The London medical compound stretches out behind me. My feet pound against pavement as I hoof it down the alley. I did it! Dawn is sick and now I can save her. I couldn"t just sit there and watch her slip away from me. She"s the only good thing in my life. I made myself a promise a long time ago that I"d never let my baby sister down. They can"t catch me, no one can. I"ve gotten clear of all the medical buildings and the alarms are only a distant sound now. I don"t stop legging it until I reach our building. This is our fifth home in the past month. Even in the dodgy east end, the government doesn"t like people squatting. We"ve tried foreclosed homes, builder"s models, and now abandoned buildings. Wherever we live, I make sure Dawn can still get to lessons. I go too, but she"s the smart on
