Selfish?

"Am I the only one who's curious to see what could make the VoPC run?" - Raina Sylvir in Pocket D

The group heads to the D the next day when Aza contacts that she's found someone in need of a safe place to stay. As this is the main reason for Safe Havens existence, they agree to head to the club to check this person out. They find Aza talking to Jennifer D, but the close proximity of many VoPC and Justice Seekers members make the group uneasy and they seek out somewhere more private to talk. As they talk, Raina hears John over the broadcast of the D ordering his people to retreat. While curious to what could make them run, she manages to control the impulse to see. Parallel arrives and informs them that John started a fight by throwing a girl at a zombie girl and was outnumbered. Stunned and amused, the group brush off the incident and get about interviewed Jennifer, who proves to be DJ Zero's neglected daughter.

Eventually, the group agrees to let Jenn stay with them and Raina gives her a keycard. The group heads back to base but Raina stays a little longer to talk with Parallel. She finds out that the mother-to-be of his children is named Cubbie and is having triplets. She congratulates him on the happy event and shows him her engagement ring. They part after sharing more news on recent events and Raina heads to base to be with Jack and their friends.

Jack isn't there at first and Grim is giving Jennifer a tour of the base. After concluding the tour, Jennifer goes to claim a room for herself and Grim takes Raina aside. He tells her that his "parts" have finally grown back and that the damage John did to him is completely gone now. Raina expresses her joy and the two share a brother/sister moment. Kalius arrives and Grim takes him away to show him the good news. As she waits Jack arrives and he and Raina talk about their plans for their wedding and his father's sickness. Jack tells her of his idea for Grim to only weaken the cancer so that his father's body can fight and overcome it. That way, they can save his father without him realizing that any magic was used on him.

Raina agrees that its a good idea, but still doesn't see why they can't trick his father into accepting an instant healing. She does however respect Jack's wishes and encourages him to ask Grim if its possible. Jack also tells her that he would like to have Grim as his best man. Raina agrees and states that she'll approach Ashley as her maid of honor.. also stating that likely they'll have all their friends in the wedding party.

Grim and Kalius return and Jack proposes both questions to Grim. Grim agrees that he can probably form a spell that will weaken his father's cancer. He also happily agrees to stand as Jack's best man when he and Raina wed. Jack states that he needs to head to Steel for some things and the rest decide that they've had enough "hanging around the base for now"

The group then heads out with some of their new allies to have some fun. They take out several council and Arachnos bases. The 'fun' is cut short when Raina suddenly becomes ill after one mission to steal away an "all purpose virus" from an arachnos base. They help her back to base and get her to the medbay. The source of her illness is determined to be a large gash on her side that isn't healing and shows signs of an infection.

Grim, with Kalius's aide, attempts to heal her, but her cat, defensive against the virus' assault threatens to attack him. Hoping that Raina's natural defenses will overcome the virus, Grim calls Jack to let him know what happened. He and Kalius head off for a shower. Jack comes in and rushes to her side. Raina's growing sicker by the moment with bouts of weakness, nausea, and pain. Jack attempts to shoulder her pain and Raina tries to stop him. She pleads with the returning Grim to make Jack stop. Instead, Grim gives Jack his energy and Kalius supplies Grim. At first, Raina's cat refuses their aide, but then suddenly latches on and starts draining all three.

Her inner magic begins to produce the correct antibodies to fight the virus and her wound heals when she shifts to her ocelot form. She breaks off the magical connection, making all three men collapse. They recover quickly and Grim and Kal head over to the bar to rest. Raina has Jack tell Brandon to draw some of her blood and make a vaccine or anti-virus from it in case this happens again in the future. Brandon draws a vial of blood from her foreleg and puts it in a rack on the desk.

After sharing news and drinks, Jack claims exhaustion and he and Raina head back to their room. There, Jack admits to not being that tired but just wanting time alone with her. Raina responds that there is nothing wrong with being "a little selfish" sometimes.