After escaping from the hotel room and entering the lobby, Zane and Gwen were quick to find that the bottom floor of the hotel was infested with soldiers protecting every entrance. It would be impossible to open a door without garnering attention, even if they were practically invisible the two of them couldn't exactly phase through objects. They weren't ghosts after all.
Wait, a second... Ghosts, didn't Zane have one of those beneath his command? Because of this, though, he silently summoned Evilyn who appeared in front of Zane and Gwen with a wide smile on her face.
She was just about to make a comment about how dreadful it was to be relegated to the void when Zane silently communicated to her with the telepathic link they shared.
"I need you to go into one of the other rooms and cause a big enough distraction to get the guards in the lobby to run after it. And don't reveal your presence to these people. Do you understand?"
Evilyn was quick to respond to Zane's words with an almost too enthusiastic statement.
"You can rest assured. When it comes to causing a distraction, there is nobody better than me! I'll be back in a second!"
After saying this, Evilyn phased through the walls. Zane was just about to sigh and comment on Evilyn's unusual enthusiasm when he heard an enormous explosion occur outside of the Hotel. Radio chatter instantly erupted, causing the entire squad worth of soldiers who were guarding the hotel lobby to run out the door in search of the cause of commotion.
Zane and Gwen looked at one another with stupefied expressions when they heard Evilyn speak in their minds.
"Well, hurry up! This isn't going to keep them busy forever!"
It was only now the two of them realized Evilyn was responsible for the convenient explosion. How exactly she managed this, neither of them knew. But it was the excuse they needed to bolt out the door. Which they were quick to do.
Once in the streets of Pyongyang, they saw the sirens of the local firefighters as they made their way to a massive fire which was taking place nearby. Apparently, an entire building was being consumed in the flames, and the first explosion had caused a chain reaction as several smaller explosions were taking place.
This only further made Zane and Gwen curious about what the hell their companion had done to cause such a disturbance. Nevertheless, they did not waste the opportunity given to them, and quickly made their way south towards the DMZ.
Gwen wore an excitable smile that made Zane deeply uncomfortable when he saw it. Because, knowing her, he could accurately predict exactly what she was about to propose. And that he did.
"Well, I could always carry you big brother?"
Zane stopped dead in his tracks when he heard this statement. Carry him? Like a woman? What exactly did he look like to Gwen a princess? There was absolutely no freaking way he would climb into Gwen's arms as she leaped over no-man's-land as if she were a track and field star!
And Zane was naturally quick to express these thoughts.
"There is no way in hell I'm going to let you carry me! So unless you have any other bright ideas we're just going to have to risk the minefield!"
Gwen's second proposal was much quicker than her first, and yet Zane found it slightly more appealing.
"Well.... Okay then. If you're so opposed to be carried, then how about I just toss you over?"
Toss? It was slightly less embarrassing than being carried. But... It was still better than walking through a minefield hoping luck provided safety through it. Because of this, Zane narrowed his gaze with a stern expression as he forced Gwen to make him a promise.
"Do not tell the others...."
Gwen smirked at something devilish when she heard this. Before responding in a tone that did not remotely fill Zane with confidence.
"Not a word..."
After which she picked Zane up and threw him through the air like a shotput as he effortlessly crossed the no-man's-land without the North Korean soldiers being any the wiser. When he landed, he swore he was going to give Gwen the spanking of a lifetime the next time they settled some place safe.