Lipton kept his mouth shut, because Scorpion had said pretty clearly how things stood. Most importantly, Sonya would get taken to safety, and that was really the vital thing right now.

It did leave the issue of how he and Lao would get out, but before he could work out how to phrase that without getting even more of Scorpion's ire, Jax and Nighwolf appeared, miraculously alive and in more or less one piece.

Lipton cracked a humourless smile at Jax's first words - there had been no stopping her. It was something of a relief to let the two newcomers take the lead. He barely noticed the change in the world, focusing on putting on foot infront of the other and keeping Lao on his back. When he found himself facing the others, he merely nodded, dull with exhuastion.