Rory raised an eyebrow, apparently surprised that the others would be concerned about him. "Worried about me? Why? I heard what happened to you. Are you OK?"

He turned to Zoey. "My dad is doing some personal research at the library."

"Yes, surprisingly I seem to be."

"That's good to hear." Rory got closer to Allura, whispering so the others wouldn't overhear. "I know why the cowboy is after you. It's in the cabinet under the basement stairs."

Allura looked confused at Rory's statement and went to check on what he told her.

Allura would find the stolen hell-metal in the cabinet (assuming that it had not gone missing in the meantime).
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"This ? How would he even know about this." she said to herself.

Susan walked up to Rory, clearly unsure whether or not to hug him.
"I'm so glad you're okay!  That psycho cowboy guy tried to kill us at the hospital.  I think he can detect magic, and if he'd found any here, he might have shot you.  I'm not sure why he didn't, to be honest.  What happened, exactly?"

Zoey came up beside everyone to see what Allura was holding.  She looked confused, "What's so special about this stuff guys? What is it?"

Rory didn't seem to notice Susan's hesitation.

He rubbed the back of his neck as he answered Susan's question, leaving Zoey's question to Allura. "Oh, I just convinced him that he had the wrong place. You know, the old, 'Me? I'm just an average student. I don't know what's going on' trick. The fact that I didn't know why a cowboy was roaming my house unannounced on my doorstep probably helped with that."

"It is the metal for our experiment but I have no clue why some cowboy would want or even know about this."

Susan sighed with amused, worried relief.
"I suppose we should consider it lucky that , whoever he is, he's still at least attempting to be subtle.   He just shot up a hospital,  so I was worried that he'd have a 'no witnesses' policy "

Rory nodded at Allura's comment. "Yeah, he asked about the metal."

"He shot up a hospital?" Rory seemed surprised by Susan's revelation. "I didn't know who he was at the time. I was just worried about my dad's reaction if he walked home to a house full of bullet holes and broken furniture."
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In reply to Rory Terrance (msg # 40):

Susan frowned in confusion.
"Wait...what?  What kind of metal is it? Is it magical?"

Rory looked back in fake startlement. "Don't ask me, I'm just a student."

Turning serious again, Rory shook his head. "Actually, I really don't know. I guess that you could investigate it with your sight."

"No need it is highly heat resistant alloys for our experiment."

Susan frowned again, in more confusion.
"Wait....it must be important, if a gun weilding maniac was after it.  Where did you get it?  It's not from somewhere sketchy, is it?"

Allura lied "Chrysalis Corp."

Rory did his best to back Allura up with a contribution of his own. "One of their ex-researchers sold it to us."

Zoey stared blankly at her friend. "Are you serious? How did you sneak it past them? You know that place is evil, I mean just look at who's chasing you now."

"Honestly I really don't know who that clown is. Why would a cowboy want this metal unless he wants to make bullets or spurs."

Susan frowned
"Well, it sounds like someone at that company wants the metal back.  "

Amanda looks around Rory's lab, "Ooooh whats this ?" Poke, prod.
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Zoey shook her head. "Seriously Allura, when are you going to learn to stay away from that place?"

She sighed and turned to Rory, "So, you want to help us catch a cowboy? We can use that metal as bait since that's what he seems to be after."

Rory nodded as Zoey began talking distracted by Amanda's exploration. "Catch'a cowboy. Sure."

He rushed over to Amanda in an attempt to grab her arm. "Don't touch that. There's about a million volts of electricity going through it. You may as well stick your hand in a lightening bolt."

Nearby a teddy bear Rory didn't see makes an Eeeeeeeep sound and passes out.