SINGULARITY

SIXTH SEQUENCE

A man interjected, shouting at them from one of the nearby tables over the noise, "Who the fuck do you think you're trying to impress parading around like that!?"

Zaccaheus and Cavil ignored them, continuing to survey the place in the hopes of spotting Daniel. Zaccaheus noticed another set of large doors, a stylised 'EMERGENCY EXIT' above them. A large bar surrounded by people came into view.

"Cavil… Cavil I think I see him."

Zaccaheus pointed into the crowd at a brunette sitting elegantly on a stool by the bar, drink in hand and surrounded by three men, all seemingly vying for her attention.

Cavil looked at  Zaccaheus, eye brows raised, "So how we gonna do this? Somehow I think this is gonna be a whole lot harder than we thought. And in here, we can't just shoot him either."

"Good. I didn't want to have to do that anyway. Now we don't have a choice but to talk him into coming back."

They began to approach, slowly. One of the men standing by him noticed them walking towards them, and snarled at them aggressively, "What the hell do you old pricks want?"

Cavil held up a hand as a sign of no harm, "We'd just like to speak to your lady friend there."

The woman looked up at them, her face had deep green eyes and full lips, "I don't do old men," before taking another sip from the drink in her hand.

Zaccaheus replied, "We're not looking to do anyone. We just need to speak to you. Its important."

Another one of the men standing by interjected, "I'll get rid of 'em if you want."

She just nodded, "Go ahead. They're annoying me."

The man stood up straight now and flexed his avatars muscles, before striding towards them.

Cavil backed up a bit, "Woah, hold up mate. You're aware that the woman you're chatting up over there is actually a man?"

"What did you say?"

Daniel's female avatar shouted at Cavil, "What the hell are you talking about?!"

Zaccaheus began to walk towards him, "We didn't want to have to embarrass you in front of your friends like this Daniel…"

"Shut up old man. You have no idea who…"

The man who had previously threatened them spoke to Daniel in a tone of utter shock, "Daniel?! You've got to be kidding me, you little…"

He approached Daniel menacingly but Cavil stepped in his way, "Leave it. It's not worth fighting over. Just walk away."

The two of them locked gazes, staring each other down, before the man shoved Cavil and threatened, "You're lucky we're not alone," and pointed in Daniel's direction, "You're nothing but a wannabe slut!" before stalking away from them into the crowds of the club.

"You think I'm supposed to appreciate you for stepping in like that?" Daniel's tone was shrewd, "And seriously, who do the fuck do you think you are saying something like that about me?!"

"Daniel, drop the act. We know who you are. I know you in the real world and I have information on your avatars, all of it. So stop this, and please, just let us talk," Zaccaheus said bluntly, frustrated by his lack of cooperation, despite having anticipated it.

"I don't care if you know me out there. I don't want to talk to you. Now get lost."

One of the two remaining men shook his head at Zaccaheus and Cavil, "Outsiders. You've got no right coming in here like this. Get out of here, before we go and get security."