Chapter 51: Confrontation, Part 5

"Follow me, Zac!" I ran with him down the hallway, still clutching his hand, to the stairwell. I pushed it open, and looked down, but agents, human and vamp, were on their way up.

"Not that way!" Zac yelled, as we quickly shut the door.

It was too high to jump out the window. I could do it alone. It'd be a piece of cake, but too risky with Zac. Then I had a thought. "Come on!"

We ran into a vacant room, then locked and bolted the door. It was an interrogation room with thick steel walls and a thick metal door. The room would buy us at least a minute or two. At the ceiling was an air vent. I abruptly jumped into the air, grabbing the grate covering it, then pulled it down, exposing the air ducts. Zac watched, saying nothing.