Leaving Amina in the strange but surprisingly gentle care of Lenny the Lizard, they didn't linger.
Time was running out.
They bolted down the stairs of the apartment building, their footsteps echoing like a war drum against the cracked walls. Once outside, Sven didn't even wait for instructions.
"Give me a sec!" he called over his shoulder, and in a blur, he was gone.
One moment he was next to them, the next, just a gust of wind and a blurred silhouette darting through alleyways and sidestreets like a fox on caffeine.
Kai, Nadya, and Isaac stood awkwardly on the pavement for about half a minute until he called them over.
"Over here!" came Sven's voice from a block away, followed by the satisfying beep-beep of a car unlocking, except it definitely wasn't his.
