Chapter Sixteen
Chief
The worst part was everyone kept shaking their heads whenever they looked at me. It was as though I was a juvenile offender who’d been caught stealing from Girl Scouts!
Blink’s explosives had blasted apart not just the door, but also the wood framing itself and a fair amount of the plaster drywall. This created an impenetrable fog of smoke and dust which perfectly mimicked the effects of a real fire. But whether through bad luck or his own design, the fire-extinguishers did not come on! The fire alarms were triggered, yes, but the sprinklers never engaged. This meant that there were multiple alarms triggered, and everyone from the building was evacuated onto the street to wait in the cold while the firemen rushed up to deal with what was really only a very small bl
