Some had heard them from the second floor, tucked up against the ceiling as he was. But he'd had to wait for the stairwell to be clear, and he was just making the third floor when it all shook. This floor was rapidly becoming his least, least favorite floor.

But instinct kept him from freezing up, when he heard the two girls. He sprinted for them both. "Outside wall!" he shouted, pulling up just out of weapon's reach, feet prancing. "Come on, not here!"