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“What?” she tried to say, but it caht you were cooked there,” a fah but friendly Amos “I hated to think I broke ain, careful not toin the center of what had been the studio space Okju floated next to her, her foot tucked into Anna’s ars from the two office chairs they were twisted up in, and pushed the ficus away fro, staccato bursts It took Anna’s unfire Across the rooainst the wall next to the front door, taking ait with the s practice On the other side of the door one of the UN soldiers they’d picked up was firing at solass out of the back wall just a few meters from where Anna floated

“If you aren’t dead,” Amos said, then paused to lean around the corner and fire off a short burst “Then you’ll probably want to get out of theon the woman’s arm “Wake up We need to move”

Okju’s arm flopped bonelessly when she pulled it, and the wo in the air Anna saw that her head was tilted at an acute angle to her shoulders, and her face was slack and her eyes stared at nothing Anna recoiled involuntarily, the lizard living at the base of her spine telling her to get away from the dead person as quickly as possible She yelped and pushed against Okju’s body with her feet, sending it and herself floating away in opposite directions When she hit the wall she grabbed on to an LED sconce and held on with all her strength The pain in her neck and head was a constant percussive throb

The sounds of gunfire didn’t stop A out through every opening in the office space, several of which had been cut as gun ports

They were under attack Ashford had sent his people to stop them Anna’s memories of the last fewsound, being hurled sideways at the wall

Ashford unmen could finish them off But if Okju had been killed as a result of the sudden stoppage, then that same effect would have been repeated dozens, hout theto kill thelad that no one had thought to give her a gun

“Are we still broadcasting?” she yelled at Aunfire

“Dunno, Red Monica’s in the radio room”

Anna pulled herself across the wall to the closet where they’d placed their broadcasting gear The door was ajar, and she could see Monica floating inside, checking the equiph for both of them, so Anna just pushed the door open a little farther and said, “Are we still broadcasting? Can we get back on the air?”

Monica gave a huht you were dead”

“No, but Okju is I think she broke her neck I’ll take the ca A out in a side office Tilly is helping him”

Anna pushed her way into the set back on the air We have to keep up the broadcast or this is all for nothing Tell ain, then turned around and swatted Anna’s hand off of her ar here? Ashford hasto break in and kill us Bull and his people have lost the engine room, and Juarez says Bull’s been killed Who kno ainst the doorjarabbed Monica by the shoulders, and sla equipment still work?” She was aed around some, but—”