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surprise. Kailynn was sure her heart was about to jump out of her
throat. However, she knew her only means to escape was when the guards had
their heads turned.
           She leapt at one, kicking him in the gut
and causing him to lose his balance. Theo jumped on the other one, wrestling
with the gun.
           “Lynni! Run!!” he bellowed.
           Kailynn did not hesitate. She ran for the
still-open door, almost colliding with the other two guards who were returning
to assist in the capture of those who had raided the compound.
           Surprised by her sudden appearance, they
watched her turn and run out the closing gate. She managed to slip out of the
gap just before the gate shut, stalling the guards for a few further seconds. Kailynn
darted into the dark alleyways, trying not to notice that snow had started to
fall during the time they were inside the compound.
           She heard the guards getting closer as
she tried to orient herself to determine the safest escape route. The reason she
had evaded capture from Officials so many times was because she knew the
streets like the back of her hand. She could easily out-maneuver any Official.
She knew the alleys. They did not.
           The cold was making it difficult for her
to move. She was disoriented and frightened and her frozen muscles were
locking.
           Kailynn lost one of her shoes as she was
running and it caused her to fall to the ground. She kicked off the other one,
grabbing it when she saw two guards coming at her.
           “We have you, you little bitch!”
           She lifted her knee into one of the men’s
groins, while she shoved the heel of her shoe into the protective visor over
the eyes of the other guard, shattering it, though she was not sure if it had
actually hurt him.
           Then, she ran.
           She moved quickly, her breath coming out
in puffs of smoke in front of her face as her bare feet carried her through the
alleys and streets toward the dark area she knew to be Trid. She did not stop
running until she saw something familiar. Hearing voices behind her, she forced
her way through a broken window, cutting herself on the glass, and hauling
herself up the stairs, too cold to feel the pain. She ascended all the stairs
until she reached the door for the roof, shoving it open with her shoulder.
           She was still in the Walking District,
but she knew the crowds and the neon lights would make it easier for her to
escape. She knew she had just enough of a head start on the guards that they
likely did not see her jump into the building.
           Kailynn ran to the far corner of the
roof, finally collapsing, trying to catch her breath, her lungs on fire. She
closed her eyes and covered her mouth, trying to stifle the noises of her
panting and hide the fogging of her breath. She barely had the strength to lift
herself up and peer over the edge of the building.
           The guards were just below her, their
heated argument too quiet for Kailynn to discern.
           Her entire body was locked, cold and
pained. The scrapes in her skin from her fall and the slices from the broken
glass were numb, and she was worried that they were far worse than she
realized.
           But she could not move from her hiding
spot. Even if she had the strength, she knew she would have to lay low until
the guards had searched everywhere they could.
           She could not return to Trid as she was.
           Kailynn glanced at the snow that was
coming down, seeing it stick to the roof. Knowing that her footprints would
give her away to any drones passing over the next day, she forced her frozen
limbs into action. She clumsily pulled off the dress from her shivering body,
pushing it deep into the corner of the building, hoping to hide it from plain
sight. Then, she tried to take big steps toward the door to the roof, leaving
as few impressions in the sticking snow as