Plum, despite all of her experience could not seem to find a way out of her predicament. Suddenly the door was wretched open and Plum gave a yelp of surprise, flailing away from the loud sound.<br/><br/>"OI! CALM THE FUCK DOWN!" That was Kai's voice and Plum nearly cried in relief as he reached in, unbuckling her and pulling her to his chest.  "You should know better than to panic like that, Plum. Nice bite on your neck, by the way," he gave her a smirk and she gasped out her own response, her elation outweighing her pain, "I...wa..s...not...pan...ni..." Plum wasn't capable of finishing her sentence and something flashed in Kai's eyes as he passed her off to the medic. She took in the twisted metal that was Ghost's old car before everything went to black, her last thought was if Ghost was okay.<br/><br/>Plum had been immediately taken into emergency surgery when the ambulance arrived. It seemed there was no end to the amount of internal damage she had sustained, not to mention the bullet in her hip and the rather alarming amount of blood she had lost over the course of a couple of hours. To the doctors it was as if she were losing more blood than they could put in.<br/><br/>Then, for a terrifying five minutes, Plum's heart simply stopped. For all intents and purposes she was dead, but there was a single doctor who recognized the mark upon her neck. It was that doctor who had began to briskly bark orders to the others, demanding no one stop their treatment. They had to get her back, there was no telling what a white wolf would do to them if they didn't.<br/><br/>And so, those five minutes passed excruciatingly slow for all involved. A huge collective sigh of relief and even a few high fives erupted in the operating room as the steady, albeit slightly weak heartbeat returned to the screen. The remainder of surgery went by with little other drama, though Plum was deposited into the ICU once they were done. They would have to schedule another time for a surgery for her arm. It was the same arm Plum had broken and mended a few days before. This time her arm has sustained too much damage to simply reset it. They'd need to put in a metal rod, something Plum was likely to be very annoyed about.<br/><br/>This was likely the first time Plum had ever ended up in the hospital in such a state. Normally her injuries were limited to in house infirmary visits. No job had ever gone this poorly before. Even as Plum received her last transfusion, word was already spreading about Jamison's house fire among the underground non-community. Ghost was at the scene and not only was he there, but he had pulled Plum out of the house, exposing her as the would-be assassin.<br/><br/>It was likely the strawberry blonde would be able to salvage her reputation, but it would take a good bit of time. There was no guarantee she'd even be able to continue her path as a hitwoman. Not with the mark. Not with Ghost.<br/>-----<br/><br/>"You want me to get you pregnant so you can go on the run again?" Kallista sputtered for a moment, but before she could respond Silas leaned in. "As you wish.," he stated while wrapping his arms around her middle. He went as if to kiss her neck and butterflies jolted in her stomach at the though. Just as his lips brushed against her ear, he murmured softly, "Then again, now is not the time." He pulled back and she held back a groan of annoyance. He knew he always got her riled up easily, so why he insisted at that worst time to tease her was beyond her.<br/><br/>After a few moments of silence, Silas frowned, "Do you ever think of Jansel, sheill? Of what happened to him?" Kallista's eyes fell to look at the floor, her arms coming up as if to hug herself. "I think that it's best not to think of any of that at all. I've lost him twice, Silas. Let me not think on such troubled, unchangeable matters. I don't believe the gods wanted us to have him, for why else would they seek to snatch him so ruthlessly?"<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>Cherry and Mallow stayed with Cocoa for a few hours, but Cherry was getting antsy. Raz hadn't called her still and normally it didn't take so long. She couldn't even pretend to be interested in anything Cocoa and Mallow were talking about, even declined a drink. Only Raz was on her mind.<br/><br/>"We should look for him, Mal. What if something is wrong?" Cherry finally stated, turning away from the window she had been looking out of. "Not what if...something is definitely wrong," she amended, chewing on her thumb nail. While Raz could certainly take care of himself, it was so unlike him to not at least page her that he was okay. He hadn't even done that much. She hadn't heard from his brother either.<br/><br/>"Maybe we should go find Blacc. He was supposed to be working last night."<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>Mira didn't bother packing. She didn't need to pack, she just needed to leave. The moment she was sure Kai was gone, she had jumped out of bed and began to dress in as warm of clothes as she could find. Once she had put on an oversized rudolph sweater (Chuck's go to christmas sweater) and her boots, she was ready to bolt.<br/><br/>"Are you fuckin' kiddin' me?" she muttered as she realized Kai had taken her car. The son of a bitch. It made sense, of course, that it wouldn't be easy. She gave a frown, trying to figure out what to do next. It was then it dawned on her that, as far as the public knew, she was likely dead. She could just simply take a car and it would never be traced back to her. But she would definitely be making someone else's day terrible. She gave a sigh, unable to let herself do such a thing. She'd just have to walk.<br/><br/>With that in mind, she began to head toward the direction of downtown. Maybe she'd get a drink first and see if she couldn't hitch a ride with someone from a bar.