Chapter Six: Escape

Hex was slightly ahead of Li, both of them running for their lives. They had bolted down three flights of stairs and were now on the ground floor. They ran along the narrow corridor, their hearts pounding in time to their footsteps. They didn't stop as they neared the exit, but flung themselves at the door, relief flooding their minds as it opened.

Outside the building, they ran even faster, trying to gain as much ground as possible. They were heading for the gate, but even as they ran they could hear the dogs getting closer and closer. 'Hex!' Li gasped 'Take off your belt!'

'What!'

'Just do it! You're going to have to trust me on this!' Li was already taking hers off, so Hex did as he was told.

'What are we meant to do with these?' Hex was starting to panic, the dogs were getting closer and his muscles were screaming under the pressure. 'Hold it out in front of you.' Li demonstrated as they ran, holding the tough leather belt out horizontally in front of her, her arms stretched out. 'Now what?' Hex yelled.

'Stop and turn around!'

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Paulo burst through the door, Amber close behind him. Since the countdown had initiated an alarm had begun to sound throughout the building and people were starting to leave, very quickly. No one seemed to take any notice of them as they raced out of the building. As they ran through the exit doors, they paused momentarily.

Paulo looked around. 'Over there.' He pointed to one of the army type trucks waiting at the front of the building.

'Good idea.' Amber dashed over to the nearest one, jumping in the back. Paulo scrambled into the driver seat and flipped down the sun visor and held up the key which fell onto his lap. 'I can see you've learnt from past mistakes' Amber said as Paulo started the truck. As Paulo accelerated forward, Amber looked around at the chaos they had started.

Suddenly she caught sigh of two familiar people. 'Paulo stop!'

'Do you want me to draw attention to us?' he yelled back at her.

'Hex and Li are over there and…uh oh!'

'What!'

'They're being chased by two dogs, and the dogs really don't look happy.'

AN: References to Desert Pursuit (which I definitely don't own!) Im not going to point out all the references to the books but this one was pretty subtle so I thought I would