"So, Mercer saved you take you to her sister?" Matt ask

"Yup" Lazuli answer "We didn't have any trouble on the eay. No one saw me, somehow, and Alex wasn't running so fast, making easy to not losting him"

"Gotcha" Matt said.

"When we got there, Dana begin to be impressed for seeing a alien, that looked like a human woman. So, after I explain about me a little about Gems, she begin explaining about what exactly is Blackwatch and about Gentek, aka the A-holes that made the fucking virus"


Lapis payed attention to everything Dana Mercer was explaining. About Gentek, Blackwatch and about Mercer. She was still processing everything she heard, but she got a good idea of everything "I see. Thanks for explaining" Lapis said, sitting on a table.

"No problem" Dana said "Do, you guys wanted to ask me something, right?"

"Yeah" Alex said "Lapis wanted to know if exist a away of getting out of the city. Since she have "water wings" she eant to know if she can escape the city, even not flying so fast"

"Please, do I have any chance?" Lapis ask with a bit of despair, scared for what the aswer would be. Dana only look at her with a pity look.

"I...don't think so" Dana said, making Lapis look down "Blackwatch sealed the entire city. No one goes in our our. And, of you really can't fly fast enough, I'm afraid you had no chance of escaping their choopers"

Lapis didn't said nothing for some time. Her hopes were crashed. Mercer procced to walk to her, and put a hand on her shoulder "I'm sorry, Lapis"

"Dammit!" She daid angry, bitting the table "Everything is going perfect to me" She put her her hand on her face, hidding her sad expression "Why me?"

"I'm sorry" Mercer said, putting a hand on her shoulder, again, making her look at him.

After sighing, she say "It's okay, it's not your fault that this happended"

"Hey, if you want, you can stay here until we find a way out of the city" Dana said to her, but it did help much "Oh, and Alex" Dana now looked at her brother "Did you already go to your apartment?"

"Not yet. I was on my way, until I see she in danger" He point to Lapis "I think is better I go now" He procced to go to out.

Lapis begin to think something. A idea that may be considered the worse idea ever, but it was the best one, maybe "Wait" She said, getting up and holding his arm "I'm coming with you"

"Wait, what?" Mercer said confused and surprised by what she just said.

"I know, I'm also don't like the idea" She said, letting go his arm "But, it will be thr faster way out, since you can..." She was about to said that he can steal memories, but ahe stopped herself, after remembering the promise she made to him "...you can get the information you want, somehow"

Alex was worried about her, and also apreciated she keeping her word. Yeah, he know her for not even 1 hour, but thr point stand. Sighing, he ask "Are you sure about this?"

"Seriously, those assholes will be looking for you, if they saw you with him" Dana said.

After thinking a bit, she didn't change her mind "I am, I want to help him of I'm going to stay here. I won him my life, after he saving me" Lapis said determined "Also, I'm not that fragile. I can fight, a little"

After thinking a bit, Dana see that jad no way of changing her mind, so she had a idea "Okay, if you're going outside again, at least you need a desguise" Getting up, she goes to a some box and opened, getting some clothes from inside. A black jacket with some red on the back, a grey shirt with hood, a blue camo cargo pants, a pair of black boots and black gloves "Use this, mayne they won't recognize you" Picking the clothes, Dana points to a empty room and she walk in to put in on.

"Nice jacket, where did you get it?" Alex ask, resting on the wall.

"You gave me as a birthday gift, last year" Dana answered "I never used, so it was in perfect estate"

"Ouch, cruel" Mercer said playfully with a smirk.

Lapis comes out or the room, now wearing the clothes Dana gave to her "Nice, it's perfect" Dana said, and procceded to the city's map on the wall, that had some notes in it, and point to a location that jad a note with "Alex's apartment" writted on it "Alex live in this area. I suggest you two go normally, so that you won't catch any attention"

"Fine by me" Alex said, and walk to the door "I walk should help relax a bit" He opens the door and wait for Lapis "Let's go"

"Okay" Lapis said and out the hood on "Thanks for everything, Dana Mercer" She said, offering her a hand shake.

"Just Dana is fine, and no problem" Dana said, shaking her hand "Be carefull" Letting her hand go, Lapis walk outside and close the door, leaving Dana work.


"We got to his apartment wirh no problems, and Mercer use this time to explain me about the city, nut just the basics. He also told me about Blackwatche's armory. Their weapons, helicopters, tanks and such"

"And how it was on nis apartment?"

"Well, a pure shit storm"


"We're here" Alex said, opening the door to his apartment, and Lapis look around the place. She see that it was quite big and a little interesting, principally by the big bord filled with equations. While she looked the board, Mercer looked the pictures on a table and on the wall. She notice him looking at thrm and join by his side.

"Who is it?" Lapis ask, after noticing Alex starring at a picture of him with a hugging a woman with blond hair.

"I don't remember" Mercer said.

"I see" She said, and Mercer procceded to touch the picure "Maybe we can find..."

"AAHHH!" Mercer felt a big and strong pain in the head, after touching the picture, and crouch on the floor in pain, with hands on his head.

"ALEX!" Lapis crouch by his side, checking on him "What happen? Did you..." She stop when she notice a noice. Some...bips "What is..." *BUUUUUUUMMMMMMM*