Cary wasn't sure where to go.
Kerry was headed to the frontlines, like always. He was supposed to stay behind, somewhere safe, like always. Everyone else seemed to know exactly where they were going. Commandos with guns stomped around in their jackboots, searching for their missing psychic.
The forcefield should have contained David. Should have blocked his powers. But he was more powerful than they had ever imagined. David was uncontainable.
And suddenly, David was right in front of him.
David cocked his head to the side and leaned forward, studying Cary like he was a naughty boy caught trying to peek up a schoolgirl's skirt.
Cary stared back in frozen terror. "Please, I'm sorry about what happened. We were just trying to help you." Cary awkwardly backed away, but David stepped closer.
"By locking me inside a cage? Did you really believe I couldn't crack that like an egg shell?" David asked angrily.
Lenny giggled at the analogy. "Egg shell," she echoed.
Cary hadn't even noticed she was there. He glanced over at her briefly in confusion before looking back at David.
"But don't worry," David said gently. "I'm not mad. It's nice. To be free."
David stroked his hand lightly down the arm of Cary's dark blue dress shirt. Cary was too scared to pull away from his touch.
"Free from all the restraints that have been holding me back," David continued. "Free from colleagues, free from friends. Free from love. I'm leaving, but I'm not leaving alone."
"He's bringing me along for the ride!" Lenny piped up.
"But we need one more," said David. That was news to Lenny. She looked at him in confusion.
"I don't know where Syd is," Cary stammered.
"Who said anything about Syd?" David was grinning, but there was darkness in his eyes.
"Freeze! Don't move!" The commandos had found them and were advancing from both ends of the curved hallway. They opened fire.
But the bullets just vanished in the shimmering air that surrounded them. With a sudden loud crack, the hallway was empty, and the commandos were pointing guns at each other. The forcefield which contained the little threesome faded away.
They were gone.