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After Michael left the office, I gathered the remaining devices. Above us, the warning bell rang while Joseph reached to open the drawer. All he had to do was say a word in German — offnen, which meant open. All the commands were either in German or Japanese, Dr. Nicholson’s preferred languages.
A metal spider crawled out of the hole onto his hand and back into the center of the watch on his wrist. He opened the drawer and grabbed the briefcase. Above, the final bell rang, and a storm of screaming voices erupted into the halls of Milton High. After a minute or so, the rush diminished, and it was quiet again.
I thought about Claudia Belle while I checked my things from the backpack and set the watch on my wrist for high resistance. I didn’t want to forget and be caught off gu
