Oracle Mission [Rena and Xenia]

"Come on, let's go then!" Xenia said eagerly, leading Kennedy outside. She wondered what kind of nice restaurants there would be in Paris.

Rena had actually planned on walking around the perimeter but there was something she needed to do first. After ensuring that Kennedy and Xenia had left she went back to Jerome.

"I need to talk to you," she said simply. And she needed to make sure Xenia wouldn't know about it. Jerome might be too busy to talk now. If that was the case it was fine. She just needed to let him know she had to talk to him at some point.

She didn't bother to say it was important. It would be obvious. She didn't do small talk.

Xenia nodded. "Something quick," she said in a bubbly tone.

Rena really didn't want to have this conversation but it was necessary. Pretending there wasn't a problem didn't make it go away.

"It's about Xenia. Her fits are growing more violent and it's getting harder to calm her down. Recently there was an incident at a bar. It would have been a disaster if someone with a suit didn't intervene. I think we need to start carrying tranquilizer guns for her."

She felt terrible requesting such a thing but Xenia could be really dangerous if she was having one of her more violent fits. It might be the only way to deal with her.

Xenia started pointing to various buildings. "We could go there! Or there! Or there! Or there! What do you think?! What do you feel like?"

And this was why Rena hadn't wanted to have this conversation. She'd feared it would go this way. She stared back at Jerome unflinching.

"Don't lie to me, Jerome. Neither of us have any idea what those people did to her or what's wrong with her. Similarly we have no idea of how to fix her. I don't want false hope. I want to know where we stand."

"Hmm...Okay! Let's go there!" Xenia exclaimed pointing to some pink building. She had no idea what the food was like but the restaurant looked pleasing.

Rena smiled softly. "Thank you." She could never hurt her sister.

Still, Rena was a realist. "But in the mean time be careful. She's not just growing more violent but more paranoid. A bad mix. And if there is a time where you think she does need to be..."

She took a deep breath. "Put down I won't be able to help you. I can't. I can't even promise I'd warn you if I thought she was at that stage. I trust you but she means everything to me. I'm talking to you now because I know I'm too close to her to do what's right. I'm trusting you."

She hugged herself tightly, staring intently at the brown overcoat that mirrored Jerome's. She trusted him. She did. God she hoped it wouldn't come to this but he'd be able to make a more rational decision about Xenia's mental state. And Xenia was sweet and caring. She wouldn't want to hurt anyone.

Xenia and Kennedy were hustled into a booth and given a menu. Xenia looked hers over, trying to decide what she wanted to eat.

Rena nodded her head. There were few people in this world Rena trusted but Jerome was one of them. She knew she could count on him to do everything in his power to save Xenia. But honestly Rena didn't think it would be enough. So far they'd found nothing and they had no idea of where to go. Xenia was likely a ticking time bomb.

"I will too," she said fiercely. She'd do anything to return her sister to normal.

"I'm sorry," she added. She knew it wasn't fair of her to place all the responsibility on Jerome, make him make the tough decision about where Xenia was mentally. But Rena simply couldn't be objective when it came to her twin. She knew that and it was foolish to pretend otherwise.

"Me neither! I just want something sweet!" Xenia flipped to the dessert menu. Her eyes doubled in size as she gazed at all the sweet pictures. "Ooh! They all look so good!"

Rena nodded back at him. Having said all that she needed to say she walked out, hoping to question the locals and maybe get some sense of where this thing was going to attack.