Day of the attack.
AZAEL
The city is empty. There are some other cars, but nothing that we cannot control.
I did not count on this, neither I nor anyone else, so this part of the city is not clear enough that someone does not call the police at the slightest mishap. So yeah, it's a relief that it's four in the morning on a Monday because otherwise we'd be pretty screwed up.
We park on the corner of the street so that the van is not seen and they know we are here, and we all start walking towards the building.
Lailah takes my hand and laces her fingers with mine, she's shaking. I squeeze him so he knows I'm here, and that I'm not going to let anything happen to him.
Phill stops us.
-There's nothing planned Tron, what are we supposed to do?
-Survive and keep Lailah alive. -Then I lower my voice a bit.- If you can do it with Scott and Kya too, all the better. I know they are prep
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