Saria wasn't the only shocked one. Simulations, technology and all that didn't necessarily offset the dark fears that whispered in his head. The trauma required regular medication, there was a computer that monitored his emotional responses and dosed accordingly to stabilize. But he was elated, it worked. However, it worked and left them holding a bag. Saria nailed it; Thralls. What to do with them?

"Not yet. Can't leave these thralls to detox around civilians."

He didn't want the vampires to overhear the plan.

             [sub][color=00aeef]Designating map points for deployment. Let's pick up Anna and Richard and lure these deputies away from civilians.[/color][/sub]

Either way, it'd be a mess, but at least if they left a mess of deputies dead somewhere away from everywhere else, there'd be an investigation. All the same, the result of leaving thralls to detox meant that people who weren't involved would get killed. So Marco was already hefting Anna up. Someone else grabbed Richard, and they started to move fast, getting the two of them to the vehicle and getting it started. Others were able to move unencumbered and quickly while the van played a coy game of lumbering along, trying to string the thrall deputies into the trap alongside.

It took a couple punches to get Anna to settle down long enough to get her and Richard into the back of the van. Marco was right there with them, so was Saria. And behind them were Dukewater's finest, blood-addicted and on the razor edge of seemingly normal behavior and a homicidal freakout with tac-gear.

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