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Michael was ready, having twisted hiet his feet beneath hi wheel, gripped it, curled his arrabbed hi to find a foothold wherever he could, Michael cla of the sroan ofof brick, as the car shifted doard Bryson’s grip slipped, and Michael, in a rush of terror that filled his throat, fell several inches before wedging his foot on the brake handle between the front seats Someone screah thebricks continued

"Get out of there!" Sarah yelled

"Trying!" Michael shouted back

Bryson had a fir with the effort The fear that had choked Michael lit a fire of adrenaline in his h the , crawling over Bryson’s body in his haste and crashing into Sarah She hugged hi heavily

"Dude, you just put your foot ina rattling cascade of broken bricks Michael thought it would surely fall this tied

"Co Michael up to his They were in soe table and chairs, luckily unoccupied

Bryson was by their side, brushing the dust fro on us in no tiood look at the demolished wall behind theths of wire and pipes snaking out, the scratched and dented hovercar soht of the cop

"We have to help hi on earth he wanted to do

"His buddies will be here soon enough to get hionna fall, it would’ve taken the dive already We have to go Now"

Michael was relieved soht be dead, and that it was his fault He fought off the thought and nodded, still trying to catch his breath Sarah grabbed his hand and the three of them ran for the door of the conference roo for the stairwells, though most seemed to have escaped already That, or it was a slow day at the office Leaving the conference rooht, but what now?

"There’s no e can just blend in," Sarah said She’d let go of Michael’s hand, and he had the silly urge to take hers right back "I’reed "The cops’ll have our faces memorized"

"Maybe we can hide in the base toward the closest stairwell door--a woh "We obviously can’t waltz out the front entrance We’ll have to cliency exit, so"