As the night progressed Devon found she could not sleep. Her mind dwelled on her worries, of which there were many. She worried about how Julia would cope and if she would ever recover. She worried if the group would ever be the same. She worried about Remus causing further problems. She worried about the Council and their plans. Giving up on sleep she grabbed two mugs of coffee and went to join Danziger on watch.
"What brings you out here Adair?" Danziger questioned as Devon appeared in the cave mouth,
"Couldn't sleep, so thought I would keep you company." Devon explained. "Everything ok out here?"
"All quiet at the moment." Danziger replied. "So was Walman snoring again or was something else keeping you up?"
"Something else." Devon replied.
"It will work itself out." Danziger said. "It always does. Eventually."
"Eventually doesn't help in the short term." Devon replied.
"True enough." Danziger agreed. "So what is your plan?"
"I have no idea. We have never had to deal with anything like this." Devon said. "I guess we are just going to have to-"
"Wing it?" Danziger finished for her.
"You have been spending far to much time with Alonzo." Devon shot back.
"How is he holding up in there?" Danziger asked, quickly changing the topic.
"He hasn't really spoken, other than to Julia. Why?"
"When we found her, you pick up on how angry is was?" Danziger questioned.
"Can you blame him? You saw what they did to her." Devon replied.
"No I don't blame him. Hell I still feel angry. It is just I have never seen him look that angry. We may have to be careful back at camp." Danziger said.
"You think he will do something to Morgan and Baines?" She asked, although deep down she had already had that thought. Danziger just shrugged and the two fell into a comfortable silence.
"She thought we wouldn't come." Devon eventually said, causing Danziger to turn and look at her with a quizzical expression.
"Julia." Devon explained. "She couldn't understand why we would come and why we wouldn't believe Morgan and Baines. I owe her my life. She is my friend, but she didn't believe we would come. What does that say about me? About how she sees the rest of us?" Devon questioned, guilt evident in her voice.
"Not much." Danziger replied. "Julia was exposed to the same chemicals as Morgan and Baines. It probably caused her to feel her worse fear and let it take control of her." Danziger turned and saw that Devon still wore a heavy expression.
"You need to remember the past is the past. We can't change it. All we can worry about is now and the future."
Devon sighed. "I guess you are right."
"On that note then. Have you thought about how we are going to get Julia out of the cave?" Danziger asked.
"How do you mean?" Devon asked.
"Those tunnels are too small to carry her. You think she can walk?"
"I don't know. I am not sure how damaged her legs are. Even if they were ok she is very weak." Devon answered. "I guess we will just have to wait till morning."
"Until then you should get some rest. It was not that long ago you were on death's door." Danziger said, causing Devon to involuntarily shiver at the reminder. "Go get some rest and let me do the worrying." He semi-ordered.
Devon looked at Danziger then lent over and squeezed his forearm. "Thank you John." She said as she stood up and re-entered the cave.