His partner will have heard a short "affirmative" on their channel. South only gets the sound of a gun being cocked dangerously close, and the barrel of something touching the back of her head. If she can turn it to look at all, she will see nothing but a faint shimmer. The air changes around them; everything about this screams "danger" in a way that if South were but a few months ahead in her timeline, she'd know.
Death stands behind her in the form of Locus. He doesn't pull the trigger, but there's not a doubt in him or in Felix that he would.
"Let him walk."
The voice is cold gravel, the shift in a thick layer ice beneath your feet before it crumbles and sucks you into the abyss below.
Felix is not as alone as he was originally believed to be.
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His partner will have heard a short "affirmative" on their channel. South only gets the sound of a gun being cocked dangerously close, and the barrel of something touching the back of her head. If she can turn it to look at all, she will see nothing but a faint shimmer. The air changes around them; everything about this screams "danger" in a way that if South were but a few months ahead in her timeline, she'd know.
Death stands behind her in the form of Locus. He doesn't pull the trigger, but there's not a doubt in him or in Felix that he would.
"Let him walk."
The voice is cold gravel, the shift in a thick layer ice beneath your feet before it crumbles and sucks you into the abyss below.
Felix is not as alone as he was originally believed to be.