Knox turned the corner to see Lysander and Brant flattened against the wall. Alex was on his stomach on the floor with DeVaun in the middle of the hallway, backed up so no one could see him. Brant held his g*n and backed up from the corner.
“They’re coming,” Brant said.
Knox ran up to Alex and knelt over him. All of them activated their shields.
“Get behind us,” Knox said. “We have shields.”
“They won’t do you any good,” Lysander said, getting his own vantage point to fire.
Alex slung out a round white ball, his blinding bomb. “Keep your shields up, everyone.”
Lysander immediately stuck his face into the crook of his arm. The five children who’d just turned the corner all did the same thing. Alex just smiled. The children lifted their heads when nothing lit up. Alex waved.
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