[Who is the girl in the building? An NPC? Or another character of yours that you haven't introduced yet?]
Derek was out of his tree as quickly as possible, and almost as soon as his feet hit the ground broke into a sprint towards the door. The sound of his shoes against the pavement must've spooked whoever, or whatever for that matter, had opened the door, for when he was only a few strides from it, it slammed shut again with a loud bang.
Cursing under his breath, Derek slowed to a stop, nearly slamming headlong into the steel door. He grumbled quietly to himself as he though of a new plan.
There's got to be a fire escape, right? Buildings like these always have fire escapes. He began to make his way around to the side of a building, and resisted the urge to shout in triumph upon spotting exactly what he'd been looking for attached securely to the side of the old brick building.
When he gripped the highest rung he could and pulled himself onto it, however, the ladder shook violently and creaked loudly. Derek dropped back to the ground, not willing to risk his life trying to climb the death trap in front of him. Again, he was stumped.
They've got to have all sorts of good things in there the way they're protecting it. How the hell am I gonna get inside?
[Really need someone to join so I can have someone to roleplay Amalia with
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