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Sam was the reason she wasn’t dead

She owed hi

Even, she realized with a sinking in the pit of her stoiven back to her

“I’ll be right back,” she said

Before Saone Just down to the end of the road so she could see the gate, not far, not as far as she was capable of teleporting

One second she ith Sam and Edilio and Dekka A millisecond later she was alone in the dark, her friends just out of sight behind her

It was like changing a TV channel Only she was inside the TV

Taylor took a shaky breath The gate was just fifty yards away The power plant beyond was bright and inti

They would expect her to either bounce into the guardhouse or directly into the plant She wouldn’t do either

A split second later she was on the hillside above the guardhouse, tripping because she had materialized on a steep slope

She caught herself, glanced around quickly, saw no one, and bounced to a dark shadowed place behind a parked delivery truck just off to one side of the gate

“Ah!”

A shout of surprise and Taylor knew she had made a bad choice

Two kids, two of Drake’s thugs, both ar behind the truck Waiting in ambush

Surprise slowed their reactions She could see it in their eyes