Last Move

[Nea Alba. Night.

Arachnid base. Elisbonear.]

"We were late! Should we jump in?" Tiny said from behind me. We hid behind a metal crate as Ivan and Alex conversed with some soldiers, maybe the ones who weren't from here. Those chumps hadn't realized Ivan's cover, but that won't last long.

"I don't think he'd like us to," Vanessa answered and Qiu Zan and I nodded.

Interjecting now would just make things worse. We'll have to see how things play out.

Soon enough, the waving of hands and the exchanging of tensesd smiles stopped as the soldiers there all nodded and patted each other backs. The group away from us turned around and started to move towards the fifth dock when Kou purred.