Snow frowned a little as she stepped out of hiding.

"Laurel?" she called and Laurel turned.

"You're slow," she stated as she walked over to Snow, tucking the tablet in a small bag. Snow seemed a little in shock.

Blaze kept in the shadows, watching carefully.

"What the terra have you been doing, Laurel?" Snow replied, a bit angry. Laurel shrugged a little.

"Do you realize how hard we've been looking for you?" she demanded and again, Laurel shrugged.

"I didn't ask you too."

Snow frowned, suddenly moving to slap Laurel. Surprisingly, Laurel dodged in a flash. There was no way she would have been able to avoid that a few days ago. Snow was visibly surprised.

"Quit fooling around, let's go," Laurel stated blankly.

Blaze frowned a little. A lot had happened these past few days. For all of them.

Snow continued to frown but slowly turned back towards Blaze, "Let's get her back," she stated, still angry.

Laurel waited.

Snow suddenly took off back towards the hoovercraft, Laurel followed behind her.

So Blaze got them out of there, making sure no one was following.

Once they were in the hoovercraft, Snow called Wolfe.

"We've got her..." there was a pause, "She's... not physically hurt. We'll take off as soon as we can. Okay.... yeah, bye." She hung up and looked back at Laurel who was silent in the back seat. She clearly had a very strong guard up.

--

Wolfe called Yue into the commanding room.

Blaze didn't say anything, calling up Raven and Frei to get their butts ready to go.

--

Yue came, but she still didn't seem completely back to herself yet.

Laurel followed Snow onto the Jet. Frei was already starting up the engine and going through the preliminary checks. Laurel didn't so much as look at her, still wearing her sunglasses.

--

"They've found Laurel and should be coming back shortly," Wolfe stated, "How's Nic doing?"

--

Kale was watching Nic. Or rather, glaring at him from across the room.

"... He hasn't woken up yet," Yue told Wolfe.

Wolfe nodded, "They should be back by midmorning at the latest. I'll leave it to you to explain the situation if he should awake before then."

"... He won't," Yue reassured Wolfe.

"You don't think he should be informed of the situation before Laurel arrives back?" Wolfe asked, curious.

"I don't think Nic should wake before Laurel is back," she clarified.

Wolfe nodded, "It's your call," he replied.

--

Laurel took a seat at the very back of the plane and looked out of the window. It was very clear she did not wish to speak to anyone.

Blaze didn't try to approach Laurel. However, Raven couldn't keep himself away for too long. "... Hey," he told her taking a seat across from her.