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"I don’t know Maybe he wants all the hu war and kill themselves"

"That doesn’t make an ounce of sense," Michael countered "What’s the point of the Mortality Doctrine if he wants to wipe out humans? Doesn’t he want to be a huuess that’s the question of the year He said all that stuff about ient? Which is e need to figure out this dude’s ulti her hands into her back as she leaned away fro crack

"We all need to chill and rest today," she said "Get so day"

"Oh yeah?" Bryson asked "What exactly are we doing?"

Sarah stood up and turned to go, casually answering over her shoulder as she walked away

"We’re going to see the VNS"

Every major city--and most smaller ones--had a branch of the VNS located within its lih often it was unmarked But by midafternoon the next day, Michael and his friends had located the local VNS office and were standing in front of it It was a nondescript, run-down building in the seedier part of tohere it wasn’t unusual to see drug dealers and bandits roa the streets Which hy Michael asked the cabbie to wait for them while they went in

"Are we sure this is it?" Bryson asked

"Positive," Sarah replied "Anyhat can it hurt to knock on the door?"

Bryson tapped his chin with a finger "It could hurt if so monkey was in the middle of a deal and decided to shoot whoever knocked on his door That would hurt"

"Yeah, that would definitely hurt," Michael agreed The arguh They all knew very well that they were going inside that building, no lass door under the awning that ran along the front wall Theaskew fro, you wimps"

Michael and Bryson raced to be by her side when she did so

There was an old door--lying crookedly in front of the entrance, one corner chewed off by a dog or rat, the frayed edgeperfectly The ht was perfect for an entity like the VNS, getting straight to business