<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/Mtx59.jpg)</div><br/><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Name:</strong> Allison Leclerc<br/><strong>Title:</strong> The Brains<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Discovery Park<br/><strong>Tags:</strong> Taras, Cori, Adriano, Natalie</span></span><br/><hr/><br/>Although the brief hug with Cori had reassured her a little, Allison couldn't help but feel saddened by the other girl's comment. Not because she was upset that her win - which was supposed to have been a joyous occasion - had been turned into a near-tragedy, stained by fear and anger and blood, but just <em>because</em>. Because of the whole situation. Because the hardest thing in the world was standing by idly while watching a family member suffer. <br/><br/>That reflection brought on an additional sharp pang of guilt that spread out all through her chest and made it tighten up uncomfortably as she got an even clearer idea than she'd had previously about what she'd been doing to Taras by distancing herself from him and hiding her problems. It was both funny and sad how idiotic people could be, herself included. It took a horrible event just to grant her some new perspective about something that should have been obvious from the start.<br/><br/>Ally's only reply to Adriano was a forced smile before she went to pace somewhat close to the car where Cori was being worked on by Clap, allowing the two guys to exchange a few words in private. She could clearly see that Taras was furious and liable to go on the warpath, but Adriano would be the voice of reason. Better than she didn't interfere with this one, especially not with everything else already going on between them.<br/><br/>She'd have gotten closer to the car to check on Cori if she could, but the sight of blood freaked her out too badly. Not a bit of blood, that was fine, but a lot of it like that, especially with someone poking around inside of the injuries...Allison couldn't stomach it. She hadn't even been able to dissect a dead frog in biology class. She ended up pacing in front of Natalie, her face only having a shade or two more color in it than Cori's at the very most.<br/><br/>"Nat..." she stopped in front of Natalie long enough for them to exchange a few words a rubbed her own arms, but the chill that she was feeling came from within, so it didn't help. "You and Adrian take care of her back home, okay?" It was the most obvious thing in the world and more than likely didn't even need saying, but Ally was stressed and still in a bit of shock. "I can't go back with you guys right away." <em>Or maybe ever</em>, but it most certainly was not the time for that conversation. "If you think anything is wrong - <em>might</em> be wrong even for a second, you get her to the hospital right away. Promise me, please." Allison couldn't help but have her doubts that the guys - in this case, Adriano - would always be tempted to try solving everything without involving official channels that would leave any sort of trail like the hospital, but she knew that Natalie wouldn't risk it. </div>