Umm, disclaimer, right. I don't own Trinity Blood or anything that will be mentioned in this fic… Though since I haven't really said anything yet I wonder if I need a disclaimer….

I'm soo sorry, with everything life's been throwing at me I have barely had a chance to write. Writer's block and all that, does anyone have plot bunnies for adoption? I am really sorry I'm so late… And I can't promise that I'll be any better.

One of my favorite authors, Ravyn Skye, has just had a story of her deleted because some people don't understand the saying "don't like, don't read" and have reported several of her stories, one of which has been deleted. Even though I was not a fan of that particular story I hate it when people try to tell you what you can or cannot do just because it suits them. There is a reason that there are warnings AND DON'T GO CRYING TO THE ADMINISTRATION IF YOU KEEP READING ANYWAY. Yaoi, yuri, lolicon, shoutacon, if you have an issue with them then don't read them, but don't take good stories away from the rest of us, GOOD AUTHORS ARE RARE ENOUGH AS IT IS WITHOUT YOU -PHOBICS TAKING AWAY OUR GOOD READS. The deleted story, "The Lolicon Collection," a Sess/Rin fic, can be found here on Mediaminer: www(DOT)mediaminer(DOT)org/fanfic/view_st(DOT)php/165290

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After a few seconds Jacob disappeared, but Lisa wasn't taking any chances. Do you think that he means what he says? She mouthed, blocking the camera's view of her mouth with her hand.

Alexandra shrugged.

Lisa shrugged back; even though shrugging was a little weaker of a reaction than she would have liked, it was the only thing she could think of.

The difference, Lisa thought, between a speculation and a fact is that facts can be verified. The frustrating thing about all this business with Jacob was that nothing could be verified. Lisa didn't want to risk asking for much information in case the questions themselves would give her away. It was so frustrating working blind.

They couldn't know if he would keep his word unless one of them developed an aptitude for mind-reading and from the looks of things it wasn't likely.

Lisa's eyes wandered around the sparse room, not landing on anything in particular until she saw her pen rolling off the table. She made a lunge for it and it bounced off her finger tips. When she went to snatch it up the pen rolled even further away. She growled and went to retrieve it, but when her fingers touched it, she suddenly remembered what Jacob had said. "As long as you let me speak with, Alexandra, was it?"

Alexandra had agreed to the arrangement, as long as Lisa was present at the time, but Lisa wasn't sure that she really wanted to know her friend's secret. Secrets were only secrets if they were kept, and as a member of the Institute she was obligated to share any knowledge gained. She didn't want to have to choose between her passion and Alexandra's friendship.

She didn't want to—but she had a feeling that the Universe didn't care what she wanted.

Her hand was frozen in the act of catching the pen, now about a foot away, and she realized that she had been frozen like an idiot while the pen continued on its merry way. Embarrassed, she snatched up the annoying thing and slapped it back into its holder.

Whatever happened, happened. She couldn't control what she couldn't see, so she should stop agonizing over what she couldn't do instead of doing what she could.

Resolute to keep this new way of looking at the future, she turned to Alexandra and asked, "Do you really trust me enough to tell me what is going on? You know my obligations to the Institute and what might happen to both of us if this doesn't work."

"Is that a nice way of saying that you might not be the best person to confide in?"

"Yes." It felt horrible but it needed to be said.

Lisa knew that she would not be able to keep any secrets if the people she worked with were determined to find them out, nothing could keep them from discovering what they wanted to know.

The thoughts of the discoveries that her colleagues had made were not ones that she wanted to have, pictures of psychic manipulators and other things that were too dangerous for public release or disclosure were the majority of the things flashing through her mind.

Lisa got up from the floor and sat down in a chair. The potential consequences of failure loomed all around her, but she forcibly shoved those thoughts into a back corner of her mind and set to finding solutions to potential problems. If the transport was low security they could use the old standby of creating an accident and using that as a distraction. That was assuming that they needed to hijack the transport, if they could break her out of the lab itself... No, that wouldn't work... Too much risk involved; a last ditch alternative.

She absentmindedly chewed her lip as she thought.

There wasn't much left to do, Alexandra was waiting for her signal on the beeper that Lisa smuggled her--a very low-tech one that would not be detected by any of the sensors--and Lisa was anxiously trying not to look anxious as she waited for the verdict on what kind of transport would be used. Thankfully the transport car with the highest security was booked solid for the next week carrying highly sensitive chemicals and lab equipment to another location, so that was one non-potential problem, but there was still the chance that something more secure than they could handle would be used. Lisa had done everything she could in keeping the plans a secret, but there was always a possibility that someone had gotten suspicious about all the activity around Alexandra and upped the security.

There was also good ol' bad luck.

The page finished loading and Lisa breathed a sigh of relief. Low security transport, because Alexandra is going to be drugged during transport. Or at least… she's supposed to be drugged.

What. . .?! Lisa spun around when she felt something near her, but there was nothing there. Probably paranoia.

She hoped.

Jac's number flashed once on her caller ID before she answered it. "Good, I'm ready on this end too."

"Yes, Alexandra is standing by."

"Good." She flipped the phone shut and moved to the elevator. She pushed the call button, then she frowned and pushed the button again. There was no answering beep to announce that the elevator had been called.

Oh shit. Sabotage. They had been had. Her phone buzzed and she flipped it open without hesitation. "What? No the transport should be an armored truck, no escort. Damn it! Get out of there now! Someone found us out."

"No, I don't have a backup plan but we cannot miss this window, if she's transported I won't have access to her anymore and she'd be…"

"No, get out, I don't want you to get mixed up with this, I have a legitimate excuse for being here but you don't and if any suspicion lands on you it…"

Lisa closed her eyes and shot a prayer of thanks to whoever was listening that Jac didn't fight her on this. "Thank you, I'll do my best."

Lisa pocketed the phone and eyed the traitorous elevator button. She snapped a look around before attacking the cover and prying it off. Two wires twisted together and another push of the button brought a welcome Beep! and the hum of a motor.

She leaped into the lift the moment the doors opened and pushed the button for the bottom floor. She glanced at the suitcase that held an extra lab coat and badge that would hopefully disguise Alexandra long enough for her to get out the front doors and into a taxi. The doors of the elevator opened with a soft whoosh and she leaped off with the same alacrity she had boarded with.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Alexandra pacing in the cage. She slapped the release button with more force than necessary and the door of the cell opened. She opened the suitcase and flung the contents at the other woman. "Change into that and follow me into the elevator. Hurry, the plan we had worked out has gone to pot and there's no saving it. We can only get you out before they come down to get you."

Lisa could practically see the other woman shoving her questions aside. In no time at all she had changed into the lab gear and was standing next to the elevator. Lisa hesitated mid-stride before swinging around and running over to the computer. What they needed was a distraction and she knew exactly what fit the bill.

She skirted a few firewalls and other nasties before working her way into the main security console.

She typed in some computer code that she thought could work, but the backup system overrode her commands. Faced with a blinking red 'Access Denied', she was at her wit's end. I don't have time for this.

Then she cracked an evil grin. She remembered a few tricks that she had learned back in college when she had hacked into her art professor's computer to get the answers for the final exam, and she remembered one that might work.

She would turn the firewall back on itself. By editing out a single line, she could fool it into thinking that the security system was a virus, and like the snake that ate its own tail, it would collapse in on itself. Still grinning like a maniac she started her computer surgery.

I'll release everything but the really dangerous ones; they should cause enough havoc so we can slip out.

Alexandra was starting to fidget when she finished but the time spent would give them more than enough time to escape. "Alexandra, is there a way to keep your weight off the elevator? We don't need to announce our presence any more than we have if we can help it."

Alexandra shook her head vigorously. "Sorry, what? I spaced out."

"Can you keep your weight off the elevator?" Lisa repeated crossly.

"Yeah, that shouldn't be a problem. Just give me a second." Alexandra closed her eyes and seemed to focus inward. Lisa felt a prickling wave run over her skin. It reminded her of the time she had been caught outdoors by a thunderstorm. The sheer power contained there was more than she could comprehend, let alone control.

When Alexandra opened her eyes they had turned a vibrant red and the eerily familiar slit pupil dominated the center. Alexandra cocked an eyebrow at Lisa's expression. "What? Do I have something on my face?"

Lisa chuckled and shook her head, feeling rather stupid for thinking that since the appearance had changed, the person had changed too. Alex will always be Alex, no matter what.

When they stepped into the elevator she noticed that Alexandra's feet weren't actually on the ground, even if it looked like they were. "So, what is your ability, exactly?"

Alexandra gave her a 'who, me?' look. "Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. I know what I can and can't do but I've never tried to fit all of it into a singe category. Right now I'm… In essence I'm canceling out gravity's effect in my immediate area."

Lisa chuckled. "Wouldn't that be a handy thing to have on the doctor's scale."

Alexandra's reply was accompanied by a humorous grin. "When you're five pounds more than you thought, is it ever!"

When Lisa really looked at her companion she could tell that the comment about gravity wasn't entirely true. Alexandra may not have had weight but she wasn't controlling gravity. If she were, her lab coat and hair should be floating, and they weren't.

The elevator ding-ed. That was a mystery for another time.

When the doors opened, what she saw didn't make any sense. It looked like a scene straight out of a nightmare circus, but when her mind adjusted to what she was seeing, she realized that her attempt to release all the experimental subjects had been more successful than she thought. Lisa didn't need to caution Alexandra to act as though they were supposed to be there. Quickly they dashed toward the doors, using the commotion and general mayhem as a cover.

It wasn't a long walk per se, but it was enough of a run that both of them were panting by the time they reached the main foyer. When they made it outside they saw Jac and Matt waving at them from what looked like a motorbike, except it seemed to have something else attached to the side.

"Get in!" Matt pulled Alexandra onto the seat behind him and Jac lifted Lisa into the seat of the attachment before hopping in himself. He had barely gotten safely inside before Matt opened the throttle and they took off like bats out of hell.

Lisa may have ignored the quick glimpse she caught of him, goodness knows she had enough to think about, but he didn't miss the sight of her fleeing down the hall with that mysterious woman in tow. Adrian growled in frustration and punched his opponent a little harder than he meant to, sending it sprawling a few feet away, unconscious. He had almost known for sure that she was doing something with that woman but he hadn't had any substantial proof, and now he had all he needed.

As quickly as he could manage he made his way to the person who would be most pleased with the information he brought. In his eagerness he even got a little sloppy with his movements and began to push the boundaries of "humanly possible". Once Lisa's secret was exposed there was no way that she was coming back to the Institute unless she handed over that woman. He would find out her secrets if it cost him everything. He just had to know.

Lisa's eyes were getting severely dried out by the speed they were going and it was starting to become annoying. "Hey, is ther…" Jac plunked a helmet over her head, answering her question. Her eyes flicked over to Alexandra, and she turned her head to see properly.

She had her face pressed tightly into Matt's back and it looked like she was crying, clutching her husband's waist for all that she was worth.

Jac followed her line of sight and looked back at her, finally understanding.

***End Chapter 13***

A/N: As I said before I don't know when I'll be able to really WRITE, so things are going to be a little slower than they have been before (knock on wood).