She heard pounding sounds so she went back in quietly closing and locking the door. Shortly the pounding stopped so she ventured out again just in time to hear somone outside the building talking to someone either that was there or by phone say.the building is boarded up tight as a drum and they were headed back to head quarters.Allie went down and opened the door leading outside which opened to the inside of the church and it was boarded up solid.
There was no way of sqeezing through any of the boards. She went back upstairs and saw the attic door and remembered there was a partial fire escape so she went to see how far of a drop it would be the fire escape went down to halfway between the second floor and the first floor.
She knew she would take a risk of getting hurt when she fell but that was what she had to do. She fell a good seven or eight feet and landed on her right side which she did get hurt but was abled to limp to her car which was parked at her grandparents apartment complex.She limped to her grandparents apartment which was on the secon floor. She told them what had happened and that she was glad that they had decided not to attend with her and then she limped out to her car and went home