Five Nine Five bustled into the lobby elevators behind Freyr and sent it hurtling up to the seventh floor. She poked her head out when the doors opened back up again and looked both ways down the hallway. Satisfied it was clear, the spook led Freyr out and marched her to her apartment door. She snatched the keycard from Freyr’s hand and opened the door herself. Walking softly into the dark room with her pistol raised, Five Nine Five pantomimed searching the room before eventually giving Freyr the all clear to come in.

When Freyr came in and turned the lights on, she could see the spook standing by one of the large windows. Freyr realised someone was speaking to her via an implant, as the woman was intensely concentrating on the floor under her feet. Looking Freyr’s way briefly, the agent motioned for her to turn the lights off again, which she did. “Understood, ETA on a perimeter for this building? Copy.” Five Nine Five confirmed as Freyr took her coat off. 

After a few moments, the agent disconnected her comms and looked quickly out of the window again before walking over to Freyr. “I have to go. Police are sixty seconds away, they’re going to guard your apartment and the perimeter of the building. You’ll be safe here until we collect you tomorrow. The agent then quickly squeezed past Freyr and headed to the door. “Wait, where are you going?” Freyr called after, but the agent didn’t answer, instead exiting the apartment and locking the door after her.
 
[hr]

The Human droid handler had just walked down the truck’s ramp after receiving the all clear from their surrounding area. He could direct the droids with just the use of a neural implant, so when the commander got to him the man’s eyes were rolled back in his head. His arms were slightly raised in front of him and all his fingers twitched relentlessly. When the Rothian spoke, his eyes rolled back and he looked decidedly annoyed at the interruption. “They’re out of action for at least a few days. Nerve agent.” He explained, glancing at the pair of droids inside the truck as they secured the pair of bodies for extraction. “File an incident report and we’ll let you know when they’re awake again.”

[hr]

After confirming through Demeter that it was Human police trucks she could hear arriving outside, Five Nine Five opened up the security plating and stepped through the double doors. Half a dozen vehicles had arrived and parked in the middle of the road. Behind them, the agent could see a mixture of Rothian and Human vehicles circling the market and an area of the park a few hundred metres away. The air was electrified with sirens and airship engines, and she could feel a cold wind ruffling her coat. One of the officers from the closest truck approached her and saluted. 

“Your orders, ma’am?”

“Take six and guard apartment 712, have the rest form a perimeter around this building. No one in or out tonight. The AI is expecting you.”

The officer nodded, and began relaying the orders to the other people. Five Nine Five looked around for her ride. After a couple of seconds she spotted it, an anonymous black flyer that had landed on the wide curb about thirty metres away. She half-jogged toward it.