WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:06.160 Ispet Archives has adult language and violence, and is not 2 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:11.080 suitable for children. Listener discretion is advised. Ispet Archives is 3 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:14.480 a Creative Typo entertainment production. If you enjoy this show, 4 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:18.079 we invite you to support us on Patreon at www 5 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:22.480 dot patreon dot com forward slash Creative Typo. All levels 6 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:25.800 of membership include ad free listening and our binge. Here 7 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.679 includes access to this complete season. Thank you for listening. 8 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:12.159 Chapter twenty six, The Blender. 9 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:21.480 The Ispet event began. Emily limped arm in arm with Marcus, 10 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:27.599 the Shifter behind, and the stairwell ahead. Flames surged, engulping 11 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:33.239 the floor, walls and ceiling. A metal rod sailed perilously close, 12 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.879 twirling end over end toward the building's core. They were 13 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:41.480 still on the fourth floor of Amber's apartment complex. Not 14 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:45.040 long ago. The buildings swarmed with contra agents and residents 15 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:48.319 who had all since fled both the blaze and the Shifter. 16 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.959 Emily's friends had also escaped, with the exception of Marcus, 17 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:55.400 who leaned against her for support as they edged toward 18 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:59.239 the stairs. She recalled the discussion with September about anomalies 19 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:02.879 and their unten consequences. In his example, he used a 20 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.599 skyscraper as the setting. He noted that her ispet would 21 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.639 not directly kill her, but if it caused a skyscraper 22 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:12.159 to collapse on top of her, she would not survive. 23 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:18.280 Fatal repercussions could occur indirectly. While not a skyscraper, this 24 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:20.719 ten story building was enough to get the job done 25 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:25.439 if they didn't escape. Soon, more metal objects hurtled past 26 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.080 her toward the center of the building, forcing her to 27 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:31.520 dodge to the side to avoid being a kit Reaching 28 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.479 the stairwell, she urged Marcus ahead and then risked a 29 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:39.919 look back. Her isfet stream poured from her well into 30 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:42.759 a metal vortex in the center of the hallway, drawing 31 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:49.439 metal from every direction. The debris didn't just collide, it fused, 32 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:55.080 forming a growing metallic sphere. A large metal desk tore 33 00:02:55.199 --> 00:03:00.479 through a wall, driven by the magnetic pull, urgency propelled 34 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:03.319 her to the stairs. She checked on her carbinger from 35 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:07.080 the railing, injured but descending past the third floor. His 36 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:12.159 progress was steady but slow. She rushed after him. Pausing 37 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.280 on the third floor landing, she saw the metal sphere 38 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:20.240 had expanded massively, siphoning metals through walls and ceilings. The 39 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.240 sphere had torn its way through the fourth level floor 40 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:25.719 and was now grinding. 41 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:26.360 Through the third. 42 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:31.080 Emily continued down the stairwell, running to catch up with Marcus. 43 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:33.919 She did not stop at the second floor to steal 44 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:34.719 a third glance. 45 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:35.840 Two was enough. 46 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:40.680 The stairwell's metal railing started to detach. Drawn to the sphere, 47 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:44.719 that was all the confirmation she needed. Near the first floor, 48 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.400 she dodged a flying doorknob and lost her footing. She 49 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:51.400 stumbled down the last few steps, then burst through the 50 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:58.639 exit and into September's waiting arms. He guided her across 51 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:02.080 the street with safety, just as the apartment buildings succumbed, 52 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:08.280 collapsing inward. Breathless and weary, Emily sank to the ground 53 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:15.080 beside Marcus, watching the last ispet streams ev away. 54 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:27.639 It was over, Emily. Are you hurt? 55 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:28.800 I'm fine. 56 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:31.120 Good. Let's get you to the car. 57 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.680 Wait a second, I don't think anyone is going anywhere 58 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:35.759 until we sort. 59 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:39.560 This out, September. We can't stay here, Detective. 60 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.759 The building is burning, the contra are gone, the fire 61 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:46.079 department is already here, and the police are almost certainly 62 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:46.759 on the way. 63 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:50.680 Bullard and I are the police, and I would feel 64 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.800 much more comfortable if you stayed right where I can 65 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.240 see you. I need some time to think. 66 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:59.120 Do you intend to detain us, Detective. 67 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:00.439 I haven't decided yet. 68 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.519 No, we aren't. We aren't after what we just saw 69 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:04.920 in there. 70 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.399 No, thank you, Detective Bullard. 71 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.600 But that said, you're definitely not taking my car. 72 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:14.439 I didn't mean your car. I rented my own. 73 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.959 George Marcus is a criminal if we let him. 74 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:24.079 Walk, Mariano, we just saw a shape shifting monster in there. 75 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.839 I don't know what is going on with Marcus and Emily, 76 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.800 but they're into some very unnatural shit. You really think 77 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.519 the best solution is to bring Marcus in right now? 78 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:39.360 I I just think that we should know where they are. 79 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:41.040 They're dangerous. 80 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:46.199 They are dangerous, but only because they're untrained. We can 81 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:50.079 help them, help them how, we can show them how 82 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:51.439 to control their powers. 83 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.079 September. I don't think it's safe for Emily to be 84 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.639 in a city this size. I recommend we leave if 85 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:57.240 we can. 86 00:05:57.759 --> 00:05:59.360 Let's see what Emily has to say. 87 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:05.439 Very well, Oh, Emily, I'm okay. 88 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.560 Your shirt's pretty bloody. Looks like your shoulder and your 89 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:10.160 stomach is that blood yours? 90 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:11.519 I guess some of it. 91 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:13.720 You want to see one of the paramedics over there. 92 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.120 No, Hastings can patch me up just fine. 93 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.120 I have a first aid kit in the car. I'll 94 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:23.600 give it to him before you leave. Thank you, Marcus. 95 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:24.720 How are you? 96 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:31.399 I'm just a little dizzy and tired and sore and cold. 97 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:34.319 You're always cold and whiny. 98 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:37.720 You think this is bad? You should hear me whant 99 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:38.279 to get sick? 100 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:42.000 Emily? What was that thing? That shape shifter? 101 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:42.279 Thing? 102 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:44.560 Just that, a shape shifter? 103 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:46.639 What did it want me? 104 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:49.680 I think? Although I don't know why? 105 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:51.079 Is it dead? 106 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:56.000 I think so? They're really hard to kill, but I'm 107 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:00.279 pretty sure were they more like it? Yeah? From what 108 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:01.800 Hasting tells me, at least. 109 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:03.519 They're going to be hunting you too. 110 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:04.639 I don't know. 111 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:07.759 Look, I'm not even gonna pretend to know what's going on. 112 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:12.199 This is all bizarre, but I know my instincts would 113 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:14.839 tell me to trust you on this. Can I trust you? Emily? 114 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:16.519 Trust me to do what? 115 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:19.480 I don't know the right thing? 116 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:21.279 I guess I'll try. 117 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:26.160 All right, That's good enough for me. Now the million 118 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:28.759 dollar question? Do you really want to go with them? 119 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:30.519 September and Hastings? 120 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:32.959 Yeah, can they really help you with all of this. 121 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:35.959 Yeah, I think so, Amber. 122 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:37.360 What about you? 123 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:40.120 No, I don't want to go with them. 124 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:44.759 Amber, You're not safe here. You should come with us. 125 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:51.920 No, I don't trust them, and you shouldn't either, Amber. Please, no, em, 126 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:55.959 I can't go with them. There's something not right about 127 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:56.399 those two. 128 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.839 Emi. I'll put Amber and Sam someplace safe as long 129 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:00.600 as as they're willing. 130 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:05.360 I've got just the spot where my family has some 131 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:06.759 property in Wisconsin. 132 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:09.040 God damn packers. 133 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:11.600 That's all we should tell you better? To keep things 134 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:12.720 separate for the time being. 135 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:13.959 I understand. 136 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:17.199 So here's how this is going to go down. Davis 137 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:18.959 and I will grab your camp and equipment and the 138 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:20.439 first aid kid out of my car and give it 139 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:22.680 to those two. After that, we'll take Amber over to 140 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:25.319 the paramedics to get checked out. She felt pretty hard 141 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.120 on that fire escape. In the meantime, I'd recommend saying 142 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:29.519 your goodbyes for the time being. 143 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:30.319 Okay. 144 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:32.279 I'm also going to drop my phone number into the 145 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:34.120 first aid kit in case you ever need someone to 146 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:34.440 talk to. 147 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:36.240 Thanks, George. 148 00:08:36.519 --> 00:08:39.879 Yeah, well you'll be careful, okay. 149 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:47.399 Yeah, so hey, I think I'm going to see if 150 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:52.799 Hastings will walk me to the car. Give you guys a. 151 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:54.159 Moment, okay, Marcus. 152 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:59.279 Amber, it was nice to meet you. Sure, all right, 153 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:01.360 I'll see ya. 154 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.519 Hey, Amber, are you all right? 155 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:07.279 No? 156 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:09.360 Are you kidding me? 157 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:09.919 Right now? 158 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:14.559 You have been gone for months. I haven't heard from 159 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:16.039 you in months. 160 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:17.559 Emily, Yeah, I know. 161 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:20.759 And then you call to say there are assassins after me, 162 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:24.559 which I thought was bullshit anyway, I thought you were brainwashed. 163 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:25.399 I'm sorry. 164 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:29.360 And then and then you show up to my apartment 165 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:35.279 with your friends, the assassins and a goddamn monster. 166 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:35.759 Amber. 167 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:39.960 So no, em I am not fucking all right. 168 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.000 I didn't mean for you to get caught up in 169 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:42.480 all of this. 170 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.480 How the hell did you get caught up in all this? 171 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.399 Why don't you come with me and then I can 172 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:49.320 explain everything. 173 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:52.960 Go with you, m You should. 174 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:55.799 Stay here where the detectives can keep you safe. 175 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:00.759 Amber, be realistic. Do you think those two detectives could 176 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:05.320 handle something like that shifter back there or trained assassins. 177 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:08.159 They were barely surviving themselves. 178 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:11.519 But maybe if you got away from September and Hastings, 179 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:13.799 those others would leave you alone. 180 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:17.919 No, they wouldn't. They want me just as bad as 181 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.600 they want them. I know you don't believe me yet, 182 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:24.639 but September and Hastings are trying to protect me. 183 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:26.600 This makes no sense. 184 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:31.200 I know. I promise I'll explain everything. 185 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:40.000 I'm sorry to interrupt. Amber. It's time to go, Amber. 186 00:10:40.679 --> 00:10:43.720 I love you, em, but I can't go with you. 187 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:46.120 I'm gonna stay with Bullard. 188 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:48.320 Okay, you had. 189 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.759 Better call me. I will and call Sam too. 190 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:52.960 I can do that. 191 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:55.000 Do you want triple back? 192 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:58.559 Would you mind hanging on to it for a little 193 00:10:58.559 --> 00:10:59.159 bit longer? 194 00:10:59.799 --> 00:11:02.840 Of course I don't mind. Sam and I have been 195 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:04.200 splitting time with her anyway. 196 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:06.320 I saw that. Thank you. 197 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.440 I love you, em Please please be careful. 198 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:12.200 I will. 199 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:13.440 I love you too. 200 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:19.080 Wiswonson, George, I expect you to call me as well. 201 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:21.399 I want better tabs on you and your friends. Do 202 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:22.080 you understand? 203 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:23.440 Yeah? Of course? 204 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:26.240 All right, come on, Amber, let's get you patched up. 205 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:38.559 Hi, Emily, Detective Davis, right, yeah, it's nice to meet you. 206 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:43.559 You as well. What you did back there was nothing 207 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:44.840 short of incredible. 208 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.519 Incredible. I think you mean horrific. 209 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:53.840 I said what I meant. Oh, all right, Escaping a 210 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:59.279 shifter is no easy feat, and three times it's impressive. 211 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:00.440 Thank you. 212 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:02.720 I'll be seeing you around. 213 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:13.440 Emily. Are you ready to go? 214 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.919 Yeah? I'm ready. 215 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:17.919 Is everything okay? 216 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.960 I really don't know. 217 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:23.240 Let's get out of here. 218 00:12:36.919 --> 00:12:40.519 Rubble fell away as Denali stood, shaking off the remains 219 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:44.440 of the collapsed apartment complex. This marked the second instance 220 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.120 Emily had dropped a building upon them, and the third 221 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:52.840 time she eluded them, events sure to enrage their patron. Previously, 222 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:57.159 Denali had been trapped against the hallway wall, immobilized by 223 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:01.360 several metal pipes with flames searing beneath. Had it not 224 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:04.320 been for the anomaly's summoning of a magnetic sphere that 225 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:07.399 tore the pipes away, Denali might have perished in the fire. 226 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:12.639 Although they could withstand brief encounters with fire, prolonged exposure 227 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:18.200 threatened through life. Navigating cautiously through the wreckage, Dnali avoided 228 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:23.519 any areas where the floor seemed unstable. Hearing human activity outside, 229 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:27.600 they decided to adopt a disguise, morphing into the familiar 230 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:31.720 guise of a grocery delivery boy from Montana, a precaution 231 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.600 in case they encountered any bystanders during their exit. Plushed 232 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:38.639 in their left hand was a piece of fabric torn 233 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:42.519 and stained with Emily's blood, which Donali had seized when 234 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:46.559 their grip on the anomaly's shoulder had slipped. The impending 235 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:50.960 conversation with Donali's current patron promised to be challenging, but 236 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:55.879 this bloodied remnant might temper their dissatisfaction. Returning with such 237 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:59.279 a token was surely advantageous, and what better gift for 238 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:03.320 a blood born than the blood of an anomaly. After 239 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:06.279 placing the fabric into a plastic sandwich bag retreated from 240 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.559 the debris, then Aali's next steps were to return to 241 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:14.960 the Bloodborn, deliver the report, and then find Emily. This 242 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.519 was the way things were, This was the contract made, 243 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:38.240 This was the code, and the code could not be broken. 244 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:44.240 Agent Natalie White fumbled her cell phone and swore as 245 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.679 it fell to the floorboard of the Enterprise rental car. 246 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.960 The pain in her wrist had dulled from the level 247 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:56.120 of excruciating blaze to a more manageable, agonizing throb. Her 248 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:59.799 partner took a sharp turn, forcing Natalie to steady herself 249 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.960 by gripping the seat, sending a jolt of sharp pain 250 00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:03.720 through her arm. 251 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:06.639 It's not too much to ask, could you maybe not 252 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:08.000 drive like a jackass. 253 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:10.320 Oh, I can call you an uber if you prefer. 254 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.679 No, maybe just a little less speed racer if you 255 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:14.200 don't mind. 256 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:17.360 I am trying to get you to the hospital. 257 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:21.279 I'm not dying, Victor. We're not in a huge rush. 258 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:23.639 Look, with the amount of people that were just injured 259 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:26.120 in that apartment building, the hospital is going to be flooded. 260 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.840 I want to get us in and out before anyone 261 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:30.080 thinks to start paying attention. 262 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:32.639 Okay, you're right, that's smart. 263 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:35.039 Oh, now I'm smart. You must have hit your head 264 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.600 pretty hard. 265 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:39.960 Funny, got it? 266 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.879 Are you good? 267 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:42.879 Yeah? 268 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.600 Drop the phone. I need to call the operator. 269 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.879 Oh, I'm sure this is gonna go well calling. 270 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.240 Do you see a cleaning supplies? How may I direct 271 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.720 your call operator? 272 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.919 It's White and Brown. 273 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:05.039 Good morning, Agent White. I hope you are contacting me 274 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.799 with good news. 275 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:09.440 Unfortunately, no, the whole party showed up for the meeting, 276 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:12.440 and we had more guests than intended and the meeting 277 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:13.879 went up in flames. HM. 278 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:16.080 That is unfortunate. 279 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:18.080 There is definitely another player at the. 280 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:20.879 Table, Detective Davies employer. 281 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:24.159 Seems like is Davies. 282 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:26.000 Connected to the other unexpected guest. 283 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.799 I don't know for sure, right, Do. 284 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:31.080 You have anything else to report? 285 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.159 No, I will submit a report in a few hours. 286 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:36.320 I'm on the way to the doctor for a checkup. 287 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:38.879 Do take care of your health. We need all our 288 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.639 field agents and tiptop shape. 289 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.279 How would you like us to proceed from there? 290 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:49.879 Agent White? This deal is deemed irregular. We would like 291 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:52.440 you to preturn to England to discuss next steps directly 292 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.159 with management. 293 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:54.360 I understand. 294 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.840 Goodbye, Agent White. 295 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.840 All right, what's a good word? 296 00:16:59.480 --> 00:17:00.559 We're heading to HQ. 297 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:25.839 Emily sat next to Marcus in the back seat of 298 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:29.880 Hastings rental car, her gaze fixed on the passing landscape 299 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.920 as the vehicle merged onto the highway. September drove the 300 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:37.599 car while Hastings examined the contents of the controfile Emily 301 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:41.839 had given them. The quartet was once again departing Chicago, 302 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:48.160 the city shrinking behind them. A blender, that's what Marcus 303 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:52.000 had told her, would destroy the apartment building. How many 304 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:57.440 people survived? That ispet event? Her ispet event. No, that 305 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:00.319 wasn't the right question. The real question that was haunting 306 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:05.319 her was how many innocent people died from her is event. 307 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:10.240 The weight of this thought made her nauseous. She couldn't 308 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:13.839 think about it, not right now. She was too exhausted 309 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.519 to confront it. 310 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:15.039 Right now. 311 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:19.680 Her physical wounds had been tended to thanks to the 312 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.640 first aid supplies from Bullard and Hastings medical knowledge, Yet 313 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:25.440 she still felt as if she had been hit by 314 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:29.839 a mack truck. She already missed Amber and regretted not 315 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:33.680 seeing Sam. She resolved to maintain better contact with her 316 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:38.319 friends this time. Her previous attempts at isolation hadn't safeguarded them. 317 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:43.039 Perhaps keeping them informed could. The sound of a page 318 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:47.240 turning pulled her attention to the front seat, catching September's eyes. 319 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:51.359 In the rearview mirror. How are you holding up? 320 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:54.799 Oh? I'm well, Well, this file is interesting. 321 00:18:55.079 --> 00:18:57.319 Not you, Hastings. I'm talking to Emily. 322 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:01.000 Oh right, I'm fine, just a little sore. 323 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:03.839 It seems like you and Marcus had a bit of 324 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:05.920 an adventure while we were gone. 325 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:08.920 Between the Contra and the Shifter. I would say that's 326 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:10.680 the understatement. 327 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.480 Of the year. 328 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.079 I'm sorry that we left you unprotected like that. I 329 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:17.599 will do my best never to leave you again. 330 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:20.799 It wasn't your fault. You didn't know this would happen. 331 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:24.119 I should have better anticipated something like this. 332 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:26.880 It's okay, September. Was your trip worth it? 333 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:28.319 At least very much? 334 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:28.400 So? 335 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.160 We were given access to the restricted archives. I read 336 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:35.559 quite a few interesting texts, including several that were originally 337 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:39.720 authored by dragons chronicler Dean believes anomalies are responsible for 338 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:43.480 the extinction of the Dragons. He also removed me from 339 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:47.240 my current position and intends to reassign me. The archives 340 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:50.440 were attacked by Contra agents, and I stole some information 341 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:52.599 that may lead us to other anomalies. 342 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:53.920 Are you serious? 343 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:57.519 Yes, Emily, none of those statements would make a good joke. 344 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.680 You know where other anomalies are. 345 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:04.200 Maybe we have some leads. I'll explain it all to 346 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.160 you after we find a place to settle down and 347 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.599 recover for a couple of days. 348 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.279 That's amazing. 349 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.599 I told you the trip was worth it. 350 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:14.920 You said the archives were attacked. 351 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:17.119 Yeah, but I don't think it was anything to do 352 00:20:17.160 --> 00:20:21.160 with us specifically. It probably had taken the Contra quite 353 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:23.000 a bit of time to set up a full scale 354 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.880 assault like that. 355 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.920 Well, I'm glad You're okay. 356 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:27.559 I'm glad as well. 357 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:29.799 We left as soon as the attack. 358 00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:33.279 Began, so the contract could have taken the archives. 359 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:37.400 It's possible, but I doubt it. There were plenty of 360 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:39.480 guides and chroniclers to guard the facility. 361 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:42.640 The chroniclers employ highly skilled security guards as well. 362 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.160 Well. 363 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:46.319 I guess that's good. So you said Dean blames the 364 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:49.519 anomalies for the death of dragons? Did he say why? 365 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:52.559 I still need to do some research into that topic. 366 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:55.319 He suggests that I take a similar branch of study 367 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:57.720 as him and hopes that I might discover what happened. 368 00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:02.119 Are you going to in a sense at this moment, 369 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.599 I intend to split my time studying the past with 370 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:06.680 studying you, Hastings. 371 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:08.720 You've got to work on your delivery. 372 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:11.039 It's okay, I'm used to it. 373 00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.880 I didn't mean to offend. 374 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:17.039 Yeah, you never do. So what did the books say? 375 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.519 Not a lot? 376 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:22.240 Unfortunately, was there anything in there about different color ispet 377 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.799 lines or harbingers. 378 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:27.799 They seem to lack accurate information about the lines, and 379 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.599 we have theories about harbingers. 380 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:34.200 What about why there are eighty one anomalies born every year? 381 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:37.839 That still seems very unlike chaos. 382 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:41.160 I'm sorry, but nothing about that yet either. 383 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:44.079 This doesn't seem like a very successful visit. 384 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:47.720 Emily, While I was there. I had my laptop and 385 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:50.880 four external hard drives with a capacity of three terabytes each. 386 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:54.279 While September and I studied in the restricted archives, my 387 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:57.319 laptop downloaded as many digital files as the hard drives 388 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:01.039 could hold, and considering most of those are scanned images 389 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:03.839 and text documents, that is a lot of content. 390 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.960 Oh, I didn't realize you had digital versions. Why couldn't 391 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:09.000 you download them from here? 392 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:13.079 The files are housed in private, secured servers. We had 393 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.319 to go there to access them. 394 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.519 Ah, okay, that makes sense. 395 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.960 It will take time, but it gives me a lot 396 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.079 of information to work with. 397 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:24.559 One last question about the books, what is it? Did 398 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:29.319 any of them mention anything about dreams or being able 399 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:31.759 to speak with other anomalies through dreams? 400 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:34.359 Speaking with other anomalies and. 401 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:38.960