[Sadrain]

December 5th, Chicago. Sewer #17.

Leila considered chasing the monster, but then she looked back to Amante. Landing, her body slowly reverted to normal, the shadows again replaced by bones and flesh. There were marks of claws on her body, but the cuts were faint and nearly didn't bleed. While she had been in a half physical form, the attacks had harmed her slightly, but, in a bit, if she stayed in shadow form, they would disappear, her body simply restored.

The girl checked for Amante's pulse, seemingly unaffected by the bloody, rather disgusting sight before her. Leila had seen much worse, and some had been caused by her own hands. She preferred clean job, though. Finding that he was alive still, much to the girl's surprise, she mulled something over and then quickly injected him something. Becoming a shadow one more and merging with the ones on walls, Leila disappeared, in the direction of outpost.

It took about half hour more, for medic and few other man to rush in the scene. Amante was quickly put on stretcher and hurriedly carried away. Apparently, someone had contacted with the Base and it took about fifteen more minutes for Aiolia to arrive with the cat. Amante's stretcher was carefully placed on the back seat, and Aiolia only managed to throw Leila a menacing look, before they drove away.

Leila had told the people that the two of them had been attacked unexpectedly and she had been knocked out, so until she woke up, the monster had managed to do all of the damage. They would not find any traces of poison in his blood - it was designed to not leave marks and although he would never know it, she had given him something to help cleaning it out. If she was going to help him, not finish him off, Leila didn't want anyone to know she was involved.

Aiolia's thoughts were a mess, and she had hard time being careful in the sewer turns, but luckily, nothing bad happened. When they reached the base, she even managed to softly slow down, so Amante wouldn't be thrown on the floor. Elek was already at the entrance, pacing impatiently, along with the doctor and few nurses. He was told that Amante was in bad shape, but this was far beyond what he had imagined.

Elek's mind filled with blood and pain, when his friend was taken out of the car, placed on the motorized stretcher and quickly moved to the hospital. He ran along, Aiolia on the other side, until doctor commanded him to back off. Elek and Aiolia wanted to be with Amante, though, so they stayed in corridor, still in state of shock.

Ryan had just wheeled out of his room, after procedure. He stopped, and watched, how the group rushed in, barely recognizing the lump of flesh on the stretcher. But then he realized it was this "Amante" guy and curiosity (as well as tiny bit of compassion and pity) overwhelmed him. But the man realized it wasn't good time to ask the "leader" any questions. He decided to linger in the corridor for a bit more, though.