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"...that is true." Leo responded.

"And I DO have some questions... but they're more personal and involved, and we don't have the time to discuss it right now." he muttered.

"Oh, but... well, I have SOME control over what dream you'll have, but it's not perfect." he then said.

"Care to tell me what some of your best dreams have been about?" he asked her.

"That way I can make sure that the Bahmar comes for the bait." he reasoned.

After a second, she received a text back.

Got it. her brother responded.

I'll get there in about 5 minutes, and I'll hold the fort until you get back. Though I DO expect an explanation for this sudden need for a sub. he then sent.

Do what you need to. the last text then read.

"Yeah, sorry." Leo apologized.

"It's potent stuff, and I'm only allowed to carry a very minute amount of it, but it's the only tool that's right for this job." he insisted.

Leo watched as Sierra looked around, before looking at Hollie.

"Right." he said.

"Where do you want to do this?" he inquired.

"Do you want to lie down on this couch, or would you prefer to be in a bed?" he asked her further.

"Simply because you'll be out for a bit, no matter what." he said.

"The sand I'll use to give you such a wonderful dream to attract this creature, will also ensure you sleep for at least 7 hours or so." he informed her further, before looking at Sierra.

"Everything all right?" he asked.

"You do." Hal responded.

"All right then, let's be off." Leo commented.

"We'll leave the office to teleport, of course." he said.

"I should probably leave, too." Azazel then chimed in.

"I delivered the info I wanted to, so... yeah."

"....Hollie, are you sure?" Hal asked her.

"Agent Sharp, I promise you no harm will befall her." Leo then said, conviction in his tone.

"Hollie is a dear friend of mine, and I will personally make sure she is not hurt in all this." he told him.

"....Hollie, I don't like this." Hal said to Hollie.

"However, if you are set in doing this, I know I can't stop you." he admitted.

"Use my home." he told Sierra and Leo.

"It's safe, and it's a little on the secluded side. Less chance of collateral damage victims." he reasoned.

"We shall." Leo responded.

"We need a guinea pig for bait, though." he then said.

"Hm?" Sharp muttered.

"We'll need someone to have such a sweet and wonderful dream, it will be irresistible to the Bahmar." Leo explained.

"....hmmm." Sharp muttered.

"I don't have it in me to ask any of my staff to do such a thing." he said.

"But odds are Agent King would volunteer if asked." he added.

"I did." Sharp replied.

"Azazel?" he then said.

"Right." Azazel responded.

"Sierra, we have a Bahmar situation." he told Sierra.

"Spirits are immune to them, and loud shrieks will kill them." he said.

"And who better than to fit those criteria, than our resident Banshee?" he asked rhetorically.

"Course, you'll need ME to actually GET to the thing." Leo interjected.

Hal was silent for a moment, before smirking.

"I do." he replied.

He then took out his phone, and called someone.

"Hello, Anya? It's Sharp." he said when she answered.

"Listen." he then said.

"You know where your new housemate is?" he asked.

"I need to speak with her pronto." he said.

"......" Azazel was silent for a moment, before snapping his fingers.

"Of course!" he exclaimed.

"Well, firstly, that might have been a misspeak on my behalf." Azazel responded.

"Generally speaking, spirits are immune to the Bahmar." he told Hollie.

"However, really loud noises bother the creatures." he went on.

"If the noises are particularly shrill, then the creature WILL actually die. Its hearing is extremely well-attuned. It has no nose, so it can't smell, but it listens for deep dreams, hearing things nothing else can." he explained.

"Ahh, so a shrill or high-pitched shriek will kill it?" Leo asked.

"Pop the inside of its head like a friggin' balloon after a fashion." Azazel confirmed.

Azazel froze for a moment, before heading into the office.

"Sorry if I interrupted something important." he apologized, as Hollie shut the door.

"Actually, this is relevant, as we're discussing what you have info on." Sharp responded.

"I know what's doing this!" Azazel then quickly said.

"...care to enlighten us?" Sharp asked him, raising an eyebrow.

"It's a Bahmar!" Azazel told him. "It's a strange animal-like hellspawn that was banished to a nowhere dimension, due to the chaos and calamity they can cause." he explained.

"It seems one of them escaped, and is wrecking said havoc. If it's not stopped, it will continue to feed off of sleeping people's energy to no end." he said further.

"How do we stop it?" Sharp asked.

"We'll need someone from The Order of The Sand..." Azazel went on.

"Present." Leo interjected.

"And someone or something that can make inhumanly loud shrieks." Azazel finished.

Hal thought for a moment, pondering what Hollie had asked him.

"Well, let's discuss what's going on." he said.

"Then we'll make a decision as to what's happening." he went on.

"Well, it's hard for me to truly ascertain what-" Leo started to say, before Sharp's comm buzzer went on.

"Agent Sharp, Agent Az is here. Says he has pertinent and urgent information about the current sleep epidemic." the secretary said to him.

"...Hollie, do be so kind as to let him in?" Hal asked Hollie.

"....you are with the Order of The Sand?" Hal asked Leo.

"I am, indeed." Leo responded.

"It's an honour to have you here." Sharp told him. "Head Agent Hal Sharp." he introduced himself.

"Ahhh yes, we know who you are." Leo replied. "And NO, it's NOT a bad thing." he quickly assured him.

"Leonard Fenretti." he then introduced himself in return.

"Just call me 'Leo', though."

"Not much." Leo replied.

"I mean, I know what their ethos and reason for being is." he went on.

"There are things in this world that people don't believe in, but it doesn't make them any less of a threat." he said.

"The Unit works in the shadows to eliminate these threats, and make sure people continue to think of them as nothing more than myths and legends." he continued.

"Lest widespread panic become prevalent."

"I'll let him know!" Jake called to them, as they entered the building.

"Nope." Leo replied.

"Never been here before." he told her.

"If I were to wager a guess, the familiarity he smells is less personal, and more species-based." he said.

"He seems to be a lizard-folk, and he probably smelled Karma on me." he told her, referring Nakia's pet snake/familiar.

"It would only make sense for him to sense the scent of another reptile."