Nicole smirked and drew a wand that didn't belong to her from her pocket. "I'm not useless," she said. "I went back last night when everyone was sleeping to find it, since I figured you wouldn't have been captured if you still had it," she explained. "And I brought it today, because I wouldn't have come here without a contingency plan to the outcome. Thankfully I didn't have to use it, or we both would have been in trouble, or on the run..." Lyssa looked at her daughter. "And just what was this plan, Nicole?" she asked. "Ummm," Nicole muttered and looked down at her shoes. "I was gonna break Vena out? Or at least try to..."