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Indi heard Hollister ju you to save myself! I’ space and we need to do it quickly I’ out of time”
“We wanna fight too!” Indi heard one of the younger boys say
“Nobody fights except for me,” Indi answered more harshly than he probably should have “Well, s up a bit “We’ve been trained for scenarios like this”
“But…but…you’re blind,” one of Hollister’s brothers answered
“Shut it, Angel!” Hollister hissed
“It’s okay,” Indi answered And, for the first time since the accident, it was He wasn’t helpless Hollister was right; he was the only one trying to hold hiel hasn’t seenhe was at least looking at somebody when he did it, “But he’s about to”
“Hollister, can you grab me Sky’s leash, please?” How quickly Hollister er man was Sky’s leash was in his hand in record time Indi snapped the leash to the collar and said, “Safety!”
Sky launched off the couch and led Indi through the house toward the door that led to the basement “Follow me,” Indi said as he opened the door and stepped onto an elevator “It’ll be a tight squeeze, but we’ll fit Sky, stay” Sky whined, not liking being left out The elevator swiftly carried them down the one floor that led to a spotless basement that Indi used as a workout rooether and then led thehts, workout belts, and srabbed the left side and it slid across the wall, revealing a hugethat had frustrated hi), he punched in a code and then scanned his thumb when the lock activated with the proper code The metal door slid open
“Holy shit!”
“Holy shit!”
“Motherfucker!”
Indi recognized Hollister with the mother fucker, so he assumed the holy shits came from the boys Fuck, he wished he could see it All he knehat the installer had told hiuns, money, bullets, food, and countless bottles of water he’d added Feeling their tiramed the inside lock where it would open with a code and not require his thumb scan After that, he flipped the switch that would turn on the video feed “You all should be seeing all the roo working?”
“Holy fuck, Indi Who and what are you? This is movie or mafia shit Do you work for the Doctor?”
“Hell, no I’uys Now listen, the code to open the room is 3724tsrs! Do not open the door until I coet you” Indi took a deep breath “If I don’t make it back down, stay in here until you run out of food and water By then they should not be looking for you anyo wherever you want and start over If Sky ood with everything?”
“I’ you up there alone to die, Indi!” Hollister wailed “I’m not a coward!”
“I never called you a coward, but these boys will need you Anyway, this is just step one You’ll get to be the hero; I proue anymore, Indi stepped out and slid the door back into position and made sure it locked After that, the bookcase meant to hide the safe room was moved back into place Slower, since he didn’t have Sky with him, Indi made his way back to the elevator and went back up to the main level Sky licked his hand the second the elevator door opened
“Co and we need to be ready” Well, other than turning off the security system, there really wasn’this way Blind guys weren’t good with guns or booby traps “We’ve got this, Sky,” he whispered “We’re going back to old school—the way things used to be Follow your commands” Sky barked
Indi sat for nearly twentybounced uncontrollably He had to do this Clay’s life ht His foot was about to knock a hole in the floor when he finally heard the squealing of tires as a vehicle went heavy on the breaks in front of either his house or Hollister’s place This was it Game on