"You think so too, huh." Rose nodded, trailing back into silence.

"No, I want to process it all at once. You're obviously here for a reason," Skyla sighed, rubbing her face.

"A sign of hope," Tyler shrugged.

"Well, this is mostly why I'm here. As you might've guessed, I'm the one known as Maahes. Hathor's naming scheme, we just all went along with it because code names are fun." Brett smiled slightly for a brief moment while talking about it, but returned to a neutral face immediately after. "Anyway, I'm mostly just doing my job of capturing some of you big names and holding you until this whole Carpinello thing is done with, but I specifically wanted to talk to you about Andy. I've had some respect for you ever since that incident with Violet, Skyla, and it hurt to see you manipulated and used in such a way. Mafdet and Hathor took interest in you two, so I let them be the ones to research you two. See if Andy was legitimate, or if you were being used as previous girls were. Their research found him...lacking."

"The way he acted, the way he talked to you, that sorta thing. Always involving Elizabeth, making sure you got close enough to her that it would hurt to leave, he did everything possible to make you not want to leave him. Not want to leave the little you had left." Brett replied. "The kid is more knowledgeable on this stuff than she lets on. I don't know if she's actively working with him to manipulate you to get what she wants or not, but I have a feeling she's at least aware of what she's doing. I've noticed her do it more than once, asking Andy in front of the girl he's trying to manipulate if that's his girlfriend, when there's nothing even implying it. It's suspiciously routine. She did it with Rose too, and we all know that was part of his womanizer routine that fell short."

Tyler hadn't even realized. "Huh...yeah, I guess," he said.

Skyla focused on the floor as she listened. Had she really...been manipulated? No, she loved Andy, he was there for her when she needed him but...what if it was just a means to an end? Giving her the attention she needed when she was down, to trick her into loyalty. Had she been lied to? She had lost everything, she was empty and seeking, what? Something to distract her is what she had said to him the first time. He had taken her brokenness and used it to his advantage. A tear slipped across her cheek.

Jason kept his eyes on the clock and kept working in the back.

Andy was busy getting the materials he needed for the plan, but grew silent. He hasn't heard from Skyla in over a week, maybe it was time for him to call her? Andy sighed "Long distance charges are a pain, but it's worth it" He called Skyla's number.

Set, the well researched impersonator, was the one that answered the phone. "Hello?" came the voice that sounded just like Skyla.

"Sorry you had to find out like this. It isn't fair, that's for sure." Brett said a bit quieter, not good with this sort of thing.

"Hey Skyla, how are you doing?" Andy said falling for it because he was blind and didn't see something he would usually pick up on.

Jason stated "Yeah, just cleaning the dishes and counting down the clock."

Carpinello was watching the news quietly in his office, feet on his desk. The head fed leading his city wipe was standing in front of the desk, waiting, practically shaking. "Why has no progress been made?" He asked, pressing the mute button and looking at the man before him. "We-well sir, there's no...crimes right now. We can't just...arrest people without reason." Carpinello's lip curled in a sneer. "You can drag people from their homes and question them, shoot people in the street, I don't care, I want this city's gang population wiped clear!" He stood, stalking forward, pressing the gun under the man's chin. "You have one more chance, Captain Samuels. Start purging this city, or I'll add a new bloodstain to this wall," He growled. "Y-yes sir, right away sir," The captain saluted and rushed out of the office. Carpinello turned to watch the TV again, which was stating the rules of the martial law and curfews as always. He would purify this city again.

"None of the rest of them are going to be as easy to subdue," Skyla said.

"What about Tyler?" Skyla asked.

"He's not exactly physically tough." Brett replied. "We get him to meet us somewhere, we grab him, take his stuff, take him to a cell." He explained, not mentioning this was part of Tyler's request to them.