Nine's POV

She paces. Back and forth. Back and forth. I look up from my spot on the floor of the roof to her and say, "You need to relax, Marina." I'm worried she'll freak out at me, but I just need to take it. If she can let some of her negative energy out on me, then maybe she won't let it out on anyone else, or herself.

She shouts at me, "How am I supposed to relax Nine? Yesterday, you told me to find something to live for, and I did. I'm going to kill all the mogs I can." She picks up her speed.

I shake my head and say, "Let's find a better thing to live for."

"What?", she asks me, "What am I supposed to live for?"

I shrug my shoulders and say, "It doesn't have to be a something, it could be a someone." Me, you could live for me.

She stops her pacing and whispers, "Ella." That works, too.

I ask, "So you won't kill yourself as long as Ella's okay, right?"

Marina says, "Let's just get Ella back, then we'll just have to see."

I sigh, I at least have until we save Ella to know she'll be okay. Marina looks at me and gets scared all of a sudden and stops pacing. I stand up and walk over to her. I grab her folded hands with mine and hold on tight so she can't go anywhere.

I ask her, "What is it, Marina?"

She asks me quietly, "Did you tell anybody about what happened on the roof yesterday?"

I shake my head and say, "I can tell them if you want me to."

Marina shakes her head and says, "Please don't."

I nod and say, "I won't."

"Promise me you won't tell anyone, not even Ella."

"I promise.", I say.

Marina lets out a breath and I release her hands. I say, "For now, go find something to take your mind off of everything, I'll go see if I can find Johnny and make a plan to go save Ella, alright?"

Marina nods and says, "Thanks."

She walks away from me and I stand there for a minute, admiring the view. It isn't as nice as Chicago, but this small town will have to do.

I walk into the house and try to find Four. I see him in the living room with Sarah, watching a movie. I push his feet off of the foot stool and sit down right in front of him.

I say, "Hello Sarah."

She says, "I'm going to go get ready for bed."

I say to John, "So I've been thinking, and I think that we need to get Ella back ASAP."

He takes the remote and turns the tv off. He asks, "Where's this coming from Nine?"

I say, "Doesn't matter, point is, I think it would be best for all of us if we had her back."

He nods and says, "Uh huh, so none of this has to do with Marina, this is all coming from you?"

I nod and say, "Yes sir.", I throw in a salute for good measure.

He asks, "How do you plan we accomplish that?" I open my mouth to speak and he holds up a finger and says, "Let me stop you right there. First off, no, we can't get into space to get her, which is where she is. Second, we have to wait until they land to get her. Third, I don't think we can exactly storm a ship full of mogs and Setrakus Ra, we just aren't ready for it."

I say, "You didn't let me finish. As I was going to say before I was so rudely interrupted was that I think we should wait until they land, and sneak in with some of that invisibility Six has got."

"I don't think so.", Adam says, appearing out of nowhere.

"And why not?", I ask him.

"Well," he starts, "there is a force-field around the ship so that no outside forces can enter, including loric."

I sigh and ask him, "How did they get Ella in there, genius?"

He rolls his eyes at me and says, "They disabled the force field probably. So, unless you can get passed that, you'll have to wait until they take Ella off the ship."

Marina's POV

I clean. I do laundry, wash dishes, sweep the floor, mop the floor, fold laundry, put dishes away, and dust. There is a lot of dust in this house.

Dusting gets boring after a while, and I go to find Nine to ask him what John said. I head into the kitchen and find Six. She asks, "What's up Marina?"

I shrug and say, "Nothing much."

She picks her face up from her food and asks, "Everything okay?"

I sigh and sit down. I say, "It's just I really want Ella back."

Six says, "Well we definitely have to do something about that."

I say, "It's hard enough with Eight, I just want to know that Ella's okay and safe. I want her here."

Six nods and says, "I'll do everything in my power to get her back, I promise."

This is where it gets hard. It's hard to decipher what people would have done for me in the past, and what they do now because of Eight's death. I think Six would have helped me get Ella back no matter what, Six cares about her too.

I smile and say, "Thanks, Six." She nods to me and I get up to go to bed. As I walk through the living room I notice Adam, John, and Nine are all talking. None of them notice that I've entered the room.

I walk over a little closer to them, so I can hear what they are talking about in hushed voices.

Nine says, "No way, absolutely no way, I won't allow it."

Adam shakes his head and says, "It's the only thing I can think of."

John says, "I hate that it has to come to this Nine, but I think it could work."

"What could work?", I ask them. They all jump and turn to look at me.

Nine says, "Nothing, these two idiots thought they came up with an idea to save Ella, and it won't work."

I say, "Well I would at least like to hear it."

Nine shakes his head and says, "Trust me, Marina, you don't."

I sit down on the couch and say, "I'm all ears."

Nine rolls his eyes and takes a few steps away. Adam explains to me, "We can't get to Ella because there is a force field around the ship she's on. Also, Setrakus Ra is most likely on that ship."

I ask him, "So what's the idea to get her off the ship?"

"Don't say it.", Nine warns John.

John says anyways, "We thought we could contact Five on the inside and see if he's willing to help us disable the shields."

The air gets colder, but I hardly notice. Everyone froze to wait and see my reaction. I want to destroy Five, but I know he could help us get Ella out.

I stand up and say, "Well, tell me if you can get through to him."

I walk out of the room towards my bedroom and try not to show any emotion on my face as I do so. I go into my room and shut my door. I sit on my bed and pull my knees to my chest.

Then, I let it all out.

I cry because Setrakus has Ella. I cry because we have to turn to Five for help. I cry because Nine has been the only one to reach out to me. Most of all, I cry because Eight's dead.

The door opens and I don't even look up. I keep my head buried in my knees and continue crying. The door closes and I know someone is coming over here, but I don't care.

I feel someone sit down beside and arms wrap around me. I can tell who they belong to. I am a bit surprised, I didn't expect him.

I lift my head up and look into John's eyes. His eyes are sad, although I'm sure they aren't as sad as mine. When he sees me it's like he gets sadder.

He says, "Marina, I know that we shouldn't be working with Five, but it's for Ella's safety. We want to do what we can to get her back, but this seems to be our only option."

I ask him, "How did they even take her in the first place?"

"Well," he starts, "I had to make a choice."

"What kind of choice?", I ask him.

"It was either save Ella or heal Malcolm."

"What?", I ask, quickly standing from the bed.

"I knew we could get Ella back, but I didn't think Malcolm was going to make it if I didn't heal him."

I walk towards the door and say, "Stay away from me, I can't do this right now."

John just nods and stays on my bed; he lets me walk out of my room. I don't know where to go. I can't go back to the roof, or else I'll get too tempted. I want to go somewhere quickly in case John comes out of my room soon. I hear him move, and I quickly go into the room next to mine.

I shut the door and press my back against the wall. I slide down it and just sit there. I can't cry anymore tonight. I lean my head against the wall and close my eyes.

Eight appears in front of me and I snap my eyes open, he is gone. I look around, and I don't see anything out of place. I slowly close my eyes, and he is there again.

I open my eyes and stare at the ceiling, why am I seeing Eight? I don't think I'll ever move on while I'm seeing him.

I close my eyes again, I'm ready this time. I look at him and he says, "Marina I'm worried about you, you need to get some sleep."

He sits down next to me and puts his arms around me, and I can actually feel them. I don't open my eyes, I don't want this to end. I put my head on his shoulder and try to fall asleep. I know he isn't actually here, I'm probably just hallucinating from the lack of sleep, but at the moment, I don't care.

Nine's POV

When Marina leaves, so does Adam. He says he's going to try to communicate with Five through morse code and hacking into, I don't know.

I use my super-hearing to check on Marina, and I can hear that she's crying. I say to John, "Good job John, now you made Marina cry, as if she hasn't already had enough to cry about."

John's eyes get sad, and I can tell he's feeling guilty. I turn to go comfort her, but John grabs my arm. He says, "Let me."

"Why?", I ask him.

"Well," he says, "I know you have been helping her out, and I don't want her to think you're the only one who cares about her."

I nod and let John go, I'm not that good at emotional stuff anyways. I hear John go upstairs, and I stop using my super-hearing, I don't want to intrude.

I go into the kitchen and make myself a sandwich. I'm almost done with my sandwich when John walks in.

He looks defeated. I smile and say, "Have you finally found something you can't do?"

He throws his hands up in the air and says, "I don't know. I don't know how to comfort people, I'd rather go around giving them orders."

I shake my head and say, "You can't be good at everything Johnny."

I lay my sandwich back on its plate, I know I'm probably not going to be able to finish this sandwich tonight. I wipe my hands on a towel and John raises an eyebrow at me. He asks, "What are you doing?"

I walk out and say over my shoulder, "Cleaning up your mess as usual."

I hear John let out a little laugh as I walk up the stairs. I go into Marina's room, but she isn't there. My heart immediately begins to pound faster as I wonder if she's on the roof again. I use my super speed to get up there, but she isn't there either.

No. Please let her not be there.

I prepare myself for the worst as I look over the edge of the building. I let out a sigh of relief when I don't see her dead body at the bottom.

I focus my hearing. I tune out everyone else I hear, and I just try to find Marina. I hear her steady breathing and I start to get closer so I can find her easier. Once I'm back in the hallway I realize, she's in my room.

I open my door and see that she's asleep with her back against my wall. I contemplate waking her up, but she probably hasn't been getting much sleep lately. She doesn't look very comfortable against the wall, so I pick her up and set her on my bed. I cover her up with the comforter.

Her eyes are red from crying, but she still looks peaceful. I sit down in the chair beside the bed and lean back. She probably wouldn't appreciate it very much if we slept in the same bed. I close my eyes and let sleep take over.