Nina and Melanie crept through a RedOwl warehouse, ducking past and hiding from patrols. Kane's intel had told them that RedOwl was keeping something important here, and that whatever it was would likely be more than enough to expose the company. They peeked through a shelf as another group passed, before scurrying over to the recent shipments. Nina kept watch while Melanie opened up a crate, looking through the contents.

"Vials...looks like some kind of medical supplies?" She moved onto the next crate. "Same labels, but these are gas canisters...whatever they made, they wanted it airborne."

She gasped at the next crate, dropping the lid shut. It made a loud thud, catching the attention of some guards. Nina immediately grabbed her, and they rushed behind another hiding spot.

"What did you find?" Nina asked.

Melanie gulped. "Armor...it..." She shook her head. "...the crew that killed Crimson's father...they were wearing that armor."

"How do you know that?" Nina asked.

"I saw the security footage." Melanie said. "It's public record."

"You mean..." Nina glanced at the crate. "Carl had Crimson's dad killed?"

"He sure did. But you weren't supposed to know about that." The voice of Zachariah Alabaster spoke from behind them.

Before Melanie could react, she was shot by his stun gun, and fell over. Nina immediately drew her own guns and started firing at him. He rolled out of the way, seeming to disappear as he did. Nina turned to Melanie, trying to lift her up. She felt a brief shock on contact, and immediately after Melanie stopped convulsing.

"Are you okay?" Nina asked.

Melanie grunted and lifted herself up. "I'm pissed."

She ignited Violet Cross, grunting as she stood. The security was already running over towards them, but Zachariah was still nowhere to be seen. Nina began firing off at the guards, trying to retreat, but Melanie dashed forward, cutting their weapons apart and bashing them with elbow strikes and kicks. Nina barely dodged a shot from Zachariah, turning to fire in the direction he'd shot from, but she still couldn't see him. She heard him charging his weapon, and shot in that direction. He dodged, muttering a curse to himself. She continued firing wherever she heard him, running in that direction.

"What kind of semblance lets you disappear?" She wondered.

She felt a sudden kick to her gut, forcing her back, but she was already shooting at Zachariah. He rolled to the side and pistol whipped her in the face, but she remained unfazed.

"There you are." She grinned, now able to see him.

He grimaced. "How the hell are you recovering so fast?"

Nina dropped her gun to catch his next punch and slam him against a wall. "After everything he put me through, do you really think you can do anything to hurt me?"

"I can think of one thing." He said, before jamming a syringe into her shoulder.

She immediately pulled it free, her aura healing the puncture. Zachariah disappeared the moment she let go of him. Nina turned to see Melanie still battling the guards. She ran over to help out, attempting to freeze them. Instead, her aura weakly flickered, and she felt it start fading.

"What?" She muttered.

She aimed her remaining gun at the guards, but the room was beginning to look darker to her right eye...like her night vision was fading.

"Melanie..." She felt a chill at the back of her neck. "Melanie, something's wrong!"

Her head began to feel like it was under intense pressure. Her muscles started to ache, and she fell over. She barely caught herself with her free hand, before forcing herself back up, and starting to fire off at the guards. Melanie spotted her and rushed over, catching her before she fell again. All of a sudden, Melanie was carrying her out...everything was starting to blur.

"Melanie...I don't feel so good." She muttered.

She saw police sirens...and an ambulance...Melanie set her down on a cushion of some kind...and she blacked out.