Whatever madness and carnage was going on, Billy knew the most important thing was getting civilians off the battle field. He just had to put everything else aside for a minute, long enough to get them gone and get back into the fight. Kate would watch his back as he cast his spell, he was confident in that.

Not watching Teddy's back for even that long made him anxious, though, and Billy wasted no time getting to it.

"I want them safe," he started, then realized he sounded tired. That wasn't going to work.

"I want them safe, I want them safe I wantthemsafeIWANTTHEMSAFEIWANTTHEMSAFE--"