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"Do it!" she yelled

Even as he pinched his EarCuff, he knew the people rushing toward them had heard her They paused, just for a few seconds, probablyto each other for silence But then they thundered once more up the stairs, maybe two levels below the they’d finally figured out how to enter the Net without Kaine latching on to them Sarah had already sent over a series of codes, and he pushed them into action Just as he ept into the systees--he heard the distinct, uards, whoever was coht by how close they sounded Manipulating the syste if there was actual visual confirh, Sarah right on his heels, barely glancing up from her screen Michael followed, eyes fixed to his own screen, knowing Bryson would close the door for theht fro The lock engaged i it from her end From what he’d seen in the syste was centrally controlled That was to their advantage

He ju at the door handle

"I guess they saw us," Bryson said with a deflated voice

"I took over the syste for all the world like she’d done so a toilet "It’ll hold the the stupid door down," Bryson replied

"Good point" Lit by the glow of her NetScreen, she turned and ran down the dark hallway Bryson followed, as did Michael, barely looking up fro’s security progra the door with soh the labyrinth of hallways like so the floor plans on her screen She stopped in front of the elevators, red e like de ra

"What’re those people using?" Bryson asked as Sarah worked away on her screen "Did they bring a freaking tree up the stairs?"

Michael didn’t ansaiting patiently for Sarah to tell him what to do She finally did

"Okay, here’s the plan," she said Michael had no idea how she could be so calm, as if she were about to lay out the next few plays in a backyard football game "Bryson, push the down button Michael, I’ll focus on the heat sensors, ot on and went down a few floors We can’t go all the way down or we’ll blow our only advantage when they see that no one’s on the elevator when it opens up"

"What should I do?" Michael asked

"You need to shut down the camera syste heat signatures, but there’s no e can fake the video Just wipe the whole thing out, every caing through the system to find the location of those controls Sweat trickled down his face, and the constant thuainst the door in the distance felt like a haed and the middle car opened

"We all need to step inside for a sec," Sarah said, doing it first "Bryson, hold the doors open until I’ured out" Michael had never seen her fingers fly at such a lightning-fast speed Her whole face glistened froainst her skin like straws, as if every one of them were about to snap fro too late that yelling wasn’t the best idea right then "Push the thirtieth-floor button," she said quietly