Katherine's screaming, already running.
"Don't hurt him! I'm coming!"
We're racing back through the tunnel, but not fast enough.
Can't reach in time.
Jackson and his Marines were behind us, but the tunnel is narrow, and we're in a single file. Every second was an eternity.
"Faster!" Katherine gasps. She's pulling ahead of me, driven by pure terror.
"Thirty seconds," Diane's voice crackles through my phone. She's streaming this, wanting us to watch. "Or your brother's brains decorate Susan's lovely wallpaper."
"Diane, please! Take me, not him!" Katherine's sobbing now. Running and desperate. "He's innocent! He's never done anything to you!"
"Twenty seconds."
I can see Elliot's face on my phone screen as we run. He's terrified but trying to stay calm. That analytical mind was working even now, probably calculating survival odds.
Susan and Rose are frozen behind him, helpless.
