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It took ured out the pattern "Fifty-three sixty West Sixth Street, Sioux City," I sounded out Then louder, excite "Fifty-three sixty West Sixth Street, Sioux City Holy shit, she did it! Elisabeth found her!"
But as her e such a o, it had been neat and distinct This looked like she'd been trying to text while juggling at the saarbled that she'd risk the chance ofit?
By the tiured it out, and I rimness
"Elisabeth found her," I repeated "And it looks like she texted the woht Kramer off, so Kramer knows she found her, which means he also knows that we'll be on our way"
Even with the direct air route we'd take, it would still be a good twenty hborhood in Sioux City where that address derived from Bones could fly faster, but I couldn't, and if he burned through his power getting both us there quicker, that wouldon less reserves when it was tiyspotted by commuters in the after-work, rush-hour traffic It wouldn't be fully dark for another hour, but even though the early evening was still light enough to raise our profile, waiting wasn't an option
It seemed like forever before we spotted the whitethe MapQuest overview before gave us an idea of which area to land in, but obviously people didn't have house numbers conveniently displayed on their roofs Bones took us above where we thought her street was and zoo us in the round shuddered, and our feet went ankle deep into the earth from an impact far harder than usual I i to distribute some of the force It still hurt like hell, but with the area bordering don and lots of people -shopping, seeking dinner, or otherwise strolling around, we couldn't afford to glide to an easy landing and be spotted With al capabilities, we'd be on the news and Internet before you could say compromised supernatural security Then not only would we be in deep shit with the vanition software prograe, would also know exactly where ere
"All right, luv?" Bones asked, shaking off any injuries fro ball froritted out, wincing at the pain that shot through , but s pop in les later, and the pain was gone Nothing beat being a vae out of his pockets and lit it I did the saround There were dry, crinkled leaves everywhere, and starting a fire would be a great way to draw a lot of unwanted attention to us
We ca toward the nearest intersection as though ere a normal couple out for a stroll From the mutters I picked up on, the people closest to the spot where we'd landed ondering about the noise and the momentary vibration they'd felt, but thankfully hadn't connected those things with two people dropping out of the sky With how fast we'd descended, ould have been nothingright at that spot
"That's Cook Street," Bones said low, nodding at the street sign in front of us "Sixth should be co from his aura like invisible fire alar up my spine
A tunic-cladin the breeze Cars drove right through him, the drivers unaware that they'd just come in contact with one of history's h he was too far away for ht at us
Our arrival in the neighborhood hadn't gone unnoticed by everyone