“You'd be surprised.” People at the back of the room began to leave their seats and run for the exits, some shouting in a panic. Pretty soon, everybody was on their feet and trying to file out of the room It was pandemonium. Leo just stood in the aisle with a beatific smile on his face, his brown eyes full of cold fury. Everyone seemed to be giving him a wide berth. Even people who would have to run past him to get out instead decided to shuffle through the crowded rows to the next aisle over. Ben reached for his pistol only to find nothing there. He thought of his multi-tool. Perhaps he could use a hypersonic pulse to incapacitate the other man or holography to confuse him…But this wasn't the multi-tool that the authorities had confiscated. This one had no special tricks, no gadgets.

