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Chapter 107
We loaded back into the boat.Kael took the wheel. Rina sat next to him. Mira sat in the back. Lena sat at the bow.Elena was in the cabin with the kids. Maja was asleep against her shoulder. Leo was curled up on a blanket. Lars was sitting with his eyes closed.Kenji stood at the bow.I sat next to Elias."You think we're going to make it?" he asked."I don't know.""That's honest.""I'm tired of lying."He nodded. "Me too."The sun was high now. The kids were sweating.Maja woke up. "Father.""Yeah.""I'm thirsty."Elena handed her a water bottle. Maja drank. Then she passed it to Leo. Leo drank. Then he passed it to Lars. Lars drank. Then he handed it back to Elena."When can we stop?" Maja asked."Soon."She nodded and then lay back and closed her eyes.We reached the shore at dusk.The mining town was old. Buildings with no roofs. A church with no bell. A school with no windows.I climbed out. Kenji followed. Caiman. Rina. Kael. Mira. Lena. Elias.Elena stayed on the boat with th
Chapter 106
The satellite phone rang at three in the morning. I picked it up. A voice I didn't recognize spoke."Turn on the news."The line went dead.I walked to the TV and turned it on. A woman in a blue suit stood in front of a building. Behind her, people in hazmat suits carried stretchers. The headline at the bottom of the screen read: "Biological Attack in Berlin. Dozens Dead. Suspects Identified."Kenji came up behind me. "What is it?"I pointed at the screen. "They're framing us."Elena walked out of the back room. "For what?"I read the headline out loud. "Biological attack. Dozens dead. They have evidence. Fingerprints. DNA. Surveillance footage."Kenji's hand curled into a fist. His eyebrows were raised and his face went wide. His mouth slightly opened. "That's not possible."I looked at him. "We made a mistake. We trusted the wrong people. Younger Evelyn took our blood in Vienna. She gave it to Phoenix. Or they took it from her."Elena's face went pale. "My cousin did this?""Maybe.
Chapter 105
The Amazon.We found the mission at dawn. Elias, Kael, the kids and Lena were already there.An old stone building. A roof made of palm leaves. The people who lived there were gone. Run off or maybe dead. We didn't ask.Elias set up a clinic in the back room. Caiman carried the wounded inside. One at a time.Mira helped him. Her hands were steady. Her face was calm. She had seen worse. She had been worse.Kenji stood by the window staring out at the jungle.Rina stood guard at the door. Kael walked the perimeter. Lena sat under a tree with her knife.The kids were on a blanket in the corner. Maja was holding Leo's hand. Lars was lying down with his eyes closed. None of them were sleeping.I walked over to them.Maja looked up. "Father.""Yeah.""Is Uncle Kenji okay?"I looked at Kenji. At his back. At his hands and at the way he was standing. He was still like a stone."I don't know.""He looks different.""He's been through a lot."Maja nodded. "We all have."I knelt down in front of
Chapter 104
We ran for three weeks after Scotland.Not only from Phoenix. But from everyone. The broadcast had turned half the world against us. The other half was too scared to help. Governments put out warrants. News channels showed our faces. Phoenix offered rewards.We crossed the Channel in a stolen fishing boat. Rotted wood. Leaking hull. The kids were sick the whole way. Maja threw up over the side until there was nothing left. Leo held her hair back. Lars sat between them with his eyes closed.We made landfall in France at dawn. An old dock. No one there. Caiman found a truck. The keys were inside. We drove south.We crossed Spain at night. Back roads. No lights. The kids slept in the back. Elena watched the road behind us. Kenji watched the road ahead.We reached Portugal on the fourth day. Rina knew a man who knew a man who had a boat. A cargo ship headed to Brazil. The captain asked no questions. He took our last money and looked the other way.The crossing took two weeks. The ship smel
Chapter 103
We carried him to the boat.Elena wrapped him in a blanket. Her hands were shaking. She tucked the corners around his body like she was tucking a child into bed.Caiman started the engine. His jaw was tight. His hands were firm on the wheel.Kenji sat at the bow. He had Borealis's tablet in his hands. He wasn't looking at it. He was just holding it. His shoulders were shaking.Rina and the others sat in the second boat. Silent. Lena was crying. Daria had her hand over her mouth. Kael stared at the water. Niko looked at the sky. Mira held Viktor's arm.I sat next to Elias.Elias hadn't moved since we picked up Borealis's body. He had his hand on Borealis's chest over the wound. His fingers were red."He was scared of everything," Elias said. His voice was hollow. "He told me once. He said 'I'm not brave like the others. I'm just too stubborn to quit.'"I looked at Borealis. At his closed eyes. At the blood on his shirt."He was braver than all of us," I said.Elias nodded. His chin tre
Chapter 102
Rina translated. "He says that's where he came in when he escaped. The maintenance hatch."Borealis zoomed in. "That's our way in."Daria stood up too. She pointed at the engine room. Then at Borealis's device. Then made an explosion motion with her hands.Borealis nodded. "If we plant the device near the main power core, we can take out their systems for good."Niko stood up. He stared at the map for a long time. Then he pointed at the guard rotation schedule. There is a shift change and a gap between patrols.Rina said "He's worked on supply ships so he knows their patterns."I looked at Niko. "Can you get us past the guards?"He nodded. Once.Mira stood up last. She didn't point at the map. She pointed at me."You lead," she said. "We follow."I looked at her. At her calm eyes and her steady hands."Why?""Because you're still standing. After everything. You're still standing."I didn't know what to say.Elena put her hand on my shoulder. "She's right."The room was quiet.Viktor g
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