Clair finished her homework and then ultimately did have to stay at the neighbors because originally Masaki was going to come home, unfortunately plans drastically changed when the police station was attacked. And while it was now common knowledge amongst the police force that Clair was in Masaki's care, normal civilians were still unaware, as it was the police force, minus the police chief didn't know about the fact that Clair stayed with the neighbors whenever Masaki wasn't available at night which meant that it was a safety measure to keep her safe if it was ever discovered by criminals about the person in Masaki's care. While at the neighbors Clair wrote her family a letter in response to the letter she had received from them and mentioned that while she still wasn't feeling comfortable with actually going to the EDC base she might start feeling comfortable with visits at either Masaki's or the police station every so often now, eventually building up to EDC base visits hopefully, not knowing that her family was also a recipient to her therapy session reviews and they knew that while Clair was definitely better and mostly healed, they also knew it would be better to wait until she could actually attend school before they truly visited her because they were also told about the claustrophobia and they wanted to be able to take her on rides on occasion and as such her claustrophobia was currently a problem in their minds since they had also been told that while Clair did ride in cars it was a major struggle and she was almost in full blown panic by the time they got to their location. When Clair was informed of what was going on she immediately started mentally preparing for trouble, fortunately it never happened and the next day Clair went straight to the police station at the normal time since Masaki never picked her up and all the police officers let her head to her target knowing the determined look on her face having seen it on fellow officers plenty of times before and it would turn out she was mad enough to speak completely in English, which Winspector knew but not the few police officers with them

"What...did...the...criminal...do?"

*Clair...*

"NO Masaki-san, I want answers and I want them now, you haven't been home at all, you are with other officers and all I know is that something happened that forced us to use the neighbors and I was on high alert in case our routine was busted somehow, now tell me what is going on before I hack into surveillance and you know full well I can and will do that if I feel it's needed"

(Sighs) "Okay Clair, you win, the police were attacked last night shortly before I left to pick you up, I barely had time to warn you that I couldn't come home and only through MADDOX scrambling the signal did I manage that and we believe no one knows about you, the attack was in waves which is the only reason everyone is even half functional right now and not completely sleep deprived, though some of that was because I forced people to sleep in shifts in the one protected area we had. The criminals escaped though and we are now currently making plans to attack them at locations we know they live at or are known to hang out"

"Fine, I am staying here though, period, I cannot go home and worry by myself, being here with updates will help and you know it"

"I know, but you are staying here at Winspector headquarters, food will have to be brought to you understood?"

"Perfectly"

"And do try and remember we're the only ones who speak English"

"Don't worry I know that, just worry that made me not speak immediately in Japanese"

"Understood and I will try and remember that for the future"

"And I will try and remember to speak in Japanese if you have officers with you that don't know English, just be glad I didn't go to my other stress response that was discovered at age eight"

"Oh?"

"Cybertronian"

"Agreed, time for Japanese?"

Clair simply nods and Masaki finished talking to the officers about what he had been talking about before Clair had interrupted and that's when Clair speaks up hearing about the patrol route that had been set up

*Sorry Masaki but that isn't going to work, there's a pile up for some reason that I saw on my way here involving that route*

*I'll check into it then, you know the alternate routes to take during that patrol route then*

*Right*

One of the officers gently taps Clair on her right arm in thanks and there is immediate concern in regards to the fact that she expressed pain and put her left hand on her right arm

*Clair what's wrong?*

*Not...entirely sure, I accidentally hit the wall during my training but everything seemed fine until now*

*So you were simply doing self defense training and ran into the wall?*

*Yes, Masaki I was doing my blindfold training when it happened which you know full well I can do without trouble*

*Wait, you can do self defense training blindfolded?*

*My training is...unique in regards to how I am able to do such a thing*

*Must be, most people never can do self defense even when they are seeing their opponents*

*EDC training robots are even worse to fight blindfolded*

*Hey! I didn't go up against the training robots last night...though I will admit I want to do the same training today, or I did until this new discovery, I was simply doing it in the neighbors garage*

*Wait this has never happened before there*

*Well I don't know what changed but everything seemed fine when I took the blindfold off, so I really don't know how I hit the wall this time*

It would turn out that while Clair would normally be able to do her training blindfolded at the neighbors without problems she was actually getting sick and that affected her ability to fight, and with one of her senses temporarily unavailable she got a bit disoriented without knowing it, however she wouldn't find out about her illness for another three days, after an incident which forced her to seek medical care

*Either way you are going to rest that arm today and only do homework, I will inform your tutor about needing to come here to get things done, and you also have claustrophobia dealing to do tomorrow*

*Might need to delay that slightly depending on what happens today, I hope we can do it tomorrow however...*

*The therapist already knows claustrophobia training might be delayed, but we're keeping to our agreement of letting you know, unless you break your word*

*I know, thanks for the heads up*

The day was spent relatively calm and the claustrophobia training Clair needed happened on time which was a good thing in everyone's mind since she was now able to be in a theater sized room with people in it which was a huge step in everyone's mind, though everyone noticed that she was still inclined to be near the back where the closest exit would be it was still progress. The next day Clair was at the station doing target practice since she did have a license to carry her weapons when suddenly after another officer accidentally bumped into her hitting her stomach she started coughing up blood which sent her straight to the hospital and that's when it was discovered that Clair had been sick for several days and had slowly been getting worse without her really noticing the symptoms yet

*How is it you never noticed symptoms of illness?*

*Sorry Masaki, but I think you already know the answer to that*

*You were ignoring symptoms despite direct orders that I gave you when you first entered my home?*

*Not...entirely, when I started getting blurred vision while at the shooting range I knew something was wrong and was going to tell you when that incident that caused me to wind up here happened, before then things were so subtle that while I was feeling a little tired and lousy I put it down as overworking myself and the seasonal allergies I seem to have developed over the past two years*

Masaki knew that Clair was telling the truth so he let it drop while allowing the doctors to get Clair the treatment she needed to get better the fastest time possible

*When will she be released?*

*Not for at least two days Masaki...and there's paperwork I need you to sign since you are currently her guardian according to paperwork we have on her*

*If I was eighteen I would be able to sign this paperwork myself, but since I'm not I can't*

*Eighteen?*

*That is when she is considered a legal adult in America which is her citizenship, however due to unique circumstances she is currently living in Japan under my care*

*Masaki you may be deemed my legal guardian but you know full well that I might have requested a little time with you if we had met when I was eighteen due to the circumstances of our meeting*

*True, but due to you being underage I, with the agreement of your family, became your legal guardian temporarily at least*

(Thinks) "Masaki-san just you wait until I turn eighteen, you are going to be receiving a big surprise that my family has agreed with through letters and since I will be eighteen I could have done it without family knowledge or approval but decided to get their approval due to the agreement I know you made with the EDC which means they trust you explicitly"

Clair was released exactly two days later and while she didn't find out why paperwork was needed, she figured it had to do with the treatment, not knowing that she was only partially correct, while some initial paperwork was for treatment purposes another portion of paperwork was something Masaki had requested back when he was made Clair's legal guardian. The reason it had taken so long to get the paperwork was because the doctor's hadn't been so sure that it wasn't all a good joke that Masaki had decided to play with them until right before the police station incident that the EDC got involved in only because of the fact that Winspector was theirs and they were making sure that Winspector was okay, when they learned that the doctor's had thought the extra paperwork Masaki had requested was a joke they sent representatives to the hospital directly and corrected the medical staff on thinking the paperwork was a joke and that Masaki was dead serious on having the extra paperwork drawn up and signed. The paperwork in question was giving the hospital staff emergency power of being able to make medical decisions until an EDC officer or member of the Japanese government came to the hospital if something happened to Masaki and Clair needed medical treatment for whatever reason until she was eighteen, once that happened if she was unconscious it was automatically assumed that doctor's had permission to treat an unconscious patient in America and for Clair who was an American citizen that permission was the same in any country where the legal age was higher than eighteen

*You are allowed to resume normal activities, however I must give you the same warning you might have heard other times about listening to your body, if something hurts don't do it*

*I know, doctor just how bad could it have gotten without treatment?*

*You could have died, as it is if the symptoms had been delayed any further and treatment delayed because of that you would have gotten very, very sick and it would have taken longer to treat the problem*

*Understood, like I told Masaki I was going to get treatment the day I came here anyways since I had blurry vision*

*That's good, but remember what I said about symptom delays*

*True...there isn't much for me to go on in getting treatment if I simply feel like I am dealing with allergies*

*Exactly*

Clair is released and they went straight to the police station and that's when Masaki receives good news, but news that everyone knew would affect Clair over the phone