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Gunshots sound in the hall. Shit, they're here.
Holding the gun in front of me, I peek around the edge of the doorway and see Luis holding an unconscious guard in front of him. His back is against the wall across from where I stand, and two guards are circling in front of him, their backs to me. Idiots.
I fire off two quick rounds, hitting one in the shoulder and the other in the back of the knee. Luis wastes no time throwing his meat shield on the floor next to them before using his silenced pistol to shoot them each once in the head, killing them. The fourth guard is laying in a pool of blood down the hall.
My face must show every bit of shock I feel, because Luis looks up at me, his face speckled with blood splatter. “They came for Six.”
That's all I need to hear, the deaths of the men in front of me all but forgotten as I search the hallway. “Where is she?”
“In there.” He points to the closed door of the lab across from where we found Bennet. “With Adley.”
No.
“How? Why is the door closed?” I cross the hall in three strides, ready to pound on the door until the glass shatters.
Luis intercepts me, holding me back. “Tony is working on getting in. We don't want to do anything to set him off and put her in danger.”
His words are like ice water splashed on my face. He's right, we need to keep a level head.
“Guys, incoming. You've got about half a dozen more guards in the building making their way to you, and as many waiting outside.” Lukas’ voice crackles over the earpiece.
“Are you safe?” Micah asks from the doorway, and I know his question is directed at Lukas.
“I'm all clear. No one seems to have noticed me yet and I'm keeping a low profile, so don't worry about me. Focus on getting out of there. All the gates and barricades are up. I'm working on a plan to get out of here.”
Micah comes to stand in the hall with me and Luis. “How far are the guards from our location?”
“You've got two coming on either side of the corridor. They definitely don't know we've got eyes on them. It looks like they're planning to ambush you from both sides.”
Luis pulls the semi-automatic rifle off his back. “I'll take the right. You two take the left. Lukas, give us a count. Tony, any word on that door lock?”
“Working on it, man. The alarm triggered the manual locks.”
“He'll have to come out, eventually.” I say.
Micah and I station ourselves on either side of the hall, Luis at my back.
Lukas gives us a warning. “Approaching the doors. Two on each side and two more coming from the South entrance.”
The doors open and two canisters of smoke roll into the corridor. Without hesitation, Micah runs up and kicks it back through the doors. Luis is a little slower on the uptake, but follows suit. There's enough smoke to irritate, but not enough to choke or blind us as we wait for the guards to come through the door.
My posture is tense, gun aimed and ready for the first sign of movement. Luis opens fire behind us, distracting me for a split second before I see a guard move in. The smoke coming through the doorway blocks my view enough that I'm not sure if my hit takes the guard down.
Luis, apparently having cleared out the guards on his end, runs towards the door like Rambo, shots firing blindly into the hall until Lukas confirms the guards are down.
“You've still got two coming.”
Luis takes a knee to catch his breath, coughing slightly as the smoke moves in closer to our spot. He's reloading his weapon when the door to the lab slides open.
The two approaching guards forgotten, we turn to face our worst nightmare. Adley is standing in the doorway with Six, holding a gun to the back of her head. Her face is ghostly pale, eyes unfocused.
“I think that's enough, don't you? Drop your weapons.”
My gun hits the ground, and I kick it away from me. Luis does the same, but Adley gives him a poignant look. In that moment I can see Bennet in his face, looking at me and saying “really?”
“I believe you can do better than that, Mr. Posa.”
Luis drops three more visible weapons and pulls two more out of hidden spots on his person. Adley turns his familiar green eyes on me, and I hold my hands up to show I am unarmed. Micah is nowhere to be seen.
