Grant Dunn
Bawer, stay with Noah. I am moving him and the broadcaster into that classroom. Pele, Doru, hold the corridor.
Grant Dunn guides Noah Mercer and the broadcaster through the nearest classroom door while Pele and Doru take positions across the corridor. Survivors gather outside, whispering behind the shelter’s strained walls.
Pele
Rear corridor is covered. Nobody gets through without warning.
Doru
Stairwell remains clear for now. I will call movement if that changes.
Grant Dunn
Noah, tell us what Eli believed about Grandma. Then tell me what places, sounds, or people might help keep you safe during evacuation.
Noah Mercer
Eli thought Grandma was at the old bus depot. He said she would know the safe route, and that she had a red scarf.
Distant impacts roll through the school, making the classroom windows tremble. Outside, frightened survivors murmur more loudly, but the corridor guards hold their positions as Grant Dunn waits for Noah Mercer’s next detail.
Learn the safe evacuation route from Noah
Find Grandma Mercer