Tam glanced down the alleyway, following Rose's gaze. "Hurry." He urged, walking quickly across the sand ridden black top, and charging towards the stairway ahead, leading down into The Maze.
Once they had cleared the stairs, Tam shoved both ID cards at the six security guards standing by. One of them paused for a moment, looking from the card to Tam, narrowing his eyes. Tam smiled nervously, motioning to his face, "It's the beard." He didn't usually come down this way- no guards would recognize him.
Suddenly the officer snatched Tam's wrist, a few other guards positioning himself at Tam's side, guns in hand. Tam let the man jerk his sleeve back, carefully examining the wrist tattoo.
Truth be told, he had stolen an identity. But the identification mark on his wrist had been faded and copied over- a painful, but necessary process. Now he hid behind a beard, old scars would quickly blow his cover without the jet black hair.
The guard sighed, then offered him the card, opening the gates and clearing both him and Rose with an annoyed wave.
"That's what I thought." Tam breathed, walking quickly through the doorway.
He continued down the hall at a brisk pace, tempted to slide his jacket off as a thin layer of sweat began to coat his forehead and shoulders.
Tam took a heavy breath, knocking twice on the lot door. It swung open immediately, and Tam walked quickly through the doorway, giving Vel and Monzy apologetic looks.
Tobias watched the ripped dude storm into the lot absentmindedly. The man glanced at Vel, then Monzy, "Apologies." His voice wasn't deep enough to match his incredible build, but the Spanish accent did make him sound more threatening- in Tobias' opinion.
"Oh, kep, okay, we can start now." Monzy smiled, clapping his hands once again. "First, we go over teams-" he pointed at Roe, who quickly joined him in the center of the circle.
Tobias listened as Roe and Monzy listed a
ton of random names, and people and dragons moved, shifting into their own groups. Obviously everyone knew each other, save Tobias and Eclipse, the teams seemed to have been planned out for a while.
"Tobias, Eclipse, you are in Ferrin's group." Roe announced, making eye contact.
Tobias glanced at the tall, curly, black haired figure across the lot, and quickly motioned for Eclipse to follow. Ferrin seemed to be watching Eclipse's every move as the approached, and Tobias knew Eclipse would notice the man's dark eyes seemingly staring into her soul.
"Tobias," he started, his earrings reflecting the industrial lights above, "Eclipse, Gables," Ferrin pointed to the jacked man beside him, "Haven, Solo," he nodded at the two RainWings across from him, "Ellis, Fracture, Autu, and Saugrare." The six humans stared seriously back at Tobias, a few giving him short nods. Ferrin cleared his throat, "We are also accompanied by Gongll, and Wither Rose." He pointed to Roe and the dragon that had just recently arrived. "We are a large team, but one easily moved. We do not have many critical jobs, but we are here as backup for whomever requires assistance."
Tobias nodded, giving Eclipse a reassuring glance. There were a lot of humans in the room. He hoped she wasn't getting too stressed out.
"Rose!" Monzy pointed to where he was standing, and all eyes turned back to the center of the square. "Update."
@Nicole Taber,
@Crestcrazy2.
