Sanctuary

Earlier in the night, before Roisin confronted Rychard, she was making her way to see her Uncle Atlas, to check on how he was doing, it was her first time seeing him since his breakdown. She approached Atlas' door and knocked. Lotte opened the door and welcomed her in.

"Wanting anything to drink?" Lotte smiled.

"Oh, I wouldn't mind a cuppa" Roisin smiled as she hung her coat up and headed into the living room, Atlas was sat watching the television.

"Oh, hey Roisin" He smiled as he saw her walk in.

"Hey Uncle Atlas, anything good on?" She chuckled.

"Never is" He smirked.

"How are you feeling?" Roisin asked, as she adopted a more serious tone.

"I'm... calmer, but..." Atlas sighed.

"It's okay, don't talk about it, if you don't want to" Roisin hurriedly said.

"I want to, no, I need to" Atlas shook his head, as he muted the television. Roisin sat forward as she noticed her Uncle's demeanour had changed.

"Roisin... it's Rychard... he's not the man we thought he was" Atlas frowned.

"I already know what he is like, remember what he did to me?" Roisin replied.

"I do, and that makes me furious, Roisin, I didn't want this future for you. I'm sorry that I led you down this path. I trusted him, I'm so sorry" Atlas apologized. Roisin held Atlas' hand.

"You have nothing to be sorry for, Uncle Atlas. You did what you thought was best, and... someone had to do what I have been tasked with" Roisin smiled.

"Roisin... you do know that..." Atlas began.

"I do" Roisin replied solemnly. Atlas squeezed Roisin's hand and looked into her eyes. "You know I love you, Roisin, you know that I love you as if you were my own daughter?" He asked.

"I do... Dad" Roisin replied, with a smile. Atlas felt his heart break in that moment, he took a minute to regain his composure.

"Then, there is what he did to Keegan..." Atlas said, as he felt the anger rising once more. Roisin was taken aback.

"What did he do to Keegan?!" Roisin asked.

"He helped facilitate his kidnapping, all those years ago..." Atlas sighed.

"What?! Why?!" Roisin demanded to know.

"So he could open his dumb business in Aranei, that was his asking price for stealing Keegan's life" Atlas gritted his teeth. Roisin stood up and put her hand on Atlas' shoulder and looked into his eyes.

"He will pay" Roisin stated as she turned away from Atlas and grabbed an old Katana from a display cabinet.

"Roisin! What are you doing?" Atlas asked.

"I'm going to find Rychard..." Roisin stated.

"What will you do when you find him?" Atlas asked.

"I'll bring him in, and make him pay for his crimes" Roisin said, before walking out of the door, and slamming it behind her. Atlas frowned as Lotte walked out from the kitchen with a tray of tea.

"What happened?" Lotte asked.

"Rosins gone to find Rychard..." Atlas shook his head.

"I'm sure she can defend herself from him" Lotte said. "She's strong" She added.

"I'm not worried about her defending herself, I'm worried about what she will do to Rychard" Atlas explained.

"Call Ariel, she's helping out on the City Guard now, maybe she can keep track of Rychard or Roisin" Lotte suggested as she placed the tray onto the coffee table. Atlas nodded and grabbed his comms device, he tried to contact Ariel, but the line was busy.

"Damn, I can't get in touch with her..." Atlas grunted.

A few blocks away, Roisin was angrily walking through the rain, she had concealed the katana in her sleeve, and had a comms device held to her ear.

"You've located him already?" She asked.

"Yeah, no doubt about it, he's up on the wall, in the specifed location" Ariel explained. "I can have a team on standby, for about three minutes after you make contact" She added.

"That should be enough time for me to exact a payment from him" Roisin grunted.

"You're not gonna kill him, right? Because I can't let you do that, not as an officer, but as your friend" Ariel stated.

"No, I'm not gonna kill him, I just want him to actually pay" Roisin replied. "I'm nearing the location now, so start preparing, and Ariel... thank you" Roisin said, before putting the comms device away, and walking toward the wall.