...There's fire

"Prey lives!" - Raina Sylvir

Raina contacted Jack the next day and found that her love was no better for the time away from the base. He hadn't slept and was worried about all of them. She caught up with him at Crown Memorial Hospital in Kings Row where his father was being treated. Jack admits to missing her and Raina says he same. His father is doing better and Jack decides its time to go home.

The two head back and meet up with Grim and Rusty. Apologies are exchanged and friendships are reinforced. Raina is happy that things seem to have worked out again. The decision is also made to dismantle the brig and use the space for something else. However, everything is thrown for a loop once more when Jennifer comes in with a man named Darren. Raina, still mistrustful of the girl, is even more deeply disturbed that she would bring a stranger to the base with no warning or having them checked. Angered but in the minority, Raina and Jack head up to their room.

There Raina rants about the removal of their sense of security. She admits to Jack that she wants to be able to let her guard down here at "home". However, with so many newcomers, she's not sure that its going to be possible. Jack worries about the same and promises to work harder in learning magic and "ward the entire place myself". Raina says that she needs a break and leaves.

She ends up in Pocket D where she finds John meeting with some other people but does not approach him. After John leaves she finds Bladeless nearly passed out drunk. Rusty also shows up and Raina carries Nathan back to base to sleep off the alcohol. She then patrols the base out of nervousness and stress.

A little while later she finds Jack and Jennifer in the bar talking. She takes her cat form since she still doesn't trust herself to talk civilly with the other girl. Walking in half-way through the conversation, Raina quickly catches up to what's happened while she's been out. The questioning takes a more ominous turn when Jennifer states that she was not controlled when she set the fires the day before. Then, in a random move, Jennifer states, "I'll do it!" and yanks out a torch and proceeds to set Jack and Raina on fire.

Screeching with her own and Jack's pain, Raina's cat seizes control and shifts straight to her wereform and attacks Jennifer. She screams into the comm to summon the others as she tries to subdue and possibly kill Jennifer. A confused Grim and Kalius show up and Kalius immediately pulls Raina off Jennifer who takes off into the rest of the base to set fires.

Furious and aware that her prey is still alive, Raina punches and struggles with Kalius to free herself. However, Kalius's god enhanced strength make him a match for even her were strength. Only Raina's killing rage allows her to overpower him and get free. She takes off after Jennifer to attack her again. She finds that Grim has cornered Jennifer in the room she and Jack share. Raina attempts to pin and kill her but is tackled once more by Kalius and the two crash through the window to the training ring below. Indeed, the training mat does bounce. Jack, badly burned, stumbles in as Kalius and Raina grapple on the training mat. Jack orders Kalius to let Raina go and the werecat takes off for her target. She tackles Jennifer down the stairs and proceeds to sever the girl's tendons and prevent further escape. As she goes for the killing blow, Kalius tackles her off again. As Raina struggles to get free and ignores Kalius' and Jack's attempts to calm her, Grim banishes Jennifer and the girl disappears.

Kalius finally ends up headbutting Raina hard and knocks both her and Jack unconscious. They are taken to medbay to recover. Unsure if Raina or her cat will be control when she comes to, they restrain Raina to the bed. Jack comes to first and speaks of what happened as Grim completes his healing. The white mage then attempts to heal Raina, but her cat is far to agitated and attempts to attack him. Using extra power from his watch, Jack manages to get through Raina's bloodfury and pull her back to them. Raina wakes calm, but pissed.

They collect Jennifer's blood from Raina's claws for Grim to use to steal away Jennifer's memories of the base location. Raina states that she warned them that Jennifer was a threat. They talk for a while longer before deciding to head to bed. Their room burned, Raina and Jack claim the TV room couch and go to sleep.