Chapter Thirty-SixActually, he’s aiming at something above me, I realize when he squeezes the trigger and I don’t lose consciousness.
I turn to see another Johnny plop onto an already-huge pile of hospital-gown-clad corpses.
We grab our burden and resume our escape, with Felix leading the way.
The door he wants to take is locked, so we set Ariel down again and I use my lock picks to open it.
There’s a noise behind us.
We turn to see another Johnny burst into the room.
He trips over the corpses of his colleagues and goes splat.
Felix finishes the man off, then grabs Ariel’s legs, as though putting down attackers is old hat to him.
“If we survive, remind me to tell Ariel to lose some weight,” he mutters as we lift her again.
“You wouldn’t dare say such a thing to her,” I rasp out in
