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The hall was dark, but a streaht spilled out of one of the rooht I felt ed with lelehold Sonized that it made sense for this camp to smell almost exactly like the Infirmary in Thur supplies? But ainstas the others crept forward Voices trickled down the tile from the open door I’d spotted before I waved the kids forward and crept along the ith therabbed my arm and pointed to the door marked CR Control Room That was our cue

As we ducked out of formation, I cast one look back into the open roo around the table, unifor onto a nearby couch and the backs of their chairs as they laughed and s cards around a cramped table As Gav and Gonzo filled the doorway I saw one look up and then look again, diving for a weapon he never reached The Blues upended their table, threw the PSFs against the wall, and silenced the over their radios

That e fro the different faces in uniforets total

Zach and I pressed ourselves against the wall, and I reached out and knocked against the Control Roo we hadn’t tried to charge it--the thing was locked from the inside I heard a buzz and then a click, and Zach didn’t waste ait open with his shoulder

Inside there were two young women, both in black button-down shirts and slacks The rooainst a row of computers Most of the screens were set on a series of bunks and the children sleeping in them, but they switched over to the hall, to the outside area, the recreational room across the way as we stepped inside The one asof coffee down her front when she spotted as happening across the wall The other, standing in front of some kind of panel of switches and dials, turned and let out a sainst the ceiling with his abilities a full second after I was already in the other camp controller’s mind

An avalanche of faces, sounds, colors, landscapes strea down over me I searched for the relevant ones, infor of it, as Zach brought the other screaed her with cloth, and zip-tied her safely away froht wall

"Done!" he called "We have eight e" Nico had shown hih already recorded irams they used It must have been close to reality, because Zach punched a fist in the air when he was done

"Get the roo to the nearest computer "Password is capital P, capital S, capital F, one, three, nine, three, eight, exclaet that?"

"Affirmative" He relayed the next part to the rest of the tea up the stairs "Unlocking doors"

I brought up theat one of the coe she’d relayed to the PSF systeain in another two hours When I pulled back, I took away herShe si in front of the , her face a blank slate

"Control is out of play, over," I said