Chapter 34: Elevator

Reid doesn't stop, doesn't think.

Reid runs.

It seems like he's caught the hunter by surprise. It doesn't move for a tense heartbeat, giving Reid the chance to gain

more distance. But he knows he has no chance of outrunning it, none at all, not when it has only a little more ground to

cover than he does.

That fact doesn't stop him from running. He sees the hunter move at last out of the corner of his eye even through his

absolute focus is on the gaping elevator door. His feet make almost no sound on the hard-packed dirt floor, lungs heaving

for one more ounce of air. His body feels like it's flying he's moving so fast, pouring every ounce of energy he has into

that race to safety.

It's right there, the elevator. Reid reaches out with his fingertips, so close he can feel the humming vibration of the

electric motor, see clearly the desperate faces of his friends. Reid is amazed. He's going to make it. How, he has no