This was greatly amusing, darling. I liked it. :)
If I saw that situation, I would penetrate the mob, go up to Gerard and say, "Come with me if you want to live," and before he can reply I would grab his hand, activate my smoke bomb, and while no one can see us we would run right out of there. I would take him to the Starbucks down the street and we would chat and I would take a picture with him and we'd exchange emails and keep in touch.
Yup.
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I don't want to get on the wrong side of you, but if you need any more granades of any type, my dad's in the british military, so I could help you... :P