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 The seven pile into the SUV.

Ada drives, with Marcus in the passenger seat. Diana and Max sit in the two captain's seat chairs in the middle row. Which is weird, this is a soccer mom car, and Marcus has it. That isn't really surprising, he probably stole it.

Jesper, Theo and Lilly sit in the backrow. Lilly squished in between the two. Jesper looks at her as they drive towards the warehouse an hour and a half away.

He smiles, "So, The Lillian Stark, is alive."

She grins at him, "Yeah, I guess she is."

Jesper sighs, "I can't believe you didn't visit at least me. Asshole."

Terror says, "Lillian doesn't have time for little boys."

Lilly scolds her friend like a child.

Theo asks, "So, when did you meet these people?"

Lilly looks over to Theo, "When Terror and I escaped from Osiris, Marcus found me. Took me in, showed me how to fight. Met these people. Then uh-"

"You know." She sighs, as her lips frown.

She knows that she can tell anything to these people. Lilly opens up a little bit, but some things are still so hard to communicate.

Marcus insists that they go through the McDonald's drive through. He only gets something, a Mcfish sandwich. He really is a psychopath, absolutely no one buys that.

After a long car ride, they arrive to the warehouse up on the hill hidden by overgrown thickets.

Marcus and Max take off the latches and open the doors. It is well kept, Marcus has cleaners go to his most important spots, to clean them once every two months. 

Its large, with rooms, a kitchen, and a living room.

Marcus explains, "Ok kiddos, Lilly and Ted? Tim? Tom?"

Theo rolls his eyes, "Theo."

Marcus replies, "Alright, Therese."

Everyone walks in, and sits their stuff down. They gather around a round wooden table in the kitchen.

Marcus says, "Ok yall. This is a severity 8 operation. There's been surveillance on these two. We need a game plan by next month." He looks to Lilly, "We have that much time, right?" She nods.

"Kill anyone associated, take all their fancy lab stuff and shit. Make sure no ones gonna come after Lills and Therese. Now, this is one of my most covert places." He fiddles in his bag, pulling out two small hand held spheres. "This is a face disguiser. Find a pic on the web, uploaded boom binga bop." He throws them to Theo and Lilly. "Now, when we come up here to visit these two, we gotta be fucking careful. I want us driving a different car each day, ALWAYS tinted windows. Same when they come to my house. And, I want them trained. I know they're already assassins and shit duh. duh. duh. I want them trained on mission work, especially Therese, he's one of us now."

He looks to Lilly, "Anything else to add kid?"

"Nah."

Max, goes to the white fridge and pulls out three large bottles of vodka. "To celebrate Lilly's return."

Any excuse to drink.

They all get consumed in alcohol. Ada, Marcus, and Max talk among themselves. Diana and Theo have a conversation sitting very close together.

Jesper and Lilly sit on the bed of her now-room. Only a soft mattress on a creaky bedframe with one thin sheet.

They sit up at the head of the bed sipping on beer.