In less than ten minutes Lewis's team had a plan. Or
at least one that he could live with.
Whether or not it would work was another story.
Leaving the others in the stairwell Lewis and Tom
ducked back into the hallway.
Tom didn't like the fact that the plan called for
Lewis to have a gun pressed against his back.
He had trusted Lewis once before and it had ended
badly. How could he do it again with so many lives
riding on it?
As if sensing his doubts Lewis said quietly,"We've
come full circle from student/teacher to equals. This
will work."
Tom was about to reply when he realized they were at
the door to Colin's office.

Lewis kicked open the door coming face to face with
Colin who had sensed their approach,"I believe you
lost something,brother."
Colin's eyes narrowed sharply,"You don't have as much
power as you think,brother. I would take great care of
how you approach this."

After Tom and Lewis left Lucy and Attwood took the
guns Lewis had given them and headed out into the
hallway in the opposite direction.
"There's no way this is going to work."Lucy muttered
darkly as she and Walter rounded a corner,"How are we
going to keep the 'soilders' occupied with just two
guns between us?"
Walter smiled grimly as he warily looked in an open
doorway as he passed,"Well you know the old
saying....."
Lucy glanced at him,"Once a fool always a fool?"
Attwood shook his head,"No,the pen is mightier than
the sword. Weapons aren't always the only way out of a
situation."
Lucy moved a few steps ahead of Walter as they moved
single file against the wall,"Well,if you have any
ideas now would be a good time."
Before Attwood could reply three of Colin's 'henchmen'
appeared almost out of nowhere.

"Drop your weapons."A young brown haired man ordered
sharply.
Lucy shook her head,"Drop yours first."
A blond man who appeared to be the leader of the trio
stepped forward a dark smirk on his face,"Do you
really think you can take on all of us?"
The black haired woman grinned as she took a step
foward,"I think we could take out more of you than you
think. Do you really think we were dumb enough to come
here alone?"
Walter sighed inwardly as he took the safety off of
his gun. His mind was scrambling to come up with a
safe way out of this standoff.
He'd been in worse situations than this....he just had
to think of a plan.

Now Ed completely understood what the term bone-weary
ment. All he wanted to do was bury himself under the
covers for a month or so but something was telling he
couldn't, not yet.
Ed just couldn't figure out what that was.
Finally from somewhere he found the strength to open
his eyes.
"Hey,"Ray said as he walked over to the small cot,"I
thought you were going to sleep for at least a few
hours."

Ed blinked as he struggled into a sitting
position,"What happened?"
"You collasped outside."Ray replied,"My guess is that
your body finally decided that it needed some rest."
Tate glanced out the door and across the hall to where
Sloan lay,"How's Sloan?"
"Sleeping."Peterson replied softly,"As you should be.
Get some rest. I'll wake you if there's any change
with Sloan."
Ed shook his head as he stood shakily,"No, you've got
to look for Tom. I'll rest when this whole mess is
over."

Ray placed a hand on Ed's shoulder and forced him back
down onto the cot,"You're not going anywhere. And
don't worry about Tom I've got a couple leads on Tom
that I'm waiting to hear back on. So get some sleep."
Ed nodded as he felt the exhaustion resurface in his
body,"Alright, but only for an hour."Tate replied
softly as he layed back down.
Ed was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.