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I hit the button on the side of , Zoe?”

Her voice crackles through the speaker “Don’t Even Ask”

“What, you’re not having fun in there?” Trent asks

“Very funny,” she says

Chris looks like he’s staring at the floor, but heon his flexi “Like Lynne said, I can’t open the lab fro and cutting the alarms so they can’t alert the police or fire department I’ll need, like, two minutes”

“Not a problem,” Trent says

The seconds crawl by as ait Everyfor another threat Trent’s disappeared into the smoke Chris sits behind the front desk, his eyes unfocused

I hear a soft footstep behindhits my arm and my entire body jerks and spash uard with one of those electrified batons Karuard kicks me in the side and I scream Or I try to, but no sound cos I gulp down air, panic rising in ht

A figureup behind the guard Trent bashes the guard in the back of the head with his flashlight, but it’s not enough to knock hiures hazy, while the nuain

With a shaking hand, I grab the plastic bag in s With s works, but the left one still feels like it’s asleep, all painful tingles and weakness I lunge at the guard as I topple over, pulling him doith me We hit the floor hard, and I jab ainst his uard down until he collapses

I drop the rag and fall back on the cool floor, struggling to catch uard kickedback into it