About half an hour later, Amon calls Michael, who patches the call in to
the rest of the group. "I've tracked Kono to the Hamakura construction
site. Report in once you arrive."
"Finally," Kate says, stretching as she stands. "Yurika, coming?" she calls out.
"No, you go ahead," the blonde girl calls back, "I'll keep Michael company."
"In other words, she's going to bond with her latest fashion magazine," Michael smirks.
Grabbing her coat, Kate waves at the red-headed hacker. "Well, maybe we'll get lucky and get two in a day," she smiles.
Michael waves back. "Good luck." He watches as she walks out the door, her long black hair swaying against her back, then replaces the earphones.
It isn't long before she arrives at the Hamakura building, or at least, the wooden board walls surrounding it. She opens up her comm and reports, "I'm here. What's going on?"
Karasuma's relatively calm voice answers her. "Amon and Sakaki chased him to the second floor, but I haven't heard from either of them. I'm going in."
"Wait for me," Kate says, "I'm at the entrance." She pushes past the boards that block her, and sees the short-haired woman checking her gun. "Ready?"
Karasuma nods, and they go in, weapons at the ready. Despite being a shell of a building, there is no illumination from the outside, and no apparent electricity within, and she flicks on a flashlight. "See anything?"
Kate narrows her eyes, and the darkness is dark no longer. "Haruto's down," she reports, "near the base of the stairs, but I don't see Amon." She tilts her head up, and then she frowns. "Nothing so far, but they've got to be up there somewhere." She grabs Karasuma's hand and leads her to where the unconscious boy is lying. "Is he okay?"
The short-haired woman checks his pulse, then his eyes. "I think so," she says, then feels around the boy's head, her hand coming away bloody. "I'm calling in an ambulance," she says, "look for Amon."
Kate nods and races upstairs without a flashlight. She scans the room with the aid of her Craft, but finds no one. An odd stillness in the air has her extra careful, and she walks slowly from empty room to empty room. "Amon?" she says in a low voice, trusting him to hear her through the earpiece, her finger on the trigger as she points the gun in classic cop stance.
Nothing. Dammit, did they just fly out the window? Or disappear? How did Miho completely miss their exit?
Unless....
"Finally," Kate says, stretching as she stands. "Yurika, coming?" she calls out.
"No, you go ahead," the blonde girl calls back, "I'll keep Michael company."
"In other words, she's going to bond with her latest fashion magazine," Michael smirks.
Grabbing her coat, Kate waves at the red-headed hacker. "Well, maybe we'll get lucky and get two in a day," she smiles.
Michael waves back. "Good luck." He watches as she walks out the door, her long black hair swaying against her back, then replaces the earphones.
It isn't long before she arrives at the Hamakura building, or at least, the wooden board walls surrounding it. She opens up her comm and reports, "I'm here. What's going on?"
Karasuma's relatively calm voice answers her. "Amon and Sakaki chased him to the second floor, but I haven't heard from either of them. I'm going in."
"Wait for me," Kate says, "I'm at the entrance." She pushes past the boards that block her, and sees the short-haired woman checking her gun. "Ready?"
Karasuma nods, and they go in, weapons at the ready. Despite being a shell of a building, there is no illumination from the outside, and no apparent electricity within, and she flicks on a flashlight. "See anything?"
Kate narrows her eyes, and the darkness is dark no longer. "Haruto's down," she reports, "near the base of the stairs, but I don't see Amon." She tilts her head up, and then she frowns. "Nothing so far, but they've got to be up there somewhere." She grabs Karasuma's hand and leads her to where the unconscious boy is lying. "Is he okay?"
The short-haired woman checks his pulse, then his eyes. "I think so," she says, then feels around the boy's head, her hand coming away bloody. "I'm calling in an ambulance," she says, "look for Amon."
Kate nods and races upstairs without a flashlight. She scans the room with the aid of her Craft, but finds no one. An odd stillness in the air has her extra careful, and she walks slowly from empty room to empty room. "Amon?" she says in a low voice, trusting him to hear her through the earpiece, her finger on the trigger as she points the gun in classic cop stance.
Nothing. Dammit, did they just fly out the window? Or disappear? How did Miho completely miss their exit?
Unless....