Nightshift 63: Bus 3

[seekingmystrength]

With the blond's outburst disturbing not only the peace and quite of the trip back, but the trip itself by way of a detour into a damn tree, Kurogane's patience had worn thin by well before the sun had begun to set. No amount of alcohol would have helped temper his mood either. Stuck on the side of the road with the night drawing ever closer... it was almost as though Landel had intended for something like this. That man knew what happened were they not back in the building by nightfall, and a good number of them knew the same.

Probably not the blond idiot.

Though his patience was all but gone, his attention to the situation was heightened with the threat of darkness closing in. Each passing moment put them closer to another attack like before, and if there was where the night was to begin, he wasn't going to be trapped in any vehicle, moving or otherwise. That decision kept him on edge, watching between the window and the bus's back door beside him and waiting with the only remaining patience he had to spare.

"Be ready," was all he'd said to the girl beside him, knowing or at least hoping that she understood what was soon to come. He wasn't sure if she'd been there the time before, but as a ninja she should have known enough to expect anything with the tension aboard.

The moment he caught the sun's final dip beyond the horizon, he was out of his back seat and unhinging the emergency hatch for a quick exit to the ground, expecting that Tsubaki would be close behind. "Come on!" he barked back before starting around the bus at a quick pace. The town was long gone, but the chance stood that the Institute would be not too far ahead of them.

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[madeinthehrl]

Soma would have attempted to exit via the seat backs herself, but her head spun alarmingly when she stood up, discouraging her from the idea. Useless. She closed her eyes briefly, teeth clenching in frustration, before she opened them and took a deep breath.

"Emergency exit's open!" she called to the rest of the bus as she headed toward it. "Try and get there if you can!"

She took Lingormr's hand and dropped to the ground without much trouble, though there was another moment where she had to hesitate and steady herself again. This was ridiculous. Right. Focus. Turning to the exit again, she concentrated. Even through the growing headache, Marie might be able to tell if any of the other patients needed assistance.

[freewill]

Neither of the others protested with him leaving last, instead getting out as quickly as they could. That was for the best. There was still a large amount of space between them and that nurse, and it seemed that most of the other patients were headed this way as well. Perhaps the nurse would get trapped inside, too vapid to how to get out itself.

Then again, instincts tended to persist despite the loss of any higher reasoning. Castiel wouldn't be surprised if she clawed her way out with those scalpels.

Shaking his head, he dropped out of the bus after the other two.

[To here.]