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"Probably paid off," Rowan said bitterly. "Or called to the other side of town. Or maybe this jerk-water place doesn't even have a fire department."
He landed the shuttle inside the fence line, set off his own emergency beacon. He was going to need help. He hoped like hell he was going to need help.
He was still wearing the vacuum suit, which would protect him from the heat, though not from falling beams, radiation leaks, or exploding ammunition. He put on the helmet, took it back off, and detached the breathing apparatus. He would need to be able to hear, if someone called for help.
He'd need to be able to answer.
Strapping the oxygen tank to his belt, he put the mask to his face, emerged from the shuttle, and looked swiftly around.
He saw the hole in the fence. He damn near cried in fury and frustration.
"They went in," he said softly. "They went in! And now you know it's hopeless. Absolutely hopeless. No one inside that place could have survived. And you know that Xris and Ito went inside."
Dogged, refusing to listen to himself, Rowan took a deep gulp of oxygen and plunged into the inferno.
CHAPTER 21
Forsake not an old friend...
Ecclesiastes, Chapter 9, Verse 19, Apocrypha
"I never did find Ito," Rowan said. She spoke quietly, telling the story in monotone, never once looking at Xris, but staring into the past with dark and pain-filled eyes
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