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“Give me a knife.” Maddy held out her hand, ignoring the
shocked look on her son’s face.
Tally scrambled through her knapsack. She passed her
multiknife to Maddy, who pulled out a short blade and cut
a piece from the arm of her jumpsuit. When the elevator
reached roof level, its doors slid halfway open and groaned
to a halt, revealing the uneven hole Tally had torn to gain
entry. They slipped through one by one and ran for the edge
of the roof.
A hundred meters away, Tally saw the hoverboards
cruising across the compound, called by her crash
bracelets. Alarms were ringing all around them now. If by
some magic the Specials hadn’t noticed the escape so far,
the riderless boards had tripped the wire.
Tally spun around, looking for David. He was stumbling
along at the back of the group, half in a daze. She
caught him by his shoulders. “I’m so sorry.”
He shook his head. Not at her, not at anything in particular.