He brought the bookcase back, then turned and ran along the black passageway.
Leader Lanza sat in his suite at State House, conferring with his subordinates.
"It hardly seems possible, Magnun, that so many people could have slipped through your fingers without help from the Military. You say both the Hachovnik twins have disappeared?"
"Yes, Leader."
"And how many people from the Institute?"
"Six, Leader. But it didn't do them any good. We got them, all right."
"But you found no bodies!"
"They wouldn't have bodies after we got through with them, Leader."
"You're quite certain, Officer Magnun, that all the fugitives were destroyed?"