"Yeah, damned quick!"  Impossibly quick?  There seemed to be no way whoever this was could have gotten that far ahead of them!  They raced in to find themselves in a hallway but the sounds were moving up, so they pelted up the nearby staircase.  On the next floor, the sound of movement was still above them.  "I think we should-"<br/><br/>Before she could finish the sentence, Joy spotted someone, or something, moving down the hallway.  She didn't even think about it, but launched herself into motion, "There's someone down there too!  Don't worry, I'll get them!"  This wasn't anything she couldn't handle alone.  And if Aika decided to follow her instead of going upstairs, that'd be fine too.  The Tennin was a bad ass.  "Hey, you, hold i for a sec!  I'm not here to kick your ass.  ...Necessarily," she muttered the last word under her breath as she ran.  "But if I have to run you down, I'll be more inclined to!"