Eight lanes open wide before her, leading across the Nassau boundary to Suffolk County and the eastern districts of Long Island. She veers to the far left lane and presses the accelerator to the floor. A cruiser marked for the Lone Star corporate police briefly falls in behind her, perhaps to provide an escort, but cannot match the Tachi Monarch's pace. She has no need of an escort, regardless. When traffic fails to yield to the Tachi Monarch's flashing strobes, she slaloms onto the center median and continues on with unchallenged resolve.