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Without any further yada yada yada...
Chapter 11-Harnessed up.
Eliot makes it inside the complex. It's more like a regular prison now that he's inside. He sees the cells, which are empty, but he finds the occupants in the next room, which appears to be a sort of lab. He scans the area, but not one of them resembles Jordan or is missing an arm. Eliot climbs the stairs to the roof. He can see the smaller complex, probably where Moreau's and Garrison's offices are located. Then he hears the commotion.
Security is running up the stairs, locking down one floor at a time. Either there's been a jailbreak, or they just now notice the intruder on the roof. More likely the intruder. Eliot, thinking fast, straps on the harness Parker packed for him and sets up the pulley. He jumps off the building just as the security reaches the roof, and hopes he makes it closer to the ground before they cut the cable. It's a tall building, with 10 floors, and Eliot just falls past the 7th floor when he feels the cable cut loose. He falls, slightly faster, past the 3rd floor, when he feels the cable resist, and he's stopped falling right before he hits the ground. Then he hears a voice in his ear. A familiar voice.
"Stop moving," Jordan grunts.
"I've been looking all over for you," Eliot says, unclipping his harness and standing up on the ground.
"Yeah, well, Peterson told me somebody hopped the fence."
"Was that the guy who said the food was good?"
"Yup. Weird guy, but he tells people when he sees something."
"He told the security I hopped the fence."
"Yeah. You weren't very discreet about it." Jordan drops the cable, and it falls down to Eliot, and he coils it up. "I'll be down in a minute."
Jordan sneaks out a back entrance and meets up with Eliot about 94 seconds later. Eliot pulls her arm out of his backpack and hands it to her. She doesn't take it, and her good hand is in her pocket. Eliot catches on.
"How did you stop me from falling? Please don't tell me-"
"I grabbed the cable." Eliot nods, rolling his eyes.
"You stopped me from falling by grabbing a cable, a thin, slippery cable, with one hand." Jordan shrugs. "Let me see your hand."
"You're holding it."
"Your real hand." Jordan glares at Eliot. "Saving me means that any injury you acquire is my fault. Show me your hand." The crew listens to the conversation over the comms, not interjecting.
"Saving you means I'm willing to risk hurting myself. It was my stupid idea to grab the cable."
"And it's my stupid butt that was falling, forcing your decision to grab the cable."
"And, uh, hello? I don't care. I'm not a child, I will take care of myself."
"You're not alone anymore." Eliot tries to remind her.
"Well, Maybe I wanted to be alone. These stupid jobs killed my brother, ok?" Jordan reminds him.
"Just get over it, death never bothered you before!" Eliot shouts, not realizing what he just said. On the other side of the country, Sophie gasps.
And without another word, Jordan stalks away to the fence, climbing it.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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