“Fool!” was of course Luzo’s response, stepping forward and taking off her sunglasses. “No one tells Lexi Luzo where she can’t go. Vin, hit it!”
The guards were quick to draw their weapons, but not quick enough. Maxim tried to see who she had spoken to, who Vin was, but before he could figure it out, there was a high whine. Maxim surged forward, circling the room to gather the guards, and shoved them into the maintenance closet. A moment later there was a flash of light and all the electronic devices in the room, perhaps in the entire prison, shorted and blew. Sparks cascaded about the room as computer monitors shattered and the enormous elevator seized and shuddered.
Luzo’s laugh cut off sharply when she realized the guards were suddenly absent.
“Confused, Lexi?” Maxim said.
She turne
