SIEGE AND SALVATION
Rylan's POV
I sprinted through the hallways as sirens blared above me. My boots clapped on the tile and my lungs scorched each breath. The guards were right behind me. I could hear them shouting, the thumping of their heavy tactical boots, the clicking as they readied their weapons. I had nowhere to go. At every turn there were more locked doors, more dead ends. People like me were meant to get lost in a maze such as this.
The facility shook violently. Material came down from the ceiling, and lights blinked on and off. Another explosion. Closer this time. The battering ram from without was cutting through the outer defenses. I could hear it now. Gunfire. Howls. The roar of engines. My people had come for us. They were pushing and fighting their way in.
I made a turn
