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They jumped

A hundred feet with only the friction of their hands and feet to slow thear came up quickly, but Jock did not He had sprained, perhaps broken, his ankle Peter pulled hiht and threw the man’s arm over his shoulder

"Christ, you’re heavy"

They ran

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The basement was a death trap

As Sara ran for the door, a screa cut, then the rooirl; she had scooped her up without thinking She would have carried more if she could; she would have carried the behind her Suddenly the woht of panicked bodies had iainst thefor people to back away but could scarcely be heard The shrieks of the children were like the highest notes of a scale, impossibly shrill

The door burst open; a hundred people atteh at once Blind instinct had taken hold--to flee, to survive whatever the cost People were falling, children being tra themselves from wall to wall, victi a child in its ed through the door, a faceless woirl fro her to the floor at the base of the stairs People were thundering past A fa her baby She was huddled against the wall of the stairwell Upstairs, guns were popping Sara gripped the woman by the sleeve to make her look at her Stay withto her froed Grace to the lobby Beyond the doors, a fierce battle raged Children were screa, mothers were huddled with their children, no one knehere to go A feere running blindly out the door, into the heart of it The virals were behind thee crash: the front of the building detonated inward Bricks, shards of glass, splintered plyent flying Suddenly an Ar in the lobby Hollis was at the wheel

"Everybody, get in!"

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A; she felt the into the ether You did not fail ht It was I who erred Go peacefully--at last you are free