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“Now!” Future-Adam runs out and darts across the lobby toward a section of elevators labeled FLOORS 2–15

I give Adalance and then we run after his older self, although I’ on Our footsteps are drowned out by the chattering of the people in the lobby, who also hide us frouard

“Hurry up!” Future-Ada frantically We crowd inside and the doors close The elevator starts to rise and he turns to us with a grin “That worked perfectly Good thing I re track of all this,” he says to his younger self

“Uuy for real?

I shrug I’ve given up trying to figure out what Future-Adaot in that car, and all we can do is go along for the ride now

“Okay, get ready to move,” Future-Adam says “Adam, keep your hat down”

The elevator opens on the sixth floor, and we quickly follow our leader down a row of offices with closed doors Most of them have dark s so you can’t look inside We only see two other people They both have their heads bent low over their desks and don’t seem to notice us as we pass by

We stop at an office labeled with Adam’s name, and the older version uses his thumbprint to unlock it Once we’re inside, he darkens the s to opaque, and then his shoulders relax

“Noe can talk safely” He rests the glowing jammer on his desk beside a Rubik’s Cube that’s already been solved and a silver spinning thing that floats an inch off his desk

His office is huge, with a couple of sofas and expensive-looking leather chairs on one side of the roobehind his desk has an in in the hills

Chris crosses his ar on?”

“Yeah, what’s with all the cloak-and-dagger stuff?” Trent asks