With the car's sudden disappearance, Ning was atop nothing but air. He tumbled forward, rolling through the street, asphalt scraping against his suit. He caught himself and stood up, looking around with a confused look.
The car reappeared a small distance away, still moving at full speed.
Ning stared at it for a moment, confused. Teleportation? He couldn't imagine how the car could teleport at all. 'But if it teleported, why did it take so long to reappear? It's like…'
Just as Ning thought of something, he saw a shape through the tinted windows. Large beastly horns silhouetted against the interior light for a moment, the shape very different from Forgath.
The minotaur's head was unmistakable.
Ning sighed as he realized that Vanisher was in the car.
"I should've known," he told himself. "He wouldn't leave without some safety."
