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Lindsay was now frozen.

Frozen in shock.

"F...F... F..." he stammered.

"What is it, kid?" Jake asked.

"F... F-Fyrane?" Lindsay finally got out.

"Did... did you say F-Fyrane?" he asked Peyton, looking genuinely scared.

Lindsay just sighed.

"She's a very bad woman." Jake said.

"...I used to be a full human." Lindsay then interjected.

"But Miss Vanessa put other DNA into me." he told Peyton.

"Made me into what I am now." he said further.

"...she has no regard for life." Jake then told Peyton.

Thankfully, Ryker wasn't home at the time.

And he was a bit later than expected as well.

Eventually, he returned home.

"Yo, Eke!" he called out.

"I'm back!" he said.

"Got something for you, too!" he then added.

Lindsay seemed to be in shock for a moment, before shaking his head.

".....yeah." he said.

"You're right." he told her.

"You're not completely human too, eh?" Jake asked.

"Yeah." Lindsay confirmed.

"....I shouldn't be surprised, considering your time with Encrae." Jake growled.

Lindsay nodded slowly, before pausing.

"Wait." he said.

"Those like us?" he asked.

Jake raised an eyebrow at the exchange.

"I think she means those with no home, and nowhere to go." he said.

"....right?" he then asked Peyton, clearly confused and unsure now.

Lindsay was silent as Peyton greeted her, before just smiling back.

"....hi." he replied.

"I'm... I'm Lindsay." he told her.

"Heh." Jake chuckled.

"It's a bit of a long story, but the Unit's taking Lindsay and his friend in under our wing." he told Peyton.

"They were homeless and on the run."

"You say the sweetest things." Aly responded.

"It makes sense. You're such a sweetheart, after all." she then reasoned with a giggle, even though she was very clearly embarrassed and flustered from all the praise she was getting.

"And if you should get home, get going." she told him, before writing something down on a paper and handing it to her.

"Here you go." she said.

"My number."

Aly's face turned red when he said that.

"Eh-heh. Heh heh..." she chuckled nervously.

"Y-you flatter me." she told him.

"But no... nobody's ever told me that." he then admitted.

"I've always thought they were just... regular eyes."

Lindsay was silent, and then nodded.

"Okay." he replied.

"And yes, her name is Anna." he added.

With that, he made his way to Jake, and stepped up to him.

"I'm ready." he told him.

"Cool." Jake responded.

"Angela, we'll see you when we get back." he told the medic.

"Come on." he then said to Lindsay.

The two of them left, and the first thing they did was give Lindsay a shower, and a new change of clothing. The two then made their way to the cafeteria, where it was slightly busy, but Jake noticed a young girl with fox-like features sitting and eating.

"Hey Peyton!" he called to her with a wave.

"........" Aly was silent as Eke said what he did, before sighing.

"All right." she said.

"I believe you." she told him.

"That cough is still bad, though." she insisted.

"But all that matters is that you're all right."

Aly looked to be smitten with Eke's story about how he met Ryker, and how the relationship developed, but it quickly and sharply shifted to concern when he started to cough.

"Oh, dear..." she said.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" he asked.

"Anything I can get you to help with this cough?" she asked further.

She then seemed to be thinking about something... like something had come to her mind, and she was trying to organize it before she said anything. But she was still paying attention to Eke, making sure he would be all right, or if he needed help.

Aly nodded in response, and smiled.

"All right." she replied.

"You have a brother, though?" she asked.

"That's nice." she told him.

"I'm an only child. I don't know what it's like to have siblings." she then admitted.

"I feel lonely sometimes because of it." she went on, before shaking her head.

"But I don't want to dwell on bad things." he quickly said with another smile.

Jake remained silent, merely nodding.

Lindsay was silent as well, as Angela said what she did, and offered the orb to him.

"....k..." he then said quietly, in a surrendering tone.

It was clear that he wasn't happy that he'd come here, but he had surrendered himself to whatever was going to happen next.

He then took the orb, and immediately he was awash with a feeling of comfort and relaxation... and it helped him to realize something.

"You... you really CAN help Anna, can't you?" he asked her.

Lindsay walked over to the cot, and laid Anna down.

"You're the one with the info, kid." Jake told him.

"...okay then." Lindsay responded quietly.

He then proceeded to tell Angela all that had happened that he suspected caused this. The wolf attack from so long ago, when she fell through the floor, and how her plants, as well as Anna herself, had looked like she was wilting and dying.

"...I couldn't find anyone to help, or any medicine." he went on.

"I couldn't help her..." he said, his tone dripping with guilt.