Desmond's eyes turned a kind of glowing red. "Nobody is going to any meeting on my watch." Then he closed them, a headache coming on, his mind going blank as white-hot pain ripped through his skull. After a few moments, he looked up at Nurse Ann. "..." He smirked and was blasted up onto his feet, the dark tendrils doing this gone as soon as they had come. He was back in that seemingly older form, and in fact he was. "Gotta run, see ya." Then he kissed the nurse, and immediately after disappeared into the shadows. Very strange for him.