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Dan nodded before hanging up. And so they managed a rough landing at the fuel point, but Raven needed to rest before they could take off again. So he slept in the chair while Dan did her best to arrange the fueling.

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Yue didn't waste any time leaving. And so she quickly made her way to the conference room with half-brushed hair.

With Bee's code word, Dan was able to start fueling up the Juttle.

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Most of the Neonates were present and James sat beside Wolfe. Kale turned to Blaze with a yawn, he'd been woken up.

As Yue burst in, Wolfe glanced at her, "There you are." he said calmly.

Dan let everyone rest for thirty minutes before waking Raven up. He reassured Dan that he could get them back to James' place safely. And so they took off again

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Blaze dug around in her pocket and pulled out an emergency candy which she handed to Kale.

Yue didn't say anything as she took the first available seat.

Laurel's eyes still barely closed, staring off into the distance as a few silent tears continued to drip down.

Bee remained asleep.

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Kale took it greedily.

"Presumably, it was the Okorie family. Akil. You should remember him from the video Nic stole; the smiling Blue eyed man. He's Laurel's cousin." Wolfe sighed, "Which only complicates things. Lucky for us, Akil was only interested in Laurel's father."

Yue seemed to relax as Wolfe spoke.

"Though I still deem it lucky that Laurel was not on site. She would have gone with him I imagine." Wolfe noted. He leaned back in his chair, "Raven, Dan, Cong, Bee and Laurel are on route back to James's place." he filled Yue in.

He paused a little, "I suggest we wrap the last few days up in Germany and head back ourselves. This attack of theirs has shown a weakness in our system. We can't afford to be so vulnerable again."

As he expected, there was protest. "What the terra, Wolfe?!" Pepper demanded, "There are still plenty of cities we haven't looked through!" she stated harshly, "We're running out of time."

Wolfe nodded, "Yes, but as of now... there appear to be three large organizations trying to pin members of our group down. We need to lay low for a little and think things through carefully or we'll all get caught." Pepper pursed her lips but did not argue further.

So far, James had not said a word, staring at the table in front of him with bland interest.

Yue seemed vaguely aware of what everyone else was talking about, but was mostly lost in her own thoughts.

Wolfe nodded, "We should carry on like normal for now." he stated before standing. Kale nodded to Blaze as he stood.

When the Juttle landed, Laurel had still not let go of Raven. Her hands must have cramped stiff by that point. Bee was starting to wake again. They could hear noises from outside the shuttle, some of the girls had come to meet them.

Blaze started to follow Kale, but Yue called her over. Of course Blaze was more than willing to talk with Yue for awhile, so she nodded to Kale before leaving with Yue.

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"Eh..." Raven muttered to Dan and Cong after the Juttle had been shut down. "I think I'll pass out for awhile if that's alright." Dan rolled her eyes and ran a hand through Raven's hair as he shut his eyes.

Then Dan turned to Laurel, rubbing her back lightly to see if she could get a reaction.

So Kale nodded and walked off the other way.

--

Laurel shivered slightly at the touch but her eyes stayed distanced.

Dan sighed a little and tried to make Raven and Laurel as comfortable as possible; they'd probably be staying there awhile. So she went to make sure Bee and Cong were taken care of.

Girls started flowing in, a few picked up Bee and carried her off to bed. The swarmed Cong for a little while, whispering about how cute he was as they 'helped him out.' A few stared at Laurel and Raven, "Should we move them?" one asked Dan. "There's enough of us, we should be able to manage it."

Cong was clearly uncomfortable. He tried to avoid as many of the girls as he could, keeping to himself.

"Uh... let's wait awhile before trying to move them," Dan suggested. "I'll watch over them for a bit."

It was rather hard but most of the girls were too shy to approach so he was able to avoid talking to most of them.

The girls nodded but turned as soft sobs could be heard. "What happened?" one whispered to Dan.

Dan motioned that it wasn't really the time to talk about it. Besides, if they really wanted to know Cong would probably tell them in exchange for leaving him alone.

The girls nodded and left in search of the new boy.

Laurel continued to cry softly.

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At dinner, Kale waited for Blaze to come.