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He looked up at the guard with the gun and realized he was staring, too But then the aze

"What did you do?" he asked, ?"

"Honestly?" Michael responded "I have no idea Soets paid a lot more than you do told me to put it there and press a few buttons So I did"

The man had no chance to respond A riot of sounds suddenly filled the air Then sparks erupted fro hureat sheets of hting up his face, which now glistened with sweat

Michael was scared hiuard ordered, then started cli above hian to shake The sounds got louder

Michael cli shook violently The blue sea of lights scattered a and exploding, and sheets of circuits began to break off the walls and fall, rattling off other parts of the core as they plu Michael as he clambered up the ladder

He pulled hiuard to see Bryson and Sarah, hands cuffed behind their backs, being herded toward the exit The structure swayed back and forth as the world quaked and every person with a free hand held on to so for support Flames licked up from below as the core collapsed in on itself The noise was unbearable

The un in Michael’s face He shouted, "We get out of this building, and then we deal with you! Now go! I’ll be right behind you the whole way!"

Michael nodded Agent Weber would Lift them out of Lifeblood Deep She would

And so he went Around the catwalk, stuuards, though hot, furious air blew up fro center of the roouard pressing the gun into his back, pushing him

Heexploded behind the heaved

Michael ran down the hallway, around a corner He tripped, caught his balance, ran to the stairwell, to his friends and the other guards

Down they went, leaping fro jolted

Michael fell

Got back up

He was at the landing of the second floor Down more stairs They reached the first floor, stuoing in a different direction this ti for the front door instead of the back Several explosions tore through the air Michael and everyone else fell down Got back up Dust choked the, made it to the exit, out into the sun and the streets

Other men and women eapons waited outside Beyond theathered to watch the commotion Fire trucks lined the streets, and cop cars, both wheeled and hovering, sat abandoned, their lights flashing

Michael’s mind spun and hishis vision on top of the sudden brightness Now that they were out of the building, the ed hi Bryson and Sarah To a big black truck, whose doors twoalong, barely able to keep his feet under hi for a Portal, wondering if he could ht this far ahead, but things were supposed to go down differently

Plant and trigger the Lance Get Lifted

Suddenly, like a waking drea past people, running toward Michael He stared at her He didn’t understand

"Jax!" she screaht at him Two cops chased her "Michael!"