Chapter 10

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We were all on the floor just as the first bullet fired. Thank god Trigg pulled Theo down just in time. Otherwise I would have to owe him again, for saving Theo's life.
Suddenly a sharp pain had just spread across my stomach like a volcano of hurt and pain had just erupted all over me.
My vision was blurring at the edges as I stumbled almost drunkenly over to Theo who seemed to have been snapped back into reality and was punching one of the guards violently in the temple. I flopped on top of him once the unlucky guard had been knocked out and Theo could protect us all with the fallen soldiers gun. He fired at anything that moves and, within minutes, he had cleared the whole corridor. At first, when he turned his head toward me he looked relived. But his expression rapidly turned from relief to utter horror when his eyes focused on where my stomach was throbbing. Then it all went black.

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