Georgia's eyes stay on Mason until he leaves the room, shutting the steel door behind him with a slam. A hole opens up inside her, quickly filled by unanswered questions than pull at her like a whirlpool. Why would he ever join up with Aogiri? They're the epitome of evil! How many brave investigators have they killed for no reason whatsoever? She has always seen Mason as a... Well, maybe not a nice person, but certainly not a terrorist! She starts to walk, ignoring the sticks of jelly that seem to have replaced her legs. As she passes the ghoul with the rabbit mask, however, his arm shoots out like a cannon, pinning her in place.

"Sorry," the gruff voice answers "But you're not going anywhere"

Georgia puts on a brave face and looks up into the deep, dark eyeholes of the towering figure. As she stares into those unforgiving points of blackness, she thinks she sees something, a glimmer of emotion, perhaps, but it passes by as soon as it arrives. Yet she still looks into them, batting down the feeling of impending doom rising inside her.

"I need to speak to Mason" she says, trying to put the arm down, only for it to fly back up

"Shrike isn't coming with you. He's with us now." the Rabbit gives her a slight push, forcing her back to her friends. It's only then that she truly sees them: Dan in hunched in the corner of the empty room, sobbing softly, Alice is glaring at anyone who'll look at her, and Olly is nowhere to be seen. She's about to open her mouth, say something to distract them from the gaping silence of the situation, but the tall man in the red half-mask beats her to it.

"You will each be escorted to an airport, where a flight back to Manchester awaits you," He tells them, his deep red eyes like portals to Hell "We will have representatives waiting for you there to take you home. Make up any excuse you like, but you did not meet us."

The speaker walks over to Alice and extends his hand, moving to grab her. Alice is faster, though, and starts walking before he can touch her.

"I can walk, thanks" she fires at him in her classic sarcastic voice. Suddenly, Georgia feels a vice grip her right arm, almost cutting off the circulation. She looks at it and follows it up to the Rabbit.

"Let's go, Watson" He orders, and starts to pull on Georgia's arm. The girl stands fast, though.

"I'm going nowhere until I can speak to Mason" She retorts, and the Rabbit lets out a sigh. Without uttering a word, she sees his other hand fly out of nowhere and she falls into the swirling embrace of sleep.

Sometime later, Georgia reawakens in the passenger seat of a car, moving fast down a crowded night street. She turns to her left to see a young man with striking purple hair sitting next to her. Her brow furrows at the sight.

"Who are you?" She asks, and the man responds with an annoyed grunt. He delves into his parka jacket and produces the Rabbit mask. Georgia nods in understanding.

"I didn't count on you waking up so early," He explains "We're not even at the airport" Georgia thinks he seems upset about it so decides to respond.

"I can pretend to be asleep, if you want" She offers, but he shakes his head.

"it's fine. That'd just be weird"

"True"

The two resume their previous positions, one looking out of each window. For a few moments there is nothing but a black pit of silence between them, then Georgia decides to speak again.

"So why did you join Aogiri?" She asks, trying to keep her voice as level as possible, without a hint of accusation. If she can get him talking, there's a slight chance he might say something she can report to the CCG when she gets home "There must be a reason"

She fears she's said the wrong thing, though, as the Rabbit's grip tightens on the steering wheel and he grimaces

"Why is that any of your business?" He snaps, and Georgia falls silent once more.

For another half-hour or so the two drive in silence, then they arrive at the Tokyo National Airport. As Rabbit pulls up outside the building, he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a ticket

"Gate Two. Get moving" Her orders her, and she obediently steps out of the car. He doesn't wait for her to go inside, just for her to shut the door and step back. He pulls away from the building in with a squeal and drives away into the city. Georgia doesn't head into the airport, however. Instead, she turns on her heel and walks away in the opposite direction. It doesn't matter what those filthy ghouls have done to Mason, she knows that he doesn't belong with them, and she'll get him back.

Georgia heads out into the night to take on the ghoul world.