Perry's POV

I know that Quinn is in a rather delicate condition right now, but now that I've actually got her at OWCA HQ, I venture a question: "Do you want to sit in on a Basic Training session?"

Priya shoots me a glare but Quinn nods, to my surprise. "Okay."

I frown at her. "Okay?" I repeat.

Quinn shrugs. "Sure. I'm here so I may as well. Maybe it'll take my mind off yesterday."

So Priya and I take our daughter to Jayne Walker in the Basic Training gym, who has just set the BTs off on a sparring exercise. I spot my grandchildren, Paige and Lokie, fighting each other. On the other side of the gym, I see the younger class, consisting of Athena and Cody, doing the same thing.

I look across at Quinn to see her reaction. She is now sitting down and, at the moment, she seems to be watching Paige and Lokie fighting. I wonder what she's thinking.

Quinn's POV

I wish Knox was with me. I could use some comfort. I've always just rejected my parents' offer to join OWCA without even thinking about what it could entail, but now that I'm here, I'm sure I can't join OWCA. Watching all the complex moves and techniques makes me truly believe that I can't do what they're doing. I can't, not now. If I had this motivation to join OWCA when I was four, I would have. But now…I can't learn everything like that in time to be a halfway decent agent. I can't make enemies. I can't go on missions. I can't be an OWCA agent!

I get up and run out of the gym. I don't know if anybody notices. I keep running until I end up in an unfamiliar part of OWCA HQ. I wander around with my thoughts until I spot the medical bay, a place I recognise. I head in and find the doctor, Apollo Hastings, working on some medicines. I walk slowly over to him and place my head hard on the table in frustration. I expect him to immediately tell me off but all he says is, "That kind of day, huh?"

"Bleh," I say as an answer.

Apollo's POV

I give a small smile as I look down at Perry's youngest daughter. "What's troubling you?"

"I thought your sister's the counsellor," grumbles Quinn, making me chuckle.

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine," I say. "I'll just guess. You're upset because you know you kind of want to join OWCA now but you know you won't be able to learn everything as quickly as the BTs, considering you're at the age where they finish their Basic Training."

Quinn lifts her head off the table and stares at me in surprise. "How?" she asks simply.

"Artemis isn't the only one trained in psychology," I reply. "She's just better at it than me."

Quinn chuckles and gazes out the window. "Do you ever go out in the field?"

I'm slightly surprised by this random change of subject but I say, "Occasionally. If there's a high likelihood of injury, I sometimes go along with a big team so that there are plenty of people to protect me, since I have almost zero fighting experience."

"When was the last time you went out into the field?"

I think. "I guess that was sixteen years ago when your mother was kidnapped by LOVEMUFFIN."

"She was kidnapped by LOVEMUFFIN?" Quinn repeats in astonishment.

"She never told you that story?" I ask in surprise.

Quinn shakes her head.

"Well, I was captured by LOVEMUFFIN too just a few days before. Then your mother, who was pregnant with Teddy, was put in the same room as me, which is where your brother was born. I can't tell you what happened to her after that because I was part of a prisoner exchange but…" I hesitate, trying to block the memory of being shot in my own lab and having my wound left untreated for two whole days.

Quinn senses my fear. "Did something happen to you?"

I shake my head to clear it. "It's okay. It doesn't matter now. If you want the full story, you can ask Priya. She can tell it better than I can."

"Okay," Quinn says, looking back out the window.

Quinn's POV

My head is reeling with the revelation that my brother was born in LOVEMUFFIN. He never mentioned it before. I don't know if he even knows.

"So your job here is to treat agents' injuries?" I ask Apollo.

"That's right," Apollo replies, beginning to mix medicines again.

I study the concoctions Apollo is making. It actually looks quite interesting.

At that moment, the very person I want to talk to comes through the door. "Oh, Quinn! Are you okay? Why did you run off?"

I walk over to her. "Mom, I need to ask you something."

Dun DUN DUUUN! Btw things are about to get worse :/