This wasn’t capture; it was rescue. She was carried down the stairs, gasping gratefully even as her head was carelessly knocked into a wall. She even laughed at their clumsiness. At the bottom, they dumped her on the floor. When a boot smashed into her back, she cried out angrily—that was an error! Then, uncomprehendingly, she saw the flash of another boot and tried to scramble clear as it flew blackly into her face.
