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chairs and their occupants materialized into solid forms in front of me. This must have been the way I appeared when first arriving here, was my thought. As I watched them stand up, I knew right away it must be Anders and Paxton.
    He was wearing finer clothing than anything this island had to offer, and she was also wearing clothes they must have purchased while in London with stolen money. He was tall and thin, with blond buzzed cut hair. Some type of tattoo crept up the side of his neck and he had a very sullen look in his eyes. She was a bit cutesy and fairly small, with short dark tousled style hair and lips curled up slightly in a smirky way with shifty eyes. A thick silver chain link choker was around her neck and I couldn’t help but notice her small silver spike pierced earrings. They were both surveying the room at first and then she spoke.
     “It’s not here Anders!”
    “Well…it should be here!
    “It would be right here on the center platform if it was, you know that! Gratten must have returned here and then left again; check the map viewer.”
    I assumed because for some reason they couldn’t find the chair in London, they probably returned to see if it was back here. They didn’t have any idea that I had returned here with it and then Ara had taken it again to―.
    “London England!” Paxton blurted out, looking at the map screen. “He’s taken it back to some music school there, let’s go.”
    “Hold on, we’re close now, one more jump- but let’s think this one out, I don’t want anything to go wrong this time Paxton.”
     I was afraid I’d hear those words; they were now going to follow Ara to London. They must both be armed and there was no telling what desperate measures they were capable of taking to get a hold of that chair. Ara or Catherine might easily get hurt or killed in the process. I had to do something to stop them, but what?
    Anders walked up to the map window, stretched his arm out to point and it was then I happened to see a hidden shoulder holster with one of those thick barreled pistols. He swung around for a moment then looked almost directly at me. I thought for an instant that I had been seen, but no, he was just looking in my direction while deliberating; then walking over to Paxton, he grabbed her and wrapping his arm around her hugged her close and kissed her on the head.
    “You’re going first Pax and when you get there, if you find the chair just come back with it; all Gratten will be able to do is follow you. If he’s right there when you arrive, kill him and wait for me to arrive. I’ll be right behind, arriving almost immediately after you. When I show up we’ll destroy one of the trackers and come back together in the other two.
    “We will be in control of the island and that will be just the beginning!”
    She walked up to him putting her arms around him and kissed him. “That’s what I love about you Anders, you’re sights are never set too awfully high-ha, ha.”
    Anders walked over to the map window and looked back at Paxton.
    “Alright Pax, ready? Let’s send you to this music school eh? Get that chair what ever you do!”
    With that she looked down at her side, checked her weapon, adjusted her belt and looking at Anders sat in the tracker which soon vanished into space. I couldn’t let Anders best me at that point. I had the advantage of surprise and somehow had to grab hold of his weapon and get to the other tracker. I moved quietly around the back of a tall cabinet as he was transfixed on the map. Then, working my way around close to where he stood, I had to come out in the open and grab his weapon before he knew what happened.
    To my surprise, he stepped over by the other tracker and took off his coat exposing his shoulder holster and weapon. He then began pacing back and forth, unaware of my presence, fully absorbed in his plan and wondering how it was getting on with Paxton. I had to take advantage of the moment while he was still thinking