I guess it could be considered fate. Davis had taken me off of night watch at Lyons Estates and put me on the city watch. There were no Day Stalker spotted and knowing they’d more than likely hit the outlying parts, we focused on moving people to get them ready for the nightly Savage hits.
Even after the sun had set, hours later, nothing happened. No Savages at all. It was as quiet as when Vala walked a beat.
I used the armored car to check on different stations. The beach was clear, the garage was quiet, and I went to Davis’ home. I knew he wouldn’t be sleeping, since no one really had gotten any rest.
Imagine my surprise when I walked in and saw Vala.
It was weird. I saw her, ran to her, and then realized she didn’t look right. I thought she was a ghost.
Had she died? That’s what I wondered and then Vala told me she was letting us know she had arrived in Akana.
For some reason, Davis couldn’t hear her, but I conveyed to him that she was fine and that Nito was stopping at nothing to get her. That didn’t surprise me.
What did surprise me was the fact that Davis wanted me to withhold the truth from Vala. He didn’t want me to tell her we were attacked by Day Stalkers, that a horde of them were on their way. I had to tell her everything was fine, when it was anything but.
I had a bad feeling all the way around. On our end and Vala’s. Perhaps it was just uneasiness that she was going to be chosen in a ceremony the next day, given to a Sybaris and living in their city.
On my end it was the combination of wanting to not sit idly by combined with the pressure of keeping people safe.
Things were coming to a head, I could feel it. I just didn’t know what that all would entail. I did know one thing: Davis heard me.
He heard me when I talked about going after the Day Stalkers, finding the Savage nests, and taking them out before they could strike.
The Savages would be easy. They slept at night. We only needed to draw them into sunlight. Why we never did it in the first place, I still didn’t know. From what I saw, we were going to do it now. Davis had a map, and was working on putting together the best teams to send out.
It was about time.