“We aren’t that far. Just follow me,” Ryan said, turning away from the dying woman and leading Kat and Eric toward one of his little secret passageways. It was difficult to say if he was in the mindset of leaving her as well, or was just doing it because Eric was.<br/><br/>Kat really couldn’t say for sure. Perhaps it was something else that made him turn away from that woman. It just had to be. This whole thing was bothering her. Part of her wanted to question, but decided to keep quiet for now. There was too much going though her mind right now and her words wouldn’t come out right. If she opened her mouth, it would probably be something completely different than what she wanted coming out anyway.<br/><br/>Whatever happened now, she needed to be prepared for. But was it really that easy? To just prepare for something, prepare for anything? She wanted to be hopeful to say the least. But the reality was, she doubted it. She certainly had not been prepared for what had just happened, and more and more things pop up out of the blue. The thought of being fully prepared was one she had to stop herself from laughing out loud about it.<br/><br/>Ryan had been right, the safe house was not far from where they were a moment ago at all.<br/><br/>He lead them inside quietly, passing a few people along the way. Kat assumed they knew him from the way they exchanged glances.<br/><br/>“It isn’t much, but make yourself as always at home,” Ryan said, gesturing around. He was right, it wasn’t much. But it was what he had to offer so Kat took it.<br/><br/>Kat nodded, “How long do you think we should stay here?”<br/><br/>“Long enough to gather our thoughts, then we’ll need to move again. Only this time, we’ll finally end this thing.”<br/><br/>She nodded again. There was an old chair in the room they were in currently, but she was feeling too restless and did not want to sit down. That was the main reason she had asked such a question as well. It was odd, he was doing well to hide it, but she couldn’t help but get the feeling Ryan was acting strange. He had been since they met that woman… and he had been so quick to leave her alive. Everything he’d said was still on her mind… She thought about telling Eric but instead kept it to herself.<br/><br/>Back on track, it was time to end this. They would do it together.