Within the hour of the assassination attempt on Chrom, agents swarmed the castle grounds. Chrom and Robin stationed the best agents around Emmeryn's room. They walked around to talk to some of the agents on the job. At one of the corridors, Ricken sat with his laptop, typing away furiously.

"Ricken, what's going on?" Chrom asked.

"Sir, someone is trying to hack into our security system. I think he's trying to get some highly sensitive material, mainly some banking information," Ricken said.

"Well do something to stop it. We already have enough on our plate with whatever assassination plot is going on."

"I'm rewriting code as we speak. Don't worry. I will say this… whoever it is that's hacking into the network, I think he's close by. He's not responding to any of the code that I'm redoing. So I think he's here with a preloaded device to hack the system."

"Robin, you're coming with me to get that guy. Ricken, I'm going to get you an agent to stand in support with you. You mind Maribelle?"

"Uh… a little?"

"Well you don't anymore."

Chrom and Robin ran out again to check other troops and start looking for the person hacking into the network. Robin thought of the castle and areas of vulnerability where someone could do such a thing. She stopped Chrom and tapped her finger on her head.

"Do you have any sort of security stations that might have some kind of control device?" Robin asked.

"Sort of… There's these touch panels at certain gates. You can't plug anything in them though," Chrom said.

"You say that as if whoever did this doesn't think about stuff like that… he probably dismantled that computer."

"Gods, why do you have to be right? Okay, there's one on the east end and one on the west. I'll take the west. Take care of the other one and make sure you notify me if things get a little sticky."

"Hey dork, I've got this," Robin said with a wink as she ran for the east security gate.

Chrom nodded and left for the west security gate. As he got closer to the gate, he heard metal parts falling to the ground. He took his gun out and snuck around the corner. He pointed his gun at the guy in front of him. Immediately, the guy dropped his tools and grimaced.

"You've got a lot of nerve to do this," Chrom said.

"Hey man, I'm just a poor little boy who needs a whole lot of cash. I've got nothin' against you, Blue, but I've got a job to do," the guy said.

"I'll pay you double what they're paying you."

"No can do. Unless you can pay me more than the royal family's bank accounts."

"They're my bank accounts."

"Your bank accounts. My bank accounts. Do we have to be so possessive of such material goods?"

"I'm going to shoot you if you don't accept my offer."

The guy frantically waved and said, "Don't shoot!"

"You're really haven't done yourself any favors," Chrom said.

The guy put his hands up in the air and walked closer to Chrom who still had his aim on him. The closer he got he started to sniff around and finally stopped.

"You've got candy on you," he said.

"I don't think I do," Chrom said.

"No… You definitely have candy on you. Empty those pockets, Blue."

Chrom searched his pockets and came up empty. Then he realized that Lissa had planted some toffees in his vest for "emergencies"- those emergencies being hers. He pulled out a bag of toffees and tossed them at the guy who immediately took one out and started to sniff the candy before popping it into his mouth.

"It's a deal," he said.

"Huh? Are you saying that if I give you my candy that you'll work for me?" Chrom asked.

"Sure. You got more though, right?"

"Yeah… there's a ton of those at headquarters. You're not getting my money though. Just a regular paycheck."

"And candy?"

"…And candy."

"Sweet. The name's Gaius."

Just then a loud beep came from Chrom's radio set.

"Hey, what's going on?" Chrom said as he tuned in.

"Dork! Where in sweet Naga's name are you?" Robin said.

"Still at the west gate. I've got the hacker though."

"That's fine and dandy, but we have a real situation on us. I'm with Frederick right now, but there's Plegian assassins and soldiers everywhere. Plus I've got some half-bunny, half-human woman here. She says she's not Plegian, but she isn't Ylissean either. I've got Stahl with her right now."

"And what about Emmeryn and Lissa?"

"Lissa's with Lon'Qu, and Sully and Virion are guarding Emmeryn right now. I've got some other soldiers around that will be helping out as well."

"Anyone else from SHPRD?"

"Vaike and Kellam. Plus I think the Pegasus Knights are lending some people. So I saw Sumia. Look, I've got a pretty good idea of where some of these soldiers are hidden. I'm going to take out as many of these guys as I can. If you don't have your hands too full with your thief, it would be nice if you could provide some backup."

"Don't worry. I've got your back."

"Thanks. See you in the fray."

Robin turned her radio set off and looked at Frederick who frowned.

"Officer Robin, I wish you wouldn't be so casual in the way you address the commander," Frederick said.

"I don't think he minds. Besides, we have some Plegians to get rid of. Way more important," Robin said.

Robin ran through the eastern corridor. Some agents were already positioned. She planned for something more defensive for them, but for herself, she wanted to confuse the enemy with her own offense. She smiled as her plan went into play. A couple clumsy soldiers were no match for her as they came by. Frederick stayed behind her shooting only when necessary. She would occasionally get reports from other units filling her in on what enemy units seemed to be left. From what those reports told her, the enemy surrounded the inside perimeter and were trying to get to the center where Emmeryn was located. So far, they came from the right and left corridors with very little coming from the center. Robin guessed that the wall between Emmeryn's courtyard and the central gate had something to do with that.

Robin and Frederick decided abandon their current position in the east wing to head to that area behind the central wall. All of the enemy agents were coming from there. She shot her way closer to the wall, leaving no quarter. At times, she saw some of her fellow SHPRD agents. In this case, she saw Kellam and Vaike practically trashing Plegian assassins. She gave Vaike a thumbs up and said to Kellam, "nice work." To which, Kellam could only say, "Officer Robin noticed me?"

As they got closer, Robin's radio set went off.

"Hey," she said.

"Don't hey me. You left the eastern corridor without me. How am I going to back you up?" Chrom said.

"Change of plans. I think most of the enemies are done and accounted for, but I'm pretty sure there's one last guy behind the central wall."

"Leave him to me."

"I think I got him. Don't worry about it. Besides, aren't you babysitting?"

"Yeah, but I think I can dump him off on Frederick if you ditch him."

"You're just my backup. Okay? I've got this."

In a couple of minutes, Chrom arrived with Gaius who looked none to pleased about his new, even more serious companion. Robin reloaded her gun and left with Chrom tagging behind her. Fewer soldiers appeared. An eerie silence fell between the two of them as they prepared to go down the steps along the central wall.

"Do you really think there's someone here?" Chrom asked.

"I'm positive," Robin said.

She wasn't positive. She merely had a hunch she couldn't ignore. Quietly, they went down the stairs and turned a corner. Robin turned behind her and stopped Chrom.

"I'll signal you if I'm trouble," Robin said.

Robin ran to area behind the center wall. In the center of the empty area stood a tall, rather lanky man who loosely held onto his gun while tapping his fingers on his arm. He tilted his head toward Robin and started to smile.

"I knew you were coming for me," he said.

"Are you behind these attacks tonight?" Robin said as she pointed her gun directly at his head.

"It's not like you to ask me stupid questions that you already know the answers to me."

"I don't have a clue of what you're talking about, but I know I've got pretty good aim that can send you straight to a prisoner holding cell."

"Heh. If that's what you want, but I have to say… don't you want to know about yourself, Ms Validar?"

Robin's hands faltered at the sound of her name. She shook her head and bit her lip as she trained her gun back onto the man.

"How do you even know me?" Robin said.

"I know quite a few things about you. More than that Ylissean brat could ever dig up. I can tell you everything you want to know. All you have to do is let me go and come with me back to Plegia."

Robin's arms were shaking now. Everything about her body seemed out of control, from the sweaty palms to the speeded heartbeat. Unbeknownst to the conscious parts of her body, Robin dropped her gun and fell to the ground. The man knelt before her and pocketed her gun. She felt his gun pressed to her temple as hot tears fell to the ground. He touched a lock of her hair and rubbed it between his fingers. Robin sobbed loudly before the man slapped her to shut her up.

"Such a good girl. Everybody missed you so much."

Just as the man started to get up, Chrom busted in. He made a quick inference of the situation as he glanced at Robin lying on the ground. He understood a smart man would simply wound the man in front of him, but he was also emotional. Nothing could hide the rage swelling in his body.

"Hands off of her!" Chrom said.

The man stood up and laughed as he pointed his gun at Chrom.

"If you shoot me, nothing will change. Plegia will only come back stronger."

"And I will gladly stop that."

Chrom smiled and said, "Go."

At his words, Virion, who was crouched somewhere up on the central wall, shot the man directly in the head who fell down with nothing but a grotesque smile on his face. Chrom rushed to Robin and pulled her up into his arms. Immediately, Robin cried harder and tightly held onto Chrom. He brushed the hair from her eyes and sighed with a slight smile. As Robin tried to say something, Chrom put his finger to her lips and shook his head.

Other soldiers started to flood the area and started to research the area as Chrom and Robin stayed holding each other in the center. Lissa was about to run to them but found something tugging her sleeve. She pivoted around to see Lon'Qu shaking his head and frowning.

"No," he said.

"But! Ugh! C'mon! He's my brother!"

"No excuses."

"I can still peek though?"

"Sure."

Lissa smiled as she looked on to Chrom and Robin. They were in their own world, the kind they didn't see anyone else understanding.

Hidden location in Plegia

"Do you have him stabilized?"

"Yes, we injected him with a diluted version of the GR1- mark 4 serum as you requested. So far no signs of rejection like previous subjects, the exception excluded, of course. We did have to induce a coma though. It gives him a better chance of surviving the serum's rigor which you can tell is rather successful."

"Good… Keep me updated."

"As you wish, Ms. Aversa."