She happily takes my place
and I turn to the others. “K, stay here with Ox and watch over Mag
and Sil. Wait for us to call you forward. The rest of you come with
me. We are going to have to attack, and fast.”
I rejoin Titan and Sodi at
the corner and look around. The plan has worked, as the majority of
our attackers have been shot. The lone remaining drone and Dr.
Metzger are still shooting, mostly at the incoming outsiders and
drones.
“Let’s go!” I
shout.
The seven of us charge,
shooting at the attackers that are still standing and the few that
continue to run into the hallway. Just before we reach Dr. Metzger
and the drone, two outsiders run out from the weapons cache,
firing. Dr. Metzger hits one in the leg, but the other hits her in
her chest. She falls over.
“No!” I h
