"Sorry to have to be the one to point this out, but do we even know that he's alive?" Ezekiel questioned and Jacob, who was still looking for another reason to hurt the boy pounced at the opportunity, literally. He tackled Ezekiel to the floor so quickly Eve didn't even have time to react before Ezekiel was crying out in anguish. He just had time to punch Ezekiel square in the mouth before Eve and the others pulled him away.
"To be honest Ezekiel, no we don't. But what parents would ever stop searching for their child, especially the two of us who have a means by which to search?" Eve questioned and walked away and out of the Annex. Flynn cast an angry glance at Ezekiel and followed after her. The remaining librarians could hear snippets of the conversation and the crying going on outside the room, an act they had never actually seen the colonel do in front of them. After about five minutes the couple returned. Flynn ordered Jenkins to gather whatever equipment he believed would be best for combatting the Fear Dubh and to set the backdoor to the same location as before.
They soon left the Annex and headed to the kindergarten, Ezekiel trailing at the rear. No one was very happy with him right now, so he decided he would stay out of everyone's way. The team made their way into the building, the day drawing to a close with only a few children in the building. The receptionist was nowhere to be seen so they made their way into the back, in search of the man in the suit. They entered the main play area for the children and notice three offices off the room as well as a kitchen. They entered the first office and found it to be empty. As they were moving on to the second office, a kid came up to Eve and clung to her leg. She tried to entice the boy off but he would not budge, so she picked him up and attempted to console him.
"The bad man. He coming for me" The boy wailed. "Pwease don't wet the bad man get me!" Eve hugged the boy and promised him she would protect him from the bad man and that if he stayed with the other children she would protect them all. There were only four kids in the place none of whom seemed to care that there were now five strange adults walking through the kindergarten, all carrying weapons of some sort.
Flynn reached the second office first and opened the door. Inside was the man in the suit. However, he wasn't a man, he wasn't wearing his glasses so the team could see he had no eyes and had no hands either. He looked at them in surprise and stood up.
"Who are you? And where are the children?" Cassandra began to question. She was making an effort to seem strong but really she was scared, and they all knew it. All she received in reply was a deep grumble from the man. Eve made her way out into the main room again and quickly started pushing the children into the first office, hoping to protect them from the inevitable fight that was bound to occur and flow into the main room. As she got the last child into the office, the first shot was fired.