Tower Falling - Now You See Me {Completed}

Chapter Twelve

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Chapter Twelve

As soon as my feet touched down on the floor, I took off at a dead sprint for the door. As my rope was furthest to the left and the door was on the right, I was at the very back as we all ran out into the light. Danny whipped around, saw me following right behind, and then faced the front again and kept going. I was so thankful I was wearing boots with short heels.

I could hear the police coming after us, particularly Rhodes' furious shouts. Guess he didn't like getting tackled, eh? I assumed Alma Dray was with him, but pushed the thought of being pursued to the back of my mind.

We raced down the fire escape and onto the street. There was a wall looming ahead of us, and on the other side was a parking lot filled to the brim with vehicles of all sorts. Merritt stopped before it and gave me a boost over. My hands scrabbled to grab onto the cement ledge, my palms getting scratched up in the process. I vaulted over it with Merritt's assistance and landed on the hood of a stranger's car. The alarm immediately went off and I froze.

"Andie, let's go!" Jack urged, grabbing my wrist and dragging me along after him.

The five of us jumped from car to car, setting alarms off left and right. My ears were ringing by the time we reached the end. We had barely a second to group up before Merritt and Henley dashed off in one direction and Jack headed in another, patting my back as he went. I tried to follow him, but Danny grabbed my shoulder. "No. You don't have a bracelet. You're with me."

I didn't get a chance to argue as he started running again, toward another wall. Unlike Merritt, he wasn't kind enough to give me a boost. Damn tall people, I thought to myself as I jumped and grabbed hold of the top. The toes of my boots scraped against the brick as I attempted to pull myself up to where Danny was standing on top of the wall.

"The French woman is coming, Andie, hurry!" he hissed. I grunted in reply as my arm muscles screamed in protest.

Sighing heavily, Danny bent down and grabbed me beneath my armpit, his large hand easily enveloping much of my upper arm. With a minimal amount of effort, he heaved me up beside him. We were both out of breath, but our break didn't last long as Alma Dray came sprinting into sight.

Danny was quick to shove me to the ground on the other side of the wall. I shrieked as I collided with the cement, tearing small holes into the knees of my pants and making my ankle flare up with pain. I gritted my teeth against a sudden onslaught of tears brought on by the agony in my ankle and tried to stand. I nearly fell over. Putting weight on it made me instantly nausea and I almost puked right there. In order to distract myself, I adjusted my hat on my head and clutched the seams of my pants in my fists.

"Stop!" the Interpol agent yelled just as Danny was about to join me on the other side. Slowly, he raised his hands in surrender. She must have had a gun trained on him.

Fear gripped my heart for a fraction of a second as my mind immediately conjured images of Danny lying helpless in front of me as his blood stained the cement a rusty color. "Danny," I said in almost a whimper. He twitched, surprised at hearing my voice. "Danny, please."

And, without a word, he pivoted on his heel and jumped down to join me.

Relief hit me at the same moment as a wave of pain in my ankle, but I pushed both sensations aside and glared at Danny, who merely grabbed my wrist and took off at a dead sprint. I limped behind him, but if he noticed anything was wrong, he didn't point it out. We left Rhodes and Alma Dray behind, Rhodes yelling at her for letting Danny and I get away.