"Kammie? Can I carry the bag for you? I won't look in it, but not carrying anything makes me feel lazy," Nakia asked, with a smile, as she didn't make a move to take the bag. If she was going to take it, it would be because Kammie agreed to it, not because she pressured the girl into it. Lia looked between Kammie and Ezo, curious about what the humans were bickering about. Rubbing an eye, in a very cat-like way, she knew that humans and demons alike often fought over material possessions, though only low ranking demons that lacked power.

Ezo looked at the both of them, realizing these moments were occurring quite often. "Weird. Fine, we should leave now. I'll go call Kammie down." "I'm right here Ezo." Kammie stood at the top of the stairs, clutching an old, faded green bag to her chest. Ezo groaned when he saw it. "Do you really have to take that?" "Yes, it is very important to me." "I isn't important! You THINK it is! It's a bag of junk and lies! Throw it out!" Kammie stiffened as Ezo raised his voice. She held the bag tighter, then glared at him. Her voice was high pitched and angry "Don't ever say that! This bag is my treasure!" The two glared at one another for awhile, until Ezo turned away in disgust. "Whatever! Just come on......" It was not an hour ago that the two were as close as ever. Now in the presence of this old, worn bag, Tension flared up between the two.

"Coat?" Nakia asked no one in particular. Lia flicked her ears free from his fingers and pulled back, her eyes widening as she focused on what he said. "Uh, no. The coat thing was torn up when I came down. Sorry I was ignoring you sort of." Her gaze then went to her sister and she seemed to be explaining something silently and then Nakia gasped, before laughing and shaking her head as if some joke had been said, but Lia glared at her. Both looked at him and said, in unison, "Ready to go when you are!"

"Great, now they're tearing up my shit....."Ezo looked from his coat to the Tie in Lia's hair. Turning to Nakia with narrowed eyes, he irritably threw the coat on the floor. "It WAS my favorite coat. Y'know, the thing that keeps me warm in the winter?" Walking over to Lia he gently tugged at her ears. "I think we should go before anything else gets ruined........"

"Nnn-maybe," Lia replied, not looking over. Not looking over she adjusted the tie in her hair, which was a scrap of the coat. She had also changed from normal clothes to armor, which looked odd on her delicate form, but she also looked fierce, like her sister. Her tail flicked irritably, and Nakia didn't question her as she looked at Ezo with a curious glance. "What's that for?" she asked, pointing at the coat.

The garage was a mess. Tools were strewn about all over the place, various objects were on the floor, and to make matters worse, Ezo's favorite coat was torn to shreds. He was obviously confused upon walking into the room but when his eyes settled on Lia he picked up his ruined coat, pointing to it. "Did you do this?"

Nakia wasn't her sister. She didn't find need for conversation, so she followed him wordlessly, not thinking about Kammie or what was going on, but fuming. Because of stupid Lia she wouldn't help with the take over. She wouldn't get to fight, but would have to baby sit some humans and her sister. It was frustrating and made her want to scream, not that she would ever let anyone else know that. No. Nakia was too proud to let anyone know that she was less than happy about how things turned out for her. Seh's scent was strong in the house, meaning he had broken in to look around at some point, but she hadn't noticed him, so she made a note to praise him for that.

Lia was messing around with the swoop, checking that everything her and Ezo had done was holding. It almost seemed like she had been tehre the whole time, but her cheeks were smeared with mud.

Ezo paused for a moment, stopping in the middle of the hallway with his head down as if he were mulling it over. He mindlessly tapped his right foot on the metal plates, beating out an irregular rhythm. After a few minutes, he finally did speak, his voice soft and low. "Hmph" And that was all he said. His tone was neither thoughtful nor mocking, just a emotionless repetition of speech.It was obvious he didn't feel like talking anymore. He looked out of one of the windows, then headed directly to the garage.

Nakia said nothing and nodded, surprised that he had been so willing to tell her. It was painfully obvious to her that Ezo was suffering to see his companion die slowly. The feeling that he had, she couldn't understand. Death was natural, so why not try to make the best of life? These humans always seemed to plan for the future or lived in the past...it was so odd to her and the other demons. Shaking her hair back, she told him, "There are healers in my world. Maybe we'll find one once it is safe to go on the surface again."

Ezo replied in the same tone, without shifting his eyes in Nakia's direction as he spoke. "I wish I knew. For the past year or so she's had a few problems, but it just recently began getting worse. I traveled to the colonies a few times to get medicine, but it only staved off her illness for a few days. Once we ran out of money though, we had to make due with what we had. In fact, the tunnel that leads here is in an old clinic on the surface. Every other week or so, I go up there and read some of the medical records to see if there's anything remotely similar to Kammie's ailment.So far, I've checked exactly one thousand, three hundred and twenty seven files and still I haven't come up with anything."

Nakia was leaned against the wall and when Ezo walked in she shoved off from against the wall and walked over to him, her eyes cold. In a neutral tone, she asked, "What's wrong with Kammie? I meant to ask a while ago, but it slipped my mind. Being around her, actual, made me think that I was wrong, but now I'm sure something is wrong. What is it?" Knowing that what she said probably made no sense to Ezo, so she hoped he'd just answer her question.

Once Lia was gone, Ezo walked over to the bed and lightly squeezed Kammie's hand. She didn't acknowledge him. "How you holding up eggplant head?" Ezo smiled, but it was forced, as if he were purposely avoiding the severity of the situation. Placing her hand on her heart, Kammie felt the warm pulsations of her body as she breathed. "It hurts more often now. Sometimes it burns like fire, and other times it feels like a whole bunch of needles......" Ezo nodded as he listened. Stroking her hair all the while. "Remember when I told you I felt sick and didn't get out of bed the whole day?" "Uh huh" "I lied. The truth is I couldn't get out of bed. My body hurt so much that I couldn't move. Ezo grit his teeth when he heard this, he tightened his grip on Kammie for a second, then loosened it again. "Stupid eggplant head......why didn't you tell me?!" "You had to repair the water pipeline that day. I didn't want to bother you with my problems..." "Idiot! Fool! Brat!" Kammie only smiled at Ezo's words. She buried her face in his chest and remained silent for awhile. Soon, Ezo felt something hot and wet through his shirt. "She's crying......" "....Sometimes, I don't see you too well......I can make out basic shapes but sometimes......sometimes.....I can't see anything..........and...and earlier.......when Nakia was talking to me, I couldn't hear her. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't hear any of you........It's gotten so bad that I'm afraid to go to sleep at night..........what if I wake up and every thing's gone?" Kammie shook as she said this. Ezo expected her to breakdown, he expected her sob and wail like she used to, but she didn't. Ezo stood there, feeling more alone than he usually did. "Hey Kam...." "....Yeah?" "Shutup." "I don't want to know anything else. I don't care about your situation." Kammie let out a small laugh "You said that didn't you? That was the first thing you ever said to me......." "And you're gonna hear it up until you become an old woman. you got that?" Kammie laughed again. "Yes" "Good. Now hurry and come downstairs. We gotta go soon." Ezo pulled away from her and walked to the door. Before he could leave though, Kammie spoke again. "Ezo.......I love you........" Ezo turned in the doorway, a sorrowful look on his face. "....................Yeah, I know Kam.........." Ezo shut the door, and walked downstairs.