Parties, drinks and uninvited guests

[Johnathan Nox Carter]

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Newark Station - Level 5, Docking bay

After seeing her ride is ready, the Highlander quickly entered the vessel and took a seat.

"Lovely outfit, ma'am." - the pilot remarked, while she simply smiled and kept quiet, waiting for the take-off.

Marcus on the other end wasn't sure what to do. He noticed she had changed her clothes, obviously for something important, and he was more than determined to find out at least what exactly is going on. No way he would lose the opportunity to tell Maverick about this kind of story, but the issue was how to continue the chase. Eventually he figured he had nothing to lose if he just tried to pass as a mechanic. He took his 15th patch from his shoulder to avoid any attention and moved towards the Avenger.

"Yo - Officer! Your tail wing seems to leak; want me to check it out?" - he asked with a firm voice, just as the pilot was preparing to start the engines.
"What? ... No time to waste. I have to take this lady back to the cap quickly."
"How 'bout I come with ya then? I'll at least make sure you don't lose that wing during this flight. And i've been looking forward to see the bays of a cap for some time now anyway." - Marcus replied with a chuckle at the end.
"Fine then - hop in the cargo hold."

Thus, he managed to trick the pilot and continue to follow Kara right under her nose. In a matter of minutes, they were both on-board the Philadelphia.
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LNS-Philadelphia - Deck IV

Kara came out of the Avenger in a lovely pale-yellow dress and an assorted scarf, amazingly undamaged, even after all the pacing around. Sighing in relief, she looked around, trying to shake off any sign of tension.

"This way, ma'am." - an officer stated, pointing the way towards Evelyn's quarters. With no delay, Kara followed the man, while Marcus was just exiting the Avenger's hold.

Since he pretended to be looking at the wing's wiring during the flight, the pilot didn't pay much attention now and Marcus slipped by. Now he had to find a way past the guards.

A few minutes later, Kara arrives to Kairos' room and knocks "You there, Firebird?"
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