Vicious

Outside the bar, Dominic runs into Victor, who warns him about Eli. Victor takes Dominic’s pain away and offers “one night’s worth of work for a lifetime without pain” (313). Victor then gives the pain back briefly, and Dominic agrees to help.

Eli enters the bar bathroom and locks the door, so he and Mitch are alone. Trapped, Mitch admits he told Dominic to run. Eli asks where Victor is and Mitch responds, “you’ll see him soon enough” (315). Eli shoots Mitch.

Outside, Dominic explains how he can travel unseen across distances, and that while it takes no time in the physical world, it takes him time in whatever place he travels through. Victor expresses concern about Mitch, and Dominic says Mitch offered to cover him because the man who wanted to kill him was in the bar. Victor demands Dominic take him inside, and Dominic uses his power to take them into the bathroom, where Mitch lies on the floor, still alive thanks to a bullet-proof vest. The men clean up the blood and use Dominic’s power to travel to the meeting place for the confrontation with Eli.