The gate closed at eleven forty three.
Michael heard it from the courtyard, the deep mechanical engagement of the lock, and felt it on the building system the moment Anya triggered it from the lobby pane.
This meant Anya had heard the three pulse alert and had gone directly to the gate without being told which was the kind of response that only happened in people who had thought through the scenario before it became the scenario.
The courtyard cleared in ninety seconds. Cole's group through the building entrance first, materials abandoned in place, weapons out in the transition from one mode to the other without a pause between them. Damon's four behind them. Shin and Rei from the east face.
