Colin's posts

Zeke returned the embrace and held her close for as long as he could, almost reluctant to let her go when she pulled back.

"I will." he said.

"Anything I learn, I'll relay to you." he promised.

"Anyway, I should get going." he told her.

"I need to try and see if I can find out what's happening, and try and keep my loved ones safe."

Zeke just sighed quietly.

"I'll try." he said.

"Again, it's all I can promise." he told her.

"But if I get attacked, I'll make damn sure that if I'm going down, I'm taking at least one with me." he then continued.

"I won't be easy prey, I can guarantee THAT."

"Then do so." Zeke replied.

"I need to warn Kelly about this." he told her.

"But yeah, if nothing else, if Liv can be protected, that will be a massive load off my shoulders." he admitted.

"...because I don't want anything to happen to either of you." he said further.

"I'd never forgive myself if something did."

"I don't know, either." Zeke admitted.

"I know his mana really can't intervene with celestial or infernal affairs, but... I don't know where Fallen are in the spectrum." he said.

"We can TRY." he told her.

"If nothing else, we can ask him to try." he said further.

"...at this point, I'll take ANY way to raise her chances of being safe."

"I don't think so." Zeke replied.

"Mom might be in danger for being directly involved with an archangel." he said. "Fallen hate archangels. And those associated with them." he told her. "...then again, they seem to just... hate..." he muttered.

"Regardless, no, I don't think her being with Mom and Dad is a good idea." he went on, before pausing.

"...though Dad IS much better at combat than I am..." he admitted.

"Actually, the more I think about it, that might not be as bad an idea as I first thought..." he continued.

"I'm not sure, now." he said, crossing his arms over his chest and continuing to think about it.

When she closed the door and asked her question, he sighed.

"Well, I have bad news." he said. "And worse news." he continued.

"First, the bad news. Miss Emelie is missing. Which is to say, nobody knows where she is, or can locate her." he informed her. "The worse news is that Fallen activity is apparently... well... more active." he mumbled.

"You and Liv may be in danger. I don't know if they'll attack either of you for being associated with me." he lamented.

"But I promise I'll protect you two as best as I can."

"You too." Zeke replied.

With that, he left the garage area, sparing no looks to the one from earlier, and hastily made his way to the medical wing. Once there, he looked around, before making his way to Angela's office. Finding the door closed, he knocked on it, but got no answer.

'She's probably doing some rounds.' he thought.

He took out his phone and sent her a text.

I'm at your office. We need to talk. Like, NOW. he sent.

"More than likely." Zeke replied.

"This sort of thing... word's gonna get around." he told her.

"Anyway, I was told to tell you of this by my aunt Sariel." he then said.

"My Dad and Uncle Gabe know already." he added.

"Anyway, I have to tell Angela, and then do something extremely important." he added.

"I'll see you later."

"You do that." Zeke replied.

"I need to tell Angela that Emelie's missing, and that Fallen might try and attack her or Liv." he said.

"...for now, I'll keep all other information to myself." he then mumbled. "No need to outright panic her." he reasoned.

"Stay safe, Rylie." he told her.

"Don't let anything happen to you." he said quietly.

"That's all I ask." Zeke said.

"I don't know what is coming, exactly, but... well... I know it's not good." he told her.

"And we need to be ready for anything." he said further.

"Just... yeah. Some baaaaad shit's a-brewin'." he mumbled.

"If you find out anything about Emelie, or hear any whispers, lemme know, okay?"

Zeke nodded.

"Got it." he said.

"Well... the Harmony are feeling Emelie's absence as well." he told her. "Not only that, it seems my Uncle Michael has... well... gone missing." he continued. "Which wouldn't be so bad on its own, but... well... it gets worse." he muttered.

"Seems he took the sword Ascalon with him." he revealed. "And when a Harmony member dispatched of a Fallen earlier... that Fallen was wielding that blade." he dropped.

"The Fallen was defeated and the sword broken, but... a Fallen had a holy blade... that Michael had taken." he said.

"I think there's something sinister behind Miss Emelie being missing."

Zeke was silent as the exchange happened between Rylie and Miranda, and when the former headed off, he quickly followed. He didn't say anything, though he wanted to mention about Miranda's rotten attitude. He didn't, though. There were more important things right now than someone being a bitch. They made their way to some other area, and he shook his head.

"Yes." Zeke then said. "I DO need to talk to you." he told her.

"I assume you've felt the weird... off-ness... in the air?" he asked. "Well, it turns out that there is some very serious shit happening." he said further.

"You got the time to spare?" he then inquired.

"I got a LOAD of info to dump."

Zeke's eyes narrowed at her.

"So be it." he said.

Then, before she could say anything, he marched past her, into the area where all the work was done.

"Rylie!" he shouted out, his voice echoing all through the massive space, dampened only by the sheer amount of cars, trucks, bikes, and all other vehicles that littered the area.

"We need to talk! NOW!" he said further.

"...please!" he then added after another moment.

"....yeah." Zeke responded after a pause.

He was then silent again, before shaking his head. They said their goodbyes and Sariel disappeared from where she was, leaving Zeke with the fae. He turned to the miniature sprite, before sighing.

"I should go as well." he told her.

With that, he shut the door, made sure it was locked, and then disappeared from where he was, appearing at the Unit. He quickly and deliberately made his way to the garage/vehicle repair area of the building, looking around and seeing a woman at the receiving desk. He walked over and put his hands on the counter in front of her.

"I need to speak to Rylie." he said.

"Like, 5 minutes ago."