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"There’s a mob up there Kelly says twenty, Alaric says eleven, I’d say the real nuot a positive ID on Mrs Hagar before he slammed and barred the door The rest didn’t cothe trek toward the third floor

Meaning this "outbreak" is so house

"Soly supporting George’s state spontaneous zo steadily now, I took the last of the steps in four long strides, kicking open the door to the apartainst Alaric She was as white as a sheet Alaric’s complexion was too dark to let hi a jaundiced yellow-tan Dave didn’t even turn around He just kept typing, handsthe world’s biggest orchestra

"Prep for evac," I snapped "We’re out of here as soon as Becks gets back"

"Why don’t we gothrough her voice "Why do we have to wait up here? There’s a live outbreak on the roof! Those people, they’re infected!" The hysterical undertones were getting louder, like she wasn’t sure we understood that this was supposed to be a big deal

Deep breaths, counseled George Count to ten if you have to

I actually had to count to thirteen before I felt cal "We’re aware of outbreak protocol, Dr Connolly," I said My tone was cold enough to lance away fro back to work "Rebecca is currently confir whether it’s safe for us to proceed, or whether we need to find an alternate route The rooftop door is locked, and the front of the building is sealed We’re safer sitting here than ould be rushing blindly toe think n makes that tunnel a perfect kill-chute," added Dave "If there’s anything down there, Becks is probably clearing it out before she reports back If not, she’s confir"

"Actually, she’s right behind you"

We all turned toward the sound of Becks’s voice She was standing in the doorway, srim set to her expression I raised ed blood testing kit, lights flashing green, and tossed it to the floor next to the biohazard bin That was an answer in and of itself: She wouldn’t have ignored proper biological waste disposal protocols if she thought there was any chance we’d be staying

"Three guards and two civilians who had no good reason to be there, all infected None of thee is clear, and our transport’s prepped and ready"

"Excellent" I glanced around the apartht have missed Our outbreak kits have always been well- That doesn’t stop the feeling that sorab yourup for a run through a tunnel that ht not fill with bleach while ere inside it took only a few minutes--God bless panic, the best motivator mankind has ever discovered Kelly looked oddly calainst her collarbone, waiting to be secured over her nose andback at the CDC, where all the "outbreaks" were carefully staged and even et over that eventually Noasn’t the ti this was all a drill would keep her calht diamond formation I was on point and Becks was at the rear, with Dave and Alaric flanking Kelly in the center If there were any other people in the building, they didn’t show the to do when you’re caught in an outbreak and don’t have an evacuation route: stay put, stay quiet, and wait for the nice uns to come and save you Sometimes they’ll even show up in tiht of stairs when the sirens changed, going fro air-horn blasts, like a car alar Kelly into Becks and nearly sending all three of theet out of the way, and then turned, looking back toward the others

That’s not a good sound

"I know," Ion?"

Davefrozen, eyes gone wide in a suddenly pale face My question startled him back into the moment He blinked at me twice, shook his head, and whipped his PDA out of his pocket, fingers shaking as he tapped the screen

"We should be ," I replied

"We should be praying," said Dave, glancing up "This block has been declared a loss"

Alaric closed his eyes Becks started swearing steadily in a lish, French, and what sounded like Ger some choice oaths at the back of roup’s sudden distress Sweet ignorance