[center][h1][color=lightblue]Kalina Kovalic[/color][/h1][/center]

She sat in the driver's seat, her expression impassive as the truck passed over another pothole. Hm. Judging by the sound, there still wasn't any structural damage. Beyond what was already there when Tony had acquired the truck, of course. Things were fine, then. No reason to slow down. Even in spite of the rest of Barghest Squad whining for no reason.

[color=lightblue]"Are you volunteering to drive?"[/color] Kalina called back in response to Gerard's complaints as she moved her right hand down to shift gears on the truck, keeping an eye on the police band scanner mounted on the dashboard in the corner of her eye. Driving [i]efficiently[/i] also meant that they were breaking some speed limits, but they had a timetable to meet. [color=lightblue]"None of the rest of you are certified for defensive driving if we take fire on the road."[/color]

The radio was interrupted with a news broadcast, and Kalina strained her ears over the sound of the engine and the wind to listen in. Censored troop movements in civilian news was nothing new. Peace talks were a joke, but an Imperial Princess...? She raised an eyebrow in thought before the sound of the radio changing back to music interrupted her.

[color=lightblue]"I was listening to that, you know."[/color] Kalina called towards the back again. [color=lightblue]"Remind me why Command doesn't just assign some Firsts to take that girl hostage. She has to be worth some kind of leverage, doesn't she?"[/color]