"Run down the stairs and evacuate this entire floor! Everyone should get off this floor." Shuyin commanded, positioning herself between the door and Lu Yuze. She grabbed a heavy IV stand, ripping it from its base and wielding it like a staff. "Don't stop, don't look back, just GO!"
Lu Yuze hesitated for only a heartbeat, his instinct to protect warring with his instinct to stay and fight. But Yuyan was stirring in his arms, frightened and disoriented, and that made the decision for him. He ran.
Shuyin slammed the ward door shut behind him, buying precious seconds. The falcons were already converging on her, their shrieks piercing and otherworldly, a sound that seemed to bypass her ears and stab directly into her brain.
The first one dove at her face.
