It wouldn't be much of a stretch if Lefo's fears mirrored EV's own when they saw where Ebert was heading off to.

"Let's go, EV.... we don't want to be here. And I mean now," Lefo finished. He walked towards the exit quickly as Ebert was reaching out for the handle on the store room door. Lefo's not a stranger to danger, being a gate runner and all. But this current event has him agitated and pumped his green sap all over his body.

They were nearly out, Ebert was turning the handle now. By the time Ebert opened the door to hear banging on the walls from the other smaller room, they were out the front entrance... just barely.

Lefo didn't turn back and hurried down the Municipal Hall steps while an alarm flared faintly inside.

"Cubes, that was fast...."

A human hand pulled Lefo over by his bag and directed him towards the side of the street below. Lefo turned back and saw that EV was quickly manhandled and escorted the same way by two other humans with a third arm on their backs. They were shoved inside a steam van vehicle and it chugged away quickly from the building.

"What on earth are you doing here, Lefo! And how did you get pass customs?"

The speaker was a grizzled old man with an untidy stubble and a monocle over his left eye. He was driving while Lefo took the passenger seat, EV was behind with the other two.

"Long story Albus. And thanks for the pickup. How did you find us anyway?"

"Bad news travel fast. Right now we better get you both to a safe place. We can talk later."

The steam van chugged and hooted among the other vehicles here on the roads of Center Piece. For once, Lefo could relax a bit.

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