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The lift dinged and opened its doors on <strong>the</strong> fourth floor, deserted once again except for dead!Alex. <strong>Not</strong>-Tim closed <strong>the</strong> stairwell door once <strong>the</strong>y were both through, plunging <strong>the</strong>m into <strong>the</strong> eerie quiet of <strong>the</strong>corridor.Neo made a beeline for h<strong>is</strong> beloved computer.<strong>Not</strong>-Tim paused momentarily in <strong>the</strong> corridor, <strong>the</strong>n went to <strong>the</strong> nearest room and dragged a blanket out ofit. He draped it over Alex's body, covering it, <strong>the</strong>n went off to <strong>the</strong> common room.The light was still on, <strong>the</strong> door still open; no one had bo<strong>the</strong>red about saving electricity in <strong>the</strong> mad rush ofescape, and electricity was probably infinite in <strong>is</strong>olated bubbles of hyperspace.<strong>Not</strong>-Tim entered, side-stepping <strong>the</strong> empty overturned crates that had once held stolen rum, glancingbriefly at <strong>the</strong> interesting variation of tools lying by <strong>the</strong> sink from an unsuccessful attempt at prying it off<strong>the</strong> ground, identical fingerprints marring <strong>the</strong> shine of <strong>the</strong> handles of screwdrivers and crowbars andsledgehammers; half a cup of coffee that Scott had given up on was sitting on <strong>the</strong> counter, and not-Timpicked it up and fin<strong>is</strong>hed it after a moment's consideration.A pack of cards scattered on <strong>the</strong> floor where <strong>the</strong>y had fallen when <strong>the</strong>ir table had been hurriedly pulledaway; a shattered camera on <strong>the</strong> ceiling, its sight forever darkened. A stick. Down by a corner of <strong>the</strong>wall, a bored scribble in h<strong>is</strong> handwriting: get me out of here.Th<strong>is</strong> was h<strong>is</strong> room, not-Tim thought, fingering a strand of dark hair he found on <strong>the</strong> sofa.Th<strong>is</strong> was h<strong>is</strong> floor."HEY!"The o<strong>the</strong>rs turned at Jjaks yell, to be greeted with <strong>the</strong> sight of <strong>the</strong> lack of steps behind <strong>the</strong> door. Where<strong>the</strong> portal had been was now a regular dingy-looking corridor that led off to boring places."I wasn't <strong>the</strong> last one," Jjaks added hurriedly. "There were o<strong>the</strong>rs."Conor gripped <strong>the</strong> doorway and peered into <strong>the</strong> boring corridor. "Who?""Jack, I think. Yeah. And-"Conor released <strong>the</strong> doorway and swivelled around. "DON'T GO YET!" he yelled. "HEADCOUNT!""How many of us are <strong>the</strong>re?" Shane asked, as Scott grabbed Tommy and Jesse before <strong>the</strong>y couldescape to get a better look at <strong>the</strong> cool Sith slicing things apart."I don't know," Conor said with a grimace. "We never really counted... OKAY, WHO'S MISSING?""Jack.""Neo's not here," Perry said. "And Keanu.""Alex... no. Ah-""Where's Ted?""Ran off earlier."Conor nodded. "Okay. Anyone else?""I don't know. You all look <strong>the</strong> same to me," someone muttered, and shut up before <strong>the</strong>y could find outwho it was.Sirens were sounding in <strong>the</strong> background above <strong>the</strong> din created by several thousand hungry peoplebeing where <strong>the</strong>y had not been several moments ago.Eddie gazed up at several helicopters making <strong>the</strong>ir way towards <strong>the</strong> breakout."What are <strong>the</strong>y trying to do?" he asked.**

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