When the gondola reached its destination the two men stepped off quickly to make sure that there was no one there waiting for them.
"Looks like they weren't informed of us, we should stay undercover till we have to fight again."
"got it, Kain what are we going to do about the girl?"

A passing woman told them that they needed to kindle her hope, make sure that she believed she was safe with them and that they were truly going to get them away from Columbia.

"thanks, where is he?"
Booker could barely believe his companion as he walked to the woman and gave her a light hug, she smiled and returned the hug but let go quickly.
"he is, ready, don't worry about him, you know that he can take care of himself."
"I know that all too well, he has to be the most stubborn man that I know." Laughed Kain before telling Booker that he was going to be right back.
The pair walked away to talk in private.

"How bad is it?"
"Pretty bad Kain, I, I'm worried that if he doesn't get help soon, his body is barely holding together, the trip here, it did a lot of damage to him, there is something here, I don't know how to say it."
"It's sort of stealing his power right?"
The woman looked at him surprised before saying yes.
"How did you know?"
"Don't worry, the Lutece's can help him, we both just need to stay calm, I ran into something that you need to go check out for me, it's at Monument Island, it wreaked of ADAM, quickly make sure, if I'm right than its absorbing the largest amount by accident, and we both know that he has the largest amount."
"If he loses too much ADAM he will start to suffer, I can't allow it."
"Alright, head to the island, you should be able to find what I'm talking about quickly, try and change the frequency, you just need to block out the ADAM, he'll recover after that."
"Why don't I just destroy it?"
"Because, because it was doing something to that girl while she was inside the tower, we can't risk it."
she nodded and turned around, before walking away she turned to face him, told him to watch his back.
"There is, something else, I had a run in with it while you were on the surface, neither of us got out without leaving our marks."
she lifted her shirt slightly and let Kain put his hand in under it, he could feel the deep wounds on her back, it was like some kind of wild animal tried to slash her open.
"What did this?"
"I don't know, but it had ADAM, lots of it, I could barely escape with just that, but I made sure that it would remember me, scar face that it is now."
He laughed and took his hand out, he could definitely smell the ADAM concentrated on that pain in her."
"Just be careful, okay, we can't afford our bodies to be found here and you know it."
"You don't have to remind me Kain, I have been through hell before, I have no intention of going back into it."
"Nor do I, somehow I sort of miss rapture, sure I was a hired killer and cleaner but there was a certain, bliss of being under all that water, away from normal worldly worries, just fighting off splicers and killing rogues before bed, it was good, oh well, it was best when we decided to get out, don't you agree?"
She gave him a stern deathly look before saying that she nearly died a few times and almost saw her Father kill himself for a second time.
"Oh right, at least we're out now, take care."
"you too Kain, it's good to see you again."

Booker was waiting for his compatriot to return along with The girls, when he did Amy asked him how she was.
"She's good, but I worry about him, the trip here, it took a lot out of him."
"He's stubborn and strong, you should know that Kain, we don't have to waste time worrying about that monster of a man."
"I know but still, he's different from before, and there is something that is weakening him here, she's going to go check it out for us, come on we need to get her to Paris."

The pair nodded in understanding of Kain's decision and Elizabeth smiled at the thought.

They walked quietly through the area, trying extra hard not to get any kind of attention from the locals.

Elizabeth was like a child, she had to look at everything and try and enjoy as much as she could but they could understand why she was like this, she had been kept inside that tower all her life, and for the first time she was allowed freedom, she was going to catch up on all that she missed out, regardless of what others said.

"we should get a move on."
"I know, give her a few more seconds, I'll get her myself after that okay, besides I think that you two have some talking to do." Replied Amy as she joined Elizabeth.

"Alright, now that we have a moment alone we can talk Booker."
"look, first of all what is the real reason you're here?"
"Okay I guess that's as good a place as any to start, we're here because we were, persuaded to come, the Lutece's gave us a offer we couldn't refuse."
"What was that offer?"
"Freedom, look there was a time where me, Amy, that woman you saw and my other friend were hunted, we broke free from a nightmare but only realized too late that we had only started one much worse, there was barely a few weeks that had passed before we were being hunted by our own demons, the place we broke free from, Rapture, was discovered, and the horror that made it so great was also discovered, the nightmare didn't really change for us, it just grew bigger, the Lutece's found us. Told us that they could make sure we were free from the nightmare if we helped you, that's why we're here."
"I have never heard of Rapture before, where is it?"
"I' m not surprised that you haven't heard of it before, it doesn't exist, not yet anyway."
"what are you trying to say?"
"The Lutece's brought us back through time, a machine they had built was able to bring us back."
Booker laughed at him but Kain told him that it was really so.
"You should remember don't you? They brought you to the lighthouse using their device."
The man fell silent and could see flashbacks of something when they were over his nose bled lightly.
"Relax, don't try and force it, the travel does a lot of harm to the mind, you'll be okay, just take your time."
"Okay, let's say I believe you, what then?"
"Well you trust me hopefully, we get the girl away from here and where she belongs"

Amy looked back at the men and rolled her eyes before telling Elizabeth that they should go.