"I'll never stop worrying, Kaye," Leith murmured. 
	Basil nodded, taking aim, but just as they were about to begin their countdown, one of the lockers suddenly slammed open. From within, a girl clad in what appeared to be a pair of cut jeans and a camouflaged vest, raised a laser pistol and shot the man that he'd been aiming at. Almost immediately, he was reduced to nothing but a pile of ash and, just as the other whipped around toward the source of the sound, he received the same fate. 
	The girl raised her hands up, as if her gun was a white flag, and shouted, "Oh my God, I've been in that locker for, like, a [i]million[/i] years and I thought that I'd never see the light of day again. But then you two show up and give me the perfect opportunity to, like, have a last resort in case I misaimed. To use you both as human shields or, rather, a decoy! But I'm so glad that it worked out wonderfully for the both of us in the end!" She grinned at them both. "Oh, excuse me for being so rude. My name is Kate. Nice to meet you two."