The door swung closed behind her, as gently as it had opened, and the car pulled onto the road.

They would be back, eventually. Naomi belonged at B.A.B.E.L. and he wasn't so foolish as to take her away from that forever. No, this was a retreat. A vacation. A necessity. But they would be back. He'd promised The Children as much, just as they'd promised to cover for him as best they could.

Jolt's hologram flickered to life when they merged onto a more traffic-heavy section of road, and he cast a sideways glance at her. "Hey you," he said, a small smile playing on his lips. "I'm glad you're here."