anything?”
“I’ve been in a cell, I think.” Emmie grasped her head. “Where’s
Melissa? She was…”
“I don’t know—” Kira cut off when she noticed the other people rousing.
Questioning murmurs filled the hall.
“It looks like they’re themselves,” she told her team using the internal
comms. “Let’s start the evac while they’re manageable.”
Keeping their guns ready just in case anyone started to revert, Kira’s
team shepherded the captives toward the exit.
“We’re coming out with twenty-six right now,” Kira messaged
operational command and the soldiers waiting in the lobby. “We’ll need
concussion grenades and backup to continue the search.”
Kira’s group was in the final stretch of hallway leading to the lobby when
she saw Colonel Kaen, Leon, and a dozen soldiers approaching.
“Leon! What are you doing in here?” Kira asked on a private channel.
“Kaen thought I should come along as a guide to help access the