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“What do you mean we have to run?” Eddie asked. “Can’t we fight?”
“Fighting is not possible,” Devika said.
The female officer returned with the assistant chief, a lean white man in a blue uniform.
The assistant chief looked outside. Then he cursed.
“Sound the warning sirens,” he said. “I’ll have the mayor recommend evacuation.”
The officers scrambled as a loud siren wailed from the pod.
“We’ve done all we can,”Devika said, striding toward the door. “Grayson, Keltie, let’s go.”
Eddie blocked their path.
“You’re not leaving until you tell me what’s going on.”
Devika pushed past him.
“Stop!” Eddie cried, grabbing her arm.
Then, the entire police station spun around him.
He landed on his back. Hard.
Devika had her hand in the center of his chest.
“Don’t touch me.”
Eddie gasp
