Seeds Chapter 21 Page 20

elevator and turns towards the doors as they open. Then steers Happy inside and attempts to turn him towards the panel in the lift.

The barrel of the gun is too long though and as he turns he hits the side of the elevator smashing the mirror on the wall. Backing Happy up, he exits the lift and spins him around to reverse him in. Now, to hit the correct button to get to the 7th floor. The doors close as a swarm of drones floods the lobby, sealing him inside.

As Steve approaches upper floors he slows to a crawl. A splinter of light seeps out from under the door leading into the corridor and he knows from counting the floors earlier that this was the sixth floor. He presses his ear against it to listen and can make out sounds he hasn’t heard in a while and