Awareness (1)

Marc's expression turned awful and the lackadaisical look from it was no longer on sight. His face hardened and his disposition changed to that of an alert soldier. He began glaring at Gio too, most likely annoyed by his little counterattack.

On the other line, the woman was only silent for three seconds before she replied,

"I'm coming. There is a faint echoing on your side which means this call is already on loudspeaker mode. Good. Good. Listen up, Marc Goldwin, my dear fiance. Wait for me. I'm only twenty seconds away from your location so you better wait for me. You won't want to know what will happen if you don't."

...

A little more than five minutes had passed and the two were finally on their way to the laboratory. They left a minute after the woman Gio called arrived. They no longer knew what took place thereafter.