43: Zip

"Alice huh?" Nova said as he lifted her up, "It's a nice name." His voice was Angelic to her, it was refreshing to her, "Alice. A friend of mine was abducted by your cult. We need answers on where he could be."

Alice signed as she attempted to reach for the rifle which was placed beside her duffle bag, "I don't know where your friend is." Her hand inched closer, but it was broken in half by a light beam. Specter had shot it clean in halt. "We haven't even given you a name."

"Look, I can't tell you anything, but all I can tell you is in the Eldritch forest lies a temple; you can find your answers there," Alice said as she looked at the now-arriving Titan and Echo.

"If that is true-" Rogue immediately interrupted, "If it is true." Titan shifted to Rogue and with an angry expression unseen by the mask, she spoke, "What do you mean?" Echo spoke up with a conflicted view, "What if she's lying? What if she's only saying this to get away?"

Rogue yelled, "Exactly! She could be lying through her lips. I say we take her with us to confirm." Nova spoke up with a rebuttal, "But Lily didn't lie to us and she said Elderion, the forest is in Elderion."

Echo spoke up, "I mean, it is, but what if she's pointing us in a different direction in Elderion to save time." Nova nodded, "You're going to guide us." They looked at Alice, and she sighed; getting kidnapped was not on the job description.

Alice was pulled up by Nova before Titan placed zip ties on her wrists and bound her hands together, "To stop you from running, as you probably guessed. Your life is forfeit to us; lead us to the wrong location," She whipped out a rifle she had taken from one of the ground cultists, "You're dead."