BLOODBOUND II

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After several hours in the sky, Adrian's private plane lands in LaGuardia. They all prepare themselves and exit the plane.

Amy: The airport is empty; I've never seen it this abandoned before.

Lily: Serious 28 Days Later vibes... Oh fuck! Are zombies real?

Kamilah: The news said that the city is under total quarantine, all commercial flights cancelled.

Amy: I'm just surprised no one's shot at us yet.

Jax: Give it time.

Jax's phone dings, and he quickly checks it. He lets out a sigh of relief.

Jax: It's Nikhil!

Amy: Thank goodness! When you said you lost touch with him, I worried something had happened.

Jax: Me too, now I know how parents feel when they leave their kid at home.

Lily: Is that how you think of Nikhil? Like your sweet lil baby boi?

Jax: I'm not going to acknowledge that.

Kamilah: Children, focus. What does he say now?

Jax: He says there's a rendezvous point where we should meet ASAP, it's not too far from here. He also added an emoji of a car and an eggplant?

Lily: I may have told him the eggplant means 'urgent news'.

Jax: I'll deal with that later. For now, let's get going to these coordinates.

Adrian: Wait.

The group turns to him, surprised.

Adrian: There's something I need to do first. Tell me where the rendezvous spot is, and I'll meet you there.

Jax: What the hell is so important that you have to go off on your own?

Adrian: I have to go to the Raines Corp Offices; I have to destroy the labs.

Kamilah: Adrian! Those labs represent decades of your work!

Adrian: I must. There are things in there that Gaius can't get his hands on. Experimental weapons, unstable chemicals. Even the last vials of Gaius's own reaper virus. He's dangerous enough as it is, with the contents of my lab, he'll be unstoppable.

Amy: How do you know he hasn't already gotten to it?

Adrian: I don't, but it's worth the risk.

Jax: It's too dangerous to go by yourself.

Adrian: I can handle myself. You meet up with Nikhil, and I'll catch up.

Amy: Adrian... wait...

He turns to her, struggling with his decision.

Adrian: Would you like to accompany me? I could use some help.

Amy: Of course. I'll go with you and be your back-up.

He hesitates, then nods stoically, relief in his eyes.

Adrian: Good. But we have to be quick.

They part with the others after getting the coordinates from Jax, then head into the city together.

As Amy and Adrian walk together, they can't help but notice the devastation all around.

Amy: Oh my god... this is awful.

The streets are eerily silent in the wake of the city's evacuation, the wind pushing trash down the sidewalks.

Adrian: I've seen city's evacuated before, but I never thought I'd see New York suffer the same fate.