She waved a hand, "No, no payment necessary. I'm glad I could save at least one life tonight." she said softly before forcing a smile. "You ladies take care, you both have my cards, so you know how to reach me." she glanced at the door, "I have some business I need to take care of, so I'll leave you two to seeing yourselves out." she moved to the counter to pick up her purse before heading towards the door. She pushed it open and then paused to look back at the women she had met only that night, "Its been..." she paused thinking of a word to accurately describe her evening, "Interesting." she told them before nodding goodbye and heading towards the elevator to tell her supervisors what she had done. As the doors to the elevator closed in front of her she finally let her body sag against the back wall and her head drop forward before muttering to herself, "What the fuck am I going to do now?" 

Kathryn and Merci were largely silent as they traveled to the airport and boarded the plane. For the most part, Merci was asleep- and Kathryn was content to let her rest. 

There were many things she wanted to talk about, but fortunately... they still had time together to discuss them. 

Merci didn't truly wake up until they were almost landing in Vegas. Kathryn, sitting next to her, took her hand gingerly.

"Merci... there's so much we need to talk about... but we can save that conversation until you've recovered. For now, just let me say thank you. You're... you're a good friend. The best I've ever had."

Kathryn squeezed firmly, content to talk a little with Merci or just let the woman sleep. They'd be landing soon- and Augustus would be meeting them there. On the phone, she'd simply told him that Merci had been shot and when they'd be back. She expected to see them as soon as they landed.

Merci smiled a bit groggily at Kathryn. They would indeed be speaking of this later, but she was content to let it sit for now. 

She'd never forget the blonde man's face, though. She would be settling that score soon enough.

"Hey. I think Jack will like me now.

"Augustus, however, will be pissed," she says with a painful chuckle.

Kathryn furrowed her brow.

"Probably more at me than you. Who knows? Anyways, we'll talk later. Landing now."

Caesar was at the runway, with his entourage, waiting for the plane to land. It had cost him a pretty penny to be allowed to get here, but shit, it was worth it. He had no idea what condition Merci was in, and he had brought the House Doctor from the Sodom and Gamorrah Casino with him, so that he could tend to her wounds right away. His bronzed skin had gone completely pale with a mixture of suppressed rage and fear. As the aircraft lands, he starts to walk towards it briskly, and his followed by Sarge and the Doctor, bearing a portable stretcher between them. If anything had happened to Merci, heads were going to roll........... 

Kathryn walked briskly up to Augustus, hoping there wasn't any blood still on her. She'd changed clothes, washed her hands... but a part of her felt like an ocean couldn't truly scrub it away. 

"You have the doctor? She's already been patched up, but better safe than sorry. We'll get her into the stretcher, then you can get her home."

He nods at Kathryn's words, and immediately has Merci carried away in the stretcher, at the very moment she steps out of the plane. "The doctor will address the wounds while she is being transported. I trust you have already disposed of the one responsible for this?" he asks Kathryn coldly. 

She responded coldly herself. Augustus hadn't done anything wrong, but it had been a long, long day.

"No. But we'll have a meeting soon- the three of us- about the best way to make that happen. For now, I think you should focus on getting your wife home and taking care of her."

He nods silently. "Be seeing you." Caesar says curtly to Kathryn before turning away and walking back to his car. He drove away without a backward glance......