𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 - 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧

23. e pluribus unum

STRAIGHT FROM LAST CHAPTER

Aubrey and Steve looked at each other, "The gate."

"We need to go." Dustin told them.

"Come on." Steve lead everyone out.

"I don't understand. You've seen this before?" Robin asked them as they walked back down the stairs.

"Not exactly." Rue replied.

"Then what, exactly?" she questioned.

"All you need to know is it's bad." Dustin said.

"It's really bad, Rob." Aubrey told her.

"Like end-of-the-human-race-as-we-know-it kind of bad." Dustin continued.

"Not helping." Rue told him.

"And you guys know about this how?!" Robin asked them.

"You know how Rue, Bea, and I have gone MIA for at least a week the last two years in the fall?" Aubrey asked her, "That's how, and we can explain it all to you, just not now!"

"Um, Steve? Where's your Russian friend?" Erica asked then, they all turned and realized the Russian Steve had knocked out was gone.

Loud alarms and red lights began blaring them. "Shit!" Steve ran and looked out the door, a group of guards noticed him. He quickly slammed the door shut, "Go, go, go, go!" he yelled at everyone, they ran back up the stairs and into the room they were in, "Move, let's move!"

Dustin opened the door to the control room they had been looking into, everyone turning and staring at them.

"Oh, shit! Shit, shit!" They ran across the room down the stairs towards the giant laser. "Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!" Dustin freaked out as they all stood in front of it.

"Why did we go this way?!" Rue yelled.

"This way!" Steve yelled, pushing past a Russian guard as they ran down another set of stairs. "Oh shit!" he pushed some barrels to block some more guards as they were being swarmed. They continued to run through the back of this area away from the laser, Robin found a door, "This way!" she pushed it open and everyone ran inside of another room. Steve slammed the door shut, holding it closed.

They looked around the room for an exit, "Shit!"

Aubrey ran up and held the door closed with Steve as more Russians banged on it. "Help!" she yelled and Robin came and helped them hold it closed.

Erica then found another vent, "Here! Let's go!" she opened it. They weren't all gonna make it in time.

"Come on!" Dustin yelled at them.

"Guys!" Rue yelled.

"Go! Just get out of here!" Steve yelled.

"I'm not leaving you guys!" Rue yelled back at them.

"Go, Rue!" Aubrey yelled at her, "It's okay!"

"Go get help!" Robin told her.

After some hesitation, she gave in, helping the kids into the exit. "I won't forget you!" Dustin yelled.

"Go!" Robin, Steve, and Aubrey screamed at him. He shut the vent finally and left, the door busted open, sending all of them on the ground against a wall.

A bunch of guards swarmed inside the room in front of them, pulling out their guns. The three of them raised their hands on the air. If they weren't already before, they were truly fucked now.

The Russians shouted some things at each other before grabbing each of them and dragging them away, "Let us go!" Aubrey resisted, as did Steve and Robin. It was no use, they were definitely outnumbered now.