There was only so much time before the guards outside came to check on her, to see why it was taking so long to simply escort civilians to a safe room. And for all she knew, escape would be impossible without her team.
She placed the earpiece into her ear and turned it on.
“Intrepid? Swinger?” She waited. “Yerbuna?”
“Holy balls,” Swinger said, cutting in as if he’d run to answer. “We didn’t expect… how…?”
“Swinger, listen to me. Do we have the team set up?”
“Yes, but… You need to know something. Marick, he’s with us.”
Alice stood there, dumbfounded. “How?”
“It’s a long story. Well, not so long, but longer than we have time for right now. They’re coming your way, though, to get you out of there. He and Intrepid.”
“They won’t be able to get in,” Alice warned. “But if you can get into
