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I swung htly The ainstWas he still looking--

I took in a sharp breath The cuffs They’d lanced across the room to where Officer Mayer and Suzanna were still deep in conversation I barely hten the cuffs

I began squirainst the cuff farthest away from them My hand slipped out in seconds

I sed doave of excitement I sloisted ht Officer Mayer glanced atblankly at him He turned back to Suzanna

My skin burned as I yanked ainst the cuff Suzanna’s eyes widened

"Get her! She’s--"

My hand popped free and I shot up to a sitting position, yanking the needle from my arm The world tilted violently and my attempts to hop off the table resulted in rabbedas I desperately clawed at the floor The world tilted and shook and for ame dizzy, but Suzanna’s face twisted in confusion Another loud boorabbedposition "I told you we should kill her," he panted

Yells caha curly strand of hair froaze on ot this"

My eyes locked on hers She didn’t have the best grip on the gun, and I didn’t knohy she’d just told Officer Mayer to go She obviously didn’t use a weapon often

She hesitated, and I forcedbecause she was conflicted about whether it was right to killher investment, her loss if she wasn’t able to research me further and put me back in the field Her disappointment in me was just as obvious as Officer Mayer’s

A save me a confused look I was proud that I disappointed them I wasn’t eht I was I was trained

I lunged forward so suddenly Suzanna gasped, alun in an attempt to fire it I snatched it out of her hand and slaround

She dove for the gun ininto h of relief as round I didn’t usually look at humans after I killed them, but I stared at her blank eyes I’d killed her in self-defense, and I couldn’t say I minded that she was dead, but I wished I hadn’t had to do it at all Maybe that hat Callum meant when he tried to explain the difference between me and Micah I’d never killed someone if I didn’t have to

I turned away fro in my chest as I crawled for the door

THIRTY-ONE

CALLUM

THE NEW DALLAS HARC FACILITY LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE ROSA from the roof It was empty, but the door was propped open, just as Tony had said The sround team had already jumped off the other shuttle, and s from their bombs

The shuttle took off as the last Reboot stepped onto the roof, headed for the front entrance to pick up Reboots as they escaped