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Gabriel flinched as the kidnapper shot the unconscious individual in the ambulance’s cab, gritting his teeth at the man’s threat to do the same to Racheli should he not back off.

[color=teal][i]Like what happens if I let them get away will be any better. Daedalus, talk to me- any sign of his “associates?”[/i][/color]

[b]unfortunately, sir, the interference from earlier is still active. i cannot differentiate any better than you can. i’m afraid we’re rather flying blind at the moment.[/b]

[color=teal][i]Of course we are,[/i][/color] thought Gabriel, rolling his eyes. He stared down the criminal in front of him, clenching and unclenching his fists, pebbles scattering away from his feet. [color=teal][i]We do this the hard way, then.[/i][/color]

He chuckled, a dark mirthless sound. [color=teal]”Oh, no, you're certainly not burdened by morals, I can see that- kidnapping an injured, ill girl, that’s low. But it’s not your morals I'm worried about, kid. It’s your sense.”[/color] He took a step forward- carefully, so as to not spook the kidnapper, should his threat be genuine.

[color=teal]”Y’see, you're not just kidnapping any normal girl. There’s something inside her- something someone wants. And I have it on pretty good authority that if she dies, so does what she’s carrying. And something tells me you're not the type to waste all of this hard work like that, are you?”[/color]

He took another step forward. [color=teal]"And furthermore… if you kill her, then there’s nothing stopping me from tearing all of you apart, limb from limb. Hollow victory or not, at least I’d be ensuring the poor girl rested in peace. So… you want to reevaluate your position, friend? Or does this have to get ugly?”[/color]

He stomped forward another step, the ground cracking and melting under his foot.

[color=teal]”Let. Her. Go.”[/color]

[color=bc8dbf]”Ms Ambassador, please shoot Miss Desdemona in the knee cap, it seems our friend here is hard of hearing.”[/color] Lekh looked thoughtful for a moment.[color=bc8dbf] “Oh, wait, it slipped my mind that she prefers to use horrifying magic. Well, I am sure she will use her imagination.”[/color] Lekh tilted his head, showing he was smiling beneath his mask. 

[color=bc8dbf]”Now it is time for you to use your ‘sense’. If we hand the girl over to you, we lose everything regardless. I happen to have taken a sample of her blood, so frankly if forced I will see her dead, cut my losses, and take the risk that you can overcome me and my associates rather than give her to you.”[/color] He shrugged, the flippant gesture somehow ominous with the loaded pistol in his hand, dripping water onto the puddle at his feet.

[color=bc8dbf]”See, I will let you in on a secret. I do not care what happens to Racheli after this, I suppose she will be transported to whoever our client is. What I can assure you is that whoever the client is, they pale in comparison to me and my associates. We will not be there, and so you will not be faced with a man holding a loaded gun to your friend’s head. Consider that very carefully. I would rather not have more blood on my hands for one day.”[/color] He tilted his head one more time.[color=bc8dbf] "It really is an awful nuisance to wash off.”[/color]

The hero and the villain faced off with one another, neither making a move, all the while time ticked away. At great cost, Silence had bought the necessary time for his magical associate to create her portal. Having to shoot and kill a man in cold blood was not an easy thing to do. Though no one said kidnapping someone would be easy, it really shouldn't have been this hard either. Still, the Polish criminal stood with his pistol in his hand, his aura saturating the puddle at his feet and water dripping from his clothes. Despite all that, it looked awfully like the bad guys were going to win this one, could it be a new turning point in the superhuman history of Lost Haven? For perhaps the first time, things were looking bleak.