"... It doesn't look like we have a choice though," she finally replied.

"... Maybe... maybe not..." Blaze replied, not quite ready to give up brainstorming.

"Is there another place I should looking into tonight?" she asked, "We need to know for sure if Laurel was taken."

Blaze rubbed her forehead a little. She looked a bit warm. "I'll look into it," she replied.

Snow stared at her, "Why do you have a fever? You didn't even go out."

Blaze shook her head. "... It's nothing," she told her. "I just need a nap and some food."

Snow rolled her eyes, "Call for room service of something," she replied as she started to open the door.

"I'll be fine," Blaze reassured Snow.

Snow shrugged, "Whatever," and left into the main room. Frei was just waking.

"Hey, I think we should wake Raven up in a funny way," she said to Blaze and Frei with a smirk.

"... Huh?" Blaze asked, not sure what Snow was getting at.

Frei blinked. Snow thought about it for a moment before walking over to Ravcen. She smirked as she licked her pinkie finger before sticking it in Raven's ear.

Raven grunted a little and weakly tried to knock Snow's hand away, but he didn't wake.

Snow smiled and motioned Frei to come over. Frei blinked again but complied. Snow whispered something to her and she blinked yet again. Then she turned and went over to Snow's bag, she returned with the medical foam and gave it to Snow. Snow sprayed some in Raven's right hand as Frei lightly tickled his nose.

It... sorta worked. Raven's nose twitched, and after awhile he sneezed into the foam covered hand, spraying foam over anyone near him.

Frei had stepped back but Snow hadn't. She'd be laughing until she got sprayed with foam. "Ugh! Seriously?!" she spat at Raven as she wiped herself off.

Raven blinked at his hand blankly before wiping his face off with his sleeve and yawning, "Morning ladies."

Snow glared at him as she went to clean off.

Frei nodded in reply to Raven.

Snow went back to looking at the cameras she had planted.

--


"You cannot stay here, it’s too early," Dalila said firmly.

"I can’t go back! Don’t make me-"

"You will return now. And when we call you back, you will come to us promptly."

"Then at least give me a way to protect myself," Laurel pleaded, "Give me strength!" Dalila thought about that request for a moment.

"Yes, I believe we can do at least that for you. As a reward for finding us," she replied with a slightly off motherly smile. "Though our methods might be more painful than you can handle."

"I can handle it," Laurel said without hesitation.

Dalila’s smile grew, "Very good."

As Snow cleaned up, Raven tried to put some cream on Frei's nose.

Frei blinked and left the cream on her nose.

Even Blaze managed a small chuckle.

Frei didn't appear to know what to do with the foam, getting cross-eyed as she continued to stare at it.

"Don't hurt yourself," Raven chuckled.

Frei stared at him, starting to look a little upset.

"Wipe it off if you don't like it," Raven suggested.

Frei blinked but didn't move.

"... Or leave it..." Raven muttered.

Frei suddenly leaned forwards the rubbed her nose and Raven's shoulder.

Snow snorted a chuckle at that.

Raven entertained Frei and himself with the cream a little more while Blaze ducked into the bathroom to get ready for the day. When she came out a few minutes later, she was already looking better.

Snow stretched out on the bed, "Hmm, not much we can do during the day," she mused.

"Want some more medical cream?" Raven offered Snow.

Snow made a face at him.

Frei tilted her head a little, "She's not hurt," she commented.

Raven put some more cream on Frei's nose without a word before going to clean up.

That didn't help Frei's confusion.

Snow rolled off the bed and onto the ground as she started to do stretches.

Nothing much happened during the day. Part way through the day, Blaze called Kale when he was awake.

Kale was not very pleased at being left behind and it came through in his tone. He complained a bit about having to share a room with Nic as well, while he was on a complaining streak. "I'm glad he's not awake..." he muttered.

Blaze was pretty quiet, even by her standard. She patiently let Kale complain all he wanted to.

Kale finally seemed to notice how quiet she was and turned the focus onto her, "You getting into much trouble over there?"

"... Not yet," she replied after a moment.

Kale paused, "Yet?"

After a long moment, she finally said what was on her mind, "I think I'm gonna take a big risk. If it works, we might bring Laurel home tomorrow. Or at least figure out where she is."