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Alex tried to process what she’d said as Kaely hugged her again. How could someone like Kaely want to be more like her?
“There’s more,” Kaely said. “We can’t find another opener for the garage doors.” She pointed toward the door where Noah and Logan were looking at the bomb Bayne left. “And remember the laptop Bayne was using to record our ... deaths?”
“Yes.”
“When Noah turned it off, the bomb began a countdown. If that thing goes off in here, it could be serious.”
“This is a large building. If we move to the back—”
“Logan says the whole place could collapse. We’ll have to go out the same way Noah and Logan got in—the window up there.”
“Then why haven’t you tried to climb—” Alex realized the answer. “You were waiting for me to wake up? You shouldn’t have done that. At least you could have made it out.”
“No man or woman left behind, my friend,” Kaely said with a small smile.
Alex struggled to her feet. “Well, I’m conscious. Let’s get the heck out of here.”
“I agree.” Kaely looked over at Noah and Logan. “How much time?”
Noah looked grim. “Ten minutes. We’re not sure how to disarm it. I’m afraid if we try, it will blow.”
“Then let’s go,” Alex said.
Noah shook his head. “We have to wait for the HRT. You’re in no shape to climb up to that window, Alex. Neither are Kaely and—”
Logan’s phone rang, and he picked it up. He gave directions to whoever called before hanging up. “They’re here.” He looked at the timer. “They’d better hurry.”
For the first time, Alex noticed Logan’s right ankle was bound with a cloth, and he was using a board as a crutch. “What’s wrong with Logan?” Alex asked Kaely, pointing.
“When he jumped from that window, he broke his ankle. We’re a rather pathetic group.”
“We need to get you closer to the window,” Noah said. “Someone is going to rappel in here and take you both up. Logan, did you text Monty and the others?”
“Yeah, they should be out of the area by now. I told them they can’t do anything to help us, that HRT should be here soon, and we don’t know when this building will blow.”
Alex looked at the bomb’s counter. Six minutes. She wanted to ask if they could all get out in that amount of time, but she knew it wouldn’t help the situation.
Noah was quiet as he led Alex to the wall with the windows. “They’ll have to put their harness around your chest. It might hurt some.”
Alex wanted to correct him. It would hurt a lot, but they couldn’t do anything about that.
Suddenly, a man rappelled through the window and down the wall. Without saying a word, he attached a harness to Alex. Then he yelled, “Okay. Get her out.”
The pain was so bad, Alex wanted to tell them to stop, but she bit her lip until she felt blood. When she reached the window, hands grabbed her and pulled her out. She fought the darkness that tried to overtake her, but finally, it won the battle.
