Chapter 11: Allies Part 2

SCCCRRREEAACCHH!!

"Holy shit!" I clamp the Senz to my ears. "What the hell is that?"

I attempt to drown out the ungodly sound but it's permeating from the Castle's walls, screaming all the way to the jungle on the other side of the wrought-iron gate.

"Dismissal from Rebuilding," Raj is calm next to me. She's heard this so many times it doesn't even bother her. Everyone else is the same. They drop their Senz into their buckets and retreat on automatic, heading for the nearest ladder and forming an orderly line out.

Even though I've decided to stay, I briefly consider making a run for it again. Maybe it won't be suicide now, not in the middle of all this movement. Maybe Raj is wrong. How can they know every person's position? Someone could easily get lost in all this.

As if hearing my thoughts, she beckons me toward the ladder with the others. "They'll know. Come on."