[i][b] Safe house, Brooklyn [/b][/i]

Maribeth frowned as she heard the words [i]"For now I am"[/i] and nodded once without saying anything. She was about to change the subject when the voice of a woman filled the room and she turned around to see who it was. For a second, she thought it was just someone else who had heard word on the safe house, but as soon as she began speaking, it was obvious that that was not the case. In a blink of an eye, Diego was already in front of Maribeth and blocked the young woman from her view. She would have hated to see his reaction with the other man's introduction that was in the building with them already.

Rolling her eyes, Maribeth lifted herself off of the ground and floated up to see over Diego's shoulder, smiling at the young woman across the room. She was stunning, to say the least. Her pale blue eyes caught all of Mari's attention and she could easily tell that she wasn't there to make friends. If she was putting off any hostility signs, by the sudden tension in Diego, Maribeth wasn't receiving them. Nor did the cold and distant look in her eyes touch Mari's happiness at the moment. "Diego...." As he moved forward, Maribeth followed, floating after him and placing a hand on his arm as she came a bit more to his side. "Let the girl breathe." Maribeth grinned at the stranger and floated along Diego's side. Part of her was making sure the girl didn't attack Diego, and the other because she didn't want Diego to have any physical contact with the girl and copy her power. Whether that was because of her past experience with it or because she was protecting him was a good question, but nonetheless, she was there to make sure it didn't happen. 

"Hey, come on." Maribeth smiled at Diego and lowered herself, setting her feet on the floor and grabbing his hand, tugging him back a bit. She turned to the female as she began talking and listened intently as she spoke. "Thank you, for, you know.... your manners and being courteous.... But don't worry. We don't mind this at all. Or at least I don't." She didn't know how to respond to what the girl had said about what gang territory they were in. She turned to Julius and stayed quiet so that he could respond, since he was better with words than she was. "Oh, hey, I keep forgetting." She turned to Diego as a thought popped up. She motioned to him to lean down so she could speak to him as Julius and the other woman spoke. "There's a man in one of these rooms. I don't trust him, and I don't think Julius does either." Her voice was soft and quiet, yet had a solemn tone. For the first time in a long time, Maribeth looked dead serious, all signs of happiness gone while she spoke about it. She pulled back and met Diego's eyes with hers; a somber and sincere look in them. The fact that the man worried her and maybe slightly scared her was obvious but she made no further comments, not wanting to escalate the situation even more. She just wanted him to know just in case. 

Once she was sure her message got across, she turned her attention back to Julius and the woman, hoping that they had resolved something.