[CENTER][H3][B][COLOR=C18DC3][hr]Priya Khurana[/COLOR][/B][/H3][sub][i]Near Hotel[/i], The Spires, [b]Lilith[/b] | 7:54 PM PM [/sub][/CENTER][hr]

Priya let him go. Common sense would have told her that she shouldn't trust some man who said he was tapping her phone and who had told her that an explosion would be her signal, but her instinct told her to trust him. So she did as she was told and made her way to the hotel. On her way she noticed that patrols weren't as common as she first saw. She wondered if they were following Duos as he planned. She heard his report that he got past the first roadblock. It seemed he was doing ok. She parked her car and ran over to the hotel service entrance. There weren't any guards outside, but she couldn't be sure they were inside.

Then she heard the explosion.

She wasn't really expecting one. She figured it would be something that sounded like an explosion, but she knew what she heard. She wanted to run back to her car to see if anyone was hurt, especially Duos, but she also knew that if she stepped away, the girls inside could be in danger, killed or otherwise. She waited a few beats to see if any guards ran out before she crept inside.

She entered the side door and looked around. The hotel was no worse for wear, but she doubted the goal was to bring the hotel down. She drew her gun and made her way through the locker room into the hallway. No guards in sight. Duos did his job well. She made her way into the hotel lobby, when she heard the distant conversation of others.

"-nd he just took it to the roof. Guy had a weird look in his eye."

"Well he and Chip were close, you blame him?"

"No, but a rocket launcher seems overkill, don'tcha think?"

Priya knelt down as she listened. Rocket Launcher? That was the explosion she heard. Then her thoughts raced to Duos. Was he hurt? Killed? She didn't have time to sit and ponder, she had to make it to the penthouse. She had to use this distraction. She snuck through and made her way to the elevators. She pushed the button and heard the ding. She winced. 

"What was that?"

One of the men came back and walked towards the elevator. The door opened and no one stepped out. He inspected the inside. "Weird. Is this hotel haunted?"

Before he could turn around, he felt the back end of a gun against his temple and he crumpled to the ground. Priya grabbed his leg and dragged him behind the nearby desk. "What was it Julian?" His friend came by and looked around, "Julian? Did you go take a leak again? I told you to go see the doctor." Priya tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around, she smiled and waved, before bringing her palm up on his nose and cold clocking him. Two down...many more to go.

She pushed the button again and got on the elevator. She expected the penthouse to be blocked off with key card access, and she was right. She hit the button for the highest floor she could reach. She would have to make the rest of the treck on foot.

She wanted to make sure Duos was ok, but in case he wasn't, she didn't want to distract him. Thoughts raced as to what she would do when she got to the top floor. She was alone without back-up. Common sense told her it was stupid, but she had to try.