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"What do you un at his head "I work for the freaking Right Arun away and sat back, confused "Then ould you be out capturing I the lowered weapon "You ain’t got no business knowin’ nothing else"

"Shoot him and move on to the next one," someone in the crowd called out

Thoainst theI’un I’ll count to three one ht Ar One"

"You know I ain’t lying, kid"

"Two"

"You ain’t gonna kill me I can see it in your eyes"

The man had called his bluff There was no way Thohed, pulled the gun away "If you work for the Right Arm, then we’re supposed to be on the sauy sat up, slowly, and so did his three friends, the bloody-facedwith the effort

"If you want answers," one said, "then you’ll have to ask the boss We seriously don’t know anything"

"Yeah," added the man next to Thomas "We’re nobodies"

Brenda stepped closer with her Launcher "And hoe get to this boss of yours?"

The roaned and snatched the gun froh of this klunk" He pointed the weapon at the onna be s real awful in three seconds if you don’t start talking One"

"I’uy’s face was pinched in anger

"Fine," Minho replied He fired the gun

Tho in agony Minho had shot hiht in the pinkie toe--that part of the shoe and the toe itself were co wound

"How could you do that?" the guard next to hiround yelled as she moved to help her friend She pulled a wad of napkins froainst his foot

Thomas was shocked that Minho had actually done it, but he had to respect the guy Thoet answers now, they never would He looked over at Brenda, and her shrug showed that she agreed Teresa atching from a distance, her face unreadable

Minho kept at it "Okay, while she’s working on that poor foot of his, sooing to lose another toe" He waved the pistol at the lady, then the other two guys "Why are you kidnapping people for the Right Ar," the woman answered "They pay us and we do what they ask"

"And you?" Minho asked, pointing the gun at one of the --save a toe or two?"

He held up his hands "I swear on the life of ret that last part iaze shot to his friends and his face paled

"But what? Spill it--I know you’re hiding so this gaainst the uard yelled "Okay, listen We could take a couple of you back with us to ask them yourselves I don’t know if they’ll let you talk to the one in charge, but they ood reason"

"All right, then," Minho said, taking a step back and gesturing for the guy to stand up "See, that wasn’t so bad Let’s go visit this boss of yours Me, you, and my friends"

The room burst into a rush of voices No one wanted to be left behind and no one was going to be quiet about it

The wo The croent silent "You people are a lot safer here! Just trust me on that one If all of us tried to uarantee half wouldn’t get there If these guys want to see the boss, then let the to do a bit of good out there But in here we have a locked door and no s"

When she finished, another chorus of complaints filled the room The woman turned to Minho and Thoerous out there I wouldn’t take more than a couple of people The more you have, the more likely you’ll be seen" She paused and scanned the rooo soon if I were you Froet antsier Pretty soon there’ll be no way to hold thehtly, then continued "There are Cranks everywhere They’re killing anything thatand fired,Thomas jump The noise of the crowd collapsed into coestured to the woman to speak

"It’s crazy out there It’s all happened really quickly Like they’ve been hiding and waiting for a signal or soates were opened Some Cranks from the Palace joined them They’re everywhere now"

She paused and took the tio out there And I proht Ar all of us out of Denver"

"Then why are you treating us like prisoners?" so what I was hired to do" She turned her attention back to Thomas and continued "I think it’s a stupid idea to leave this place, but like I said, if you’re going to, you can’t take roup of fresharound and it’s all over Weapons or no weapons And the boss uards see a van full of strangers and they o," Tho to say it until it popped out of his mouth

"No way," Minho shook his head "Me and you"

Minho was a liability His teht before she acted, and that hat they needed to get out of this alive And Thoht--plain and simple "Me and her We did pretty well for ourselves back in the Scorch We can do it"

"No way, man!" Thomas could swear his friend almost looked hurt "We shouldn’t split up All four of us should go--it’ll be safer"