❝ɪ ᴀᴡᴀɪᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅ.❞
ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ʜᴏᴜʀs sɪɴᴄᴇ sᴄʜᴡᴀɴɴ ʜᴀᴅ sᴛᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴋɴɪɢʜᴛs ʜǫ, ᴇʏᴇs ᴀʙʟᴀᴢᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʙᴀʀᴇʟʏ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ ғᴜʀʏ. ᴀʟᴇxᴇɪ ʜᴀᴅ sᴍɪʀᴋᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴɴᴇʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴛɪᴍᴇ sᴄʜᴡᴀɴɴ ғᴇʟᴛ ɴᴏ ғᴇᴀʀ. ʜᴇ ғᴇʟᴛ... ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ.
ɴᴏᴡ, ʜɪs ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ғᴇʟᴛ ᴀs ɪғ ɪᴛ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ғɪʀᴇ. ᴀʟᴇxᴇɪ ʜᴀᴅ ɴᴏ sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴄ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ — ᴀ ʀᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ — ᴀɴᴅ sᴄʜᴡᴀɴɴ ʜᴀᴅ sᴘᴇɴᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ᴛʀᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ sᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇᴄʀᴜɪᴛs. sᴄʜᴡᴀɴɴ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜɪs ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟ ǫᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀs ᴀɴᴅ sᴛᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ғʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏғ ʜɪᴍ ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇ'ᴅ ᴄʟᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ʜɪs ᴀʀᴍᴏʀ. ɪɴ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴀɴɢᴇʀ, ʜᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴡ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ʜɪs ғɪsᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜɴᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ ғʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏғ ʜɪᴍ.
ʙᴀᴅ ɪᴅᴇᴀ.
(ʏ/ᴄ) ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴀ ʟᴏᴜᴅ ᴛʜᴜᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴀ ʏᴇʟʟ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴀɪɴ's ǫᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀsᴏɴ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ɢᴀsᴘ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴜsʜᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ sᴄʜᴡᴀɴɴ ᴋɴᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ, ᴡɪɴᴄɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ʜɪs ʀɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴀɴᴅ.
