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I thought about Dr Cale’s lab, and her small army of assistants and unpaid interns, e With Tansy gone, the security was reduced by at least half Fang could probably take Ronnie in a fair fight I didn’t believe Ronnie was a fan of fair fights And yet lying to Ronnie didn’t see there was any good way
"Probably," I said "I’d at least tell Dr Cale where to find you She’s going to want to know I think she feels responsible for Sherman I’m pretty sure she doesn’t want to wipe out the huht" He pulled his hand out froun at ed to outsmart me once I didn’t even think to check the vents That won’t happen again"
I started to raise my hands in protest, but I was too slow Ronnie pulled the trigger, and a sht side ofstabbed I grabbed it and yanked it loose, for all that it wasn’t going to do h experience with tranquilizers to know that the dart’s contents had already done their work
"Please don’t taketo"
"Why…?"
"Because you’re the only person here who used the pronouns I asked them to use," said Ronnie He put the pistol away "That buys you one ‘get out of jail free’ card fro to be on your own"
I took a step toward the edge of the roof, feeling a strange languor starting to seep through my limbs Most tranquilizers don’t work instantly, but they don’t have to, because they’ll stop you before you have the chance to get away Every step see as the one before, until finallythe roof for the second time There was no pain Unconsciousness closed overon its prey, and there was nothing left to hurt
The sun was fully dohen I woke up I was lying on a couch in a living roohts were out, and the air smelled stale, like the occupants hadn’t been around to ht and winced as the incision in ery
In a weird way, the persistence of pain was a relief I didn’t kno much time had passed since Ronnie shot me with the tranquilizer dart--hours? Days? But the incision still felt raw enough that it probably hadn’t been that long It could even have been the sa for any signs that I wasn’t alone in the house and waiting forOnce I felt like I could stand without vo on the floor, I did, and pros refused to hold le escaped before I kneas co to keep any additional giggles fro to dales camyself I was a captive, and then I wasn’t! I was soot away! Only noas alone in an abandoned house where the air ss hurt so much fro useful with thehter at least felt a little bit better
Once I had laughed ripping the ars wobbled but didn’t drop me on my ass a second time They ached like they had never ached before, and my arms weren’t much better, all courtesy of my foolhardy ascent of the ventilation systeain--nervously this ti in this eerous I knew that instinctively, just like I knew that I needed to get out of here as soon as I feasibly could
The living rooauzy curtains, and the clearly artificial glare froiving ht to see by, if not clearly or well I peered around in the gloo note of the major articles of furniture and the two exits One appeared to lead deeper into the house, while the other was close enough to the picturethat I illing to bet it would lead me to an entryway and then to the front door I wasn’t ready to go outside--not when I was this weak and this unsure of where I was--so I turned and shuffled deeper into the house, ain
The hardest part was crossing the wide-open center of the living roo to brace ot easier, if not exactly pleasant I shuffled along until my hand dipped into another room, one that both felt and sounded sers finally brushing the cool edge of what felt like a sink The bathroo blindly around until I hit a light switch
This was it: theroo up a flare to notify anyone nearby that someone was in a house that was supposed to be empty, but the bathroom asn’t likely to be visible from the street Now all I had to do was pray that the place hadn’t been e that the power had been cut