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"I’m serious!" Michael half shouted

"You just said we shouldn’t turn ourselves in!"

"To the cops" Michael breathed in, then tried to exhale his frustration "Look, I know This is different I’ain We need to go to Atlanta and find Agent Weber Break in if we have to In fact, I think we should break in, because I don’t want to risk getting caught by guards or cops She’s the only one we can risk talking to" And if that didn’t work, he’d have to contact Gabriela

Bryson wore an expression of genuine disbelief "We already did that, Michael You were there, re weird about it Maybe our mission on the Path was top-secret, or maybe what happened to me is top-secret I’m sure of it, actually I bet only she and a few others know about the Mortality Doctrine, especially that it worked She cauys She came to my--to Jackson’s apartment and said that she’d be in touch with me For all we know, she was threatened by Kaine and now she’s backing off There’s a ton of possibilities But she’s the only person on this planet I can i us a chance They need us because we’re so close to the situation, and we need them Someone has to stop what Kaine’s started"

Sarah took on a contemplative look "Maybe she can also help find my parents"

"Exactly" Michael had her He tried not to show too much relief She’d come to his side far more quickly than he’d expected Now they just had to convince Bryson

"What do you think?" he asked him "She’s in Atlanta"

Bryson nodded slowly, reluctantly couess we find a sneaky way to buy bus tickets, then We can sleep on the road"

It was a long, long bus ride ahead of theet co would have been a better option, but they couldn’t risk it A bus seemed the most anonymous mode of transportation No one seeers riding the lonely road to visit sorandma

His friends had dozed off quickly, Bryson’s head hilariously bobbing all over the place, and Michael seized the opportunity to contact Gabriela He wanted to see if she had any value to the his friends about her Had to

Michael couldn’t risk staying connected to the Net for a long time, but if he could quickly convince her to ot to Atlanta, they could talk in person After igniting his NetScreen, it didn’t take long to find her infor a brand-new fake ID She responded almost immediately

MichaelPeterson240: Gabby, it’s Jax We need to talk

GabbyWonderWoman: Hi

MichaelPeterson240: Oh Hi That was fast

GabbyWonderWoman: I noticed all your accounts vanished

MichaelPeterson240: My Jackson accounts?

GabbyWonderWoman: Yeah

MichaelPeterson240: Yeah Look, I needed WAY