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Yeah, and pigs ht fly I slapped my hand down on the test panel as soon as it came into reach The metal was cool and nonresponsive No needles appeared to sampleThe light over the door stayed green "Fuck"

"What?" Becks stepped closer, still scanning the halls around us for signs of " I took ht over the door went out Aus into total darkness

Fuck, said George

"Yeah, tellthe door handle It was unsurprisingly locked It didn’t deliver an electric shock or shoot a sedative needle into my palovernment compound--but that was all I could say in the positive I pulled h ht "We could really use your eyes about now Done being dead yet?"

Sorry, no

"Shaun?" An aht clicked on to ht from her backpack and held it up between us She still had her pistol in her other hand That was probably a good idea "I hate to interrupt, but can youfor a little bit? I’d like to keep bathing long enough to getwith it" My fingertips grazed the hard ht I pulled it out and clicked it on, aiht-vision friendly, but we’d need the extra illu over so in the dark

"I never said I was the shts?"

"These places are designed as kill chutes--they’re supposed to herd you deeper, so the infected can be picked off easily and the uninfected will stand a chance in hell at getting theestured back toward the conference rooht pointed down "We walk this way and hope we trip over a uy"

"And if we don’t?"

"Then we hope we trip over an exit"

"This plan sucks"

"I know"