Berry’s heart leapt to her throat when Roy caught her off guard, warning her to come no further.

“Roy?” Her nagging knee forced her to limp up the stairs. “Roy get ready, quickly! There’s a Grit not far behind me as well as a few roaming the halls. I fear Vincent is in trouble as well so we must…oh dear.”

She looked up at Roy secured firmly to the ceiling, in what looked to be an uncomfortable position, and bathed in a bluish light. Knowing time was of the essence Berry frantically scoured the walls of the hallway. She could hear something scrambling vigorously, but couldn’t tell if it was further ahead or behind her. 

“Hold tight there Roy I’ll get you down in just a jiffy.” She spied a switch to her left and gave it a try but nothing happened. “Old friend I worked with used to work with antigravity field for a living. Always said every field had an off switch nearby, you just need to know where to find it. Aha!”

Berry spied a suspicious looking panel set into the wall on the far side of the antigravity field. Voices echoed behind her amidst the sounds of scrambling claws and tearing carpet.

“Roy prepare yourself.” Berry threw her bag to floor and shed her cardigan.

She knew she wasn’t as thin as she used to be, still just as glamorous though, but even so Berry threw herself against the wall and began to shimmy her way through the small gap. She also said a few prayers to a god she half believed in for good measure.

Wasting no time at all once she arrived on the other side Berry clawed the panel open and paused. With her face dimly lit by the panel Berry concentrated very hard on trying to hear that sound again; the sound of something pulling itself along the floor behind her with a hiss. In her mind Berry could see the little holographic map pointing out Roy and herself with two red dots of the Grit on either side.

Berry pushed the button.