We'll be there shortly."
She put her phone away and gestured for Cade to hurry along as she took the
escalator steps three at a time, weaving her way upward past some very startled
people.
Cade followed at a somewhat more sedate pace, taking only two steps at a
time and easing past the other riders. The terrorists wanted media coverage and
they had hostages as leverage, so they weren't going anywhere right away.
At the front doors, Mandi was waiting for him.
"You sure you're up to this?" she asked.
"What's the hurry?" asked Cade. "They'll be there. Where do we get news
credentials and hardware on short notice?"
As they started across the sidewalk to the street, Mandi said, "That's
Alan's job."
"Might want to give him a ring and see what he's doing about that."
"I already know what he's doing about it. He's doing whatever he has to."
As it happened, that's exactly what Alan was doing when they walked into
room 835. The two newsies from Channel Nine and the three from WNN were already
there, arguing about who'd be going in to talk to the terrorists.
Alan handed the video camera he was examining to Cade like an unwieldy
football and asked, "Do you know how to operate one of these?"
"I aim it at the bad guys while I press the trigger button.
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