. I took on an army by myself, I'm not going to let you wallow in self-pity"

She leaned back in the chair, and closed her eyes. 

"We'll find somewhere safe, Gerswhin." 

Cody's voice was a stark contrast to Caits, soft, and truly genuine. 

"But this place isn't"

[hr]

Maria listened to them bicker, and finally she snaped. "Shut the fuck up, all of you"

Perhaps the curse was the strangest thing about Maria's outburst-She was known to have a slight temper, a short fuse. Yet she rarely cursed. She glared, and slammed her hand down on the desk, as if her own words cutting through the crap that the representatives were saying. 

"It doesn't matter what interest anyone is has for themselves or others, the fact is, the subjects are out there. Whether they are biding their time before coming to finish us off is apparently nothing to you lot. 

What do you think we are doing here, sitting back and twindling our thumbs? No, we are searchign for the subjects, for the rogue agent. I'm dealing with all the shit of the fall out, the media conferences instead of doing my damn job. And now, now I have to sit here and listen to you all bicker like old biddies in a nursing home?

Either shut up, and use your tiny brains or I will, and I swear to god I will, hunt you down and throttle you all"