![]() ![]() For a second the yard appeared five stories beneath me and I almost let myself go. ![]() I lost my balance, spilling over the railing. I could picture it in my head, its demonic muzzle, silver eyes, and those teeth-like razor wire. I didn't look back to see what was behind us. Everywhere around me other kids were panicking, all bolting the same way, to safety. I forced myself to run faster, the metal staircase rattlingīeneath my clumsy steps. ![]() Just one more flight of stairs, one more and I might make it. If the siren hadn't been hammering at my eardrums, then I'd have been able to hear my breaths, ragged and desperate, unable to pull in enough air to keep me going. I couldn't even see where I was going anymore, my vision fading as my body prepared to give in. My lungs were on fire, my heart pumping acid, every muscle in my body threatening to cramp. ![]()
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