Where there's smoke...

"You are not John, Jack." -Raina

The next day finds Raina running errands in Talos, glad for the normalcy of the actions. She is stopped however by Grim's sudden request over the comms for everyone to return to base. There, they find the medical bay and bar baring scorch marks. More worrisome is that the blood sample Brandon took from her the day before was destroyed. Raina readily offered to allow him to draw more. This time, Brandon draws 4 vials, promising to stash them in various places this time.

Questioning Aza, the apparent cause of the scorching, she admits to setting herself on fire to "see what it felt like". The explanation was believable to Raina since the girl had already proved herself to be a bit of a masochist. The 'emergency' taken care of and Aza warned against any further solo experiments, Raina decides to head out to check out a few leads on other things she's working on.

She is summoned back to the base by sensing troubling thoughts in Jack's mind. She arrives to find Jack and the rest in the brig.. and Jennifer is inside the cell. No one looks very happy and Raina waits to find out what happened. She is told that Jennifer was caught setting fire to Grim's room. Raina supports Jack's decision to keep Jennifer in the cell until they determine who was controlling her. Especially when Jennifer refuses to allow them to put defenses in her against it happening again or even to avoid the D where it happened. The others are not as accepting to the idea of detaining her.

Raina cites the danger presented by her and as she explains why, Jack orders Rusty to turn on the dampening fields. Rusty responds, "Yes, John." and then apologizes for the slip. Stunned, Raina can only stare for a moment as Jack leaves. She snaps to the others to go ahead and let her go, but warns against the danger she could cause. Trying to temper her own anger, Raina tries to seek out and console Jack. He asks her to give him space to think and Raina readily agrees (after punching a dent in the bricks of the TV room in anger). Not trusting herself to speak to them, Raina takes her ocelot form before rejoining the others.

She listens as they allow Jenn and Aza to leave and then as Grim, Brandon, and Rusty decide to find the restaurant in the city where Jenn claims to have woken up at. Rusty tries to speak to Raina who gives him a look that would peel paint and refuses to change her form to speak with him. After listening to them wander aimlessly, Raina leaves and easily backtrack's Jenn's scent to a restaurant. The place provides no new clues and the group returns to base. Raina takes out her fury on an unlucky group of hellions. Arriving back at base, Raina goes to join Jack in their room while Rusty and the others decide to investigate the D.

Raina tries to put Jack's fears to rest and the two eventually retreat to bed for a few hours. They emerge to find Brandon helping Kal and Grim move the burned furniture out of their room. They aide with the "remodel" by moving undamaged furniture from a spare room into Grim and Kal's room. However, things seem to collapse again when Grim tries to push the issue about Rusty's slip. Eventually Jack leaves and Raina follows him.

She finds him working out in the training ring and, without hesitating, moves to attack him. They share a fast paced training fight that ends with Jack managing to pin Raina to the floor. They get up and decide to talk again, with Raina working to assure Jack that he will never be John. They are interrupted by Grim, Kalius, and Brandon. Grim starts with telling Jack to grow up and get over it. This immediately puts Raina and Jack on the defensive and effectively destroys everything Raina's done to calm him down.

The verbal fight degenerates to a near shouting match that ends with Jack leaving in anger. Raina attempts to follow him but then recognizes that Jack needs space again. Furious at the callous words of the others and their ignorance, she returns to the base and screams in fury before stalking to the bar for a much needed drink. She mentally contacts Jack, telling him that she wants to be there with him. He responds that he wants her there too but, "You'd better stay with the nimwits.. they need someone with brains there." Resigned to being away from him for a night, she pours herself a glass of whiskey.

Brandon joins her and questions her gently on the group's history and past ties. Raina starts to explain about their past rockiness and then begins to tell him of her and Jack's link. She stops when Grim and Kalius enter but continues at their prompting. Emotionally weary and her fury spent, Raina questions Grim if he knows how badly Jack was hurt by it all. Apologetic, Grim asks her to let Jack know that he wants to apologize. Aware that Jack is too hurt and angry to listen, she responds that it would be better to wait until he was calmer. She tells them that Jack is sleeping in an apartment in Kings Row and will be back the next day.

The group then heads for the respective beds and sleep, hoping the next day will dawn brighter.