[center][i]'What happens to lost puzzle pieces?'

'What kind of question is that Silvia? Buzz off will ya, I'm trying to actually do something productive like study for tomorrow's exams. Something you should probably be doing as well you know?'

'I'm serious Cole. Think about it, without all of the pieces, a puzzle can never be complete. So what happens to puzzles without all of it's pieces, or a lost piece of a puzzle? Do they just spend the rest of their life searching for their other half but unable to? Do they even realize that they are missing an integral part of them, something that they will never truly be whole without?'

'You do realize puzzle pieces are inanimate pieces of carved cardboard right?'

'Sorry for bugging you Cole...'[/i][/center]

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Cole had seen the Justicar carve his ways through the streets with all of the grace of a raging ox in a china shop so when he arrived in the lobby, Cole had already made the necessary preparations for his next move. It had only taken twenty seconds for Cole to fill the merchant cart with enough gas to make a sizable explosion. It took three minutes for him to pump an entire construction complex with enough gas to set it alight like fresh kindling. By the time Cole stepped into the elevator and pressed the button to go to the lobby, his Tome had been actively running for seven minutes. 

While the Justicar was certainly much better armed than Cole, Cole had something that he did not. He now had an entire building's worth of hostages. So Cole approached the Justicar with all of the confidence that of a lion tamer in the ring. 

"It's nice to know that Asgard's finest are as unduly predictable as always." Cole yawned as he strode into the lobby. He saw the array of gadgets laid before Alex and recognized them from his time spent in school. "Anyways, this can go down in one of two ways. You can either get me inside of the Capital as my hostage or...."

Cole drew his Tome hidden in his left pocket. "You can be extremely stupid and try to kill me while I proceed to nuke everyone inside of this building, me and you included. Personally I don't care either way. But don't think you can pull any fast ones in less time than it takes me to press one button."