Sai’s been slowly making his way through the city, searching for any sign of the group that had left the police station a few days earlier. As much as he keeps telling himself it’s not worth it, that he may never find them, that maybe he doesn’t really want to, something in him keeps pushing forward.
It’s not just something; it’s never been in you to quit. You know that.
The closest he’d ever come to just giving up had been after the accident that took Laney and Malie from him. He hadn’t thought it possible to go on without them -- he certainly hadn’t wanted to -- but here he is, not quite living but still functioning.
So demons and hellfire are nothing to him.
He passes his fair share of gruesome sights and creatures as he nears Penn Station, and he’s glad for the first time that Malie isn’t here. He’d never want her to see the nightmare that life on Earth has become. She’s much better off with her mother and the angels, dancing forever in the stars.
Sai is so lost in his thoughts of his daughter that he doesn’t realize he’s reached the train station until he’s quite literally standing in front of it. There’s no one around that he can see or hear, but the space is huge. There could be hundreds of people inside, and he’d never know it from out here. Still, he’s cautious as he enters, steps light and eyes and ears wide open. He’s seen enough horror movies to know that what he’s about to do is a Bad Idea, but again, it’s the apocalypse. Everything’s different now.
He clears his throat... and then calls out.
