An hour later, they finished gathering their belongings and headed for the door. Before opening the door, Emilia grasped Magnus' hand.

"You know whatever I say today, whatever annoyance I bring up with Kurt is-"

"I know," Magnus smiled. "Anything to keep me around, right?"

"Well, almost anything," she winked.

Once they arrived at the station, Emilia immediately felt herself under the scrutiny of the investigating team, particularly Kurt. More questions, more requests for details she had already related, or could no longer remember. After a cold lunch, Kurt pulled her into his office.

He shut the door and gestured her to a chair near his desk. He sat in his own swivel desk chair with a weary sigh. He glanced up at her as she stared him down.

"I don't know what to tell you," he finally said.

"I just don't know what use I am anymore, unless you're planning to use me as bait or something."

"We would never-"

She held up her hand. "I know. But I've told you everything, literally everything I can remember. At this point I'm nearing making up things just to give you some new information, but that wouldn't be helpful for anyone. Why is he so elusive?"

"No prints, no DNA anywhere," he sighed again, reaching to pull open a lower desk drawer. He pulled out a large plastic bag. He held it up and Emilia tensed. "Not even on this."

"Where did you get that?"

"He left it for us, the day after the first press conference. Some kids found it in the alley where he left you. This is the one, yes?"

Emilia nodded.

"They wanted to bring you in to show it, and I wouldn't let them. I knew, we all knew, really."

"Has he left anything else?"

Kurt shook his head.

"Does Magnus know about this?" The words spilled out before she could stop them.

Kurt scrutinized her for a brief moment before replying. "Yes," he sighed. "But he was told not to say anything to you about it."

"Anything else regarding my personal safety that I, personally, am not allowed to know?" She clipped. She didn't want to be angry, but she could feel the heat rising within her.

"Emilia, you know it isn't that simple. We can't-"

"Tell me everything, sure. Right. You can drill me for hours to recall the exact upholstery in the van, and what everything smelled like, but I can't know when someone who tried to kill me drops evidence-free taunts in your lap."

She stood up and walked out of Kurt's office.

"Emilia," Kurt called, trailing after her. "Wait." He caught up to her and tried to take her arm but she spun around and took a step back from him.

"No," she spat. "I'm done waiting."

Magnus had noticed when she stormed out of Kurt's office and rose to stop her as well. Coming up beside her, he looked at Kurt, accusing. "What happened?"

Emilia turned to him. "I wasn't aware that protection handbook included protecting people from information regarding their own safety."

"I don't know what you're-"

"The mask," Kurt interjected and Magnus gritted his teeth.

"You said I shouldn't tell her, you forbade it," he glowered at Kurt. "But you told her. Brilliant."

"I thought she should know now."

"So you're making all the decisions now, is that it?"

"She is my family, Magnus."

"Right. I'm just the guy watching over her day and night."

Emilia glanced between the two of them as they argued. She realized Magnus wasn't faking his frustration now. Part of her appreciated his indignation, but she was still angry about his omission, not sure now what else she wasn't being told.

"You know what?" She finally cut in, "You boys have fun tugging over this little toy here. Meanwhile, the toy is going home."

Emilia brushed between the two of them, making for the door.

"Emilia," they called, almost in unison.

She ignored them and they went after her again. Magnus reached her first and skirted around in front of her before she reached the stairs. "Please," he said so softly Emilia almost didn't hear him, but loud enough that she glanced up at him. The look in his eyes stopped her - their pleading and sympathy causing her to swallow a gasp.

Kurt came up around them and looked at Emilia sternly. "Magnus, will you please take my niece home now?"

Emilia glared at him and once again made to pass them, and while Kurt held his ground, Magnus stepped aside for her. He followed her down the stairs and to the car, Emilia leading the whole way. Once inside the car, Emilia turned her face to look out the window and didn't acknowledge Magnus during the drive home.