Levitan was rooted in place. They couldn’t move. They couldn’t process what they were seeing. Akio was being shoved into the white and blue van. Cold sweat poured down their back.
“ Forget about me! Run! ” he yelled. His voice was distant, and the door slammed down on his words, cutting them short.
That snapped them out of it. Levitan’s pulse was racing. “ GET AWAY FROM HIM! ” they roared.
Hands grabbed at their arms and shoulders, trying to drag them back.
“Levitan, it’s too late!” said James, clutching the back of their jacket. “We have to run!”
“ AKIO, I’M COMING FOR YOU! ” they screamed, dragging the people clinging to them forward with each step, even though the
