The Eel must have sensed the danger he was in with the arrival of the cavalry, because he ran into the cubicles for cover. Tobi stared round frantically. The Eel would surely see him. He loomed at the computer and files in the cubicle, looking for something that would hide him. He was considering a big paper carton in one corner when he heard the sound of a gun c*****g behind him. He froze. Slowly, he raised his right hand and braced himself on the computer table, turning his wheelchair around. He came to face the Eel's immense black robes and mask, and the nozzle of his own weapon. How the gun ever got out from under his wheelchair, he could not have said.
The Eel placed a forefinger in front of his mask, signifying for him to be silent. Not that he had much of a choice, anyway. His voca
