I wanted to run away. Under most any other circumstances I would have crept out, but now I felt responsible for the lives of others. Wide-eyed dirt-smeared faces looked up at me from the ruined auditorium. May smiled at me, wary but supportive. Even Kirsty had crawled out of her holy pit for the first time since she sought sanctuary.
“We have to leave here,” I said. “I can"t think of any other answer. The cops will come here eventually looking for me, and they"ll find you all too. Even if I go, you"ll still be here, so we all have to leave. Maybe come back later when it"s all calmed down.”
“Where we gonna go tae?” asked Davey, another one who"d emerged again for the meeting.
“I was hoping one of you might have a better idea about that.”
“We cannae leave the city,” said Kirsty. “We cann
