The more time went by, the more Alex wondered what the Agency was planning. If they were taking this long to send more agents out, it had to be because they were bringing out the big guns. The real question was who they would send because he was the biggest gun they had.
Even a bunch of assault rifles couldn't take out a tank. He had no doubt he would be able to fend them off if he was by himself. But he wasn't. He had Claire to worry about.
Going against a group of people while defending someone else was different than doing it by yourself. There were far more openings that could be used against you that way but what could he do? It wasn't like he could keep Claire inside and focus on fighting them alone.
She was already struggling staying inside as is. And she couldn't miss any more work without losing her job because she had taken four sick days in the space of a month.
