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Kris
The man the soldiers had been beating up seemed to have disappeared into thin air. They’d watched him run into an alley behind several businesses and followed, but when it led to a dead end, he was nowhere to be seen.
“We must have missed a door somewhere,” said Carly, backing out of the alley. It was now nighttime and hard to see much of anything, especially in a dark alley. “Did you see him?”
Kris tapped her fingernails on the door nervously. “No.”
“So, you knew him? Who was he?”
Before she could answer, Carly slammed on the brakes. “What in the hell?”
A large flower delivery van was blocking their path out of the alley. The lights were off and it was hard to tell if anyone was actually in it.
“Obviously that wasn’t there a moment ago,” said Carly, grabbing the rifle. “I
