"Kate, I'm coming up," she hears Karasuma from the earpiece. Kate turns
and sees a flashlight's glare bouncing off the walls from the stairwell.
"I don't see either of them," Kate says, frustrated, when the other woman joins her. "I don't understand."
Karasuma shakes her head. "I don't, either. I told some of the paramedics to stay, just in case."
"Great," Kate says, looking around. "Perhaps they left through another exit."
The short-haired woman shakes her head. "The way we came in is the only way out. According to Amon, construction hasn't gone as far as to create an emergency exit on the second floor yet."
"Great," Kate repeats, "I double-checked all but these last two rooms." She points at the two near the open window at the end of the hallway. "Be careful."
"You, too," Karasuma tells her, and they enter with guns drawn.
"Dammit," Kate says, finding nothing in her room. "Nobody in my room. Miho?"
The pause at the other end stretches out. "Michael, can you check if Miho's earpiece is on?"
There's a slight crackle, and Michael replies, "It's on, but maybe she took it off."
"I doubt it," Kate replies, and inhales before walking slowly into Karasuma's room. Inside, she finds Amon standing as if confronting their target, and Miho with her gun drawn. But there is nobody at the end of their intense focus, and there is no movement from either of them. "Oh, no."
"Another fly in the web," an unfamiliar voice says, as Kate feels the power of someone else's Craft overpower her with a Ring of Ogham.
"I don't see either of them," Kate says, frustrated, when the other woman joins her. "I don't understand."
Karasuma shakes her head. "I don't, either. I told some of the paramedics to stay, just in case."
"Great," Kate says, looking around. "Perhaps they left through another exit."
The short-haired woman shakes her head. "The way we came in is the only way out. According to Amon, construction hasn't gone as far as to create an emergency exit on the second floor yet."
"Great," Kate repeats, "I double-checked all but these last two rooms." She points at the two near the open window at the end of the hallway. "Be careful."
"You, too," Karasuma tells her, and they enter with guns drawn.
"Dammit," Kate says, finding nothing in her room. "Nobody in my room. Miho?"
The pause at the other end stretches out. "Michael, can you check if Miho's earpiece is on?"
There's a slight crackle, and Michael replies, "It's on, but maybe she took it off."
"I doubt it," Kate replies, and inhales before walking slowly into Karasuma's room. Inside, she finds Amon standing as if confronting their target, and Miho with her gun drawn. But there is nobody at the end of their intense focus, and there is no movement from either of them. "Oh, no."
"Another fly in the web," an unfamiliar voice says, as Kate feels the power of someone else's Craft overpower her with a Ring of Ogham.