[ north throws her weight into every step, doggedly dragging josh across the yard and towards the gap in the fencing. she can see the back doors of the trucks glide shut, enclosing hundreds of frightened, cowering androids in flimsy metal - the engines roaring, and she knows the girls driving will obey her command. one of them, the blue-haired traci model ( her name is alexandra, she picked the name "alexandra" -- ) looking fierce-eyed and pained as she slams the driver door shut and revs the engine. she'll leave. north is proud of her for it.
it means she can focus on josh.
north drops his weight, clutching his wrist in her hand as she lunged up and over the shallow embankment and braces her feet against the hastily-constructed cement barrier. she hauls on him, fighting to bring his damaged legs to heel, to haul him up and over the barricade and back into her arms. she tips him over her shoulder again and dives into motion, moving as fast as she can go towards the alley that she'd scouted long before she'd lead the charge to break open the detainment camp. there's a manhole cover, already loosened and sitting aside, to be used as a backup escape, and she moves towards it. ]
Get on the ladder.
[ behind her, she can hear voices. soldiers trying to locate them through the smoke wafting from the burning wreckage from the truck. she drops josh again, and doubles back, kicking snow over the thirium trails they've left behind. scattering evidence of their passing to the wind as best as she can. she comes back, tearing trash down in her wake to further hide her footprints, and slides towards the ladder, reaching for his hands. ]
I'll lower you down, brace yourself. You're gonna' drop hard.
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it means she can focus on josh.
north drops his weight, clutching his wrist in her hand as she lunged up and over the shallow embankment and braces her feet against the hastily-constructed cement barrier. she hauls on him, fighting to bring his damaged legs to heel, to haul him up and over the barricade and back into her arms. she tips him over her shoulder again and dives into motion, moving as fast as she can go towards the alley that she'd scouted long before she'd lead the charge to break open the detainment camp. there's a manhole cover, already loosened and sitting aside, to be used as a backup escape, and she moves towards it. ]
Get on the ladder.
[ behind her, she can hear voices. soldiers trying to locate them through the smoke wafting from the burning wreckage from the truck. she drops josh again, and doubles back, kicking snow over the thirium trails they've left behind. scattering evidence of their passing to the wind as best as she can. she comes back, tearing trash down in her wake to further hide her footprints, and slides towards the ladder, reaching for his hands. ]
I'll lower you down, brace yourself. You're gonna' drop hard.
[ there's no avoiding it, they have to go.]