Days passed and things did not begin to look up for the mutants.
"I think we have a lead," Reed announced as he sat in a room with Erica, Erik, Kris, Johnny and Clarice were all going over files. Clarice was still busy trying to take care of the fake refugee who they'd discovered was addicted to some kind of drug.
Erik perked up first, "What do you have?"
Reed pulled out a file detailing the last work at Trask industries before they shut down, "My Father worked there until the end and I think he can give us a lead."
"Who's going?" Johnny asked as he began to put down the file in his hands, a cheery smile of victory on his lips.
Reed sighed, "I haven't spoken to my Father in over a decade so just you, Johnny. He's going to be shaky regarding me as it is. If he can give us something then we may finally have the lead we've been waiting for."
Erica nodded, "We'll keep reading over the files while you're gone to make sure there's nothing else we've missed. Be safe, guys."
Reed and Johnny nodded as they left the room. Erik looked over at Erica, she'd been better lately but he was still concerned, "Dear, would you like to join me for a moment, alone?" he asked, hoping to bait her with the potential for intimacy.
Erica nodded, following him out of the room, "What's up?" she asked with a subtle mischievous smile on her lips.
"I'm sorry, Love," he apologized, "I didn't lure you out here for any other reason then to see if we could get a spare moment of Caitlin's time for you."
"She's so busy and I've felt so much better," Erica replied, running her hand down his chest, "I don't need to take up any of her time right now and we have plenty to do."
Erik shook his head, "I can't focus on that work because I'm too worried that something is wrong with you. We only need to take away a few moments of her time, for me?" he pleaded, Erica was not used to seeing him so vulnerable so she nodded.
"I want you to give these people your all so let's go," she agreed as they walked to Caitlin and luckily she seemed to be having a down moment.
"Caitlin, may we have a moment of your time?" Erik asked as he and Erica approached.
Caitlin smiled as she saw them, "Of course, what's going on?"
"Erica here has been nauseated, fatigued and unable to fully control her powers," Erik explained before Erica had a chance to downplay any of it, "Can you take a blood sample to make sure she isn't ill?"
"No problem," Caitlin replied as she rolled up Erica's sleeve, "This is only going to sting for a second."
"I'll be fine," Erica replied as she watched Caitlin insert the needle and draw a small amount of blood into a vial.
"I'll run this and we'll have something to start with in just a few minutes," Caitlin assured them as Sage appeared.
"I've identified our Rouge mutant," Sage announced as Lorna and Marcos stepped up while Caitlin listened and began the test on Erica's blood. "Her name is Chloe and she was arrested for attacking a Doctor's office in Jasper. Her child was sick and they wouldn't treat them because they were mutants."
"She was a good person?" Lorna asked outloud, the surprise abrupt on her face.
Sage nodded, "Maybe now that we know her name she'll be able to speak with us."
Caitlin nodded as they saw Chloe begin to wake up from the sedation they put her under, "We'll see what we can get. Erica, I'll get you your information as soon as I have it but you two may want to prepare in case this goes south."
Erik and Erica nodded as Erik put on his helmet ready to trap the girl within the metal of the cage around her if she tried anything.
"Chloe, can you hear me?" Caitlin asked.
The girl struggled but she couldn't speak, "She wants to talk but she can't. I don't know what to do," Caitlin admitted.
Erica had a thought, "The telepath from Alpharetta. She can read her thoughts and maybe tell us what she wants us to know."
"Good thinking," Marcos agreed as he raced to grab her.
Marcos appeared with Esme by his side. She looked down at Chloe, "Can you think what you want to say? You don't have to speak because I can hear your thoughts," she instructed.
Esme revealed, "They killed her husband and took her daughter and she's showing me a lab North of here."
"Do you think you could find it from what you've seen?" Lorna asked as Esme's connection broke and Chloe passed.
Esme nodded, "I think I can."
Caitlin was clearly devastated by what happened but she knew she had to keep moving if she wanted to stop from breaking down so she walked over to the lab test she'd run for Erica.
Lorna grabbed Marco's hand and signaled for Esme to follow them and figure out which building Chloe had revealed in her final moments.
"Erica, your labs have finished," Caitlin began once the room was cleared and only she, Erik and Erica remained, "All your levels came back normal except one. You're not sick at all, you're pregnant."