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[color=MediumOrchid]“Oh, thank God,”[/color] Patricia muttered as Brie came running up with the keycard. She stepped out of the way for Rumi to unlock the elevator doors. It was almost as if Patricia was imitating Eliza- she fidgeted with her hands, nerves running high. If any of the few video games she had ever played were accurate, this would be the big boss fight. And Eliza and Grace’s lives hung in the balance. Realizing what she was doing, Patricia shook her head. Was she so tired she was making [i]video game[/i] references now?! Caffeine would be tempting later, but what she really needed was some sleep. Drug-induced sleep didn’t count. As the elevator reached the top, she went to the front of the group, ready to sing and knock Nero the fuck out.

But then the doors opened… and Nero didn’t attack. Patricia blinked, looking around, confused. Grace must’ve knocked him out, she deduced, because he was lying on the ground looking battered in the corner. She only half-listened to Grace talk, eyes focusing in on Eliza, taking in her injured state. Grace was right. She didn’t look too hot. Her face still slackened with relief, though- she didn’t appear dead. If she was hurt, she’d come back from it. But it still wrenched her heart.

Patricia nodded curtly at Grace. [color=MediumOrchid]“I’m on it.”[/color] She rushed over to Eliza and tugged on her zip ties. [color=MEdiumOrchid]“Give me that!”[/color] she snapped at Tom, snatching the boxcutter from his grip as soon as he was done with it. With all the care and gentleness in the world, Patricia snapped away at the boxcutters tying Eliza to the wall, making sure not to get her skin. Then, as the last zip tie fell off, Patricia wrapped her arms around the shorter girl and lifted her off the wall, embracing her.

[color=MediumOrchid] “Ellie. Ellie. Ellie, come on, babe,”[/color] she soothed, hugging Eliza tight. She knew that she might be feeling some sensory issues right now, and she didn’t [i]really[/i] know how to deal with that, but she figured hugs and pet names might be an okay place to start. [color=MediumOrchid]“It’s okay. You have no idea how happy I am you're safe. [i]Are[/i] you okay? I saw it on the TV and I wanted to punch him in the face so bad but I couldn't but now I can but I didn't because I want to make sure you're alright and I was so worried oh my God...”[/color] After her tirade, she glanced over to Nero, debating in her head whether to go over there and talk to him or not. Her power would be good for getting the truth out of him, and she was secretly relishing the idea of mind-controlling him, but… this was more important. She loved Eliza more than she wanted to inflict her revenge. In fact, she wanted to kiss the other girl right now… and she almost did. But she could save it for later. After all, they were still a secret- so she settled for hugging. Hugging was good. Hopefully.

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