Taylor hoped that they would all make it in time to help Ruby and Sora fight. He knew Erasers like to set traps and that Elisa was was the bait.

Kuro grinned lightly as she opened the bag before dumping Elisa onto the ground. Before stuffing her in the bag, she had made sure to tie rope around both her hands and feet so that she couldn't fight back...or run. "Now remember sisters and brothers...nothing lethal," she said with her grin still on her face.

Elisa was scared and had her eyes closed. She hoped that somehow a Ruby would be here to find her before something bad happened.

( happy news! Agents of SHIELD has a full season!)

" I know how you feel. It's hard to see someone you care about captured. That's why we need to be carful. They'll take advantage of your emotions and will use them to hurt Elisa. " Sora said. He hoped they would get there before anything bad happened.

(awesomeness!)

Ruby nodded as she took his advice to heart before taking a deep calming breath, telling herself to think. However, she noticed that they were close to the middle of the forest.

" We're getting closer." Max said since she could now see Sora and Ruby in the distance. She wasn't going to let these Erasers off for hurting a friend.

"Sorry we took so long. " Taylor said when they caught up to Ruby and Sora. " How close are we?" He asked.

"We're close," Yugito said as Ruby nodded, glad to see the cat demon show up with both Alex and Zero a few seconds later. "Everyone...thank you," Ruby said softly.

" We don't leave friends to fight tough battles alone. " Max said. " How many erasers are we facing?" She asked knowing they needed a plan.

"I have no clue how many there are," Ruby admitted with a small sweat drop.

(think one of the scouts would see and capture Carly, getting Max and Alex pissed off?)

( I think so. Sounds like a good idea. )

(kk)

"Max, where's Carly?" Alex asked. He thought that the girl was right behind her avian partner.

" I left her back at the inn. She hasn't been sleeping well and didn't think it was fair to have her get up. " Max said and had a bad feeling that Carly was in danger.

Artunia was surprised that the one female who was left behind was the trainer for Maximum. She remembered the troubles that those two caused her and her previous pack before being found by Kuro. Deciding to have a little revenge of her own, she slipped inside the hotel.

"I don't have a good feeling about this..." Alex muttered, silently wishing that he brought his other partners with them, or at least woken one other person up in order to guard Lynn...and now Carly as well.

Carly woke up having a bad feeling. Max was gone and Deanna was asleep in the next room. She hoped that sound she heard was just another guest coming in late.

Artunia kept her silence as she headed into the building, quickly locating Carly's room and headed inside. As she headed inside, she wondered if it would be a good idea to actually help Kuro with her revenge..."Shirou...what should I do?" she whispered before an idea came to her. She just hoped that Carly would go along with it.

" Who's here ?" Carly said and hoped this was just part of the dream she had been having. The last thing she wanted was the nightmares to be back.

"Someone wanting to change her life...and needs your help," Artunia said as she entered the room.

" Why me ?" Carly said and turned on a light. " How do I know you aren't just saying that to get me to trust you?" Carly added knowing it was impossible to trust an eraser.

"I was able to sneak in without being heard or seen. If I wanted to, I could have taken you right now, but...I don't think Shirou-kun would want me to get revenge..." she said softly.

" Revenge is never the answer. It takes a lot of courage to want to change." Carly said remembering how they all had distrusted Salem at first, but he had proven he had changed.

"Thank you..." Artunia said softly.

" Now first we need to figure out where the others are." Carly said not sure if she should wake Salem and Eve up. Something didn't feel right about all this for some reason.