"........" Ash was silent as he heard what Ashley was saying.

"Ah... huh." he said.

"I.... all right then." he muttered.

"That's.... fair play, Ashley." he commented.

He then sighed, and shook his head.

"Smart thinking."

"....I see." Ash replied.

"Seemed like a short conversation." he commented.

"Guess whoever it was on the other end didn't have much to say." he went on.

"....hm." he mumbled.

"But ok." he said.

"That should work. I hope."

Ash just sighed.

"....yeah..." he muttered.

"I'm sure she will." he said.

"...I hope she does, anyway..." he added.

"I never thought this day would come." he then lamented, shaking his head.

"This could be a global disaster waiting to happen."

After about 15 seconds of frantic pounding on the door, it was opened, and she saw her brother Ash.

"....eh?" he muttered.

"What are you...?" he started to ask, before he saw her looking scared and worried.

"...come on." he said.

"Come inside." he told her, stepping out of the way.

"We'll talk indoors."

"Woah, woah, woah!" Ash said.

"Slow! Slow it down some." he told her.

"Vicki's missing. I understand THAT." he went on.

"And I will use EVERYTHING I have at my disposal to find her, I promise." he went on.

"But... calm down a little... just... take some breaths... compose yourself a little... and tell me what happened." he told her.

"Tell me what you remember, step by step."

"....." Ash was silent as she said what she did.

"I..." he stammered.

"Yeah..." he said.

"I can understand that." he told her.

"....Alice, we'll find her." he then assured her.

"I promise."

Ash didn't know what to do here.

So he pulled her into a hug, and held her close.

"Alice..." he said.

"Why did you break down?" he asked.

"It's not like you to do so. You're normally all right with flying." he continued.

"So what was so different THIS time?"

"....let's ask Aunt Rocky for help." Ash replied as he held her close.

"She has teas for this." he reminded her.

"I'm sure she has some that will help you." he reasoned.

"Maybe we have some here as well." he then added.

"Just... Alice, freaking out even more will not help." he muttered.

"We need to level you out."

The fact that Alice seemed to be actively getting worse concerned Ash deeply.

And he did not know what to do.

As such, he resorting to calling her father, Vincent, and asking his advice.

Vincent, upon hearing this, arrived where they were a matter of moments later, with several ideas, and some items to help carry the ideas out.

But... none of them worked.

And Alice seemed to just be getting worse and worse, to the point where it seemed like she was ready to have a complete major emotional breakdown.

Vincent took a step back from Ash and Alice when he saw this, before taking out his cell phone, scrolling through the contacts, and then called the one person he could think of that might be able to help here.

His sister.

"...it is." Vincent replied.

"Hollie, it's Alice." he said.

"Ash and I are trying to calm her down, but nothing is working, and she's getting worse." he continued, before more accurately describing her condition, and giving more details.

"What we've tried hasn't worked." he went on, telling her what they'd already tried.

"Please tell me you have some suggestions."