With the door slammed into their faces, Jack and Kairi had no other option but to go to their room and leave Troy alone. Troy, on the other hand, was consumed with anger and regret. He knew he had let his demons get the better of him, and that had led him to take the drug that had caused him to pass out. He felt guilty that Jack and Kairi had to come to his rescue with the inhaler.

Suddenly, Troy's phone started to ring. It was Lily. He answered the call, bracing himself for the scolding he knew was coming.

“Are you looking to get yourself killed? You have no idea how fucking lucky you are that Jack discovered you! If he didn’t notice, you would be dead!” Lily's voice was loud and angry.

“Lily, I... Can we meet? Please?” Troy asked, his voice barely a whisper.

There was a brief pause before Lily spoke again. “Troy, I can't come. I'm still at HQ.”

Troy felt pangs of disappointment. He had hoped that Lily would come and comfort him. “I'll get Harry to have someone fly over,” he said.

Lily's reply was firm. “I'm sorry, Troy, but I can't come. Please don't do anything stupid. I'll see you soon.”

The call ended, leaving Troy feeling even more alone and helpless. He knew he had to find a way to conquer his addiction and his demons before they consumed him completely.

After a hard night of sleep, Harry finally had news on the well-being of Yuki and shared it with Jack and the rest of the group.

“I’m sure you’re aware the state of Mr. Shinobu wasn’t good. Well, I have received word that he has passed away due to his injuries. We have been ordered to find Stallone and kill him. Let’s get back to HQ and discuss more in detail what we are going to be doing about Stallone.”

Harry immediately instructed everyone to gather their belongings as he went about arranging for a helicopter pickup. Troy quickly gathered his belongings and surveyed the room. He was taken aback by the level of destruction he had caused in his attempt to resist the urge to take the drug. Despite feeling guilty, he tried his best to clean the room and leave it exactly as it was.

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As Troy was getting ready, Jack and the others had already gathered all their belongings and were waiting for him in the helicopter. Harry, who was growing impatient, wondered what was taking Troy so long. He knew Troy had a habit of being late, but fifteen minutes was late even by his standards.

Jack, who had been with Troy the previous night, knew the real reason behind his delay. However, Jack decided not to share this information with everyone else, knowing that Troy wouldn't want everyone to know about his near-death experience.

Finally, Troy emerged from the royal palace and climbed into the helicopter. Anakin took this as his opportunity to make a joke on Troy’s lateness and said, “What took you so long? You doing your makeup? Ha-ha.”. However, Troy didn't see the funny side of it and told him to fuck off.

As the helicopter took off and started heading back to Rainfall HQ, Harry questioned Troy about his delay. Troy, who was still looking out of the window, responded by saying, "What? A nice set of hair and this beautiful face need the right amount of care, and if it takes fifteen minutes to look good, then I'm afraid you're going to have to deal with it."

Everyone on board burst out laughing at Troy's witty response. That the Troy that they all knew.

Back at base, Troy dashed to Lily’s office as he was desperate to see her. Opening the door to her office she had mixed emotions, on the one hand, she was happy that Troy was still alive but at the same time, she knew that the only reason that he was here was for more of the drug.

“Lily I.”

Lili interrupted Troy before he could finish his sentence, “No. I don't want to hear it, Troy. You could have died last night. I hope you showed your appreciation to both Jack and Kairi. If it wasn't for them, you wouldn’t be standing here right now.”

“You don’t think I know that. Look I'm sorry but you got to understand that I tried everything in my power to not take the drug.” There was a pause of silence before continuing, “I need another tube.”

That was what Lily was waiting to hear. “You want another tube? You've got to be kidding Troy.”

There was a slight hesitation, but Lily went to her cabinet and pulled out a tube that contained the blue powder.

“This a new formula of the drug it should be less dangerous than the ones you’ve been taking, but it won't have the kick that you like,” Lily said before handing the tube over to Troy.

He looked at the tube, handed it back to Lily and demanded that she give him the original version. Lily didn’t want to give the original version to Troy as she knew that he could be dead if he inhaled the original formula, so she decided to lie.

“I had to use the original formula to create this version. It's the same but less dangerous.”

Troy was still wanting Lily to the tube back this time claiming that he doesn't need it as he could tell that Lily was lying and knew that she would hand over the original formula it was only a matter of time before she does.