บท 116: It Ends Only Before It Begins

It was dark and quiet. Vivi had jumped on Laz's shoulder and rode him down. For her, she didn't care what was happening as long as she would stay close to Laz. Laz didn't really understand why this was, but even if it was just the little pup, he felt better with some company.

He hit the floor pretty quickly before looking up, but he didn't see anyone looking down at him from the room above. In fact, all he heard was a click and then saw the ceiling move back into place while the ladder swung up and went flush with the depression in the ceiling. Unless you were underneath it, you couldn't see it at all from another angle. The actual apartment was empty minus the curtains on the windows.

"Quite ingenious really. I guess Tony was just a bit paranoid after all," Laz whispered to himself. He went to check the front window and saw a lot of activity happening outside as both uniformed and plain clothed individuals rushed around.