Maria wasn't Maria. In fact, she wasn't even human. She was the accomplish that Marcus had. But Liana did not remember.

She led her up on the elevator and strangely enough it didn't seem to stop.

The building, though quite enormous wasn't actually a skyscraper. But the elevator was running for minutes at a stretch and Liana started looking at her watch again and again, thinking that she might be having time delusion.

Finally she gathered her courage and spoke up,

" Umm, ma'am is there any problem in the elevator? It doesn't seem to stop. "

The woman smiled.

" It's taking us exactly where you need to go....