[center][h2]Nocturne Part 3[/h2][/center]

Nik’s eyes locked on to the taller form, his fists clenching hard enough that his fingernails began to draw blood in his palms. His eyes flicked to Uná , held in that man’s arms. He then turned his eyes back towards Lex, anger practically oozing from his squinted eyes and grit teeth. Energy arced more furiously around him as Nik practically spit out the words in a commanding tone. [color=red]”Put. Her. Down.”[/color]

“[color=gainsboro]Who the hell are you?[/color]” Lex didn’t put Uná  down. He had the advantage here, why lose it.“[color=gainsboro]And I’m the one with the gun. I says she stays with me.[/color]

Uná ’s head turned and she whimpered her face contorted in what was clearly fright.

Eventually they made it, though along with the professor who'd failed to get them to stay. Jasper, winded, stepped out of the tesla. She stretched her arms up, glancing around at everyone else there. There was urgency in two boys faces, and a drunken grin on the other conscious girl. Cleo, right? Jasper compared their faces to those she'd seen in security feeds. Cleo, Nick, Professor Kaylee, Elijah?