I run into the hallway,
hoping that it’s still empty. Luckily it is. I run down the
hallway, every muscle in my body screaming with pain. When I get to
the elevator shaft, I realize that the only option I have is the
stairs.
I slowly push the door to
the stairs open and look down. About three floors below me are
maybe a half dozen outsiders and drones waiting. I look up and see
that there are about nine more floors to the top of the building.
If they spot me, there is no way that I can outrun them while
carrying Fe.
As quietly as I can, I step
into the stairway. I begin my ascent, but the second I am free from
the door, it slams behind me.
“Up there!” I hear an
outsider scream. Shots fly by me.
“Damn it!” I run as fast
as my legs will carry me. Fe moans at each hard step I
