"..........." Ash was silent, before nodding.

"Fine." he said.

"Trust me, we did nothing that will hurt her." Hal told him.

"So just listen to her, let her lay down and get some sleep, and make sure she has a bottle of water handy." he advised.

"Er... right then." Ash responded.

"Ashley, you good to go?" he then asked her.

Hal bid them farewell, before thinking for a moment.

He then brought out his cell phone, and called Cassandra again.

"It's Agent Sharp." he said when she answered.

"I am calling to let you know that your hunter, Phyra, has proven to not be the source of our issues. Not only that, she has cleared up the issues my agents were experiencing." he went on.

"I just felt you should know that." he reasoned.

"You have some excellent hunters."

"She did." Hal replied.

"We... had to coax it out of her, though." he said.

"I'll leave you to speak to her about it, yourself. But I suggest not doing so for at least another 5 hours or so." he then warned.

"Trust me on that." he added.

"Regardless, I shan't tie up your phone line any longer." he went on.

"I thank you and Phyra for your cooperation."

"Thank you for the offer." Hal replied.

"And the same goes from my organisation to yours." he told her.

"Again, thank you for your cooperation." he continued.

"But be on the lookout for those that may be acting strange or off." he warned.

"If it happened HERE, it could have happened THERE."

Hal put the phone away, and sighed before entering the Unit.

"Ugh." he groaned.

"An offspring of Vanessa to worry about." he said.

"TERRIFIC." he growled, before walking and thinking.

"But... why does his alias sound familiar to me...?" he wondered aloud. "I swear I've heard that name before..." he mused, heading back to his office.

'...doesn't change the fact that Azazel's still dead, though...' he then thought, wondering how Sierra and Aedan would be after they woke up.

There was silence on the other side of the room, before the door opened slightly, and her roommate poked his head out.

"...oh, hey." he greeted her.

"I didn't hear you come in." he said.

"...everything all right?" he then asked. "You look like a lot's on your mind." he commented.

"Something happen where you work?" he asked further, showing concern in his expression.

He seemed to be stunned for a moment, before she left.

"....what...?" he muttered.

"That's... not what she should have said at all..." he said to himself, closing the door.

"Damn it, did they find it?" he asked.

"And if so, how'd they get rid of it?" he wondered further.

"....hm. Things might be compromised..." he went on, before shaking his head.

"No. No, my plans were laid out a long time ago. They're flawless. I just need to bring her back to MY side."

He paced back and forth a few times, several things going through his head.

"Well, not much to do now, but try and get back on track." he told himself.

He then went to a drawer, took some money out of it, and caused the same aura as before to seep into it. When he did so, he left the room, and looked around.

"Miss Gardner?" he called out, shyly and meekly.

"Miss Gardner, where are you?" he asked, closing the door behind him.

'It's only a week early, should be fine.' he thought to himself.

"Oh, not much." he replied.

"I... well, I have the money right now, so I figured I'd pay next month's rent a bit early." he said.

"I won't have money again until a week into next month, and I don't trust myself to hang onto the money and not spend it." he added with a small chuckle.

"So I figured I'd pay a little early." he went on.

"Is that all right?" he asked her.

He smiled back at her, and nodded.

"Thank you." he replied.

"I'm glad you're flexible like this." he told her.

"At any rate, I'll leave you be. I need to get back to what I was doing, anyway." he then said.

"If you ever wanna talk, just let me know." he finished, before starting to head off.

'Hopefully THAT amount will take hold a little quicker...' he thought to himself, suppressing a smirk.