A sickening burst of excitement ran through her veins as the prospect of taking up the knife to protect her children dangerously lingered in the forefront of her mind. She knew that Lina was just by the other room, that Dr. Honn was also on the premises, but she just couldn't help but chuckle at the hilarity of her situation. The old fire in her soul was being stoked on by these constant threats in her new life... And yet, she was somehow happy that it was happening? "You're getting the look again, Heather," her friend reasonably reminded. "Get a hold of yourself." With a shake of her head, Heather did just as her friend suggested. Y-yes... She still had a job to go back to. Kids to teach for years to come... It wouldn't be for the best if she let her instincts control her again. But if their safety was this compromised, how could she just sit back

Time moves ever so slowly... ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ *CRASH!* "Fuck!" Charlie never thought that he'd end up like this. *THUD! CRASH!* "Shit! Fuck! Damn!" The young boy didn't know where he was, but what was for sure was that he was somewhere dark and depressing. He hadn't managed to run despite Lina taking much of the heat from the creepy man; the pain in his stomach being too much to even stand up as he laid at the back of the monster's car, crying and waiting for help to arrive. Unfortunately, it didn't. "Where the fuck are you, kid?!" Instead, Charlie was captured and taken to an undisclosed location somewhere assuredly far from Nanc

A small glimpse... ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ In a certain detective's fairly small kitchen, a certain multiple-accolade winning doctor sat patiently by her friend's dining table. It was a noble affair, she supposed, after her tone-deaf stunt of relentlessly teasing their mutual acquaintance all the way back into being a more interesting person. But she wasn't someone that couldn't read the room despite her acting like she had no idea how basic human relationships worked. No. Big Sis Bella wouldn't approve of that kind of incompetence. Wisteria wasn't her prick of a brother, after all. Despite never considering herself a good person, she still inherently knew that she was selfish from the get-go; only going into medicine as a way to discover a cure for her elder sister's genetic disorder. "Hmm... Kind of boring

Helly had no idea where she was going. "Ignore the drunk woman, son..." "What's wrong with her..." With each step that her feet made on the cold, damp pavement, her mind whirred with a new way to disembowel the man that had killed her friend and mentor. Not to mention that the prick probably also had Charlie as a hostage, if her precious student wasn't dead already. Dio better hope that Charlie was alive by the time she managed to get to him. Cause if he wasn't? Then she'll probably eliminate the whole upper echelon of his company out of sheer vengeance. "Watch where you're going, kid..." "Women these days..." It was more than easy to ignore the whispers going on around her. She was used to it after months of having to hear rumors abo