Ellie gives her a minute. Or rather, a little less than a minute. As soon as Rikki is out of sight, she goes back to work on the gate, hefting it up just high enough that she can pitch her backpack underneath and duck through after it.

It slams with the kind of finality that makes Ellie's skin creep.

She slings her backpack back onto her shoulders and moves out at a run, aiming less "north" than "for the nearest piece of cover".