Chapter 51

He tried the next elevator, and the next. Each time he managed to open the door but little else happened. To Matt, he asked, ::You guys moving yet?::

::Not yet,::came Matt’s reply. Panic nipped at the edges of his mind like an overactive dog. ::Vic, what if you can’t—::

Vic cut off that thought before it could run away from him. ::I can. I will. If I have to climb up the shaft myself and tear my way into that car, I’m getting you out of there. Just stay calm.::

Had his technopathy faded already? Vic didn’t think so, and just to check, he glanced at a lamp that stood at the end of the hallway, which sparked to life as if happy to see him. So the ability was still there. But maybe…