“Here’s where you guys gotta be careful,” Wes spoke into my ear piece. His voice was as clear as if he was right next to me. “There’s a few patrol guards walking the floors just outside. Everything else is quiet.”
“Is there a path we can take that will evade him?” I asked.
“When you go outside head up the corridor then take a sharp right. Go down the stairs and follow the path on the map.”
That sounded like a good plan. Wes had made us maps that would definitely come in handy. He’d done a straightforward route to Jia and another with details of the whole place.
“Thanks Wes.” I looked to Jack and the others. “Just follow me guys. There’s a guard outside so let’s get in stealth mode.”
When they nodded I turned to continue to where Wes directed. We got out seamlessly and I almost felt hopeful that this would work. We’d gotten into this facility. This secret facility we’d christened Ra headquarters.
That had to be a plus for us. Something to hang on to.
We got down the path where Wes directed and the next thing to do was go up. we had to go up and the best way up was by using the stairs. The problem with the stairs though was the chance that other people could be using it too.
I led the guys out to the stairwell. It was one hell of a size for back stairs. There was an elevator shaft next to it. We needed to get to the tenth floor.
We proceeded up as quickly as we could go but something caught my attention just as we got to the fifth floor. It was a little light that flickered.
“Stop.” I held my hand up and the guys all stopped.
The light came back and grew bigger as it flickered over us. Then it split into two as it bounced over us, then five.
Fuck!
I realized in an instant that it must have been some type of motion detector that had been manually set up in the security system. Something that didn’t go down when I scrambled the security.
Shit!
The lights all jumped together and started swirling into a vicious circle. There was a snapping sound by the doors like they were sealing shut. Right from the bottom where we’d come and up.
“Guys move. Run! Get to the next floor and get out.” I called out, but fuck, the light turned into some laser beam and cut right through two of the marines with Jack. Without warning their bodies cut in half before us and fell to the ground. They were dead before they even realized they were.
When we saw that I didn’t need to give any further command. We all ran and tried to avoid the lasers that were growing bigger and gaining on us.
We got to the next floor but the doors wouldn’t open.
This looked like the atrium and there were three separate door entrances.
Jack rushed across to the door nearest him and opened it. We followed but by the time we got there the laser lights were there. The only escape for me and Giovanni was to rush to the other door.
We only fucking got through by the skin of our teeth.
I looked through the glass panel in the door and saw the laser lights swirling in a mass of bright light. There was no way that any of us could go back that way.
No way in hell.
And now we were all split up.
“Jack can you hear me?” I said into my communicator.
“Yeah. We’re good Xander. Let’s just keep going. Whoever gets to Jia first grabs her. See you outside boy.”
I really hoped so. I really did.
I looked to Giovanni and he frowned.
The two of us stuck together just sucked the hope away from me.
