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The woman 12 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:31.879 was frightened enough. The building had erupted into chaos with 13 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:36.200 the Shifter rampaging through Contra agents. A fleeting thought crossed 14 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.239 Emily's mind. Could the Shifter be on her side, protecting 15 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:43.359 her rather than hunting her, or maybe it simply wanted 16 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:47.719 to find her, like September and Hastings did. She quickly 17 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:52.319 dismissed the notion, recalling the Violet encounter in Montana. There 18 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:54.760 had to be another reason why the creature was targeting 19 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:59.280 the contract. First September had momentarily split from their small 20 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:02.680 grouping a detour with a promise to regroup at Amber's 21 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.519 apartment soon. Emily trusted the guide's capabilities, but couldn't help 22 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:12.439 worrying about his safety amidst such chaos. Her immediate concern, however, 23 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.680 was catching Amber before she could reach her apartment. Panicked 24 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.319 by the side of the shifter, Amber had dashed toward 25 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:22.520 what she thought was safety. Normally, Amber would have been 26 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:26.039 able to easily outrun Emily, but thankfully her friend's pace 27 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:29.039 had been hindered by multiple stumbles, and she was moving 28 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:32.520 more sluggish than usual. Emily wasn't sure if this was 29 00:02:32.599 --> 00:02:35.080 due to Amber's sheer terror or if there were other 30 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:38.439 factors of play, but she was silently thankful for the 31 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:43.560 slowed momentum because Amber was running directly toward danger. Hastings 32 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:46.719 had informed Emily that Marcus had Detective Bullard were being 33 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:50.439 held hostage by the Contra in Amber's apartment, a situation 34 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.800 that would be rife with danger due to the Contra's 35 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:56.759 notorious ruthlessness if Amber just burst in. As they neared 36 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:00.080 the apartment, one final stumble from Amber allowed Emily to 37 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:03.879 catch up. She reached out, grasping amber arm firmly and 38 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:06.759 pressed her finger to her lips, signaling for silence from 39 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.879 her Panic friend. With a cautious glance. Emily then reached 40 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:11.199 for the apartment door handle. 41 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:12.199 Amber. 42 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:13.120 It's okay. 43 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:16.360 I'm here, Emily, I'm here. You're okay, There, we are. 44 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:16.759 Okay. 45 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:21.240 That thing I know it was a monster, a real monster. 46 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:23.439 I know it's gone for now. 47 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:26.400 No, No, it's still in the building. 48 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:29.960 Amber. I need you to listen to me. There might 49 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.000 be dangerous people in your apartment, people that want to 50 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:37.520 hurt us. So I need you to do something for me. 51 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:37.800 What. 52 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.680 I need you to stay right here and watch the 53 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:46.039 hallway until I get back. Okay, Okay, Hastings and I 54 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.360 are going to go in and look for Marcus and George. 55 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:51.199 Emily, I suggest that we wait for here. 56 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:55.199 Aren't waiting, Hastings. We're going in. Amber will watch for us, 57 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:59.439 won't you? Amber? Yes, September seid he'd be here shortly. Right. 58 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.759 Were paraphrasing, but essentially yes, he actually said that he 59 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:04.759 would catch up with us. 60 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:09.159 Good Amber. When September gets here, tell him that Hastings 61 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:12.560 and I are inside. If it's safe, we'll come right 62 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:16.160 back out to get you. If not, we'll get Marcus 63 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:18.399 and George and we'll all get out of here. 64 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:21.759 Okay, Okay, Hastings. 65 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:22.399 Let's go. 66 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:31.360 I do not see anyone inside. 67 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:37.120 Trible, come here. 68 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:40.639 Well's my baby, I've missed you. 69 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:43.279 It looks as if your cat is doing well. 70 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:45.360 Amber, come in here quick. 71 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:46.639 Is it safe? 72 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:52.360 I think so? Here take trouble. 73 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:58.040 Okay, Amber, you should stay by the door. Emily and 74 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:01.160 I will investigate the bedroom and the bathroom. 75 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:04.959 So I'll keep an eye out for September or the monster. 76 00:05:06.959 --> 00:05:10.759 Hold on, Hastings, what is it. I'm going to use 77 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:13.439 the lines to check the rooms. It could be a 78 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.279 trap and my Ispet. I'll tell us if anyone's in there. 79 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:19.439 I would be wary of using your abilities here. If 80 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:21.360 you cause an event, it could harm a lot of 81 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:22.120 innocent people. 82 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:26.800 Your abilities turning the lines on and off won't hurt anyone. 83 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:30.839 I've been practicing more and more. It's not what causes 84 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:31.439 the events. 85 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.800 What are you talking about? 86 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.000 Okay, Emily, I will trust your judgment. 87 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:42.600 I'll tell you later, Amber. I need to focus. 88 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:45.959 Emily closed her eyes, shutting out the chaos around her. 89 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.920 She focused on her Ispet well, feeling the depths. 90 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:50.199 Of its magic. 91 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:53.399 The familiar sense of comfort and control was. 92 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:55.800 There, but the well was different. 93 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:00.759 Not the ispet magic, but the well itself had transform somehow. 94 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.879 It was cold, freezing cold. It was as if her 95 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.800 psyche had been plunged into an icy bath. She felt 96 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:12.199 no pain or anxiety, but the warmth of the well 97 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:15.160 had been replaced by a bitter cold that would have 98 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:17.160 chilled her physical body. 99 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:18.040 To the bone. 100 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:22.120 She opened her eyes, the world rekindled with vibrant blue 101 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:25.959 lines of energies sprawling in every direction, each tethered to 102 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:30.439 her ispet well. She didn't manipulate them. Instead, she observed, 103 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:34.439 gradually filtering them until only a dozen or so remained distinct. 104 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:39.120 As her focus waned, she found herself inexplicably staring at 105 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:42.600 Amber's gas stove. She had no idea how long she 106 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:45.360 sat there, staring at the stove while sorting her threads 107 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.399 of magic, but it was long enough to catch hastings attention. 108 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:51.480 The chronicler watched her with one eyebrow raised and a 109 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.959 half cocked smile. He would have questions, but he would 110 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.079 have to wait until later. Her ispat stream showed her 111 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:01.480 that there was someone in the bathroom, and Emily needed 112 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.920 to know who. With a subtle gesture to Hastings, Emily 113 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.759 signaled towards the bathroom door. Their silent communication was seamless. 114 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.439 They both knew the stakes were high and the approach 115 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:15.160 needed to be cautious. Emily entertained the idea of calling 116 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.079 out to whomever was in the bathroom, considered the risk, 117 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.839 then decided against it. If it was a hostage, they 118 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:25.120 would likely be bound. If it was an agent, they 119 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:29.079 would likely be armed. Calling out wouldn't benefit her in 120 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:33.199 any way. With resolve, she took a deep breath, steeled 121 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:37.920 her nerves, then quickly opened the door. Inside. A contra 122 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:41.959 agent stood by the bathtub, weapon in hand, quickly unleashing 123 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:46.920 a volley of bullets at Hastings. Emily's hiss had flared brilliantly, 124 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:52.240 instinctively redirecting the bullets away. As the chronicler ducked behind 125 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:56.879 the wall. Emily stood resolute, working her magic with practiced efficiency. 126 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.439 The agent switched to a rifle at Emily, but was 127 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.079 too slow. Emily pushed the magic thread that connected her 128 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:11.360 to the target, forcefully propelling them backwards into the bathtub. 129 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:15.279 But Emily didn't stop there. She drew upon as many 130 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:19.000 blue lines as possible, forcefully pulling them toward the agent 131 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:25.199 from the other room. Amber cried out, but Emily continued 132 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:29.839 to push. The agent attempted to reposition, clutching at her rifle. 133 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:41.639 Just as the bathroom's ceiling groaned and gave way, a 134 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:45.639 bathtub full of water fell from above, crashing through the 135 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:49.399 plastered ceiling, pinning the agent under a cascade of water 136 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:53.360 and debris. The floor itself succumbed to the weight and 137 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:57.559 collapsed as well, sending both bathtubs and the agent plummeting 138 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:02.559 to the level below. Energy visibly around Emily, her anger 139 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:06.240 palpable in the blue wisps emanating from her. She was 140 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.240 sick and tired of people fucking with her, and at 141 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:12.200 that very moment, she had the power to bring every 142 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:15.120 one of these agents to their knees. She could take 143 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.039 hold of every one of their blue lines and submit 144 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:22.279 them all to her will. She could dominate, she could destroy. 145 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:26.960 She could feel Hastings hand on her elbow. 146 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.559 Emily, are you okay? 147 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:30.440 Uh? 148 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:34.120 Yeah, I'm okay. 149 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:35.399 We should go. 150 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:37.360 Yeah. 151 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:38.919 What about Marcus and Bullard? 152 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.440 We will try to find them, but they're not here. 153 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.039 Should should we wait? 154 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:44.840 No? 155 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:48.679 Emily the apartment is filling up with gas gas. When 156 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:52.279 you redirected the bullets, they hit the same target, the 157 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.679 stove that you were staring at before we checked the bathroom. 158 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.960 Oh yeah, the stove. 159 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.679 It took six shots and is now leaking gas. So 160 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:02.639 we need to leave now. 161 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.799 Okay, Amber, I'm okay. 162 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.879 I still have trouble. Something pulled me to the ground. 163 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.440 Emily, we have to go. 164 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:20.360 Emily, Hello, September Hastings. Is everyone all right? 165 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:22.919 Physically? I believe we are all intact? 166 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:23.879 Where were you? 167 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:26.200 I got us a rifle. 168 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:36.159 Detective George Bullard cautiously peeked out into the hall, his 169 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:39.679 eyes scanning for any trace of the shifter. Assured it 170 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:43.080 was clear, he quickly ducked back into the cramped supply cubby. 171 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:46.600 The tiny space was already packed with both maintenance supplies 172 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:51.240 and his two companions, making it uncomfortably tight. His partner, 173 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:55.679 Detective Mariano Davis, had endured several hours of being drugged 174 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:59.279 and bound. Though he showed no signs of severe injury, 175 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:05.159 he was busy exhausted, the drugs lingering effects clouding his senses. Marcus, 176 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:08.039 who also shared the cramped space, bore the marks of 177 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:11.240 his recent encounters with the Shifter, a creature Bullard had 178 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.559 once dismissed as a figment of Marcus in Emily's imagination, 179 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.440 yet had proven to be all too real. The zip 180 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:21.840 ties still loosely hung around the kid's wrists, but his 181 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:25.399 hands were no longer bound together. After taking stock of 182 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.720 their condition, Bullard judged neither of his companions were in 183 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.840 any state to fight their way out. He would have 184 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:32.600 to be clever about their escape. 185 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:33.879 How are you too, holding up? 186 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:36.240 I'm fine, peachy. 187 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:38.320 How are the stairwells? 188 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:40.559 The elevators are clear, but they won't respond when I 189 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:44.679 press the button. I assume the assholes haven't held somewhere downstairs. 190 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:45.600 And the stairs themselves. 191 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:49.120 Stairs are guarded, not only peaked, but looks like they're 192 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:51.559 holding the fourth floor Christ. 193 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.240 With the elevators out there trying to bottle neck us 194 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:54.039 into the stairs. 195 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:55.600 Yeah, it's a good tactic. 196 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:57.840 Okay, can we go. 197 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:01.320 Up about it? They probably have people up top too. 198 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.240 And even if we got to the roof where we 199 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:04.799 go from. 200 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:08.159 There, they can't hold those positions forever. This place is 201 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:10.440 full of people. Someone's bound to have called the police. 202 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:11.480 We just need to sit tight. 203 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:13.519 And what about the shifter. 204 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.240 I haven't seen it. I've heard any screams in the 205 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:19.120 last few minutes. Maybe it's gone all right. 206 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:21.360 What was that thing? 207 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.679 I don't know, some kind of mutant creature. 208 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:28.120 No, the creature is a shifter. It can take up 209 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:31.320 a bunch of different forms, and it's really very strong. 210 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:33.840 It's really hard to kill. Two Emily dropped a motel 211 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:35.200 on it and it still came back. 212 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:41.200 Oh damn, Okay, I see you see Davis. 213 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:48.600 You already knew what that creature was, didn't you, Emily. Fuck. 214 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:49.759 Emily's out there. 215 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:51.159 It sounds like it came from that way. 216 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:54.080 Yeah, from back the way we came. She's probably at 217 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:56.799 Amber's apartment. I told that girl to stay in the 218 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.480 damn car. 219 00:12:57.679 --> 00:12:58.000 George. 220 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:00.799 Yeah, what the fuck is wrong with this one? 221 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:02.159 Uh? 222 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:02.679 Oh? 223 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.679 His eyes are blue? 224 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:04.919 Completely blue? 225 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.320 Yeah? I see that. Marcus snap out of him? 226 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:07.840 What is this? 227 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:08.879 I don't know. 228 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:12.200 Hey, Marcus, kid, come on, we got Marcus. 229 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:12.799 Don't do this. 230 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:14.879 What the fuck are we supposed to do with him? 231 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:15.480 Carry him? 232 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:15.919 Kid? 233 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:18.840 I need you to wake the fuck up. 234 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:25.639 We need to get out of here now. 235 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.879 September ushered Emily Hastings and Amber out of apartment five 236 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:46.679 eighteen and into the hallway, his gaze briefly settling on Amber, 237 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:52.519 who was carefully cradling Emily's cat triple. Despite Amber's apparent distrust, 238 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:57.039 her actions spoke of her deep loyalty to Emily. September 239 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.240 considered that once they safely escaped the apartment complex, he 240 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:04.039 would extend an imitation to Amber and possibly Sam to 241 00:14:04.159 --> 00:14:06.720 join their team, but first he needed to get him 242 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.279 out of the building in one piece. He picked up 243 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:12.159 the pace, leading them swiftly down the hall toward the exit. 244 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:14.960 Just as they were about to reach the quarter intersection, 245 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:19.080 Detective Bullard unexpectedly burst from around the corner, nearly causing 246 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:19.679 a collision. 247 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.159 Detective, it's good to see you, September. 248 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:25.559 Marcus. Are you okay? 249 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:28.879 Yeah, I'm fine. We've got to get out. 250 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:31.399 Of here, agreed, But all the exits are currently blocked. 251 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.159 We could find someplace to hunker down until the cavalry arrives. 252 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:37.519 Hiding's no good. We need to run. 253 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.559 It sounds like the contra barricading the fourth floor. I'm 254 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.279 with Bullard. I say we find an empty apartment and 255 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:43.919 wait it out. 256 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:46.519 No, no, we cannot wait it out. 257 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:48.879 It is likely that the contra have regrouped on the 258 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:51.559 fourth floor due to the presence of the shifter. I 259 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:53.679 doubt they will stay there if they believe it is left, 260 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.080 and it is unlikely that the shifter left. 261 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:58.759 The thing is still here. 262 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.720 It is like that the shifter. 263 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:04.960 Hastings, I've got this right. If the fourth floor is blocked, 264 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:08.600 then let's leave from this floor amber. Where's the nearest 265 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.480 fire escape? 266 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.840 I don't I don't know. 267 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:15.200 It is recommended that an individual learns the emergency escape 268 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:20.399 route shortly after moving into a new location. Hastings, Sorry, there's. 269 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:22.639 A there's a map on the wall down there. 270 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:23.320 Let's go. 271 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:31.919 Hey, Emily, I had a vision. 272 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:34.639 I had a feeling that would happen. 273 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:38.799 Really, why I may have placed six. 274 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.000 Bullets into a gas stove? 275 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:45.519 A gas stove? I thought apartments were supposed to have electric. 276 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:49.600 Now, and that's your takeaway from that statement, I guess not. 277 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:52.200 Did your dream have anything to do with fire? 278 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:56.159 Okay, it looks like the fire escape is there on 279 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:59.039 the map, so we can access it through that door. 280 00:15:59.480 --> 00:15:59.879 Follow me. 281 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:09.320 No, no fire in the vision, but you do turn 282 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:11.080 the entire building into a blender. 283 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:15.000 I turn it into a blender. Yeah, do you know 284 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.399 what it means. No, I'm sorry, it's okay. 285 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:21.120 I thought I was getting better at figuring these visions out, 286 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:23.200 but I guess not. 287 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:36.919 Marcus, it's fine. Let's just get out of here, George. 288 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:39.039 When I was being held by the contra, I overheard 289 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:40.440 some of their radio communications. 290 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:42.519 Okay, they said. 291 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.799 They would have snipers on the roofs. I don't know 292 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:46.559 how many, but at least a couple. 293 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.519 Shit, so the outside fire escape might be a bad idea. 294 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:54.120 Don't worry about the snipers. Hastings and I can handle them. 295 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:55.240 Handle them. 296 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:57.879 Yeah. Hastings has the eye and I have the rifle. 297 00:16:58.200 --> 00:16:59.519 We will be fine. 298 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:03.039 I'm not comfortable with you discharging a firearm in my city. 299 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:05.759 In fact, i'm not comfortable with you having a gun 300 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:07.200 at all. Maybe you should give. 301 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:10.400 That to me, George, it's fine. If anyone can take 302 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.440 down a human sniper, it's those two. 303 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:16.440 A human sniper, Davis, what do you know? 304 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:19.799 He's right, Detective Hastings on, HI are fairly well versed 305 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.880 in sniper tactics. 306 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:22.680 Why does it feel like I'm the only person here 307 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.559 that doesn't have a fucking clue what's happening? 308 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:26.440 Seriously, Detective you and me both. 309 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:33.240 We're here, So what's the plan? 310 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.359 You all are going to stand over to the side, 311 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:40.519 away from the door. Snipers typically have high caliber rounds, 312 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:43.400 and while the round shouldn't easily penetrate the brick building, 313 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.599 there is no reason to take risks. 314 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:47.240 Well, that's reassuring. 315 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.559 I will open the door, Hastings will peek outside, and 316 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:54.200 we will get an idea of where the snipers are hiding. 317 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:56.640 Is there anything I can do to help keep. 318 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:59.240 An eye out for the shifter if they show up? 319 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:00.920 This could get real ugly? 320 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.920 Are you ready? 321 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:02.839 Almost? 322 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.680 George? 323 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.079 He dismissed you with straight finesse. 324 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:08.319 Yeah, I see that is not wrong, though I. 325 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:11.839 Know it doesn't even sound condescending when he does it. 326 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:14.519 Yeah, he has a way of disarming people. 327 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.319 I want to dislike the guy. 328 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:18.160 It's hard, though, get it. 329 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:22.319 Speak for yourself, all right, Hastings, I'm ready. Just a 330 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.000 quick peek and go. 331 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:31.480 Okay, I did not see any snipers. 332 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.400 What of course you didn't? 333 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:35.240 You looked outside for like two seconds. 334 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.640 That's all he needs. 335 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:39.400 I did not see any snipers, but there are two 336 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.000 locations where they could potentially be hiding that would be 337 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:43.240 a high risk to us. 338 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:46.880 Okay, so that's a bit of a wrinkle in our plan, 339 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:48.200 a wrinkle house. 340 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.240 So might I suggest Romania eighteen eighty nine. 341 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:54.720 That could work, but you wouldn't be able to be bait. 342 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:56.799 I don't think we have time to argue over. 343 00:18:56.640 --> 00:19:00.839 This, Hastings. I need your eyes. If you first and 344 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.880 something happens, I won't be able to help you, and 345 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:06.839 my chances for saving everyone greatly diminish. 346 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:10.000 Hey, would you like to share with the rest of 347 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:11.200 the class what you're planning? 348 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.559 Guys? 349 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:12.920 Sorry? 350 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:17.640 Yes, Hastings didn't confirm any snipers, meaning he didn't actually 351 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:21.079 see them. What he did see was two places where 352 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:23.799 a sniper could hide that would give them a good 353 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:26.119 shot at us while we go down the stairs. 354 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:28.200 Okay, I already gathered that. 355 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:31.240 The original plan was that I would hop out and 356 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:33.559 eliminate the sniper before they could take a shot at 357 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.160 one of us. I am fast enough to get one 358 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:38.400 if I have a general idea of where they are, 359 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:40.960 but I'm not fast enough for two. 360 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:43.400 Is there anything I can do to help? 361 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:48.039 I'd prefer if it wasn't you, but this is what 362 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:51.880 I need. Someone has to go out ahead of me. 363 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:56.000 I will follow right behind and eliminate any snipers that 364 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.920 may be in the area. 365 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.640 You want to use someone as a human and shield. 366 00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:04.359 I don't want to, but this would give me the 367 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:07.480 best opportunity to remove any snipers if they are there. 368 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:10.440 I would like to remind you there's a chance there 369 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:13.519 are no snipers at all, or there might be only 370 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:16.359 one sniper that I have to contend with. If that's 371 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:19.119 the case, then there will be almost no risk to 372 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.079 the person out of me. 373 00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:23.119 That's a pretty big gamble with someone's life. 374 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:26.319 Maybe I could use the ISPET lines to find the snipers. 375 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:29.720 Emily, would you be able to determine which lines connect 376 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:32.400 to a sniper and which connects to the residents in 377 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.319 the neighboring building. 378 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:38.359 I don't know. I don't think so. There are a 379 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:39.440 lot of people over there. 380 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:42.079 Then we're back to my original plan. 381 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:45.480 Or you can go outside and risk getting shot. 382 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.359 I'll do it. 383 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:50.079 What No, we have three perfectly good criminals here. Make 384 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.799 one of them do it. 385 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:53.039 I said I'd do it. I'm the peacekeeper here. It's 386 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.640 my job to keep you all safe. 387 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:56.519 Thank you, Detective. 388 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:59.480 Yeah, yeah, just make sure you don't miss I will. 389 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:07.200 Do my best, Detective Bullard, Yeah, thank you, and be careful. 390 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:11.400 Emily listened as Hastings described the two locations he considered 391 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.799 most likely to house snipers. She flared her ispet lines 392 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:18.759 to life twice since suggesting it to the others, but 393 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:21.640 Hastings was right, there were too many people to determine 394 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:25.720 who could be a sniper or not. The group arranged 395 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:28.680 themselves in a makeshift line for their escape, with Bullard 396 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:32.720 in the lead, followed closely by September. Hastings would assist 397 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:36.319 Davis down the fire escape, with Amber and Triple just behind. 398 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:40.519 Emily and Marcus would bring up the rear. The hallway 399 00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:43.640 was ominously silent as Emily scanned for any sign of 400 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:47.640 the shifter. The usual sounds of an apartment complex and 401 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:50.680