Joe, however, was as unperturbed as before, still scrolling through his phone, looking at photos. "Chief!" he said, excitedly pointing at his phone. "I got a good picture of the Tomato and the Cornstalk before—"

"Oh, that's great Joe," Stan said, still snorting with laughter. "We'll add it to our Facebook photo album and call it ‘Trip to America.'"

Chief held up his giant pterodactyl arm and all the laughter stopped immediately. He spun on his heel and walked toward the stairs that exited the station. He climbed the first few steps, then turned, hovering two feet above the Suits. He looked at his watch and paused, as if he were reading a message on it.

Then he looked at the group of Suits and said solemnly, "We've been ordered back to headquarters in Beijing. Take in the sights while you can. This might be our last trip—ever."

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