A/N: Wow. I got a review. Thanks, Harey.

DISCLAIMER: Obviously it's not mine…or I wouldn't be writing fan fic on it, I'd be on a multi-million dollar book signing tour.

Kaye remembered just as she hit the streets that she had to change her appearance. She glamoured herself quickly, mostly focusing on normal, non-faerie clothes, sin that wasn't green, and make-up so she wouldn't look like some horrifying beast of the Underworld.

Wait. I think that's redundant. She thought dryly.

"Okay," she said to herself. "Coffee shop."

When she finally got into the city, she nearly gagged. The iron choked her senses until she thought she might pass out. It felt like some sort of monster hangover had just hit her. She leaned against one of the buildings for support, and then yelped.

Iron skeletons.

Muttering darkly under her breath, she walked through the city, taking as few breaths as humanly (faerie-ly) possible. She looked up gratefully at the painted sign that read, "Moon in a Cup". She stepped inside, and took a deep breath. There was absolutely no iron in this entire building. The frame was made of pure steel, no iron to speak of. The machines were copper, like Corny had suggested.

The whole place looked like some kind of whacked out faerie tale. The walls on the left side of the room were painted in Unseelie fashion, and the right were painted in Seelie fashion. There were special rooms in the back for faeries who felt they had no place to go.

Maybe help people with faerie problems. Like Luis does. Maybe even help faeries with faerie problems.

She let her glamour drop, and went back to the espresso machine. She filled herself a cup.

"Hey!" she heard someone shot. "If you want an espresso you need to—"

Kaye turned to Monica, who's angry face shifted into a smile instantly. "Why Kaye." She said. "It's been such a long time."

"How long has it been Ironside?" Kaye asked, not really wanting to get into a long conversation, even though Monica was one of the few normal people who would actually talk to her. You know, the ones who weren't sprouting extra limbs because of faeries.

"About a month. By the way, a fearie Lady dropped in yesterday." Monica was the only person in Manhattan besides Luis, at the moment, who had True Sight.

Kaye froze. "What did she looked like?"

"Short, white hair, silver eyes. Prettier even than most. With a butter blonde haired knight."

"Damn, damn, damn…What did she say?" Kaye said sharply, cursing herself for not checking in herself, staying in the Palace of Termites for so long had been such a stupid thing to do. Stupid and selfish.

"She told me to tell you, 'negotiations are available'." Monica looked confused, and began twirling a piece of her bright pink hair, a nervous habit of her.

"Did she say where'd she'd be?" Kaye pressed.

"Kaye, what's going on?" Monica asked worriedly.

Kaye clenched her hands into fists. "Monica this is important. Lady Ethine's snapped and kidnapped my sister. Did. She. Say. Where. She'd. Be?" Her teeth were clenched, and she could feel herself involuntarily digging her nails into her palms.

"The orchard, whatever that means."

Kaye whispered, "I'm sorry." Then she pulled the energy around her friend, and saw the green eyes grow vacant. "I was never here. You don't know anything about me, only that I've been missing."

After checking the bunkrooms, she slipped out of the shop, and swore when she realized she'd forgotten her espresso.

XXX

Luis's beeper began to buzz, and Corny automatically tossed him the cell phone. Life was so simple now. The only thing that worried him was that it had been too long since they'd heard from Kaye.

As if on cue, Luis put the phone on speaker.

"Corny," he heard Kaye's voice say. She sounded panicky. "Where are you at?"

"Home," he said, confused.

"Don't leave. I'm coming over. If anyone comes to the door that isn't me, don't let them in. Let Luis look first."

Let Luis look first.

The phone went dead, and Corny said, "I think that means we're in deep faerie shit."

"What else is new?" Luis said, rolling his eyes.

XXX

Shoving her phone back into the glamour pocket, Kaye kept her head down, walking as fast as she could, looking for the right apartment building.

Fucking New York, has to have a billion apartment complexes.

She finally managed to find the right one, and trudged up the stairs to the second floor. She knocked on the door that had the number "205" on it. She waited impatiently, and then heard someone shout through the door, "What comic book hero do I want to want to date?"

She smiled. "You don't date heroes. You only go for villains."

She heard the chain rattle and the door opened.

She hugged Corny quickly, and then he asked, "Kaye, what the fuck is going on?"

"As far as I know," Kaye began, "Ethine has enchanted Talathain to do her bidding. She's been dong the same thing to humans. She's kidnapped…she's kidnapped Late, and intends to use her for a Tithe. They want to make a new court."

"But how?" Corny asked.

"They sacrifice her Corny!" Kaye said, feeling pissed.

"No, I mean, there's Seelie, and Unseelie. What's it going to be…Middle-Seelie?"

Kaye smiled. He always knew what to say.

"So what's the battle plan?" Luis asked.

"I'm going to go talk to Ethine."

"No," Corny and Luis said at the same time.

"God DAMMIT don't DO this to me guys. Roiben said the same thing. I'm going, with or without you."

Luis began to laugh. "Like we'd let you go without us."

"Yeah," Corny added. "We haven't had our dose of crazy faerie bullshit in a really long time."

Kaye smiled weakly, and followed them out of the apartment.

XXX

Ethine smiled. "Thanks you, Monica."

The human with pink hair nodded vaguely, her eyes clouded with enchantment. She fell to the floor, the bruises on her face glowing slightly.

"She'll be at the orchard any time now, Talathain." Ethine said to the man whose hand was still clenched.

"Yes. Of course." He said, taking her hand.