"We do, but she came to us out of her own free will. She hasn't harmed anyone and doesn't want to. Artunia wants to change..." she admitted after hearing what Taylor told her, she looked up at her sister in alarm.

" She does ? Then we need to be careful. I don't want Arturnia to be falsely accused either. " Taylor said.

"Agreed. If... if my father is trying to make it look as if Artunia kidnapped her and betrayed our trust, then he'll do it sometime at night. Like with what happened to Elisa," Carly responded. She didn't want her sister to be captured again...or her mother to fall victim to whatever it was that drugged her in the first place.

" We'll need to be on guard then. Don't let you mom go back to the gym and tell her about all this." Taylor said not wanting his friends to lose their mom again.

"I will, promise." Carly said.

" Alright. We'll see you at dinner. " Taylor said and ended the call.

"What was that about Carly?" Deanna asked out of curiosity.

" Dea, you and mom are in danger." Carly said and told her about what Taylor had said to her.

Dea was alarmed, and annoyed. They were trying so hard to make it so that Artunia was seen in a good light, and now her father and her mother's false husband were trying to destroy all that. "I'll tell Sakura and Thalia about it as soon as we get back. Also...I think you should officially capture Artunia as well," Deanna said after thinking things through. And here she thought they could get away from all of this after the kidnapping incident...

" You think so?" Carly asked. " I hope both Max and Artunia do agree to this. " She added since she knew how Max felt about the Erasers.

"I hope so as well," Deanna replied. "If they can't...we would have to help them work it out or something."

" We would. Let's go ask them both about this. " Carly suggested.

Deanna nodded as both she and their mother got up. They knew it would be better to leave now and head back to the apartment while there was still daylight out.

" I'll have Lynn bring you two some food and don't let anyone but me or those we trust in. " Carly said knowing she had to get back to the inn.

"That's probably for the best," Deanna said. "And Carly...talk to Artunia and Max. Hopefully the both of them can work out their differences," she added.

" I will talk to them. I won't give up until they do agree to work together. " Carly said and asked if they were ready to head back.

(um...I meant the hotel that they were all staying at... whoops)

( okay. I can edit my post. )

(thanks, sorry about that)

"Thanks, and I think we should," Deanna said in response.

( It's okay.)

Artunia hoped Carly would be back soon. All she wanted was a chance to prove she wasn't going to betray them.

Carly, Deanna and Janet entered the hotel, glad that nothing had happened on the trip back.

" Is everything alright? " Lynn asked when she saw Mary and her daughters arrive back. She had a hard time thinking of her friend as Janet and hoped they all were safe.

"Deanna's in danger," Carly said before explaining everything that she knew to Lynn. Though she was surprised that the others hadn't told her. After she was done, she asked Lynn if she knew where Max was.

" Max is in the kitchen with Elisa and Ruby." Lynn said with a smile. It was nice for the others to help and cook.

Carly was surprised. She would have thought that Max was still watching over Artunia, but shook it off all the same. "Alright. Thanks for telling me," she said before heading into the kitchen.