Part 35. Jump!

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"Crap!" Red shouted over the alarm. Silver looked around for a second before noticing a balcony at the end of a long corridor.
"That way!" He pointed, and the three of them ran, Bubbles floating on ahead after appearing almost out of nowhere.

Within minutes, they reached the balcony, with about a dozen grunts now behind them, with Pawniard and Poochyena flanking them.
"We're surrounded..." Fletcher mumbled.
"No, we aren't..." Red inched closer to Silver and very quietly whispered something, before doing the same with Fletcher. "When I signal, jump off the edge." Fletcher's eyes widened, but before he could protest, one of the grunts spoke up.
"Surrender now, and our gracious king shall spare you!"
"Never, you scumbags!" Red shouted back.
"Now, Miss Red, wouldn't you rather come back to your king?"
"He isn't my king!!"
"How long did you work with these bastards!?" Silver looked at Red in shock.
"Now is not the time Silver!" Chaos was slowly unfolding, so Red pushed Silver over the railing before looking at Fletcher. "Go!"
"I'm not leaving you." Fletcher looked Red straight in the eyes as he spoke.
"Fletcher you need to go or you'll get killed!" Red moved to push Fletcher off but Fletcher grabbed her wrists.
"Red I lost you once, I'm not losing you again."
"Fletcher listen to me, you need to go!"
"But-" Fletcher was cut off, by something rather unexpected. Red had grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him, their lips almost smashing against each other in a short, heated kiss that didn't last long enough for Fletcher's liking.
"Jump, Fletcher. I'll be right behind you." Fletcher was almost speechless.
"I can't..."
"Jump!" Red pushed him over, before getting hit over the head with something and falling unconscious.

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