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Chapter 193
The silence after the shutdown was almost worse than the alarms.Everything was dead quiet. No hum, no machinery, no red lights flashing. Just the slow drip of water from somewhere deep in the concrete walls.Davion stood there, breathing like he’d just run ten marathons. His father’s voice was gone. The screen was blank.But the weight wasn’t.Beverly was the first to move. She stepped closer to him, her hand brushing his arm. “Davion,” she whispered. “It’s over. We did it.”He shook his head, eyes locked on the darkened console. “No. He’s not gone. I know him. He always has another move.”Rami leaned against the wall, chest heaving. “Man, I don’t know. That thing looked like a coffin for real. If he’s still alive after that, he’s basically a cockroach.”“Exactly,” Maya muttered, still gripping her knife. “Cockroaches don’t die easy.”The scarred boy—one of the kids they’d found—shifted nervously. His voice was low, almost defensive. “He’ll come back. He always comes back. You don’t
Chapter 192
Davion’s boots pounded against the metal floor, the clang echoing through the endless tunnel. Beverly was right behind him, half dragging Elias, whose breaths were still too shallow for comfort. Rami and Liora covered the rear, guns raised, scanning the dark corners for anything his father might throw at them next.The air smelled like burnt wires and blood. Every flicker of the dying lights above felt like the place was counting down its last seconds.“Core’s up ahead,” Rami said between breaths. “Thirty meters.”“Feels like thirty miles,” Beverly muttered, tightening her grip on the girl they’d freed earlier — the one with the spinal implant. She hadn’t said a word since Davion disabled it, just stared at the ground like she was afraid to look up.Davion slowed when they reached a wide blast door. The thing was huge — reinforced steel, double-hinged, and humming faintly with power.“Think we can open it?” Beverly asked.“We’re not knocking politely,” Davion said, yanking the EMP cha
Chapter 191
The hall felt endless. Every step echoed like the place was mocking us. The walls were this ugly gray metal, all scratched up like they’d seen a hundred fights. The air was thick—like it had been trapped here for decades and didn’t want to leave.“Anyone else feel like this place is… watching us?” Maya asked, keeping her gun raised.“It is,” Rami muttered, eyes darting to every blinking panel we passed. “Motion sensors in the walls. And cameras. Probably audio too.”“Good,” Davion said. “Let him hear me coming.”Beverly’s eyes flicked toward him. “We can’t just fucking storm in screaming. This is his territory.”Davion didn’t slow down. “It used to be fucking mine too.”We passed a door with a shattered window. Inside, old bunks were lined up in rows, sheets torn and yellowed. The smell was mold and rust. I didn’t even wanna imagine the memories Davion had in here.Maya glanced inside. “This is where you—”“Don’t,” Davion cut her off, voice tight. “Just… don’t ok.”We kept going until
Chapter 190
The alarms wouldn’t shut up. They were this constant, ear-splitting wail echoing through the whole place, like the walls themselves were panicking. Red lights flashed over the steel corridors, making everyone’s faces look like they were covered in blood.“We’ve got company!” Maya yelled from the back. She was gripping her pistol, eyes darting like she expected a swarm to drop from the ceiling.Davion didn’t slow down. “No kidding.”Beverly was right beside him, her voice low but sharp. “We’re not gonna make it to the core if we keep getting boxed in.”“Then we don’t let them box us in,” Davion shot back, gripping his rifle tighter. His knuckles were white.They hit the next corner—and almost ran straight into three more enhanced kids. These ones weren’t the ones they’d seen before. Taller. Bulkier. Probably older. Definitely armed.“Move and you’re dead,” one of them barked, his voice mechanical through a throat modulator.Davion stepped forward, holding up a hand. “We’re not your ene
Chapter 189
Beverly slammed the van door behind her like it had personally offended her. “Okay,” she said, tossing her bag onto the middle seat. “I’ve got a plan. And before any of you say it—yes, it’s insane. But it’s also the only way we win.”The air in the van was thick—part nerves, part leftover gunpowder smell from earlier fights. Davion sat slouched in the corner, his hoodie pulled up, eyes locked on the floor. I knew that look. He was about to blow.“What’s the play?” Wilson asked, spinning his knife on his palm.Beverly leaned forward, dropping a folded map and a handful of printouts onto the table between us. “Iron Hand’s primary servers aren’t in Genesis,” she said. “They’re in a hidden base—one connected to the original facility your father ran, Davion. We take that out, everything collapses.”Davion finally looked up. His voice was flat. “You’re talking about my father’s lab.”“Yeah,” Beverly said, softer now. “The one he built before Iron Hand went public. The one they’ve kept burie
Chapter 188
The corridors of Genesis were quiet. Too quiet.Not the normal “library quiet,” but that type of silence that felt like it was holding its breath, waiting for you to make the wrong move.Beverly was a few steps ahead, shoulders squared, her black jacket shifting with every sharp stride. She didn’t say much—just kept her eyes on the holographic map on her wristband. I knew her well enough to realize that meant she was locked in.Behind us, Irene kept glancing over her shoulder, her fingers twitching near her holstered gun. “This place gives me the creeps,” she muttered.“It’s supposed to,” I said. My voice came out harsher than I meant, but… yeah. This was my father’s handiwork. Every metal wall, every security drone, every bolt in the floor—he’d either designed it or had someone design it while standing over their shoulder, breathing down their neck like some corporate overlord from hell.“Still no movement on the scanners,” Reika said from the back. “It’s almost like they want us to
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