Coleson sighed and nodded, "Alright... just, be careful" he stroked her hair lovingly.

She purred, wrapping her arms around him and cuddling for a few mins, "So, I'm going to have to ask that the women's showers be off limits for awhile and I'll need several cases of real spring water." She ask/told, kissing his cheek.

"Consider it done" Coleson replied, giving her a kiss back before heading off to do so.

"... you really have him whipped, don't you?" Horatio commented with a raised brow.

"...Whose to say he's not the one with the whip?" Polly joked, "It works both ways."
"Liar. You hate whips. Sonething about being a useless tool. Or has Phil gotten you into some kinky stuff?"

">\\\< JUNO." Polly yelled about to punch Juno but she teleported to the other side of the room

"I officially do not want to know" Horatio raised his hands and took a step back, "Lets just focus on Ceres, shall we?"

The siblings got down to business. As soon as the showers were closed down; which didn't go off very well with the Shield ladies. They cleaned and purified the area. They placed two long wide wooden locker room benches in the middle of the room. Juno and Ceres on one and Horatio on the other. Juno sat with her legs crossed and Ceres' head in her lap.

They found a long white t-shirt to put Ceres in. Horatio having a problem with seeing his little sister naked. Polly sat cross legged as well.

"Remember, first sign of trouble, you get me out of this room alright?" Polly said to Horatio. Horatio was on unscrewing the bottle cap from the spring water duty.

Horatio nodded, "Proceed"

Juno nodded, she placed her hands on Ceres chest, a glowing green film laying over top of the once pink gem. Polly took a bottle of spring water and with a bit of magic, made it glow light blue before slowly pouring it onto Ceres Soul Gem. The water seemed to fall right into her gem, like it was a void.

Nothing seemed to happen at first but by the fifth bottle, a fowl smelling black goop began to flow slowly out.
"Oh man, that's intense." Juno said, turning her head to the side. The smell was enough to burn your nostrils.

"I think it's working." Polly said, breathing through her mouth. "Don't let it touch you Juno.

"Got it." The green transparent film molded into a path of the goop to flow out and down to the floor.

"uhg" Horatio gagged, the stench effecting his particularly sensitive nose, "Where's the nose plugs when you need them?"

"Another bottle, Horatio... Coleson sweetie. Are you out there?" Polly called.

"Is everything okay?" Coleson questioned, immediately worried while Horatio gave another bottle.

"Yeah. It's working.... It's just... smells really bad. Could you find us some masks and as much air fresher are you can?" She said trying not to throw up, pouring another bottle.

"Got it" Coleson replied and a few minutes later they had a bunch of scented candles and masks.

They continue this till they ran out of water/ the drains to the showers got clogged. Ceres' soul gem was still very dark but there were batches of very dark pink here and there.

Juno carried Ceres back to her bed.

Polly wiped her brow, "We made a little progress. We'll need to try and do this at least a couple more times... Thank you for being so supportive." She said leaning into him.

"Whatever it takes" Coleson nodded, wrapping his arms around Polly.

Horatio disappeared once they were done, he looked frustrated.

"Are you just so understanding or am I just stubborn?" Polly asked softly. She was tired, drained even. She was going to need cuddles on the couch with some reruns of I am Genie. It had started out as a bit of a joke between the two, since Pallas' outfit looked a lot like Genie from the show. He would tease her saying things like, "I dream of Polly." and such.

"A little bit of both" Coleson picked her up in his arms, "but I am going to have to insist that you rest now" he carried her off to sleep.

"Aye Aye Captain. <3 Guess you'll have to spend the rest of the day making sure I get that rest huh?" It wasn't a requirement though, when she was pregnant the last time, Polly had fallen asleep in Coleson's lap several times while he was doing his paperwork.... Or her paperwork.

Coleson smiled, "I shall tuck you in and assure that you never leave the bed"

"You trust me too much... You should just do paperwork cuddles just in case." She smiled back. "...Has Loki woken up yet?"

Coleson tucked her into bed, he had already brought some paperwork to the desk in the room, thinking ahead. A frown became evident on his face when she brought up Loki, "He is... less than well." he admitted, "we've been monitoring his recovery but... he's officially addicted to the Red Devil drug." he sat on the next to her, "coming off of it is causing his organs to shut down so we've had to start giving him increasingly lower doses but he isn't even at half of what he must've taken to begin with."

She nodded. Polly put a hand on his, "And how are you doing about all this?" She gave his hand a small squeeze. Loki had stabbed him right through the chest after all.

"I can't say I'm too broken up about how much pain he's in" Coleson admitted, "but don't tell anyone I said that, I'm trying to be the better man" he smiled a little.

She cupped his face and smiled, "And that's why I love you so much." She pulled him close to kiss him sweetly on the lips. "I'll keep my lips sealed on the matter."

Coleson grinned and kissed her back, "To love and to cherish, to keep all secrets, til death do us part."