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“How many?”

“Give uards and Dervish I focus as the doors close…for deets…

With a gasp I jam a hand between the doors just before they close The panels slide apart automatically

“What are you doing?” Sharmila snaps

“They’re in the shaft,” I hiss “Three of the the cables”

“Out!” Sharuards As they roll Dervish back into the corridor, the nurse who shouted at me hits the scene

“Where are you going with that patient? You can’tthe—”

Sharmila waves a hand at her The nurse’s eyes flicker, then she turns and walks away

“The stairs?” Sharmila asks

“More of theht or nine”

Her face pales “Can we fight them?”

“If we have to They’re not strong But there are so many of them…”

Balazs—the s softly but quickly He finishes and clips it to his belt “The roof,” he says calmly “A helicopter will be with us in five minutes”

“Bec?” Sharmila asks “The elevator or stairs?”

I concentrate The deress Those on the stairs areto pick off a few unfortunate nurses who get in their way