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As they got to the outside Minerva wiggled herself down from Sean's arm, giving him a look of pure poison. "Don't ever grab me without permission again. I don't care to be hauled around like a sack of grain, thank you." She glanced around, "Does anyone know whose tanks those were?"

"You think?" Minerva gave a side look at the Cheif. "Let me rephrase, I want to know who is commanding those tanks so I can shoot him in the kneecap."

Minerva glanced at Jehric, and gave him a quick salute as was appropriate, though she did consider shooting him for a brief moment. "Most likely Xeen, could never pin the b*****d down with one set of plans for more than five minutes. The angel and the rest with you then?"

Sahira backed up from the group quietly. She intended to sneak away before the Angel, or someone worse came on seen. It had potential to cause a mess and with the cavalry showing up she was more or less unneeded in the fight. She moved with light feet, making no sound, and turned down an alleyway unseen.

After a moment of waiting, the rumbling bus pulled up near them, followed by a handful of troops and the Seer. Arch hopped out.

"Sorreh ihfn' ah kehpt yeh ahwl waitihn'." He said, walking up to the group.

/None of us thought he could pull this off/ The Seer commented on Minerva's past words. /It seems we have less favor among the people than might be thought/

"Thaht, ohr 'eh 'ahd theh nuhke cohdes. 'Ahrd tah arguhe wihth sohmeohne gahwt nuhkes."

"The people weren't the ones shooting at us, it was our own troops. Half of them were probably just following orders." She glanced around at the partially destroyed city. "I doubt the people will be favoring Locke again anytime soon." She gave a slight nod at Bobby, "and yes, we believe Locke had the nuke codes."

Jerhic blinked.
"He's not a super."

"He was not one, until he decided he wanted to be rid of you and the Angel. Greed and fear makes people do... Terrible things. Such as Pure Energy Infusion. He's your city's variant of James McKinnley, only with nuclear weapons at his disposal. The citzens of the city are mostly gone. They fled for the war shelter where one of my lieutenant's traps befell them, and are now in Union City. Locke has this city and Union both under his thumb. As you know, he holds the little red button." Xeen said, stepping out of the void between worlds behind them, "And now, as odd as it seems, I need your help, and you need mine."