[i]"Great plan. What could possibly go wrong with that?"[/i] Adrianne thought to herself after separating with Aviza and making her way back towards the dinner table to find her seat near Zara. By the time she approached, she could no longer see Mr. Vastok anywhere. It was no big mystery to assume that Aviza had already gotten him away from the table already. "Oh, sorry about that. Took a bit longer than I had previously anticipated." Adrianne smiled as she looked towards Zara as she moved towards her seat. "Have you seen my friend? I thought she was supposed to be back before me." "Oh, she already was here and took Lord Vastok away." Zara smiled in return while taking a sip from her glass of wine, eyeing Adrianne over the glass before putting it back down onto the table. "Say, you're not here to do the same with me?" "What?" Adrianne asked, raising an eyebrow at Zara when she sat down. "Ask me out to some other room. I'm sure you have something you want to talk about." Zara continued with a confident tone, leaning back in her dinner chair as she looked over at Adrianne expectantly. " ... " Adrianne didn't say anything at first, she was merely staring at Zara with a seemingly confused expression. It took a while before the psyker would finally speaking, quickly glancing to either side to make sure none of the other guests were listening before she leaned in towards Zara. "[i]You're telling me Solares left with Vastok?![/i]" Adrianne then asked Zara in a slightly hushed tone. Zara didn't say anything at first. Her amused expression grew somewhat suspicious as the woman furrowed her brows at the psyker, a tint of surprise visible in her eyes. Adrianne could feel a slight inkling at the side of her cranium when she did. It was quite obvious that Zara had just tried to probe her mind, but it had not been a serious effort, and Adrianne had been easily able to prevent the intrusion. However, she had allowed one thought to slip her mind; intentionally; and that was a fake sense of surprise. Neither of them said for a couple of seconds, Zara merely staring at her. "You didn't know?" Zara finally asked, eyeing Adrianne suspiciously. "Do you know where they went?!" Adrianne asked, sounding a little bit aggravated as she leaned in closer. "We have some guest rooms... say, why don't we head up to Vastok's security office? That way, we could listen in to any of their conversation!" Zara smirked, and Adrianne's expression suddenly shifted. " ... could we really?" "Of course!" "And Lord Vastok won't mind at all?" "He may rule the business outside, but in this house, I make the rules." Zara smirked. A smile appeared around Adrianne's face, and she moved to rise up from her chair. Zara did the same, leaving the glass behind at the table. "Let's do it!" Adrianne said, sounding quite excited as she followed after Zara as they left the room. * "This is Hound Pit 1 to Euphoria Exarch. Lord Vastok has been incapacitated by subject 'Golden Bride' in living room B217. Subject is also in possession of stolen power armor that she took from one of the houseguards. Over." A male voice crackled inside of Lucia's helmet while she was still watching Stukov down below, the armsman seemingly not having noticed her yet. Lucia would reach up to the side of her helmet with one hand, triggering her com whilst continuing to watch Stukov. "This is Euphoria Exarch to Hound Pit 1. Message received. First, I want you to jam all unprotected signals coming to and from the mansion. Second, inform the Captain of the House Guard and have him surround and apprehend subject 'Golden Bride' and retrieve the Lord - quietly. Third, Initiate Protocol 'Safehouse'. Over." "This is Hound Pit 1. Orders received and understood. Out." * On the other end of the call, a middle-aged man wearing some simple blue security fatigues ended the call and placed the small vox device back into its socket. He was sitting in a darkened control room, a plethora of screens surrounding him in the front with images from almost every room and hallway of the mansion. In one of the grainy video feeds, he could see Aviza putting on her power armor in the room, Vastok and the guard still knocked out. Making a hand gesture towards one of the two other security officers sitting at terminals on the other end of the room, signaling them to wait for a moment, the man known as 'Hound Pit 1' dialed in a new number on his computer, this time connecting to the house guards, simply saying "Initiate", before dialing again, this time to an outside number. "This is James Gorgon calling. Have I come to 'The Grey Hawks'? Yes, I'd like to requisition your air wing... " * In the meantime, outside of 'Room B217', currently occupied by Aviza and her unconscious friends, six power armored houseguards were approaching the entrance, divided into two groups who each came from their own direction in the hallway. Most of them were equipped with bolter weapons, yet one of them carried a larger stun gun almost the size of a small cannon in his hands. The two teams each stopped fifteen feet away from the door, taking cover behind the wall columns as they aimed at the door and waited. * Back at Lucia, she would suddenly hear her comm crackle to life once more, this message going out to her whole unit. "This is Euphoria 2 to Hound Pit. I have lost visuals of Vastok's Wife. Have any of you seen her? Over." "This is Hound Pit 1. Negative. She is no longer in the dining room. Initiating video sweep of the mansion for subject Zara. Out." Lucia simply listened to the conversation going on in her comm, letting out a sigh. "I hate that woman... " Lucia muttered to herself off coms, thinking of Zara. Lord Vastok was a teamplayer, and Lucia knew she could rely on him to share what he was doing with his trusted staff. His lover on the other hand, Zara, had an awful tendency to do whatever she wanted when she wanted, often without informing anyone else. Needless to say, it did not make security any easier. "This is Euphoria Exarch to Euphoria Team Alpha." Lucia finally activated her comm after a sigh. "Locate and watch after Lord Vastok's wife. And please don't lose sight of her. Over." "This is Euphoria Alpha 1. Orders received and moving to execute. Out."