Ryan couldn’t help but smile a little when Eric thanked him. He was about to say that it wasn’t really a problem, and that he was welcome, when he noticed he had passed out. That was a good idea, he thought to himself. But he simply refused to rest himself right now no matter how much he wanted to rest up a little. He really hoped this would work. The wound was not that fatal so he knew Eric would not die from it at least. He wished he could do a little more for him. For now, he just wanted to make sure he recovered alright from it. As long as Eric was still breathing that was all that mattered to him at the moment. It was almost kind of funny how determined he was, and held back a laugh since this was no time for that right now.<br/><br/>Moving a little closer to Eric, he pulled him against him gently almost as if he was being protective. Maybe he was. Maybe he was worried that he would lose him, as silly as that sounded. It was still a possibility. Death was an odd thing, and sometimes even the oddest cases would be a victim. He, and he was sure Eric had as well, had seen enough of it to know just how scary it was.<br/><br/>His thoughts were interrupted when Alfred entered the room. The man looked rugged, like he had been through hell and back even though it had only been an hour, give or take, since he was given the order to track those men. “I hate to interrupt but I… I have some very, very bad news.” He was out of breath, shaking. There was a long pause before he finally spoke again, a little more composed. What he had to say must have been pretty big if he was pausing in the middle of speaking. “They took her to the far edge of the city, close to Adam’s territory. Ryan, I’m sorry… I lost them after that… I didn’t want to be spotted by Adam or any of his crew.” Now that was a name Ryan really did not want to hear. Alfred cringed a little at the frown on his leader’s expression.<br/><br/>“Wonderful… This is just what I fucking need.” Ryan muttered as he ran a hand over his face and sighed heavily. He could feel his restlessness beginning to boil over again. “First off, keep your voice down.” He growled. “Second, did you see exactly where they had gone?” He and Adam go way back, in fact Adam use to be part of Ryan’s gang. They had a lot of issues; there was some bad blood between them. If there was one person he would rather not have to deal with right now, it was that son of a bitch. The quicker he could get in there and get Kat, the better. He really hoped that it would go smoothly… Then again, knowing Adam, he would try to start a pissing contest with him like he always did if they were to encounter each other. It was a huge risk either way.<br/><br/>“I couldn’t venture as far as I would have like--”<br/><br/>“A yes or no would suffice.”<br/><br/>Alfred hesitated, “No… unfortunately.”<br/><br/>Ryan swore again, under his breath. “Forget about it for now. We’ll deal with it later. You’re dismissed.” Alfred nodded, apologized again, and then was off. Ryan was really hoping Eric would be better soon. They had a lot of planning to do now.