Streets of Hope

"So... that's a no on fakin' a chopper 'splodey death?" Charles asked.

Watching the video, Marius had to scoff a bit. "They can't be all that skilled if a kid and a cowboy can tail them that long, running commentary and everything. Now, are they watching the skies or not?"

"They won't be watching the skies, will they?" Marius asked, feeling the tension in the air. "It wouldn't be as fast, but if we could get choppers or shuttles to move everyone across to London, it might be a bit safer and more unexpected?" "Or mebbe they is watchin' th' skie...

"I'm the last person that should be giving out parenting advice, so I'll stay out of this," Marius said with a slight laugh. "But I will say that they're right, Holden, and that a shrink could do you all a lot of good. I know Cate's been a godsend for my own sanity and outlook." ...

Preston shrugged uneasily. "Learned networking in Chimera Row, actually. Learned as much on streets as from class. Books and stuff, all fine, but how is as important as why ." The revelation that some of his minions had been prodded his way might have elicited some sort of muted outrage be...

Preston sniffed. "Long story," he muttered, "boring story. Nothing new." He flipped through one of his devices, one that looked a bit more outdated than the rest. "See?" He scrolled through images of board room meetings, first-person shots of bike races, meetings with v...

"An' I thought I were good at deep cover," Charles scoffed. Aidan's phone buzzed right about then, with a message from Mary herself: I almost forgot earlier, Senor Gutierrez might make an appearance of some sort over there pretty soon. Keep an eye out for our favorite fry cook when he does...

"Enchiladas?" Preston muttered, peering at his phone. He knew who sent it, but even so he forwarded the message to one of his associates with orders to trace the supposedly hidden number. Gomez wasn't the only one who could play games. Marius got up to join the others. "I could do wit...

Preston continued to hide his smile, though he looked across at Nybbas and saw that he was also amused at the small drama before them. He'd been hoping for the boisterous newsman to react a little harder, perhaps do something worthy of being thrown out, but one didn't always get what one wanted. In ...

Marius cocked an eyebrow at the sudden appearance of the fry cook, but when he explained himself, he only shrugged. The Noise had no problem with his presence either, apparently. "I'm not exactly alone anymore, either," he replied, waving at the goings-on around them. "If I were, I wo...

Preston eyed Stevens with a raised eyebrow, and muttered something indistinct into his earpiece. And perhaps a minute later, Stevens would find his newsman's gear had been picked off him as neatly as could be, and just as neatly replaced with an identical recording device that instead played a child...