chapter 9

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Kira watched, shivering in the cold air, as Sara used a collapsible baton to break the window of the parking lot office . Alissa frowned but turned her back as the other woman grabbed a set of keys and clicked the button. Somewhere in the lot a horn beeped.

Kira glanced at her watch as she followed the women into the lot. She really wished she had a coat, but she hadn't expected to be in a city with a refrigerated neighborhood. Their search for a car that actually fit humans had taken them a while, but these limos looked normal enough and most of them had deeply tinted windows which... would help the vampires.

Sara clicked the keys again and pinpointed the car she was looking for.

'We're really going to steal a car" Kira asked a bit nervously.

"Do you see a better option?" Sara asked.

"If I did," Alissa said "I wouldn't be going along this."

"Me either" Sara said grimly. "Now come on." In a moment they were inside and headed back toward the warehouse. When they pulled up the others peeked out cautiously. Angel gave them an incredulous look and Spike cocked his head.

"Classy" he muttered with a bit of a smile.

"Get in" Sara commanded the others. Tasha and Data climbed in quickly, but the vampires hesitated eyeing the strip of sunlight between the door and the car.

"After you." Spike said with a gesture at Angel.

"Right" He scowled and pulled his jacket over his head and dashed across. Spike followed rapidly. Both of them reached the car with out flaming, though they both smoked a bit as they settled in the seat.

Guy shrugged nervously "Why not?" He said and clambered after the others.

The dragon followed behind eagerly. Kira saw it snatch something out of the air and she pointedly looked away.

"Everyone in?" Sara asked as the doors closed. "Alright Kira where too?"

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Liam gaped at the pathway that was suddenly opened for them. "Right" He said "Follow the ... whatever that is."

"You really don't know?" Hodkins stared at him in disbelief, "That's Luke Skywalker! I'm definitely hallucinating, but this is the coolest thing ever." he muttered as they walked quickly after the Jedi.

The Romanian woman followed the man with a hopeful expression, her hands clasped before her muttering what sounded like a prayer.

"You know I think she thinks he's a priest." Jones commented

"Well technically she's not exactly wrong." Hodkins said enthusiastically, "The Jedi were sort of based on fighting monks."

Liam glanced at the other teens. Carolynn shrugged, looking baffled. Neville looked awed. Dylan was grinning in disbelief.

"This really is cool." Dylan said

"Right" Liam said. "Just don't fall to far behind, I don't know how far back he can hold them"

"Where are we even going?" Carolynn asked.

"I'm not sure." Liam said "But the call came from that way." He pointed Southwest.

"Right." She frowned "But how far?" that caused him to pause...

"I really don't know."

"Are we planning to walk the whole way?" She asked as another answering howl broke the morning quiet.

"The only other option is to steal a car and David would kill me if I did that."

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