[Jimmy-le-sniper]

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According to his calculations, the fugitives were most likely to escape by the stockyards.

"Good thing I somewhat secured that place before...It will be harder for them move unnoticed out in the open with the lights and the motion detectors on..."

He finally arrived at the last known position of Anni who was, of course, far away from there now.

"Why am I not surprised...You tell them not to move and they run like a giant killer robot is chasing them...Wait, nevermind. I gotta find a way out of this building and fast" he thought.

A few minutes later, he finally landed in the stockyards area. The only thing that could be heard was the noise made by the movement detectors, in the distance.

"OK, apparently they are still within the factory perimeter, as the doors that lead outside are still closed. Time to get stealthy...Cloak engaged !"

In a matter of seconds, he became perfectly transparent. Another useful contraption designed for him. Of course, it was not perfect, as his body was still casting a shadow, and he had to remain perfectly still or move very slowly otherwise the landscape behind him would flicker and become blurry, giving away his presence.

"Now let's find a good spot and wait for them..."

He hovered on the top of a watchtower. From where he was, he could cover the entire stockyard without having to move the slightest bolt. It was the first time he really payed attention to the main building itself. It wasn't exactly designed to look good in the landscape, but the blinking lights on the highest structures, the black smoke coming out of the boilers chimneys and the permanent twilight atmosphere caused by the clouds themselves were giving some sort of an industrial beauty to the place. Nothing those silly Mudokons would ever understand.

He scanned the area and found the rather heterogeneous group where he feared them to be : near the outside gates. He focused his eyes on the group, and saw a slig lock near them. He tried to disable it remotely, but it was not connected to the security network and was directly linked to the gate instead. Hopefully, there was no sligs around they could force to unlock the door. He got down of his hiding spot and sneaked behind them. When he was about 3 meters from them he uncloaked.

"Well, enjoying your little walk ?" he said calmly, waiting for everyone to notice him.