"There's something.... else." Izea said simply as the med team arrived, led by Nate.

"Peyton is the crucial one." Izea told the medics.

"Alyssa took a hit too." She added, motioning to the raver looking journalist who was over with Levi.

"And I think Levi is barely holding things together. So Nate... don't look over there." She added before looking back to Hal.

"And there's something more to Mira. I don't know what it is, but there's a blackness around her, through her."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

"Precisely." Izea said.

"Now, .... I'm going to check the lab. Maybe I can find something for it there." She then said with a sigh.

"That's where she's been hiding for awhile." She paused a moment, looking to Charlie, then back to Hal.

"Unless you need me for anything else?"

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Ally slid a hand into Levi's.

"Is there anything we're needed for?" She asked Hal as Izea took her leave to see if she could figure anything out.

"Because.... I would really appreciate getting Levi somewhere he can calm down, before there's a possible issue." She added.

"And that's exactly why I don't think he should be working here. Man's a liability!" The head, or former head soon, stated

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Ally was silent as Hal said all he did, and as he completely ignored her inquiry. She wasn't going to hold that against him, as it was pretty easy to tell that there was a lot going on.

"... I'll do it." she offered.

"I'm friends with his sister." She added, her voice almost hesitant.

"... Something like this should come from a friend."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Ally was silent, seeming to not even realise WHY he said that she was included in that. She wasn't really feeling the wound at the moment, after all.

However, she didn't fight when the medics approached to take them off.

---

Izea made her way down to the lab and let herself in, despite it being rather uncomfortable for her to do. She was pretty damned short after all. For that matter, she didn't even reach 4ft, and was reasonably certain that she was the shortest person in the entire building and on the payroll. She made her way through and to where Mira's office was, before trying the door and finding it locked. She tried to unlock it with her card, and found that didn't work.

+Which meant she had to find someone else, probably Kiah or Ilias.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

"Need to get in here." Izea answered honestly.

"See if I can find anything that might be helpful in explaining why Mira is acting as she is, and who it is that has taken over the body." She added.

"Care to let me in? I know you and Kiah have the overrides for all doors in this wing."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Izea just sighed, heavily.

"If you want to see her, Peyton's in the medwing, I think." She told him plainly.

"And you might want to go quick. She doesn't have much blood to lose with her size." She added after a moment or two.

"Thanks for letting me in here."

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Izea didn't say anything before nodding as he headed off.

"Well then." She muttered, before entering the room.

Ilias found Kiah in her office, filling out a form of some sort.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Kiah was silent for a moment before looking up to Ilias.

"Excuse me?" She asked.

"You can't be serious..." She added, knowing damned well that he was.

"... right. You want to go, or am I?" She asked.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫

Kiah was silent for a moment before getting to her feet.

"Of course I don't want to." She told him.

"... no one wants to find out that someone as sweet as Peyton is in trouble." She added before sighing.

"However, I will go. I'll let you know what I find out when I return. Just... hold down the fort while I'm gone." As she spoke, she was making her way to him.

♫They say it's not the kids, the parents are the problem // Then if you taught the kids to parent that's the problem solved then!♫