(Continued....)

Killen Base, ???, England, Mid
Cyprise walked into the infirmary, eyes drawing with worry as she looked around the room before they landed on the tiny demon by the supply cupboards "Inessa.... where's Haruka?" the shadow walker questioned as Inessa turned her head back to her "I gave her the all clear about an hour ago- she immediately walked out and headed right" she answered, Cyprise thanking her before slipping back out of the room.
Down every corridor.
Checking almost every room. She even checked the roof yet nothing.... all until she thought of the most possible place the terna demon could be.
Cyprise slowly walked into the training room, catching sight of the demon she had been looking for beating the hell out of a punching bag. "Haruka?" the shadow walker's voice rang out as the terna demon frozen, not daring to look over at Cyprise "What?" her voice was like ice and sharp stone "You're supposed to be taking it easy, you only just got cleared and-" "And?" Haruka coldly cut the shadow walker off, making Cyprise a little angry about the other not taking any of this seriously. "You got fucking beat up and tortured by the Grey Leader which ended up with you being knocked out cold for several weeks" Cyprise harshly reminded her as she took a step or two closer "You avoided me for weeks before, just because I saw some tattoo then you took all the blame for shit you didn't do and-" "Why do you fucking care?!" Haruka easily snapped, eyes burning bright red as she finally turned her head and glared down the shadow walker. Cyprise's eyes narrowed in aggravated anger, not solely at Haruka herself but the terna's absolutely horrid attitude towards others and herself. "I do care about you, Haruka.... but you can't keep pushing everyone away because of the smallest things" Cyprise stated "You almost died-" "Says the shadowed bitch who risked her life in Heaven for me, for no fucking reason" Haruka cut her off, snapping back as the shadow walker slowly shook her head "You're not getting it-" "What am I not getting, Cyprise?!" the terna harshly questioned.

Haruka threw her arms out, gesturing around the room "No one's here- this part of the base is completely empty" she harshly stated "So tell me! what the fuck am I not getting?" "Ashdown- I fucking care about you!" the shadow walker snapped back as the terna demon became dead frozen "In that fucking sense- I care about you that way" Cyprise had repeated herself yet sentence worded a little differently whilst Haruka's eyes widened in reaction. Before Cyprise could speak another word, the terna demon bolted out of the room "Wait- Haruka!" the shadow walker yelled after her, but it was too late. She could hear Haruka's footsteps, running and fading down the corridor, deperate to get away..... away from her.

"Everything is accounted for, sir" a young killen stated, stepping into the command room with a clipboard of paperwork "No other resources, especially any medical related, has not been taken" the killen reported as John nodded his head "Any word yet from the Grey Army?" the cult leader questioned as the killen quickly skimmed through the paperwork, soon lifting their head back up and shaking it "Sorry sir, but no" they answered. "Nothing from the Grey Army of their leader-" "That is all then" John stated.
The killen's brows drew in slight concern, hesitantly speaking "Pardon the intrusion, sir but.... are you okay?" they asked as now finally, John lifted his eyes up at the killen "I'm the leader of our cult, why wouldn't I be?" "Sorry sir, but everyone has been very concerned and worried about you.... especially after the mission to Heaven and what happened to Romainov" the killen stated "We understand if you're struggling and need time to deal with-" "I am the leader of our cult" John repeated himself, cutting off the killen whilst he glared straight through them. "I am fine- I am the very last person anyone needs to worry about, everyone else comes before me" John continued, almost sounding as though he was tiredly reading off a script "Leave the paperwork and get back to work, and make sure to inform me of any word sent in from the Grey Army" he ordered whilst the killen nodded their head "Yes, sir".

Grey Army Base, District 1, Dark Nation, England, Mid
Elisa, Jorah, Kenneth and Mia stood in a line, the Grey Leader in front of them.
"Next week, you four will go on a mission" the leader stated before holding up the jade heartstone in his right hand "I will open a small portal to Hell's Greed Ring, you will enter through and from there, you'll retrieve the Anyolite Starling" Grey Leader stated, glancing over to Mia "You remember where she is?" "Yes sir" the emrone answered as the army leader turned his head back to the others. Whilst lowering his hand, his eyes narrowed a little "I don't care if she's dead or not, I want her body and heartstone back here in one piece, understood?" "Yes sir" all of them answered before the Grey Leader dismissed them.