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Nate took a few unconscious steps back, but seeing as this was a new experience for him, he almost felt like he soul 'lagged behind' slightly, and then nearly collapsed to the floor... though he managed to keep standing.

"..." he was silent, before taking a few regulating breaths.

"K-Kiah..." he stammered.

"I'm... I'm sorry..." he apologised.

"I'm just trying... to help you."

Nare raised his hands defensively.

"Forgive my stating the obvious." he said.

"I suppose I'm just a little shocked from this sudden development." he told her.

"But please, try and calm yourself." he went on.

"Even if for a moment."

Nate was shocked and surprised, to understate it.

He felt the rune, felt how different it was, but knew he had to be careful. This was a delicate situation.

"...Kiah?" he asked.

"Kiah, it's all right." he told her.

"I'm not sure what sort of rune this is, but we don't need this to get out of control."

As she hung where she was, someone was watching her from the room's entrance.

"..." they were silent, before looking away.

'...even I think this might be too far...' he thought. 'Maybe this has gone far enough...'

- - -

Nate continued to check over the patient, wincing a bit at seeing the burn marks on her arms.

"They don't seem to be life-endangering, but... Kiah, these are bad burns." he told her.

"I never thought I would see the day where you were treated here for a burn that wasn't chemical-inflicted." he admitted, suppressing a chuckle.

"How are you feeling, overall?" he asked her.

"Hmmm, that IS fair..." Raphael agreed.

"We can try and contact them." he said.

"Because with Sariel down and out, things seem to be spiraling out of control." he told her.

"Seriously, this is not good." he muttered.

"I think it might be getting to him, too." Raphael sighed.

"He's been trying to help Gabriel get through this, but it also seems like it's testing his patience." he told her.

"He's a little more snappish." he went on.

"Like, ready to lash out." he continued.

"The both of them are getting to be overemotional about this, but doing it so differently..."

"....yeah. That." Raphael confirmed.

"He's seemed so clingy." he said.

"When he's apart from her, he gets snippy and temperamental." he went on.

"I know he's God's Love, but... wow." he sighed.

"This is REALLY getting worse for him as it goes on."

"I hate it just as much as you do." he responded.

He then paused for a moment, shaking his head.

"...also, I'm worried." he told her. "About Gabriel." he continued.

"Is it just me, or has he been acting... different?" he asked.

"Like, he's a bit... off?"

He looked at his sister, and was silent for a moment.

"...she hasn't awoken yet..." he mumbled.

"Yeah..." Asriel responded.

"Great." he muttered. "I'm not used to something like this." he told her.

"I never thought we'd see Sariel like this, out of ALL of us..."

Levi then just sat there, and waited. Help would be here soon, and Ally would be safe.

Meanwhile, Raphael sighed to himself, as he looked down at the clouds beneath his feet.

"...what on earth is going on...?" he wondered, looking around.

"Asriel!" he called out.

"You around!?" he asked.

"Copy that." someone on the other end responded. "Sending two officers and a medical response team." they said further, before confirming Izzy's location. The call was then ended, and Levi looked at the guard.

'..." he was silent, seemingly not caring about movement now.

"Save... Ally..." he told her.

"Help... her first." he said further.

"...sorry... if... I'm hurting you..." he then apologised, once he saw who it was.

It was at that point, there was a pulse of 'presence', is how Ally would state it. The crazed vampire suddenly stopped what he was doing, and... in fact, stopped moving altogether. He stayed where he was, frozen in time, seemingly, before he collapsed to the side, foam starting to form at the sides of his mouth, as he started to twitch slightly.

Levi stayed where he was for a moment, before getting to his feet, his eyes still darkened, and a visible dark aura around him. He walked over towards the door purposefully, unlocking it, and then looking at Ally.

His eyes suddenly flashed back to normal, the aura disappeared, and he looked surprised for a split second, before collapsing to his hands and knees. With that, he started to crawl over towards Ally.

"A-Ally..." he stammered.

"Are... are you... all right...?" he asked, sounding weak as hell.

At that point, as the vampire got even closer, Levi seemed to instinctively grab the man by the sides of his face.

And then... before anyone could say or do anything more... a string of... something... came out of Levi's mouth. It almost sounded like language, but it was dark, it was muddled, and it sounded like he was speaking backwards.

Or was it jumbled? Or was it some weird way of speaking in a new direction?

Regardless, it was clear that they were now worming their way into the vampire's mind.

And he was seeing visions that his mind had NO hope of comprehending. But they were relentless.

Levi backed up as best he could, until he reached a wall. He scrambled a bit to try and get to his feet, but he just couldn't get any purchase... and their attacker was practically right over them.

"N-no!" he managed to get out.

"Get away!" he said.

"Stay away from Ally, and stay away from me!" he told him.

As he said what he did, however, he could feel his resolve starting to wane a bit... and as he felt THAT, he sensed their presence growing stronger within him.