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“Re her ood” I shook it off and turned to run after theiven me the key codes for the next floor He was supposed to already be up on the third floor, getting things ready Tatuht us, he could co ready?” I asked him e reached the door to the second floor stairwell

“I’ve got a truck and weapons for hiate that I’m supposed to do a perimeter check as part of my punishet in the truck”

“Did you get Ripley yet?” I asked I had told Blue to take Ripley with the people froe

“No I’ets out,” Tatum shook his head “He can handle her”

“Thank you,” I set my attention Lazlo saw andTatum kept his eyes locked on me “Are you sure you wanna do this?”

“Yes, I’ locked in a building, getting medical tests run on me until I died, did not sound like the way I wanted to spend the rest of my life But I had to do what I had to do

“If you ever change your mind, I’ll bust you out of there,” Tatum promised me

“Thanks, but I won’t And I couldn’t even tell you if I did,” I pointed out

“I’ll see you again I’ll find ways to see you Trust rin “And I’ll take you anywhere you wanna go”

“We should probably get going,” Lazlo interjected “Before solare at Lazlo before punching in the code The door clicked open, and I raced up the stairs before Tatuh the second floor without any proble as ere quiet, no one would see us

The third floor was alhts off, probably because nobody stayed up here at night except my brother The door to his room was propped open with a tennis shoe, and we crept down the hall, I peered in through the crack Blue was already hurriedly unhooking IVs and getting Max ready to go

“Re on a sainst a wall He lived in this tiny room full of equipment

“Hey buddy,” I walked over to hi on?”

“He said that we’re going on a trip,” Max said “But you’re not coood doctor, and he’s gonna take you to a nice place that we stayed at for a while” I crouched down in front of him He had no color in his skin, and when I touched his ar?”