I'm off my self-doubting pity party now! Your reviews restored my faith in myself! Especially nurturing. Dude, that review totally made my day! I see where your username came from! ^_^ Now, as I told Gharial, I hate writing argument scenes. It's kinda up there with battle scenes in my book. I just can't do it without making one or both of the people seem petty and shallow. So, we're gonna start off after the fight. Kay? Here we go!

NOAH'S POV

"How bad was it?" Noah sipped his soda, not really tasting it, as he looked at Circe. They were in the park, trying to get away from the intense atmosphere of the Providence building.

"Pretty bad..." Circe sighed, leaning back against the bench. "I was kinda scared to leave my room for awhile."

"Yikes!" Noah put down his drink. "I tried talking to Rex, but he's just not hearing anything I say. The dude's in a total rage! Bobo said he's considering just moving out of the room altogether."

"Well, it's a heck of a lot better than hanging around Breach." Circe grimaced and closed her dark red eyes. "She hasn't said a word since yesterday. Not one word. I tried to talk to her, but I don't think she even heard me. She just...stared into space. It's pretty bad...I've seen her during a mental break down, but this is worse than anything she's ever had."

"Well...considering what Rex said... 'If you're so freaked out and willing to lie to me just because of what I might have written about you, maybe you're not someone I want to know!' I mean, dang!" Noah shook his head, bemused. "I know that Rex can be pretty harsh when he's mad..." His memory went back to when he had first told Rex that he was working for White. He still winced when he thought of how much Rex had seemed to hate him. "But...I dunno, that's kinda up there!"

"Breach wasn't exactly blameless either." Circe rubbed her temples, as if remembering the uglyness she had had to witness. "I mean, when she lost her temper, she straight out told him that she likes him better without his memories. That's gotta be a hard blow."

"Sheesh...I guess they're right when they say that love hurts!" Noah looked up at the black, cloudy sky. A rain drop fell on his nose "We should probably get back to Providence. It looks like it's gonna be coming down pretty hard."

"Don't care..." Circe brought her knees up and hugged them, burying her face into the new jeans Holiday had bought her. She pulled the hood of her also-new black hoodie over her head. "I'd rather drown than go back there..."

"Aw...come on." Noah nudged Circe, smiling comfortingly. "It'll pass. These things always do."

"Not this time..."

"How would you know that?"

"I just know..." Circe's face was hidden from view, but Noah could have sworn that her voice cracked. "Breach's condition has been like a roller coaster. She was stable, but unhappy with the Pack. She's unstable and scared when alone. With Rex, she was completely stable and happy. Now that he hates her...I don't know. She's just gotten so much better, so this fall has got to be the hardest yet. And with Skalamander dying and Wolfgang gone on some mission..." Her shoulders shook. "I'm going to be all she can turn to...and I don't know if I can do it."

"You can." Noah assured her. "You're her best friend." 'It's gotta be hard being best friends with someone like Breach... It's rough enough being best friends with Rex. At least his mental condition is relatively stable...if you don't count the amnesia...'

"I wish I had your confidence..." Circe took a shuddering breath. "I just don't know what I'll do if she loses it this time..."

Noah looked at Circe. 'I wish there was something I could do...' Cautiously, he scooted closer. "Um..." He hesitated for a moment. 'This will sound lame no matter how I say it...' "Need a hug?"

Circe didn't move her head away from her knees. Noah just barely caught her nodding her head. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against him. Her knees unbended and she shifted so her face was buried in his chest. He felt salty water seeping through his shirt and began to rub her back soothingly. "Thanks, Noah..." Her voice was slightly muffled by his shirt.

"No prob." Noah glanced upward as more rain fell on his head. "Why don't we head to my place? I've been told that I make some pretty good popcorn."

Circe moved back and wiped her eyes. The smallest of smiles was working its way across her face. "Okay..."

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HOLIDAY'S POV

"I need a vacation... We all need a looooong vacation..." Holiday swallowed an aspirin before turning back to Skalamander's machines. "Okay, Skalamander...be patient... We'll wake you up very soon..." Probably the only plus-side to everything was the sudden improvement of Skalamander's condition. There was actually a chance that he would survive if they gave him enough of that drug to wake him up and steadily wean him off it over the next few weeks...

"Where should I put this, Holiday?"

"On the table." She heard Six walk over to the table and put the drugs he had accumulated down. "Say, Six? How did you end up getting all of that?"

No answer.

"Six?" Holiday turned around. Six wasn't meeting her eye.

"I know some people." He offered, before quickly turning and walking out the door.

Holiday smiled a little as she watched him leave. "Thank you, Six." She muttered before turning back to Skalamander. "Okay, Skalamander. Let's see how well this goes? You'll probably want Breach, Wolfgang, and Circe here when you wake up. Breach should be down here in a moment."

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WOLFGANG'S POV

The other members of the pack had thought him to be crazy. Beta had laughed at him when he suggested it. Still, in the end, his request was granted. Wolfgang supposed that this was because Beta was all too happy to pass on his responsibility.

Today, Wolfgang began his new duty of daily checking on the Monster.

In theory, all he had to do was to go into the cavern long enough to make sure the beast was still there. Still breathing. Still calling out in that soft, hissing voice.

In practice, Wolfgang planned to do some investigating.

"Come..." The voice slid through the tunnel, slipping into Wolfgang's sensitive ears. A haze was growing in his mind. He shook his head agitatedly to get rid of it. What would happen if he tried talking to the creature?

"Who are you?" He called down the tunnel as he walked. "What are you?"

He heard a surprised hiss answer his question, followed by a sound close to that of a weeping child. "You...please go...go away... Let him come...come back..."

"Let who come back?" Wolfgang could feel his legs shaking as he moved closer. It was trying to make him fall again... He wouldn't let it this time! He was prepared.

"My little one..." The voice cracked. "I was promised...I'd see..." The voice faded before coming back again. "...others? Where..." There was a definite puppyish whine in the creature's undertone.

"Are you a canine?" He was answered with a hiss. He heard the Monster retreat to the farthest part of its cave and breathed a sigh. 'I suppose I won't get any more from it now...'

As he turned away, a cold breeze ruffled his fur. He could see something in the back of his mind's eye... He was a puppy...playing with his father... He had forgotten...what his father had looked like...

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BREACH'S POV

Breach's feet echoed hollowly on the hard floor. She stared dully at the pasty whiteness that surrounded her on all sides. She didn't care where she ended up. Only muscle memory guided her so that she ended up in Skalamander's treatment room in the end. Only the mildest of mental impulses made her say: "You wanted me, Doctor Holiday?" Her voice didn't sound like her own. It sounded...empty. It was like she was listening to someone else's words.

"Hey, Breach." Holiday's voice sounded too cheerful... What reason was there to be happy? She looked up as the doctor moved closer. Those jade colored eyes were glittering with sympathy, but those lips were smiling. Why? "Listen, Skalamander's condition has drastically improved. I think we'll be able to wake him up soon."

Those words pierced Breach's sleeping mind and snapped her to attention. "R-Really?" She couldn't bring herself to smile, but she could feel her eyes regaining some of their shine. 'Skalamander...okay...' Realization slowly sunk in.

Once Skalamander was better, Breach and the others wouldn't have any more reason to stay at Providence. Before yesterday, that thought would have filled her with sadness. Now, she accepted the idea. Maybe it would be better for her, for the Pack, to just leave. Start a new life. Forget...

"Breach? Did you hear me?"

"What?"

Holiday put a hand on her shoulder. "This is going to go against White's orders. Not that I give a darn, of course... But I want you to find Wolfgang and bring him back."

'Wolfgang...back...with me...' "Okay." She said out loud. 'All of us...together...'

"Breach..."

Breach turned toward the voice. "Skalamander..." She rushed to his side and placed a large hand on his shoulder. 'Awake soon... All of us...together...again...' The lizard Evo's eyes rolled back into his skull. A quiet groan escaped his jowls as he slipped back out of consciousness.

Breach rested her head close to his pillow and closed her eyes, trying to ignore the tears that were spilling down her cheeks.

'All of us...together...away...from here...'

I suppose I'm getting SDRUS again. LOL! Too lazy to type a big ending thing. Reviews are love! Flames burn Gatlocke. ^_^