November 29, 2003 excerpt

The corridor of the air shaft lit up with the gentle purple hum of a flash dagger. She pushed it through the aluminum as if she was moving a warm knife through butter. She cut a hole through the bottom. The circular piece fell to the ground and made a metal on tile crash. They all cringed at the sound. They stood there, motionless for a while, not sure if they should continue or not.

�Let�s go. If someone is going to investigate, they will know that we are here whether or not we drop through. Let�s just do this as quickly as possible.�

Menora dropped through headfirst. The hole was over a stall and she used the walls of the stall to ease herself into the bathroom. Salazar and Polowski followed.

�Nick is on the move.� Psycho said.

�What is he doing?� Salazar asked.

�I cannot be certain. He is moving pretty fast though, so it is obviously something more important than the pain in his ankle. I am guessing that he is either being chased or attempting to avoid being spotted.�

This was not good. They would have to hurry up with their job. Salazar had almost forgotten that their mission now relied not only on the three of them avoiding detection, but also on Nick avoiding detection.

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