Tang Shi walked alone down the long, narrow corridor. Her walk quickened to a frantic pace, then broke into an all-out sprint until she burst from the monstrous metal building, a place screaming with a cacophony of electronic music, and was swallowed once more by the night.
She ran as if to burn every last ounce of strength at the edge of the deserted darkness. The bitter irony of it all rose in a
















