Walter sighed at Eric’s silence, “You’ve got quite a mouth on you, but when I ask for cooperation you’re quiet?” He shook his head and leaned back in the chair more. Kat wished it would break; the thing didn’t even look that sturdy anyway, so there was a little hope.<br/><br/>“Maybe if you told him what you wanted him for, he would have something to say,” She said. It was an attempt to play off of it, though it probably wasn’t needed. Eric was more than capable of holding his own. The reason she spoke up was because she knew Eric was not in the condition to take another beating.<br/><br/>“Well, you both might be right about him being useless.”<br/><br/>“Then maybe you should go back to your boss and ask him what the hell he wants him for.”<br/><br/>“I could, but my boss doesn’t want to see me until I get what I need from you.”<br/><br/>“If that’s the case, stop screwing around and tell me what you want from me already.” Kat’s patience was beginning to run low. Unfortunately she could only keep this calm façade up for so long, and patience has never been one of her strong points. Her annoyance was slowly showing through more and more. Shifting her position a little, she took in a deep breath in an attempt to hide her slight falter. She was really hoping Walter would tell her what they wanted. But no, of course that would be too easy. Nothing was ever as simple as that. What contributed to her mood slowly shifting was the condition that Eric was in. The man wasn’t weak, but he was starting to lose a lot of blood. The stain on his shirt was hard to miss, and she knew that he probably would soon either pass out or bleed out.<br/><br/>She was positive that Walter was just screwing with them at this point. Eric did have a point, even if he was just tossing out a bit of his sense of humor, when he mentioned the boss not thinking he was useless. What about Eric could not be so useless after all? Perhaps Walter had not been well informed? Or they were trying to make it seem like Eric was useless and just use him to get to her? Did someone know Eric and was just keeping him here? Did they bring him here so he could not report her missing? Maybe… oh, she really didn’t know. The more she thought about it, the more she was left with useless answers that didn’t seem to get anywhere.<br/><br/>Walter cleared up a little suspicion at least, “You don’t like my company either? That’s sad. I have all the time in the world; I figured I’d grace you with my presence a little before I start breaking a few bones. Would you rather I just get down to business?”<br/><br/>“Exactly.” Kat’s tone came off a little more daring than she wanted. “However, I did say I would cooperate if you told me what it was you were looking for.” There was a pause… “And… get medical attention for him. If you do that, I will give you whatever you want. That’s my only condition.”<br/><br/>“That’s all?”<br/><br/>“Yes. That’s all.”<br/><br/>“You hear that?” Walter looked to Eric briefly, “You were useful for something after all.” He stood up from the chair and stretched, yawning obnoxiously. It vaguely reminded her of Thomas. “Alright, I’ll go see what kind of medical equipment we were left with,” He started to walk towards the door. Right when he stood in the doorway, he paused and then looked over his shoulder, “By the way, what we’re looking for is a code.” Leaving it at that, he left.<br/><br/>When the coast looked clear, Kat sighed, “I guess I should be the one apologizing. You shouldn’t have been dragged into this. Let’s just hope my decision doesn’t bite me in the ass later.” She really hoped it would not. It was probably stupid of her, but it was all she could think of at the moment.