hand on Max's shou

worry. I'll make her regret it!Take good care o

y and not act recklessly, otherwise, one might get hurt. But Max only remembers his mother sayi

s chilling in a child so young, darting throug

let exit. Max shadowed them, using clusters of travelers

h. A driver held the rear door open. As

ucked low, out of the driver's line of sight, and drove the sharpest

hiss.

doing?" a bodyguard shou

ed arm and, in the same fluid motion, slapped a small,

then turned and ran. As he ran, he pulled out a cheap

WHUMP that echoed off the station walls. A thick

f it, lurched violently and sank onto i

terror, and stumbled backward, co

en. Alistair Sterling-Vanderbilt emerg

. He took in the ruined tire, the smoke, the hysterica

gure, just about to disap

sence of the man. The air around him seeme

ection, his young voice ringing with conviction. "Th

ies," assuming the man w

or six, had just used a sophisticated device to disabl

red his parting sh

commanded, his voi

ng he couldn't name-interest, alarm, and a profound sense o