The room was full of smoke, but I still didn’t see any flames. Most of the building seemed to be made of concrete, so it was possible that it wouldn’t catch on fire. Maybe Whitey had been telling the truth when he said it was just the vehicles that were aflame. The smoke rushed towards us as we entered the room, clinging to our bodies and crawling up our noses and down our parched throats. We dropped to our knees, coughing and gagging. My eyes watered and it was hard to see.“Is no good,” Sondra choked. “We will not breathe if we are to stay here.”“You’re right. Let’s see if we can get out the way we came in.”Sondra shook her head. “Is police there.”“Not anymore. Whitey killed them all.” “But more will come?”“Yeah, I’m sure there are more cops on the way, along with firemen and Quick Response units and who knows what else, but if the fire is keeping them away, we might be able to squeeze past unnoticed.”“I do not think it will work.”“Well, if you’ve got a better idea, I’d love to hear it.”When she didn’t respond, I crawled towards the first room.
