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screaming as I pushed all of my energy into them. I ran further and further, pursued by red shots. I could tell the drone was gaining on me, but I kept running. I made it to the hotel grounds and finally saw the ten-story Hotel Denouement. Subconsciously, I was able to tell that something was not right, but I ran inside the hotel anyway.

If I could just find Victor in room 598 (where he had swum to as I fell down the waterfall), I would be safe. I ran up the ruined stairs, often having to clamber up the metal railings on the charred walls where entire staircases had collapsed. I ran until I reached the fifth floor. Then I ran down the fifth-story corridor, past 501 (Philosophy), 517 (Calculus), 589 (Fungi), and finally to 589 (Birds). I entered.

Victor was inside, and the room was unusually pristine. I hugged Victor, or as close to a hug you can get when the recipient of said hug is ten feet tall. I heard a loud BOOM, and one of the walls fell into the Reptile Room (597). I couldn't run. I had run far enough. Another BOOM, this time so close that it was earsplittingly loud, shook the outside

wall, which fell down, down, down, collapsing on the ground with an almost equal sound. "It's OK, Victor," I said to my duck, but I knew it was a lie, and probably one of the worst lies that had been told in history. I peeked outside to realize that we were surrounded. Countless men with guns stood in the yard. A tear trickled down my face, filtering so that my mouth felt a salty taste. Then more and more came

.I had avoided crying all this time, but now everything was coming, in sobs, into Victor's downy coat. I cried until all my eyes could see was a blurry veil of water, and couldn't feel anything. I didn't notice when my backpack vibrated, but when it had happened a few times, I wiped my eyes on my sleeve, took my backpack off, and opened it. The strange piece of metal was vibrating, and I knew what I had

to do. I faced the blurred image of the window, and, holding it out in front of me, I tossed it into the air. [/SIZE]"YOU-- MONSTERS!"
My cry was stifled by the third BOOM, and that's when the floor collapsed, sending Victor and me toppling, along with the long-since-dead remains of the once-prestigious Hotel Denouement, towards the ground.

The last thought that passed through my head before losing consciousness was, [/SIZE]'Maybe the last safe place was really the least safe place, after all this time...

Sorry for all the errors; I tried using BB code and it didn't work very well...

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