However, she was secretly working with the Apex Predators to take the Branthium, and had infiltrated and psychologically manipulated the researchers for years. Through her work, she comes to know Darion Che and Eduardo Silva when they are kids running around the Peck Labs. She became Horizon's apprentice, and as part of 'The Group' working on Project Iris, one of Pathfinder's creators. Ashleigh Reid learned early that the only person who was going to look out for her was herself.
