1.1.19 Colton raced back to the building. Everyone else did the same, and like a sea of ants, people poured back into the headquarters. As he entered, he glanced back to see that the grassy knoll behind the building was vacated and nothing remained but the barren makeshift baseball diamond, several barbecues, picnic blankets, and the families of CTC workers who barely comprehended what was taking place. A Stage Three Alert? Even though Colton had been trained for such an event, he could hardly believe it was really happening. A Stage Three Alert meant one thing and one thing only: Every CTC extractor was needed on deck because a mass extraction was necessary. A group of theologically ill had been targeted, a very large group, and an extraction required the resources of several teams. To

