"Vi?" Emerald asked when he saw his sister.

"Uh... probably the same thing YOU'RE doing." he said.

"This place is under lockdown, and I'm checking to see if there's any answers here." he explained.

"Did YOU find any?" he asked.

"I was trying to get into the pod to see if there were any clues or anything."

"Hmmmm." Emerald muttered.

"Damn." he said.

"Miss Hollie!" he then called to Hollie.

"We've got something that might help with the situation." he told her.

"But we need someone that's good at tech to look at it, maybe fix it if it needs fixing."

Emerald was silent as the exchange happened, before thinking about it.

"Really?" he asked.

"Wow. He must be good to work with other-dimension tech." he said.

Yeah, sure. Hollie got in response.

It'll have to be at the front door. I'll need someone to meet me there, and we can go from there. the next text read.

When? a third asked.

After a bit of silence, she received a call from Leo.

"Hey." he said when she answered.

"What sort of tech work are we looking at here?" he asked.

"Because I can put up a special bubble around myself... but it doesn't last long when it's being attacked directly." he told her.

"But do I need to go IN there, or can whatever I need to look at leave the Unit?" he then asked.

".....what is it?" Leo then asked.

"It's like a memory stick." Hollie replied.

"...well, I have a portable rig that I can set up on location." Leo then replied.

"But where is the safest area there?" he asked.

"Is there literally ANY place there that hasn't been infected by whatever it is?" he asked further.

"Or do I need to accept that I'll be under the quarantine until it's solved?" he then inquired.

"Then I am going to teleport directly into the medical wing." Leo responded.

"I'll be there in 5 minutes." he told her.

"Is there anyplace safe for me to land?" he asked.

"Angela's office. She's not in." Hollie responded.

"Then I will be there, specifically, in 5." Leo reiterated, before saying goodbye and ending the call.

Emerald just sighed.

"I... I don't know if I can see Rylie right now, as she is." he admitted.

"So I'll stay here for now." he said.

"I'll keep poking around here, see if I can find anything more than can help." he then told the two of them.

"...if that works, anyway."

Emerald returned the hug, and watched them go, before sighing.

"....Rylie..." he mumbled.

"I'm sorry..." he said quietly.

Meanwhile, Hollie and Violet had made their way to Angela's office, and were waiting by the open door. Sure enough, there was a swirl of sand in the room, and Leo appeared, a metallic briefcase in his hand.

"...wow." he muttered.

"This place is definitely not doing well..."

Leo watched Hollie go, before looking at Violet.

"Well... hello, there." he greeted her.

"I'm Leo." he introduced himself.

"What's your name?" he asked.

As he talked, Violet saw him open the briefcase, which opened up into a portable computer system, but far more sophisticated than any laptop or portable computer.

For this world, anyway.

"Let me see it." Leo replied, as his setup started to power on and boot up.

Violet handed him the piece, and Leo grabbed an eyepiece that a jeweler might use, and carefully looked it over.

"Hmmm..." he mumbled.

"Mmhmm... mmhmm... hmmm..." he muttered further.

"It might need some manual tweaking, but I think I might be able to get it to interface with my setup." he told her.

"I've worked with other-worldly tech before, but this really is quite sophisticated." he then commented.

"I'm very impressed and intrigued by it."