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"The fastest one"

"There’s a wall"

"Up or down?"

"Down"

"I can handle it Let’s go"

Another race through the city More pain and the conviction that his arm was about to rip from his shoulder The trip blurred into one test of endurance He kept his gaze trained on Renée’s back, concentrating on the next step

Shouts pierced his fog Two uild members joined them Their mouths moved, but it took him a moment to decipher their words And when he did, they made no sense

"Slon What’s this about sweepers and la?" he asked

"They’re the sweepers for Fisk and Yelena’s surveillance tea for help Guess the scouts missed the ambush"

The word zipped through hihters Or people dressed like the lahters They attacked with" He sed, afraid to continue

"With what?" Valek kept his fists pressed to his side to keep his hands fro him

"Torches"

Cold dread nuers and noticed Onora and the others doing the saht spot he’d seen froer ablaze with light Instead, the dark area had spread, enconaled for everyone to slon No sense rushing into another aFisk lay crus He was unconscious as well, and had a large, fist-sized burn on his left temple Blood dripped fro a firhters forainst the building," one of the sweepers explained

"How many of them?" Valek asked

"At least a dozen"

Lovely

"Over here," Renée called "I found Lyle and Berk"

Valek crouched beside them Peppered with cuts, bruises and burns, the twoboys looked in worse shape than Fisk But their chests rose and fell with even breaths "Are they the bodyguards?"

"Yes"

Incredible