“Nah. I’ll make something. What do you want?”

“You have that yellow egg bread stuff, right?”

“Challah. Yes. I’m not sure how good it is.”

“It’s good. Can you make french toast with it?” The smile had dropped away, and her eyes were big.

“If you agree to something with vitamin C.”

“O.J.”

“Alright,” I said.

I made my way into the kitchen to drop off the dishes. In the background, I heard her say, “Yes! I love this show. I’m never awake to see it.”

Kenzie had been my day one thing. I’d tackled one priority in each of my five days of dealing with the infection in my arm and whatever I’d had that was between flu and cold. I’d asked her what she wanted and needed and she’d said she wanted to stay over. I’d warned her I was sick, that I couldn’t give her my full attention, and she’d said that was fine.

She’d stuck as close to me as I let her, as I did my best not to pass on whatever I’d picked up. During the day, she either accompanied me on my errands, or she went off with other teammates. Her team had asked for help with a job, and she’d gone to do that yesterday. She had stayed for three hours, just long enough to handle the job and come back.

I knew her team was worried. That they didn’t know what to do about her, and she didn’t know what to do about them.

Kenzie thumped to the ground, prompting me to look away from the bread I was cutting up. She’d rolled out of her burrito and onto the floor, and was in the process of kicking and punching her way free. She bolted once she was out of it, straight down the hallway.

“Ad break gonna pee real quick back soon.”

The bathroom door banged shut.

It had been Candy who had given me the data stick. I’d plugged it into my phone while waiting for Kenzie to get her things together.

I had no idea how Candy had even got it, but it was surveillance footage from the Wardens’ HQ. Kenzie stricken. Kenzie pushing things off of the desk she’d set up at. A faltering attempt at smiling had given way to tears, sobbing. She’d started shouting and pushing more things to the ground when her teammates had tried to reassure her. In the end, it had been Tattletale who had caught her in a hug, pinning her arms at her sides, and held her there. Tattletale who, despite the video not having audio, had apparently told Chicken Little, Darlene, and Candy to go.

When Kenzie had been released from the hug, she’d gone back to her computer. To keep updating us.