The message came during third period.
Hargrave's name on the screen, short text, read it twice to make sure I understood. Costume ready. Come by the lab between third and fourth. Bring nothing, just yourself.
I showed it to nobody. Slid the phone into my pocket and spent the remaining twelve minutes of class pretending to care about Reeves explaining threat assessment protocols while my brain ran the numbers. Hargrave had said five days. It had been two. Either the man worked miracles or someone had made a very specific phone call to make sure the timeline moved faster.
I already knew which one it was.
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