[b]"Dying's never pleasant anyway, whether it's final or temporary."[/b] Rhiannon agreed. Sirens sounded from the camp but there was no longer the sound of confusion; order had been regained. The two girls set off at a quick pace towards the Observers HQ where those tasked with keeping the rebels and the dangerous within the areas assigned as no-man's land maintained their watch. As they got closer cameras became visible as well as the occasional glint of a sniper rifle's scope or the quickly disappearing shadow of an operative, vanishing out of sight.

[b]"We must be nearly there."[/b] As they reached an area where reinforced barricades with purpose-made loopholes carved into the metal structures blockaded the street someone yelled out an order to halt. They were IDed by various scanners, some simply DNA scanners, facial recognition software and metal detectors, while more still checked their brainwaves for Empowered identity.

[b]"You may pass."[/b] A small, concealed door opened in the wall allowing the two girls through. Armed men and women were everywhere on the other side, calm and cool despite the fact they had probably seen a dozen attacks off that morning alone already. They were asked to make a quick report, which they did, before being shown to a comm station where they could contact Julius; almost all mobile technology was blocked off by jammers with few exceptions here.

[b]"We'll let Julius know they have Gracia and the strike teams will return it to you, I'm sure."[/b] Rhiannon said, sitting down as they were patched through to their former headmaster.

[b]"I hear those Humanity-First thugs have managed to reinvent the Empowerment Interceptor. You better fill me in."[/b] Julius began, getting straight to the heart of the matter. Rhiannon nodded to Julia; for the first part of their small adventure she had been playing dead so her contribution would be limited there.