The onset of the storm

"Wait a minute." She rushed to the closet and swiftly took out a men's suit that was bullet-proof. She had prepared it when they started dating and didn't think he would ever get to wear it. 

They changed in the blink of an eye and cautiously left the master bedroom. 

" You…" 

"Don't even think of it." He interrupted whatever she was going to say. He knew she would ask him to sneak away, but how could he let his girlfriend fight on her own? He sent a quick message just as she said to split their paths. 

Shera used the front door to get out of the mansion and was horrified. Alexa arrived beside her at the same instant.

"The alarm was late. How could it be?" Alexa looked alarmed when she saw the lifeless bodies of a few guards on the ground. 

Shera held her gun readily and started searching the compound.