To get out of the courtroom, they'd have to plow right through the metal detector and all those who passed through it.

     Niki came at it from across the room and above everyone's heads.

     She leaned forward. Trevor's skull was almost right on top of hers and he, too, leaned forward.  

     "Now," she said.

​     They slammed full into the people at the metal detector, three going in, three going out, two officers, two women.  

     BAM!

     Niki did a tuck and roll in mid air. As she did, Trevor let go of her with the idea of doing his own tuck and roll on the floor. 

     Never happened.

​     Two women crossed his path at that exact moment so that all three of them fell in a heap. Trevor took an elbow to the forehead. Dang, that hurt! He rolled to his feet even as the woman shouted, "It's one of them! It's one of them! Help! Help! Don't let them kill me!"   

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