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THE SCREAMING STOPPED FIRST, THE gunfire a few seconds later. Looking around, Sam could see he was behind a fortified sandbagged wall at an end of the corridor with four other soldiers. At the other end of the hall approximately 200 feet away were another five soldiers behind a similar fortification watching the other stairwell.
The space remained silent after the gunfire in the stairwell ceased. Sam took the opportunity to survey his surroundings. The water was at mid-calf throughout the corridor now and still rising. There was a closed door to the data center next to him which seemed to be doing a decent job of keeping the water from passing.
Sam jumped when all the soldiers started firing at the stairway door. They had caught glimpses of the men inside and were clearly following t
