You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to' ya

"I'm getting a trajectory now," Space said as he went through the computer's data the next morning.

.05 and Rumor couldn't be any less interested. Rumor had actually left to prepare for her custody hearing. Vanya however was biting her lip in impatience. So far the computer screen hadn't shown anything new. The 'loading' icon was going unbearably slow. At last a map of the city came up. The green dot that represented Kraken wasn't on it.

A few pin-pricks of blood appeared on Vanya's lip. Spaceboy frowned and hit the computer a bit. Despite living on the Moon and being kept alive by super-high speed computers, he still had a rather rough understanding/handling method with it. Finally he scrolled to an area about a mile outside of town where Kraken's dot showed up.

"See?" Spaceboy said irritably, "He's perfectly alright. Do you want to see his vitals and make sure he's still breathing? Maybe he's stopped in the last eight seconds."

Slowly Vanya loosened up on her lip. Then she looked away as if she was embarrassed. Nonetheless Spaceboy typed a few keys and his Kraken's vital signs came up.

"Oh, look here. Surprisingly everything is normal here too, wait a sec," Spaceboy said, turning back to the screen.

When he had first spoken he hadn't actually been looking at the screen. However now he realized that Kraken's vitals were about as far from normal as they could be. Kraken's heart rate had doubled but his blood pressure was exceedingly low.

"Oh my God," Vanya whispered.

"What the hell is going on?" Spaceboy said, hitting the computer once more.

"Nothing is wrong with the machine. Kraken's vital problems are probably caused by desanguination," speculated .05 as he stood on his tip-toes to see over his taller siblings.

Spot barked at his master. Absentmindedly .05 petted him as he still tried to see over his sibling's shoulder.

"In English?" asked Vanya, annoyed.

"An extreme amount of blood loss, usually fatal. Kraken has a tendency to get himself hurt," shrugged .05.

Spaceboy continued typing away. He relayed the signal through the satellites to pin-point Kraken's exact location. He scratched his head slightly as he saw the coordinates.

"Those seem terribly familiar…" he muttered to himself.

"Wonder why he hasn't radioed anyone?" Séance asked.

He had wandered over at the words 'usually fatal.'

"Has the thought crossed your mind that maybe he can't?" Vanya snapped.

"Has it crossed your mind that you would be of more use quiet?" .05 inquired.

"Stand down, both of you," said Spaceboy, "Now is there anything important about this latitude?"

All of them peered at the screen. Vanya shook her head and .05 did the same. Séance simply shrugged.

"Never heard of it," he said.

"Yes but I know that I've heard of it before. I just can't seem to be able to remember it. Might be something Dad said," frowned Spaceboy.

"Look," Vanya said, "That's all well and good but we need to go and get him."

Suddenly Spaceboy slapped one of his gigantic hands to his face. Quickly he resumed his typing with a new ferocity.

"What's wrong?" Vanya asked.

.05 looked at the new page of data that Spaceboy had pulled up. As he read his lips moved slightly. His face contorted before his eyes narrowed.

"You can't be serious."

"I wish I wasn't."

"But that's physically impossible," .05 pointed out, "Hargreeves always said that no one could get in without the password."

"Excuse me?" said Vanya.

"I know what it seems like," Spaceboy said, "But that's what we're dealing with here. And it's not good."

"Excuse me."

"I should think that-"

"Excuse me!" Vanya said, a little more forcefully this time, "What's going on here?"

Both brothers turned and stared at her for a minute.

"There's no real way to say this…delicately…" started Spaceboy.

"He's in the Hotel," interrupted .05.

Nervously Vanya laughed.

"Nice one. You nearly got me," she said, her voice getting more and more desperate.

Sadly Spaceboy shook his head.

"I'm afraid that I'm not."

"But," Vanya said, clutching at straws, "You can't get in without a password."

"That was what I was trying to say," .05 pointed out, "But it appears that Kraken has found a way. Of course this isn't very lucky for him."

"That's a hell of a Houdini act," said Séance, impressed.

"Look," Vanya said, her voice calming, "If that's the case then we just go over there and get him out. Simple as that."

.05 and Spaceboy shared a look.

"Not exactly," Spaceboy said gently, "There's only one exit to the Hotel and one entrance. They're both the same thing. So if we open the Hotel then there's a way out for its 'guests'. Last I checked there were twenty five criminal masterminds locked in there. Each one of them had managed to kill thousands of people all by himself. If we go in there then there's a way out for them."

"Think about it this way," stated .05, "One death in comparison to putting the whole world in danger. Simple as that."

Not a sound could be heard. Vanya closed her eyes and asked quietly;

"So you're just going to let him die?"

"Essentially," replied .05.

Once more there was silence. By her side Vanya's fists clenched. She looked up, glaring at them with a heated ferocity.

"He's your brother!" she shouted.

Spaceboy flinched but .05 looked unaffected.

"We're all adopted," he said coolly, "As I remember Kraken was very fond of telling us so. And from what I've seen between the two of you he was quick to capitalize on that fact. Practice what you preach and all that. So tell me, do Space and Séance here know that you're sharing a room?"

Indignation flushed into Vanya's face. She drew her arm back and slapped him. Hard. .05 looked in shock at her. After the past year or so no one had dared to even raise their voice at him.

"Bastard!" she snapped at him. Then she directed her gaze at Space, "And you too! Maybe we are only adopted but it might not have occurred to you that we're all that we have!"

Turning on her heel Vanya stalked towards the front entrance.

"Where are you going?" Space asked.

"Where do you think!?" snarled Vanya as she reached the ladder to ascend.

"You don't even have any powers!" he yelled, "You're going to get yourself killed!"

Pausing only for a second Vanya replied;

"Thank you for reminding me. Perhaps I had forgotten. As for what you said, if I die then at least I'll have done something!"

Grabbing the lowest wrung of the ladder she swung herself up on it. All they could do was stare after her. Soon she was gone from their sight. After a few seconds they heard the top hatch slam shut.

"Well," remarked Séance as he looked at his two brothers, "You blew that."