So Laurel leaned all the way in.

--

Once Wolfe learned where Raven was, he hesitated. "I'll talk to him later," he decided.

"Wuss," Snow teased.

"... Where's Pepper?"

Snow glanced around, "No clue."

--

There was suddenly a kick to Raven's back, not painful but with enough force to knock him face first into the dirt he was squatting in.

Raven kept his face in the dirt for a short moment, too surprised to react. Then he slowly pushed himself up and wiped off his face on his shirt. "... Seriously," Raven said to his assailant. "What do you have against gardening, Bee?"

Pepper gripped his shirt, pulling him up off the group and glaring into his eyes, "You're becoming more than an eyesore and extra baggage," she spat viciously, "You're becoming a hinderance."

--

"Oh... found her..." Snow muttered and Wolfe glanced over her shoulder. He cussed quietly and took off out the door at a run.

Raven blinked, clearly surprised and confused. "... Huh?" he asked.

"Wolfe doesn't have the time or energy to mess in your problems!" Pepper continued, "He needs to focus, stop getting in the way!" she threw him back to the ground roughly.

Raven pushed himself up with a small grunt. "It's not like I asked him to," he told Pepper.

"No, you don't have to ask," Pepper snorted, putting a foot out shoving him back in the dirt, "You're special, all you have to do is look at him and he'd do anything for you, you parasite," she hissed, "Your presence is distracting, he needs to focus on us and our mission. Go home."

Raven didn't say anything as he pushed himself up again and brushed himself off.

"Why are you still here exactly?" Pepper demanded, grabbing the front of his shirt again, "You've been dead weight from the start."

"... I'm trying not to get my family involved," Raven replied, doing his best to not let Pepper get to him.

"You staying here will keep them uninvolved?" Pepper sneered, "It's too late for that. Do you like Wolfe? Is that why you're still leeching onto his charity? If it were up to me, I'd have never saved you in the first place. You and your family's safety are of no concern to us."

"I didn't ask for this," Raven repeated.

"That doesn't make it our problem," Pepper snapped, shaking him, "Do you think we asked for our situation?"

"We're both in the same situation," Raven spat. "And so far I've been loyal to you crazy people."

"IT'S NOT THE SAME!" Pepper shouted as she shoved him backwards with a dangerous glare, "YOU DO NOTHING! YOU'RE BAGGAGE THAT SULKS IN THE DIRT! YOU'RE WORTHLESS!"

"Shut up!" Raven spat back as he pushed himself up again. "You're not going to 'insult' me away. My love for my family is just as strong as yours is for your own. You should at least respect me for that like I respect you."