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“Is he going to make it?” I ask Micah quietly.
“If we can get him help in time, I think he'll pull through.”
I try not to dwell on “if.”
“Lukas, Tony—is there anyone else in the building?”
“No, it's all clear. All the medical staff have evacuated and the guards are all stationed outside the door. We're almost ready to make some room for you to escape,” Tony answers.
“How long do we have?”
“Maybe two minutes. We're waiting for our cue.”
Our cue? What does that even mean?
“Alright…” I look at Six, but I'm talking to everyone. “I'm making a run for the server. Micah, where's the device?” He pulls it out of the pocket of the white coat he's wearing before deciding to remove the coat entirely-no point in disguises anymore, I suppose.
“Be quick and be safe,” Micah says as he hands me a small, innocuous looking black box.
“Don't wait for me. I'll catch up, I promise!” I call over my shoulder as I sprint down the hallway.
All the doors in my path are open, and I send a silent thanks to Lukas or Tony, whichever one of them thought ahead enough to clear my path. It doesn't take me long to reach Adley's office, which Micah and I had located before we realized we were screwed.
We're probably still screwed, but I'll be damned if nothing productive comes out of this. Although ridding the world of Adley's influence is certainly an accomplishment, he's not the only one we have to take down. The least I can do is make sure Tony gets the information he needs to expose them all.
The server room is locked down with two-factor authentication, a thumbprint scanner and a key card. Luckily, Tony is a genius and thought there might be one or the other, so he prepared us for both. We each have a small sensor device attached to our badges, which are all supposed to have full access clearance. I use both the sensor and badge and gain entry into the room.
It's a bigger space than I thought it'd be. I was expecting a closet, but this is more like a utility room. All four walls are covered by floor to ceiling glass cases with computer equipment and blinking lights.
Lukas' voice comes through the earpiece, sounding shaky but firm. “It's go time.”
Shit, okay. Focus.
Hurrying to the cases, I search until I find the console area and plug the device into one of the machines. The few seconds it takes the indicator light to blink feel like hours.
As I'm leaving the office, I hear what sounds like an explosion. Voices shout, glass shatters. Followed by a second explosion.
Either we're royally fucked, or that's our cover. I don't wait to find out, sprinting through the halls towards the front of the building.
Finally, I make it through the front door, blinking at the sight around me.
It's a war zone.
There's glass and bodies strewn everywhere. Everything is so loud. There's shouting, smoke and dust swirling through the air as the wind picks up. And the unmistakable sound of…
A helicopter?
Lukas
I've never seen so many things go wrong so quickly.
The moment the alarms started blaring, and the reinforced gates rolled closed, I knew we were in more trouble than we were prepared for. Usually, the uncertainty of the situation would have me panicking, but I found an odd calm even as I watched helplessly while my family fought for their lives before being forced into a room where I couldn't get eyes on them.
All except for Micah, who ducked back into the lab to cover Bennet. In the scuffle, he seems to have escaped the notice of Adley and the remaining guards.
Tony's voice crackles through the earpiece. “Lukas, I'm cutting the audio to the guys so our chatter doesn't distract them while they're dealing with Adley and the two guards. Keep an eye on the one in the doorway in case he decides to explore. Micah, stay down and stay quiet.”
“What's going on out there?” Micah whispers.
