Chapter Seven: Panic
Alex paused and turned to face the door, his heart pounding. Standing framed in the doorway was a tall man, in the uniform of the organisation. He was smiling. The man walked towards Alex, the same smile fixed on his face. Alex tensed, preparing to fight. A second later, a piercing alarm ripped through the building. The man stopped and Alex saw a flicker of worry pass through his face.
Then the unnerving smile came back. 'It doesn't matter even if you have those papers. In ten minutes, the files, the building and you will all be gone.' Panicking Alex moved forward, and went to overpower the man or at least move past him. He had underestimated the mans strength though.
Although Alex was strong and agile, he simply could not compete against this mans strength. Soon he was up against the wall, a hand around his throat. Alex glared at him. The man laughed and let go. 'Have fun in here. It's the last place you're going to see.' With that he walked quickly to the door and pulling it shut behind him, locked it. Alex stared at the locked door in disbelief, ignoring the pain in his throat. Ten minutes. That's all he had.
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Hex braced himself and turned around, holding his belt straight out in front of him. Shutting his eyes he waited for the bite to come. Strangely he felt no pain; instead his arms were jerked sharply downwards. Opening his eyes he saw both dogs crouched low to the floor, the belts between their teeth and both of them growling.
Their handler, who hadbeen wearing an expression of grim satisfaction, was now looking both alarmed and confused. Hex grabbed Li by the hand and made a run for the gate. Looking around they realised that people were flooding out of the building and also that they were being completely ignored.
'What the…?' Hex stopped. Li paused as well 'Listen. Can you hear that?' They could both hear the high pitched alarm coming from inside the building.
AN: In case you're wondering about the belt thing, if you hold something out in front of you, as they demostrated the dog will probablysee it as an extension of you,especiallyif theyre trying to bite you So the dogs grabbed onto the belts and 'locked' their jaws and are now trying to kill the belts lol. Very random.