How coincidental.

Catherine looked at Jira, deciding she would wait with him. She wanted to see whether Soahc was alright. She really hoped Alexiel would find him.

Alexiel jogged down the street, looking in every alleyway and in every single place where one might hide. She sighed, wondering why things like this were always up to her. "Soahc? Soahc!!" she called out, hands cupped over her mouth as she ran.

Alexiel kept on running. She wasn't going to go back until she found Soahc, dead or alive. But hopefully alive, because she didn't want him dead and she doubted Catherine did either. Jira... well he probably just wouldn't care. Cordelia would have a fit, too, and probably get really ticked, which none of them needed.

"Soahc!!" she called out again, getting closer to the alley he was in.

Alexiel stopped outside the alleyway he was in. It was close to the last alleyway on the street, so she decided to search it more thoroughly than she had the others. She walked in, footsteps echoing on the concrete. She looked at the fire escape, and not seeing him there, looked behind a couple of trashcans. Then of course, she looked in the trash cans, since they were big enough to hold a little boy.

The only thing she hadn't looked in was the dumpster. Walking over to it, she lifted the lid, nearly falling in herself. She looked at the figure inside, resting her arms on top of the structure.

"And what would you be doing in there?" she asked, an eyebrow raised.

Alexiel ducked from the crystals, but closed the lid slightly so it would be harder to get out. She also got her remaining fan out, just in case. "Don't pull that crap with me, you know I won't put up with it," she said. "You and I need to talk. I'm not gonna force you to go back, alright? Why did you leave in the first place?"

Alexiel shook her head. "Don't make me climb in there next to you," she said. "It won't phase me. Come on, just talk to me, ok? I'm not going to make you do anything. All anyone in our little family wants is for you to be happy, Soahc, so talk to me. What's on your mind?"