Chapter Forty-Three Jia slid off her mini-flitter about two hundred yards from the apartment complex. She was accompanied by a small squad of CID agents, plus Erik and Alina. The HTR team had broken into two squads of two and spread out, supplemented by regular agents at different locations. They had the entire apartment complex surrounded and the two main exits covered. The terrorists were bottled up tightly, or so they hoped. Although many buildings in the city had underground exits, the blueprints for the target building indicated only surface access. She would be grateful for any small advantages they could manage against the terrorists. Erik had run in his exoskeleton alongside Jia, with Emma tucked into an IO port for maximum efficiency. She was providing information to Erik, E