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It would all be over.
The doors were almost shut.
If I was going to do this, it had to be now.
For the second time since the riot kicked off, I hesitated.
I could return to my room right now and enjoy Agatha until the guards got the prison under control and came for her.
Did I really want to risk that?
It was tougher than I thought it would be.
But I had to give it a try.
Time with Agatha was one day. Through that door, the rest of my life waited.
Out there, I would be vulnerable.
Easy to see if anyone turned around.
Easy to shoot if they aimed.
Easy for my entire life to go up in flames if I tripped and fell.
Easy for someone to have lied and my device not to work as promised.
So many problems.
Everything had to go perfectly for me to escape.
But it wasn’t the first time I had the odds stacked against me and lived to tell the tale.
I was a pirate. We functioned on probabilities.
Still, this was one bet I would not take.
And neither would anyone else if they had a single ounce of common sense.
I nodded and sprinted into the open arms of the hangar.
I guess I didn’t have an ounce.
My strides were long and ate up space as if my life depended on it which, unsurprisingly, it did.
I timed my breathing to coincide with my legs’ long strides. I didn’t stop, didn’t turn to look back over my shoulder, didn’t dare to even consider one of the guards had spotted me.
I ran as fast as my legs could carry me and right now, right then, that seemed enough for me to focus on.
I threw my arms back and used them to drive my legs even longer. I intended on obliterating a few speed records while I was making my break from the prison.
In one hand I clutched my device, holding it to one side like a shield, and in a strange way, that was what it was.
In my other hand was Agatha’s hand. She didn’t collapse or struggle to keep up. She was right there at my side every step of the way.
I didn’t check to see if I accidentally tugged her arm out of its socket. I didn’t check to see if she had lost her breath. These things were in my thoughts but I couldn’t be concerned with them right now.
She either kept up or she got left behind.
