Chapter Twenty-Six
What can I do that I haven’t tried already?
What new elements can I introduce?
Nothing I have on me—like the deck of cards—would be of much help. At best, I can confuse him momentarily, but that won’t be enough—especially since this is my one and only chance at this.
What I really need is a weapon, preferably a gun.
What makes this extra frustrating is that my gun isn’t even far away from here. Itzel made me leave it in the lab down here before we departed to save Rasputin. However, the lab is the last turn in the tunnels before the hub, so I’ll run into Woland before I can get there.
But wait. Maybe there’s some other way I can get a gun.
I am in an airport—which means TSA agents all over the place. Do they carry guns?
I take out my phone to check and, to my dis
