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Static fills the camera for a few seconds, so you refresh the screen. When the connection restores, the red-haired woman and the leader are in a heated exchange. The red-haired bandit points to the college woman in the back of the jeep and motions for her to leave, while the leader blocks her from leaving. While they argue, the gunner rocks back and forth, covering his face with his arm.

Again the camera screen distorts, and this time it dumps the feed. You try to reset the camera remotely, but now you can't even see it on the network. You open a new terminal window and feverishly type commands to locate another camera in the area. You can't work fast enough, and a full minute passes as you search for a way to watch the bandits. Finally, you find a camera atop a bank across the intersection, and when you connect, you see the image of the scene from farther away. All four students are sitting on the curb, including the blonde with the volleyball shirt. The gunner takes a few bags and a cooler from the van to the jeep, and the leader sits in the jeep's passenger seat, staring at the four held students. You focus on the red-haired woman, who remains in the back of the jeep, still operating the machine gun, but her demeanor has changed. She stares down at the leader, her eyebrows narrowed and forming a V, her cheeks as red as her hair, and her mouth drawn into a thin line. She aims the barrel in a slow arc towards the leader's back, but when he glances up, she swings the weapon away.

This goes on for a while until the gunner finishes looting the van. Once finished, the bandits drive away, and you finish your session of camera watching.