"Baby sleep, gently sleep.

Life is long and love is deep.

Time will-"

Ivy stopped singing. Confused looked she up. Was that a voice?

"...Think this was a good idea?" Said the voice in the distance.

"What? Don't know 'bout you Dan, but I'm pretty sure I prefer this over explaining to the cops why two guys where found robbing a cabin and having two bags full of medicin that have a street worth of twenty grand?" Replied a lower, calmer voice.

"You know Peter, that guy has people working in every place you can think of. We would get outta there immediately, instead of freezing in fucking Covington Woods!"

The conversation continued, albeit in such a way Ivy couldn't fully comprehend it. This was her chance. They, those two voices were the hope for Lucius. She was so lost in her musings that she only just now realised that the talking had stopped and the men who the voices belonged to were standing in front of her.

After some time passed and it was clear the two men were not making any attempts at speaking, Ivy musterd up enough courage.

"Are you from the towns?" She asked nervously.

"Uh...what?"

"Are you from the towns?" Ivy repeated.

"Er, well, we're from Philadelphia if that's what you wanna know. What's your name?"

"Ivy Elizabeth Walker."

"Uh- well, Mine is Pepper. This is my friend Dandelion, Dan for short." Pepper gestured towards his counterpart.

Ivy wasn't concerned with wondering about these odd names. "Please, will you help me? I need to find a doctor of medicine. I must find these things, we must make haste."

The men seemed to get confused by the minute. "What medicine?"

Ivy took the piece of paper out of her waist of her dress and handed it over to Pepper.

"Pepp, I don't think this is a very good idea." Said the voice that belonged to Dan.

"What. Why? Hand me the flashlight, will ya?"

Dan scoffed. "Unbelievable."

"We can argue about this later. Now this girl needs our help." Pepper nodded to Ivy, altough she couldn't see it.

Dan scoffed again, but Ivy heard some rustling and then a click.

"Ehh...," He peered at the piece of paper. "Cefazolin, Cefoxitin and...what's this? Erythro...something." Pepper sighed. "Listen, I have no idea what you need, so I'll just..ehh..God. Dan, help me out a bit."

"No. No. she could just as well be a junkie, and I won't let us ruin an order just because you wanna be a hero. No." He seemed resolute.

Pepper took a deep breath. "Does she look like a junkie to you? No? Good. I won't let her go without the thing she needs."

"There is no way in hell that she's gonna run off to God knows where and that we just have to assume that we can trust her."

"Then let's go with her. With that you can keep an eye on her. Riley was pretty relaxed about this delivery, so a day or two delay won't matter."

Dan didn't say anything for a couple of seconds and then proceeded to close his eyes. "Fine."

"Am I not fit to be handed over medicine?" Ivy asked uncertain.

"I think you are. Dan daarentegen... So we"ll come with you."

Ivy was speechless for a moment, then she took the pocket watch out of the waist of her dress and held it towards the young man.

"Please, take this as payment."

Pepper took a few steps back in suprise. "Whoa, whoa, easy Ivy. You don't need to pay me."

"Well actually-" Dandelion was cut off before he could finish the sentence.

"Is it far?" Pepper asked Ivy.

She managed to shakily say "Half a day's journey.".

Pepper nodded thoughtfully. "Shall we leave now? If we hurry we're there around eleven o'clock."

Ivy nodded. "Yes, please."

The following hours passed quietly, only broken by Dandelion's cursing , Pepper's questions and the breaking of dawn.

When the darkness had left to be replaced by grey Pepper stood suddenly still. "Don't. Move." He had his arms held out to prevent Ivy and Dandelion from walking any further.

Before them stood a seven feet tall creature, shrouded in a flaming red cloak.